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Дебютный альбом интернационального проекта DARKHAUS с первых секунд подкупает своей энергетикой, выразительностью и чистотой. Последний эпитет включает в себя в равной степени и чистоту, ясность звучания, не перегруженного синтетическими элементами, навороченными аранжировками, и чистоту вокала. Хочется отметить, что красивое английское произношение, без акцента, очень радует слух. Все песни выдержаны в едином, интересном, и, я возьму на себя смелость сказать, оригинальном стиле, который имеет все основания стать визитной карточкой группы. В то же время каждый трек - это отдельная история со своей особенной атмосферой, идеально вписывающейся в общую идею альбома. Итак, начнем по порядку: первая композиция носит довольно жизнеутверждающее название "Life Worth Living", но не стоит рассчитывать на большую долю позитива. Текст написан в несколько «отрывистом» стиле, где каждая фраза звучит как вызов скорее самому себе, что становится особенно заметно на припеве, когда музыка начинает звучать в полную силу.
Новый трек - и совершенно новая история начинает возникать в голове. Это достигается не только музыкой, но и способностью вокалиста потрясающе менять оттенки голоса, что позволяет лучше понять смысл текста и глубже погрузиться в атмосферу той или иной песни. Ну а одной из самых атмосферных композиций как минимум из-за текста можно назвать "Ghost": в меру мрачная, слегка романтичная и красивая песня с яркой мелодией и запоминающимся припевом. Следующий трек достоин звания атмосферного в музыкальном плане: отличная аранжировка, превосходный ритм и бесподобный вокал создают трек, который хочется слушать снова и снова. И каждый раз открываешь для себя какие-то новые, ранее незамеченные оттенки звучания.
Но альбом продолжается, и каждая новая песня полностью захватывает воображение, гипнотизирует, не вызывая желания сопротивляться. Периодические вставки "мейнстримовых" элементов напоминают, что DARKHAUS позиционируются как современный рок, и органично вписываются в общую музыкальную тему, обогащая ее. И когда начинаешь думать, что вот она – самая лучшая песня на альбоме, начинает звучать следующий трек, еще ярче предыдущего. Все-таки попробую выделить композиции, запомнившиеся мне больше всего. Прежде всего, "Hurts like Hell", которую я отметила для себя еще до прослушивания всего альбома, и с которой, собственно, началось мое знакомство с DARKHAUS. "Apostle" – вдохновенная, чуть печальная и лиричная и "Breaking the Silence" – красивая рок-баллада, которая просто очень подходит под мое текущее настроение. Но, конечно, каждый найдет на "My Only Shelter" что-то свое и, может быть, очень личное.
Ремиксы Ноэля и Kinky J заслуживают отдельного внимания как интересное дополнение к общему треклисту. В целом же альбом просто потрясающий, неожиданно потрясающий, хотя чего еще ожидать от такого состава группы? Качество релиза не вызывает никаких нареканий. Все выполнено на высоком идейно-художственном уровне от звучания до оформления альбома. Иногда кажется, что какой-то проигрыш, оттенок голоса, манера пения, какая-то идея текста или общее впечатление от песни напоминает то FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, то THREE DAYS GRACE, то NICKELBACK, и в то же время здесь нет ничего общего. DARKHAUS уникальны! И если проект способен выпустить такой отличный дебютный альбом, то это уже говорит о многом. Так что, мои самые лучшие рекомендации релизу и пожелания группе. |
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Rain down upon my face like tears from heaven
Right now I need something that I can believe in
And I'll find in time a life worth living
I want to make a difference, got to show I care
The more you give, the more you get and now I'm ready to share
I'm sick of lying around with my eyes red, brain dead
These words to me are like a little prayer
A little comfort that I take everywhere
Your mind only works when it's open.
Amen!
Break out into open space and breathe in
Rain down upon my face like tears from heaven
Right now I need something that I can believe in
And I'll find in time a life worth living
GRACE DIVINE
Life is strange, now we know it's just a game
We seek salvation, lest we face damnation
For the petty ways that comprise just who we are
A shame filled prison awaits us all for being ourselves
Of this you can be sure, an afterlife once more.
So just do as you're told and you can have it.
Oh, how we've fallen from the edge of time
Who designed this paradigm?
It's so controlling as to render us out of line
Disgrace, defined
Grace Divine
We're so deranged, all of our thoughts are rearranged
Controlled by forces and faux social causes
In the book of lies, they left us all behind
'cause we are the many, we are the meek
And we shall inherit the earth
Of this they can be sure, that they can have it
Oh, how we've fallen from the edge of time
Who designed this paradigm?
It's so controlling as to render us out of line
Disgrace, defined
Grace Divine
GHOST
Do you feel like you're never alone?
Does a ghost seem to follow you home
And do you wash away your regrets
And do you punish yourself for the "whys" and "what ifs"
All the time when you can't change a thing about it?
Your presence is killing me
Is it just another alibi
To fill the spaces which were meant to be
For those times that I need you the most?
I contemplate and I lay here endlessly
Still looking for some clues in the dark
Just to stave off my reality
I can't help feeling your ghost
I wonder if this is as good as it gets
And pondering when and if closure begins
We pay our respects and expect to move on
But some things in our life never come easy, if ever
I saw the light leaving your eyes
Your presence is killing me
Is it just another alibi
To fill the spaces which were meant to be
For those times that I need you the most?
I contemplate and I lay here endlessly
Still looking for some clues in the dark
Just to stave off my reality
I can't help feeling your ghost
BREAK DOWN THE WALLS
These days of anger are upon us
And like the old cliché, it's the dawn of a brand new day
It's time to live life for the moment
Right now we wouldn't want it any other way
Because I'm inclined to believe that we were good friends
And we justified all our means to conquer the ends
We'd rid ourselves of the shame that embraces us all
Can we free ourselves in time?
Time to break down these bloody walls
A most unholy coalition
With a case for needing less, but they're always wanting more
Is my ungodly premonition too dark? Too much to bear?
Perhaps more to endure
The price we pay is in flesh and bone all the time
We cleanse ourselves of the souls that we leave behind
Rinse clean of the blood on the hands of us all
So keep this all in mind
Time to break down these bloody walls
Because I'm inclined to believe that we were good friends
And we justified all our means to conquer the ends
We'd rid ourselves of the shame that embraces us all
Can we free ourselves in time?
Time to break down these bloody walls
So keep this all in mind
Time to break down these bloody walls
OUR TIME
I believed the fairytale once read to me
By those exposed as criminals and wannabes
In a land once nice, now lost
Not long ago we shared our bliss, we cared
For this is our time
If not now, then when?
Low and behold, The situation seems so cold and dark, we fall
The precipice was unforeseen by some, not all
We can't go on like this but yet we do
So sad but true
This is our time
If not now, Then when?
It's about time we let life begin
This is our time
DON'T CLOSE YOUR EYES
I'm not quite yet world renowned, but soon
Still underground
Some cry "stop making sense to me"
With useless arguments in overture, when I explore
So, why explain what I live for?
Open your mind, now buckle up and enjoy the ride
But don't close your eyes
Fear subsides, not much to lose or much to hide
Don't close your eyes
I'm no longer cast with doubt
'cause my mind has shut you out
I don't care what's fucking said to me
I've nothing to repent
Yes, I'll be fine. I'll take what's mine
And leave this space so far behind
Open your mind, now buckle up and enjoy the ride
But don't close your eyes
Fear subsides, not much to lose or much to hide.
Don't close your eyes
BREAKING THE SILENCE
One more try, if just for tonight
I’ll hold the door and I’ll wait once more
So tell me things are alright
I can hear them loud and clear from here to kingdom come
Empty promises from those who are wishing us to fail
Time is passing, yet you’ve left me guessing once again
(They’re part of the problem, I told you)
Inconceivable yet quite believable, they prey
I’m breaking the silence 'cause who are they?
Too much pain, is what we’ve endured
Lost in time, we nearly lost our minds
Preserving us and all that we had
I can hear them loud and clear from here to kingdom come
(And hearing is part of believing)
Empty promises from those who are wishing us to fail
(For reasons I mentioned a million)
Times in passing, yet you’ve left me guessing once again
(They’re part of the problem. I told you)
Inconceivable, yet quite believable, they prey
I’m breaking the silence, 'cause who are they?
HOUR OF NEED
As the clock is melting next to me
I lose track of the time
No recollection of what I've done
It was an altered state of the mind
One hit, then we hit the floor
Two beating hearts collide
You know I don't want any part of this
Of this murder made suicide
Now there's no chance for god to save us
We made our choices
In guilt we'll harvest bad seeds
Dead voices sing hymns of worship
In the hour of need, we splatter the walls with the red we bleed
Scene 2, and "cut to chase"
I retrace the scene of the crime
Nothing happening on my watch and forever never on my dime
This city, it lies awake
No sleep for the wicked inside
It's a rat race baby and the only choice is, embrace or epitomize
Now there's no chance for god to save us
We made our choices
In guilt we'll harvest bad seeds
Dead voices sing hymns of worship
In the hour of need, we splatter the walls with the red we bleed
LOOKS LIKE RAIN
I gazed into your eyes and I swore that nobody was home
Then I stood there mesmerized
A perpetual state of alone
Intentions all for good, I suppose
So why should we care?
Every time that I needed you most, well....you barely if ever were there
Why am I not surprised?
Here we lie, paralyzed
It looks like rain, it looks like rain
And depression is pulling me in
It looks like rain, looks like rain
And it feels like I'm missing a friend
It looks like rain, looks like rain
And your walls, they keep closing me in
It looks like rain, looks like rain
And it feels like we're losing it
Feels like we're losing again
For reasons obvious, we've all such a long way to go
In subtle increments, life eventually swallows us whole
Six shades of dire grey adorn the walls of our past
We can't smile over everything
Did you think how long this would last?
There is dark in our light
Show a sign on this night
It looks like rain, it looks like rain
And depression is pulling me in
It looks like rain, looks like rain
And it feels like I'm missing a friend
It looks like rain, looks like rain
And your walls, they keep closing me in
It looks like rain, looks like rain
And it feels like we're losing it
Feels like we're losing again
Sunshine, be mine
Daylight, we shine
APOSTLE
Give me your hand and i'll give you my heart
And i'll promise to follow you
Honour and serve you in light and in dark
And i'll do what you need me to
Now you're here I can be without fear, close to you i'll always stay
There is nothing out there, nobody would dare to lead me astray
When I look in your eyes, you make me believe the improbable, the impossible
Stay close to me and i'll always be your loyal, your faithful, Apostle
I was struggling to breathe from always keeping one step behind you
You gave words that were true and you have made my life brand new
I was lonely and you were the only thing keeping me in line
You reminded me of what I wanna be and now i'm just biding time
When I look in your eyes, you make me believe the improbable, the impossible
Stay close to me and i'll always be your loyal, your faithful, Apostle
I know that you suffer. You don't have to say
I would do anything to make it go away
When I look in your eyes, you make me believe the improbable, the impossible
Stay close to me and i'll always be your loyal, your faithful, Apostle