Top 20 musical de 2014 (parte IV)

Hoy tenía pensado haber hecho otro tipo de post pero como me han sugerido que me diera prisa en terminar el top 20 (post que tenía previsto para el fin de semana) pues dejaré el post que iba a hacer hoy para dentro de unos días. Total, aún me queda el top cinematográfico de este año pero como la cosa ha estado algo flojilla seguramente sea un top 5.

5. Ghost Brigade - IV: One With the Storm

Eso de titular los discos con números romanos siempre me ha parecido un poco pedante pero se lo perdono a estos finlandeses por el disco que les ha quedado, y eso que cuando a primeros de año anunciaron que pasaban a contar con un teclista me parecía una gran incógnita ver como los adecuaban a su sonido porque unos teclados sinfónicos o electrónicos les hubieran quedado a su metal moderno y progresivo como a un Cristo dos pistolas (y que me perdonen los creyentes por el simil).

Could I be your light, when you are afraid?
Could I be the reason when you're asking why?

I could be a mistress for your lonely nights.
I would give you wings.

I am the gateway.
To another life.
You are on your way.
To a better place.

Descending weight.
Aroused by the warmth.
Like a moth circles the lantern.
You are calling us like a drug. (Like a drug)

Everything is covered in white.
You can hear the silence.
Your heart stopped beating.
But you still keep walking.

Feeling lighter than air.
You are one with the sky.
Now you understand.
You are a frozen star.

Lower your armour.
Release the pain.
Cry like a newborn.
You are free again.
There is no violence.
In surrounding darkness.
There are no laws in this chaos of colours.

This weary burden. Of eternal winter.
Fading away.
Aurora.

4. The Birthday Massacre - Superstition

Seguro que a más de uno le suena este grupo canadiense porque de vez en cuando pongo alguna canción y es que son uno de mis grupos favoritos. Se autodefinen como synthrock y me parece una nomenclatura muy acertada porque si les quitásemos las guitarras serían un grupo de synthpop 100%. Personalmente les veo además una imagen muy a lo película de Tim Burton y realmente no sé a que espera el famoso director para incluirlos en la banda sonora de su próxima película.

Out here at the edge of town I saw her
Alone on the water
I watched from the ridge as the trains passed under
My eyes full of wonder

Here I can see
Lakes afar
As she called to me

And I could see
Beyond the ordinary
Lost to me
in every fading memory

Here under the bridge her eyes looked younger
An absence of color
The sound of her voice lost in thunder
My heart full of hunger

Here I can see
Lakes afar
As she whispered to me

And I could see
Beyond the ordinary
Lost to me
In every fading memory

Out into the dark I stared out here at the edge of the world
I made a promise to never grow up and forget all the days here when I was so young

And I could see
Beyond the ordinary
Lost to me
And I could see
Beyond the ordinary
Lost to me
In every fading memory

3. Helevorn - Compassion Forlorn


Al igual que les pasa a Rainover estos mallorquines viven también una fuga de talentos ya que aparte de estar en un sello ruso el porcentaje de conciertos que dan en España es inferior al 5%. Su doom metal deja entrever una evidente admiración por Depeche Mode, sobre todo en la voz, influencia que les da bastante personalidad.

Hey, why do you care, fool?
Returned to you, is nothing but dust

Imagine he is kind, the man who carries light
Believes in filthy mortals, all these things pass him by
Remembering what it means to wholly sacrifice
Is there day or only night?

Now fall to your face it’s your damnation
Taking all you have, demanding more
Insatiable, you shall reap what you sow
It’s all your fault

Imagine he is kind, the man who carries light
Believes in filthy mortals, all these things pass him by
Remembering what it means to wholly sacrifice
Is there day or only night?

No one makes me calm
Please, I’d throw my life away
Swallowed tears, I’m on my own

It’s your fault!

Now fall to your face it’s your damnation
Taking all you have, demanding more
Insatiable, you shall reap what you sow
It’s all your fault

No one makes me calm
I’d throw my life away

2. Oh Land - Earth Sick

Hace unos cuantos años que descubrí a esta danesa gracias a un rollete de verano y si bien no ha tenido una trayectoria similar a la de nuestra Russian Red sí que diría que ha ido pareja ya que la música de Nanna Øland Fabricius empezó siendo muy folkie pero con el paso de los años parece que Belle & Sebastien haya dejado de ser su máxima influencia para acercarse más (salvando las distancias) a Florence + The Machine. Encima el vídeo suyo que pongo no sólo me parece uno de los vídeos del año sino también una de las canciones del año.

Where were you when I needed heat?
I’m frozen
Gotta get myself up and believe
I’m broken
Swim forward, we’re under water
She took your breath away
Tell me love, thought you said you’d die for me

No heavy rain’s gonna hold me down anymore
No sin or shame’s gonna strain my soul, oh no
Another day I’m the shine in your eyes
Another day
Gonna hold my head up high

Higher, higher, higher,
My head up

One day was all it took for us
To fall apart
Ship sinking with my heavy heart
Come rescue us
I stay strong, melt the words on my tongue
Lights flash, you walk away
Love’s so big
Got no room for hate in me

No heavy rain’s gonna hold me down anymore
No sin or shame’s gonna strain my soul, oh no
Another day I’m the shine in your eyes
Another day
Gonna hold my head up high

Higher, higher, higher,
My head up

All these times I told myself
Inseparable but time would tell
Nothing is set in stone
Carved in wood can’t control
All these nights I begged for rest
Spin off into the wilderness
Nothing is set in stone
Turn my back
Hit the road

No heavy rain’s gonna hold me down anymore
No sin or shame’s gonna strain my soul, oh no
Another day I’m the shine in your eyes
Another day
Gonna hold my head up high

Higher, higher, higher,
My head up

1. Delain - The Human Contradiction

De ser un simple proyecto del ex-teclista de Within Temptation a ser una realidad con mucha proyección los holandeses de Delain siguen en su cuarto disco con una trayectoria ascendente. Además este mes de abril pasado los estuve viendo en Paris y estuvieron espectaculares, como ya dejé en algún post anterior el vídeo que han hecho para el disco he elegido otra canción del mismo.

How do you look into the mirror
When you’re too tired to fake a smile
Your misery won’t make you look thinner
Reality is bitter
It’s your hand and yours alone that has opened
the door to let their voices in
Into your head, under your skin
Fix your face or you will never fit in

Do you want me, do you want me
To burst your bubble now?
Do you want me, I will break it
Make it loud
Do you want me, do you want me
To break the paradigm
These rules were made by us
They break you up inside

Army of dolls stole your reflection
Army of dolls stole all your perfect imperfections
Just shut them out, don’t let them in
Into our head
Do you really think
Misery tastes so much sweeter
Served with a perfect smile

Do you want me, do you want me
To burst your bubble now?
Do you want me, I will break it
Make it loud
Do you want me, do you want me
To break the paradigm
These rules were made by us
They break you up inside

Don’t you look into the mirror
Army of dolls made you so bitter
Make-up magpul follow the leader
Never have seen a face much sweeter