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| Band:
Antestor |
| Album: "Martyrium" |
| Label: Endtime Productions |
| Year: 2000 |
| Country:
Norway |
| Official Site:
www.antestor.com |
| Genre:
Black Metal |
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Comparing Antestor to what now is, there's so much change, but Antestor has always caught my attention now and in the past. They have self- determined their style as "Sorrow" black metal, but to me, it seems to be black metal with
very blackened guitar riffs, outstanding drums works, doomy death vocals, and pretty well done black metal vocals, some touches of Old School black metal are found too. Some keyboards also enhances the music here. One example of it, it's the opening song Spiritual Disease, the keys and all the instruments are used in a
magnificent way. Depressed also uses keys, but in a slower way, this song is started with clean vocals then they turn into very darkened black metal shrieks. Thoughts has a very nice intro, this is the song I enjoy the most, and of course my favorite from this album.
The production is great, I listened to this CD in my way to work in max volume, and no noises or bad production were listened. The song Martyrium it is just an instrumental song, it's very fast and insane, a pretty great show of skills on what Antestor can do!! The song Mercy Lord is really awesome, it later appeared in the
Come Armageddon Compilation.
The cover art is not so great as the music is, but in this album Antestor used to make use of the old Antestor logo. This CD is mostly out of stock everywhere, but if you DO have it, You have one masterpiece of christian black metal.
Reviewed by
Metalerosal
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Running Time:
47:04
Total Songs:
9
Tracklisting:
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| 1.
Spiritual Disease |
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Living just playing the game
Lust for power lies within
Killing is no
longer a sin
Striving for a mentall illness
And slowly leaving
reality
Lost without control
Left within you soul
Subconsciousness no
turning back
Absorbed by their own needs
They cannot see where it
leads
Left in an inner world of fantasy
Ending their lives as a human
wreck
Playing just losing the game
Destroyed themselves with hate
Their
souls will not be saved
Endless pain tormented forever
God's rage awaits
for them to see
Lost without control
Left within you soul
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| 2.
Materialistic Lie |
Satisfaction death reaction
Lifeless being life deceiving
Materialistic
lie existing till you die
The world cannot give nor let you live
Lustful
bodies skinned to the core
still crying out for so much more
Needing eyes
filled with desire
made to be just another liar
Turn away it's hell to
pay
Not a very nice place to stay
When you die the needing eyes
cry
there's nothing left to consume
All that you've worked for falls
through the dust
there's only hell left to pay for your lust
Materialistic
lie existing till you die
The world cannot give nor let you live
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| 3.
Depressed |
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Fighting seems so in vain
Weakened by my own brain
Mindless torture
blackening my thoughts
I'm flying away to my deepest decay
I'm falling
through the black hole
I've lost my tears now I'm cold
Deeper deeper
deeper I'll fall
I have no strength hear my call
My soul is screaming let
me free
Take away this pain I see
Descending feelings where are you
leading me
Desires of death rules in my darkness
In the shadows I'll die
all alone
Blinding sorrow there's no tomorrow
There's no place my soul can
hide
Slain by the thoughts that lied
Fighting seems so in vain
Weakened
by my own brain
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| 4.
Thoughts |
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Living inside restless and wild
Using your mind just like you're
blind
Imagination hallucination
Distortion of the soul
Leaving you out
cold
Nowhere to run there's no more fun
See no solution to your
confusion
Don't stay too long
You'll never know what's wrong
Open up
wide let God inside
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| 5.
Under The Sun |
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I started to think of
what I've done with my hands
Worked hard and
suffered for
nothing but emptiness
Want to cry to die
under the sun
that's why
Wisdom and foolishness
nothing but emptiness
Wisdom is
better than folly
The wise have got eyes in their head
while fools walk
about in the dark
But they meet the same destiny
Want to cry to die
Can
you tell me why?
Then I said in my silent mind
I've the same fate as the
fool
Want to cry to die
Can you tell me why?
Want to cry to die
Is
it all a lie?
How can all my wisdom serve me?
The wise must die like a
fool
All Man's days full of pain
all he does brings him grief
No
comfort just oppressed
nothing but emptiness
All his tears all his
fears
under the sun it breeds
Hopelessness wickedness
nothing but
emptiness
God has granted Man abundance
a gift of God power to enjoy
He
won't dwell upon the passing years
because God satisfies
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Inmost Fear |
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Never to feel nothing too real
The place of doom this empty room
Look
inside the brain
The unconscious chain
All the time awaiting
Creatures
my soul are taking
Who can break these chains
Only death remains
The
inmost fear it's all so near
The evil within stored by sin
The dark side
forsaken
Ready to be awakened
In my darkest hour
I can feel the
power
Running through my vein
Driving me insane
Where am I to
go
Still inside my soul
Reaching out from within
Who can forgive my
sin
If I could reach the door
All this pain no more
No more...
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Searching |
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I'm searching for you I'm searching for me
For some answers to see
For
something to come for something to go
That's all I want to know
God
creates God destroys
Jesus dies so you could live
Drink the blood of
Christ
The Son of Man was sacrificed
I'm searching for good I'm searching
for bad
Where is the faith I had
For someone to listen for someone to
care
I don't want to be a mayor
I'm searching for love I'm searching for
hate
Can it be too late?
For something true for something false
There's
someone who calls
God creates God destroys
Jesus dies so you could
live
Drink the blood of Christ
The Son of Man was sacrificed
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Mercy Lord |
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Be gracious to me o God
In Thy true love
In the fullness of Thy
mercy
Blot out my misdeeds
Create in me a pure heart o God
Give me a
new and steadfast spirit
Do not drive me from Thy presence
Or take Thy
Holy Spirit from me
Against Thee I have sinned
And done what displeases
Thee
Thou hast hidden the truth in darkness
Through this mystery Thou
teach me
Create in me a pure heart o God
Give me a new and steadfast
spirit
Do not drive me from Thy presence
Or take Thy Holy Spirit from me
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Highlights:
Spiritual Disease, Thoughts, Martyrium and Mercy Lord.
 
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