"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

"Joyless journey" by Withering Surface

Withering Surface:"Joyless journey", (from the album "Walking on phantom ice", 2001):

Dear passengers, take seat, the ride will proceed
Never look back, never see why you ever get
joyless
Never think twice, never step onboard the
joyless journey
Never take seat, now you are a part of the
joyless journey
Never look out, now the journey has begun

All that you need, we take it all away
The ride on the joyless journey
All that you need, you give it all away
The life on the joyless journey

Dreaming about sorts. Seeing what needs to be seen
Never look back, now you see why you always get
joyless
Never think twice, now you stepped onboard the
joyless journey
Never take seat, now you´re a part of the
joyless journey
Never look out, now the journey has begun

Fourteen, longing, about. Seven, avenues, distant
Sombre eyes, sore. A matter of minutes again...
Wild and without barriers

Never look back, nothing known of distance
joyless
Never think twice, to heights never realized
joyless journey
Never take seat, nothing known of route
joyless journey
Never look out, in the dreamless sleep

Never look back, never think twice
It all gets back to you now
Never take seat, never look out
You now are the dreamless sleep

(lyrics: Withering Surface)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD_mJ3sA9a8

(The world is a small place to be, especially when it comes to Denmark....:-) In the year of 1995 I got this awesome penpal, Marianne, who I wrote together with for almost....well....four years. Marianne knew the guy, Michael H. Andersen, who fronted talented danish melo-death metallers Withering Surface...., and now several years after, I´ve met the guy, who plays the keyboards on Withering Surface´s third full-length "Walking on phantom ice"....Morten Lybecker. (Morten and I have worked together :-)).

Yes, the world is small, indeed, but "small" is not exactly the right word to use, when it comes to Withering Surface....I´ve followed the guys throughout their career, from the beginning in 1997 to the end in 2004, and the journey has been....joyFULL :-)

See you on friday july 6 with another great heavy metal-song with lyrics :-)

Kind regards
Carsten

"Lets we forget" by Bolt Thrower

Bolt Thrower: "Lets we forget", (from the album "...For victory", 1994):

War to end all wars
Hatred lost control
Casualties now mounting
Tales yet still untold
Life´s cradication
Of man now beyond all reason
Totally insane
The human race becomes

Lets we forget - thoughts will always haunt the mind

Lets we forget - the bitterness remains

Past termination
Man made rationality
Complete elimination
Of life beyond brutality
Eternal resentment
Re-occurs time after time
Driven to despair
Extinction drawing near

Lets we forget - thoughts will always haunt the mind
Lets we forget - the bitterness remains

Lets we forget - thoughts will always haunt the mind
Lets we forget - the bitterness remains

Commence removal of all things valued in life
The persecution what was once believed right
Humanities objective now totally deranged
When ignorance transpires, this world becomes insane

(lyrics: Bolt Thrower)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm8kvTOKbek

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuaadaV4aUU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7mF8pVz_HI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iPz6joaNCA

(I really can´t remember, whether it was february or march this year, but one morning I woke up with this Bolt Thrower-song "Lets we forget" running in my head, and I was like "WTF?!?!?!?!"....Because of the fact, that I hadn´t really been listening to Bolt Thrower for quite some time, and suddenly BT-frontman Karl Willetts was entertaining me in the very beginning of the day :-)

England´s Bolt Thrower is definitely death metal at a very high level, but their lack of album-releases in recent times makes it a little too easy to overlook the band....But I´ll never forget their "...For victory"-album, which was my very first meeting with these war machine-guys and girl, and now we´re talking Jo Bench....isn´t she just the most fascinating bass player in the whole (heavy metal)-world? Of cause she is :-)

Next great heavy metal-song with lyrics here on HEAVY-SKOV will be available on saturday june 30 :-) See you!

Kind regards
Carsten