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Pagnacco, prima metà di gennaio del 2005. Durante una ricreazione, io e i miei amici di terza media proviamo a spiccicare qualche sentenza sensata sullo tsunami che il giorno di Santo Stefano ha sconvolto il Sud-est asiatico e il mondo intero... probabilmente finendo con lo sparare una classica manica di minchiate. Al tempo eravamo giovanissimi e beati; sentivamo queste catastrofi come lontane, e volevamo solo darci un tono.
Passano sei anni; pieno periodo metallaro. Spinto da pura curiosità, su Youtube decido di ascoltare un disco che si chiama "Shift" di tali Nasum (boh...). Dopo essere stato investito da una terrificante agonia sonora, ho pensato: "Cazzo...ci sanno fare questi!". Giudicandoli meritevoli di approfondimento, presto scopro che nel 2005 si sono sciolti. Ma perché, diamine? Presto detto: perché il cantante e chitarrista Mieszko Talarczyk, in quello tsunami di cui parlavo da ragazzino, ci era morto. Col tempo mi sono reso conto che i Nasum sono forse stati i maggiori eredi dei Napalm Death, e il suo decesso è stato una tragedia anche per la musica estrema. Un artista, che però non si chiamava Robbie Williams o Britney Spears e di cui, quindi, almeno per quanto ricordo, nessun giornale o tg "di massa" ha mai detto alcunché. Fanculo!
"Grind Finale" (ovvio il gioco di parole) è una sorta di testamento voluto da Anders Jakobson (membro fondatore) in onore di Mieszko; un testamento sia cartaceo (un vero e proprio libriccino commemorativo di 80 pagine ricco di testi, foto, note e informazioni) che sonoro (la bellezza di 152 canzoni distribuite su due CD per un totale di due ore e spiccioli). Una specie di documentario che inizia con la rivelazione dell'origine del moniker, tratto dal film "Flesh for Frankenstein"- quella "manus" era perfetta...ma adesso dobbiamo trovare un perfetto..."nasum"- e procede attraversando e mostrando tutte le fasi della carriera del gruppo svedese, assemblando split, EP, remix e brani inediti. Dal primo split "Blind World" del'93, quando alla voce c'era Alriksson e i nostri evidenziavano influenze Death metal (d'altronde i due fondatori provenivano direttamente dai Necrony) fino ai tempi di "Shift", caratterizzati da una maturità e una complessità evidenti rispetto agli esordi, passando per il periodo "crust" e per i tributi a gruppi come Napalm Death o Carcass.
Due ore di fottuto Grindcore con la G maiuscola.
Questa compilation è lanciare tredici alveari a un comizio leghista. È andare a una festa con gli occhiali da sole e la camicia hawaiana, sorridendo come un ebete, e poi di nascosto avvicinarsi al computer e sparare questi dischi facendo tremare i vetri e ululare i cani, mordendo chi osa toccarvi. È entrare in discoteca vestito di tutto punto e a un certo punto infilarsi la maschera di Paperino e spaccare tutto a suon di calci e testate. È appostarsi nel bagno delle donne e registrare la figlia snob dei vicini borghesi mentre ha un amplesso e poi, durante la cena di una serata di gala, cliccare Play con nonchalance.
Questa è la componente "Grind", quella che dopo pochi minuti ti penetra nelle vene e ti eccita all'inverosimile, ti rende una belva! Purtroppo, però, c'è anche la componente "Finale". E infatti, soprattutto durante i primi minuti, mi è venuta una stretta al cuore, pensando a quanto una band del genere poteva ancora dare e come un'onda del cazzo se la sia portata via.
Elenco tracce testi samples e video
01 Blind World (01:18)
I live in my own world, me and my family
To things that happens in the third world
- I turn my back
Why be so fucking trapped in yourself?
Stand up and say no to the bad things in life
I don't see anything!
If we could open our eyes and see how it is
Instead of running away from the truth
02 Think (01:20)
The world is owned by MNC's
The slay our forests for personal gain
When the oxygene is gone and the air is black
Where are we heading - please tell me where
It happened so fast, the earth had enough
What happened - no one understood
Think about the world we live in
Let the environment stay clean!
03 Scarecrows (01:36)
Our world is injured by pollutions and war
But you people in control you don't care at all
Like scarecrows on a field
You stand stale and quiet
When will you act for humanity?
When will you let your opinions be heard?
Like scarecrows on a field
You stand stale and quiet
05 Total Destruction (00:27)
A claring light, an unatural tremor
Napalm's burning, a suffocating heat
Blood runs red on scorched earth
People groan in pain of their burns
Skin's looking like hardened meat
Smouldering remains of life
07 Left in a Dream (00:24)
Fooled by your fallaciousness
and your ingenuous mind
Inflatable thoughts bursting
by just one touch
Left in a dream
with your growing shit
Greed, covetousness
all that's in your filthy mind
Your corporation,
my suffocation
Left in a dream
with your growing shit
09 Reasons? (00:18)
Environmental chaos
Bombs falling down
Strong feed of the weak
No justice've ever been done
Religion shows it's ugly face
Masses opressed by lies
We seek to find the reasons
but there's no reason why...
There's no reason why!
17 Sawder (00:47)
Blandishments and fawning - your daily routines
Your officious appearences will destroy the scene
You can't impress me with your sawder!
Your entangling look and the misleading words you say
have upset me badly and now you'll pay - MAKE WAY!
No sawder can save you now!
21 Escape (00:17)
Put me to sleep or take me away
I don't want to be a part of this sick society
26 Fur (01:02)
An industry substained by our desire
to force suffering on others
Their lives for leather...
all for our fashion...
you're taking their skin...
you're taking their lives!
You fat, rich upper class piece of shit -
you bastard - strip and disappear
Their lives for leather...
How would you feel to have your skin removed
and seeing someone else treating it for clothes?
30 Blindfolded (by the Media) (00:22)
Multiple choices, leave me all confused
Left to decide, in a perplexed election
How shall I be able to take a stand
when I'm blindfolded by the media?
31 Erased (00:20)
To be governed is to be watched over, directed,
regulated, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled,
cencored by men who have neiter the right nor the
knowledge nor the virtue
Erased from this world!
To be governed is to be, at each moment, noted, taxed,
assessed, authorized, hampered, rebuked, arrested.
It's to be, on the pretext of general interests,
monopolized, extorted, hoaxed, robbed
Erased from this world!
Then at the least resistance, at the first word of
complaint, to be repressed, beaten, imprisoned,
judged, condemned, betrayed and finally mocked,
ridiculed, insulted, dishonored
Erased from this world!
34 Cut to Fit (00:44)
Cut to fit in a frame
A little cloth in their game
You're cut to fit
Cut to fit!!!
All their rules, all their shit
By all their things you're cut to fit
You're cut to fit
Cut to fit!!!
35 Forcefed Opinion (00:37)
It's time to make up my mind
and let my opinion be heard
but if I vote against it
they say I'll enter the blind world
It's a hard decision
make no mistakes
their weird opinions
forcefed...
What's the price of independence
whatever happened to freedom of choice
do we really need a third union?
Now I must raise my voice...
It's a hard decision
make no mistakes
their weird opinions
forcefed...
36 Domedagen (00:43)
Domedagen - den kom till slut
Människor springer - Ditt ansikte rinner
Allting brinner - Allt försvinner
37 Left in a Dream (00:23)
Fooled by your fallaciousness
and your ingenuous mind
Inflatable thoughts bursting
by just one touch
Left in a dream
with your growing shit
Greed, covetousness
all that's in your filthy mind
Your corporation,
my suffocation
Left in a dream
with your growing shit
38 Distortion & Disinformation (01:23)
Drowning in the information overflow...
So soaked in ceaseless "news and views"
Fed with lies
Led with lies
Media TV shit!
Sometimes I feel I'm getting swept away
But I'm not learning what's happening in the world
Fed with lies
Led with lies
Media TV shit!
41 Revolution (00:37)
Vill du ändra på systemet måste du ändra på dig själv!
Den sanna revolutionen startar inom dig själv!
43 Think (01:12)
The world is owned by MNC's
The slay our forests for personal gain
When the oxygene is gone and the air is black
Where are we heading - please tell me where
It happened so fast, the earth had enough
What happened - no one understood
Think about the world we live in
Let the environment stay clean!
44 Verklighetsflykt (00:19)
Varför tar du till droger för att lösa dina problem?
Du flyr från verkligheten!
Res dig upp ur skiten och använd din förtvinade hjärna!
Du flyr från verkligheten!
50 Cut to Fit (00:45)
Cut to fit in a frame
A little cloth in their game
You're cut to fit
Cut to fit!!!
All their rules, all their shit
By all their things you're cut to fit
You're cut to fit
Cut to fit!!!
51 Fantasibilder (00:52)
Jag kan inte f�rst� varf�r du g�r som du g�r
Jag kan inte f�rst� varf�r du t�nker som du g�r
D�mer andra innan du ens vet deras namn
Att de inte ser ut som du betyder v�l ingenting
Du skapar en bild som inte �r sann
?ppna ditt sinne och se dina fel
Jag kan inte f�rst�!
52 Distortion & Disinformation (01:24)
Drowning in the information overflow...
So soaked in ceaseless "news and views"
Fed with lies
Led with lies
Media TV shit!
Sometimes I feel I'm getting swept away
But I'm not learning what's happening in the world
Fed with lies
Led with lies
Media TV shit!
53 Brinn (00:51)
När han attackerar den svage visar han sitt rätta jag
Misshandel och penalism är hans rutin var dag
Låt han brinna
Bränn den jäveln på bål
54 Krigets skörd (01:09)
[Music/lyrics: Anders]
Kaos bröt ut nör den första bomben föll
Sorgen ör svår nör man mist någon som stod en nöra
Kriget skördar flera offer
Oskyldiga betalar med sina liv
Bland ruinerna ligger många som har dött
Stanken ör skarp från deras ruttnande kött
Kriget skördar flera offer
Oskyldiga betalar med sina liv
57 Ingenting att ha! (00:17)
Vad är en konung utan makt?
Ingenting att ha!
Största socialfallet i detta land
Han är ingenting att ha!
58 Revolution (00:35)
Vill du ändra på systemet måste du ändra på dig själv!
Den sanna revolutionen startar inom dig själv!
59 Den mörka tiden (00:39)
Jag sträcker ut mina händer men jag når inte fram
Jag slits bort från det jag vill, avskuren från omvärlden
Jag famlar i mörkret
Osäker på allt
Ensam i mörkret
Allt är så kallt
Mina fingrar blöder efter evigheter av sökande
Jag blir allt svagare för varje ensam sekund
60 Forcefed Opinion (00:37)
It's time to make up my mind
and let my opinion be heard
but if I vote against it
they say I'll enter the blind world
It's a hard decision
make no mistakes
their weird opinions
forcefed...
What's the price of independence
whatever happened to freedom of choice
do we really need a third union?
Now I must raise my voice...
It's a hard decision
make no mistakes
their weird opinions
forcefed...
61 Domedagen (00:37)
Domedagen - den kom till slut
Människor springer - Ditt ansikte rinner
Allting brinner - Allt försvinner
62 Dolt under ytan (00:22)
Du bryter av en bit som är allt för stor
från något du alltid ägt
Du kan inte hantera det du skapat
och nu är du för evigt fast
Du letar efter något som du aldrig sett
Du anar inte vad som döljs under ytan
63 I Helvetet (00:33)
Fær evigt lurad i de fällor som du lägger ut
Inte en dag i lugn och ro, fri från ditt förakt
Du blir aldrig förlåten!
En produkt av samhället, ett offer för våld
Behandlar andra som du själv behandlats
Du ¤r redan i helvetet
Du ¤r redan i helvetet!
64 Skithus (00:37)
J¤vla pr¤ster, snackar skit
Dom bara ljuger, gör allt för profit
Läsa i bibeln och be sin bön
För min del kan dom lika gärna dö!
Lika bra! Lika bra!
Lägg ner eran kyrka era jävla svin!
Lägg ner skithusen nu!
71 Sheer Horror (00:50)
Do you know how many people are dying in concentration camps today?
"Stop it! I don't wanna hear! This truth, it hurts too much!
Why bother? When it's easier to forget and let them die?"
A coward - that's what you are! A disgrace for the human race!
Take action and defend their rights, or soon you'll go their way
Do you know how many people are dying in concentration camps today?
72 Awake (00:25)
Lived my life in darkness, lived my life in silence
Didn't know, didn't care - I just didn't give a fuck
But now I'm listening, now I care
And you can't fool me any more - now I scream: Awake
73 En värld utan hopp (00:35)
Våra liv har ingen mening, våra frön ger ingen skörd
Hur många gånger har jag inte tänkt att det är lika bra att vi dör
Visa mig en människa, visa mig en lycklig själ
Visa mig en sanning som inte är svärtad
Våra barn har ingen framtid, vår säd ger inget bröd
Hur många gånger har jag inte tänkt att det är lika bra att vi dör
Säg mig hur många det är som lider på vår jord
Hur kan du känna dig hoppfull när allt som väntar är död?
74 End (00:18)
End all racism - end all fascism!
End all prejudice - end all violence!
End all tensions - end all nations!
End all racism - end all fascism!
77 Masquerade (00:26)
A governmental promise is just a disguise
And a bad excuse for their real intimidations
It's just a fucking masquerade!
A restrained government is just another slave
In the red-tape society that leave us all behind
It's just a fucking masquerade!
A governmental cut-down or rationalization
Is the highest form of terrorism
It's just a fucking masquerade!
A "worker's politician" is just a cover-up
For the reasons behind the mistakes
It's just a fucking masquerade!
78 Ripped (00:48)
On my way to total awareness
I'm constantly trapped between the walls of confinement
Look into yourself or does it hurt too much?
Now I'm stuck with your laws and values
But it is you that's knee deep in the shit
This stagnant illusion - you're living a lie!
79 Rage (00:19)
As I turn of the TV-set and look into your eyes
What do I do? - Rage!
What do I feel? - Rage!
Brought into this world without a clue
Never knew what was awaiting
81 Rise (00:44)
Living under the pressure for society
Consumed and constrained and never free
To get anywhere you must rise
Shut in a room where the only window is a TV-set
Never realised that...
To get anywhere you must rise
Rise against their bullshit, rise against their laws.
End your passivity and rise against society
82 Killed by Your Greed (00:42)
Looking for success
Still climbing the ladder without any progress
There's no point in trying, you'll never get anywhere!
Why do you care?
Why do you wanna have your face on the cover of the TV-guide?
There's no point in trying, you'll never get anywhere!
By total media control, your life has been directed
You reach out to touch the stars - your mind will soon be erased
88 A Change in Your Mind (00:26)
Your ancient morale makes me indignant
Your inherited opinions affect the way you act
Your blurred illusion withholds the revolution!
A change in your mind will strengthen the progression!
Lighten up! Be candid for the actions
Observe - comprehend - control - react!
Your blurred illusion withholds the revolution!
A change in your mind will strengthen the progression!
90 Last (00:42)
Your the last in line, it's time to meet your maker
Your soulless rotting corpse now flesh for the undertaker
What caused this subversive disaster?
What went wrong with your life?
All that now is left
is the last piece of your remnants
Your the last in line, it's time to meet your maker
Your soulless rotting corpse now flesh for the undertaker
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Di 19Lunghezze
Questo CD è un rutto nel bicchiere a messa di domenica mentre la gente prende l’ostia.
La batteria spara mitragliate e le chitarre sono motoseghe!
