sabato 29 ottobre 2011

Monolithe " Monolithe I "




MONOLITHE   "  MONOLITHE  I  "

The Wider Is Connected To The Smaller
All Is One And One Is All

Maelstrom Of Connecting Elements
Embracing Absolute Nothingness
Melting Into Useless Stripes,
Moving To Nowhere With Purposeless Destination

Through Time And Space

In Brotherhood With An Abstract Presence
In A Sphere Of Absurd Vacuum

It Has Always Been A Deep Black Hole
Without Meaning For The Ones Who Were Once Put There
Trying To Find An Aim To All This
In Presence Of An Alien Reflection They Progressed
Unconscious Of A Cosmic Plan
Distant From Uncountable Centuries Away
And The Time Had Come...

There Was Just Nothing And Then It Was There
Then Darkness Disappeared...

Far From The Random Shapes Of Nature
Beyond The Bounded Knowledge Of Men

Shining In A Morning Sun,
It Was Standing, Beautiful

An Artefact Raised At The Horizon Of Earth

A Sense And A Purpose To The Being
From Beyond The Infinite And Further

A Non Understandable Communication
Messenger Of What Was Once,
Still Is And Will Ever Be

Past And Future At The Lowest Point Of The Scale
A Sign Of The Watchers, Kindly Looking To Their Herds

Waiting To Be Reached, A Clue From Above,
A Mean Of Colonisation Through The Aeons

Through The Aeons...

Self Confident Intelligent Species,
Used Like Flock, Raised To Thoughts And Civilization
For An Unreachable And Inexorable Goal
Nothing Was Random, A Beast Known As Mankind
Evolution Through Ageless Times

A Monolith As Message
For The Sake Of What ?


 



ARTISTA : MONOLITHE
ALBUM : MONOLITHE I
ANNO : 2003
DURATA BRANO : 51:58
FORMAZIONE : Richard Loudin - Vocals
                      Sylvain Begot - Guitars, Programming
                      Benoit Blin - Guitars
                      Nicolas Chevrollier - Guitars
                      Marc Canlers - Bass    
        
                    

Che botta ! Non c'è che dire, davvero un belissimo viaggio quello creato dai Monolithe. Funereo, apocalittico e asfittico, intrigante e pesante quanto lo può essere un monolite nero di quasi un'ora di musica. Opera avvolgente e oscura, da maneggiare con grande cura. Non per tutti in quanto il genere proposto dai francesi, quel funeral doom metal quì rappresentato alla grande, è lungi dall'essere di facile ascolto ma chi si addentra in questi oscuri e funerei meandri, ne riesce con un qualcosa in più. Superlativi

giovedì 27 ottobre 2011

Anata " Better Grieved Than Fooled "






ANATA   "  BETTER  GRIEVED  THAN  FOOLED  "

Tempted To Believe ?
Even I, In My Solitude
Cried For Help And Wished For
That Someone Would Be There For Me
Better Grieved Than Fooled
And I’m Prepared To Accept My Suffering
To Live With Pain
In The Price For A Life In Truth

Me Being The Only Lord
I’m The Only One Who Can Forgive
And The Only One To Create
A Future Worth Believing In
But I Live A Bitter Life In Truth
And Curse Its Powerless God

[Lead : Schalin]
[Lead : Allenmark, Schalin]

I Can Deeply Regret
My Clarity Of Vision
Life Had Been Much Easier
To Live, Getting High On Faith
Get A Reason To Live
Have A Blind Faith In The Future
Forever Stoned
Forever Blessed In Cowardice

Me Being The Only Lord
I’m The Only One Who Can Forgive

Better Grieved Than Fooled
So I Live A Bitter Life In Truth
And Curse Its Powerless God





ARTISTA : ANATA
ALBUM : THE CONDUCTOR'S DEPARTURE
ANNO : 2006
DURATA BRANO : 05:58
FORMAZIONE : Fredrik Schalin - Vocals, Guitars
                      Andreas Allenamrk - Guitars
                      Henrik Drake - Bass          
                      Conny Pettersson - Drums


Che canzone ! Piccolo capolavoro di tecnica, melodia e brutalità di questo grandissimo gruppo svedese. Il lavoro armonico creato su tutta la durata della canzone è a dir poco sublime. Da brividi la sezione centrale dove si rallenta il ritmo e prende maggiormene piede la qualità dei due chitarristi. Il tutto supportato da una sezione ritmica devastante.  Anche dopo svariati ascolti, ci sono dei passaggi magari sfuggiti in un primo momento. Meravigliosa davvero.
Per quel che mi riguarda, una delle migliori creazioni in ambito technical death metal.