"The eye of Ra" by Nile

Nile:"The eye of Ra", (from the album "Those whom the gods detest", 2009):

In my foolishness I had taken the form of a mortal man
And entered time to live amongst humanity born of my tears
But now they have turned against me and my descendants
They overthrow the temples and curse my name

Now I return to the city of the sun
There enthroned gouge out my eye
Terrible is my pain horrifying are my cries dreadful is my towering rage
All my fierce passions cause my torn eye
To take shape as a fearsome lioness
With teeth and claws that ache to rend flesh
Heedless of the blood that courses down my cheek
Sekhmet the mighty I name thee and nesert who is a burning flame

Then the terrible roar of Sekhmet sounds forth
Flee from me humanity through it availeth thee not
Hide in the deserts and the mountains
Let fear grow in your hearts
For I am vengeance and bloody death

With terrible wrath
Shall I now go forth out in to the two lands
To slay the gathered armies of man
Not one shall stand alive where I have been
As I rend the very flesh from their bones
I will wade in human blood and drink my fill
For the joy of killing gladdens my heart

(lyrics: Karl Sanders)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKm5FjxpkdI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co8OknxkAtU

http://www.nile-catacombs.net/

(Alright....cards on table: The second half of 1998 was for me....well, what can I say without exaggerating....A HORRIBLE TIME!!!!!!!...."ha ha"...., but that specific year as a whole was also a time, when great USA-death metal-act Nile came up with their full-length-debut "Amongst the catacombs of Nephren-Ka", and that definitely softens the things quite a bit....HA HA....

I´ve followed Nile throughout their career, since the late nineties, and they are....well, what can I say again without  exaggerating....AWESOME!!!!!!!....HA-HA-HA....There´s a brand new Nile-album out these days called "At the gate of Sethu"....I haven´t bought it yet, but of cause I will, and while we´re waiting for the big moment to come(?!), listen to this great track "The eye of Ra" from their previous full-length "Those whom the gods detest"....Yes I´m absolutely a RIFF-lover and there´s no way I can help it :-)

I´ll be back on wednesday august 29 or thursday august 30 with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, and this time we´re heading to Sweden :-) See you!

Kind regards
Carsten

"Svartir sandar" by Sólstafir

Sólstafir:"Svartir sandar", (from the album "Svartir sandar", 2011):

Ég og þú
og svartir sandar.
Uppþurrin ást
í óbyggðum andar.

Leiðin heim
í hlykkjum liggur.
Iskalt regn
og kolniðamyrkur.

Feigan dreymir dauða sinn,
kulin hjörtu villast.
Minningin um hver við vorum,
vonin dauð og ástin þorrin.

Svartir sandar,
óbyggðar andar.

(lyrics: Sólstafir)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkA6JX8iuHo

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

(I suppose, you´re quite familiar with the icelandic language....ha ha....oh, you´re NOT?!....ha ha (again :-))....But in fact it doesn´t really matter, whether you are or not, because Sólstafir´s latest album, last year´s "Svartir sandar" is a lot more than "just" its lyrics! It´s a black metal-album simply not out of this world :-) The music is so freezing cold, that you hardly can´t believe it, though totally unlike anything "Black" released from Norway or Sweden ever....(at least as far as I know :-)).

I´ve spent a good part of this summer in this....erm....cold atmosphere, and I really enjoy the whole "Svartir sandar"-album, especially when it comes to the awesome titel-track: Songwriting at its very best!

Next great heavy metal-song with lyrics will be on monday august 20 or tuesday august 21, and this time it´s about american death metal....See you :-)

Kind regards
Carsten

"Theories from another world" by Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost:"Theories from another world", (from the album "Tragic idol", 2012):

Erased by the words, consuming desolate
In death in remorse, in this we celebrate

Theories from another world, from another failure
We don´t adhere to fascination

Weary, fall on mother earth, call your other saviour
We don´t adhere to fascination

Drained by the voice in which we tolerate
Rejection restores resistance provocates

Theories from another world, from another failure
We don´t adhere to fascination

Weary, fall on mother earth, call your other saviour
We don´t adhere to fascination

(lyrics: Nick Holmes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfx1gcj6sNw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH7KfSlAdic

("Surprise" is easily a word to be used, when it comes to Paradise Lost´s new album "Tragic idol" in general and the song "Theories from another world" in particular....In fact the album is, in my opinion, really about to top the PL-classics "Icon" (1993) and "Draconian times" (1995), and I never thought, that was going to happen :-) Another "Tragic idol"-track "Honesty in death" could as well have been a part of "Icon"....

....But, (and here comes another surprise :-)), the song "Theories from another world" doesn´t sound like anything else Paradise Lost have released in recent times! (Or at least I can´t remember....). HEAVYYYYYYY!!!!!!! or dare I say BRUTAL....ha ha....It wasn´t my favourite track from the album to start with, but cards on table: IT HAS BECOME :-)

Next great heavy metal-song with lyrics here on HEAVY-SKOV? Friday august 10 may be a qualified guess....:-) See you!

Kind regards
Carsten