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В последнее время недостатка в хороших дум-детовых группах не возникает. Но таких, что могли бы сравниться с грандами жанра до сих пор не много. И вот неожиданно пошатнуть позиции англичан и шведов почти удалось группе Despondent Chants из... Перу! Неплохой (но не более) дум из латиноамериканских стран, конечно, попадался (в основном фьюнерал- и готик-). Но демо Despondent Chants - "Forgotten Roses On My Grave" стало полной неожиданностью. И хотя группа не изобрела ничего нового в жанре, от звуков второго трека под названием "Forest Of Burning Souls" у меня возникли почти экстатические :) ощущения, схожие с первыми прослушиваниями Anathema, Katatonia, My Dying Bride. При этом обвинить группу в копировании этих грандов ну никак нельзя! Влияние этих (особенно первых двух) групп, конечно, есть, но существует множество европейских комманд, куда более похожих на них и друг на друга. Следующие два трека поддерживают эйфорию чередованием очень меланхоличных протяжных думовых моментов с жесткими, но не менее мелодичными, детовыми. В общем, музыка Despondent Chants очень эмоциональна и душевна. К сожалению, 5-й, заглавный, трек звучит более стандартно чем первые, но не хуже любой современной европейской дум-детовой группы.
Вот так вот, оказывается, в 21-м веке еще можно записать диск, ничем не уступающий грандам жанра, не пытаясь изобрести что-то новое. Что ж, с нетерпением жду полноценного альбома, ведь дебют удался на славу! 9/10. |
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Depraved by
The unreal god
Thundering voices of death
Slashing the ears of the cross
Come into me
Take off my heart
Abandoned in your belief
The divine treason prevails
The arms of this plague
Are taking our souls
The smell of dying embrace
From archangels without wings
Bring me your kiss
And drink my dead blood
Exalt the fear and pain
Inhale the dust of my grave
Come taste my hate
Your life will fade
Declaim your poetry of pain
Adore my dismembered carcass
Nocturnal wings
Keep me away
II. (The Forest)
The gelid and lonely
Cradle of dead bodies
Hallowed by the despondent chants of doom
They are screaming to me
Praying for mercy
Help me from fire (they say)
But I’m oracle of death
The burning souls
Are weeping ghouls
Awaiting in helplessness
In a lake of forget fullness
Ashes and old bones
Corrupted by the blasphemy
The mouth of sympathy
The old litany of death
A great march of torches
Will guide the funeral rite
Until the pit
Until the end
Behold the might of the dark
Await the rise of the goat
Honor and praise
To the lord of sin
III. (The Exaltation)
“A queen rise her head
Between worms
And the blood rain begins”
The executioner: I’m ready to start the fire
The court: Their dignity will be saved
The executioner: I can’t wait I need the smell
Of the burning souls
The dark lord: I want to hear their cries
Exalt the fear and pain
Inhale the ghost of the black death
Come into me
Make me your son
Behold the might of the dark
Await the pyre in flames
Honor and praise
By horror by pain
-Interlude-
And night is passing on
I walk through
The forest
At the break of day
The rain and the fog
Watch my path
In this long way
In my mourn pray
A new dawn
With more anger and despair
IV. (The Despair)
Nameless souls
Wandering out there
Behind the walls
Of the palace of death
Some others were born
In a new dark behavior
And now they know
The way behind death
Confessed or confused
Your soul is crawled
Angels fall
Heavens die
Worthless presence
Of the false god
Denied by lord
The deathless one
The lights begin to shine
And the reign of night await
To crush the life
To cover with frost
Millions of people
Smiling to the life
But they are only waiting
The coming of death
3. Silent Fields
Lost in the fields
Of loneliness
My soul cry
Under the stars
The cold night wind
Wandering with me
Walking to nowhere
No destiny
From the tall trees
Fall some death leafs
Falling as me
Oh! I want die
The thorny way
In wish I’ll walk
And only the rain
Will be with me
-My time has come-
I dream with lonely fields
Far away from pain
I want to fly between clouds
Under the rain
The streams of clear rivers
Carrying tears
And I’ll fly with the cold wind
To me desired end
Heal my wound
Make by the shroud (of life)
Seal my tomb
…and let me go
Lost in the fields
Of loneliness
My soul dies
As the candle light
The thorny way
In which I’ll walk
And only the pain
Will be with me
Where is the light now?
When I’m alone
Dark hearts leads me in pain
Agonizing in flames
Tortured by spellbound
This night awaits
Where is your god now?
When I’m in silent fields
4. Through These Dreams
Forget all your dreams
There’s no tomorrow
Behind your sight
Your faith is lost
Your god is death
His hands are nailed
He is an impotent god
Forget your faith
Your dreams are death
Mankind will pray
This night of fear
This moonlight night
Dark archangels revive
They’ll leave their graves
To take the souls
Sathanas
I’m breathing your hate
Burn my eyes my soul
Turn the sky in black
I will be the knife
Take me in your hands
Mankind will praise
To the eternal fear
This full moon night
Dark archangels will rise
They’ll leave their graves
To rape the souls
Sathanas
I’m breathing your hate
Through this long time
The hate was growing
The beginning of another
Era has begun
Extinction damnation
Holy prosecution
There will be no redemption
For holy prostitution
This theatre of macabre
Is just the beginning
Every word everything you do
Gives me more courage
To start my revenge
Forget all your dreams
There’s no tomorrow
Behind your sight
His face is lost
Your god is dead
His hands are nailed
He is an impotent god
Forget your faith
Your god is only dreams
5. Forgotten Roses On My Grave
(The Funeral act)
This is my heart, a silent desert
I feel so empty, I feel so tired
The never ending pain is the mark of life
The harmony of silenced suffering were made
…with blood
Strange withered roses
Laid on my lonely grave
In this hidden valley awaits
The forgotten roses of my grave
…alone
You laugh and cry
You live and die
With emotions without sense
Perceptions of opacity
The course of life
Kill the hope
The sands of time erase the road
I’ll become one with death
I yearn for pain
Me more scorn and strength
You’ll hear my yell
A funeral entombed my heart
And in your dirge
I felt the pain…
…the misery
Sorrow and despair
In the agony
Of the shadows
Of the light
Reveal to me
The secrets of the night
The silence
Of the voices of the dark
Accept my blood
Like sacrifice of death
Of fire of water for the earth
-And thus the flowers fade-
The soft voice of wind
A mournful cry
A delicate velvet vault
Will receive my body for worms
6. In The Arms of Death
(Instrumental)