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Ральф Шиперс и компания не сдают оборотов ! При первом взгляде на диск хочется отметить прекрасное оформление , сделанное художником Лео Хао . Всередине же мы находим хэви металл отменного качества . Записано все просто отлично и звук кристально чист . Выделяется владение музыкантов инструментами ,особенно гитариста Штефана ,а вокал Шиперса стал еще лучше . В группу после 3 летней отлучки вернулся гитарист Том Науманн , который также играет в группе Sinner вместе с Мэтом Синнером . Весомым добавлением к составу стало появление бывшего ударника Annihilator Рэнди Блэка .
На мой взгляд альбом мелодичнее своего предщественника . Помимо быстрых боевиков тут присутствуют баллады The Healer и Wings of Desire . А заглавную Metal is Forever можно назвать гимном всему жанру . Не подумайте , что я ярый фанат группы , но альбом цепляет с первых же аккордов . Так что музыка действительно на века ! Слава железным орлам !
Интересной также можно назвать попытку Nuclear Blast защитить диск от пиратства . На первый взгляд он действительно читается на компьютере лишь с помощью специального плейера , записанного на диск , но на самом деле элементарно цифруется с помощью любых программ .
Так что покупайте диск смело и наслаждайтесь! |
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Кажется, металлические орлы решили всё-таки вернутся на землю…она оказалась жива, однако до сих пор горящая и разрушающаяся, как хорошо видно по обложке пятой пластинки Primal Fear. Группа уже довольно-таки давно заслужила себе имя и статус, и её уже не надо кому-то представлять распинаясь и говоря о том как она хороша. Имея в багаже четыре сильных альбома можно чуть-чуть и расслабиться, что ребята и сделали. Предыдущий диск «Black Sun» мне показался очень сильной работой, однако не идеальной, не идеальной оказалась и пластинка «Devil's Ground». Подчас натыкаешься на уже знакомые гитарные риффы и соло партии, а приход нового барабанщика Рэнди Блэка из довольно далёкой по стилистике группы Annihilator, ничего абсолютно не изменил, разве что добавил несколько брутальных партий барабанов, но они настолько мизерны, что их можно и не заметить на общем фоне. Так что, как это не тяжело слышать, но у группы явно наметился творческий застой. Хотя не всё так плохо. Качество записи не вызывает нареканий и как всем известно, немцы люди очень аккуратные и лажы стараются не делать. Вокал Ральфа Шиперса нисколько не изменился за все семь лет его деятельности в группе и продолжает радовать своими про-Халфордовскими нотками. Общий настрой музыкального материала крайне депрессивный и мрачный, в особенности тексты песен прямо-таки кричат о своей тоске и желании о суициде. Да, суицидальная наклонность лирики уж слишком захлестнула музыку. Но что же мелодии? Вопреки такой заезженной теме как «металл» и «о металле» открывающая композиция «Metal Is Forever» смотрится весьма привлекательно и цепляюще, а несколько циничный клип сделанный на эту песню, с поддёвкой разлагающейся морально и духовно современной молодёжи, ещё раз показывает насколько горды и умны эти Орлы. Следующая песня «Suicide And Mania» демонстрирует великолепный драйв и мелодику – стопроцентный хит альбома. Неплохо выглядят и такие боевики как «Visions Of Fate» и «Sea Of Flames», но они оказываются очень слабыми перед оригинальной и замечательной пауэр-балладой «The Healer». К сожалению, последующие песни выглядят весьма посредственно и прозрение случается только на ещё одной пауэр-балладе «Wings Of Desire» и неплохом боевичке «Colony 13». Закрывается альбом некой интродукцией, в которой, очевидно, сам Мэт Синнер бормочет что-то умное. В общем, альбом нормальный, однако для меня как уже поклонника группы со стажем он показался слегка однообразным и скучноватым. Всё-таки группа Primal Fear видела и лучшие времена. Будем ждать следующего релиза, а он должен быть не за горами… |
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Nations come togheter
Excited
When you go to see a show your feelings arise
Commited
You became a fan forever
Knowing the words
You sing all the tunes
Faster beats are pounding
Glowing tubes high sounding
Metal is forever
In every single matter
Metal is forever
Nations come togheter
Faster beats are pouding
Screaming voices howling
Metal is forever
In every single matter
Metal is forever
Nations come togheter
Suicide and mania
I see their faces
They're hunting me
It's like a bullet
Flying over me
Despite the time they waste on me
There's no way out, no breaking free
I chase the shadow on the wall
I am a prisoner of myself
Just look at me
No doctor, no healing
There's only disbelieving
The naked truth, no fantasy
No doctor, no healing
This poison gas I'm breathing
No other choice than suicide and mania
Too many changes
Have ripped out my heart
Edge of insanity
I am the evil part
This must be real, no fantasy
They're watching and destroying me
I'll crash my car against a wall
A silent scream, a final call
A funeral march
No doctor, no healing
There's only disbelieving
The naked truth, no fantasy
No doctor, no healing
This poison gas I'm breathing
No other choice than suicide and mania
Visions of fate
What lies in you, what you fight for
It all is up to you
The vision's clear
You are the master of your fate
You break down every barrier
That is standing in your way
You are a fighter
Young and strong
Visions of fate
Take your luck right in your hand
And be the master of your destiny
It all lies in your hand
Visions of fate
A dream is true and real
As long as you believe
You know you goal the light
That leads you through the dark
You know your way
You have no fear
Even through it's hard
To make a fire out of a spark
Visions of fate
Take your luck right in your hand
And be the master of your destiny
It all lies in your hand
Visions of fate
Sea of flames
Trapped in the heat of the sun
There's only pain and disorder
Trapped in the heat of the sun
There's only pain and disorder
Now that my nightmare's begun
Time's standing still on the run
Crime pays, it's too late
I'm burning in flames, I'm here to acclaim
Set my destiny, my wishing well
I'm burning in flames, I'm here to acclaim
Call me the game, the sea of flames
We try to escape from the warzone
On our way back to paradise
We've travelled the seven seas
Fighting the enemy's lines
Crime pays, it's too late
I'm burning in flames, I'm here to acclaim
Set my destiny, my wishing well
I'm burning in flames, I'm here to acclaim
Call me the game, the sea of flames
The healer
In this deserted world
It's tough not to lose the heart
You once believed in miracles
Now it's a world apart
When the world is crushing down
And you're feeling down and out
When you feel there is no hope
Just follow me and you won't doubt
Alone on the hill
Lives the man they call healer
You look in his eyes
And you know that it's real
And you feel that you're stronger
You lose all your weakness
You lose all your fear
When you hear how he speaks
As you walk to the hill
To the man they call healer
Step by step you will grow
And you will start to see
The it's real what they say
About him and his magic
He's small but a giant
You can see the whole world in his eyes
He lives beyond the old oak
In a cabin near the creek
Some say he's a drop out
Some say he's just a freak
I can tell without a doubt
That's not true at all
Have you seen the old and sick
Climb up to the hill even if they crawl?
Alone on the hill
Lives the man they call healer
You look in his eyes
And you know that it's real
And you feel that you're stronger
You lose all your weakness
You lose all your fear
When you hear how he speaks
As you walk to the hill
To the man they call healer
Step by step you will grow
And you will start to see
The it's real what they say
About him and his magic
He's small but a giant
You can see the whole world in his eyes
Sacred illusion
No one can take my dreams away
No one will turn my night into day
I was born individual
I'm as unique as the holy wall
My mind is as free as I want it
My property since birth
The leaders of society
Are digging on my sacred illusion
They won't take that, my thoughts are free
So now they want my sacred illusion
Scary, I feel like on the run
I'll die to live just at my place on my own
I feel their breath right on my neck
I just await an instant attack
My mind is as free as I want it
My property since birth
The leaders of society
Are digging on my sacred illusion
They won't take that, my thoughts are free
So now they want my sacred illusion
In metal
The longest night
All systems are ready to go
We could not prevent it
As the final threat grows
A secret origin
Danger's in our blood
I'm standing next to a church
There's no hope without a prayer
It became reality
No security, it's good or bad?
To protect our property
To defend our land
In metal
Only frightened faces
On the first wave of attack
The moment of truth
And the city's turning red
Metal creatures from far away
Came to prove the evidence
Religious insanity
At the last line of defence
It became reality
No security, it's good or bad?
To protect our property
To defend our land
In metal
Soulchaser
I'm fighting through stages
And it burns me alive
A truth you will never believe
But no modern messiah will rise
Burning the place, set to burst
Coming from the pain
Thunder crash from far beyond
No one will remain
Hear me out of the dark
Come to break the spell
Come with me to the other side
Hear the final bell
Soulchaser
I'm watching over you
Soulchaser
You will see the truth
Our strike againt heaven
Our war against hell
You'll wake up laughing
And I will show you the way
Protecting the dark, the underworld waits
And you're a soul in need
I'll take your pain, come follow me
Or you will ever bleed
Don't be afraid of the dark
Please, don't turn away
Come with me into my heart
Follow me, just pray
Soulchaser
I'm watching over you
Soulchaser
You will see the truth
Colony 13
Striking through the dust
With elemental forces
Keeping up the quest
And all will turn to wrecks
Hiding in the dark
No one ever sees me
The enemy returns
The land will turn to black
You hide in dignity, your time is done
Gone for eternity when all is gone
You cry, you die, it's your last resort
When all is turning black in colony 13
You see the sky, it's the final sign
When all is turning black in colony 13
Racing through the light
At cyberspeed and silver
You feel it in your bones
It's the final call
Red on the horizon
Screams out of the dirt
The final gunshot sounds
You take the final breath
You hide in dignity, your time is done
Gone for eternity when all is gone
You cry, you die, it's your last resort
When all is turning black in colony 13
You see the sky, it's the final sign
When all is turning black in colony 13
Wings of desire
I'm walking the thin line
And I realize
There's only one way to go
A one way street back to hell
Well, I can't go on 'cause the truth is mine
I could only wait
My heart beat's the rhythm of time
There's only one destiny
Watch me die again, I'm losing faith
There's nobody holding the flame
Feel the touch of the wing
Feel the eagleheart
Feel the look of his eyes
It takes me higher and higher
On the wings of desire
Who's behind my eyes? Who's following me?
I'm fighting the pain
Running on the edge of a dream
Can I save myself?
At the end of the line, the end of the dream
My soul escapes
Come listen to my silent screams
In a dead end street
Watch me die again, take the demons from me
Will you visit my final hours?
Feel the touch of the wing
Feel the eagleheart
Feel the look of his eyes
It takes me higher and higher
On the wings of desire
No sign, no light is leading my way
Some minutes later I'm back and awaiting the day
There's only a chance to turn
There's only a flame that burns
On the wings of desire
Watch me die again, take the demons from me
Will you visit my final hours?
Feel the touch of the wing
Feel the eagleheart
Feel the look of his eyes
It takes me higher and higher
On the wings of desire
Heart of a brave
So many years I've been away from home
On the search for myself, addicted to roam
The restless heart I'm carrying in me
Led me to places I thought I'd never see
Love, hate - I wear it in my soul
Heart, soul - these are my highest goals
Hot, cold - honesty is at my side
Left, right - the saviour and their guide
Strong and proud I am marching my way
As long as I live I will stay
A warrior to make the world safe
I have the heart of a brave
So many years I've been looking for truth
Trying to go straight way, took every sin of the youth
Always held my head high, I've always been true
There is no door I haven't walked through
Love, hate - I wear it in my soul
Heart, soul - these are my highest goals
Hot, cold - honesty is at my side
Left, right - the saviour and their guide
Strong and proud I am marching my way
As long as I live I will stay
A warrior to make the world safe
I have the heart of a brave
Devil's ground
He himself said, that hell was originally prepared for the devil and his angels.
In hell, you will be ruled over and will be inferior by darkness and the forces of evil.
Your new home will be made up of demons, fallen angels,
wickedness and even the lord of darkness himself...
you will be at the bottom of the guest list.
The sphere of hell is a hollowed-out place in the earth's core.
Scientists proved that the earth's outer crust is less than
twenty miles thick and that beyond that point,
there are rivers and lakes of flaming blood of the earth, called the "lake of fire".
Long before the final judgement, of the thousand suns you
will find the gates to hell in burning ruins of the new city.
When the sinner closes his eyes for the second death and darkness takes
his soul, you will see and feel movements in the air.
The saviors are open you and there will be no triumph without loss,
no freedom for your soul without sacrifice.
There's only specific kind of creature, who ever came back from the eternal.
This very moment, your eternal soul may be less than twenty miles from the burning fires of hell!
If you go to hell, be sure - You'll be there forever...