Wild
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Released in the Autumn of 1999, Wild sees the band turning to a darker, moodier theme. Gone are the upbeat pagan anthems, instead the listener explores the closer, more personal life-view of the modern pagan in a grim, godless urban environment. In "Kiss Of Hades", we are reminded that grinding poverty of spirit is just as rampant in our technological society as hunger and disease were in the medieval past: The night is cold and filled with pain And a cruel wind drives home a bitter rain But underneath this neon light A dream away is paradise.. Come and take the kiss of Hades All you gents and all you ladies Before you stands your liberator The loving god, annihilator The lost souls line the concrete wall Their blank eyes of death tell it all Of shattered dreams and ruined lives A dream away is paradise Come and take the kiss of Hades All you gents and all you ladies Before you stands your liberator The loving god, annihilator There is something of the old anthemic Inkies in "Lord Of The Flame", though it's still a much darker track than say "Wytches" or "Song To Pan": He is coming through dust, sea and sand And he is coming from the Ancient Lands Angel of Light, and Lord of the Sacred Flame A liberator to free you from your shame Ride out and set the slaves all free Fill our souls with your love and with your ecstasy He is Osiris, and he is also Pan And he is god, but he is also man He has come from Heaven and of Earth A god of lust, of music and of mirth Ride out and set the slaves all free Fill our souls with your love and with your ecstasy The track ends with Candia singing a new Horned God chant, backed by pounding high speed drums: Oh great Horned God, we have not forgotten you Oh great Horned God, we have not forsaken you Oh great Horned God, we have not denied you Oh great Horned God, we have not defied you The full track listing is: Rune Wounded Kiss of Hades Struwwelpeter Bright Star Lord of the Flame Aradia Storm Smile of Torment Reptile Nymphomania Lammas Song Wild Delilah Atrocity* "Atrocity" is a bonus track only found on the special edition digipack version of the album (wrap-round card case, instead of the usual plastic CD case), featuring Tony on vocals for the first time, and is a damning inditement of warfare: A poor farmer boy, to the wars he goes with his father's pride, and his mother's tears and he goes a virgin, to both women and blood he'll return a monster, mad crippled and blind and his name is Atrocity and his name is Atrocity Soon they will teach him, how to love the war and how to kill, for a piece of rag the burnt out house, the murdered babies the gang raped children, shall be his calling card and his name is Atrocity and his name is Atrocity And he shall make orphans, and widows too and he will torture with a smile on his face and he will take sons from mothers and fill their world with pain and he will take brothers from sisters and lay their souls to waste and his name is Atrocity and his name is Atrocity All in all, a very intersting album, deep and dark. Whither next for the Inkies? We'll have to wait for the new album, "Supernature", to find out! Extra info: Paul Cook recently bought the standard (non-Digipack) version of "Wild!", and made an interesting discovery - although the CD appears to contain only 14 tracks, in fact when "Delilah" fades out, there is a pause, then at exactly 4.00 minutes another song starts! It is a startling, haunting and moving ballad, sung by Tony, with Candia providing backing vocals. Thanks to to Paul for letting us know! "Wild" reviewd by Jack (pyromancer@inkubus-sukkubus.co.uk), Samhain, 2000. |
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