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Rating: If you're wondering why the much-praised (at least by his "fans") Ville Laihiala struggles to find fame and glory, the answer lies in this album.
Labeled by the media as gothic metal, justified only by the lyrics in practice, "Lust Stained Despair" is the second work of Poisonblack.
Eleven tracks very pleasant to listen to, but lacking a true soul, firstly because originality does not reign, and secondly because even the lyrics do not shine with their own light. It is therefore difficult to move beyond sufficiency with these assumptions that emerge upon the first analysis and almost threaten to consign the album to oblivion.
Lust Stained Despair opens with "Nothing Else Remains", which introduces the themes and sound that we will find throughout the album (despite featuring the only decent solo in the entire album), continues with "Hollow Be My Name", a good idea, but nothing more. From here on, mediocrity sets in, the level only rises with "Rush" and "Nail", the best songs of the album, and drops significantly with "Pain Becomes Me", a ballad completely unsuited to the singer's voice.
In essence, therefore, a wasted opportunity: continuous walls of guitar and a few electronic effects support Ville's cavernous voice throughout the album; everything is technically well done, but the chronic lack of originality and creative capacity prevents the work from taking off, keeping it more oriented towards alternative lovers than metal sounds.
Truly excellent, though, are the CD cover and booklet.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
04 Rush (04:06)
I can't help but follow in spite of going insane
For i know you'll swallow the whole of my pain
I, i'm stepping out of the light to feel what darkness can sow
I stare at the dead red lie...just one glance and i know
All disguised beneath the smile of the temptress, siren, evil child
The devil's sweetest whore
Cause you're feeding the fire within me
Cause you're making me feel so alive
Cause it's only the end of the suffering and i'm drowning in this rush
Cause you're feeding the fire within me
Cause you're making it real for awhile
Cause it's truly the end of the suffering and i'm drowning in this rush
I was down, now flying... going nowhere fast
There's no denying i need this feeling to last
I breathe in and get higher and the ache fades from sharp to dull
The knives of desire... i feel them all
A thousand cuts still leave me cold
Give me more this soul's been sold and i hope this time i won't wake up dead
Cause you're feeding the fire within me
Cause you're making it real for awhile
Cause it's truly the end of the suffering and i'm drowning in this rush
Don't blame yourself for what you can't ignore? don't blame yourself for wanting more and more and more
Flesh on flesh raising breaths on breaths
I love, i love the rush of death...
Cause you're feeding the fire within me
Cause you're making me feel so alive
Cause it's only the end of the suffering and i'm drowning in this rush
Cause you're feeding the fire within me
Cause you're making it real for awhile
Cause it's truly the end of the suffering and i'm drowning in this rush
06 Raivotar (04:55)
Queen of the damned the bitch of Hades...the serpent
Sixes tripled in her flesh
Lobotomize my thoughts, my mind...unleash me
Bring forth the perfect sin I crave
Escape from you to stay alive
Escape from you...the liar
Yet I crawl to you to feel alive
I crawl for same desire
And once again...
She is dancing on my grave
Whipping shivers down my spine
She is dancing on my grave
Pouring down the mercy of death
Queen of the tease the hot and cold...voracious
So deadly and deceiving eyes
Lobotomize my thoughts, my mind...release me
Bring forth the perfect death I crave
I feel you're coming once again
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