Candlemass - Solitude

There are a lot of times in life where I feel down, where I feel the whole world is against me and I am alone. Songs like Candlemass' Solitude seem to convey all that I feel. Every word of the lyrics coupled with the classic doom metal sound let one easily embrace the darkness that surrounds them. Personally I feel that embracing this darkness allows one to heal and see exactly what causes the pains in life.

It is kinda strange but when I delve deep into the darkness, I feel better. It gives me strength and allows me to pull myself back up and feel happy again. I, along with many others who are fans or creators of this type of music, call it, "Letting the negative out to make room for positive." It seems to work for me. Although one could easily quote Metallica on this as well, "Energy derives from both the plus and negative."

Whatever the case may be, I do know that listening and singing along to dark, morbid, and doom filled music makes me feel better about my own existence. I also know that if we lived in the Star Wars universe, I most certainly would not be a Jedi. I have long since given into the Dark Side!

Song: Solitude
Artist: Candlemass
Album: Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Year: 1986



The Lyrics:

I'm sitting here alone in darkness
Waiting to be free,
Lonely and forlorn I'm crying
I long for my time to come
Death means just life
Please let me die in solitude

Hate is my only friend
Pain is my father
Torment is delight to me
Death is my sanctuary
I seek it with pleasure
Please let me die in solitude

Receive my sacrifice
My lifeblood is exhausted
No-one gave love and understanding
Hear these words
Vilifiers and pretenders
And please let me die in solitude

Earth to earth
Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust

Hatebreed - In Ashes They Shall Reap

I think the lyrics of this song are pretty self explanatory. I've always loved Hatebreed for their lyrics. I find them so encouraging, so empowering, so positive. I can certainly say I draw strength for whatever is being thrown at me when I listen to Hatebreed.

Of course I've seen them live on multiple occasions and they are certainly among my favorites to see live.


Song: In Ashes They Shall Reap
Artist: Hatebreed
Album: Hatebreed




The Lyrics:

Born to bleed fighting to succeed
Built to endure what this world throws at me


Let me tell you of a force crashing through my veins again
Like a page torn from a chapter of a book of better days
In the moments that we see together some will never know
It’s these words that never give to justice screaming all alone
I was BORN to bleed fighting to succeed
Built to endure what this world throws at me
Born to bleed fighting to succeed 
Built to endure what this world throws at me


You may trusted me an answer and put hope in 
Me a seed
All these memories come haunt us if we still feel to believe
Now the fear we all once held is a breath we must attain 
Because those who sow in flames in ashes they shall reap
Ashes are all that you’re left with what you sow in flames
Our life sorrows of my own creation saving sand for a love

I was born to bleed fighting to succeed 
Built to endure what this world throws at me
Born to bleed fighting to succeed
But those who sow in flames in ashes they shall reap
Those who sow in flames in ashes they shall reap

Machine Head - Imperium

If there ever was a song that I felt described my life it would be Machine Head's Imperium. This song is most definitively among my top 5 favorite songs of all time. It is super inspirational and nothing short of amazing. This was the song that got me into Machine Head. Before this they were experimenting with a more Nu Metal sound. This album returned them to the sound they had on their first album. Overall this remains one of my favorite albums in its entirety, even nine years after its release.

To me this song is nothing short of a masterpiece. I had the privilege of seeing Machine Head perform this song live and I gotta say, it was most certainly a high point in my life, one of those moments you never forget.

Machine Fucking Head!

Song: Imperium
Artist: Machine Head
Album: Through the Ashes of Empires




The Lyrics:

Hear me now
Bearing down upon a path we choose
Chosen from the start living different
Rules
Existence something to cherish true
Will not succumb to doubts that I hold
Onto
Release the fear of my pain
In so much pain
Give me the will to fight
Every obstacle that I have inside
Release my fear and

Hear me now
Words I vow
No fucking regrets

Fuck these chains
No god damn slave
I will be different

I'll stand here defiantly
My middle finger raised
Fuck your prejudice

All my life
Always I've felt alone
Conditioned to believe
That I'm always wrong
Only truth will help to set me free
My every weakness
I must turn into strength
Every rage, every tear
Hate in so much hate
Never that pain will bind me
Ask of myself if I've the will to unwind
Every rage and tear

Hear me now
Words I vow
No fucking regrets

Fuck these chains
No god damn slave
I will be different

I'll stand here defiantly
My middle finger raised
Fuck your prejudice

Carved upon my stone
I will go on
Patience, belief
Love will ascend

Just listen to it
Voice so true inside calling
To stand you up and march you on
Keep from falling
Let go your sorrow
Sun will shine, this I promise
Rising tomorrow
Rising

Hear me now
I'm taking back the control
Of my
Life from societies hold
I vow
No more will I be a slave
Rise to
Challenge the whole human race
My spirit you cannot
Break
And we won't
Lose

Getting to the Point

The point of this blog? Well the point is for me to have a blog where I can talk about the biggest thing in my life, that being metal. I just want a place where I can post stuff, post songs and their meanings to me, and shit like that. This is also an attempt to get me to write more often.

Music is my life, it comes before everything. I'm going to try and capture some of that passion here.

Well, here goes...