Armored Saint - 'Chemical Euphoria' (live in Seattle)

Mirror, mirror
Is on the shelf
Found another way
To ruin and waste my health
Took to the flame
Put the blade away
Just cut my lifeline
Quickly in half today
Chemical euphoria
I'm about to crack
Mass hysteria
Won't get off my back
Chemical euphoria
I'm about to crack
Mass hysteria
Speeds my heart attack

When it rains it pours
And man I'd say
Looks like it's time
To build an arc today
Absorb me to a pleasant void
Somewhere temptation
Can't link it's hand to destroy

Chemical euphoria
I'm about to crack
Mass hysteria
Won't get off my back
Chemical euphoria
I'm about to crack
Mass hysteria
Speeds my heart attack
The heart attack

Addicted and there's no release
Addicted won't you help me please
Oh how the road bends
Off the deep end

Mirror, mirror
Is on the shelf
Can't find satisfaction
Til I help myself
Took to the flame
Put the blade away
Here come the lookout
What a price to pay

Chemical euphoria
I'm about to crack
Mass hysteria
Won't get off my back
Chemical euphoria
I'm about to crack
Mass hysteria
Speedin' up the heart attack

Chemical euphoria
Chemical euphoria

Chemical euphoria

Ο τρίτος "ολοκληρωμένος" δίσκος των Armored Saint έφερε τον τίτλο "Raising Fear". Κυκλοφόρησε τον Αύγουστο του 1987 και είχε την (πολύ δύσκολη) αποστολή να διαδεχθεί δύο εξαιρετικά άλμπουμ, το "March of the Saint" και το "Delirious Nomad".

Τα κατάφερε; Ναι! Είναι καλύτερο ή ισάξιο των δύο πρώτων; Σε καμία περίπτωση, αλλά τα κοιτά στα μάτια χωρίς να... ντρέπεται! Το τραγούδι "Chemical Euphoria" είναι το επιλογικό της πρώτης πλευράς του βινυλίου. Στην παρούσα ανάρτηση θα παρακολουθήσουμε τους Armored Saint να το αποδίδουν "ζωντανά" προ ημερών (29 Οκτωβρίου 2024) στο Seattle...

Δελτίο τύπου: «Leaders and stalwarts of the American heavy metal scene since the early 80s, Armored Saint's eighth full-length Punching The Sky sees them returning hard.

A diverse, attitude-drenched collection, it's everything the band's faithful have come to expect from them while pushing their signature sound forward.

"The goal is to write really good music. I know I'm stating the obvious here but that's about the size of our agenda", says bassist Joey Vera.

"We've been able to shed a lot of expectations that sometimes plague a band like ours that has been around a long time and we've recently moved into a comfort zone with just being ourselves.

We have this kind of freedom now that we didn't really have early in our career, and we can take some chances and make the kind of music that we want to hear. This record is a reflection of where we are at, right now."

Exploding to life with the crunchy, rousing "Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants" and not letting up until the closing ruthless riff of "Never You Fret", the record is possessed of an urgency and vigor which very much places it in the right now, but could only be the work of Vera, guitarists Phil Sandoval and Jeff Duncan, drummer Gonzo Sandoval and vocalist John Bush.

"When you're a band that began four decades ago, you really have to push yourself harder than ever when it comes to making a new record", states Bush.

"The last thing you ever want is for it to appear as though you were going through the motions or that you're just putting a product out to do some touring.

The records are immortal. They'll be here long after us. Every one needs to count in its own individual way."»