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Rating: It's incredible how an album whose release was violently forced by the record label is so full of meaning, both for the evolution of the band and for the metal scene in which it was found, as well as for the album's concept itself. It's incredible how it is so full of passion and experimentation.
It's incredible how a month's work between composition and recording could have produced twelve tracks that are so complex, elaborate, rich in nuances, and refined in every detail, in every sound.
It's incredible how Elements can be such a magnificent and complete work.
Eight elemental natures, which Atheist have described, narrated, and brilliantly conveyed through their music: odd, irregular and unpredictable just like reality, like matter, like the world and the elements; and they have fiercely supported it with the voice and words, more abstract but always characterized by that real cynicism of those who have tried to open their eyes a little.
The compositions, which differ from the contemporary Cynic due to a contamination that resembles more seventies prog rock than fusion, reach the peak of experimentation and interest, then, in the four instrumentals, in the four interludes: the staggering Samba Briza (try it to believe it), the lullaby-like Displacement, slow and sleepy, the rhythm-less Fractal Point, which ends just when you've deluded yourself into understanding it, the acoustic and melancholic See You Again, reminiscent of the good old eighties thrash ballads.
The last, summative, emblematic Elements, closes the masterpiece, which along with Cynic's Focus represents the highest point of death metal, the finest rarest, the least regarded, and the most interesting.
I tip my hat to the creation
And its rewarding disposition
Formed by something
Lacking nothing here
Something so divine
A spectacle of "Elements"
Enjoying all the warmth of fire
Longing for the breeze of morning air
Douse myself with the purest water
Something so divine
The spectacle of Elements
As storms approach the mineral
Bringing the nutrients for the green
They feed the lakes of our mother Earth
Sharing forces for the living
Yes the caption seems to be complete
Our gratitude lacks sincerity
We filter our pollution through the selfish
Declaration of only our independence,
Not concerned about the Elements!
It's incredible.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Green (03:22)
Suddenly all turns to green!!
(whisper) and the forest cracks a smile
*a seed conceals an important part
Of the way we see, the world as it ought to be
*plants and trees, initiate the air we breathe
And give us more than they receive
*often times, rooting their stability
The way that they ought to be
But sometimes cut down!
*in recent years, the peace upon the greenery
Has fallen to machinery
*tree sap tears, dried upon the slaughtered bark
Yes man has really made his mark
It's plain to see, the land as it used to be
Is gone for eternity
The cypress cries loud!!
Beauty bears the colour green!!
02 Water (04:28)
Like the arrival of the purest form of life
It sets its course to remain just that
If not for the blatant disregard for its purity
It would never uncover the anger
*stormlit, aqua*
The crest of the waters reveal a
Sign of friendship with the moon
Embracing each other with the
Tides and currents that flow, throughout
The spaces meant for it to be!
*"reaching, to hold onto, the liquid, rain"*
The perspiration on a sweating soul tells
The body what is known
The the water reveals the human effort
It tends to exceed its own demand
By taking the world by the hand
*stormlit, aqua*
(reaching to hold onto the liquid rain)
03 Samba Briza (01:58)
Like the arrival of the purest from of life
It sets its course to remain just that
If not for the blatant disregard for its purity
It would never uncover the anger
Stormlit, Aqua
The crest of the waves reveal a
Sign of friendship with the moon
Embracing each other with the
Tides and currents that flow, throughout
The spaces meant for it to be!
"Reaching, to hold onto, the liquid, rain"
The perspiration on a sweating soul tells
The body what is known
The the water reveals the human effort
It tends to exceed its own demand
By taking the world by the hand
Stormlit, Aqua
(Reaching to hold onto the liquid reain)
04 Air (05:34)
The air stirs up the galaxy
Be!!!.......
The crosswinds of forever become me
And place me on the porch of the breeze
Without my sounds would be silent
No gullible gust through the trees
Carrying seasons to bring us
The atmosphere we all can enjoy and we destroy
The blur on the horizon disturbs me
It casts a disguise on the sun
In the end it's the wind that will weaken
And the human goes from billions to none
The wind will regain all its motion
And clear the air for the following to ...(breathe)
(spoken) the breeze of; a new generation
Moving clouds, from everywhere
Sensing a rainy stare
Smelling the moisture in the air
In the air.
The weather can be deemed as deceiving
To predict the unpredictability
The passion that it feels for the ocean
Air and water sharing laughter
A bond between two forges of nature
All to live and breathe
The breeze of a new generation
Breathe
The breeze of a new generation.
05 Displacement (01:25)
The air stirs up the galaxy!
Be!!!.........
The crosswinds of forever become me and place me on
The porch of the breeze
Without my sounds would be silent
No gullible gusts through the trees
Carrying seasons to bring us
The atmosphere we all can enjoy and we destroy
The blur on the horizon disturbs me
It casts a disguise on the sun
In the end it's the wind that will weaken
And the human goes from billions to none
The wind will regain all its motion
And clear the air for the following to...(breathe)
(spoken) The breeze of; a new creation
Moving clouds, from everywhere
Sensing a rainy stare
Smelling the moisture in the air
In the air.
The weather can be deemed as deceiving
To predict the unpredictability
The passion that it peels for the ocean
Air and water sharing laughter
A bond between two forces of nature
All to live and breathe
The breeze of a new creation
Breathe
The breeze of a new creation.
07 Mineral (04:33)
Leave us alone, we never harmed you
Leave us alone, we beg of you
How could you be, so unforgiving
Without it you see, you won't be living
To see the creator
Compiled of mineral; sea
If given a voice, we'd lash out at you
If given a choice, we'd educate you
A blossoms remorse, could never shine through
The need it attracts, when you're given
The choice of becoming what you need to be
A choice of cradling the creator of mineral and sea
The holding of the bones, of the treasured
Allows us to peel, somewhat insightful
Of course it should be with due respect
For after all, we are all mineral!
Leave us alone, we never harmed you (Leave us alone - [2X])
Leave us alone, we beg of you (Leave us alone - [2X])
How could you be, so unforgiving (Leave us alone - [2X])
Without it you see, you won't be living (Leave us alone - [2X])
To see the creator
Compiled of mineral and sea!
The choice of becoming what you need to be
The choice of cradling the creation
[spoken]
Of mineral and sea!
08 Fire (04:37)
Feeling the heat that captures
The warmth that see the chance
Imagine the stonelit contortion
Sprawling itself at a glance (anger!!)
Shadows shaded yellow
Both shredded and tapered flames
Reaching at a constant level
Rising, rising, "Combustion"!!!
The blue light at the bottom
Surely sets the stage
For the radiant dancing
If the flares of the sun
Feel them burn!!!
The heat that you feel is friction
Creating a scar that sees
An everlasting reflection
An everlasting appeal (Pain!!!)
Shadows shaded yellow
Both shredded and tapered flames
Reaching at a constant level
Rising, rising, "Combustion"!!!
The blue light at the bottom
Surely sets the stage
For the radiant dancing
If the flares of the sun
Feel them burn!!!
09 Fractal Point (00:44)
Feeling the heat that captures
The warmth that see the chance
Imagine the stonelit contortion
Sprawling itself at a glance (anger!!)
Shadows shaded yellow
Both shredded and tapered flames
Reaching at a constant level
Rising, rising, "Combustion"!!!
The blue light at the bottom
Surely sets the stage
For the radiant dancing
If the flares of the sun
Feel them burn!!!
The heat that you feel is friction
Creating a scar that sees
An everlasting reflection
An everlasting appeal (Pain!!!)
Shadows shaded yellow
Both shredded and tapered flames
Reaching at a constant level
Rising, rising, "Combustion"!!!
The blue light at the bottom
Surely sets the stage
For the radiant dancing
If the flares of the sun
Feel them burn!!!
10 Earth (03:53)
A rounded sphere of wisdom
Spinning to create the now
Upon it all will wonder who, what, where, and now
Liquid covers most of her features
Sunlight covers one side at a time
Breathers in to keep everything closer
So it's never far away from
"earth"!!! That little planet on the hill
Turning out days to guide by
Each with its own display
Some with voltage spinning from the skytop
Some with light in a peaceful way
An appearance second to no other
Such a magnificent face
So broad and full of perspective
Known to everyone as...
"earth"!!! That little planet on the hill
Seams earth could last forever
But for us it's not the same
The neglect to protect the creation
Leaves us little change remain
All in all it seems to go around in circles
Like the path followed by the moon
Enhanced by the human evolution
The wisdom of the
"earth"!!! That little planet on the hill
12 Elements (05:35)
I tip my head to the creation
And its rewarding disposition
Formed by something
Lacking nothing here
Something so divine
A spectacle of "Elements"
Enjoying all the warmth of fire
Longing for the breeze of morning air
Douse myself with the purest water
Something so divine
The spectacle of Elements
As storms approach the mineral
Bringing the nutrients for the green
They feed the lakes of our mother Earth
Sharing forces for the living
Yes the caption seems to be complete
Our gratitude lacks sincerity
We filter our pollution through the selfish
Declaration of only our independence,
Not concerned about the Elements!
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