Con casi quince años de trayectoria, los portugueses Sardonic Witchery, ahora asentados en Estados Undios, llegan a su quinto álbum de estudio en plena madurez compositiva. Este "Hell's Thorns Attack" es toda un declaración de intenciones desde el comienzo, con un tono agresivo y demoledor en donde se combina un sonido black/thrash incendiario con un regusto a sonidos clásicos. Desde el comienzo somos participes de esa violencia de sonidos, con una incidencia en un engañoso ritmo alto y una proposición de sonido de guitarra directo y agresivo. Lo de engañoso alto ritmo lo comento porque, aún siendo este incisivo y lacerante, no lo es menos también que sabe guardar las formas para permitir que las guitarras desempeñen un papel destacado a la hora de transformar la propuesta en una pasta informe de infecto thrash metal, al mismo tiempo que lo cubre todo de una capa de violencia y oscuridad, aspectos que sin un buen y equilibrado trabajo de batería sería del todo imposible. Las guitarras muestran un tono que combina a la perfección el sonido más infecto de un primitivo black metal, con el hiriente tono de un thrash violento y agresivo, capaces de combinar ambas facetas de forma simultanea, saltando y alternando ambos de forma totalmente natural, logrando que afilados y cortantes riffs, logren convivir también con elementos que nos sumergen en un tondo más cavernosos y oscuro. Las voces aportan también profundidad y oscuridad, ciertos escarceos con secciones de mayor relevancia logran añadir gravedad al conjunto, sobre todo si nos centramos en ese carácter más destructivo del álbum. Podríamos estar pensando en un álbum de war metal o de blackened death metal al suso, sin embargo el enfoque de la banda es un tanto distinto, hay violencia, profundidad, agresividad y crudeza, sin embargo también se nos ofrece un tono mucho más clásico, con un trhash que late en las profundidades del álbum, el cual, sin acabar por explotar del todo convierte a un álbum como este en una pieza casi que única, llevando el estilo a nuevos registros que debería de calar en el oyente. (7,8).
1. Crown of Burning Spikes 04:48
Crown the flesh, crown the soul
Burn the night, make it whole
Pain eternal, flames divine
Infernal lust, you are mine!
Crown of burning spikes, blood and fire unite
Chains of torment souls, hail the crown…hail the night!
Shadows gather, night descends
Veins of fire, flesh transcends
Ashes to ashes, blood to flame
All is one, none remain
The throne awaits, the crown commands.
Serpent coil, infernal flame
Feed the fire, taste the pain
I drink the poison, I wear the chains
I breathe the fire, it still remains
The throne awaits, the crown commands.
Crown of burning spikes - King of the darkness
Crown of burning spikes - Infernal command
Crown of burning spikes - Chaotic destruction
Crown of burning spikes- Blasphemic throne
Flames rise, skulls break, blood spills – Fire
Shadows crawl, chains snap, night screams – Reign
Dark call, gods fall, chaos lives – Doom
Souls burn, light dies, demons march – War
Blades clash, swords strike, Horses screams, villages burn
Banners fall, chaos reign, Death rides, nation dies
Crown Of Burning Spikes, Crown Of Burning Spikes, Crown Of Burning Spikes
Infernal Victory!
The night devours the brave, the fire takes the sky, flags fall to dust, only death remains
Shadows rise fast, torches burn low, storms drown hope, war knows no mercy
Crown of burning spikes, the chaos reign supreme, darkness claims the throne, flames consume the weak
Eternal night command, inferno claims the dream, nations fade gone, SATAN REIGN FOREVER!
2. Hateful Evil Throne 04:17
A chilling silence in the dead of night
In the shadows whispers cold as stones
Your blood spills on the fucking altar
On the magic circle consumed by the flame.
Hateful evil throne – serpent pyre
Hateful evil throne – blood desire
Hateful evil throne – lust and fire
Hateful evil throne – burning higher and higher!
Through the eternal flames of hellish fire
An unholy power born from ancient bones
In the domain of devil’s lust
Darkness rising in the name of Satan.
At the altar of evil
Through the veil of obscurity
In the throne of Satan
A crown of blackened gold
Serpent pyre – blood desire – lust and fire
Hateful evil throne
In the realm of shadows
Sacrifice the purity
In the throne of Satan
A crown of blackened gold
3. Unholy Conqueror 04:12
Blood-soaked banners in the mist
The sun is strangled, death’s black fist
Hollow prayers drown in screams
I march through ruins, shattered dreams
I rise in storms, infernal flame
Cursed is the light, erased its name
Throne of the dust, scourge of the skies
Altar of bone, eternal demise
Blazing shadows, crown the night
Steel of wrath in hands of blight
The stars collapse in rivers of blood
Ashes reign where temples stood.
UNHOLY CONQUEROR, UNHOLY CONQUEROR
UNHOLY CONQUEROR, UNHOLY CONQUEROR
I’m the plague of centuries
The flame of endless war
The silence of your dying gods
The name you shall not call…
Thy kingdom, Ashes
Thy faith, Undone
Thy hope, Devoured
The unholy conqueror reigns!
Breaker of dawn
Endless storm
Prophets scorn
Reigns forever
4. Sabbath of Sadistic Desire 03:34
Bleed on the altar, bow to the flame
Flesh for the demons, pleasure and pain
Chains bite, tongues trace, fire in the veins
Scream in darkness, worship your king!
Sabbath of the sadistic desire
Moonless night, the coven awakes
Sabbath of sadistic desire
Candles drip with blood and lust.
Eyes rolled back in forbidden delight
We worship in flesh under the demon’s night
Orgasm as prayer, lust as devotion
Kneel before me, worship your king!
Sabbath of the sadistic desire
Moonless night, the coven awakes
Sabbath of sadistic desire
Candles drip with blood and lust.
Raven wings, midnight fire
Bodies consumed by dark desire
Serpents of lust, infernal sin
Hail to the night, hail to the king
Forever enslaved, eternal dream
Obey my command, surrender and gleam
Touches of pleasure, perversity
Screams of pain in agony.
Through the abyss we lose control - Flames of torment!
Night devours the trembling soul - Bound in chains!
Let the infernal rites begin - Eternal lust!
Flesh and blood in sacred pyre - Feed the fire!
Satan’s touch, sinful delight
Kneel and scream through the sexual rite
Chains and moans, fire and screams
Devotion bound to infernal dream!
5. Ego Sum Rex Ignis Aeternus 04:38
From the depths where silence dies
Echoes rise of ancient cries
Serpents coil around my veins.
Baptized in torment, burn, burn, burn, burn.
Oh flames of blasphemy devour the dawn
Let the heavens scream, let the flame burn.
Through the smoke of fallen prayer
I walk crowned with despair…
The holy graves collapse in dust
Temples crumble, eaten by rust
Upon the ruins I carve my name
In blood, in hate, in endless flame.
My soul is war, my blood is fire
My heart a tomb of dark desire.
No mercy flows within my veins
Only wrath and hate in iron chains.
Ave Satana, rex tenebrarum, Ignis aeternus, dominus mortis…
Exuro, exuro – caelum fractum
Exuro, exuro – lux moritur
Exuro, exuro – aeterna flamma
Exuro, exuro – Satan regnat
Ego sum rex mortis
Ego sum ignis
Dominus inversus
Ad infernos, ad nihilum!
6. Cult of a Thousand Horns 04:48
Screams of the fallen, the night reborn, in eternal darkness, the serpent lies
Winds of torment, weave their spells, eyes of madness, frozen in hell
Horned legions, march through the night, from cryptic tombs, the dead awake
Bones of the weak, blood of the sworn, we worship the cult of a thousand horns!
Eyes of the serpent, through the fire, raise the horns, to the bleeding skies.
Flesh to dust, soul to night, all kneel before our endless night.
Through the abyss, through the dream, legions rise, legions scream.
Ritual chants in infernal form, all hail the cult of a thousand horns!
From dark storms we claim the throne - Cult of a thousand horns!
Wicked cries of the soul reborn - Cult of a thousand horns!
The circle glows with forbidden fire - Cult of a thousand horns!
The black flame rises and devours the pyre - Cult of a thousand horns!
Hail the night, hail the flame, hail the void within.
Through the fire and blood, through ash and sin.
Chains of the abyss, broken and torn. Voices of the fallen echo mourn.
Thorns of the darkness, horns of the might, guide our hands through endless night.
Hail to the cult of a thousand horns!
Hail to the master, SATAN!
From dark storms we claim the throne - Cult of a thousand horns!
Wicked cries of the soul reborn - Cult of a thousand horns!
The circle glows with forbidden fire - Cult of a thousand horns!
The black flame rises and devours the pyre - Cult of a thousand horns!
Hail the night, hail the flame, hail the void within.
Through the fire and blood, through ash and sin.
Chains of the abyss, broken and torn. Voices of the fallen echo mourn.
Thorns of the darkness, horns of the might, guide our hands through endless night.
Hail to the cult of a thousand horns!
Hail to the master, SATAN!
7. Raped by Horrendous Night 04:40
In the bleak depths of night, where shadows dance
A haunting presence, a malevolent night
A tale of horror of an obscure blight
Screams echo through darkness deep.
Whispers of dread, in the dead of night
A chilling tale of a soul’s endless flight
So beware of the night’s cruel might
Where evil reigns with all its spite.
Screams echo through the darkness deep
As the nightmarish grip starts to seep.
Whispers of fear, the haunting cries
Raped by horrendous night, a sinister plight
Malevolent whispers in the eerie breeze
In the bleak, in the blackest of places.
Facing the horrors where we belong
Defying the darkness, we embrace the night.
Oh, it’s an evil night, where darkness preys
In the depths of despair where evil lies,
A symphony of sorrow…
Echoes of screams, a twisted tale of horror
In this wicked symphony, where hearts turn cold.
In the dead of night, shadows creeping whispers
Evil eyes are watching, destroying your fucking soul.
8. Dark Moon Slaughter 04:30
Wolves of war on an endless ride
Howling hymns of death divine
The moon bleeds black, the cross decays.
The tridents blaze, the skulls awake
Dark Moon Slaughter – Lobos de Guerra
Dark Moon Slaughter – Lobos de Guerra
Dark Moon Slaughter – Lobos de Guerra
Dark Moon Slaughter – Lobos de Guerra
Na nevoa fria do odio eterno a lua sangra
Sinos tocam, a noite queima, a alma morre
Sob o tridente e o selo do mal, invocação
As trevas dormem em meu olhar, destruição
Wolves of war on the path of terror
In storm of steel, forged by hate
Raise the throne of endless night.
Through blackened skies the thunders chain!
Dark Moon Slaughter – Lobos de Guerra
Dark Moon Slaughter – Lobos de Guerra
Dark Moon Slaughter – Lobos de Guerra
Dark Moon Slaughter – Lobos de Guerra
Lobos de Guerra no Massacre da Lua Negra
Lobos de Guerra no Massacre da Lua Negra
Lobos de Guerra no Massacre da Lua Negra
Lobos de Guerra no Massacre da Lua Negra
No sangue escrevemos a nossa historia,
Gloria!
No trono de cinzas rugimos victoria,
Memoria!
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