"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

"This cut is the deepest" by Swallow the Sun

Swallow the Sun:"This cut is the deepest", (from the album "Emerald Forest and the Blackbird", 2012):

You are nothing but a shadow of the beauty you used to be,
blank painting with silver frames.

You know when things turned all so wrong?
Afraid to tell the truth, locked inside yourself.
I promise this won´t hurt you,
at least as much as all these lies.

You are nothing but a shadow of the beauty you used to be,
deceitful and shallow; yes, you know when things turned so wrong.

Dim line between two broken hearts, long road to perdition.
One will stand, one will fall.

See the stars, touch your scars, face the dark eye to eye.
Touch the stars, feel the warmth, my love,
this cut is the deepest.

You are nothing but a shadow of the beuty you used to be,
deceitful and shallow; yes, you know when things turned so wrong.

(lyrics: Mikko Kotamäki)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2dBPIET8Sg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MVlFNl2E5o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bu_U5MjWQE

http://www.swallowthesun.net/site/

(We´re ending this year with an incredibly beautiful song, that is "This cut is the deepest" from finnish doomsters Swallow the Sun´s latest album, this years "Emerald Forest and the Blackbird". In fact the majority of the songs included on "Emerald...." can easily be called beautiful, but for different reasons....But that said "This cut...." absolutely takes the prize :-)

2012 is about to be gone, and the year has, in my case, been quite exciting with some great experiences, but also a year not without difficulties. Life gives and it takes, that´s for sure...., and I think vocalist Mikko Kotamäki had this in mind, when he wrote the lyrics for today´s song.

Swallow the Sun is absolutely a band worth of mentioning, when we´re talking doom/gothic metal, and I think they have the talent to take over the throne, the one day My Dying Bride decide to retire. (If MDB retire, may God forbid....:-)).

See you next year, (or tuesday to be more precise :-)), with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, and I´m not quite sure, I´m going to be popular on this one....because this song is definitely NOT HANGOVER-FRIENDLY....ha ha....

....and by the way, we´re staying in Finland....See you!

Kind regards
Carsten

"Pissing in the mainstream" by Dying Fetus

Dying Fetus:"Pissing in the mainstream", (from the album "Destroy the opposition", 2000):

The media is a tool,
designed to mold us into slaves
Drugging us into an empty apathetic daze
The trick is that we think that everything is going fine
But the truth to our reality lies buried in the mind
I don´t give a fuck about the Hollywood elite
I don´t really care if models can´t fucking eat
I don´t give a fuck about what movie is on top
But what I really know is that the shit has got to stop
Consumer appetites are never satisfied in full
´cause the objects that they buy can simply never fill the void
A constant need for meaning and accumulating shit
drives the lust in their obsession just to get another fix
I don´t give a fuck about the TV ratings game
The "Real World´s" not a party, just a place for the insane
If that reflects reality then pass another drink
You try to be a millionaire - I´ll vomit in the sink
What the fuck is left to try on an avaricious nation on an economic high?
If Rome could last 500 years who then will throw the wrench inside our gears?
The bottom line is money on the western power scene
where celebrities and porn can let the population dream
They´re pathetic humans living in an advertising glut
who devour with a passion what the mainstream vomits up

(lyrics: Jason Netherton)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKa0-vLXReo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuZau8iL2mI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8R71mJOg3Y

http://www.facebook.com/DyingFetus?v=app_5179614317

(Sorry for the late update, but....well....here it is, and I´ll guess, it was worth the wait....:-)

I´m not quite sure, whether Dying Fetus´  third full-length "Destroy the opposition" was my very first meeting with these awesome Maryland-deathsters or not, but I think it was....But that said, I remember clearly my smiling reaction to this song-titel "Pissing in the mainstream", the very first time I saw it! This titel is just so funny and so original....and at the same time so normal when it comes to Dying Fetus: They never, to say the least, run short of a political comment :-)

Dying Fetus can easily be called one of the most political death metal-bands ever. They released a new album earlier this year called "Reign supreme", and my plans....erm....a part of my plans to be more precise....:-) is to buy a copy of "Reign...." next year. So don´t get surprised if a "Reign...."-song hits my blog one day or another. While we are waiting for this to happen, let´s all go pissing in the mainstream! It´s going to be wild, brutal and full of energy, and it takes 1 minute and 57 seconds....ha ha....

See you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, and this time it´s going to be....well....I warn you....PAINFUL THE FINNISH WAY(?!?!).

See you and MERRY CHRISTMAS :-)

Kind regards
Carsten

"Singer of strange songs" by 1349

1349:"Singer of strange songs", (from the album "Beyond the apocalypse", 2004):

I told you about the world
Of how the struggle for order and peace
and self-important hypocrisy fails
in the face of reality
And how there is no grand scheme
No rest for the living... only death

Chaos and the cold endless void
Is all that awaits..
We are all forgotten
We are all dust
We are all unimportant
We are all dead
No rest for the living... only death

You thought me mad
You wanted me to be like you,
To see the error of my ways ...
So you told me things I know were wrong
You showed me why I would never fit in

Why then, does what I have become
surprise you?
Dreamer,
Prophet,
Singer of strange songs

I went my own twisted way
Blocked by the world
Feared by the righteous
But always what I wanted...

Now that all has changed,
And the night is colder

Now that life has shown its true colours

And you...
You are forgotten
You are old
You are unimportant
You are dead

Can you face the real truth?
Can you call me a madman anymore?

Do you regret your selfless life?
The things you could never do,
In fear of what others would think?

Do you now see why I become a:
  Dreamer,
  Prophet,
  Singer of strange songs

(lyrics: Seidemann)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo3TXQmPOkc

http://www.legion1349.com/

(Not all of the established norwegian black metal-bands fit well into the term "Controversial" like a band such as Gorgoroth certainly do....Take for an example one of my ultimate favorites: Oslo´s 1349. This is definitely a band. who really concentrate on making catchy "black" full of substance and quality! Don´t get me wrong....I like Gorgoroth, that´s for sure, but 1349 just keep a higher level, when it comes to the music itself :-)

I´m not, to say the least, fond of november, but one of the albums, which really put me through the month this time around, was "Beyond the apocalypse", (the second full-length from 1349). Between the two of us....november was blown away by "Singer of strange songs" and all the other winners included on "Beyond...." :-)

"Singer of strange songs" in particular is a black metal-song, which really deserves your attention and not only because of its....erm....fascinating song-titel :-) The song-structure is almost perfect and the lyrics are damn true words....

See you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, and this time there will be....well....what can I say without offending anyone....A WHOLE LOT OF PISSING....ha ha....

See you :-)

Kind regards
Carsten

"Ambitions" by Katatonia

Katatonia:"Ambitions", (from the album "Dead end kings", 2012):

Hear my thin voice
Hear my words fall down
See my ambitions fade out
Had so much better times

At night
Walking on the tracks
Change my perspective
Idle hands
With wounds and cracks
Stale
Ineffective
But past the veil
The memories of things
Still so in love with you

So dense this strife
Kick the life
I feel this weight upon my heart

Indecision
Sow the seed
Aspiration is never within reach
At night there is no other view
Sing a song for the ones who never made it

In the word
Under yellow lights
Under linden trees I am
Transparent
And led to believe
That things would change if I go away
The lowering sky under which we go

Constant noise
Behind the overcoming
I had no choice but to rearrange
The scar is open
I am not allowed to understand
I take it as you´re not coming back

(lyrics: Jonas Renkse)

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

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

http://katatonia.com/

(I know a woman, who knows a guy, who knows Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström from Katatonia....Yes, the world is certainly a small place to be :-) Katatonia have a new full-length out these days called "Dead end kings", and I actually think, it´s their best release in recent years, or at least since "Viva emptiness" saw the light of day back in 2003...

"Dead end kings" is such a great experience both musically and when it comes to the lyrics....Maybe not that obvious the first couple of listenings, but it´s definitely an album, that goes deep in your mind after a while :-) Life may be very painful, that´s for sure, and the overwhelming atmosphere of melancholy throughout "Dead end kings" doesn´t help much changing this impression....But on the other hand I´ll rather face the tough facts of life, hand in hand with Katatonia, than be superficial trying to ignore the truth....

I´ve got three favorite "Dead end kings"-tracks", (actually I´ve got a whole lot more....ha ha....), but especially "Hypnone", "Lethean" and "Ambitions" seem, to say the least, fine to me!!! And the winner is...."AMBITIONS"....In fact I could easily be listening to this song all day long :-)

See you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, where I´ll take your hand and lead you back in time....663 years(?!?!) It´s definitely going to be utterly weird :-)

See you!

Kind regards
Carsten

"Drown my sorrow" by Saturnus

Saturnus:"Drown my sorrow", (from the album "Martyre", 2000):

I fall back into pain
With your empty kiss
Beneath this rain
You´re still the one I miss

Drown my sorrow
In the colours of your aura
Embalm me with your innocence

And save my soul
The fire burns
But why am I still so cold

I fall back into pain
With your emptiness
Beneath this rain
I couldn´t care less

(lyrics: Kim Larsen)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_8o2TZWWa8

http://da-dk.facebook.com/pages/Saturnus/8935853109

(My brother, who turned 40 this spring, is NOT into heavy metal, or at least he pretends so....:-) Because I remember clearly him being on a Rage Against The Machine-/Clawfinger-trip back in the 1990´s!! But....well....let us just be straight with each other: he´s NOT into heavy metal....

One saturday afternoon in the year of 2001, (I think it was either april or may), I was visiting my brother in his house somewhere in Denmark, and we were entertaining ourselves with this awesome PLAYSTATION-MOTORBIKE-GAME....(Please, don´t ask me about the title....ha ha....). While we were....erm...speeding up, so to speak, the "Martyre"-album from danish doomsters Saturnus filled the atmosphere in the livingroom, and guess once, who was responsible for that :-) When "Drown my sorrow" ran out of the speakers, I remember clearly my brother saying: "It´s actually not that bad, the music....". And I was like "Yeeeeeeesssssss!!!!!!!", but cards on table: he hasn´t really been talking about heavy metal since....ha ha....

Saturnus were much beloved in the danish metal-scene back in the late 1990´s and in the very beginning of our new century, thanks to excellent full-length-releases "Paradise belongs to you" (1996) and "Martyre" (2000). But since that successfull time, the band have been....ern....less successfull, and have in fact only released one album: The slightly average "Veronika decides to die" from 2006. That said, a new full-length "Saturn in ascension" is coming up later this month, so maybe now it´s time again for something GREAT....who knows? :-)

See you next time with yet another great heavy metal-song with lyrics, where we´ll be crossing the ocean between Denmark and Sweeden, and drown ourselves in....MELANCHOLY!!!

See you :-)

Kind regards
Carsten