"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