"Sullen days" by Suffocation, (with lyrics)

Suffocation:"Sullen days", (from the album "Pinnacle of bedlam", 2013):

The broken ways, as I walk through the emptiness
Lost souls as empty as mine...
barren and desolate, foreseeing the irony
Abolish the self, merge into a singular space...
Confront the self, subduing the whim´s inside
No feelings to exude and portray the Sullen Days
As we hide from the bitterness
Embellish reality, or so your told...

No other way, to prepare for awakening
Condense the frail ridden mind
Keep without consciousness
To adhere to the ending days
The gods are not here for you now,
Expect a dichotomy
Ancient thoughts to prepare for the exodus
Shutter at what knowledge will hold
Sullen Days searching for a singular way

Now I conceive a brutal reality,
Just wanting to kill
Murder in mind, to silence a virus
Internal struggle containing the violence
Wanting to purge the earth
Denying my thoughts to obtain absolution
Pray my for soul to receive its ascension

Sullen Days as I dwell in this empty shell
Hopes of redemption decline
Festering hate inside - as I harbor the pain within
A tormented soul thats tortured and bound
- god fearing agony

Broken days, in my bitter reality
Conform thyself, I brood within
Prepare to die, as I wade through these Sullen Days,
They know not my plans of what destiny holds

What you don´t know, is silence can kill
What I know is silence will manifest
HATRED, brewing within me
I dream of KILLING
If thoughts could lash out, you´d all be dead

Now I conceive a brutal reality,
Just wanting to kill
Murder in mind, to silence a virus
Internal struggle containing the violence
Wanting to purge the earth
Denying my thoughts to obtain absolution
Pray my for soul to receive its ascension

Sullen Days as I dwell in this empty shell
Hopes of redemption decline
Festering hate inside - as I harbor the pain within
A tormented soul thats tortured and bound
- god fearing agony

Broken days, in my bitter reality
Conform thy self, I brood within
Prepare to die, as I wade through these Sullen Days,
They know not my plans of what destiny holds

(lyrics: Terrance Hobbs and Derek Boyer)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Jokv4MZdQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GITH2Nemf5c

https://www.facebook.com/suffocation

(I hate to write this, but I´m a little disappointed, when it comes to the new full-length from legendary New York-deathsters Suffocation....Not that "Pinnacle of bedlam" is a bad album....you know, Suffocation are Suffocation :-) Plus the fact that vocalist Frank Mullen is capable of saving every single song thanks to his incredible work behind the mic! Mullen has definitely become one of my heroes, when we´re talking growlers of the death metal-scene....Pure genius :-)

No, "Pinnacle...." is not a bad album, but it´s an album, that suffers from average songwriting. It´s really hard to pinpoint some memorable tracks from it, (some stand-out tracks), except this one....track 5...."Sullen days". In fact I´ve found myself playing this catchy piece of death metal inside my head several times, since I discovered the song :-)

Check it out...."Pinnacle of bedlam" in general and "Sullen days" in particular....then agree or disagree and....well....see you later this month with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics :-) This time it´s some kind of a tribute to Mr. Chuck Schuldiner (R.I.P). I know, this may sound totally confusing to you, but we´re returning to Norway and their much beloved black metal-scene. Some of its finest....:-)

See you :-)

Kind regards
Carsten

"Red-skinned scapegoat" by Cryptopsy, (with lyrics)

Cryptopsy:"Red-skinned scapegoat", (from the album "Cryptopsy", 2012):

Shackled and
confined within this
tiny cell
I await punishment
for a crime I did not
commit
Flies and rats ac-
company me here
The bars gleam moist
with condensation
As I sit throughout
my last sunrise
This tiny island was
called Admiral when
I first arrived
Now it´s overpopu-
lated and infested
Framed for murder
Another red-skinned
scapegoat
My hatred of diver-
sity condemned me
The man they
believed I killed
Was sitting at peace
when he was shot in the back
His dinning room
table became his
deathbed
Flimsy evidence sup-
porting an airtight
case
The murder weapon
misplaced
Fallen coinciden-
tally to the bottom
of the lake
His wife glared at me
in the courtroom a
devilish stare I will
never forget
her tear-streaked
face
Radiated with a glint
of hope as the judge
revealed his verdict
So now I wait as the
sun slowly rises
Counting my last
hours
Pleading for
forgiveness
Although I am
guiltless
The time has now
arrived they are
standing outside
my chamber
The noose has been
set and the crowd
has gathered
The noon sun blinds
me, as I approach the
gallows
So much so that I
can´t see my family
weeping at the back
of the square
Tied and bound with
a burlapsac
over my head
I can only hear what
they are doing to me
The last thing I
perceive is the gasp
of the crowd
Just before the rope
swings taut

Framed for murder
Another red skinned
scapegoat
Left to hang
In another´s man
place
Framed for murder
Another red-skinned
scapegoat
Eternal red-skinned
scapegoat

(lyrics: Matt McGachy)

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVwwVpMsKo0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQueGx_10XM

http://cryptopsy.ca/

https://www.facebook.com/CryptopsyMetal

(Actually I ain´t that familiar with canadian extreme deathsters....CRYPTOPSY, but I´m working hard on this obviously strong band :-) Oh....no....I mean, I take my time: NO NEED TO RUSH :-) Until now, I´ve "only" listened to two Cryptopsy-killers....last year´s phenomenal "Cryptopsy" and its predecessor, from 2008, "The unspoken king". To be honest "The unspoken...." seems to me less....erm....dangerous :-) than the new one, but no matter I like "The unspoken...." too!

Today´s update, "Red-skinned scapegoat", is....well....fascinating in different ways. The titel alone! However it was the jazz-part of the song, that really got me into "Red-skinned....". (I can´t help it, I´m jazz-influenced thanks to my father :-)). But....but....but....this song is more than jazz and an awesome songtitel, it´s also death-songwriting at its best. In fact this catchy and damned fine track, sent directly from....erm....heaven, keeps growing everytime, I listen to it....So why not share it with you :-)

See you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics and this time we´re heading back to the States. It´s all about suffering...."THE MULLEN-WAY"!!!!!!!

See you :-)

Kind regards
Carsten

"The line between" by Baroness, (with lyrics)

Baroness:"The line between", (from the album "Yellow & green", 2012):

I turned my head up and the sky was empty
I wasn´t looking for paradise
And when I asked for comfort from the land of plenty
I came to realize...

You have taken this for granted
Please don´t take it all away

Feel the light of day. Feel it fade away
Walk the line between the righteous and the wicked
And tomorrow I´ll be gone...

I thrust my hands in ´til the nerves all went cold
I tasted silver and I tasted gold
And when the bandage lifted, our scars were newborn
We still felt everything...

I have taken this for granted
Please don´t take it all away

Feel the light of day. Feel it fade away
Walk the line between the righteous and the wicked
And tomorrow I´ll be gone...

Feel the light of day. Feel it fade away
Walk the line between the righteous and the wicked
And tomorrow I´ll be gone...
And tomorrow I´ll be gone...

(lyrics: John Dyer Baizley)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqzenI8j69c

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jg8O_XXD_0

http://baronessmusic.com/

(In this very moment I´m listening to Clutch´ latest full-length "Earth rocker"....AND IT´S ABSOLUTELY GREAT ENTERTAINMENT! Yes, I´m in a rock´n roll-phase, but don´t you worry, in this phase some extreme records are hitting my ears too....Proof to be shown soon :-)

This EXTREMEly late update, (sorry for that :-)), is from a band, that....well....actually are sounding more like mighty Mastodon than Clutch, but they´re not that far from Neil Fallon & Co. The band in case: Savannah´s BARONESS....

One can´t surely blame Baroness for being superficial....Last year´s third full-length, the double disc "Yellow & green" is not only a varied collection of quality-tracks within the sludge metal-genre,  it´s also a journey into some of the darkest corners in life. The more I listen to "Yellow & green", the more layers of pain I find, so maybe it´s about time quitting the album....ha ha....Whatever "Yellow & green" is going to be one of my favorites of all times, there´s simply no way I can deny it :-)

The choice for this update ran between "Eula" and "The line between" and after ENDLESS SLEEPLESS NIGHTS....(no, just joking :-))...."The line between" finally convinced me! Great great song, and in fact one of the heaviest songs included on the whole double-album....ENJOY :-) and....

....see you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics and this time we´re heading to....CANADA!! I don´t think, we´ve been there before in the history of HEAVY-SKOV, and....well....let me put it short: Some extreme chaotic "noise" is in wait :-)

See you!

Kind regards
Carsten

"A map of all our failures" by My Dying Bride, (with lyrics)

My Dying Bride:"A map of all our failures", (from the album "A map of all our failures", 2012):

I´m unaware of a response
From my errant dark red soul
Too deep to be spoken aloud
I bury a word right in my heart

Frost etched the tall windows
I have been cold for a long time
Borne upon winters shoulders

There are wolves here, many of them
I am staggered at their hatred of me

I lie in complete fear
I call the moths to tend me
I forget the form of my sin

And drained of motion, the air itself avoids me
And void of notion, unable to perceive
Mouth barely open, almost fearing to breathe
And there is no other sound at all

Just there, to the left, his shadow rose
I always knew he was coming
Takes the vacant chair beside me
With golden hands he moved the hair from my face

(lyrics: Aaron Stainthorpe)

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3WcEG1GB_w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuQz423nRWA

https://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Dying-Bride-Official-uk/282179138510618

(Sometimes I get this feeling, that My Dying Bride and I are meant for each other....I mean, how often do you actually meet a band, that knows your inner thoughts and feelings better than yourself? :-)

The new MDB-album "A map of all our failures" is....well....what word would be the most appropriate to use? Let´s try with AWESOME to a start....ha ha....It has this truly majestic atmosphere surrounding it, and Aaron....erm....is the king :-) His vocal just gets better and better!!

Today´s update is the album´s titel-song and is a song, that....to be honest....hits something in me, I don´t really know what is....BUT I´LL KEEP ON SEARCHING....HA HA....The other seven "A map...."-songs are certainly filled with the well known MDB-quality, but the song "A map of all our failures" REALLY means something to me :-) This song is going to be a classic just like the aforementioned "The wreckage of my flesh", that´s for sure.

See you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, and this time....well....I suppose, you don´t trust me, but I´ve actually found the new "Mastodon"....(Not that there´s anything wrong with the old....AT ALL :-)). And by the way, we´re heading to....SAVANNAH!

See you :-)

Kind regards
Carsten

"The wreckage of my flesh" by My Dying Bride, (with lyrics)

My Dying Bride:"The wreckage of my flesh", (from the album "Songs of darkness, words of light", 2004):

Loathsome I´ve become,
A creature so undone,
Wretched and broken,
Cannot find my faith,
Any God will do,
Nothing said is new,
Nothing said is true,
Fly away my hope.

The embrace of shade holds me dear,
Eats me away,
Loose the dogs of disgrace upon me,
I have no faith,
Raise the poor outcast I´ve become,
I am undone,
Calm is the air. Still is the sea,
The valley of death keeps calling me.

Rest my eyes from the world,
This dying place, it´s so absurd,
Oh, Christ above, whom I love,
Lost to me. My snow white dove,
Make this day like the night,
Songs of darkness. Words of light,
Pulling down my heart,
I won´t forget my lovers heart.

With utter loathing and scorn,
I was somehow born,
Strewn in black decay,
None shall I obey,
The wreckage of my flesh,
The nakedness of my death.

(lyrics: Aaron Stainthorpe)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmjL3eoQF0k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovsIe33-sfM

https://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Dying-Bride-Official-uk/282179138510618

(I think, I have mentioned this before....I believe in reincarnation :-) I believe in the thought, that we have been here before, and that there´s life after death. That we´re going to return to earth after 150-200 years on "the other side", unless we have nothing more to learn as a human being. Maybe I´m wrong, maybe I´m right, but regardless it´s my belief....

My Dying Bride....I remember clearly one of the very first times, I was listening to the opening "Songs of darkness...."-track "The wreckage of my flesh"....It was 2004, either late february or early march, and I was suddenly thinking to myself in the mid-part of this utterly melancholic song: "Well....this could easily been played at a funeral-scene in one movie!". In fact I started imagining this fictive scene, while the music flew away :-) That was back then....

In the very beginning of this year I was reading one day in UK-heavy meatal-magazine "Terrorizer", that one of Winterfylleth-frontman Chris Naughton´s ultimate favorite songs is....well...."The wreckage of my flesh" :-) I have to admit, that I haven´t really been listening that much to "The wreckage...." since 2004, but thanks to Naughton things have changed for the better here in 2013 :-) It´s definitely one of My Dying Bride´s most complete and finest tracks ever....

See you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics and this time it´s about the winner of all winners from the new My Dying Bride-album "A map of all our failures"....and YES!!!, the album is actually filled with winners :-)

See you!

Kind regards
Carsten

"The glorious plain" by Winterfylleth, (with lyrics)

Winterfylleth:"The glorious plain", (from the album "The threnody of triumph", 2012):

That tract of earth is not, over mid-earth,
Fellow too many peopled lands,
But it is withdrawn,
Through creations might,
From wicked men!

Beauteous is the plain,
With enchantments blessed,
With the sweetness of earth,
Distinctive is the island,
And noble its makers,
Who the land founded

That is a pleasant plain,
Green wolds,
Spacious under blue skies;
There may not rain nor snow,
Nor rage of frost, nor fire´s blast,
Nor fall of hail, nor heat of sun,
Nor barren cold, nor winter shower,
The plain endures forever

That glorious land is higher by twelve fold
Of fathom measure,
As us the skilful have informed,
Sages, through wisdom,
In writings show,
Than any of those hills
That brightly here with us
Tower high!
Under the stars,
Serenity lies ´oer the glorious plain,
The sunny bower glitters
The trees ever stand green!

That noble land with blossoms filled
Nor hills nor mountains there
Nor stony cliffs towering high,
As here with us,
Nor mountain-caves & hilly chains
Thereon rests aught unsmooth,
The noble fields dwell under skies
With delights in bloom!

(lyrics: Winterfylleth)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqDQJ5mB1P0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocQNZJw5OUo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqrf02q0MZg

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

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Winterfylleth/232057463509264

(As I mentioned last time, my number of visits to the rest of the world are....erm....limited! Germany, Sweeden and Norway, and that´s it....One of the countries I would like to visit one day is England, that´s for sure. It seems to me quite easy to imagine the great pleasure by travelling across England together with Winterfylleth-frontman Chris Naughton while drinking loads of english tea and maybe....erm....something a little bit stronger :-) Naughton is, in my opinion, one of the most down to earth and talented frontmen, the black metal-genre has to offer. So it might be kinda cool letting him guide me through England and learning about its history....not to mention Winterfylleth´s intelligent take on black metal. The Manchester-based band´s third full-length "The threnody of triumph" is a brilliant lesson in how, norwegian black metal can be taken a couple of steps further and into something, I think, truly english....:-) I simply LOVE the album from start to finish, especially when it comes to track 5 "The glorious plain". Glorious? INDEED :-) :-) :-)

See you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, and this time....well....it has turned out, that Chris Naughton and I have the same taste in metal....BIG SURPRISE....or I mean NOT :-)

See you!

Kind regards
Carsten

"Epitome" by Soilwork, (with lyrics)

Soilwork:"Epitome", (from the album "The panic broadcast", 2010):

Lost, it´s been a long time
For this moment to come
Lost, it´s been a long line
Where I´ve been waiting too long

All those words and the consequences
Won´t you please shed some light
All the fear and all that joy
Guide my way as I turn in desire

How it hurts when I give up
The way that it ends
Twist and turn till it erupts
The way it commands...

Lost, it´s been a long fight
And it kept holding on
Lost, it´s been a long sigh
It has been clearing my mind

All those years being overloaded
All the strength I put in
Let me share what I´ve done to myself
I´ve been losing to win

How it hurts when I give up
The way that it ends
Twist and turn till it erupts
The way it commands...

How it hurts when I give up
You don´t understand
Twist and turn, the way it looka
Into my eyes again

How it hurts when I give up
The way that it ends
Twist and turn till it erupts
The way it commands...

How it hurts when I give up
You don´t understand
Twist and turn, the way it looks
The way it commands...

(lyrics: Soilwork)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfw66HJrrx8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHgm0QT8wCY

http://www.soilwork.org/

https://www.facebook.com/soilwork

(I´m not much of a traveller....(to say the least :-))....Actually besides Denmark I´ve only been in the northern area of Germany, the southern area of Sweeden and....erm....somewhere in Norway, (but that was way before the word "corpsepaint" became common language in the metal-world :-)).

Helsingborg in Sweeden, (melo-thrashers Soilwork´s hometown), leaves one of my best summerholiday-memories, when I was a child. Many summers me and my brother and our parents went on vacation in Denmark in the Elsinore-area in the near of Sweeden, and everytime we took the ferry from Elsinore to Helsingborg....and back :-) Nothing special but great cosiness....not to forget the delicious dutch licorice, we bought on-board....:-)

....AND NOW TO THE MUSIC....and this little shining pearl "Epitome" by Soilwork, taken from 2010´s awesome full-length "The panic broadcast". Last month Soilwork released the double disc-album "The living infinite", and I´m warming up to meet this....erm....GIANT :-) by listening to its predecessor...."Epitome" seems to me quite fascinating :-) Anonymous in a way, very simple in another, but "Epitome" is with no doubt "The panic...."-track, I like and remember the most!! As one says: "Less is more". Damn true words :-)

See you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, and this time we´re heading back to England, where we´re going to stay for a little while....Next time it´s in Manchester....N-A-U-G-H-T-O-N :-)

See you!

Kind regards
Carsten

"Seeds" by Vallenfyre, (with lyrics)

Vallenfyre:"Seeds", (from the album "A fragile king", 2011):

dreams of a former lifetime
scattered by the flame
no eye from heaven
and nothing but a name

resign my heart
poor beast sleep sound
for the seeds have spread
the blackest of days
farewell my king
you must rest your head

i face an eternal winter
without you i will cease
you were my idol
i am your priest

resign my heart
poor beast sleep sound
for the seeds have spread
the blackest of days
farewell my king
you must rest your head

(lyrics: Gregor Mackintosh)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_btv_X8v0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivzHYw5rXZs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp3tNKbPbdc

https://www.facebook.com/Vallenfyre

(Actually I´m librarian-educated and have worked in many different libraries. But NOW....well....I´m working in another area, not that far from the libraries....but well....it´s kinda different :-) The year of 1993 was the year, when I graduated from The Danish Royal School of Librarianship, but it was also the year, when I discovered Paradise Lost, thanks to their awesome DON´T-TAKE-YOUR-OWN-LIFE-BREAK THROUGH-ALBUM "Icon". An album that has become a classic through the years :-)

Several years on, Lost´ guitarist Gregor Mackintosh has released this excellent side-projekt VALLENFYRE, death metal at its finest!!! (Among others together with Hamish from My Dying Bride :-)). The full length-debut "A fragile king" from 2011 is an album, that you really can´t overlook, and one of the things that makes the album so special is Greg´s vocal :-) It´s really amazing, that this man delivers one of the greatest growls ever in the metal-history, but he does....

Vallenfyre is pretty much based on the death of Greg´s father John, who died from cancer december 2, 2009, in the age of 73. A great great father, who was a huge inspiration for Greg, and "Seeds"....well....it´s the PROOF :-) A great great song, that simply blew me away the very first time, I was listening to it...."Seeds" has to be the ultimate tribute!!!

See you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, and this time we´re heading to Sweeden....CHILDHOOD-MEMORIES ARE ON :-)

See you :-)

Kind regards
Carsten

"Before the fight ends you" by Hatebreed, (with lyrics)

Hatebreed:"Before the fight ends you", (from the album "The divinity of purpose", 2013):

Let´s go

Standing here again as the words
Fail to hit the page
Towering in silence straining thoughts
To create
There´s no safe words
There´s no stasis
There´s no fixing the broken places
I see just one more chance for redemption
A selfless child´s dream of ascension

End the fight
Before the fight ends you
This could be the day
Things only fall in the hands we raise
End the fight
Before the fight ends you
Of all the lies I´ve told
This is the least untrue

All the pictures didn´t change but the people in them did
Monuments don´t always crumble
When the pillars have
Maybe the light is fading
As the tunnel closes in
But who are you to see this
As this journey just begins

Forgetting nothing
Forgiving so much less
The devil you thought you never knew
Is now the one that knows you the best
Now end the fight

End the fight
Before the fight ends you
This could be the day
Things only fall in the hands we raise
End the fight
Before the fight ends you
Of all the lies I´ve told
This is the least untrue

I try to forget yesterday
When I´m living through today
And I don´t know what tomorrow brings
Or what it might take away

Forgetting nothing
Forgiving so much less
The devil you thought you never knew
Is now the one that knows you the best
Now end the fight

(lyrics: Hatebreed)

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es80tqYy3PY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8KFM0ZHybc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-XjOSK2Aro

http://hatebreed.com/

(Thanks to my much beloved UK-heavy metal-magazine "Terrorizer" I discovered Hatebreed in the very beginning of this year....One might argue: "It´s damn late, Mr. Heavy-Skov!!!", considering the fact, Hatebreed have been around for several years now, and are very familiar with the keyword "Success"....But as we say here in Denmark: "Better late than never!", (at least some of us do....ha ha....).

The cover of the january-issue of Terrorizer is graced by Hatebreed-frontman Jamey Jasta, and inside he gives this interesting interview, where he sounds really friendly, down to earth and intelligent. So I was thinking to myself after reading the interview: "I´ll bet you can do worse than buying "The divinity of purpose"....:-)".

"The divinity of purpose", Hatebreed´s brand new opus, is now to find in my collection, and I haven´t in any second been regretting the buy! The album is great entertainment from start to finish, not that original, but with some very cool stand out-tracks like for example the opener "Put it to the torch", the titel-song and...."BEFORE THE FIGHT ENDS YOU"!

"Before the fight...." really reminds me of one of my favorite-bands Pro-Pain, and everything that sounds like Gary Meskil and Co. gets a smiling reaction from me....:-) ENJOY the song, (heavenly Crossover: mixture of hardcore and metal), and remember not to give up, when you have to struggle with everyday´s smaller and bigger problems! Changing your way of thinking might be the answer :-)

See you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, and this time we´re going to meet a guy, we´ve met before here on HEAVY-SKOV....Definitely a great guitarist but ALL OF A SUDDEN a great growler too :-) The man in case??? Well, you´ll have to wait a couple of weeks, before I´m revealing it :-)

See you :-)

Kind regards
Carsten

"Violentia gladiatore" by Krisiun, (with lyrics)

Krisiun:"Violentia gladiatore", (from the album "The great execution", 2011):

beneath the skies of oppression . over the sands of execution
a wile construction is built - to recreate the ecstasy of the killing fields
gladiatorial brutality engaged - slaves to be hunted off the cage
butchery celebrates a holiday - killing and carnage for entertain
bastards and whores whipped as devoured, spectacles of horror
in a furious feast, slaves and thieves are fed to the beasts
mourning of doom and cruelty ominipotent tyranny
blood lusting crowd cheering for the slaves´ agony
into the vortex of unmerciful mutilations
initiate the black mass of condemnation
screams of the tortured, echoing on thru the abattoir
bodies impaled in iron stakes, spectacles of horror
crowded arena praising the beasts in a massive roar
devourment upon the sands of conceived legal pain
open the gates of the lion´s den
lacerated bodies scattered under the rain hunger lions devouring fury unchained
warlords clash in a maelstrom of swords and shields
vultures behold, slaughter unfolds, bloody stories to be told.

(lyrics: Krisiun)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKZWY6SsMQs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBMT71mcIxQ

http://www.krisiun.com.br/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VWLhm1Nz-U

(The year of 2003....well, what can I say....to me it was a year loaded with unemployment! Actually I was looking for a job the whole year and didn´t find any....:-( BUT I remember with a smile those peaceful mornings that year, when I was sitting in my lovely armchair drinking coffee STRONG AS HELL, listening to music STRONG AS HELL, and reading books STRONG AS....well, not THAT strong to be honest....ha ha....

The year of 2003....well....it was also a year, where I discovered Krisiun :-) Three brothers from Brazil, who contribute to the death metal-scene in the most positive way....They´re to say the least DEDICATED :-) "Works of carnage" was the album, that blew me away back in 2003, and while I was....erm....flying, I was wondering: "Can death metal be any darker than this???".

I´m not sure about the right answer to that question, but I know Krisiun´s kind of death metal is filled with darkness, and their latest release, 2011´s "The great execution", is definitely no exception :-) Probably the brazilians best album so far....with death-songwriting at its best and a lot of songs really hard to forget! (Not that I´m expecting you to try....ha ha....). Today´s update is my ultimate favorite-track from "The great....", namely the totally awesome "Violentia gladiatore". LISTEN, AGREE and ENJOY :-)

See you monday with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, and this time it´s about FIGHTING!!! I´m hoping to see you, but I understand, if you don´t have the guts....ha ha....

Kind regards
Carsten

"Circles of the oath" by Absu, (with lyrics)

Absu:"Circles of the oath", (from the album "Abzu", 2011):

1st Verse
I stand in the center of the summit sphere
I wait for the sound of the clouted bell - the warning sign

The vagueness has not been named.
Yet I see hands which testify the vow
Exposing the uncalled. Unknown and unsettled

My destinies marked!

Chorus
I confirm vigor of the Wise by stealth
With this spell, non-faul, creating combustion
I form the glow
Of the Oath, circles are blood and birth renewed
How keen the free star prevails - a strike of thrust
I forever reach

I seek double chains of Orgia´s durableness!

Repeat Chorus

I´m told by the garlanded that Afu and Tiphareth....
I´m told by the conquering they remain introducing:

The mentors of the Above
The forgers that speak Below
The savants of the Numbers
The solders of the Circuits

Decree
I´M
AEONS TENABLE
MARK MY WORDS
OF THE OATH
SEVEN

I´M
TREASURES TO THE STONE
HEAR MY LEAD
IN THE OATH
SEVEN

Repeat Decree
Repeat 1st verse

(lyrics: Proscriptor McGovern)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VslNe5Vm9AI

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

http://absu.bandzoogle.com/home.cfm

(Well, well, well....today´s big surprise, I think :-) The update is on some days before, I expected! ENJOY :-)

In the beginning of last month my nephew turned 9 years old and one of his presents was a so-called "Cajón", that has something to do with his drumming. Yes, he keeps on practising in order to become one of the world´s greatest heavy metal-drummers....erm....at least one of the world´s greatest drummers....ha ha....because I´m not quite sure, that I´m able to make him feel passionate about the heavy metal-genre....Only time will tell :-)

I don´t know at what age, the Texan Proscriptor McGovern started out his drumming, but today he´s definitely one of my favorites behind the drums! And the fact that he´s a very talented black-vocalist too only makes him the more impressive :-)

The latest Absu-album "Abzu", released 2011, is quite different compared to its predecessor "Absu" from 2009....More stripped-down musically and shorter in running-time, and I think "Abzu" is a SLIGHTLY better album. My ultimate favorite-tracks on "Abzu" are "Skrying in the spirit vision" and today´s update "Circles of the oath"....A DAMN WELL BLACK METAL-SONG WITH....(AND HERE WE GO AGAIN :-))....A GREAT RIFF!!!

See you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, and this time we´re heading to Brazil, but sorry, there will be no SAMBA at all....erm....to be honest: quite the opposite :-)

See you :-)

Kind regards
Carsten

"The gods who light up the sky at the Gate of Sethu" by Nile, (with lyrics)

Nile:"The gods who light up the sky at the Gate of Sethu", (from the album "At the Gate of Sethu", 2012):

The Great God cometh forth to the Gate
the gods who are therein acclaim Him

Guarded by sixteen UraeiStandeth the mummified form of Nemi
a Knife in his hands Swept by Flames of Fire

Come thou who art at the Horizon
Who Unveils the secret place And unfolds the Fathomless Depths of the Earth

Sethu the Hideous serpent stands on his tail
And guards the Way

Sayeth Sa
Rend thy Gate Tear open thy Portal Illuminate the darkness

The Gate Shuts behind ra
Uraci wail when the gate closes upon them
The Procession of Ra Incinerates the Sky

Unti the God of the Hour a Star in each Hand
Horus the Hawk Headed
SereqAbeshi
Sekhet the Lioness
The winged serpent Semi

Besi Receives the flame
of a horned animal Transfixed by a knife
From the neck of The serpent Ankhi
grows the Skulls of the undead

The criers Raise their Hands in adoration
Uraci rear their heads
unto Horus Set

Maketh thou a Rising up for Ra
In his hand is the fire from the head and upon the Horns
The weapon in the hand of the slayer is within the follower of the God

Those who cry unto Ra say
Enter in O Ra
Hail Come forth thou who art Born of the Underworld
Light up the Night sky Set ablaze a Conflagration that Sears the Firmament

(lyrics: Karl Sanders)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0GBd4isAJU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKPZGqrGqG0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_bAM8dqLCQ

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

(Do you remember Ritchie Blackmore´s classic riff from the classic Deep Purple-song "Smoke on the water"? Of course you do, or at least I hope so....ha ha....This totally unforgettable and, (as I have been told), quite easy riff to play was one of the reasons, why I got hooked on the heavy metal-genre back in the late 1980´s. Since that time an endless stream of great heavy metal-riffs have passed through my life, and last month the greatest death metal-riff ever hit my ears....Namely the opening/closing riff from the Nile-song "The gods who light up the sky at the Gate of Sethu" taken from last year´s Nile-album "At the Gate of Sethu". This riff is totally stunning to say the least!!! The very first time I was listening to it, I was like WTF....How on earth did I end in heaven from one moment to another....ha ha....

....And the new Nile-album as a whole? I like it, I REALLY REALLY REALLY like it :-) In fact I consider "At the Gate of Sethu" their best sine my ultimate Nile-favorite "In their darkened shrines" from 2002! It just sounds so fresh and some of the songs included on "At the Gate...." have this charming PUNK-feeling to it....PUNK AND NILE?!?!....To be honest: I didn´t see it coming....ha ha....

See you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, and this time my nephew, (the little drummer-boy :-)), is back....And by the way, we´re heading to Texas :-)

See you :-)

Kind regards
Carsten

"Den siste" by Satyricon

Satyricon:"Den siste", (from the album "The age of Nero", 2008):

I det stille rom
I det klare sinn
Et nakent lerret
Foran han
En urørt mark

Allmektighet
Av rike stort
Den siste vår

Allmektighet
Endelig
Vår siste stund
En kjempes slag

Det bor i han
Et storslått hjerte
Den siste kriger
Som aldri ga seg
Som skulle frem

Den siste stund
I naken drakt
Nå står vi her

På avguds mark
Den siste dag
Vi visste kom
På moder jord

Fordervet sjel
Vrir sitt indre
Fordømte barn
Av Satans sol

Du synker
For eget seil
Forbannet være
Ditt daue sinn

Herre...
Makt...
Sett dem fri
I storsinns tegn

En langsom ferd
For en herdet sjel
Det ville seg
Det måtte skje
Naturens gang

Allmektighet
Av rike stort
Den siste vår

Allmektighet
Endelig
Vår siste stund
En kjempes slag

Et skjær av lys
Som kaster håp
På en fattig mann

Som ikke vet
Hva bor i han
Et salig tegn
På undergang

Den siste stund
I naken drakt
Nå står vi her

På avguds mark
Den siste dag
Naturens gang
Vårt endelikt

(lyrics: Satyr Wongraven)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL5Qz5_Yfic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExAG6jNTwr8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrA-MFaXMNA

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzvAoh2gZus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYqn_gC8Ntw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQTZ8MiuZTg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9CvaCt11rs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc1jHCe1UAs

https://www.facebook.com/SatyriconOfficial

(Actually I was beginning to think, that "The age of Nero" was the very last album ever from legendary norwegian black metal-duo Satyricon, because it has been five long years since the album was released back in 2008....but luckily I was totally wrong :-) A few weeks ago the sweet rumour hit my ears....SOFT AND GENTLY....that there´s a new Satyricon-full length in the horizon, set for a september-release! And me who thought the time of miracles was gone with the wind....ha ha....

I will not claim to be the biggest Satyricon-fan on earth, but Satyr and Frost´s....erm....dare I say....academic(!) contributions to the black metal-genre are just so important to keep the BLACK-FLAME alive. Let´s celebrate the great news with this dark, slow and freezing cold closer from "The age of Nero"...."Den siste"! The words "den siste" are norwegian for "the last one", but luckily it didn´t turn out this way, thank God....or should I say....Satan?! :-)

See you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, and this time it´s totally entertainment....THE DEATH METAL-RIFF OF MY LIFE HAS SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY!!!!!!! And the band responsible is....well, sorry....you have to wait a couple of weeks, before it´s revealed :-)

See you!

Kind regards
Carsten

"Last stand for independence" by Testament

Testament:"Last stand for independence", (from the album "Dark roots of earth", 2012):

Last chance for independence
Call to arms to take a stand
Fully armed, our forces strong
Against the enemy we dance
Life lost for liberty,
Blood shed to protect our homes
Stand tall, divided we fall
The conflict takes it´s deadly toll

You struggle to breathe
Don´t ever let go
The less we conceive
The stronger er grow!

Fight on for independence
Charge through demolished lands
Ears ring to the hum of bullets
A tune a tragedy of man
Never surrender, blood stains upon my soul
Burning flags and body bags
The price of liberty for all

The last thing you´ll see
Is the last thing you´ll know
The less we conceive
The stronger we grow!

Facing our death
Struggle to breathe, choking on fear
In god we trust
Oppression for years
Blood sweat and tears

Will we ever know
The stillness of the storm...

Can we readjust
Our failures into trust...

Last chance for independence
The final call to make a stand
Hold fast, united strong
Against the enemy at hand
Never surrender, blood stains upon thy soul
Burning flags, and body bags
The price of liberty for all

You struggle to breathe
Don´t ever let go
The less we conceive
The stronger we grow!

Facing our death
Struggle to breathe, choking on fear
In god we trust
Oppression for years
Blood sweat and tears

(lyrics: Chuck Billy)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JmrVuKubDY

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

http://www.testamentlegions.com/

(Sometimes I really have a hard time, when it comes to "The next great heavy metal-song...." :-) It´s not always that easy making the decision which song to put on, TRUST ME....ha ha....Take for an example the new Testament-album "Dark roots of earth", which is, in my opinion, loaded with thrash-winners....I almost went through all of the songs included before I ended up with....erm....the end, the closer "Last stand for independence". This charming energy-thrasher is a perfect way to end a perfect album, it simply makes you wanna push the PLAY-button once again, which can be kinda frustrating, when you have other things to be done....ha ha....

Yes, I love the "Dark roots of earth"-album, I really do, but it took me some listenings really getting into it....Luckily songs like "Native blood" and the titel-song helped me on the way :-) One of the things, that makes the album such a killer, is the STRONG songwriting....There´s simply no way Testament can deny it: THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS :-)

See you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, and this time....well....something great is coming up in Scandinavia september month, and we´re warming up! Maybe a little too early, but I´m quite sure, you´ll forgive me....ha ha....

See you!

Kind regards
Carsten

"Enuma elish" by Rotting Christ

Rotting Christ:"Enuma elish", (from the album "Theogonia", 2007):

APSU / TIAMUT / LAHMU AND LAHAM
ANSAR AND KISAR / ANU / NUDIMMUD

When on high the heaven, had not be named
Firm ground below was unnamed

APSU / TIAMUT / LAHMU AND LAHAM
ANSAR AND KISAR / ANU / NUDIMMUD

When on high the heaven, had not be named
Firm ground below was unnamed
Mummu Tiamat she who bore them
Naught primordial Apsu their begetter

CHORUS:

And the earth has been done and the life has just begun
and the formless void and darkness outdone
And the water has been done and the sky raised up
separating the water the genesis goes on
And the greater light has been done and the lesser light spun
to rule the day and night together with the stars
And the living creatures has been done
and the sea monsters have born
and everything that moves with which the waters swarm

She made the Worm the Dragon
The Female Monster the Great Lion
The Mad Dog the Man Scorpion
The Howling Storm

(CHORUS)

And the greater light has been done
and the lesser light spun
to rule the day and night
together with the stars

(lyrics: Sakis Tolis)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgLmPwS3sa0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtT-fdmNb3g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viqRX8h87Vw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhFOFx8Icpc

http://www.rotting-christ.com/

(Three years have passed, since black metallers Rotting Christ came up with "Aealo", the most recent full-length from Sakis & Co., and three years more since its predecessor "Theogonia"....erm....hit the road. The greeks are definitely not in a hurry studio-wise, but I can easily live with that, as long as the results cry "QUALITY!!!"....ha ha....

Both "Aealo" and "Theogonia" were january-releases and were, to say the least, perfect ways to start a new year off :-) This time around we´ll have to wait for spring, before the year really kicks in :-), because Rotting Christ´s next album, "Kata ton daimona eaytoy", is set for a march-release....But again, I can easily live with that "as long....", and I´m quite sure it will! "Kata ton daimona eaytoy" is probably going to be one of 2013´s greatest records :-)

While we´re waiting for "Kata...." to show up, let´s be entertaining ourselves with this great "Theogonia"-track "Enuma elish", and please don´t miss the beautiful angel-choir during the song! Alright, it´s totally impossible, I know :-)

See you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, and this time....well, what can I say....independence is definitely put on the table....erm....somewhere in the states :-)

See you :-)

Kind regards
Carsten

"Decay" by Rotten Sound

Rotten Sound:"Decay", (from the mini-album/ep "Consume to contaminate", 2006):

You can own a gun for your protection
But you can´t drink on the streets
You can shoot anyone passing through your yard
And it´s unsafe to walk outside alone
Synthetic Social Safety
Of your mindless society
Will collapse one day
By corruption and decay
Fear makes people ready to serve in the wars
Against other fools praising other false gods
When your safety is endangered
Take your gun and make sure their safety is gone
Synthetic Social Safety
Of your mindless society
Collapses today
To save this historic day!
Leading you to subjective
Oppressive, offensive freedom
Turning you From a thinking beeing
into ignorant Obeying moron
You can own a gun for your protection
But you can´t drink on the streets
You can shoot anyone passing through your yard
And it´s unsafe to walk outside alone
Fear makes people ready to serve in the wars
Against fools praising other false gods
When your safety is endangered
Take your gun and make sure their safety is gone

(lyrics: Keijo Niinimaa)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ3Ctkdx-Oc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM9QOp764Lw

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

http://www.rottensound.com/index.html

(By a coincidence this little "grind-pearl", ("Consume to contaminate"), was landing in my hands one day in the year, that now has gone!! Well, of course it wasn´t a coincidence at all....ha ha....I remember clearly me whispering "Yesssssss!!!!!!!", when I finally found it in my favorite record-shop after several tries :-)

"Consume to contaminate" is the finnish grinders Rotten Sound´s predecessor to the excellent "Cycles"-album from 2008, and is nearly as good. If you are into, like I am, Napalm Death and Brutal Truth, Rotten Sound is highly recommendable! Their music simply blows your soul away....ha ha....or at least your frustrations will be leaving you for a while :-)

Actually I was on my way to put "Consume...."-track number two "Loss" on my blog, because this song absolutely has what it takes to get your attention :-) But I couldn´t find "Loss" on Youtube in an album-version(?!?!) Instead you´ll get the opener "Decay"...., and I think it goes without saying, that this is a fair second-choice :-) Listen and enjoy and try to ignore your hangover....ha ha....or maybe NOT ha ha....

See you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, where we´ll be leaving Finland and heading to Greece....BUT WE KEEP ON ROTTING....Alright, that was a little too easy, I think :-)

SAKIS!!!!!!!

See you and HAPPY NEW YEAR :-)

Kind regards
Carsten