Fiction [New Album Spoilers Highly Likely. Read At Own Risk]

[marduk1507]

Ok, ok, ok, hey hey...

Jesus fucking christ holy mary and joseph!!! I havent been this excited since Haven came out. Most of you know what I thought (note the tense) about Damage Done and especially Character. Well, fucked am I if I wont buy these records with Fiction. The new album is simply fucking godly. The RIFF (lets call it at-the-gates-of-gothenburg riff) has never sounded so good. And its only present in the first two tracks anyway (well, more or less). I will dissect the album in April, but Im fucked again if the base riff in Blind At Heart isnt an allusion to Damage, Inc. from Metallica (sí, amigos, that shiat from Master of Puppets). Inside the Particle Storm is the best song DT have made since The Gallery - its soul is black as it can only be - it was striking those very good chords within me so hard it almost made me cry. Those who say this album is mediocre are fucking deaf.

 

[plintus]

Fiction release date should be made a national holiday in Sweden.

Nothing less.

 

[Irza]

Those who say this album is mediocre are fucking deaf.

that wasnt necessary

to each his own

 

[DisplayofCharacter]

that wasnt necessary

to each his own

...He wasn't referring to you, personally.

<<<<<<<<no need to be so defensive, LOLZ>>>>>>>>>>

I think I'm going to take that day of from class and just sit and listen all day. Too bad one of my other favorite bands is releasing a cd the exact same day...

 

[Taliesin]

that wasnt necessary

to each his own

He loves big words when it comes to moving against my opinion, nevermind that

 

[Thanatos]

Shows more promise than Caharacter in my book, despite the crappy album title

 

[marduk1507]

He loves big words when it comes to moving against my opinion, nevermind that

Well, after all, youre my ideal partner, remember? You should know what I love best, pumpkin. Lets not get carried away by those few disputes we had lately, shall we?

 

[marduk1507]

that wasnt necessary

to each his own

Look, I was probably the only one here (well, there was also Undo I guess) who bashed Character as being shallow etc etc. I understand how you feel, and Im certainly not going to say YOU are deaf, or that you should listen to it more. I was just expressing my excitement about the record thats all. And that was necessary.

 

[King Chaos]

I'm really looking forward to it now. I hope to be in the same long boat as mardy.

When I first heard character I was biiiiig into it, but it's not stood the test of time aswell as other DT albums. It's the only album other than projector that I don't get all Nostalgic about.

 

[The Antihero]

...Too bad one of my other favorite bands is releasing a cd the exact same day...

Nightrage?

 

[Rev Jim Jones]

To me Character took like half a dozen listens to really start to like it. It took more listens than anything by them to start to really get into it. Damage Done took a lot of listens as well after Projector and Haven, to me it just sounded too regurgitated and was a step back even I thought, but eventually I came a round and enjoy that album today even if it's not a favorite by them. Fiction's appeal was instantaneous, from the first song I loved every second. I hope my enthusiasm maintains, I'm making sure I don't burn myself out on it before it's released though.

 

[plintus]

Look, I was probably the only one here (well, there was also Undo I guess) who bashed Character as being shallow etc etc. I understand how you feel, and Im certainly not going to say YOU are deaf, or that you should listen to it more. I was just expressing my excitement about the record thats all. And that was necessary.

I guess those are either deaf OR dumb.

I guess "deaf" wasn't necessary in this case, really.

 

[The Moonshield]

To me Character took like half a dozen listens to really start to like it. It took more listens than anything by them to start to really get into it. Damage Done took a lot of listens as well after Projector and Haven, to me it just sounded too regurgitated and was a step back even I thought, but eventually I came a round and enjoy that album today even if it's not a favorite by them. Fiction's appeal was instantaneous, from the first song I loved every second. I hope my enthusiasm maintains, I'm making sure I don't burn myself out on it before it's released though.

Fiction had the same effect on me. Every other DT album took me multiple listens to really appreciate and enjoy (especially The Mind's I; that album bored the hell out of me for the longest time until one day it just kind of "clicked" with me and then all of the sudden it was one of my favorite albums of all time).

I enjoyed Fiction, however, right from the get go. And now I can't wait to get the Australian and Japanese editions so I can hear the bonus songs...

 

[Frostwake]

Oh man this album kicks so much ass... Inside the particle storm is the best DT song ever... Its SO EPIC... I cant stop listening! Favourites so far are... Well the whole album is awesome actually... I love it how its sort of a merge between everything DT has done until now... you can hear elements from each album, but its done in a way that it sounds better than any of them! I will surely buy it once it comes out, no doubt...

And Ill have to say it again, Inside the particle storm is simply out of this world... And I agree with everyone who said this album catches you from the first listen.. Its amazingly addicting, and the better part is it STILL gets better with each listen... Usually DT albums take about 4-5 listens to really get me, so thats saying a lot.... GOOD JOB!

 

[Kovenant84]

Ok, as promised, lyrics. A couple of songs gave me a bitch of a time, and I have to say, I really didn't appreciate the varied things Stanne was doing with his voice until I tried to write it all down. In any case, here goes.

Nothing to No One

Force it to begin, control the flame,
True fire burns with sin,
(Darkness/Dark instincts) denied - over and over again
Keep me deaf ..... Exposed within creation

What is done is dead, what is done is dead.
To be content - an abomination,
What is satisfied? I'm done with this.

The anthem (altar?) of rebellion - the sacrifice is endless.
The anthem of rebellion - be nothing to no one.

What's in a true life, behind the crumbling walls?
A dream - an infant illusion.
Action without movement, desire without heart.
It is over and done, it's over and done.
To crave ... for objects, and fathom without eyes,
.... not enough, that no one sees.

The anthem (altar?) of rebellion - the sacrifice is endless.
The anthem of rebellion - be nothing to no one.

Waken to the screams of unresolve,
Denounce the accusations, words are free.

These are the outer symptoms of inner detonation
That will force us to inaction, bleed us of resolve,
Take the burden off me, lead me to my grave.

The anthem (altar?) of rebellion - the sacrifice is endless.
The anthem of rebellion - be nothing to no one.

The Lesser Faith

[A note here - if my lyrics are right, this is either a treatment of faith-based arguments, or a song about what happens when this forum takes a joke too far. Also, I may just have convinced myself that line is real, and it's total bull.]

Dreamt up a new word today,
In my ignorance, I gave it meaning.
Who was I to know?

To say it is to know it, to hear it is to believe - is to believe.
I dreamt a world would end,
I was not wrong to doubt, to discredit
The other words I learned before.
From a silence (she'll?) be ticking.

It's all you've shown your faith, and what you've always known.
So lay your trust in me and think (about/of power)
Start to justify your lesser faith.

It's all your faith has ever shown, and all you've ever known.
How could you marry your InsignifiCunt?
How do you justify your lesser faith?

To know it is to fear it - to feel it is to say "no", is to say "no".
To the blazing hearts and ...
I now unveil, to break, to cast it down
You take your need from a staff that must be broken in two.

It's all your faith has ever shown, and all you've ever known.
How could you marry your InsignifiCunt?
How do you justify your lesser faith?



I'll post up the rest in the morning - I'm so tired that the above took almost twenty minutes to type relatively typo-free.

~kov.

 

[[Negation]]

Just afew corrections

Ok, as promised, lyrics. A couple of songs gave me a bitch of a time, and I have to say, I really didn't appreciate the varied things Stanne was doing with his voice until I tried to write it all down. In any case, here goes.

Nothing to No One

Force it to begin, control the flame,
True fire burns with sin,
(Darkness/Dark instincts) denied - over and over again
Keep me deaf ..... Exposed within creation

What is done is dead, what is done is dead.
To be content - an abomination,
Are You satisfied? Are You done with this?

The Ultimate rebellion - the sacrifice is endless.
The Ultimate rebellion - be nothing to no one.

What's in a true life, behind the crumbling walls?
A dream - an infant illusion.
Action without movement, desire without heart.
It is over and done, it's over and done.
To crave ... for objects, and fathom without eyes,
.... not enough, that no one sees.

The anthem (altar?) of rebellion - the sacrifice is endless.
The anthem of rebellion - be nothing to no one.

Waken to the screams of unresolve,
Denounce the accusations, words are free.

These are the outer symptoms of inner detonation
That will force us to inaction, bleed us of resolve,
Take the burden off me, lead me to my grave.

The anthem (altar?) of rebellion - the sacrifice is endless.
The anthem of rebellion - be nothing to no one.

The Lesser Faith

[A note here - if my lyrics are right, this is either a treatment of faith-based arguments, or a song about what happens when this forum takes a joke too far. Also, I may just have convinced myself that line is real, and it's total bull.]

Dreamt of a new world today,
In my ignorance, I gave it meaning.
Who was I to know?

To say it is to know it, to hear it is to believe - is to believe.

I dreamt the world would end,
I was not wrong to doubt, to discredit
The other words I learned before.
From a Silent Shell Protecting(?)

It's all you've shown your faith, and what you've always known.
So lay your trust in me and think (about/of power) (lay your trust in me, unthinkable?)
Start to justify your lesser faith.

It's all your faith has ever shown, and all you've ever known.
Why Do You Matter Insignificunt?
How do you justify your lesser faith?

To know it is to fear it - to feel it is to say "no", is to say "no".
To the blazing hearts and ...
I now unveil, to break, to cast it down
You take your need from a staff that must be broken in two.

It's all your faith has ever shown, and all you've ever known.
How could you marry your InsignifiCunt?
How do you justify your lesser faith?



I'll post up the rest in the morning - I'm so tired that the above took almost twenty minutes to type relatively typo-free.

~kov.

After looking over it, and listening to the songs, I'm reading kov's lyrics and they fit, and reading my own and they fit as well...quite interesting.

 

[Irza]

Look, I was probably the only one here (well, there was also Undo I guess) who bashed Character as being shallow etc etc. I understand how you feel, and Im certainly not going to say YOU are deaf, or that you should listen to it more. I was just expressing my excitement about the record thats all. And that was necessary.

erm..yea i can understand that

good to know that most dt fans like the album

 

[rahvin]

Well, after all, youre my ideal partner, remember? You should know what I love best, pumpkin. Lets not get carried away by those few disputes we had lately, shall we?

Taliesin's got a bone to pick with the new album, and ALL OF THE INTERNET must know about it. Many times.

 

[Kovenant84]

I have to say, part of the problem is Stanne's freedom of pronunciation. It's great for the songs, but a pain to try to reverse-engineer.

~kov.

 

[Kovenant84]

Since I'm obviously not asleep...

Terminus: Where Death Is Most Alive

[These are some of my most questionable interpretations. I predict that this and Empty Me will be the same as The New Build. Nothing so amusing as "Go Space Invaders"... yet.]

This is a ghost town,
Where life at the edges of failure's fled
Led on by shining faces, ... [I've heard something different each time here]
What used to be, all humility is gone
You walk about, the skull and bones
Where living is denied,
I see one moment in detailed precision, the .... (knows otherwise?)

It is the only place I know - Where death is most alive
It is where truth is left to lie - where death is most alive

So flee from the ensnarers, the (beast that weaves?) a shield,
Threatened by what claims you, you wear the mark of death,
With terrible loss and agony, a character defined
Stripped of all the tragedy, what life is left to find
Go now - until there's nothing left
Go now - the dying has begun

It is the only place I know - Where death is most alive
It is where truth is left to lie - where death is most alive

So I flee from all that is me
To hide behind this pale, dead face
What ever happened to desire, want, and need?
Whatever happened to integrity?
Imagination is a curse in all of this,
What ever happened... what's left behind?

This is a ghost town,
With bodies scattered through the streets,
Go now - to never return
I've seen more pitiful humilation, than you could ever (can never?) hide.

It is the only place I know - Where death is most alive
It is where truth is left to lie - where death is most alive

Blind at Heart

I tell you here, of all the trust and knowledge broken
What never came, will never be the same
I tell you this - I tell you what
The ... has been plotted, all the exits sealed
(A poison's in our lungs now, the unforgiving...) [I really don't know here.]

Probes of infiltrators, infiltrate me
It's in this hour we forget ourselves
Within the fire that consumes itself

No need for your defenses, my outer wall will hold
Take your stained pride, given...
Invaders and corruptors, inflame me. [Both scourge insignias...intriguing.]

It's in this hour we forget ourselves, but never again
Within the fire that consumes itself

Once you bring over, the flame of fire
These broken spirits, blind at heart

Bite down hard on your frustration
The siege that can be broken, the dormant flame of fear
I tell you this, I tell you what
So close without connection, locked inside the sphere
I take the blame upon me, and scream at what I see
I'm blind at heart, so blind at heart

It's in this hour we forget ourselves, but never again
Within the fire that consumes itself

Icipher [One of my favorites so far.]

Like lust, my shelter failed me
No power, to subside
My instincts never broken
This downfall, so close at hand

The thing that scares me most, is the fear I see in others
The thing that really frightens me to the core, is when I see that fear in you

Like shields against the action
No enemy to subdue, we barricade forever
The weak hearts inside of us all

The thing that scares me most, is the fear I see in others
The thing that really frightens me to the core, is when I see that fear in you

To break the rules and patterns, are you scared enough?
Before the end is here, are you scared enough?
Are you scared enough? Are you scared enough?

The thing that scares me most, is the fear I see in others
That look will send shivers down my spine,
Will haunt me to the end of living days and nights.
Yeah, the thing that matters to me most,
When I sense this fear in you.

~kov.