"Æra (Honour)" by Burzum

Burzum:"Æra (Honour)", (from the album "Umskiptar", 2012):

Fleygði Óðinn
ok í folk of skaut,
þat var enn folkvíg
fyrst í heímí;
brotinn var borðveggr
borgar ása,
knáttu vanir vígspá
völlu sporna.

þá gengu regin öll
á rökstolá,
ginnheilög goð,
ok um þat gættusk,
hverjir hetði loft allt
lævi blandit
eða ætt jötuns
Oðs mey gefna.

Þórr einn þar vá
þrunginn móði,
hann sjaldan sitr
er hann slíkt of fregn
á gengusk eiðar,
orð ok særi,
mál öll meginlig,
er á meðal föru.

Veit hon Heimdallar
hljóð of folgit
und heiðvönum
helgum baðmi,
á sér hon ausask
aurgum forsi
af veði Valföðrs.
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?

Ein sat hon úti,
þá er inn aldni kom
yggiungr ása
ok í augu leit.
Hvers fregnið mik?
Hví freistið mín?
Allt veit ek, Óðinn,
hvar þú auga falt,
í inum mæra
Mímisbrunni.
Drekkr mjöð Mímir
morgun hverjan
af veði Valföðrs.
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?

(lyrics are taken from a norse poem "Völuspá")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58mttGmDBC4

www.burzum.org

(Loneliness isn´t necessarily a bad thing. Of course, (I just know it so well), it can be kinda horrible, but at the same time it leaves you room for some deep healthy(!) thoughts....In my opinon, one of the most important things in life is getting to know yourself better :-)

Burzum´s new album "Umskiptar" is totally a fascinating journey into the world of loneliness...It´s at the same time mentally painful and completely relaxing to be part of "Umskiptar"´s universe, and I really enjoy it so much!

"Belus" (2010) and "Fallen" (2011) are absolutely great albums, but with "Umskiptar" Varg has created something quite unique! Especially when it comes to track number 5 "Æra (Honour)", I simply love the song :-)

I don´t know, (to say the least...), exactly, when the next great heavy metal-song with lyrics here on HEAVY-SKOV will be on, but wednesday september 26 might be a qualified guess....And this time we´re going to meet Buddha himself :-)

See you!

Kind regards
Carsten

"Infernal eternal" by Marduk

Marduk:"Infernal eternal", (from the album "Heaven shall burn....when we are gathered", 1996):

As I looked into the mirror and saw the creation which was
fading I sailed the darkened waters of my soul on the ship of
flaming hate towards the land of the damned

The cold winds of darkness blow strongly
The cemetery glows in the dark
A thousand times thousand voices are screaming in pain
From beyond

A number of faceless shapes march forth from the darkness within
Life is slowly passing away, poisoned by guilt and by sin

Embraced in black I lie, only waiting to die
The greatest of lifes events and I begin my journey
As hands of greater characters unveil the world
Plunging through space and time, my prison has now been slain

The reaper purifies my soul

Perdition and death
I was in ages so dark and far away and I will always be

(lyrics: Marduk)

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27A6sp75DdE

http://www.marduk.nu/

(Legion....he came in and then he went out...., and to some point I miss the guy! But "new" Marduk-vocalist Mortuus handles it so well, that I really can´t complain, can I? :-) :-) :-)

In august I´ve been listening a lot to this old Marduk-album "Heaven shall burn....when we are gathered", and despite the fact that I´ve got a little handful of favorite songs from the album, the ultimate "Heaven...."-track has to be "Infernal eternal". At least because of its awesome song-titel....ha ha....I simply love playing with words!

The brand new Marduk-album "Serpent sermon" will definitely, (in one way or another), find its way to HEAVY-SKOV one day in the future....I´ve bought a copy of "Serpent....", but haven´t been listening to it yet: CERTAINLY ONE OF THOSE THINGS I´M LOOKING FORWARD TO :-)

Next great heavy metal-song with lyrics will be on wednesday september 12, (at least I hope so :-)). This time we´re going to visit Norway....BURZUM!!!!!!! Varg is back with his, in my opinion, best album since he was released from prison....

See you!

Kind regards
Carsten

"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

"Singular" by Enslaved

Enslaved:"Singular", (from the album "Axioma ethica odini", 2010):

Born into oblivion
Without the fear
-of existing all alone

Later comes the aquisition - forced upon
The solitude
Now loneliness
The god now submerged in a game of guilt

Psychopathic shepherds deny the miracle
-of our essence
...And yet we have part in the blame

Allowing their ravings,
Comforting their weakness, their sickness
It is time to
LIVE
TRUST
NO
ONE

Recognize black
Recognize white
Recognize shadows
I am with gods

...Black...White...Shadows...Gods

Recognize black
Recognize white
Recognize shadows
I am with gods

Traitors want to keep you down
Rise up from the ground

No one steals what no one owns
Disown and distance

Strong is she who realizes
Ethics built on sacrifice

No one steals what no one owns

One by one by one

(lyrics: I. S. Peersen)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1C_c0aOy6o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pNENO4z4s0

(It´s always a good thing having something to look forward to...., and by the way Enslaved have a new full-length coming up this fall :-) (Probably in october). It actually doesn´t seem that long since the norwegians released its predecessor "Axioma ethica odini" in 2010, but time runs faster than....well....anything else!

This awesome mixture of the 1970´s progressive rock and nowadays black metal, combined with a charming melodic touch, makes this Bergen-band one of the most exciting heavy metal-bands around. "Axioma...." is no exception, especially when it comes to track number 7....the riff-winner "Singular" :-)

Yes, I´m looking forward to next album from Enslaved, let october hurry up....ha ha....

Next great heavy metal-song with lyrics here on HEAVY-SKOV will probably appear on tuesday july 31 or wednesday august 1...See you :-)

Kind regards
Carsten

"FFF" by Shining (Sweden)

Shining (Sweden):"FFF", (from the album "VII: Född förlorare", 2011):

(Dedicated to Susanne Kvarforth (1957-2010))

Jag förbannar min moder for hennes val att skapa ett liv
Och jag förbannar min fader for hans ljumna, snart tjugosju år gamla säd så viril

Men främst så förbannar jag mig själv, du motbjudande fanskap, du smaklösa skämt
Från födseln förlorad, sedan barnsben evigt dömd
Jag är den felande länken, ett misstag som aldrig börde få ha hänt

Jag säger nej till livet, nej till mig själv
Och alla guds perverterade skapelser
Moder jord, alla skogar och fjäll
Jag säger nej till livet, nej till mig själv
Och alla guds perverterade skapelser
Moder jord, alla skogar och fjäll

En genpol så defekt
Ett mörker så perfekt

Jag säger nej till livet, nej till mig själv
Och alla guds perverterade skapelser
Moder jord, alla skogar och fjäll
Jag säger nej till livet, nej till mig själv
och alla guds perverterade skapelser
Moder jord, alla skogar och fjäll

(lyrics: Niklas Kvarforth)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=828attiEfzk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oU1Te0SlB8

(It actually took me several months to get a copy of Shining´s latest full-length...., (and I was totally convinced that life was without problems of any kind....ha ha....).  But thank God, I succeeded :-) "VII: Född förlorare" is in my opinion Shining´s best album this far...Dark and melodic as we´ve been used to, but on a slightly higher level than before! The six tracks are damn fine, but especially the closer "FFF" makes you think about life.

(And now we´re talking God, I also thank him for the day back in 2009, when I discovered Shining :-)).

Next great heavy metal-song with lyrics here on HEAVY-SKOV will be available FRIDAY JULY 20 or SATURDAY JULY 21 or SUNDAY JULY 22....See you!

Kind regards
Carsten

"Genocide" by Evile

Evile:"Genocide", (from the album "Infected nations", 2009):

Drag me down, depths I dread
Where I pass millions dead
Conflict wraps me in waves
To show kings and slaves
Sinking deep as I find
Just what lurks in their minds
Let me go so I rise
I hold no more life inside

I have seen through other´s eyes
Such things I fear to see with mine
Visions of a future denied
Pull me away from genocide

Staring down the face of time
Far I drift through the lines
More I see morbid ways
Down I cannot stay
Try and surface from the truth
As it´s pulling down on you
All these demons we detest
These demons are
These demons are only men

I have seen through other´s eyes
Such things I fear to see with mine
Visions of a future denied
Pull me away from genocide

I held my breath
I was pulled below
From the earth that I wanted for
These hands that hold
Press me to the past
Are the same that bring
Me back from the dead

I have seen through other´s eyes
Such things I fear to see with mine
Visions of a future denied
Pull me away from genocide

Genocide
Genocide
Genocide
Genocide
These demons are only men

(lyrics: Matt Drake)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2-8z4lKIFU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdwlV8JI-lE

(And now it´s definitely time for some Huddersfield-thrash....:-) England´s ultimate thrash-hope Evile have been around for some years now, but they´re actually quite new to me. Don´t get me wrong...., I´ve been reading about them several times, but the first time I listened to their music was just a few weeks ago, when second album "Infected nations"....erm....hit my ears :-)

One of the reasons why I really like "Infected nations" is because of frontman Matt Drake´s vocal, which somehow reminds me of Tom Araya from Slayer! Not that bad....ha ha...but alright, the difference is clear....Araya is, after all, on a higher level or two :-)

Another reason is the fact, that the four talented musicians know for sure how to create cool thrash-songs, which stay in your head long after listening....

The Evile-guys got two other full-lengths under their belt: the debut "Enter the grave" (2007) and latest offering "Five serpent´s teeth" (2011), and what can I say....may Evile hit my ears once again....ha ha....

See you next weekend with another great heavy metal-song with lyrics :-)

Kind regards
Carsten