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Rating: Finally!
Here it is, just what we needed. A blast of nu-metal made in New Jersey with completely tribal influences from Latin America. This third work of theirs is a great album that has inevitably taken a significant emo core turn compared to previous records.
More similar to the first than that fake teen advertisement 'Confession', Ill Niño rediscover themselves as one of the last and few pioneers of a genre that has come to an end. The CD opens with a heavy track both in lyrics and music "This is war" where the American sung parts and the South American parts alternate very well, as in the rest of the album. It continues with songs of the same power and impact without ever declining in quality. "My resurrection", "What You deserve", "Turns to gray" all excellent works that make their way smoothly in the current panorama of the genre. Then we have what most might consider the most commercial, but I consider it the sweetest of the album: "My pleasant torture" with the caliente rhythms of a Santana with crisp and decisive riffs and a great text.
As for the other songs, the level remains high like "De la vida", the most "soulfly" of the album, "Turns to gray" with a melancholic vein and "In this moment" the most carefree. I really enjoyed this work which has its weakest side in the slight monotony of the structure of its songs (though less than in the past) like the almost obligatory interlude of the Latin guitars as their trademark. For the rest, the album remains a masterpiece that rewards this talented sextet from New Jersey, which in my opinion has the merit, besides the quality of the album, of knowing not to copy their mates Soulfly of the legendary Max Cavalera and almost never repeating themselves.
Well done
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 This Is War (03:46)
He was enslaved, to the dirty system, pero murio (to face the end) mother fucking come on
This was the final mission
His life had just begun
It all had to be so fucked up
His death to me, so fucked
His face remains so deathless
[Chorus]
This is war
And I swear that Im not giving up or giving in
This is war?
Then I swear that Im not giving up or giving in
Giving up
This is war
Society is a loaded weapon
No one is exempt from the bullet within
El systema (the system) is a prime example
De lo que pasa cuando (of whats to happen next)
The streets could be so fucked up
His destiny so fucked up
His face remain so deathless
[Repeat Chorus]
Dios mio, alma mia, por que me as llevado la vida
(god of mine, soul of mine, why have you taken my life)
Cuando yo todo te lo he dado (when I have given everything to you)
En mi hora de muerte, no me dejes morir (in my hour of need, dont let me die)
Necesito otra vida, Necesito que me digas (give me another breath, Speak to me)
Is this war? Is this war?
This is war
03 What You Deserve (03:00)
It's too bad that you have made mistakes.
Too bad that I cannot relate.
When all else fails
When all else fades.
I kept my way through bitter days
(through bitter days)
What you don't know.
Won't leave a scar.
What you don't know.
Hasn't killed you so far.
What you don't know.
Is who you are.
I just give you something to talk about.
What you don't know.
It's too late that now.
I've changed my mind.
Too late somehow.
To recognize
When all else fails
When all I fight.
I hold my words.
And leave all the time.
(Just lost in time)
What you don't know.
Won't leave a scar.
What you don't know.
Hasn't killed you so far.
What you don't know.
Is who you are.
I just give you something to talk about.
So you lost yourself.
Turn to someone else.
And you can't give up your will to want to know.
Then you find yourself.
And you're someone else.
In the end you only get what you deserve.
(What you deserve)
What you don't know.
Won't leave a scar.
What you don't know.
Hasn't killed you so far.
What you don't know.
Is who you are.
I just give you something to talk about.
What you don't know
04 Turns to Gray (03:23)
You will never learn to stop falling down
Unless you learn to stand up without shutting up
You will never learn to start speaking up
Unless you learn to arise (without) sacrifice
And now that I bleed for you (Give me life)
And now that I side with you (I bleed)
And now that I'd die for you
But I don't know
How much more will take
All is turning to grey
How much more will you wait
When it goes astray
How much more can you take
All is slipping away
How much more till you break
I know were not afraid
You will never learn to stop lashing out
Unless you learn get up and start giving up
You will never learn to start pushing out
Unless you learn to take care through this (sacrifice)
And now that I bleed for you (Give me life)
And now that I side with you (I bleed)
And now that I'd die for you
But I don't know
How much more will take
All is turning to grey
How much more will you wait
When it goes astray
How much more can you take
All is slipping away
How much more till you break
I know were not afraid
Give me life!
You know that I'll bleed for you
You know that I'll die by you
Die by you!
I wipe the blood that stains my face
Give me life
I carve the wound to state my case
Give me life
I separate myself
Give me life
I separate myself
Give me life
Sacrifice
Give my life
I'll die by you...
07 All I Ask For (03:39)
Cause all that I ask for
Is turning to ashes
When everything comes down
There's nothing to die for
There's nothing to die for
Cause I'm burying my sins
I'm a prisoner and waiting
I'm drowning within
When the world is all I'm hating
This is my hell
We conform from underground
We arise from your defenses
Through this constitution revolution end
Cause all that I ask for
Is turning to ashes
When all of my passion
Crumbles around me
I'm stripping the guilt of
All that surrounds me
When everything comes down
There's nothing to die for
If I cannot be saved
Then my pride is for the taking
If this is my grave
I will close my eyes awaking
Everything is red
We conform from underground
We arise from your defenses
Through this constitution revolution end
Cause all that I ask for
Is turning to ashes
When all of my passion
Crumbles around me
I'm still ganna get to
All that surrounds me
When everything comes down
Cause all that I ask for
Is turning to ashes
When all of my passion
Crumbles around me
I'm still ganna get to
All that surrounds me
When everything comes down
There's nothing to die for
Pero mi pais
(But my country)
Todo por mi pais
Todo por mi pais
Todo por mi pais
(Everything for my country)
Cause all that I ask for
Is turning to ashes
When all of my passion
Crumbles around me
I'm still ganna get to
All that surrounds me
When everything comes down
There's nothing to die for
(There's nothing to die for)
When everything comes down
Cause all that I ask for
Is turning to ashes
When all of my passion
Crumbles around me
I'm still ganna get to
All that surrounds me
When everything comes down
There's nothing to die for
10 In This Moment (03:23)
Untie these ropes around my neck
Still i'm dropping to my knees
So conscious smiling discontent
Affecting lo que pienso de ti
(what I think of you)
Hasta ya
Never mind
Who's to say?
It's hard to rest when everybody's
On your case
On your own
It's hard to sleep when everything is
All concern
Who is right?
Its hard to breath when this intention
Feels so wrong
Feels so right
Feels so wrong
Never mind
(Never mind)
Las horas pasan nunca mas
(the hours pass no more)
Si yo me vengo
(if I come)
Tu te vas
(you leave)
Estas conciente sin querer
(you conscious without wanting to)
And now you hide yourself instead
Hasta ya
Never mind
Who's to say?
It's hard to rest when everybody's
On your case
On your own
It's hard to sleep when everything is
All concern
Who is right?
Its hard to breath when this intention
Feels so wrong
Feels so right
Feels so wrong
Never mind
Never mind
Who's to say?
It's hard to rest when everybody's
On your case
On your own
It's hard to sleep when everything is
All concern
Who is right?
Its hard to breath when this intention
Feels so wrong
Feels so right
Feels so wrong
Never mind
13 Violent Saint (03:46)
For now there's no redeeming,
Self-conscience all-consuming,
All day my rage is burning,
These scars I wear I'm bearing.
Untie the reasons
That keep me restrained.
This is the season,
The season of hate.
So!
I fear in no-one,
Nothing can touch me.
For lack of more frustration
Or my reconciliation.
I am the only
Thing that destroys me.
I hold my own convictions,
Yo me rompo! (I break myself!)
Why
Am I a victim
To myself?
When everything burns,
My torture lies within.
Am I a victim
To myself?
When everything burns,
My tortured life...
This presence ruled by anger,
My rationale a stranger.
I grip my own conclusions,
Built up from my delusions.
I have encountered,
Begin to tremble,
Frustration blooming,
It rips right through me!
I fear in no-one,
Nothing can touch me.
For lack of more frustration
Or my reconciliation.
I am the only
Thing that destroys me.
I hold my own convictions,
Yo me rompo! (I break myself!)
Why
Am I a victim
To myself?
When everything burns,
My torture lies within.
Am i a victim
To myself?
When everything burns,
My tortured life...
Boiling point!
Violent saint!
Boiling point!
Violent fucking saint!
Saint! [x14]
Why
Am I a victim
To myself?
When everything burns,
My torture lies within.
Am i a victim
To myself?
When everything burns,
My tortured life...
Why
Am I a victim
To myself?
When everything burns,
My torture lies within.
Am i a victim
To myself?
When everything burns,
My tortured life...
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