推荐的这张Cantara Anachoreta是1997年发行。正宗歌特金属风格。从他们的专辑中可以看到他们对宗教、爱情、生命的思考。犹如暗夜里的钟声的敲响,沉入黑夜里的男声上面漂浮着飘渺仿佛来自天国的女生一起宣告着这趟黑暗之旅的开始:As darkness fall;只有黑暗。
第二首THE ENDLESS DANCE从一开始你就可以感觉到扑面而来的歌金气质,耶和华、女祭祀、天使和巫婆一一出场。这是首揭露基督的虚伪与欺骗的歌。
第三首由一段优美的键盘伴随着原声吉他引出,男主唱似独白、似低喃的诉说着他的绝望与寒冷。这是我非常喜欢的一首歌,流畅的旋律、哀伤优美的歌词、以及可以让人致命的哀伤,让我时常反复听聆听。
随后是一首Goodbye To Jane,写了一个叫JANE的女孩因为得不到爱而终于自杀,生命的渺小,被She was only one in a million girls...一语道破。说到底,我们终究不过是亿万人中那平凡的一个。
长达11分半种的Her Orphaned Thro,依然是由原声吉他与键盘引出的一个宁静而祥和的开头隐藏着一丝的不安于压抑。随之而来是暴发出来的压抑。歌词我不甚了了,希望有英语水平不错的朋友能担待起翻译的责任,我将不甚感激。其中还有段男声德语的独白。随着结尾His eyes full of tears have seen the wasted land.Will she ever come again?Ever come again? 音乐又转入了开始时的那般宁静,似乎一切都已逝去,一切都已经结束,但又似乎一切都未发生……
最后一首歌。钟声敲起。This is the end.死亡才是我们唯一的结局。因为我已经走进了黑暗,经历了所有的痛苦,尝过了春天的泪;让我的身体爆裂在花丛中吧,或者把我埋葬在深深的地底下。
以黑暗的降临开始,经历了一场绚烂的黑暗之旅,再又以黑暗的降临终结
This is a recording that appears to be filled with conflict and contrast. While generally incorporating elements of goth rock and black metal, there are occasional flashes of progressive rock here, especially during the many acoustic passages and the electric-guitar interludes. The lead vocals also comprise a disparate marriage; songwriter and instrumentalist Moonshadow provides the male vocals in a distorted, subterranean, and pained manner while his counterpart Willowcat delivers the female lead in a clear, engaging soprano voice. A battle between good and evil is ongoing throughout Cantara Anachoreta (or "The Chants of the Hermit"); in a disquieting "twist of faith" the villain is Jehovah (or the God of the Bible) whose teachings, promises, and total existence are called into question. The prevailing netherworldly force has claimed justice, tolerance, and truth as "Her" own. Eerie is a fitting description for the way that this album unfolds. The best song (yet the most uncharacteristic) of Cantara Anachoreta is "Goodbye to Jane" (not the Slade song), a dark and disturbing but tragically realistic account of incest and abuse performed in a mid-'80s Mekons style.