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Rating: Third work for the Australians The Berzerker. The difference from previous works is minimal: songs no longer than three minutes at incredible speeds and the use of electronic music elements. At first listen, the album may seem all the same, but only after a few listens do the various nuances of all the songs begin to appear.
The album opens with a trio of infernal songs: "Committed To Nothing", "Black Heart", and "All About You". In both, the drums reach incredible speeds (the band boasts drummer David Gray, who entered the Guinness World Records for being considered the fastest in the world) and the guitar riffs create a wall of sound that petrifies the listener. The subsequent tracks continue in this style, but don't think the pace slows down; rather, it’s precisely in the seventh track, "Y", that our Berzerker maximizes the drummer.
From this track onward, the songs increase in length, but the drum pace remains the same as the previous tracks.
From here, the album doesn't have much more to say, at least until the last two tracks. The penultimate track, "Silence", explains it all by itself: 5:03 minutes of pure silence, almost as if specifically placed to give the listener’s poor ears a rest. After this song, it’s time for "Farewell", a very long 20-minute track where the slow rhythm and riff hypnotize the listener (or put them to sleep).
Ultimately, the album is not suitable for those new to the genre and needs several listens to be appreciated. My rating is 4, not an absolute masterpiece but not an album to discard either.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Black Heart (02:14)
Questioning standards, striving forward
I don't understand the connection between most people
Lonely from the world and because of the world
Why do I want more than most of us?
And why won't I just settle for less?
I'm the only one with the reasons and answers why
Symptoms of hatred, I see an altered state
Hallucinations of the mind, as you argue with yourself
Dissention to madness, is not far from hand
Independence you once had delusions deluded
What I say I do and I do what I say
I know it all too well, I see it everyday
So let me tell you now I know you're not alone
To make this very clear
I think that you are way beyond my help
Year after year I tried and trained not to assimilate
But only to find myself even more alone
As I ponder about life and my existence
I feel a resolve that you're not here with me
Walking alone through the wastelands of destruction
And as I explore I find you living there
Symptoms of hatred, I see an altered state
Hallucinations of the mind, as you argue with yourself
Dissention to madness, is not far from hand
Independence you once had delusions deluded
09 Afterlife (03:20)
The act of death is certain, it's your right to want to want to know
What lies beyond this world and what awaits your future now
[Chorus]
Waiting for the afterlife
Waiting for your time to die
Waiting for the afterlife
Waiting till the time is right
Waiting for the afterlife
Waiting, wanting, searcing, suffering
Waiting for the afterlife
Time is upon you time to die
Why don't stop to ponder, why you're afraid of death
Why don't you stop and wonder, what could be worse than this
Now you're alone your life has ceased I can feel it
All of your hatred has come undone
I've watched you live, I've watched you die I have seen it
And now it's over I can finally move on
Your time spent here is over now you deal with it
No coming back, never living, I know
To earn freedom, you must let go, I now know it
Of all the hatred, for it's time to move on
[Chorus]
Why don't stop to ponder, why you're afraid of death
Why don't you stop and wonder, what could be worse than this
I can't stand by and watch you wait for an after
life that has been promised to you by your faith
Why would you believe such nonsense without any
shred of proof or existence beyond our world
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