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Autore/Author: DIVINE SYMPHONY Titolo/Title: “Reject Darkness” Etichetta/Label: Extreme Records Anno/Year: 2004 Nazione/Nation: Brasil Website: www.divinesymphony.triang.net Myspace no official: divinesymphonyfanpage Genere/Genre: black metal

ITALIAN VERSION & ENGLISH VERSION

ITALIAN VERSION

Dal Brasile arrivano i Divine Symphony, autori di un black metal molto sinfonico e davvero ben proposto.
Primo e, per il momento, unico album dei nostri, questo “Reject Darkness” è un CD che ben impressiona l’ascoltatore da subito, capace di creare un ottimo dinamismo tra la parte melodica e la parte più “grezza” figlia del black metal.
La voce di Janderson Moreira riesce ad intrecciarsi con la bellissima voce di Isabel Fernandes, foce femminile e guest dell’album, come nella canzone ‘Silence Of Angel’ dove la cantante riesce a dare quel tocco sinfonico davvero speciale.
Come si diceva sopra la proposta dei Divine Symphony è un black metal dalle venature gotiche, vedi ‘Fallen Face’, che che a tratti si lascia trasportare su sonorità quasi viking e a tratti epiche. Il gruppo brasiliano inoltre mostra una grande padronanza degli strumenti, ottima la produzione del CD, un sound davvero potente e la batteria che picchia con la doppia cassa. Le tematiche dei testi attraversano argomenti che toccano il male e di come dilaga nel mondo, ma c’è comunque una salvezza per tutti, basta affidare le nostre vite nelle mani di Dio. Ed è proprio questo che ci vuole dire ‘God’s Wrath’ : “And those who have choice salvation / And confessed their sins will recieve mercy / Those will listen to the masters voice saying / Come unto me my sons / Cause they have chance of accepting Christ / And chance their destiny living with the Lord” .Brano che inizia con un’atmosfera quasi dolce pacata per poi sfociare nel sound classico della band.
‘False Emotion’, dove Isabel Fernandes accompagna gli scream di J.Moreira nei riff e nella grande prova di Alexandre Carvalho dietro le tastiere, parla delle emozioni, delle fantasie che rendono cieco l’uomo, che non ci fanno vedere la salvezza, ma sulla croce Cristo ha vinto il male per tutti.
Decisamente più gotica ‘Fallen Angel’ che un po’ ripete quanto detto nelle altre canzoni: “Your enemies will cause no evil to you / Cause you are under God's protection / That won't give you in evil's hands / And you feel victory only under his hands” ; per poi riprendere nella parte finale del testo : “Because only Jesus Christ is the way, truth, and life / The Lord that delivered himself to death / There's no condemnation for those who accept Christ / There's only victory and it's in those hands” .
Abbiamo ancora ‘Silence Of Angel’, che stilisticamente segue i passi delle canzoni che la precedono, ma il duetto del coro tra la voce femminile e lo scream riescono a dare emozioni speciali: “Fight in favor of God against satan they / adore when shall to the Lord / Silence of angel” .
Infine è da citare ‘Cry In The Dark’, forse il pezzo più riuscito di questo lavoro. Il growl del pezzo introduce una preghiera: ” Our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name / Thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven / Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trepass against us / And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil / Amen!” ; per poi lasciar spazio alla solita tempesta sonora, per ritornare sulle sonorità quasi epiche del finale della canzone. Testo molto forte anche in questo brano : ” Keep you out from the death / Road reject the dark / Open your eyes see the illusion of world / Tell me why do you cry in the dark / Recieve the grace of God / Raise up from this grave” .
“Reject Darkness” si conclude con il brano omonimo e con ‘Eternal Salvation’ che di fatto non aggiungono altro né dal punto di vista del sound né dal punto di vista delle liriche.
Possiamo quindi dire che questo “Reject Darnkess” è stata un'ottima prova per i nostri brasiliani, che hanno saputo amalgamare sonorità black con parti più sinfoniche, creando una miscela esplosiva che riesce a mantenere costante il livello di questo lavoro (della durata di un ora circa…). Ottimi anche i testi, molto forti, che richiamano in maniera costante a Dio, come unica via di Salvezza.


Tommaso “tonno” Benedetti

Voto: 8/10




ENGLISH VERSION

From Brazil it comes Divine Symphony, authors of a very symphonic black metal and really well proposed.
First and, at the moment, unique album of this band, this “Reject Darkness” is a CD that well impresses the listener since the beginning, able to create a great dynamism between the melodic side and the “rawer” side daughter of black metal.
The voice of JAnderson Moreira can interlace itself with the beautiful voice of Isabel Fernande, female voice and guest in the album, like the song ‘Silence Of Angel’ where the singer is able to give that symphonic touch really special.
As I was saying before the proposal of Divine Symphony is a black metal, with gothic traces, see ‘Fallen Face’, and that sometimes it is transported on sonorities almost viking and sometimes epic. Furthermore the brazilian band shows a big self-control of the instruments, excellent the CD production, a sound really powerful and the drums that beat with the double case. The lyrics themes go through arguments which talks about the evil and how it spreads in the world, but there is always a safety for everyone, we must entrust our lives in the hands of God.
And it is really this that ‘God’s Wrath’ wants to communicate us: “And those who have choice salvation / And confessed their sins will receive mercy / Those will listen to the masters voice saying / Come unto me my sons / Cause they have chance of accepting Christ / And chance their destiny living with the Lord”.
Song that starts with an atmosphere almost sweet and calm and then flowing into the classic sound of the band.
‘False Emotion’ , where Isabel Fernandes accompanies the screams of J.Moreira along the riffs and in the big proof of Alexandre Carvalho behind the keyboards, it talks about the emotions, about the fantasies which makes blind the man, that don’t show us the safety, but on the cross Christ won the evil for everyone.
Definitely more gothic ‘Fallen Angel’ that for a while it repeats what said in the other songs: “Your enemies will cause no evil to you / Cause you are under God's protection / That won't give you in evil's hands / And you feel victory only under his hands”; and then taking up in the ending part of the lyrics: “Because only Jesus Christ is the way, truth, and life / The Lord that delivered himself to death / There's no condemnation for those who accept Christ / There's only victory and it's in those hands”.
And yet ‘Silence Of Angel’, that in stylistic manner it follows the steps of the songs that precede it, but the duet of the chorus among the female voice and the scream are able to give special emotions. “Fight in favor of God against satan they / adore when shall to the Lord / Silence of angel” .
Then is to cite ‘Cry In The Dark’, maybe the most succeeded piece of this production. Growl that introduces a prayer: ”Our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name / Thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven / Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trepass against us / And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil / Amen!!!”; and then letting space to the usual storm of sound, to return again on the sonorities almost “epic" of the ending of the song. Lyric very strong also in this song: “Keep you out from the death / Road reject the dark / Open your eyes see the illusion of world / Tell me why do you cry in the dark / Receive the grace of God / Raise up from this grave”.
“Reject Darkness” ends with the homonym song and with ‘Eternal Salvation’ that by fact they don’t add anything else neither the sound point of view neither the lyrics point of view.
After all it is really an excellent proof this “Reject Darkness” for our Brazilian, who’ve been able to amalgamate black sonorities with parts more symphonic, creating an explosion mixture able to maintain constant the level of this production (with the length of about an hour…). The lyrics very strong are beautiful, and they recall in a constant manner to God, like only way of Safety.