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Trail of Tears
« A New Dimension of Might »
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1 | Ecstatic 05:49
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| 2 | A Fate Sealed In Red 06:11
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| 3 | Crashing Down 04:23
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| 4 | Obedience In The Abscence Of Logic 06:37
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| 5 | Liquid View 06:21
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| 6 | Denial And Pride 04:08
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| 7 | The Call Of Lust 05:29
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| 8 | Splendid Coma Visions 03:35
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| 9 | Bloodred Trance 07:18
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| 10 | Caffeine 04:23
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| | Total playing time 54:06 |
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Ronny - vocals
Runar - guitars
Terje - guitars
Frank - keyboards
Kjell - bass
Jonathan - drums
Guest musicians:
Kjetil Nordhus - clean vocals |
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Recorded at Sound Suite Studio, France, February - March 2002
Produced by Terje Refsnes and Trail of Tears.
Engineered and mixed by Terje Refsnes
Mastered by Mika Jussila at Finvox Studio, Finland
Cover art credits: background art and design by Nieraj Singh; foreground art and design by Florian Lacina
All other art and design by Nieraj Singh
Photography by Emile M.E. Ashley
All songs by Trail of Tears, except "Caffeine" by Faith No More |
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| 1. Ecstatic
A new dimension of might
Incomprehensible sight
Confusion and lips painted red
Intentions to feed of your needs
A tear is spilled in the city of sin
A new dimension of might
Incomprehensible sight
A beauty so vast and unreal
The voices they whispered to me
Come indulge in t |
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Тучи сгущаются... Именно так можно охарактеризовать данную работу норвежского gothic-metal коллектива, принимая во внимание их предыдущие работы. Можно сказать, что группа нашла-таки свой собственный саунд, позволяющий выделить ее из массы коллективов играющих в том же направлении (Tristania, Sirenia). Песни, сочетая в себе различное настроение, стали тяжелее и отнюдь не потеряли мелодичность, а скорее наоборот стали более запоминающимися ("Denial and Pride", например). Интересно выглядит кавер-версия песни Faith No More "«Caffeine" получившее второе дыхание в исполнении норвежцев. Таким образом, перед нами бесспорно одна из лучших работ в стиле gothic-metal. |
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Отменнейший Gothic Metal выдали эти норвежцы на своем втором полноформатнике! Если разобрать на составляющие сей альбом, то получится вот что:
1. Музыка.Тяжесть, тяжесть и... тяжесть. Действительно "металлический" альбом. Ставить можно в сталепрокатном цехе. Рабочие будут рады. Четкие риффы, атмосферные клавишные проигрыши, плюс много электронных эффектов очень дополняющих музыкальную картину.
2. Тексты. О! Это отдельная "песня" (извиняюсь за тавтологию). Ронни Торсен (вокал) умеет писать "готишно" и образно. Очень интересные и умные тексты. Советую ознакомиться.
3. Вокалы. Гроул, женский оперный, "чистый" мужской. Вокальные партии идеально продуманы и всегда к месту, нет ощущения, что "этого здесь быть не должно".
Итог. Думаю, на данный момент, лучший альбом группы. В отличие от этой, своими последующими работами они не смогли вызвать у меня такой шквал эмоций. Должно быть в коллекции у каждого. Истинно, must have. |
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I see the shadows of the night
Dark reflections of delightful grace
Prepare for me
Call me insane cause I worship the sinners
All of my visions they will be in vain
You need me in order to feel complete
I'll be here to serve and fulfil your needs
Distractions are no longer here
My heart explodes as I feel your touch
Forcing me to take part in your lust
Distractions are no longer here
I felt my emotional scars healing
and welcomed a pleasure so pure
A natural intoxication has taken a chokehold on me
2. A Fate Sealed In Red
Wipe off the blade and put it aside
Rinse all your wounds and dress up in pride
Anguish will sit by your side till you die
and feed off your lies
Confessions in vain, you're destined to fail
Anguish took hold on your neck
Indecent behaviour
Doomed to a fate sealed in red
Attempting destruction
The evidence is running red across your floor
like rivers of guilt
Sovereign yet so possessed by their denial
Unable to justify
Shed one last tear and treat your own fear
Your memories bleed, oblivion is near
So I wiped off the blade once more
as I cried out for mercy
Judge me not
I am only human after all
These visions tear me to pieces
Someone save me
3. Crashing Down
Crashing down from divine disgrace
Hanging on with a bitter restraint
They never seemed to care that your hope was lost once more
They never seemed to care that your mind was turned to stone
Let your conviction die in their sea of lies
Treasure me `cause I am the only hope you'll ever see
Treasure me `cause I am the one who'll heal you of this decease
They've come to take you and drag you down
to where your fear becomes their allied
They have the power to bend the shape
of mankinds logic into despair
They'll let indecency establish itself
in the lack of solid consent
Crawling deeper into your hole
Seeking strength to prevent your fall
You proved them wrong at last and they turned away in shame
You proved them wrong at last, let's celebrate their end
4. Obedience In The Absence Of Logic
Victimized, indulge in the lies
To have no control is the way of the blind
Comatized, the trance in their eyes
A demise of souls, for them to live is to hide
You used to be one of them for a while
Helplessly you crawled and obeyed as the lies unfolded
Opened up yourself to a lie often told
Your feelings were all stunned and your hands so tightly folded
I will lead you, I will guide you
I will bring you to your safety
I will lead you, I will guide you
I will clean you of your frailty
A pathetic and weak ensemble
Using blindfold to gain attention
Integrity was lost
To live in disguise was a solid decline
from all you wished for
Your hope was shot dead and you bled for their lies
Profound devotion to the moral disguise
Collection of fools so fatally scarred
You could never see cause your eyes were sewn shut
All logic seemed impaled as you fell to your knees and pleaded
Never got a chance to reflect on their cause
Your dignity so ridiculed yet your hope so dearly needed
Opened up yourself to the higher word
Told by souls with intentions to scar
You're effectively paralysed!
Recognition of the ones who saw you drown
in relentless and distinguished disguise
Integrity was lost...
5. Liquid View
Deeply sown and never known
The mirror bleeds the truth
Deeply sown and never known
Your presence is fading
As I fill my glass and watch my own reflection
then I know that I'll be gone
As I raise my hand, try to comprehend what
I've been missing, I feel distracted
In the mist of my own perception
I bow before myself
The pressure is not withdrawn, I fall again
I catch a glimpse of my downright pretending self
As I take a step and fake my own conception
then I know that I'll be gone
As I raise my grin, show the world my sin
of being tempted, I feel distracted
A hopeful ride is hereby ending
Horrid fate, it's time to exit
I feel tampered with, I feel so empty
All I ever saw from my contaminated view
kept me looking for mercy
Yet illusions stay the same
I realise that it's wrong now that all is lost
and I have withered
6. Denial And Pride
Can't you see that she is dripping red?
Her mind forlorn, her feelings mislead
As a consequence of all your lies a life nearly ceased
Put force into your words and treat yourself to destruction
I felt a wave crashing over me so cold
I tried to escape from your ignorance
I praise your fall
Tears of joy run down my face as panic strikes you
Uplifted by your desperate stare
Never again shall you be allowed
to walk around guilty yet proud
I'll make you see the difference, I'll force you to understand
Your time has come
I raise a smile in dark delight
Tears of joy run down my face as panic strikes you
Uplifted by your desperate stare
Now I stand glowing as your body turns pale
I hide my smile and walk away
7. The Call Of Lust
Which pleasures await me in the chambers of lust?
Will you grant me redemption for my feelings so cold and unpure?
I thought you'd never reach me but you're here by my side
I'm ready to be enlightened
I'm ready to join and to measure the pulse of your pulsating desire
Your shivering flesh
Your glorious grace
I strayed away from my belief
You should have noticed by now
Light the flame
Pull me in
Share with me your glorious deeds
I need to disconnect to fit your need
8. Splendid Coma Visions
In the coma vaults
In deepest sleep
You tie them up and watch them swing
from the rope of insecurity
You start to question the reason of your mind
as paranoia penetrates you and rapes your sanity
You're running towards the end
as your eyes are blinded
So frightened by your own mistakes
that you feel you're falling down
You're running towards the end
as you try to comprehend
For the things you never did fulfil
are back to haunt you
In the coma vaults
In deepest sleep
They flash before your tearful eyes
from the bottom of your dreams
In the theatre of deception you play the leading role
Put fire to your memories
It's time to end them all
I feel the fright as I hide from my dark desires
In honesty I confess all my deepest secrets
9. BloodRed Trance
I withdraw from my shelter of peaceful rest
to measure all gathered forces
in the spirit of raging contempt
I watch as my decadence gets shattered
and blown away into the cold seductive void
where all enemies fear to thread
Paralysed by the panoramic view
I prepare for the death trance
Observe the face of the fool
draped in hysteria
I reflect and take a trip inside my own head
Try to justify all the sins I commit
Now leave your life as you know it
and join in this state of mind
where visions burn so bright and high
Another throat is slit for its lies
Come with me and let's dive into the bloodred trance
Come with me and let's penetrate the normal climax
The silver bullets that hold their names are made ready for us
to use in case of disturbance
Of violation of this trance we share
The silver bullets that hold their names are no longer at our hands
They have been set out to cleanse and erase our terrible plague
I laugh as the sceptics are laid to waste
A rapture so profound and strong
has taken it's hold on me
Now let's join and celebrate their fall
Release yourself and follow
Let their failure become your joy
Never again shall I loose my perspective
Never again shall I fall for their lies
Never again shall I feel so rejected
I will spit at the face of betrayal
Take my hand
Release yourself from pain, agony, distorted views
and all will be well
The image of passivity is killed before you
An image of distinct sharpness will now rise before you