"This cut is the deepest" by Swallow the Sun

Swallow the Sun:"This cut is the deepest", (from the album "Emerald Forest and the Blackbird", 2012):

You are nothing but a shadow of the beauty you used to be,
blank painting with silver frames.

You know when things turned all so wrong?
Afraid to tell the truth, locked inside yourself.
I promise this won´t hurt you,
at least as much as all these lies.

You are nothing but a shadow of the beauty you used to be,
deceitful and shallow; yes, you know when things turned so wrong.

Dim line between two broken hearts, long road to perdition.
One will stand, one will fall.

See the stars, touch your scars, face the dark eye to eye.
Touch the stars, feel the warmth, my love,
this cut is the deepest.

You are nothing but a shadow of the beuty you used to be,
deceitful and shallow; yes, you know when things turned so wrong.

(lyrics: Mikko Kotamäki)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2dBPIET8Sg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MVlFNl2E5o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bu_U5MjWQE

http://www.swallowthesun.net/site/

(We´re ending this year with an incredibly beautiful song, that is "This cut is the deepest" from finnish doomsters Swallow the Sun´s latest album, this years "Emerald Forest and the Blackbird". In fact the majority of the songs included on "Emerald...." can easily be called beautiful, but for different reasons....But that said "This cut...." absolutely takes the prize :-)

2012 is about to be gone, and the year has, in my case, been quite exciting with some great experiences, but also a year not without difficulties. Life gives and it takes, that´s for sure...., and I think vocalist Mikko Kotamäki had this in mind, when he wrote the lyrics for today´s song.

Swallow the Sun is absolutely a band worth of mentioning, when we´re talking doom/gothic metal, and I think they have the talent to take over the throne, the one day My Dying Bride decide to retire. (If MDB retire, may God forbid....:-)).

See you next year, (or tuesday to be more precise :-)), with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, and I´m not quite sure, I´m going to be popular on this one....because this song is definitely NOT HANGOVER-FRIENDLY....ha ha....

....and by the way, we´re staying in Finland....See you!

Kind regards
Carsten

"Pissing in the mainstream" by Dying Fetus

Dying Fetus:"Pissing in the mainstream", (from the album "Destroy the opposition", 2000):

The media is a tool,
designed to mold us into slaves
Drugging us into an empty apathetic daze
The trick is that we think that everything is going fine
But the truth to our reality lies buried in the mind
I don´t give a fuck about the Hollywood elite
I don´t really care if models can´t fucking eat
I don´t give a fuck about what movie is on top
But what I really know is that the shit has got to stop
Consumer appetites are never satisfied in full
´cause the objects that they buy can simply never fill the void
A constant need for meaning and accumulating shit
drives the lust in their obsession just to get another fix
I don´t give a fuck about the TV ratings game
The "Real World´s" not a party, just a place for the insane
If that reflects reality then pass another drink
You try to be a millionaire - I´ll vomit in the sink
What the fuck is left to try on an avaricious nation on an economic high?
If Rome could last 500 years who then will throw the wrench inside our gears?
The bottom line is money on the western power scene
where celebrities and porn can let the population dream
They´re pathetic humans living in an advertising glut
who devour with a passion what the mainstream vomits up

(lyrics: Jason Netherton)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKa0-vLXReo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuZau8iL2mI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8R71mJOg3Y

http://www.facebook.com/DyingFetus?v=app_5179614317

(Sorry for the late update, but....well....here it is, and I´ll guess, it was worth the wait....:-)

I´m not quite sure, whether Dying Fetus´  third full-length "Destroy the opposition" was my very first meeting with these awesome Maryland-deathsters or not, but I think it was....But that said, I remember clearly my smiling reaction to this song-titel "Pissing in the mainstream", the very first time I saw it! This titel is just so funny and so original....and at the same time so normal when it comes to Dying Fetus: They never, to say the least, run short of a political comment :-)

Dying Fetus can easily be called one of the most political death metal-bands ever. They released a new album earlier this year called "Reign supreme", and my plans....erm....a part of my plans to be more precise....:-) is to buy a copy of "Reign...." next year. So don´t get surprised if a "Reign...."-song hits my blog one day or another. While we are waiting for this to happen, let´s all go pissing in the mainstream! It´s going to be wild, brutal and full of energy, and it takes 1 minute and 57 seconds....ha ha....

See you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, and this time it´s going to be....well....I warn you....PAINFUL THE FINNISH WAY(?!?!).

See you and MERRY CHRISTMAS :-)

Kind regards
Carsten

"Singer of strange songs" by 1349

1349:"Singer of strange songs", (from the album "Beyond the apocalypse", 2004):

I told you about the world
Of how the struggle for order and peace
and self-important hypocrisy fails
in the face of reality
And how there is no grand scheme
No rest for the living... only death

Chaos and the cold endless void
Is all that awaits..
We are all forgotten
We are all dust
We are all unimportant
We are all dead
No rest for the living... only death

You thought me mad
You wanted me to be like you,
To see the error of my ways ...
So you told me things I know were wrong
You showed me why I would never fit in

Why then, does what I have become
surprise you?
Dreamer,
Prophet,
Singer of strange songs

I went my own twisted way
Blocked by the world
Feared by the righteous
But always what I wanted...

Now that all has changed,
And the night is colder

Now that life has shown its true colours

And you...
You are forgotten
You are old
You are unimportant
You are dead

Can you face the real truth?
Can you call me a madman anymore?

Do you regret your selfless life?
The things you could never do,
In fear of what others would think?

Do you now see why I become a:
  Dreamer,
  Prophet,
  Singer of strange songs

(lyrics: Seidemann)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo3TXQmPOkc

http://www.legion1349.com/

(Not all of the established norwegian black metal-bands fit well into the term "Controversial" like a band such as Gorgoroth certainly do....Take for an example one of my ultimate favorites: Oslo´s 1349. This is definitely a band. who really concentrate on making catchy "black" full of substance and quality! Don´t get me wrong....I like Gorgoroth, that´s for sure, but 1349 just keep a higher level, when it comes to the music itself :-)

I´m not, to say the least, fond of november, but one of the albums, which really put me through the month this time around, was "Beyond the apocalypse", (the second full-length from 1349). Between the two of us....november was blown away by "Singer of strange songs" and all the other winners included on "Beyond...." :-)

"Singer of strange songs" in particular is a black metal-song, which really deserves your attention and not only because of its....erm....fascinating song-titel :-) The song-structure is almost perfect and the lyrics are damn true words....

See you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, and this time there will be....well....what can I say without offending anyone....A WHOLE LOT OF PISSING....ha ha....

See you :-)

Kind regards
Carsten