"Insurrection" by Lamb Of God

Lamb Of God:"Insurrection", (from the album "Resolution", 2012):

When the walls fall around you is when you begin to find
That the depths you have found have become now too hard to climb
You reconcile your pain in the loneliest refrain
And crawl tied and bound to the one thing you can´t leave behind

CHORUS:

And start over again This insurrection
The same reflection. Perpetual
And start over again and again and again and again
This insurrection.

A broken voice without a word to live by
Eyes slammed shut watch the world go by
It should have been way better than this
You can´t anticipate the things that you miss
And how long til you let it go
Master unreality Nothing to show and in the end

Top of the maountain of nowhere
First in the line dying to get back there
You can´t get back there.

(CHORUS)

First in the line to catch a glimpse of the shrine
The closest we ever got to divine
Irrefutable indisputable infallible impossible to deny

(lyrics: Lamb Of God)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjhbTb3k3YE

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRWEosL-6Bo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovAwF890o84

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc5Y7Zf1OUc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSENljZ8-3g

http://www.lamb-of-god.com/

(The more I get older, (AND I GET OLDER, THAT´S FOR SURE :-)), the more I become a fan of Virginia-thrashers Lamb Of God....And new album-release "Resolution" certainly helps me on the way. On this excellent album frontman Randy Blythe expresses his anger in a "no-way-back"-style, and leaves no doubt, that he´s actually....well....ANGRY! His bandmates do a damn fine job as well, and especially drummer Chris Adler enters a very high level on "Resolution". (I really begin to feel weakness, when it comes to talented metal-drummers, and so does my nephew....Well, he actually doesn´t, but it´s just a matter of time, TRUST ME....ha ha....).

The song, I´ve chosen for this update, ("Insurrection"), is not only my favorite-track from "Resolution", but also a song which is somehow different from the "normal" Lamb Of God-stuff :-) Please ENJOY...., and while you´re enjoying, don´t forget, you american HEAVY-SKOV-visitors, to be proud of yourselves, because USA are definitely on the heavy metal-map :-)

See you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, where we´re heading back to my home country Denmark, and this time it´s all about....erm....PLAYSTATION!!!

See you :-)

Kind regards
Carsten

"Tongueless and bound" by Job For A Cowboy

Job For A Cowboy:"Tongueless and bound", (from the album "Demonocracy", 2012):

Truth is eternally treason in the empire... Empire of Lies
For our empire muzzles the lips of a savior who howls corruption
His exploration of reality has ruffled the feathers of a starving vulture
Classified America breeds and multiplies, vastly shrouded from us and even itself
A dark bureaucracy devoted to protecting us lurks beneath our corroding democratic practice
How will anyone create change when we cannot see inside this dark machine?
Classified America breeds and multiplies, vastly shrouded from us and even itself
An era where a military-political demon is hidden from all scrutiny
We must ask ourselves... But who watches the watchmen?
Truth is eternally treason in the Empire of Lies
Truth is eternally treason in the Empire of Lies
For our empire muzzles the lips of a savior who howls corruption
Classified America breeds and multiplies, vastly shrouded from us and even... and even itself
Classified America breeds and multiplies

(lyrics: Job For A Cowboy)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40GwhGJDaWE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxw40MqU9kY

http://www.facebook.com/jobforacowboy

(If you are looking for fresh and catchy death metal full of politics, (and no one can certainly blame you....ha ha....), just pick up the new Job For A Cowboy-album "Demonocracy" :-) I´m actually a little surprised, I have to admit, seeing this band on such a high level....Their previous full-length-albums, ("Genesis" (2007) and "Ruination" (2009)), were slightly average, (if you ask me....:-)). But "Demonocracy" definitely has what it takes and delivers great quality, listening after listening...

....And "Demonocracy"´s finest track??? It´s almost impossible to pick out one, but just "ALMOST", because "Tongueless and bound" has to be the winner!!!

See you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, and this time it will be....well, what can I say without sounding totally ridiculous....EXTREMELY SOFT....ha ha....

See you :-)

Kind regards
Carsten

"The gift of guilt" by Gojira

Gojira:"The gift of guilt", (from the album "L´enfant sauvage", 2012):

We leave the shores to see the mountains rising
A distant impression growing
This judgement creates the pain we hold
Destructive intentions that serve no purpose
But the end of us all
These vultures from the past, coming
In all the hells and worlds, the time has come
Delivered from their eyes
Embrace, suffer, destroy - the gift of guilt
The shame and sorrow, self-condemnation
Fill all the gaps and the spaces, unyielding
Bestowed upon us, devastating power
We´re building connective tissue to a maze of lies
We´re left as starving orphans
The vital core is gone
Our sins are all over and over again we swallow
We´re sick and tired when this wind blows
The reflex is insane
We must forgive and stop blaming ourselves for this love
These vultures from the past, coming
In all the hells and worlds, the time has come
Delivered from their eyes
I´m leaving this behind - the gift of guilt

(lyrics: Joseph Duplantier)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHvojSdiVG8

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

http://www.gojira-music.com/

(My nephew is going to be one of the world´s greatest heavy metal-drummers....Seriously :-) Alright, he´s just 8 years old, but he´s definitely on his way to the top of the game....ha ha....And now we are talking best metal-drummers, two of them have to be Mario Duplantier from Gojira and Brann Dailor from Mastodon, especially Dailor....But on the new Gojira-album "L´enfant sauvage", Gojira´s Roadrunner-debut, Mario Duplantier really maintains his high level :-)

The "L´enfant suavage"-album is great, it really is, but to be honest with you, it´s also a little too "Mainstream" for my taste. Sure, it has some very cool songs, like this one "The gift of guilt", but seen as a whole, the album is not that interesting compared to previous Gojira-full-lengths....But that´s just my opinion :-)

See you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics and yet another opinion....And this time we´re heading to Arizona. I´m looking for a job in the States....No, I´m actually not, but....well....you know :-)

Kind regards
Carsten

"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