Sentient 6

Nevermore:"Sentient 6", (fra albummet "This godless endeavor", 2005):

I am sentient number six, I stand in line

I am the prototype of a benign convenience for mankind

Superior is digital, human flesh so trivial

I hate that I can´t see the one that made me

I am the new awakening of different eyes

My children you are my army

They are what we can never see end still despise

And their sky cries Mary

Trained I see imperpection in your race

Lying in wait, blind I suffer knowing I´ll never reach your heaven

Why is this control, behavior based and reactive

Adapting to every new environment?

Rewarded when I replicate, isolate and mutate

To assimilate a fragmented plea forego

Trained I see imperfection in your race

Lying in wait, blind I suffer knowing I´ll never reach your heaven

It´s unattainable, please teach me how to dream

I long to be more than a machine

Trained I see imperfection in your race

Lying in wait, blind I suffer knowing I´ll never reach your heaven

It´s unattainable, please teach me how to dream

I long to be more than a machine

Sequence activate, trip the hammer to eradicate, I must eliminate

I will spread swift justice on their land

Termination imminent, cleanse the parasite insects, the heathens

I´m the bringer of the end of time for man

I am not here, I am not far away

I am not here, I will eradicate mankind into the nothingness from whence they came

Enslaved to follow and learn defeat

To run the barrels and chase the dreams

(tekst: Warrel Dane)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yBm0k0coL0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8KR5MyHN3g

(Der er bare nogle heavy metal-albums, som er så spækket med gode sange, at det kan være rigtig svært at udpege éns favorit-nummer. Således har jeg det f.eks. med Seattles´ progressive metallers Nevermore´s største succés til dato: albummet "This godless endeavor" fra 2005, men hånden på hjertet, så har jeg elsket "Sentient 6" lige siden den første gang, jeg hørte sangen....:-)).

Aphelion

Tristania:"Aphelion", (fra albummet "Beyond the veil", 1999):

Yearning for days of yore

in elysian daydreams

Burn with a fatal gloss

a confounding mirror of souls

Dance with the winterwinds

in thy visions so sanguine

Glance upon Stygian streams

where lies hidden a pale secrecy

Hark...lures of the siren

yearn for the days when blithe thou was

Sworn to a secrecy

an arcanum devotee

Mourning a life with thee

a descendance of watery argentine

Trance of thy frailty

endure the exsanguine

Glance beyond closed eyelids

the conundrum of all mysteries

Crossing in life...my heart

with silver in times...I´m weak, too weak...

Wan circling skies

secretes...silvering sorrow

Precious to me Aphelion

Thou are the fields where we wither still

Exhaust in thy wanning world

My Aphelion on a broken mirror

where the veils of night and day

seems as one

May the lids gather again

on a vast and frail crusade

Invigoration of pain pervation this time

(tekst: Morten Veland)

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

(Jeg lyttede rigtig meget til det norske goth metal-band Tristania i slutningen af 1990´erne og starten af det nye årti, men så forsvandt de ellers, mere eller mindre, ud af glemslen....altså min glemsel! Indtil da jeg for et par uger siden cruisede rundt på Youtube, og pludselig snublede over dette spændende band igen. Den fabelagtige sangerinde Vibeke Stene, som fører an i koret på "Aphelion", er helt klart Tristania´s største aktiv, men ellers skal disse nordmænd bl.a. roses for en dygtig sangskrivning, hvor de gotiske sange sjældent bliver kedelige).

The art of dying

Gojira:"The art of dying", (fra albummet "The way of all flesh", 2008):

breathing slowly, mechanical heartbeat
loosing contact with the living
almighty TV plugged, hybrid empty brain
don´t see anything real in the game
the tension is building constantly
no reason just a reflex I have, driven by clockwork
I try to keep an eye open
and I realize I haven´t close my eyes in a long time

neglected emotions leading to catastrophic voyage on the other side
I have been given so much stress and lack of confidence
I´ve been given the gift of so small hope deep inside
I haven´t close my eyes in a long time, I am trying

I cannot stomach these forms and colors anymore
but I´m here to continue, after all I have been through
I try to keep my eyes open, I am realizing
this life and death more precious than anything

I won´t bring no material in the after life
take no possessions, I would rather travel light
I´m of this kind that kills all day
but I don´t know yet how to die

art of dying, is the way to let all go
within I practice in the secret of my soul
my shape in the reflector
has now for ever, a life on it´s own

(tekst: Joe Duplantier)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o4hKYNz7mY&feature=related

(Jeg kan tydeligt huske, at jeg var skuffet de første 5-6 gange, jeg lyttede til Gojira´s fjerde og seneste album "The way of all flesh". Jeg syntes, at den var kedelig, men langsomt og sikkert blev jeg klogere, og i dag er"The way...." for længst blevet en af mine heavy metal-favoritter, og især et nummer som "The art of dying" synes jeg er rigtig spændende, både musisk og lyrikmæssigt).

Global warming

Gojira:"Global warming", (fra albummet "From mars to sirius", 2005):

Four hundred thousend years ago

They came from outer space

And gave us life here

We are taking everything for granted

I don´t think we should do this now

And when I see the smoke all around

I feel like I´m not

From humankind down there

I feel like glaciers are my eyes

And mountains are my head

My heart is ocean

And I feel all alone

Because everybody´s wrong

I feel the living

What is this thing we call hate

And that´s inside of me

Get out of here!

A world is down

And none can rebuild it

Disabled lands are evolving

My eyes are shut, a vision is dying

My head explodes

And I fall in disgrace

I hold my inner child within

And tell him not to cry

"Don´t fear the living"

One day you will stand as a king

And no fear can erase

This light below us

Each one of us is now engaged

This secret we all have

This truth is growing

And as a warrior I have to fight

I can already feel

The love I´ll discover

I had this dream, our planet surviving

The guiding stars always growing

And all the worlds

The fates all the countries

They´re all rebuilding at the same time

I never fell and always believed in

We could evolve and get older

Open your eyes and let all this flow

Now see a new hope is growing inside

We will see our children growing

(tekst: Joe Duplantier)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqLh2-MUhNk

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

(Der er flere årsager til, at jeg elsker det franske death metal-band Gojira, og en af årsagerne er deres buddhistiske tilgang til livet, en tilgang som bl.a. kommer til udtryk i bandets tekster. Tag f.eks. mit yndlingsnummer fra Gojira´s gennembrudsplade "From mars to sirius", nummeret "Global warming". Det er en dejlig, meget livsbekræftende og helt igennem interessant tekst, som jeg personligt ville have været utroligt stolt over selv at have skrevet....:-)).

Percées de lumière

Alcest:"Percées de lumière", (fra albummet "Écailles de lune", 2010):

Au bord de l´onde

La chaleur intense

Du soleil m´enivre.

Je m´abreuve à sa lumière,

Et laisse ses rayons et ardents

Délier mes membres engourdis

Pour m´offrir une seconde naissance.

Là haut un ciel

Sans nuages,

D´un bleu étourdissant

Se fond avec la mer.

Ivre de lumière,

J´ai maintenant l´impression

De ne plus marcher sur votre sol,

Et entends les cris

De mon âme non humaine

Implorer sa libération.

(tekst: Neige)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7t2U3pBHHo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l_8Ie2vl74

(Det er virkelig et vidunderligt album, franskmanden Neige udgav her i foråret: "Écailles de lune". Stille og utroligt smukke mørke rock-melodier blandet med black metal-passager, og man sidder bare og godter sig over, at man rent faktisk ejer et eksemplar af dette mesterværk. :-) "Écailles de lune" indeholder 6 numre, og specielt "Percées de lumière" får mit hjerte til at hoppe af glæde!).

July

Katatonia:"July", (fra albummet "The great cold distance, 2006):

You come clean
Waves collide now
Defenseless numb arms
& no voice of reason

So how come you invited me too
You knew I wanted you
You glide above
So this night belongs to you
I know this isn´t through
Are you dead to love

I see the bright lights
It´s the month of july
It´s violent here
Why have you left me
If only you could stay
& keep me in
It´s violent here
Why did you run from me

Heat
Night devour me
Repeat
Repetition

(tekst: Jonas Renkse)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjAXYIH9dMA

(Jeg ved ikke, om det kun er mig, der har det sådan, men det er min erfaring, at det er betydeligt nemmere at være ked af det i november måned end i juli. Når solen skinner fra en skyfri himmel og det er bagende varmt, er det rimelig svært at håndtere, at en dårlig oplevelse har gjort én trist til mode....Men så er det jo godt, at man har et band som Katatonia og en sang som "July" til at bekræfte, at éns følelser er helt okay :-)).

In the white

Katatonia:"In the white", (fra albummet "The great cold distance", 2006):

Are you in or are you out

The words are stones in my mouth

Hush little baby don´t you cry

Truth comes down

Strikes me in the eye

Turning season within

Brand new nails across my skin

But who am I to imply

That I was found

That I found you in the white

To overcome this

I become one with

The quiet cold of late november

If you don´t see

I´ll remain unseen

Untill there´s time to be remembered

So I had a green light

I was lost in city lights

Not so far from a try

This is not our last goodbye

So I found you

Found a way all through

The quiet cold of inner darkness

& now that you´re here

It becomes so clear

I have waited for you allways

(tekst: Jonas Renkse)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qm61Mkv1iw

(Jeg sad i går aftes og lyttede til Katatonia´s album fra 2006 "The great cold distance", og da jeg vågnede i morges, havde jeg nummeret "In the white" kørende oppe i hovedet....Det er langt fra den allerførste sang, man kommer i tanker om, når man tænker på "The great cold distance", men det er nok et af de mest langtidsholdbare numre fra opfølgeren til "Viva emptiness", og så beviser forsanger Jonas Renkse endnu engang sit store talent som lyriker).

Omerta

Katatonia:"Omerta", (fra albummet "Viva emptiness", 2003):

Come by you have come far
All I had I lost in the flood
Come sit with me at the bar
Tell me of progress strengthen my blood
No one here knows my name
I have traded my memories for things
But I remember you clearly
Do you remember that I used to sing

Why have you waited so long

Come by you have come far
Long since I saw you so how have you been
Come sit with me at the bar
How long since they told you that they had found him
No one here knows my name
I gave up my worries for one good thing
But I remember you clearly
Do you remember that I used to sing

Was it because I never told you
I was going away
That you waited so long
Was it because your fucking dreams
Meant nothing to me
That you waited so long

It runs from the top of my fingers
Into my hands
What is it I have been drinking
I do not understand
I thought I´d lost you my brother
I´m so glad you came
My regards to the ones that I love I miss them
Tell them I love them I miss them

(tekst: Jonas Renkse)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_CaroxE3XI

(Et af de heavy metal-albums, som jeg lyttede allermest til i 2003, var Katatonia´s "Viva emptiness", og når jeg tænker tilbage på dengang, er der et helt bestemt nummer, som står lysende klart i min erindring, og det er "Omerta". Det kan godt være, at teksten til "Omerta" er mystisk og kompliceret, men selve sangen er meget enkel og utroligt smuk, og så er det et vidunderligt nummer at have kørende oppe i hovedet, når man er ked af det).