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Просуществовав четыре года и выпустив всего три альбома, X-Wild действительно доказали всем врагам и недругам, что не сошел ещё "на нет" истинный heavy metal старой закалки. 15 февраля 1994 года X-Wild являют миру свой дебютный альбом "So What!", посвященный бывшему гитаристу Savatage - Крису Оливе (Christopher Michael Oliva), погибшему в автокатастрофе. (Память о нем будет вечна...) В первом альбоме банды прослеживается явная параллель с творчеством небезызвестных Running Wild (Именно из RW пришли в X-Wild трое его членов - гитарист Аксель Морган (Axel Morgan), бас-гитарист Йенс Беккер (Jens Becker) и ударник Штефан Шварцман (Stefan Schwarzmann) ). Ведь музыкантов связывали долгие годы совместной музыкальной деятельности. В последствии "Дикие Рыцари" отойдут от пиратских, разбойно-веселых мелодий и текстов и заимеют свой собственный стиль, в становлении которого большую роль сыграет некий Фрэнк Найт (Frank Knight). Вокал Фрэнка станет фирменным знаком X-Wild. Его способность переходить от звериного рева к спокойному пению уникальна. В итоге мы имеем дикую смесь чуть ли не трэшевого вокалиста и мелодичного хэви-металла. Сам альбом состоит из 12 треков, из которых можно выделить "Can't Tame The Wild" - тихое, лирическое вступление и совершенно непредсказуемое продолжение! Такой скорости, драйва, тяжеляка никогда не было у RW. Также интересной вещицей является "Wild Frontier" (кстати, моя любимая тема на альбоме). На "Freeway Devil" вокал Фрэнка становится похож на помесь Акселя Роуза (Axl Rose) с Дэйвом Мастейном (Dave Mustaine). В общем, первый альбом был создан под девизом "быстрее, тяжелее, громче".
И пусть данный CD не является лучшим в дискографии группы, он достойно выглядит на фоне двух последующих творений монстров металла. (За основу взят материал из статьи, написанной "Сaesar" об истории X-Wild) |
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Gotta get some more,
This night, I gotta get some pain
You'll get a knife in the back
an alleyway attack
Sleeping with the rats another day
You're barely alive, I see the fear in your eyes
(Come to me and see the happiness I bring.
You will not be afraid.)
Here comes the man - blood on his hands
Power is rushing in my veins
Nothing to say, you know you're gonna have to pay
I am the cat with nine lives, don't be surprised
Fortune is coming my way
Just give me the cash and then i'll send you away
(And you know I lie. Place your body on the knife.
Come there will be no pain for you or I.)
Chorus:
You say, we say, I say, you can't tame the wild
You say, we say, I say, you can't tame the wild
Back in the night, kickin' for a fight
Thunder is always in my brain
Come back for more
Today I'm giving you the pain
He got a knife in the back, an alleyway attack
Sleeping with the rats another day
He's barely alive, I kiss the fear in his eyes
(Come and see the glint of the knife. You will be amazed, blood drips)
Chorus (repeat)
02 - Dealing With The Devil
I am the keeper, soul, heart stealer
I'll put a spell, a spell on you - voodoo
Dog's dinner, such a winner
I'll steal your life away
Black eyes, gambling your life
Hands down, a winning round
I've got the cards stacked high
You're dealing with the devil, that's no lie
No fear, the bad man's here
Yes, I'm your bogey man
I've got the power to survive
Chorus:
Hey, hey, dealing with the devil - I say
Hey, hey, you will be looser of the day
No time to fool around
Yeah, you're coming with me
It's time to lay your money down
Ace high, diamonds low
The spades are in my hands
You've been dealing with the devil
And you're mine
Chorus (repeat)
Just throw the cards down
You're coming with me, Jack!
03 - Scarred To The Bone
I want to tell you a story
About a man who did die
And all he wanted from living
Was the chance to get high
So he set out to driving
To do his dealing and score
Well, he climbed up that mountain
Yeah, yeah, ha had to have more
He had to get high
Next step up the ladder
Was a needle so fine
Just a crack-headed buster
What better reason to fly
He had a wife and some children
And a Cadillac too
He's got his head down that spiral
There's nothing that we can do
He had to get high
So high
Let's get high
Chrous:
He's lying alone in the gutter at night
No friends to help him, nobody in sight
Done all his talking to angels alone
No hope in this life
When you're scarred to the bone
Y'know there's no death or glory
When you're riding the wind
Just the crash and explosion
Of your head giving in
Turning left at damnation
Turning right at the fire
In your veins there's a burning
For your quest to get high
He had to get high
So high
Let's get high
Chorus (repeat)
04 - Wild Frontier
We're the people of the plains
We're the true Americans
Here we live and here we die
Our land
Come and face us, yellow hair
See our feathered pride
See how the red man stands
See how we die
Chorus:
Painted faces, battlecries
Watch out, white man, time to die
Painted faces, battlecries
Today you die
No more hunger, no more strife
No more fear, it's time to fight
No more running, time to stand
Life is precious, life is land
Chorus
Fire and smoke rise in the sky
Our brothers come, their women cry
Eager young warriors sharpen their knives
The dance of death, fire in their eyes
Spoken:
And all the nations shall gather, from the Black Hills to the mighty
rivers: Sioux, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, Shoshone, Cree, Cherokee,
Many warriors for the final battle
We shall overcome
We shall finally be free
We shall crush the white man
We shall regain our lands
Chorus (repeat)
05 - Sky Bolter
Don't anger the gods
You might find yourself in the grave
The strongest of strong
All have been put to the blade
The great and the noble
Princes and kings
The power-mad rulers
Who'd thought they'd win
He drew his sword from the side
His anger was mighty
Mercy was nowhere in sight
The heavens are opened
The thunder it rings
He's riding the lightning
And the howling winds
Chorus:
I am the sky, skybolter, skybolter, sky
Skybolter
Die by the sky, skybolter, skybolter, sky
Skybolter
When Odin is angry
Earth will tremble and shake
Mountains will fall
Rivers will burn, it's too late
I come from Valhalla
With ice in my bones
I'm raising my hammer
You shall fall
Chorus (repeat)
06 - Beastmaster
You'd better lock up your daughters
Cause the beast is in town
You know that he's trouble
You'd better not be around - no way
He comes with his circus
He's got that evil intent
And he ain't got no clowns
Just a bagful of hate
Chorus:
And I got to tell ya, you know his name
He's the beastmaster - he gonna tame ya
He's the beastmaster - gonna whip ya into shape
He's the beastmaster - are you ready to give your life
He's the beastmaster - gonna rip you outa sight
He's got a pact with the devil
He's got to pay off his debts
A hundred town later
He's got time to collect
If you come after midnight
He will open the cage
Could you meet the beast
In his orgy of rage
Chorus
I'm leaving this town
With a hell bloody trail
The corpses of conscience are consigned to hell
The road's up ahead, he will see you tonight
'Cause the beastmaster's coming
So get outa sight
Chrous (repeat)
07 - Kid Racer
Check it out boys, bet a load of these wheels
The colour is red, fast as it feels
400 Horses and 48 valves
A shit-kickin' mutha, burning tires
Kid racer
Hell raiser
Suck up the gas, foot to the floor
Engine is screaming, I gotta have more
It's people like you, I don't wanna be
Hey you over there, why are you looking at me?
Oh God
There's a devil in me, likes to race fast
Heaven knows, I know it won't last
And I don't care
Out of the fat and into the fire
Here comes the wall, I'm gonna get fried
Nobody cares what happens to me
And I don't care - I've been living free
You are I and I'm like you
And the man don't give a damn
We won't change, it's us that dies
And the man don't give a damn
Who cares? not me!
Chorus (repeat)
08 - Into The Light (Instrumental)
09 - Freeway Devil
Fear of the devil, that's kept me alive
Now I have to answer, 'cause God's not on my side
I rode to Montana and California, too
Down to Arizona, yeah, yeah, that's where I met you
I hit the road, Chicago, It's time to meet the pack
I went down that other road, I ain't coming back
Kicked off at Detroit to meet the Brothers Grim
We went down in brotherhood, we're nwver giving in
We are the freeway devils, freeway devils
My bike's a temple and now I'm kicking ass
If you're looking for trouble yeah, yeah, yeah,
You'll find a heart attack
The sheriff came, pulled out his gun
" You betta get outa town & quot;
He read me the riot act, the dirty motherfuck
Gave me the third degree and now I'm outta luck
I ride with the devil, I ride with the wind
Nothing's gonna stop me
From riding to be free
40 days I was in the slam, 200 dollars light
I got myself an enemy, I got into a terrible fight
I got cut to pieces, yeah, but I'm an animal-mal
You should have seen the other guy
They put him straight in the can
They locked me up, threw away the key
They kicked my bike to shit
I'm never gonna get outa here, but I'm never givin' in
It's alright, it's alright
I'm a freeway devil and I'm feeling alright
It's alright, it's alright
I'm a freeway devil and I'm feeling alright
I want to be free and I'm free, I know I'm free
Just gotta be free, you know itГs easy to be free
And I'm goddamn free
10 - Mystica Deamonica
I've got a story that shouldn't be told
One from an age told long ago
From the deep down caverns and the bowels of the earth
A rising evil with a mystic curse
A fallen angel with fire for a name
A curse for a feeling, revenge was his game
From the Pillars of Atlas to the deep down mines
In the circle of the old ones he serves his time
Just call my name:
Mystica Deamonica
Well, his key to freedom is his name itself
An age-old tounge spoken by himself
And he hasn't been idle in this tomb in the ground
So he sends a message to the one he has found
An innocent, not mighty but true
Just a forlorn traveller, not a-much to do
"Come to the circle and cross the line
And speak my name from the deapths of your mind"
Just call my name:
Mystica Deamonica
Shout my name, 'cause here I come
The bastard son of the evil one
Mystica Deamonica
Only in this way can I bee free
To strike the world and what it did to me
I begin to murmur and the line dissolves
Now nothing can stop me from my resolve
I feel the fire burning deep within
Not a smile on my face, but an evil grin
I crush my friend with an icy glare
At last I'm free from my captive lair
Chorus (repeat)
11 - Thousand Guns
He stepped into the bar and looked around
Didn't like much what he saw and what he found
Too many faces with an attitude
Too many dudes that were do uncool
Y'hear what I'm saying, hombre
Yeah, you too, mister
Son of a bitch
Hey, you over there, with the scar on your face
I don't think you're part of the fucking human race
You're like something I goddamn stepped on before
And I'm the bad guy, come to settle the score
It ain't black it ain't white
I just come for the big fight
And I'm your worst nightmare
And I'm as deadly as a snake
Can't you see it in my eyes
And I'm packin' a few surprises
I'm the man with a thousand, with a thousand guns
I'm gonna do ya
Like a dead dog down
I'm gonna shoot ya
With a thousand guns
I'm so fast, my aim
Is true, here's looking at you
Right between the eyes
I'm so fast, took you by surprise
Got a Colt 45
I am the desperado
I'm the man with a thousand, with a thousand guns
Chorus
I'm a killer on the loose
I shoot from the hip, no lip
Got a pair of blooded hounds
And they're straining for the kill
I am the judge and jury
I am the executioner
I'm the man with a thousand, with a thousand guns
Chorus (repeat)
12 - Different (So What!)
So what, if he's different?
Don't - you're not the one to tell me how
The way I look at people now
He is a brother of the skin
And this is how we will begin
We'll fight the ugliness of lies
Covering eyes that do despise
Under nations, one and all
We'll fight the bigots once for all
The tempest starts to come alive
How is it, that you are so blind?
So don't despair, you Rodney Kings
Hate, kill, different, so what?
It's only men who destroy souls
Under the banner of the right
You wannt to crush, you want to fight
But let me tell you now, my son
In the end you'll be undone
The politicians think they're cute
Another kike, another jew
Another nigger, wop and spick
The terminology of the sick
Chorus
We can all be brothers
We are all God's children
We can be under the sun, together
Don't - you're not the one to tell me how
The way I look at people now
We are the brothers of the skin
And this is how we will begin
We'll fight the ugliness of lies
Cover eyes that do despise
Under nations, one and all
Chorus