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Symphorce
« Godspeed »
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1 | Forsight 00:33 instrumental
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| 2 | Everlasting Life 04:13
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| 3 | No Shelter 03:55
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| 4 | Nowhere 04:39
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| 5 | Haunting 03:34
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| 6 | Black Water 03:41
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| 7 | Wounds Will Last Within 04:10
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| 8 | Your Cold Embrace 03:15
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| 9 | Without a Trace 03:29
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| 10 | The Mirrored Room 05:05
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| 11 | Crawling Walls for You 05:12
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Andy B. Frank - vocals
Cedric “Cede” Dupont - guitars
Markus Pohl - guitars
Dennis Wohlbold - bass
Sasha Sauer - drums
Additional musicians:
Alain Schwaller - keyboards
Dennis Wohlbold - drumloops |
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Produced by Symphorce
All songs by “Franch’nFree Music”, “CedeMeta-Inc.”, “North-Pohl Music”, “TuneBold-Music”
Engineered, mixed & editing by Dennis Ward @ House Of Music Studios Winterbach, Germany, June 2005
Mastered by Achim Kohler @ Indiscreet Ausio July 2005
Artwork by Travis Smith
Layout by Thomas Ewerhard
Photography by Alex Kuehr
Logo by Andy B. Frank |
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| Everlasting Life
If only I could now return to warm you of your fate
My prophecies help you to stay alive unless you reach the gate
This life was unholy my world they had to release
You hear me screaming out your name
But all the tears are passing by to this everlasting life
The spirit we |
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Большой прогресс группы Brainstorm и в частности его вокалиста, Andy B. Frank’a, не замедлил сказаться на его сольном проекте (группе Symphorce, откуда он пришел в Brainstorm в 1998 году) самым благостным образом. Однако все это справедливо исключительно в плане его вокальной манеры и подачи – по музыке Symphorce, и особенно по ее слаженности и отточенности до основного коллектива Энди еще далеко. Начинающийся с красивого полуакустического интро и переходящий в мощную, сделанную в лучших традициях последних работ Brainstorm, “Everlasting Life” настраивает всех на положительный лад и как бы говорит: “Godspeed” – вот еще один маленький шедевр от Энди сотоварищи за 2005 год. Увы, но иллюзия быстро развеивается – большое количество заигрываний с модным звуком, не самая удачная попытка по выводу нового гибрида из энгри пауэра и модерн мелодик дэта делает диск скучным и малопонятным для большинства потенциальных покупателей альбома, однако высокое качество реализации скрашивает картину и позволяет дослушать “Godspeed” до конца. Именно в концовке и скрыты два самых приятных номера диска – интересная кантри вставками “The Mirrored Roam” и безумно красивая, трагично безысходная и выворачивающая душу “Crawling Walls For You”, исполненная Энди с небывалой теплотой и чувством не позволяют забыть этот диск и поставить ему менее 7 баллов, львиная доля которых – харизма вокалиста. (Диск предоставлен компанией Фоно) |
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На это раз Symphorce предложили нечто более интересное, чем стандартный пауэр заокеанского образца. Благодаря умелой работе с современным звуком музыка прибавила в агрессии, да и в мелодическом плане дела обстоят довольно неплохо, что подтверждают особенно удавшиеся лирические композиции "Nowhere" и "Crawling Walls For You". Хотя альбом и не блещет разнообразием, выполнен он на совесть, так что прогресс группы очевиден. |
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Перед тем, как слушать музыку, взглянем на обложку, обожаю отгадывать, что будет внутри по оболочке диска. Видим загадочного бородатого мужчину, из глаз которого искрятся молнии. Загадочный шрифт надписей - делаю ставку на то, что это будет power metal, на обратной стороне типичные рок звёзды, взгляды в даль, длинные волосы. Тогда стиль будет power/heavy. Включаем и слушаем…. Так оно и есть! Я угадал. Мелодичная музыка, с высоким вокалом, вторящим самому себе эхом, и скрипуче-жёсткие гитары. Барабаны на уровне, используются двойные бочки, правда, сама музыка построена так, что ритм бочек беспрестанно прерывается различными навороченными каскадами тарелок, скажем так: барабанов много, что не может не радовать. Манера вокалиста довольно неприятная, иногда он срывается на речитатив, на секунду, вокал делают искажённым, и тут он опять берёт высокие ноты. Необычно, но nu-metal'ично, попытка привинтить к хэви эти современные замашки далеко не красит музыку. Причём этих моментов очень мало, но даже один портит впечатление о песне. Иногда вокал похож на расплодившиеся альтернативные манеры исполнения. Сами гитары вкупе с барабанами тоже играют такой прерывающийся ритм, как будто они прыгают в коротких штанишках. В целом, музыка спокойная, держит средний темп, только припевы набирают скорость и некую лихость и забористость. Всё-таки эта жеманность и припопсованность вокала и гитар не идёт группе на пользу, хотя трек "Nowhere" вполне можно назвать убойным треком диска. |
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The fall from grace where I belong
Reveal the secrets of this life
Watching the past as it dies
Free me from this nightmare where I lived in peace
You hear me screaming out my name
And when the tears are passing by to this everlasting life
No need to fear so scream my name
When all the dreams you had they didn't show an everlasting life
No Shelter
When the sun burns my soul, when the eye takes control
When the evil surrounds my fate
Like the witness I've been
I will cast all my dreams
Swallow your seeds but it's too late
In a locked room I kept all my dreams and my head
And laid the weaker to rest
My reward for being sane, somehow you take the blame
I'll cross the bridge to the west
Why don't you feel like, why don't you come near
There's no shelter from the rain
Why can't you see you can conquer your tear
There's no shelter from the rain
Am I falling on the sand with your face in my hand
I'm here but now you're gone
All is lost in the mind
I'm protecting your crime
But at the end my time has come
What you've done to me, who you will deceive
In my eyes it's all gone wrong
The choices you make all the chances I take
And you fear the revenge of my tongue
Nowhere
The walls are closing in, my life is passing by
There's something you should know, but never ask me why
In a room without a view, where all our souls will last
But all you hear and see is dark, but still you ask: tell me why
Why can't you hear me
Why can't you dry my tears
Nowhere, that's the place where your arm your fears
Tell me why
Why don't you see me
Why don't we pass it by
Nowhere, I'm here to tell you why
You're treading on my dreams, the one who taught me how
I hide my feelings, but all those memories brought me down
My reason to believe, still hope is coming through
The downward spiral never ends and I'm losing you!
Haunting
It's been so long, long time ago
I pushed you up against the wall
But never I'll make you fall
I left you out to rule the day
It's not my time to cope with the pain
Instead I live insane
And I want you
They're haunting me
All the memories in my head
My rude awakening
Is when all my fears are coming back
You watch my shadows disappear
The air was filled with lust and fear
In dark corners of my brain
Before it gets the best of you
Inside my lust will face the truth
But I'm the one to blame
And now I got you
Black Water
As I'm coming faster, do you hear me speak?
All the things you said to me, all the things you need
Now you see me clearer, stare you in the eye
No need to say a word as ai read your lips and lies
Oh no the seasons changed
I sink into sleep
It's hidden away where black water seeped
All the pain you spread inside
All the roots of sin
So stay away and read my mind
But I won't ever let you get in
Wounds Will Last Within
You're steeling my pride, while my unrest grows
I'm moving but failed all my veins
Protecting or breathing, I stopped in between
As the arms of the night opened wide
As my life burst out, into madness I see
At midnight the flames are burning me
I've chosen my fear, I'm forced into hate
While memories are turning to fate
The tears on my skin will starve out my faith
As I ran through the valley of my dreams
But slowly I'm trying to keep moving on
Forever my wounds will last within
My body is helpless, you're entering my world
If no change then to hell with my fate
You're chosen my suicide, my blood on your hands
My loneliness seems to fade
I'm leaving no trace, no footsteps will show
Where your eyes will ease the pain
The shadows and shades of visions I speak
Of my desire untamed
Towards the horizon, sun's laughing at me
And nothing leaves anymore
Always in my mind, it's my stillborn dream
Forever my wounds will last within
Your Cold Embrace
I want try because I'm out of tears
You think twice but I try to deny my fears
For the memory and the faith
Qhile dreams appear and for devotion you wait
I hear you cry and curse the sky
I hear you cry
Watching you die
When I feel your cold embrace
I hear you cry, still I stir my veil
I hear you cry
As I see you fly
It's all across your face
All my laughter is hidden inside
But the picture's still locked in my mind
There's no excuse, I ignore the pain
Bury my hopes, but I'll try again
Without A Trace
I came across to find a corner, where life is safe and calm
For god and country they will die, one shout would end this lie
I'm watching you, a perfect smile, an ancient force set free
I read the lifetimes on your skin as it's dark enough to see
You give and take
Put me to sleep
The weakness in my heart
Awaken in the dark
Come meet again these words will change our soul and destiny
It fills my world the blinding light lies where the eyes should be
When you see me falling
Trapped in fears and lies
My dreams will haunt you
My fears will find you
Rise from the ground
You're gone without a trace
I can't speak, shadows on my face
The Mirrored Room
It's not too late to turn around
Time to forget about this thing that drifts me out
You're watching close enough to see I'm passing by
But it makes no difference it could have been a lie
The light's spreading and I hear your laughter
While you're heading from the ground
When you feel like you're alone
Where the light draws near
Now understand what you own
Depth and it's form unclear
Inside the mirrored room
It makes me laugh to see the things you do
But all your wishes could right now be coming true
I faced my fears with dreams I can't forget
The only reason I ever think of with regret
I'm trembling through a different state of mind
Wondering have you come so far?
And still you're here and stand alone, anxieties will loom
A place called home, you hide yourself within the mirrored room
Crawling Walls For You
I'm cured and by your side
Standing here outside your room
Don't blame it on me, cause I feel like a fool
Is everything alright?
No, you shouldn't be so sure
Somehow I know we're breaking all the rules
When I hear you speak
It's the fall from silence
Still I hear you speak
I'm crawling walls for you
And when I hear you speak
Listen one more time
Left alone and weak
I'm crawling walls for you
Make me know you care
In your hold you know that I
Will never escape your vary eyes
Like a storm you rage on me
Through the forest of my dreams
My bitter end is your creed