1. Danteferno 5:20 2. The mark of the eldest son 6:39 3. Tribal 3:52 4. Delia 4:33 5. Below the shadows 6:11 6. Shaman 4:06 7. Aphrodite's thorns 7:27 8. Talisman 3:52 total time 42:00
Danteferno Music: Chiva, Lyrics: Steff Terry/Martin Eric Ain Can't cry, can't try, can not repent Can't cry, can't try, can not repent Can't cry, can't try, can not repent When I look back on our misery And all the pain it has brought me I think of life as a cesspool of fate We mess up our souls, with our hate When I look back on our misery And all the pain it has brought me I can't forgive, rest my soul and let it be I can't cry, can not try I can't try, can not cry I can't say, can not stay I can't stay, can not say I can't give, can not live I can't live in despair The Mark of the Eldest Son Music: Chiva/Steff Terry, Lyrics: Steff Terry. Intro by Andy "I disown you, you and against you You gave me life, my mother, my father I disown you, you and against you I'm the door, light of beyond Paradise or hell, I will only know it once I've passed them all I didn't ask anything Now the true face, the rain of darkness It's my face I didn't have the time to see the light of the day Hell, I will only know it once Hate is so sweet when it's animated By shame and vengeance All the things that I had to learn Were stolen I prosternate myself... The angels already come to demand their dues O, I implore you, I don't know anything of this A world, my world opens up to me Is it hell or a sweet melody of melancoly? Time belongs, only to the ones that participate I am what I am Is it hell or a sweet melody of melancholy? Time belongs, only to the ones that participate I am what I am "You, child born in blood In the flesh of the flesh of the cradle Will be the one of the kingdom of death And your mother: the false And your brothers: the other you Tribal Music: Chiva/Steff Terry/Loyd, Lyrics: Steff Terry She makes you dance A valkirie seducing the spirits of beyond She communicates, through those rhythms With the spirit of hades So pure, so deep Magic, mystic, let yourself drift to the beyond In the depths of belief So cold, so glacial Magic, mystic, let yourself drift far away In the depths of life Look for the pleasures within yourself It will guide your aura towards a world Where the trees touch so close that they look like they embra- ce Tribal ceremony So pure, so deep Magic, mystic, let yourself drift to the beyond In the depths of belief So cold, so glacial Magic, mystic, let yourself drift far away In the depths of life So far, you can't imagine it... So strong I can almost touch it I touch their wives and I touch their gods So far, you can't imagine it... So strong I can almost touch it I touch their wives and I touch their gods You can't understand it Ceremony of a cult, of another century Magic, mystic, witness of celtic legends Delia Music: Steff Terry, Lyrics: Gradel The nameless one... is calling you The nameless one is calling you The nameless one is calling you Go to the entrails of the world Go to the beginning Go to the entrails of the world Go to the deepest of her Of you, of me, of the world Dive on the way to the gardens of eden again The sons of existence Hold themselves there Follow the arcanes of time and go back to them Go back to them Divine comedy, life sniggers... Infinite orchestration... Go back as far as the gardens of eden To the entrails of the world Go to the beginning Go to the entrails of the world Go to the deepest of her Of you, of me of the world To know Below the Shadows Music: Steff Terry, Lyrics: Gradel "Melancoly that turns around me, like a thorny rose A thorny rose that winds around me like melancoly" "Melancoly that turns around me, like a thorny rose A thorny rose that winds around me like melancoly" Look over there, the trees next to the frozen lakes are Bored since eternity... Empty and beutiful looks: melancoly... I love you... Same words, same speeches, same gestures Empty and beautiful looks Come and surround me, some and surround me melancoly Come and surround me, some and surround me thorny roses Below the shadow Not a word, not a gesture, beauty... I penetrate the kingdom of death now... Below the shadows, the doors open Not a word, not a gesture, beauty... Below the shadows, the doors open Shaman Music: Steff Terry/Chiva, Lyrics: Steff Terry Time was his dwelling Seasons his gods Life a fierce warrior Death his most sacred ritual within the fire And within his chants His quest, wisdom His rest, his journey Where he lived, these chants symbolized abundance And the woman, renewal and respect He lives where all legends begin Here is the story of this legend, that of the shaman Oh shaman, spirit of the forest Sage among all sages Your people live through you Through your eyes... O shaman... Worshiper of the eagle Of pure convictions in your beleifs Take my hand, take me where those who love Through your eyes Become one sole being Show me the lakes where your ancestors were bathed In order to be marked by your sign Show me mountains of the north Prairies of the south, horizons from the west to the east Show me your flesh... Your people were and will be noble in my heart Your blazing name still and forever keeps my dream Of your savage domain O dream of crystal, the leaves, entwined Remain the sole trace of your mark Aprodites Thorns Music: Christine, Lyrics: Steff Terry Erotic fantasies: aphrodite of cnide and aries As mystic as a glimmer at the bottom of a lake Sensuality of your figure, of your white body White dove or dark crow? The temptations of these acts change the being, from the beast to... To the lamb But if you touch her, she will cut your veins and dive her hand Deep down in your soul to spread it over your face Sweet venus, in power of an immense veil beyond the borders of Death, seduces men with her charm and elegance Pleasure of lust, she is also the sweetness of the flower blinding the Insect that comes to take her nectar O the pleasure is so swet in aprodite's thorns, but if you touch Her... she will cut your veins Talisman Music: Steff Terry/Chiva, Lyrics: Steff Terry "Dark symbol you release the spirits" Spirits that ravage the sky and the earth That ravage my dwelling Spirits that devastate with the power of giants Demons similar to mad bulls Shameful spectres in their image I see their hate against humanity Against all beliefs, holy or occult They spray the gos with a rain of blood Whether are gods or not Black talisman By the power of the gods We exorcize you Black talisman That shadow that fertilize the seeds Mate under the moon I am weary of always plundering the cemeteries To find still fluid blood there Fallen souls at the bottom of the ancient tombs The paths to immortality are harder to enter than to find Spirits tht ravage the sky and the earth That ravage my dwelling The crows are mocking holiness or possesion Curse them, curse beliefs and fanaticism Lyrics in plain text format	Line up Steff Terry - Guitars and lead vocals Chiva - Lead guitars Lloyd - Keyboards and sampler Andy - Bass guitar Gradel - Drums and percussion Guest musician: Christina Christine - female voice and piano Backing vocals by Steff Terry and Martin Eric Ain Spoken dialogue by Martin Eric Ain Artwork Info Produced by Martin Eric Ain and Voco Faux-Pas Engineered by: Voco Faux-Pas Recorded at Artag Studio, Zurich - Switzerland, April/August 1995 Mixed by Voco Faux-Pas and Martin Eric Ain Arranged by Steff Terry and Martin Eric Ain Cover concept by Sadness Computer Artwork by E. Ramirez Steff Terry and Chiva uses exclusively Vigier, B.C.Rich and Gibson guitars and Marshall amplification Andy plays Tune bass and Laney amplification Gradel uses Sonor drums and Paiste cymbals Lloyd uses Korg keyboards Contact Sadness at: P.O.Box 411 1950 SION Switzerland For sure reply please enclose 2 I.R.C. Review When comparing this second album of Sadness to the first one the biggest difference is that there's more and louder guitars. The sound is much more Metal now, and that's not a bad thing at all... I think this cd is more in the doom / death genre, but with enough weird and experimental elements that always make Sadness quite unique. This does mean the music needs a little more time to really 'get into', but it's definitely worth the effort. Rating: 8 out of 10