국내에서도 매탈매냐분들은 웬만해선 알만한 벨크라다. 뭐 물론 예전부터 이곳을 계속찾았던 분이었다면 들어봤을 것이다. 여기저기 이 앨범은 많이 뿌리고 다녀서리 ㅎㅎ,,
그나저나 이 앨범은 아직까지 시디는 커녕 무손실도 구경을 못해봤다. 다행이 2005년 발매된 Between Force and Fate 는 국내에서도 수입반들이 많이 돌아다녀서 쉽게 구했지만, 문제는 내가 젤 좋아라하는 이 2002년 앨범은 없다는 것이다. ㅠ
언젠간 꼭 구해볼걸 기약하면서...쩝..
제시 프레이 누님보이스 들으면, 웬지 otep의 무서운 오텝 샤마야 누님이 생각난다. 물론 샤마야 누님은 남자같은 그로울링을 선보이는 반면 벨크라의 제시 누님은 평범하지만 노래에서 쏘아되는 샤우팅은 사악함이 충분히 묻어나와 어케보면 더 매력적일 지도 모르겠다.
어쨌든 그 후에 2007년 앨범이 발매되고 난후에 넘 기쁜 나머지 미리 들어봤지만 이건 완전 졸작이었다..내가 생각한 벨크라는 이런게 아닌데 ㅠ. 2005년까진 그런데로 들어볼만 했는데 2007년 앨범 Hadal은 최악이었다.
2002년 앨범은 넘 좋아서 다 가사까지 퍼펙트하게 다외우고 몇달간 내 mp3에서 전곡이 항상 같이 들어갔었는데 따라부르기엔 1번곡같은건 넘 어렵다..;;
01 Velcra - My law 02 Velcra - Big brother 03 Velcra - Shine for me 04 Velcra - Not against me 05 Velcra - Solar red 06 Velcra - Tension 07 Velcra - Removed 08 Velcra - Can't stop fighting 09 Velcra - Made to fail 10 Velcra - Test animals
01 My law
I've been struggling In a good girl straight jacket Time has come to say that's it If I spend my life waiting for tomorrow I'll wake up one day and it's over No-one's gonna come to deliver the goods Do it yourself Here is the clue It takes courage to follow your heart But as far as I'm concerned it's free of charge
So tell me Who's stopping you, what's on your way Other people's wishes to obey Is your purpose to make them feel okay? Now who's to blame I'll stand behind every word I say And I don't really care if you see me fail I'll make my own miracles With base hands I build my own paradise
This is my law This is my system This is my force my state my mission This is my way This is my vision And the voice inside my head says
Let all the pressure out Obey your deepest pleasures Sacrifice the things you treasure Life's a creation I wanna look back at it and feel proud
My criteria For good life doesn't originate from materia So if you're looking for someone to call naive You can stop searching have a look at me I say all we need is already here But what it means is for your own eyes to see I'm not intimidated by threats I'll fight for the right to decide for myself
Cause if you need a scapegoat you're sure to find one Rock the boat or you won't get nothing done Discard and start from scratch unafraid to leave Or turn back Been wrong as many times as I've been right I've lost the faith but never gave up the fight Consequences schmonsequences I'll bang my head on the wall till it crumbles
02 Big brother
Oh yeah my big brother, lets take good care of each other I know your motivation is working for a good cause Along the way you're saving us all from a lot of problems
Still your words sound like ethnic cleansing The crowds shout in ideological frenzy Experts preaching of a disease they only encountered in their world of theories So pick out an experimental child and mark him for the rest of his life What you end up with is creating a misfit Not saved from the wrong path but turned into an outcast
Oh yeah my big brother, carrying me on your strong shoulders Protecting me, providing me my private shelter Preventing crime and keeping the scum away from our streets
So silence that ugly voice of these punks that are outlaws by choice Creating my own destruction will teach me the consequences of disobedience Committing a crime never means what you agree is a personal freedom A modern witch hunt performing another political stunt
My resurrection, the flame is strong inside of me Spread the infection, my voice is straight and clear I won't fake just to make you listen to my view on things I won't make the world your way I won't bow before your condemning eyes to have you on my side
I won't fake just to make you listen to my view on things I won't make the world your way
03 Shine for me
I’m the hug no-one ever gave you The sweetest kiss for open wounds I’m the sign that shows you direction The guiding star that leads you home
Shine, child shine for me You only shine for me
I lead you, I feed you, I captured your features From now on you shine for me I warn you, I own you, I’ll find out your hideout From now on you shine for me
I’m the hound that guards all your secrets Calm and brave before the storm I’m the rhyme that soothes your nightmares The healing hand wiping off your fears
Shine, child shine for me You only shine for me
I lead you, I feed you, I captured your features From now on you shine for me I warn you, I own you, I’ll find out your hideout From now on you shine for me
I’m the slap from your loving fathers hand A mindless order you can’t understand I’m the pleasure that causes a lethal addiction Craving turned into a destructive conviction
I’m the friend who betrayed your trust The sentence that proved the world is unjust I’m the rumour that spreads when your lacking defence The final revelation that stole your innocence
04 Not against me
Migraine in chaos of deep paranoia It's too hard to get over The reptiles inside of my head keep me sober My veins are on fire my breath getting colder
Stench and stagnation dehydrated tension It's too much to mention My weakest desires are wrapped up in violence The words of objection still echo in silence
Every kick every trip I do Every lazy smoke filled afternoon It can't be used against me Every childhood trauma lifted off my shoulders It can't be used against me
And I'm ready to seize the day
I've circled around in this sea of objections Overcoming rejection
Like a cold steel knife it turns Velvet acid lips it burns Freezing up expression twisted Rosy cheeks the skin gets blistered
No you don't have power over me
05 Solar red
Time sewed us together with stiches through our scars Depending on one another Siamese twins with a single heart, we are
Little waves softly Keep melting under my feet Little waves softly Replace the air that I breathe
Take a look at my heart It's so empty and dark Have a listen to my soul It's so quiet and cold Your embraces were not enough to change me Your touch didn't bring me back to life I never seem to lack inspiration When I need another explanation Brick by brick we built this tower of illusion But instead of completion it has come tumbling down
Don't wait for too long Don't leave the light on Cause I won't return back home And each day we'll learn to forget Bit by bit with every breath Where do I end and the world starts? It's all in our hands All I'm looking for I gotta find it on my own
Cause I've been building my plan b all these years I don't remember anymore where the lead is Important to ensure there is no room for mistakes In the process I lost all substance Didn't wanna live for regret Be happy to settle with anything that's left Bit by bit I begin to realise that all I need is to believe in what I feel
Alone I stand alone I fall from this day on Where do I end? Where do I go?
06 Tension
Another ancient ceremony Meaning long forgotten Endless limerick, my entanglement One eye one vision, one first impression So rescue, fulfil the trivial
Go through the deep black hole In the eye of unknown Hit the final goal Ascension Beat me up when I crawl Bring me down when I fall Hit the final blow And kill this tension
Go, tell me more, take me anywhere From this fear that I can't go on I don't know how to be more free Please, help me let myself go
Broken promises only will serve to clarify My hunger, growing stronger Take the liberty to intensify this One way, one mission, one last collision High fever, cold desolation
Go through the deep black hole In the eye of unknown Hit the final goal Ascension Beat me up when I crawl Bring me down when I fall Hit the final blow And kill this tension
Go, tell me more, take me anywhere From this fear that I can't go on I don't know how to be more free Please, help me let myself go
One day my fear will turn to courage One day my pride will be rewarded One day my faith is all that matters One day I'll wake up and feel no tension
07 Removed
Put your hand in mine my little girl Out of the January hallway turn Walk on the sun with me my little girl Watch the shadows burn out of this world
Unarmed, the enemy is white and smiling Lulling, I forgot to defend Master of persuasion in the name of reason Stretched my lifeline, stole the apple of my eye
To think that there's no other way was such a big mistake I pay it every day cause it's getting under my skin You told me there's no other way but you were wrong Now it's getting under my skin And I can't go on
Just the two of us my little girl Lost in the corridors of this cruel world Daddy's tired now my little girl No sign of home no matter where we turn
Vaporised, this dead deserted paradise Is crumbling under my feet Like my flesh and blood reduced to ash and dust Burn marks reminding me of all I've lost
You told me it's alright I hope you can stop this bleeding
Bubbling under my skin I hear the devil within Corrupted fruit I kept eating
08 Can't stop fighting
Following the road of a pitiful disaster Fighting through the crowd Guiding my way it's forever going faster Lifting me off the ground
The only one to believe Loose the grip and you can't stop sliding The only one to believe Restrain myself but I can't stop fighting
Who will know how long you will be fine Turn around I'm right behind Now the journey's all complete What you once drained out of me I've come to claim back and you'll see Whatever it is whoever it was that brought you down into this world Won't really mean that much cause you won't be able ever to recall
All along the days are growing darker Holding on to this sound Leaving behind all the bitter disappointment This sorrow will never be found
Grinning eyes that deny You're never known to be what you're showing Ringing words that defy You're lies are made up of what you're glowing
09 Made to fail
I wanna hold you Breath your smile and pass away My life is a cold tune Carving in the air And I know My dreams won’t carry me forever, no But we weren’t meant to fail
A shade of god Say a prayer Beguiled
All of my values I have sold out to this day It burns me like a moth to a flame And I know My faith won’t carry me forever, no But we weren’t made to fail
A shade of god Say a prayer Beguiled
I saw her coming from a two-headed star Covered in flowers pure at heart Holding my spirit in a golden egg Black turns to blue White becomes red
10 Test animals
1- Listen 2- Remember 3- Repeat 4- Till the day you die
You've got to know all the ways of the world How to eat, where to sleep, complete your education Respect the ones demanding your attention Arrive on time, walk in line, shut your mouth Mystify inspiration and learn to know what's a stupid question Remember to listen to what you've been told Now difficult decisions you're beginning to avoid
Release your nature This is what it feels like This is what it feels like when you just let go
What does it mean to survive? Test animals just try to find their way out Don't act like you were born To make a living
1- Listen 2- Remember 3- Repeat Repeat
So you're spending all this time in order to find All the important things that now are shaping your life So you can sit back, spending your days Gaining weight, staying awake watching the prime time premiere One by one you forget what you?ve done But some mother theresa won't allow you to die Your mind says goodbye, you're body's still alive so tell me why Was it all worth the fight?
Release your nature This is what it feels like This is what it feels like when you just let go
What does it mean to survive? Test animals just try to find their way out Don't act like you were born To make a living
What does it take to survive? Test animals will never find their way out Some things can't be taught
[Current Line UP] Jessi Frey - vocals O.D. - programming, guitars Ramonius - bass guitar DJ Freak - keyboards, sampling Timo Hänninen - guitar
[Former Member] Teb Bonnet - bass guitar - 2001-2005 (moved to London to study Arts Management and to pursue a solo career) Mikko Herranen - drums - 2001-2006 (decided to move on to his other band, Rust) Wille Hartonen - bass guitar Tomi Koivusaari - guitar (concentrated on his other band Amorphis)
