GOATWHORE

CONSTRICTING RAGE OF THE MERCILESS (2014)

Sexta entrega para una banda que de un tiempo a esta parte viene ofreciendo material de calidad. "Constricting Rage of the Merciless" se sustenta sobre una base de black metal, eso nadie lo puede negar, la riqueza y variedad de riffs son detectables, al mismo tiempo que la contundencia de la batería, no exenta de buenos blast beats, a la que acompañan unas voces que no evitan sonar agresivas y violentas en ciertas partes, al tiempo que no también afrontan vertientes próximas al death. En líneas generales estamos ante un álbum de ritmo rápido, la velocidad y la violencia es casi una constante en la propuesta de Goatwhore de un tiempo a esta parte. Pero esto no es óbice para que su música se nutra de diferentes influencias y resulte del todo recomendable. El thrash es una influencia que todo el mundo puede reconocer en su música, es una vertiente más rápida, cargada de riffs imposibles, rápidos y no exentos de cierta melodía, al tiempo que podemos también descubrir influencias de rock clásico, algo de sludge, cierto toque de doom y sobre todo aportes de death en la batería y en las voces. Realmente estamos ante un álbum muy completo, que muestra una banda que se atreve con todo, y lo más importante que sale ganadora del envite. (8,2).

Metal Blade Records

1. Poisonous Existence in Reawakening 03:47

Waiting in this cavity of despair Depraved thought overwhelms this fear Sunken reason forms within this curse A life of darkness will offer all remorse Sickness inside Punctures the core of the wind Futile, Deed Apathy has revoked all the senses Staring deeper into this deed of violence Holding hands with the end of all desire Reoccurring vision spawns fatal silence Penetrate this abyss of eternal fire Writhe inside Rebirth of pain Seed of death Severing the soul from mind Deviant to this new occurrence of emotionless hunger Defilement drips with the blood of this reverence Living out this sanction to punish the sinless through sin Clarify in the heartless art of destructive paradise Deeply cut marks across faces of unforgiven venial re-creations Reborn through the torment of this prophecy Distant, Apathetic Sanity is weakened in repeated penance Vain, Murderous Dissect into the well of this existence This act of transgression consumed into this blood soaked gaze Creating this unsound prison of the end times Stricken with this faithless embrace Impotent to this final stage of return Glorify the nature of elite carnage Inflicted with this curse of mental chaos Legacy of the insane forged in a god's delusion Spoils of this damnation that feed a sadistic mind Enticed into deception of a false dream of desire Nurturing of evil turned bleak in the outcome of vile achievement  

2. Unravelling Paradise 03:23

Sealed in this turmoil of solitude, devoid of hope Exiled to this abyss of a cold embrace Suppress these wounds of resentment, absorb the pain Strength emerging from the insult of shame Descend into the mouth of leviathan, trance of night Become complete within this piercing darkness Construct a great cenotaph of apocalypse, ascending the sky Sacrificial edifice extending far beyond the stars Where the shadows become one with flesh, entwined in death Ravaging swarm, only desires the taste of collapse Ancient flame of knowledge, secrets of a vengeful nature Fires erupt, from this isolation Archaic attributes, consumed in the earth Instinct invades, reaching the core of rage Condemned soul from this core of hell, defy this scourge Avenging statue, conjure the legions of damnation Rise fourth and break free, form this devout punishment In the distance you hear the menace of the devils own Moaning trumpets of war, resonate the hearts of attack Murderous lust, of this destruction Immaculate stature, faced with defeat Wrath incarnate, angering the heavens Powerful Rites Obtained by the fallen Prophecy of chaos Revealing threat of return These fading heavens Omen of the trident The dark heart of flame Heed the call of lucifer's reign 

3. Baring Teeth for Revolt 03:47

We are coming to smash their idols

We are coming to wreck their laws

Break these binds, free our lives

We are coming to deaden their hope

We are coming to destroy their lie 

Seize the moment, ready for the fight

When the heavens are nothing, will you beg for remorse?

When the heavens are burning, will you tremble with fright?

We are coming to taste their blood 

We are coming defile their gods

Destroying this disease of faith

We are coming to rape their minds

We are coming to steal their souls 

This revolt starting to unfold 

When the heavens turn black... will you pray for the end?

When the heavens seep blood, will you cringe at our wrath?

This will is long dead

This faith is long forgotten

Slaying the pig of faith, abominations praised

Marked for death, this blade tastes blood

Cleave this plague of heaven from our hearts

We are of the moon, our dark side unknown

As the grassy fields burn

Fire gleams within my eyes

Dark is the way of this coming age

We are coming to crush their rapture

We are coming to break their faith

Final act of this disaster

When the heavens have failed... will you plead for your life?

When the heavens come falling, be prepared to die!

4. Reanimated Sacrifice 03:28

Deathlike trance devoid of all emotion

Renounce this path of mortal conceit

Numb to the impulse of redemption 

Cleansed of grace from this false rapture

Coldness ripens within walls of flesh

Plague enters through constricting veins

Maggots penetrate decomposing skin

Defilement of this sacrificial inception

Bitter darkness of a godless dominion

Nursing worms with this fresh demise

Await the moment of the vile insurgence

Transfer through this gate within deadly rites

Taken by the void, recreate this primal state

Perish in the poisoned skin of decay

Emerge from these confines of a rancid fate

No masters rule in this endless grave

No masters exist in this vengeful rage 

No masters rule in this defiled realm

No masters exist in this accursed state

Reanimated form covered with exposing sin

Adorned in this carapace of moonless flesh

Awaken from this starless tomb of rebirth

Surface from this stage of a breathless trance

Consumed darkness where eyes once dwelled

Resurrected evil from this vault of death

Feeding from the open arteries of heave

5. Heaven's Crumbling Walls of Pity 03:43

Expulsion of this faith, feeding the void with this death Opening the inferno's mouth, harvesting from the reapers field Streaming blackness in the ravage of these golden sermons Talons of the serpent tearing the sky into raining wounds Creeping fear into the spine of a lacerated heaven Lechery starts this corruption in the veins of god Rising genesis of torment will summon this destruction Scorned in bitter wrath, violence in the hands of perdition What kind of heaven have you shown us? Lined with golden walls to cover the pity beneath Symbolism of light to blind our eyes from truth Constricting rage around this vanity inside righteous deceit Poison this well mercy, bleeding the dark from destroyed light What kind of heaven heave you promised us? Filled with the song from a choir of lies Begging in prayer to absolve us, shackled to this invention of faith Condemn the shame of heaven, depravity of evolution A weakness that infests the spine of virtue Penetrate this regime of pity, drained of all compassion Emptiness now plagues the promise of eternal fate Lord of emitting dark blaze, total disaster prevails Destroy this burden of divine remorse Final embrace of desire, revealing this lust for revenge Stoking the embers of this burning empire At the edge of light, expanding into black realms Unleash the savage nature burning in primeval flames Extinction of order, growing wings of rebellion Soar the darkness that conquers this throne 

6. Cold Earth Consumed in Dying Flesh 05:29

Desolation, Feeds this vision Winds of stench entwine the senses Entangled mass of bone, ossified kingdom of this wake Mortality in ruin Watching the world burn Behold this death of creation, when heaven and hell collide Beneath the piles of burnt flesh A mass grave of conflict In these scattered ashes, lies a tomb of cold dead earth Merciless hand of doom Born from the star of war Severing the earth form sky, this reaping comes from the gods Bellows of agony contort into hymns of death Horns of torment sound, a fest for the rage of war Burning winds of destruction, reek with the stent of bloodshed This filth clings the air, covering the tenderness of earths' star Smoldering earth of damnation, enter the jaws of this demise Entombed in endless dying, engulfed in mass extinction Basking in the glorious terror Of a suffering darkness Inside the depths of this ruin Only the clam of death brings the end 

7. FBS 03:42

  Black Mass

Spilling blood

Recite the ancient script that conjures dark blasphemy, 

Inverted rite

The time has come to drink the virgin's blood

Exposed remains left in decay

Inversion of this altar of christ

Mortal shell will be torn away

Embracing the godless realm

Vessel to evoke, sliced to reveal

Plunging knife creates the wound

These rabid wolves are biting flesh

Underneath the eclipsing moon

Silent fiend

Crawling forth

The gate of hell will soon be unlocked

Feel this stare

Watch your back

These hordes of hell are primed to attack

Ancient lore and the smell of death

Black rites have unlocked this gate

Spread the sinful plague that infects

Desecrated corpse invokes this fate

Candles burn as altar flames arise

Time to praise this lord of disgust

Howling moon in starless skies

Entangled in this ritual of lust

Bodies entwine in the form of coiled snakes

Invoking this sacrifice for the devil

Revulsion of god binding this custom

Orgies in gore shall provoke this evil

Slicing necks of the pious for arousal

This blackened sky begins to open up

Smearing blood on the bare bodies of reprisal

Ejaculate the semen that will corrupt

Fucked by Satan

Demon god

Thrusting forth

This lustful act

Defile the pure

Infernal heir

Rise forth

Carnal deed

Unveils perversions of the flesh

8. Nocturnal Conjuration of the Accursed 03:21

Bitter ravage against this colorless trance Mental wounds have been kept concealed Confound secrets start to suffocate the years Sleepless in the dead of night Entranced by this cursed vision Trapped within the frozen darkness of this fright Sunken shadow emerges from the midnight hour Phantom landscape of this nightmare consumes Haunting thoughts of this dreadful return Tainting the memory of a cloven soul at birth Inside these harrowing depths of the heart Renounce the life lost to this darkened void Awakened in the dead of night Consumed by this frightful vision Enslaved to the misery of this accursed sight Marveling at this advent of the cursed Moaning from depths of sullen rage Slithering across terrains of fright Loveless embrace of vengeful urge Falling into this dreamlike chasm Whispering terror upon these silent ears Flourishing darkness that devours essence This prey for the consumption of evil Cold breed arise from this black trance Regain this sight enthralled by horrific wrath No hiding from this darkness lurking from the past Twilight seeps into the barrier of vision Motionless beneath this coiled black presence Depravity ingests this soul for possession  

9. Schadenfreude 03:35

The feeling of these cold hands wrapped around the heart Shattered pride sinking into dark This evocation of torment spreads Hope will meet hopeless in this journey to the end I am the cold poison of despair I am the hollow feeling of fear Within these walls of your secret flaws I will seek what makes you fail This spoiled salvation fed to the hunger of apathy I am the bitter taste of failing love I am the loneliness of demise Crawl across burning coals of strife I am sever the spirit of your pride You will now crawl before me and worship all that I displace I am the burning of virgin flesh I am the crippling of sight As you fall deeper under this spell I will conquer your imperfect life Once I've sown this negative theme I will savor the ruin of all your dreams Pushed from this edge of defeat Fall into a heartless realms of this deceit I am the shadow you will embrace I am the blood of innocence defiled Taking your life is my desire I am the burning hatred of this fire I am inversion of your praise I am the darkness that consumes your heart Kneel before this life of punishment I will tear your soul apart When your righteous sky fell, you eagerly followed me into this hell  

10. Externalize This Hidden Savagery 03:14

 Faith mongers of righteous rule conceal this deceptive law

Distorted values of virtue masked by these holy words

This great persecution will elevate the return of sin

In these eyes of revenge the kingdoms of grace shall burn

Seven deadly crowns

Devouring the birth of mankind

Hurling the stars to the earth

Leaving the skies blind with might

Great harbinger of pain

Awake from the scourge beneath

Stoking the flames of damnation

Engorging on the souls of the weak

Spawn of a new age has arrived to penetrate the will of man

Commence the escape from scorn with dark factions of revenge

A command drawn in blood with these hungry weapons of war

Eruption of savage response has unleashed this assault

Dawn of the antichrist comes to suffocate the realm of god

Violent strike of vengeance, slaughter the swine of heaven

Disease of virtue, cutting this plague from the body of the world

Inversion of these words of prayer, desecrate the faith of man

Revenge is hells coliseum, adorned with souls of despair

Seize the moment of reprisal, purging flames of eternal warfare

Great keeper flesh and soul makes an offering for the feast 

Give rise to an outbreak of sacrilege in this gift for the beast

Kill all

Rage war

Emerge from this wrath

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