Iced Earth - Travel In Stygian

TRAVEL  IN  STYGIAN 

En 1991 los estadounidenses Iced EArth publicaban su segundo album de estudio, "Night Of The Stormrider" uno de esos grandes discos que ayudaban a poner las bases en lo que sería una mezcla de estilos, heavy metal, thrash metal y power metal unen fuerzas en este disco, que siendo de 1991 era de los que abrian este concepto, de los primeros en experimentar de esta manera tan evidente, sin renunciar a ninguno de ellos. Cabe destacar el trabajo vocal de John Greely, que solo ha participado en esta obra para la banda, con una capacidad vocal enorme, con una forma de interpretar absolutamente perfecta para la obra. Otro disco que merece la pena de inicio a fin, y fijandome hoy en el fin de la misma quiero dejar en el blog el temazo que la cierra, "Travel in Stygian", una de esas canciones largas, (casi diez minutos), pero que se te hacen cortas, un auténtico viaje sonoro que dejaba bien clara la capacidad compositiva de la banda y el potencial de lo que estaba por venir, una canción de la que dejo un enlace a youtube.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hldz3yfNMI0 

 

Through the flames I watch
As you plead on your knees
The reaper awaits

The ride that you take
Through the lake, lake of flames
Will decide your fate

Was all of it worth eternal pain
The path you chose to live in vain
The river Styx is calling your number
The hot winds of Hell breathe your name

[Bridge:]
On the night that it came to me
It was like nothing I'd ever seen
A vision darker than death itself
A violent cloud straight from the depths of hell
And that's when I saw my destiny
As it approached I was frozen still
I couldn't move, couldn't scream for help
Out of the darkness it reached for me
And that's when it planted the evil seed
And that's when I saw my destiny

[Chorus:]
Travel in Stygian
The damned scream my name
Travel in Stygian
I can't repent it's too late
Travel in Stygian
Hot winds blow upon me
Travel in Stygian
No remorse it's too late

[Bridge:]
The henchman awaits you
Yes that's right, step aboard
We have a very long journey
You owe us
You got what you wanted
In your mortal life
Now your soul is in our grasp
It's time

Riding on the hot winds of hell
Traveling down in the ship of pain
I chose this fate no turning back
The river Styx has called for me. 

By Nash