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Группу Vicious Rumors должны в большей степени знать поклонники старого олд скульного спид и хеви метала, и в меньшей степени слушатели современного популярного пауэра, поскольку известность и успех этой банды пришлась именно на тот старый период ещё восьмидесятых годов. Сейчас же, когда состав группы коренным образом изменился, о ней должны заговорить в более широких кругах, ибо теперь в Vicious Rumors вокалом заведует никто иной, как Джеймс Ривьера – вокалист, выпустивший альбомы со многими известными американскими металистами: Helstar, Distant Thunder, Seven Witches, New Eden, Flotsam & Jetsam, Destiny's End, Killing Machine. С инструментальной стороны работают не менее известные и профессиональные люди: Larry Howe (Chastain, W.A.S.P.) и Dave Starr (Chastain). Таким образом, обзаведясь в 2005 своим первым DVD, в 2006 году музыканты решают выпустить свою девятую студийную пластинку. «Warball» представляет собой типичный американский пауэр метал, иногда с трешевым и спид металическим настроением, а дерзкие попытки Ривьеры петь на сверх высоких тональностях позволяют вспомнить Judas Priest и их вечного двигателя Роба Халфорда. Нужно сказать что пауэр Vicious Rumors не отличается технической премудростью, как и мелодическая сторона – всё довольно-таки просто, забойно и, я бы даже сказал, примитивно. Однако это не тот случай когда «просто и со вкусом», скорее всего настолько просто, что даже однообразно! В основном, в песнях наблюдается тупая рубка с намёками на трушность стиля, но даже если учесть, то, что для меня это не является преградой, альбом «Warball» с самого начала своего звучания вызывает крайне скептическое отношение. Слушать его, конечно, можно, однако рекомендовать альбом я могу исключительно поклонникам малоэмоционального и бронебойного американского пауэра. И ни слова об оригинальности, об этом лучше промолчать. |
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Ветераны американского пауэра отважились на выпуск очередного альбома. Надо отметить, что он производит самое удручающее впечатление из всех релизов Vicious Rumors. Музыка шагнула далеко вперед, а ветераны не нашли ничего лучше, чем скопировать Judas Priest. Получилось тяжело и прямолинейно, плюс - проблемы с мелодиями. Творения группы двадцатилетней давности звучат более свежо и интересно. Материал альбома «Warball» на редкость предсказуем: уже по первым аккордам любой из песен можно сказать, что здесь вокалист завизжит a' la Rob Halford, здесь будет соло, эта песня - гимн, в которой Джеймс Ривьера восемь раз подряд повторит сочетание «Mr. Miracle», дебютная композиция - типичный «пристовский» боевик и т. д.
На звание «альбом года» не претендует. |
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Sonic rebellion the beast of the best the last of your kind
Force feed a diet of gutless delusion
Whining and crying is just not for me
Out of the shadows the weak will come out if we show them
A sling shot of decibels reeling with strength
[Chorus]
Take on the pressure if hurts for minute
Drenched from a shower of volume insane
Now you're electric empowered perfection
Riding the force of a champions reign
2. Mr. Miracle
[G. Thorpe / J. Rivera / L. Howe]
Don't look in the eyes without a face
Don't try to see through time and space
She'll give out her hand for you to take
Only to deceive she will forsake
[Pre chorus:]
She'll promise you the way to the land of opportunity
She'll promise you the key to the door that will set you free
[Chorus:]
Beware Mr. Miracle
Beware Mr. magical
Mistress of sin knocks on your door
With all her wicked charms lost fools adore
Don't you ever let her bring you down
Bound forever to be her own slave
[Chorus]
Mistress of sin knocks on your door
With all her wicked charms lost fools adore
Don't you ever let her bring you down
Bound forever to be her own slave
[Pre chorus:]
She'll promise you a world of wealth prosperity
Can't you see it only leads to your insanity
[Chorus]
3. Dying Every Day
[G. Thorpe / J. Rivera / L. Howe]
Empty cries fill the skies
All across the land
Lonely heart reaching out
Bleeding hands in their hands
[Chorus:]
Dying, dying, dying every day
Crying, crying as they fade away
Dying, dying, dying every day
Crying, crying, watch them fade away
Can you hear the children cry
Cause I can hear them scream
Ripped of all their hopes and dreams
As we watch them bleed
[Chorus]
After all is said and done
What lies ahead in tomorrow's world
Lessons in life they never learned
Will they have their turn?
[Chorus]
4. Immortal
[G. Thorpe / J. Rivera / L. Howe]
Rolling thunder and acid rain
In my head, inside of my brain
Riding on overload, I'm insane
I'm at the top, at the top of my game
[Pre chorus:]
I'm the immortal fire and rage
I'm the immortal power and rain
You wont hear me till it's much too late
Watch me seal your fate
[Chorus:]
With me you never die
Let me reignite your life
Soaring the night, searching for souls
I'll take my blood from the young and the old
Stakes are high, sun turns night
Take my embrace and give up the fight
[Pre chorus]
[Chorus]
Come back to life
[Pre chorus]
[Chorus]
5. Warball
[G. Thorpe / J. Rivera]
Synchronized the madness starts
Override we're close to launch
Never mind the civil truce
All hands down and warball's loose
[Chorus:]
Warball's on and we 're born again hard
The cycle never ends
A sea of death
Warball's on and we're born again hard
Time to say goodbye
Goodbye my friends
Situation def com 5
No-one gets out of here alive
The betrayal set in stone
A plague unleashed has found its home
[Bridge:]
Darkness and sadness Fills the air
Right back where we started Warball's armed and locked on
Contracts in blood Warball marches on
[Chorus]
6. Crossthreaded
[G. Thorpe]
I ask for hot and you give me cold
You want it young and I give you old
You say one thing and I say another
Man against man, sister and brother
[Chorus:]
Crossthreaded history
The same words heard so differently
Crossthreaded misery
The words that are spoken seldom are heard
They twist and they turn they're misunderstood
Communication emergency
I'm screaming out but you can't hear me
[Chorus]
You won't know until it's to late
Time will tell the story creates
A life of its own
Invincible, your silhouette
Confusion is a special gift
Hanging motionless it seems
Attracted to you murderous teeth
[Chorus]
7. Wheels Of Madness
[G. Thorpe / J. Rivera / L. Howe]
Flashed, phenomena, mysteries in sight
Unanswered, but still remains
From the outer world a presence was made
But secrecy sustains
The closer we get to the answers
The further away we go
[Chorus:]
Wheels of madness turning
Will we ever learn
Wheels of madness turning
The candle burns
Abduction foretold, stories of madness
A history self portrayed
From the underground, a secret secured
Forever hidden away
The closer we get to the answers
The sooner we'll know it's a lie
[Chorus]
The blackouts, confusion a state of illusion
It all took place last night
No-one believes you, you must have been dreaming
Or, maybe you're out of your mind
The closer we get to the answers
The sooner we'll know it's a lie
[Chorus]
[Bridge:]
Aeon years flash before your eyes
The future past, present systematized
[Chorus]
8. Windows Of Memory
[J. Rivera / G. Thorpe]
Windows of memories is all that he has
Voices like fallen rain
Echo in his head
Vision of my face
His thoughts last embrace
Dear father close your eyes
It's time for you to rest
[Pre-chorus:]
Fly away
[Chorus:]
We take for granted every day
Suddenly it slips away
There's nothing left that I can say
Looking back on your life
You'll be apart of me
From a boy to a man
You gave unselfishly
From the place where you lie
Fly away and be free
Oh father close your eyes
It's time for you to rest
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
9. A Ghost Within
[G. Thorpe / J. Rivera / L. Howe]
Behold the warriors by my side they're sacred steel
Take on the pressure mounting power that they yield
The signal getting stronger growing every day
We take no prisoners the battle decides our fate
[Pre chorus:]
Can you feel the rage within our eyes
Can you feel the pain of your demise
[Chorus:]
A ghost within awaits his revenge
Saints and sinners run in fear
A ghost within waits on no man
Time is up and he's here to collect
Unbearable the cruelty of man at heart
Genetic break down his source of modern art
We take our power from the cries of the weak
So join with us and live these words we speak
[Pre chorus]
[Chorus]
A ghost within
A ghost within is here to collect
10. Oceans Of Rage
[G. Thorpe / J. Rivera / L. Howe]
I'm sealing your fate
You will feel my hate
Death and despair are coming for you
I can't stop, I can't sit still
I'm twisted up on twisted thrills
I'll back it up, I'll make it real
Beneath the core the pain I feel
[Chorus:]
Oceans of rage
Mountains of hate
Pressure builds, I can't concentrate
Sealing your fate
You will feel my hate death and despair are coming for you
I live my life with conviction
A path through the dark, a beacon of friction
I'll bottle your hate and sell it in pills
Four times a day as needed for kill
[Bridge:]
When you look into my eyes
You will feel my hate
As you fall to your knees
When you look into my eyes
Now you will feel my hate
As you fall to your knees
It's just a little too late
Die! Die! Die!
Why won't you die?!
[Chorus]