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Rating: "Tearstained" was released in 2000 on the wave of success of fellow countrymen Sentenced and embodies, for better or for worse, the essence of heavy-dark music from chilly Finland.
With this second work, the Finnish combo from Oulu (see Sentenced as well) "veers" heavily towards more accessible sounds compared to their debut, without neglecting the power of the guitar crunch or the tight rhythms, but enriching everything with melancholic harmonies that recall the aforementioned colleagues.
J.P. Leppaluoto delivers an excellent vocal performance with a deep, confident, and convincing voice even in the more explicitly melodic parts, while the axemen Sipila and Hast are no less, skillfully weaving sad guitar textures, brilliant twin solos and powerful heavy-doom style riffs.
Certainly, the peculiar feature of our sound is immediacy, the ability to construct catchy songs by infusing them with fresh and agile refrains, without neglecting the darker and "damned" romantic aspect typical of Finnish acts (see Him or Entwine). Among the ten jewels offered stands the beautiful opener "Worthless" which is sharp, fast, "urgent" in unleashing an impactful chorus and endowed with catchy riffs that are truly well-crafted.
Nostalgically dark is the mid-tempo of the piercing "For seasons rush" while "Christina bleeds" unleashes the band's rock soul, spitting aggression through gritty vocals and breathtaking riffing seasoned with a truly fast'n'furious rhythm section. Truly an excellent anthem.
Standouts include the semi-acoustic ballad "The drift", touching and original, but above all the masterpieces "Sin" and "Your Christ", twins in the romanticism-energy duo. Dominated by well-crafted harmonies in the guitar sound, they reveal "Crimson" (Sentenced) and "Draconian Times" (Paradise Lost) influences in the brilliant choruses, once again without forgetting a remarkable impact that makes them solid, direct, and effective. Ultimately, a good work that will lay the foundations for excellent future albums, such as the epic-dark "Downhearted" which will give the Finnish act well-deserved success (especially at home).
Intended for lovers of late nineties Finnish heavy-dark, "Tearstained" is not recommended, however, for those seeking originality at all costs. Charon do not stray from patterns at all, but what they accomplish is qualitatively impeccable.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Worthless (03:35)
No you don't want me,
I will break you again.
Life don't mean anything.
No you don't call me,
I will hate you again.
Life don't mean everything.
Easy, easy as closing eyes wide shut.
Easy, easy as grieving the last goodbyes.
Already my heart is,
Killing Sunday, killing Sunday, killing me.
Oh why to spend these,
Why to spend my precious moments for this life.
I couldn't hold you,
So why should I hold now.
I will break down and fall.
Easy, easy as closing eyes wide shut.
Easy, easy as grieving the last goodbyes.
Already my heart is,
Killing Sunday, killing Sunday, killing me.
You broke me in thousand pieces, and threw me all around,
My heart is all that is buried, inside of profound pain.
Easy, easy as closing eyes wide shut.
Easy, easy as grieving,
Already my heart is, killing me.
04 Christina Bleeds (03:06)
On the seventh day,
He arrived to stay,
A sky so grey, opened up for him.
Like a hallow man,
He kneels down to pray, without a shame,
Calling her name.
Christina bleeds.
The rope's caress, is oh so tight.
The hanged man's love his last despise.
Christina bleeds.
The rope is tight, so fucking tight,
Her fragile touch the last thing he felt.
Christina bleeds.
As the evening crawls,
She feels the loss when the wind weeps through,
The promise carved in cross.
In the evil dusk,
She disappears, for the lust,
The lost love that sears.
Christina bleeds.
Christina bleeds.
The rope's caress, is oh so tight.
The hanged man's love his last despise.
Christina bleeds.
The rope is tight, so fucking tight,
Her fragile touch the last thing he felt.
Christina bleeds.
05 Deepest Scar (04:28)
My deepest scar is where they all see my despair.
Everything I build for you collapses to soon.
And I saw who you are,
why I'm falling, falling in grace.
Everything I had from life were scars made by myself.
Everything I made were lies 'cause I can't love myself.
Everything is haunting me,
everything is everything and
dying wish through razor's kiss
'cause I can't love myself.
Oh, this weights on me,
I'll leave you to find what I was before.
From bedroom floor I'll leave like this ride is the last that I get for.
And I saw how it came.
06 The Drift (02:35)
Darkness crawls inside tonight.
I'm half the man I used to be as she drifts to me.
Call and I will come to you.
Time has gone, life has gone into cold.
My shadow over you.
I'll take you away. Oh, you can't stay anymore.
They don't know anything.
I was half the shape I used to be now I drift away.
08 Holy (05:01)
I hear my voice again.
It's longing for you.
And heart that is twisted and stained,
is crying relief to be burnt.
I hear your god is dying over again.
She is burning.
Mary, your eyes are bleeding.
Once again you are holy.
Oh, holy death that I gave.
I gave it all for you.
So full with tears and hate.
I save it all for you.
Oh, holy death I obey,
I'll give it all for me.
And echo that traces my voice is fading away.
I hear your god is dying over again.
She is burning.
Mary, your eyes are bleeding.
Once again you are holy.
Holy for her.
11 The Stone (05:45)
I'm ready to go.
I'm ready to fall into her black.
Oh, how can it stain.
Why is her eyes so full of pain.
Oh, why can't I bleed like you do.
Why can't I breath like I did.
Nothing inside of my heart.
Nothing to crave like you have.
I'm throwing the stone.
I'm ready to blend inside her nest.
My roam is a cry,
I cry that is dark inside its frame.
It's like her lips were made to scream.
Oh, why just I can't see her fear.
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