COVENANT

NEXUS POLARIS (1998)

El principal problema de "Nexus Polaris" es ser publicado un año después de "In Times Before the Light", lo cual lo convierte en una obra menor si la comparamos con el anterior, ya que sale derrotado en la mayoría de los aspectos. Pero olvidándonos un poco de esta comparación podemos afrontar la escucha de este álbum de manera mas relajada. Nexus Polaris es un álbum con una producción que ha ganado en limpieza y se ha trabajado también en el aspecto atmosférico y melódico con mayor presencias de teclados y coros, llevando a las composiciones a terrenos del black sinfónico. Todo suena más limpio, la batería y las guitarras están también más trabajadas y ganan en presencia ofreciéndonos unos riffs menos crudos pero si más elaborados y melódicos, por un lado, y la batería mayor contundencia cuando se hace necesario. La voz a perdido oscuridad y aunque bien es cierto que conserva el aspecto agresivo suena demasiado pulida. Por otra parte también se pierde velocidad y ritmo, con pasajes de teclado que restan contundencia a las composiciones. Evolución de sonido y formas que no convence a todo el mundo por igual, a partir de este álbum la trayectoria de la banda ya es historia, abrazando terrenos más electrónicos e industriales. (7,9).

1. The Sulphur Feast 04:10

  Thirsting, waiting... I drank a sulphur feast.

Then, silently... In an instant.

Your flesh become me and I was forlorn.

My grave rose to the west...

For centuries long forgotten,

Relentless as the hungry gates of dawn.

And there, amidst the rubble...

Of stones and earthly flesh,

I laughed and served a sulphur feast.

And still it haunts me...

Drunk, with power...

I striked at the sun,

Engulfed, fiery instant

Gobbling, gobbling...

I devoured the stars,

My universe torn asunder.

Then, as dusk unraveled

The brittle of my bones,

A shredded mold of obelisks grotesque.

I stive beneath the essence...

Derived from mortal men,

Caught between two parallels of death.

Thirsting, waiting, I sailed a sulphur sea,

Of putrid furious flesh - a parody of feasting fools...

Where prophets and madmen walk hand in hand.

2. Bizarre Cosmic Industries 05:51

  So I reach inside the raging galaxy

And grab some small glittering oddity

Such a creation - so crippled and deranged

A tiny figure in the bizarre cosmic industry

In different aspects of this circus maximus

Can you truly see behind my clowns mask?

So like a monster jack-in-the-box

Always in search for a greater gathering

Unleash the dust and unite the horrid flesh

Become the craven horns for others to see

So I reach inside the raging galaxy

And grab some small glittering oddity

Such a creation - so crippled and deranged

A tiny figure in the bizarre cosmic industry

In different aspects of this circus maximus

Can you truly see behind my clowns mask?

So like a monster jack-in-the-box

Always in search for a greater gathering

Welcome to the temple of fallen clowns

Where the many colours of darkness reside

"Lifeless I sail trough these ironic fashions

Dressed in the flesh of the joker's passions

On the uttermost brink of madness I stroll

And the rise of insanity - as my most precious goal

Quilted in feathers, deranged and worn

I fly with the flock of my vanity torn

Tricking the trail of my long lost obscurity

I gather me inside the artifice of eternity..."

3. Planetarium 04:01

Reach beyond the constellations A movement towards the monumental Universal secrets - the cosmic error Sculptured by those dying generations I drank the passions of those lost in the paradox... As the stars touched my essence The last of all creation wept Paralyzed with wonder and confusion Blurred by the serpents temptation I drank the passions of those lost in the paradox... Entangled in a swirling black aura of united burning chaos Anthems to the forgotten masters - a gathering equilibrium "Reach beyond the constellations A movement towards the monumental Universal secrets - the cosmic error Sculptured by those dying generations" I wondered....As we beheld the world about us I knew....As I beheld the cosmos about me Compelled towards the spiritual black dimensions aura As I reached for outer dimensions my spirit became complete  

4. The Last of Dragons 06:28

 The shattering of old illusions - created new surges of chaos

No longer driven by ancient hungers - I grabbed the poisoned chalice

Clawing at the churning night - thus rose my cosmic ambitions

Riding the snake in divine rebellion - wandering the nebular centuries

The precious ones

Brought the planetary elements apart

Leading the universe

Towards new and possessive aeons

These toughs and emotions equaled the night

Revealed in the starborn cataclysmic attributes

Like monuments of unaging intellect

Seeking the sight - in shining dreamlike presence

The shattering of old illusions - created new surges of chaos

No longer driven by ancient hungers - I grabbed the poisoned chalice

"the paradox of the paragons are many,

Side by side....Entangled in the complete"

Dancing on the surface of devilish laments

I tore apart the world's fabric of rational beliefs

Drawn inside a mirage in which I will drown

How simple I alone - could end all those dreams

Majesty - the last of dragons carried my faith....

Dancing on the surface of devilish laments

I tore apart the world's fabric of rational beliefs

Drawn inside a mirage in which I might drown

How simple I alone - could end all those dreams

5. Bringer of the Sixth Sun 06:32

 I drank a goblet of fire

I cut out the prophets tongue

But still, the sun refused to move.

I tore a hole in the web of sanity...

The very fabric of life itself...

But still, this flesh refused to burn.

"What a humble vision!

To forever dwell by the grace of the sun..."

I gathered the moon and the stars...

In my little pouch of planets...

The renaissance of astral flesh.

Dripping and drolling with universal thirst...

Equilibrium going under...

In such an idle state of death.

Sowing the seeds of a new dimension...

I am the conqueror in his petty paradise...

Spinning around in garden of lush blooming death,

Point at the sun, and I will be there...

And the angels, scattered and bleeding...

Will be the foundation of my empire...

And amidst all this forlorn beauty...

...I still laughed at the end.

6. Dragonheart 04:52

  We demand a change of seasons

Aurora painted black

Elemental subtraction

The presence lost it's time

For those yet to witness

For those yet to see

Breathe and bathe in anticipation

Of life's hypocrisy

Distorted by the essence - completed by lies

Deceived by the crystal void - configurate in passion

So bold in it's disguise - this be the fate of mankind

A greater cosmic vision - let the fires roar!

The astral bewitchment is at hand

The planetary black elements

Reveals it's dragonheart...

We demand a change of existence

And who are you to defy?

Ironic is the worlds dismay...

We command and you obey!

Distorted by the essence - completed by lies

Deceived by the crystal void - configurate in passion

So bold in it's disguise - this be the fate of mankind

A greater cosmic vision - let the fires roar!

The astral bewitchment is at hand

The planetary black elements

Reveals it's dragonheart...

7. Planetary Black Elements 05:50

 Nexus Polaris....A truth concealed

A gaunt expression of the end

Prophecies revealed....Dimensional chaos

In perfect symmetry - a mask so dreary

A truth so stained - a planetary conformation

A long lost creation - a black door dimension

In shallow mystery

What is this universe, but a will to exist?

Forever....In all dimensions - Polaris opens it's eyes

The nexus of time and space

Nexus....A path revealed - a joyous feast of fools

Stupidity renewed....Dimensional chaos...In perfect harmony

Possessive illusions - like a taste of defeat

Regress or regenerate - and your downfall is complete

Illusive possessions - an imaginary void

Hurled towards chaos - to destruct or destroy

"We reach for outerdimensional paranoia

Concealed parallels and hidden truths....

And then, as we gallantly plunge the borders

Of our own existence...Elements dissolve

And microcosms collide. These are the planetary

Black elements in which the force lies to a

Greater cosmic glory...When the doors of

Perception are cleansed...The Nexus Polaris

Will rise..."

Possessive illusions - like the taste of defeat

Regress or regenerate - and your downfall is complete

8. Chariots of Thunder 05:48

 Like crusades across the infinite

Night swallowed light

Cursed were the minions rebellion

An image of the serpent's creation

Reveal and enter the passage

Enter into the phantom's fire

Constellation - a unity in chaos

The chariots of thunder's arrival

Sent fragments of my reflection to the void afire

Behold the new breed created in my own image

Brighter these eyes burned with wicked anticipation

As the struggle for the black elements came to an end

....A precious mingling of the flesh and alien fire....

Held dreaming hands beneath the power to universal creation

And became the utter perfection of total completion

Breathe the untouched majesty of dark emotions

And feel the power...The beauty of domination

....Conquering the weaver's utopia....

To see them in such swarms

I wondered if this could be paradise

A seed for the future

The fire of fate and faith set alight

...Behold the faithless and his angel....

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