"Seeds of the doomed" by Autopsy

Autopsy:"Seeds of the doomed", (from the album "Macabre eternal", 2011):

Strangled daylight fading, soon I´ll crawl out
To whisper to the bones I´ve scattered about

Arranging the bones
The bones on the moor
Seeds of the doomed
So perfect they are

We draw closer every time when we speak
They want others like them to be complete

Arranging the bones
The bones on the moor
Seeds of the doomed
So perfect they are

Below the ground when the sun is high
In solitude I deconstruct my prize
I chew the mangled meat right off the bone
In the darkness down here all alone

Skeletal sockets peering out through the mist
Sun bleached fingers point while the stale winds hiss

Arranging the bones
The bones on the moor
Seeds of the doomed
So perfect they are

I´ve stripped the pieces from their counterparts
Nocturnal placement as a work of art
This place is mine, nobody else comes here
If they do they´ll only disappear

(lyrics: Chris Reifert)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11zGuSC1Fk4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eew6Y_3jTHE

(Well, here´s absolutely an album-titel, which perfectly suits the music....ha ha....I´ve been listening a lot lately to the return from the american death metal-veterans Autopsy and their come back-album "Macabre eternal" is definitely one of the best death metal-albums, I´ve been listening to for a long long time :-) But that said, I have to admit, that I had some serious troubles getting into this dark and disgusting universe the first couple of times, I listened to "Macbre eternal"....But I´m a very patient soul, and I succeeded....YES!...."Macabre eternal" is definitely gore-death metal, as we wish for :-)

I´ve found two ultimate winners on "Macabre eternal": track number two "Dirty gore whore" and track number six "Seeds of the doomed", and if I really really really have to choose...."Seeds of the doomed" goes all the way....such dreamy riffs :-)

Kind regards
Carsten

"Veil of maya" by Cynic

Cynic:"Veil of maya", (from the album "Focus", 1993):

In maya´s grip illusion transforms verity
perceiving thus a delusive world of
duality

veil of maya
balance every joy with a grief
dual scales of maya
earth´s unending law of polarity

ahamkara...veil of maya

illusion works impenetrable
weaving webs innumerable
her gay pictures never fail
crowd each other veil on veil
charmer who will be believed
by man who thirsts to be deceived
maya subjects you

veil of maya
chops and divides god´s dream thoughts
the great divider
as we be subject to likes and disgust

ahamkara...veil of maya

maya subjects you
charmer who will be believed
by man who thirsts to be deceived

veil of maya
balance every joy with a grief
dual scales of maya
earth´s unending law of polarity

veil of maya
chops and divides god´s dream thoughts
the great divider
as we be subject to likes and disgust

ahamkara...veil of maya

(lyrics: Cynic)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_09IAg12q8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3UZ88vgGa0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5SjJqdOgiI

(My dad loves jazz and don´t ask me why....ha ha...., but when jazz is combined with death metal like on Cynic´s debut-album "Focus", released in 1993, I suppose it´s alright!

There are a lot of classic albums put out from the floridian death metal-scene back in the late eighties/early nineties, and "Focus" is absolutely one of them, with its great combination of technical death metal and....well....jazz :-) (Despite the fact, that the album is not THAT death metal!). But "Focus" simply took the well-known death metal-genre a step or two further....

There are some damn good songs to find here, but the opener "Veil of maya" will in my opinion allways go as the ultimate "Focus"-winner :-)

Kind regards
Carsten

"Unseen" by The Haunted

The Haunted:"Unseen", (from the album "Unseen", 2011):

Familiar as it may seem
I wish I had never been
here before
The re-occurring pattern
of dysfunctional,
the power and control
it´s not as if
I´m new to any of this,
but I wish there was a way
to reach your inside
and set you free

And so it stays unseen
Under the surface
Right out of touch
right out of reach
Until we shine the light of
truthful loving trust
it´s never going to change

You were the one
I was supposed to turn to
when I needed someone
and I realize that
I´m powerless,
but at least I´m not alone.
So turn your screws on
any which way cause
I´m not playing along
You carry this like a trophy,
when you could have been
so strong,
But I am not the one
to judge you anymore
I promise you.

And so it stays unseen
Under the surface
Right out of touch
right out of reach
Until we shine the light of
truthful loving trust
it´s never going to change

(lyrics: The Haunted)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av2AqT2BvrA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s3NNfPq83s

(To compare the sweedish thrash metal-band The Haunted´s early releases to their newest one "Unseen" (2011) is like comparing Ozzy Osbourne to Britney Spears....ha ha....Alright, maybe "THE EXAGGERATION OF THE YEAR", but there really is a difference!

I´m a big fan of the The Haunted´s early career with "thrash metal-straight-in-your-face"-albums like the debut "The Haunted" (1998) and "Revolver" (2004), but on "Unseen" the sweedes have turned in a....erm....popmetal-direction?! Not that bad actually, because the new songs have in general fine catchy choruses and are quite memorable, but perhaps a little too boring seen from a real metal-perspective....

But anyway, I´ve been listening a lot to the album without actually falling asleep, and especially the titel-song keeps me awake :-)

(News: Frontman Peter Dolving has recently left The Haunted, and the band is looking for a new singer....So the future of the band might seem a little uncertain at the moment, but we´ll cross our fingers :-)).

Kind regards
Carsten

"Ghosts of grace" by Nachtmystium

Nachtmystium:"Ghosts of grace", (from the album "Assassins: black meddle part 1, 2008):

The alleys of hell where we wonder
What´s eternal, now it begins
The fate of the earth, where we were born
No last echo, pull the plug

And the storm left nothing
And the storm left all
And the storm took nothing
And the storm took all

The winds of disease burn your fields
So unhallowed, so unclean
The face of extinction raw and pestilent
White with terror, tainted eyes

And the storm left nothing
And the storm left all
And the storm took nothing
And the storm took all

The ghosts of grace want your bones
Your spirit left for dead
The course of the mourning, lay in grace
Like nations raped with praise

And the storm left nothing
And the storm left all
And the storm took nothing
And the storm took all

(lyrics: Chris Black)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odPToK35mNE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SuZZLNVmDU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1X9gQKOzEc

(Nachtmystium....well....the very first time I saw this awesome bandname was on the front cover of the UK-heavy metal-magazine Terrorizer, and I remember clearly thinking to myself: "Carsten, this definitely is a joke!". But it wasn´t :-), just like Nachtmystium´s music....

It´s been a while since, I´ve been listening to "Assassins....", which turned out to be kind of a breakthrough-album for the Chicago-guys, but a couple of weeks ago it found its way back to my ears, and it´s really that relaxing listening to such experimental black metal with a Pink Floyd-touch to it :-)

And the ultimate Assassins-track??????? It definitely has to be "Ghosts of grace"....RIFFS :-)

Kind regards
Carsten