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Scrivo Bolt Thrower e subito aggiungo: ossessionati dalla guerra, fin dagli esordi di metà anni ottanta.
Tra i primi a codificare il Death Metal in Europa; non hanno mai provato a cambiare approccio e sound, non sentendone il minimo bisogno.
L'incredibile tramonto di ieri sera (una cosa mai vista in alto Piemonte) mi ha ricordato la copertina "guerresca" del quindo lavoro degli inglesi.
Nessuna band "rivale" di quelle annate ha saputo erigere quell'opprimente cappa nerissima, quel senso di disumana potenza distruttrice che si ricava dall'ascolto di ogni loro lavoro.
Sfiancanti e potentissimi.
Giusto dire che ...For Victory non raggiunge i livelli spaventosi della sacra trilogia guerresca precedente (Realm of Chaos, War Master e soprattutto The IVth Crusade); ma è un ottimo perverso sentire.
Aleggia nell'ascolto dell'intero album una certa staticità, una sorta di ripetitività perchè tutti i brani sono costruiti nella medesima maniera; l'unico punto a sfavore del quintetto di Coventry.
Mid - tempo di rozza ed inaudita pesantezza; come dei carri armati che vanno avanti nella loro drammatica corsa senza trovare barriere. Tutto distruggono, tutto annientano.
Un suono epico e martoriato che si avvale di chitarre ribassate ed iper-distorte, di una doppia cassa lacerante, di un basso compatto e ben presente e di una voce carica di toni cupi ed escoriati.
La title track e "When Glory Beckons" i personali vertici di un disco stordente che tracima di maligna epicità da ogni solco...IN BATTLE THERE IS NO LAW!...
Diabolos Rising 666.
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02 Remembrance (03:42)
Nightmare world
Reflected as a dream
Vision blurred
This surely can not be
Twisted now
Far from reality
Delving into depths
Mankinds depravity
Violated planet - world bureaucracy
Graved with resentment - global lunacy
Stricken thoughts
Terror overrides
Pierce the fragments
Of the mind
Deep regret now
Engraved upon the soul
Mortality now echoes
Throughout this world
Avarice - leads to compulsion
Ruined world - beyond recognition
When we understand
Will it be too late
To future generation
A legacy of hate
04 ...For Victory (04:50)
As daylight returns
The fires of hope still burn
Crawl through darkened light
Sickened by the mournful sight
Tears fall from eyes
Not sure what has been done
Sorrow creeps throughout my soul
All is lost, none have won
The battle smoke remains
Begin to feel the pain
Alone now stagger on
Unsure how it begun
Through time war previals
Thoughts fears cast aside
Face the consequence alone
With honour - valour - pride
As fire fills the sky
We once believed in life
Now time to die
...For Victory
Now in deaths glory
Mans final destiny
The final price to pay
...For Victory
"They shall not grow old
As we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them
Nor the years condem.
At the going down of the sun
And in the morning
We will remember them."
"We will remember them"
05 Graven Image (03:59)
Words cannot explain
Darkest thoughts within the mind
Centuries of hatred
Now subside
Commencing the birth
Of new life
Rise from the wreckage of the past
Words cannot explain
The feeling agony within
Anguish summoned
Perception begins
All secrets now revealed
You cannot win
Searching in hope of a new age
All feelings put aside
Numbed by the vision
Nothing left alive
Facing devastation
Awakened in remorse
To rebuild from destruction
Recreate life's evolution
No chance for redemption
All life now ceased
Pleading for forgiveness
There shall be no peace
07 Silent Demise (03:54)
From darkness
Through mists of time
Centuries, aeons past
Requiem of mankind
Withdrawn in darkness
Prepared to die
Awaiting silence
Anticipation subline
A silent demise
Indignant by nature
A tragedy profound
When put to the test
Determination found
Horror within
Dissipates away
Falling to your knees
The time has come to pray...to pray
To have no faith... silent demise
Yet still believe...
To have no faith... silent demise
But not deceived
To have no faith - yet still believe
To have no faith - but not deceived
To have no faith - in all the lies
To have no faith - now as we die
10 Armageddon Bound (05:13)
On the edge - spirit begins to break
Chances unsure - not much more you can take
Weakness grows - nerves start to crack
Far from safe - there is no turning back
A fine line - between victory and defeat
At the midpoint - uncertainty complete
Confusion prevails - unsure which way to move
Holding no hope - there is nothing more
nothing more to prove
Trying to discover what is right
And what is wrong
Judged by false criteria
Ideals strong
Misfortune predictable
Lessons learnt before
Decisions now justified
Perpetuate this war
This battlefield wide open
No territory gained
Within this wasteland
Humanity constrained
Here in no mans land
No mercy can be found
Delirious perspective
Armageddond bound.
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