In autumn 1993 two new members joined Cemetery of Scream - Artur Oleszkiewicz /guitar/ and Kasia Rachwalik /keyboards/. By the end of July 1994 having taken part in "S'trash'ydlo '94" /the biggest Polish underground festival/, the band again entered the Gamma Studio to register the music for their debut LP/CD/MC "Melancholy".
As it was with "Sameone", also this time the band invited some musician-friends to the studio to work together on the visions of "Melancholy". Piotr Labuzek /the co-producer and sound engineer/ played the keyboards; his work effects are clearly distinct in most of the instrumental compositions. The female voices by Magda Jaglarz and Paulina Piwowarczyk and some guitars solos by Paweł Góralczyk add to overall effect.
His poetry tells about sadness, happiness, beauty, fear and pain - it is like a voyage into the depths of human feelings. Together with the music and layout they make one unite whole. On its account the band already got a video-clip shot for the track called "Anxiety" which was released on the compilation video-movie from Nuclear Blast Records, entitled "Beauty in Darkness". What is worth noticing - it is the fact that C.O.S. was included in this movie among acts such as Lacrimosa, Tiamat, Love Like Blood or Therion. At the same time the piece called "Melancholy" was promoted on the compilation album by the Nuclear Blast, entitled "Souncheck - Series vol.5". Cemetery of Scream has also the pleasure and privilege to be given fine reviews both in its own country and abroad.
The album "Melancholy" was acclaimed the record of the month by the "Aardschok" magazine in Holland, and it took the best score in the German issue of the "Metal Hammer".
At the time the guitarist Artur Oleszkiewicz was soon replaced by Paweł Góralczyk - the man responsible for powerful activities of one of the most impressive bands on the Polish trash-metal scene - the crew playing under the name of Hellias. So, the band lost nothing of its freshness and power which was absolute confirmed by the reviews in metal and rock magazines. The German "Rock Hard" wrote about them-"...Cemetery of Scream from Kraków, Poland is highest quality...!!!". According to the good old tradition, which the band had adopted long ago, this title obviously portrays both the musical and lyrical fields, included in the record.
Needless to say, the layout of the album, precisely designed in very inch, perfectly underlines its mood. The official manufactured of this LP on the international arena was the "Serenades" Records - a German label.
As a preview of the 2001 album "Prelude to a Sentimental Journey" the act recorded an MCD called "Fin de Siecle" .The mood of this EP is inspired by the latest events on the political scene of the present day were where the crises of the century s and are overcome by wars - the wars being financed by the two empires (the war in former Yugoslavia, the war in Tshechenia, and many other conflicts all over the world). The return to decadence seems to be the only protest to this. In November 2004 the band played at Dark Stars Festival Tour 2004. After the tour they started to work on their new album, whose final concept crystallized after the change of the vocalist.
Apocalyptic Visions
Cemetery of Scream Lyrics
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Spaces of the lost hopes of the deprived of feelings faces
The laughing devil is disappearin' in the clouds of smoke spiderweb
Life is running 'way against the sad light of the day the left shreds in my hands
Blood in the empty, forgotten tins cut off heads, strange creations of the nature
The bulbs, black lights from under the vault acrid teste of blood in mouth
I found oneself death in the room tangled hands like shoots of vine
The grimace of scream has twisted my face anxiety in the death and cold eyes
The lyrics of Cemetery of Scream's song Apocalyptic Visions paint a picture of a desolate and forsaken world, where the singer is searching for their "real imaginary world". The empty spaces of the sunset are filled with lost hopes and faces deprived of feelings. The laughing devil fades away into smoke and spiderweb, leaving only life running away against the sad light of the day, with shredded remnants in the singer's hands. The world is filled with blood in forgotten tins and strange creations of nature, including black lights from under the vault that give an acrid taste of blood in the mouth.
The singer then discovers themselves facing death, tangled hands like shoots of vine, with a twisted grimace of scream and anxiety in their cold eyes. The tyrant of life has triumphed, leaving the singer in a world that is dark and hopeless.
Overall, the lyrics suggest a feeling of despair and a longing for something that cannot be found in the world. It speaks to the human search for meaning and purpose, and the difficulty of finding those things in a world that can be cruel and unforgiving.
Line by Line Meaning
Where is my real imaginary world?
I am searching for a world that exists only in my imagination.
Empty spaces of the sunset
The sunset represents the emptiness of my search.
Spaces of the lost hopes of the deprived of feelings faces
I see the faces of those who have lost hope and are devoid of emotion in these empty spaces.
The laughing devil is disappearin' in the clouds of smoke spiderweb
The devil, who once laughed at my search, is disappearing into the smoke and shadows.
Life is running 'way against the sad light of the day the left shreds in my hands
I feel like life is slipping away from me, leaving me with only the sad remnants of what was once bright.
Blood in the empty, forgotten tins cut off heads, strange creations of the nature
I see symbols of violence and death, like blood in abandoned containers and severed heads, which exist despite being strange and unnatural.
The bulbs, black lights from under the vault acrid teste of blood in mouth
I see harsh, dim lighting shining from beneath a vault, leaving a bitter taste in my mouth.
I found oneself death in the room tangled hands like shoots of vine
I found myself in a room with death metaphorically represented as vines tangling around me.
The grimace of scream has twisted my face anxiety in the death and cold eyes
The image of death has filled me with anxiety and twisted my face into a grimace, while the cold eyes of the dead stare back at me.
The tyrant of life triumphed
Despite my search for a different world, life's harsh realities have won out as the tyrant of my existence.
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