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Quando uscì il debutto omonimo degli Slipknot si affacciava sulla scena metal statunitense una nuova realtà che fu subito destinata a fare proseliti nell'ambito nel nu metal pi� estremo ed oltranzista: un combo formato de ben nove elementi di cui 3 percussionisti, provenienti dall'anonima cittadina di Iowa, si faceva portavoce di un sound psicotico e pesante che estremizzava ulteriormente il sound che i nu metaller americani avevano immesso sul mercato già da un più di tempo.
Cercando di bissare il successo precedentemente ottenuto il gruppo dette vita al secondo disco, "Iowa", anch'esso estremamente feroce ma che perdeva molto in termini di energia o, più semplicemente, di qualit� musicale, affiancandosi ad un ormai ottenuto successo discografico e consenso da parte del pubblico, tanto da essere ritenuto da molti un album ignobile e da altri un capolavoro (quello che in realt� non era altro che la mediocrità fatta nu metal, buono in alcuni punti e brutto in altri).
Un album comunque discusso che aveva reso gli Slipknot un'altra tra le band più amate/odiate della scena metal, ma che aveva allontanato molti che si erano interessati alla band (tra cui il sottoscritto). Per questo non ero molto ansioso di ascoltare il loro nuovo disco. Era chiaro ormai come il discorso intrapreso dalla band madre era andato, per così dire, a farsi benedire dai (troppi) progetti paralleli che interessavano alcuni componenti della band: il cantante Corey era ritornato dai suoi vecchi amici Stone Sour, il batterista Joey aveva dato vita al progetto horror/glam/punk dei Murderdolls e il percussionista Shawn sembrava essersi perso nelle suggestioni pop degli alquanto inutili To My Surprise...
Che aspettarsi da una band così dilaniata che peraltro era arrivata al punto da farsi odiare da chi si era precedentemente interessato a loro? Non posso descrivere la mia sorpresa nell'averli riscoperti attraverso quest'album. Dimenticatevi "Iowa", la personalità del gruppo questa volta è ritornata ancora più enfatizzata che in passato, e sembra soprattutto che i nostri abbiano finalmente imbroccato la strada giusta. I riff di "The Blister Exist" fanno chiaramente tornare la memoria ai fasti del passato, alla spettacolare carica del loro esordio, ma questa volta non più ingenua come allora e molto più ragionata. La sezione ritmica è spettacolare ed estremamente godibile, con i tre percussionisti che picchiano come ossessi e dominano brani quali "Three Nil" rendendolo un pezzo ai limiti del grind.
Allo stesso modo non posso nascondere la sorpresa nell'ascoltare brani come la semi-acustica "Circle", la melodica "Duality" caratterizzata appunto da una personalità double-face e soprattutto "Vermilion", dall'inizio psicotico che man mano progredisce in soluzioni melodiche, donando agli Slipknot una sensibilità intimistica che sinceramente non mi sarei mai aspettato di trovare in un loro album.
Un album consigliato anche (o soprattutto) a chi non credeva più in loro. Una band che sicuramente non farà il futuro del metal ma in cui comunque, ora più che mai, mi sento di riporre delle speranze. Una band che temevamo di poter perdere e abbiamo ritrovato più in forma di prima (e le esibizioni di supporto agli Slayer e in Francia dove, presi a bottigliate, hanno risposto con determinazione, lo dimostrano). Bentornati.
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02 The Blister Exists (05:22)
One, two, three
Drop it
Bones in the water and dust in my lungs
Absorbing, archaic, like a sponge
The ultimate way, is the way you control
But can you stay if you detach your soul?
Bury the present, and squeeze out the past
The ones who endear to never last
Chemical burns and the animalistic
I'm just another hard-line pseudo-statistic
Can you feel this?
I'm dying to feel this
Can you feel this?
Blood on the paper and skin on my teeth
Trying to commit to what's beneath
To find the time is to lose the momentum
You learn the lessons and immediately forget them
Automatic and out of my reach
Consult all the waste to find the key
Minimal life and the polysyllabic
I'm just another blank page
Push the button, pull the rage
Can you feel this?
I'm dying to feel this
Can you feel this?
I am all
But what am I?
Another number that isn't equal to any of you
I control but I comply
Pick me apart then pick up the pieces
I'm uneven
I am the damaged one
All my life and the damage done
I am the damaged one
All my life and the damage done
I am the damaged one
All my life and the damage done
I am the damaged one
All my life and the damage done
Can you feel this?
I'm dying to feel this
Can you feel this?
I'm dying to feel this
Can you feel this?
I'm dying to feel this
Can you feel this?
No
I am all
But what am I?
Another number that isn't equal to any of you
I control but I comply
Pick me apart then pick up the pieces
I'm uneven
I am all
But what am I?
Another number that isn't equal to any of you
I control but I comply
Pick me apart then pick up the pieces
I'm uneven
03 Three Nil (04:49)
(One)
(Two)
(Three)
Nil!
Yeah!
Chaos - It's just the beginning
Every promise I made I'm rescinding
Centre mass in the middle of the monster
I'm getting tired of drowning the constant
Cry for help, it's debatable
The only reason that you love me is I'm hated by all
Come on - Come see dysfunction
I guess we're gonna leave it open for discussion
Who am I?
And where am I going?
Maybe I'm looking in the wrong direction
Maybe I'm looking for any direction
This is not my war
This is not my fight
This is something more
This is not my life
(This is not my) Revolution
(This is not my) Convolution
(This is not my) Expectation
(This is not my) Desperation
Yeah!
Holed up, scarred and tamed for the hell of it
Look at me - I am the glorified malcontent
Save me? Save this!
All I gotta do is give up and all is forgiven
I'm sick of being the butt of the cosmic joke
And I don't get the punch line
A million people lined up for miles
To see the great big mouth shut up and apologize!
This is not my war
This is not my fight
This is something more
This is not my life
(This is not my) Revolution
(This is not my) Convolution
(This is not my) Only reason to question why
Today I said goodbye!
Goodbye!
Oh I didn't need to leave to stay right here
Today I'll said goodbye!
Goodbye!
Oh I didn't need to leave to stay right here
Today I'll said goodbye!
Goodbye!
Oh I didn't need to leave to stay right here
Today I'll said goodbye!
Goodbye!
Oh I didn't need to leave to stay right here
Today I'll said goodbye!
Yeah!
I'm the pariah (Break me)
I am the liar (Save me)
I can take anything (Make me)
Accuse me of everything (Take me)
Cut off the system (Shape me)
Deny my existence (Waste me)
I won't be afraid (Try me)
I won't be unmade (Deny me)
So come on - Break it off
Come on - Buy the lie
Come on - Say it, say it!
Come on!
Say goodbye!
Goodbye!
Oh I didn't need to leave to stay right here
Today I'll said goodbye!
Goodbye!
Oh I didn't need to leave to stay right here
Today I'll said goodbye!
Goodbye!
Oh I didn't need to leave to stay right here
Today I'll said goodbye!
Goodbye!
Oh I didn't need to leave to stay right here
Today I'll said goodbye!
(One) One
(Two) Two
(Three) Three
Nil!
Nil!
Yes!
04 Duality (04:20)
I push my fingers into my eyes
It's the only thing that slowly stops the ache
But it's made of all the things I have to take
Jesus it never ends, it works its way inside
If the pain goes on
I have screamed until my veins collapsed
I waited as my time's elapsed
Now all I do is live with so much fate
I've wished for this, I've bitched at that
I've left behind this little fact
You cannot kill what you did not create
I've gotta say what I've gotta say
And then I swear I'll go away
But I can't promise you'll enjoy the noise
I guess I'll save the best for last
My future seems like one big past
You're left with me 'cause you left me no choice
I push my fingers into my eyes
It's the only thing that slowly stops the ache
If the pain goes on
I'm not gonna make it
Put me back together
Or separate the skin from bone
Leave me all the pieces
Then you can leave me alone
Tell me the reality
Is better than the dream
But I found out the hard way
Nothing is what it seems
I push my fingers into my eyes
It's the only thing that slowly stops the ache
But it's made of all the things I have to take
Jesus it never ends it works its way inside
If the pain goes on I'm not gonna make it
All I've got
All I've gone is insane!
All I've got
All I've gone is insane!
All I've got!
All I've gone is insane!
All I've got!
All I've gone is insane!
All I've got
All I've gone is insane!
All I've got
All I've gone is insane!
I push my fingers into my eyes
It's the only thing that slowly stops the ache
But it's made of all
The things I have to take
Jesus it never ends
It works its way inside
If the pain goes on
I'm not gonna make it!
06 Circle (04:23)
Give me the dust of my fathers
Stand on the face of the ancients
Bear the secret flesh of time itself
Follow me (Follow me)
I've come so far I'm behind again
Follow me (Follow me)
I wish so hard I'm there again
Follow me (Follow me)
Follow me (Follow me)
All that I wanted were things I had before
All that I needed, I never needed more
All of my questions are answers to my sins
And all of my endings are waiting to begin
I know the way, but I falter
I can't be afraid of my patience
There's a sacred place where Razel keeps safe
Follow me (Follow me)
I've seen so much I'm blind again
Follow me (Follow me)
I feel so bad I'm alive again
Follow me (Follow me)
All that I wanted the things I had before
All that I needed I never needed more
All of my questions are answers to my sins
And all of my endings are waiting to begin
07 Welcome (03:20)
Yeah!
I am the product, of your conduct
The uncontrollable urges that made me
Have made us all � Are you proud? Do you even care?
You taught us all to lie - That's how we made it here
You should've buried the truth with your secrets
But you were far too impressed with your pretence
Now as far as I know, I don't know anything
Cause you made damn sure, I wasn't anything
Distractions, reactions
The only way to go is to go away
Discarded, retarded
Before I let you go, you have to let me
Clawed away from human clay
We are the broken shards, the art disarray I
Before you condemn, you rape them
(Feed us Meconium)
Stunt our growth from our souls to our throats - Cut
You shouldn't wall us up with your apathy
But you did - Now you're only growing enemies
This is the catalyst, the alpha, the first breed
Cause you made damn sure
Now we're everything
Distractions, reactions
The only way to go is to go away
Discarded, retarded
Before I let you go, you have to let me
Much to my surprise, I will wake up
And follow the path of the ones I am made of
But this time�I won't give in
I will save you from my sins
(What is wrong with this�Manipulation�Violence�Chaotic?)
Ensconced�In all that's wrong
I slam you shut�I can only take so much
How many times do I have to mistreat you?
Constantly biting my hand as I feed you
Maybe now you'll understand severity
I'll sum it up with the best amount of brevity
Welcome to the transformation
Welcome to annihilation
Welcome to the man that wanted
Everything, but couldn't have it
Distractions, reactions
The only way to go is to go away
Discarded, retarded
Before I let you go, you have to let me
Much to my surprise, I will wake up
And follow the path of the ones I am made of
But this time�I won't give in
I will save you from my sins
Save you from my sins
Save you from my sins
09 Pulse of the Maggots (04:23)
This is the year where hope fails you
The test subjects run the experiment
And the bastards you know is the hero you hate
But cohesing is possible if we try
There's no reason
There's no lesson
No time like the present
Tell me right now, what have you got to lose?
What have you got to lose, except your soul?
Who's with us?
I fight for the unconventional
My right and it's unconditional
I can only be as real as I can
The disadvantage is I never knew the plan
This isn't just a way to be a martyr
I can't walk alone any longer
I fight, for the ones who can't fight
And if I lose at least I tried
We, we are the new diabolic
We, we are the bitter bucolic
If I have to give my life you can have it
We, we are the pulse of the maggots
I wont, be the inconsequential
I wont, be the wasted potential
I can make it as severe as I can
Until you realize you'll never take a stand
It isn't just a one-sided version
We've dealt with a manic subversion
I won't let the truth be perverted
And I wont leave another victim deserted
We, we are the new diabolic
We, we are the bitter bucolic
If I have to give my life you can have it
We, we are the pulse of the maggots
Do you understand?
Yes
Do you understand?
Yes
Do you understand?
Yes
Do you understand?
Yes
Say it again, say it again
We won't die
Say it again, say it again
We won't die
Say it again, say it again
We won't die
Say it again, say it again
We won't die
Say it again, say it again
We won't die
Say it again, say it again
We won't die
Say it again, say it again
We won't die
Say it again, say it again
We won't die
We fight, till no one can fight us
We live, and no one can stop us
We pull but we're pushed too far
And the advantage is, the bottom line is
We never had to fight in the first place
We only had to spit back in their face
We won't walk alone any longer
What doesn't kill us only makes us stronger
We, we are the new diabolic
We, we are the bitter bucolic
If I have to give my life you can have it
We, we are the pulse of the maggots
Do you understand?
Yes
Do you understand?
Yes
Do you understand?
Yes
Do you understand?
Yes
Say it again, say it again
We won't die
Say it again, say it again
We won't die
Say it again, say it again
We won't die
Say it again, say it again
We won't die
10 Before I Forget (04:42)
Go!
Stapled shut - Inside an outside world and I'm
Sealed in tight - Bizarre but right at home
Claustrophobic - Closing in and I'm
Catastrophic - Not again
I'm smeared across the page - And doused in gasoline
I'll wear you like a stain - Yet I'm the one who's obscene
Catch me up on all your sordid little insurections
I've got no time to lose, I'm just caught up in all the cattle
Frey the strings
Throw the shapes
Hold your breath
Listen
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that
I'm ripped across the ditch - And settled in the dirt and I
Wear you like a stitch - Yet I'm the one who's hurt
Pay attention to your twisted little indiscretions
I've got no right to win, I'm just caught up all the battles
Locked in clutch
Pushed in place
Hold your breath
Listen
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that
My end
It justifies my means
All I ever do is delay
My every attempt to evade
The end of the road and my end
It justifies my means
All I ever do is delay
My every attempt to evade
The end of the road
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that
yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,uuuuuhhhhh
uuuuuhhhhh.
11 Vermilion, Part 2 (03:48)
She seemed dressed in all of me,
Stretched across my shame
All the torment and the pain,
Leaped through and covered me
I'd do anything to have her to myself,
Just to have her for myself
Now I don't know what to do,
Don't know what to do
When She Makes Me Sad
She is everything to me,
That unrequited dream
The song that no one sings,
The unattainable
She's a myth that I have to believe in,
All I need to make it real is one more reason
I don't know what to do,
I don't know what to do
When she makes me Sad
But I won't let this build up inside of me,
I won't let this build up inside of me,
I won't let this build up inside of me,
I won't let this build up inside of me
A catch in my throat,
Choke
Torn into pieces,
I won't
NO!,
I don't want to be this
But I won't let this build up inside of me,
I won't let this build up inside of me,
(won't let this build up inside of me)
I won't let this build up inside of me
(wont let this build up inside of me)
I wont let this build up inside of me
(wont let this build up inside of me)
Won't let this build up inside of me, Won't let this build up inside me
(She isn't real)
Won't let this build up inside of me,
(I cant make her real)
Won't let this build up inside of me,
(She isn't real)
Won't let this build up inside of me,
(I can't make her real)
Won't let this build up inside of me.
12 The Nameless (04:33)
Yeah!
Pathetic (Benign)
Accept it (Undermine)
Your opinion (My justification)
Happy (Safe)
Servant (Caged)
Malice (Utter weakness)
No toleration - Invade (Committed)
Enraged (Admit it)
Don't condescend (Don't even disagree)
Desire (Decay)
Disappoint (Delay)
You suffered then (Now suffer unto me)
Obsession - Take another look
Remember - Every chance you took
Decide - Either live with me
Or give up - Any thought you had of being free
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you
(I know) The only thing I ever really loved, was hate
Anyone (No)
Anything (Yes)
Anyway (Fall)
Anybody (Mine)
Anybody (Tell me)
I want (You)
I need (You)
I'll have (You)
I won't (Let anybody have you)
Obey (Me)
Believe (Me)
Just trust (Me)
Worship (Me)
Live for (Me)
Be grateful (Now)
Be honest (Now)
Be precious (Now)
Be mine (Just love me)
Possession - Feed my only vice
Confession - I won't tell you twice
Decide - Either die for me
Or give up - Any chance you had of being free
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you
(I know) The only thing I ever really loved, was hurting you
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you
(I know) The only thing I ever really loved, was hate
Yeah!
Stay inside the hole - Let me take control (Dominate)
You are nothing more - You are something less (Innocent)
Something has to give - Something has to break (Omnipresent)
Fingers in your skin - Let my savage in (You deserve it)
You deserve it!
You deserve it!
You deserve it!
You deserve it!
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you
(I wanted you)
(I know) The only thing I ever really loved, was hurting you
(Was hurting you)
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you
(I wanted you)
(I know) The only thing I ever really loved, was hate
You're mine (You are, you are)
You're mine (You are, you are)
You're mine! (You are, you are)
You're mine!
14 Danger - Keep Away (03:14)
We too feel alone
We too feel alone
We too feel alone
We too feel alone
We've too feel alone
We too feel alone
We too feel alone
That place in my mind
Is that space that you call mine
That place in my mind
Is that space that you call mine
Where have I been all the time?
Lost enslaved fatal decline
I've been waiting for this too unfold (Good)
The pieces are only as good as the whole
Severed with myself from my own life
Cut out the only thing that was right
What If I never saw you again?
I'd die right next to you in the end
That place in my mind
Is that space that you call mine
That place in my mind
Is that space that you call mine
I won't let you walk away
Without hearing what I have to say
Without hearing what I have to say
Without hearing what I have to say
16 Eyeless (04:32)
Yeah!
Insane - Am I the only muthafucker with a brain?
I'm hearing voices but all they do is complain
How many times have you wanted to kill?
Everything and everyone - Say you'll do it but never will
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes
I am my Father's son
Cause he's a phantom, a mystery and that leaves me
Nothing!
How many times have you wanted to die?
It's too late for me, all you have to do is get rid of me!
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes
It's all in your head
It's all in my head
It's all in your head
Yeah
I tried - You lied to me for so long
Everywhere I go, there's a sense of it
Freak on my antics and give me a choice
Doesn't matter if I give a shit
It's shit that you give me
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes
It's all in your head
It's all in my head
It's all in your head
Yeah
Do you wanna feel pain?
Taking my name in vain
Caring never felt so lame inside
Anybody else got pride?
Do you wanna take my life?
Maybe I'll reverse my ride
Who the fuck are you? Fuck you!
Better suck it up cause you bled through
Better get away from me
Stay the fuck away from me!
I feel safe - Seems your saved
I feel safe safe - Seems your saved
Look me in my brand new eye
Look me in my brand new eye
Look me in my brand new eye
MuthaFucker
Look me in my brand new eye
Look me in my brand new eye
Look me in my brand new eye
Look me in my brand new.
17 Wait and Bleed (03:26)
I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell, I wait and bleed
I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell, I wait and bleed
Goodbye!
I wipe it off on tile, the light is brighter this time
Everything is 3D blasphemy
My eyes are red and gold, the hair is standing straight up
This is not the way I pictured me
I can't control my shakes
How the hell did I get here?
Something about this, so very wrong
I have to laugh out loud, I wish I didn't like this
Is it a dream or a memory?
I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell, I wait and bleed
Get outta my head 'cause I don't need this
Why I didn't I see this?
I'm a victim - Manchurian candidate
I have sinned by just
Makin' my mind up and takin' your breath away
I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell, I wait and bleed
I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell, I wait and bleed
Goodbye!
You haven't learned a thing
I haven't changed a thing
My flesh was in my bones
The pain was always free
You haven't learned a thing
I haven't changed a thing
My flesh was in my bones
The pain was always free
I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell, I wait and bleed
I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell, I wait and bleed
And it waits for you!
I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell, I wait and bleed
I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell, I wait and bleed
I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell, I wait and bleed
And it waits for you!
18 Surfacing (04:18)
Fuck You All!
Running out of ways to run
I can't see, I can't be
Over and over and under my skin
All this attention is doing me in!
Fuck it all!
Fuck this world!
Fuck everything that you stand for!
Don't belong!
Don't exist!
Don't give a shit!
Don't ever judge me!
Picking through the parts exposed
Taking shape, taking shag
Over and over and under my skin
All this momentum is doing me in!
Fuck it all!
Fuck this world!
Fuck everything that you stand for!
Don't belong!
Don't exist!
Don't give a shit!
Don't ever judge me!
And don't you fucking judge me!
You got all my love, livin' in your own hate
Drippin' hole man, hard step, no fate
Show you nuthin', but I ain't holdin' back
Every damn word I say is a sneak attack
When I get my hands on you
Ain't a fucking thing you can do
Get this cuz you're never gonna get me
I am the very disease you pretend to be
I am the push that makes you move
I am the push that makes you move
I am the push that makes you move
I am the push that makes you move
Fuck it all!
Fuck this world!
Fuck everything that you stand for!
Don't belong!
Don't exist!
Don't give a shit!
Don't ever judge me!
Fuck it all!
Fuck this world!
Fuck everything that you stand for!
Don't belong!
Don't exist!
Don't give a shit!
Don't ever judge me!
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Di passenger
Un disco inutile e ripetitivo, consigliato solo ai fans più accaniti (e più stupidi).
Deludente è la prestazione di Corey Taylor alla voce; assoli banali e cacofonici spesso inutili.
Di TatteredANdTorn#0
GLI SLIPKNOT SONO MATURATI HANNO PERSO IN CATTIVERIA MA LA VIOLENZA DA QUELLA SFRONTATA E AGGRESSIVA DI IOWA SONO PASSATI A UNA "PSICOLOGICA" DI VOL.3.
In quest'album niente people shit né (Sic) ma spazio a due belle canzoni acustiche (Circle e Vermillon pt.2)... e finalmente si sentono tutti e 9.
Di CITY OF SATAN
Questo è un album molto energetico, con alcune canzoni-pausa, probabilmente inserite per far riprendere fiato a chi lo ascolta.
Duality è la più famosa perché è stato il primo singolo estratto e per fortuna degli Slipknot e dei 'Maggots' è stato un successone.
Di Brizz89
Le sonorità, le melodie, i riff, troppo commerciali per essere Slipknot, lascerebbero allibiti chiunque.
Il potenziale della band emerge chiaramente sotto la polvere dell'inutile melodia ed è per questo che mi sento di criticare aspramente questo album.
Di Tepes
Per citare The Punisher, "Ad ogni disco la recensione che si merita"...
Ah, non mi chiedete di pentirmi di questa "recensione"... perderete tempo...
