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Criticatemi pure, ma a mio parere siamo di fronte a uno dei lavori di maggior fattura nella scena punk degli ultimi anni.
Questo cd è un'esplosione di energia, è ritmo forsennato dalla prima all'ultima traccia, è musica che aggredisce i timpani come non mai, ma che regala alle orecchie una melodia rabbiosa capace di far pogare l'ascoltatore persino sul letto della propria stanza. Nata nel 1994 e proveniente da Boston, questa band suona uno street punk aggressivo che richiama subito alla mente i Casualties: ritmi velocissimi, cori in stile oi! e cantato del vocalist Mark Unseen urlato per tutta la durata del cd.
Le corde della chitarra iniziano a vibrare, Mark inizia a urlare a squarciagola e la batteria detta il ritmo della prima song "On the other side"; non ci si accorge nemmeno quando si passa alla seconda traccia, fino al momento in cui arriva il bel riff di chitarra caratteristico di "Scream out", superba song di cui non posso fare a meno di riportare qualche parola dalla recensione di un altro sito. Una traccia che da sola vale l'acquisto del cd. "Weapons of mass deception" è una traccia potentissima e aggressiva sia nel cantato di Mark che nei cori del resto della band; il ritmo si addolcisce leggermente (anche se il significato di questo termine è relativo, parlando di quest'album) con "You can never go home", secondo singolo che nell'ultima parte assomiglia al precedente brano, con il cantato di Mark velocissimo e i cori da sottofondo, che secondo me sono il vero punto di forza del cd; "Waste of time" all'inizio potrebbe sembrare la traccia più lenta e tranquilla, ma la potenza si rivela tutta nel ritornello, dove mr. Unseen si sfoga dando vita quasi a uno screamo degno della migliore band metalcore.
Tra le ultime tracce si nasconde un altra chicca, ovvero "Final execution (Armageddon)" con il ritornello più melodico del cd, che precede allo shock dell'ultima, che parte lentissima rispetto al resto del cd e comincia con dei cori che non ci starebbero male in un rito satanico! Si tratta di una cover punk di una famosa canzone dei Rolling Stones, ovvero "Paint it black", che si scatena col solito cantato urlato nel ritornello e che chiude un superbo cd, che dà una scossa a un genere musicale infestatato ormai da una miriade di gruppetti inutili e senza alcuna inventiva.
In sintesi, 30 minuti di punk violento e urlato senza un attimo di pausa, che giustamente potrebbe annoiare e far venire grandi emicranie ai non amanti del genere, ma sicuramente un cd da non perdere per chi desidera una sana mezzoretta di puro casino!
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01 On the Other Side (02:34)
Pondering on your existence
You wonder why you are alive
Suffering from severe depression
Contemplating suicide
You're told your nothing, unimportant
You only see their life through your eyes
Well every life has it's own problems
If you can see the other side
Stumble and fail
Stumble and fail or reach the sky
You'll never know unless you try
Dealt misery while some are blessed
Who measures failure what is success
A part of you is gone and dead yah
But it just won't leave your head
So you try to push it all away all away
Take it all day after day
Theirs only darkness at the end
Will your soul wonder or descend
Is this how it's supposed to be
Can you control your own, own desity
Stumble and fail or reach the sky
You'll never know unless you try
Yahhhh will you be free
Or suffer endless misery
Yahhhh will you be free
Or you suffer, suffer endlessly
02 Scream Out (02:51)
Well All My Life This Music saved Me
I Can't Afford Your Therapy
My Frustration it needs release, cut me open and hear me bleed
Playing Punk It Keeps Me Sane
I Don't need drugs to numb the pain
It keeps me alive, I hope it helps you
I won't let your worthless America Ruin Me
NO WAY!
I'm screaming out, somebody listen,
It feels so good
This Therapy
I'm screaming out, somebody listen,
It feels so good
This Therapy
I lost control and hurt myself
I knew deep down I needed some help
The self-abuse would not stop,
No matter how hard I tried
So I Lied And I Pulled My Life Together
Am I Going Insane?
Think Again
I Got So Fed Up With Being Unstable
NO MORE
I'm screaming out,
Somebody Listen,
It Feels So Good,
This Therapy! [x8]
I'm screaming out!
I'm screaming out!
I'm screaming out!
I'm screaming out!
I'm screaming out!
I'm screaming out!
I'm screaming out!
Get Me Some Help!
03 The End Is Near (01:26)
Intro
Let us not feel an ounce of remorse
When the time comes and the brains
Behind the muscle get what they fucking deserve!!!!!
News broadcasts ratings grow.
War and scandal do you wanna
know. How many people died today.
Dealt with pain and suffering
Are you terrified
For our lives
It looks to be
The end's in sight
Go and fight for evil and lies
Everything you stand for I despise
I'd rather live than die for something
Something that will never end
Force them to fight so we can be free
Until the end
Money and power is the reality
Until the end
It's two things the world leaders thrive for
Until the end
And that's why this will never stop
Until the end
That's why this will never stop
Until the end
The end is near
04 Weapons of Mass Deception (02:15)
We are the bastard children of a nation,
Whose dreams have died
Everything we believe in it all
Turned out to be a lie and change
Seems oh so difficult, acceptance is the
Common voice. Powerless against
Their power we act like we don't have a
Choice. Go
Weapons of mass deception
Fear is the greatest weapon
Used to maintain, their control
Cause the scared do what they're told
Dangers lurking in every corner, minds
Clouded with mistrust. New
Witches for them to burn smoke covers
The bloodlust. False fears
installed in masses, so real issues go
Ignored.
Like a phoenix rising from the ashes
Total powers their reward. Go
Control through fear
A reign of terror is here
Control through fear
The terrors powers made clear
The end is near
06 Dead Weight Falls (02:50)
DEAD WEIGHT...FALLS!!!.
Friends like you, who needs enemies: DEAD WEIGHT FALLS SET YOU FREE!.
Friends like you, who needs enemies: DEAD WEIGHT FALLS SET YOU FREE!.
Stabbed in the back, time time again.
Life goes on, learn to embrace the pain.
Dealt with so much but it was never enough.
Now you're set free, my wounds healing up.
(chorus:)
TIME TO FACE...REALITY!. Dead weight falls and it sets you free.
CAN'T STAND THIS ATROCITY!. Dead weight falls and it sets you free.
LET'S END THIS...HYPOCRISY!. Dead weight falls and it sets you free.
There's nothing left, why can't you see the dead... weight... FALLS?
Severed ties... well, are we friends?
Friends don't lie, cheat or steal.
Is that what you are? Well, it's good for you;
I'll get a knife and I'll stab you TOO!.
TIME TO FACE...REALITY!. Dead weight falls and it sets you free.
CAN'T STAND THIS ATROCITY!. Dead weight falls and it sets you free.
LET'S END THIS...HYPOCRISY!. Dead weight falls and it sets you free.
With friends like you, well I now see...who...needs...ENEMIES!.
No apologies or consideration.
DEAD...WEIGHT! DEAD...WEIGHT!.
You never pitch in... but you're always taking.
DEAD...WEIGHT! DEAD...WEIGHT!.
I've been strung along, time to cut the string.
DEAD...WEIGHT! DEAD...WEIGHT!.
Dead weight falls and it sets you...FREE!.
(chorus)
09 Waste of Time (03:07)
you want to think I have a problem
well think again it lies within you
you act so rude and immature well
ill act the same I wont acknowledge you
but yet you still wanna run your mouth
why even waste the time
I despise your whole existence
and that's the bottom line
your a waste of time
don't waste my time
no need for adolescent gossip
fact is that you need to grow up
don't concern yourself with my life
because I could care less what you do
and you say hello to my face
ingrates and sellouts to our backs
its no miscommunication
guts is something that you lack
your a bitter jealous waste of time
there is no need to pretend
I don't owe you thing
your not my friend your a
waste of time
don't waste my time
you wonder why I feel like this
come on open your eyes
your outcries are so pathetic
that is why I say
your a waste of time
I could care less what you do
your just a waste of time
your just a waste of my time
12 Flames Have Destroyed (01:04)
You walk the path, now deal with it: the problems you have made.
Go prove to them that you have changed, so memories can fade.
The tide's coming in... but will it wash away the times?
The times you disappointed them, the times you made them cry.
Where can you turn? The flames have destroyed.
Yah, can you rebuild the bridge that you burned?
The patience to reconstruct... or let the ashes wash away?
YAH!!!. Fight for what you want, let nothing stand in your way!.
13 Final Execution (Armageddon) (02:34)
Dream about how it would be to shoot up out of reality
No more pain just ecstasy would it help me struggle with sanity
I've got enough bad habits
I won't become an addict
So I sit and dwell in this living hell
How much longer can it last yah
Is Armageddon our evolution
No survivors no solution
Disgusted and unhappy but trying to find peace
Trying to escape what seems like endless misery
I want some peace and quiet away from all of you
Well I try so hard to get away but there's nothing I can do no
Is Armageddon our evolution
No survivors no solution
Time flies by so fast
I wonder when it all will crash
Worlds explode when evils clash
Nothing left but dust and ash now
It's the final execution
No more murder - no prostitution
No more crime - No more nations
No more rape it's Armageddon
14 Paint It Black (02:34)
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens every day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe I'll just fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes
Hmm, hmm, hmm,...
I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Yeah!
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