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
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(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
