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Rating: The first CD from the Dutch sextet, Enter (originally released only in the Netherlands), has a different sound compared to their later works: a metal with dual vocals (a clean female voice and a male growl) influenced by gothic and doom. Sharon's voice, despite her young age, is already at a good expressive level.
The album opens with “Restless,” the most beautiful track on the album. Keyboards accompany the sweet Sharon, making the piece very melancholic. Then the guitars come in (much more present compared to the band’s other albums). “Enter” is another great track, quite heavy, where we witness a duet between male and female voices. The orchestrations are beautiful. “Pearls of Light” is the track most influenced by doom, slow and dark. “Deep Within” is a track where we only have the male voice, and it’s well executed. “Gatekeeper” begins with natural sounds followed by orchestrations. The piece that separates the initial part from the sung section is very well done. “Grace” could have turned out much better, “Blooded” is an instrumental-only piece, “Candles” is another doom-influenced piece (what a difference compared to the tracks of "Mother Earth"!) with a sublime Sharon. The piano notes are beautiful.
In short, the CD is definitely enjoyable, despite the not-so-great production and some less successful passages. Naturally, it is recommended for all fans of the Dutch group.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Restless (06:07)
She embraced, with a smile
As she opened the door
A cold wind blows, it put's a chill into her heart
You have taken away the trust
You're the ghost haunting through her heart
Past and present are one in her head
You're the ghost haunting through her heart
Take my hand as I wonder through
All of my life I gave to you
Take my hand as I wonder through
All of my love I gave to you
You have taken away the trust
You're the ghost haunting through her heart
Past and present are one in her head
You're the ghost haunting through her heart
Take my hand as I wonder through
All of my life I gave to you
Take my hand as I wonder through
All of my love I gave to you
02 Enter (07:12)
The gates of time have opened
Now, its chains are broken
An ancient force unleashed again
As I enter the portal
I feel the enchantment
It takes me away, away from here
Come near me,
enter my private chambers
I want to feel the warmth on my face,
light-in darkness,
lift me up from here
Give me your wings,
to flee from my ivory tower
As I enter the portal
I feel the enchantment
The stars above are lying at my feet
Come near me,
enter my private chambers
I want to feel the warmth on my face,
light in darkness,
lift me up from here
Give me your wings,
to flee from my ivory tower
03 Pearls of Light (05:15)
After,
the cold darkness,
in the heart of the forest.
Where birds are singing,
for the new born sun
In the womb of the leaves,
on the branches of the trees,
lies the treasure of the morning,
the pearls of light.
Carried away by the truculence of my world,
I got lost in the search for enlightenment
The blue rain,
Covered my roots and I forgot where I came from.
Carried away by the truculence of my world,
I got lost in the search for enlightenment
The blue rain,
Covered my roots and I forgot where I came from.
05 Gatekeeper (06:42)
The shadows of the night,
are unleashed again.
Where their greed begins
the end is near.
A morbid hunger for blood,
lies in their cold black eyes
They've come to take our lives away.
One by one they died.
A massacre that took all night
They had no chance, it was no fight
You can't kill what has been killed before,
They died...
With shadows on its tale.
He stepped through the portal,
locked the door and ate the key.
With his life they took their way to freedom,
and be became the final keeper of the key.
06 Grace (05:09)
Cold are the bones of thy soldiers.
Longing for home, their little paradise.
I don't feel remdeption on their side
Fallen from grace, help me rise again.
Fallen from grace, help me through.
Fallen from grace, help me through.
Fallen from grace.
Feel these hands, the pressure, the cold, tremble.
Do you hear these words.
Do you feel the wounds.
I'll never help you through.
Cold are thy souls.
I feel the resentment,
they feel betraid
They hate the cold
I don't feel redemption on their side.
Fallen from grace, help me rise again
Fallen from grace, help me through
08 Candles (07:06)
Take away,
these hands of darkness.
Reaching for my soul.
Now, the cold wind
blows out my candles.
Feeling,
only fear,
without any hope.
A thousand dark moons.
A thousand winters long.
A million fallen stars,
the candle burns in the womb
We try not to forget,
they live through us.
Slowly they die away at every candle's end
A thousand dark moons,
A thousand winters long.
A million fallen stars,
the candle burns in the womb.
We try not to forget,
They live through us
Slowly they die away at every candle's end.
09 The Dance (05:01)
Someone is dancing
On my grave
Sending shivers
Down my spine
I hear a laugh,
it awoke my soul
The wind takes the leaves
where he wants them to go
His tunes enchant our world,
our thoughts and leave us frozen
In this heart of mine,
It's you I find
Take my hand,
I'll take you to the promised land,
you're the one
I hear a laugh,
it awoke my soul,
The wind takes the leaves
where he wants them to go
His tunes, enchant our world,
our thoughts, and leave us frozen
Take my hand,
I'll take you to the promised land
Nevil, whatever you have done,
these tears will fade.
Nevil, wherever you have gone,
please, have faith
11 The Other Half (of Me) (04:48)
Over the hills, lies a new beginning
Over the hills
Over the hills, there is a way I know it
Over the hills
You can't bring all the gloom
Your heart is frayed and so empty
You glorify the future
Living in a different world than me
The journey ends in death
You are giving up so easily
You are the other half of me
Over the hills
We are drifting apart
Chilled to the marrow, cause you don't want to go
Cause we've got a different wish at heart
The amulet guides us to the other side
When I go down it's you who'll bleed
I'm not scared to die, as long as I'm with you
You are the other half of me
Over the hills, lies a new beginning
Over the hills
Over the hills, there's a way I know it
Over the hills
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