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| Band:
Extol |
| Album: "Undeceived" |
| Label: Endtime Productions |
| Year: 2000 |
| Country:
Norway |
| Official Site:
www.extolweb.com |
| Genre:
Technical Death/Black Metal |
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Isn't so easy to find a band that plays like the Mighty Extol in the christian or secular scenes. In this album Extol has taken a different way not so far from what they've been doing, blending a lot of styles like:
Classic, Jazz and progressive metal and transforming them into what only Extol can.
Since the very first time I listened to this I was hooked! The CD starts
with a great song Inferno, the intro of this song is pretty nice, I remember I used to repeated it every single time I listened to this album. One thing I notice right away, was the the length of each song, they are mostly over six minutes each! which gives you 57 minutes of great metal.
Another song that got my interest was Ember it starts with some clean singing, but later on the grinding death metal vocals appears, This album shows the most
aggressive vocals ever in Extol discography, I never thought that Extol could be able to get better than
Burial. The clean vocals are also cool, they are used almost in every song.
Before getting this album I got the
Come Armageddon compilation, there I heard the last song of this album, And I Watch this song is awesome, I think is one of the highlights of that compilation.
The Lyrics are pretty straight with christian content. I like a lot Extol's songwriting. The production can't get better than this, package is very well done, with lyrics, Extol won't dissapoint you, this is a highly recommend CD to buy.
Reviewed by
Metalerosal
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Running Time:
57:24
Total Songs:
12
Tracklisting:
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| 1.
Inferno |
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The Result of a failure
Genetic error
A system out of control
Creative energy
Transformed into hatred
A twisted perception of
truth
Mankind breeds mortality
Sickness passes on through
generations
The effect shows through genocide
Malfunctioning minds
A bite of the fruit
Termination activated
This creation once
destined for success
Now violated and raped by one
Given access to the
heartland
Evil dominion over their spirits
Divorced from it's
creator
Crying out.
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| 2.
Undeceived |
She lies in her bed staring into nowhere
Tears running down her face
An
open wound bleeding
Her body turns pale
Recalling the road leading
away from right
As the dark had appeared as light
Tricked to cross the
line, dragged further in
Then trapped in a swirl of lies
Now, no
sign of light, no sign of hope
As a dark shadow enters her room
A
freezing chill runs down her spine
The presence of death fills the room
The shadows encircles her, pale of fear
slowly draining the last
drops of life
Her last strength she forces through
and crys out to the
Lord she used to know
Overwhelming light annihilates the dark
Immediate rest fills her heart
My dear child, come to Me
I will
restore you and embrace you with My love
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| 3.
Time Stand Still |
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Temptation (x2)
Time stands still
The whisper in my ear
The
spirit within
A struggle destined to fail
Infested thoughts
Spirit contracts
Lust dominates
Fallen once again
Frustration accumulates
Anger twards the fraud of the world
Anger twards the lack of self control
Condemnation, immediate repentance
How much can You take?
The disappointment of my deceit
Pain
Disobedience to Your will
Of my weaknesses I'm desperetely aware
Do I even dare
To repent again?
Why (would you) endure the pain?
Prisoner of filthy chains
Unclean, unclean
Help me God
Set me free
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| 4.
Ember |
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There is a fire to light a sleeping heart
A wish to see the spirit take
control
Crush the chains that hold you down
And let yourself be
filled with fire
Wake up and realize the dream you've lived
Was set up
by the liar
A broken heart, a kneeling soul
The Spirit will set you
on fire
To give you strength to reach the ones
Who search the truth with
a deep desire
Crucifiction of the ego
Death and Burial of the old
Crush the chains that hold you doen
And let yourself be fillled with
fire
A broken heart, a kneeling soul
The spirit will set you on fire
There is no spiritual authority
Outside obediance to God
A
broken heart is needed to reach this state
Divine encounter with the living
God
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| 6.
Shelter |
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I close my eyes
It's not the picture of You I see
The impression, the
site, the thoughts
Are stuck into my head
My vision is blurred
I
can't see clearly
I can't hear your voice
It's all disturbing my peace
of mind
Something inside tearing me apart
Trusting myself to find
the way out
Leading me just deaper into
A well of confusion and mourning
There is nothing else for me to do
but to put my hope and trust in
You
I know You will lead me through
When my eyes are focused on You
Let me dwell in Your shelter
Let me live in Your shadow
Free me
from these destroying plagues
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| 7.
A Structure of Souls |
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A fusion is conceived / Through a synchronizing Faith
Exposing forces unseen
This is the embodiment of Love
Growing the image of a man appears
His limbs are injected with power
The heart of his mission is peace /
And deliverance
Stonger, his body increases with strength
Absorbing
a Godly nourishment
The members work is one accord / Reaching the fullness
of man
A structure of Soles / Bounded by one Spirit
A union of
hearts / Saved by the same spirit
We are the members of / The body of
the Son
We are the Church of Christ
Freedom is to be our destiny /
Due to the eternal grace
That comes from the Author of life / The one and
only God
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| 8.
Of Light and Shade |
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Indifference surrounds me / yet my heart is secure
The shadows grow stronger
/ yet my spirit is protected
Observing the extreme absurdities
Still my
heart can't be moved
I can rest in the loser's haunt
For the
Victorious has filled the void inside
I can wander by the source of hell
For the Lord of all lives in me
In these circumstances I dwell
Thank God, In Him I am not a part of this
My inspiration, Giver of
Life
I want to shine, radiate Your presence
I want to show them the
warmth of truth
That You showed me
So they can understand
Who You
are and why I worship You
Even if my life should end / In the valley of
the shadows
My spirit will exist in a new dimension
Forever with Him, my
Father
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| 10.
Renewal |
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I can hear a signal from the center of my soul
Ignite the impulse of life
Make a change of patterns in the
Landscape of the inner man
Obtaining a new perspective on life
Discovering a new dimension of
Freedom
Renewal
A penetrating power claims dominion in my being
Leaving the old man to die
The presence of a spirit is reflected
By
the wave of change
Recharging power / Receiving strength
Renewal of
mind and soul
I have established contact
With a higher form of
intelligence
Giving me wisdom and insight
A complete restoration of my
spirit
A revelation of the truth
Effects the way I'm thinking
I
am part of Your plan
I will let Your Spirit move inside me
Like a Breath
of Life
I send out a message to the souls still searching
Invite the
Maker of Life
Let Him be the guidance to
Complete your life in every way
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| 12.
And I Watch |
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And I watch how your big words
Return with an echo of emptiness
Inside
your walls of fear
Feeding the insecurity
And I watch as your soul
Swallow the blackest lie
Resurrection rejected
Denial of afterlife
Symptoms of a blind man
To comprehend the insanity
Of this grand
illusion
Is unbearable
The spirit that fears the Blood
Can never
bring truth
Fallen with the snake
Never to rule
And I watch you
return to your folly
As a dog returns to it's vomit
The choice has been
made
Abandoning the call of freedom
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Highlights:
Inferno, Ember, Renewal and And I Watch.
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