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Rating: Intrigued by the tip leaked in some specialized magazines, according to which the most likely candidate to replace Nightwish's Turunen would be a Lady Angellyca, I obviously first went to verify her looks, in order to decide whether or not to buy the album of her group named Forever Slave (For the girls: Sorry if I sound a bit sexist, I can assure you that this is not the way I usually shop).
Surprise of surprises, who did I find in front of me? Turunen's twin sister. After all, it was the most predictable choice. Holopainen and his associates are not crazy enough to give up the image they have created over the years and which, especially with their latest album Once, has brought them commercial success.
So I purchase the debut album of Forever Slave, titled Alice's Inferno, and proceed to listen to it. I must say that after glancing at the band's photos and the layout of their website, I had already classified them as one of the many gothic metal bands that are cluttering up the metal music scene at the moment. I wasn't wrong. This album has all the components of gothic female metal that currently characterize hundreds of bands: Angellyca's very sweet voice (which is also very similar to Tarja's), the contrast with the male growl, anguished melodies and powerful background guitars. In short, a déjà vu.
Don't get me wrong, overall it's an album that is listenable (whose peaks, in my opinion, are to be found in "In the Forest," "Circle of Tenebra," and "Dreams and Dust"), overall well played, but nothing new under the sun. The comparison with Theatre of Tragedy, Epica, After Forever, etc., etc., etc., comes easy and these Forever Slave, with cunning and skill, try to fit into that line. The element of originality, in fact, is there but, as you have understood, it does not concern the musical aspect. The present Alice's Inferno is indeed a concept album, as it apparently recounts the feats of a boy who descends into hell in a sort of reinterpretation of Dante's Inferno. In conclusion, if these Spaniards Forever Slave, if then actually the singer were to leave to go to Finland, I don't think they would be missed.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Lunatic Asylum (05:27)
In lunatic asylum
she found a door
her parents were killed
their blood was in her hands
Con su mirada en tierra
sus ojos ocultan secretos
Innocent! Alice tortured by Darkness
Innocent! The Shades will get you down
Innocent Alice
is tortured by darkness
how a strange fantasy
in Dante's paradise
Con su mirada en tierra
sus ojos ocultan secretos
Innocent! Alice tortured by Darkness
Innocent! The Shades will get you down
In the shades of the night
and fire in her eyes
Con su mirada en tierra
sus ojos ocultan secretos
Innocent! Your soul
come back to the Shades.
Her sweet voice shakes
with this sentence
Con su mirada en tierra
Alice reclama el destierro
04 Equilibrium (05:47)
Alice:
Darkness you got my soul
I feel you across my veins,
my heart is getting cold,
guide me through eternity,...
The Oracle:
Darkness I got your soul
I feel you across my veins,
your heart is getting cold,
I will guide you through eternity,...
Alice:
Run away,
my sacrifice is just...
My life and my sins are silence
My secrets are in my mind
My life is not secure
The Oracle:
Now you´ll born in me,
the night will be our day,
you will learn to feel the real life,...
Alice:
Run Away,
I want to be free
My life is an imperfect dream
My secrets are in my mind
My life is not secure
In the lost night
Souls are flying so far
I saw a dark way
you were crying, I was faraway
The equilibrium is broken
Your sacrifice destroyed our country
you won a point in your goals
we lost all, Alice saves us
Travel to a city
The name is Tenebra
warrior monks are their guardians
discover their secrets. Alice will saves us
05 The Circles of Tenebra (06:58)
The spirits of the monks
Could steal your soul
Desappeared your soul
They will give your life to the Oracle
In the south of the Shades
Is the ancient city of Tenebra
Warrior monks are their guardians
Reep a secret
The circles of Tenebra
There was a prophecy...
Guardians of earth and fire
Give me your wisdom
So I can complete my destiny
There was a prophecy...
Guardians of water and air
Give me your wisdom
So I can complete my destiny
Daughter of death and life,
This is the city of Tenebra,
Mystic circles are their
Guardians
They know your secrets
The circles of Tenebra
Guardians of the elements
You need their mercy
Your life is schizophrenia
And your mind is ifs slave
The elements will bring your life
09 Tristeza (03:51)
In this time remember me
I miss your hands on my skin
Don´t you remember me?
Promises and lost dreams
Two spirits come to me
My death, I could see it
Don´t control my Tristeza
give me my life, again
This sorrow is infinite
I don´t want this world
My life is illusion for me
This time brings me fear
I saw blood in the ground
These wounds don´t die
Two spirits come to me
my life was dark
That night of winter
a new world was born
Don´t control my Tristeza
give me my life, again
This sorrow is infinite
I don´t want this world
10 The Letter (04:34)
My dear friend
I write this letter
because my words
can´t be heard
Tears of sorrow
break this silence
while your soul is flying
a long way from here
Along the shore
your soul reduced to dust
I'll keep the memories in my heart
and your soul in my mind.
You're leaving here forever
to a place of Avalon.
Along the ocean
the storm reduced
your soul to ashes
- I have lost my dreams
- Today your life is a whisper for the angels
- No please! No! I must find a new way
- Darling...You have left in the world what you knew
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