In 1997, the first Ice Ages album, titled "Strike the Ground", was released. In contrast to the orchestral and melancholic atmosphere of Die Verbannten Kinder Evas or the fantasy world of Summoning, this project takes a more aggressive and darker turn.
The second album to be released on Napalm Records in late 2000, "This Killing Emptiness", follows the style of the debut. However, it boasts of a superior sound quality and a more mature writing style that blends ominously with the ever-present deep and distorted voice (and sometimes raw and clearer voice) of Richard Lederer.
In opposite to other releases of the electro scene, the rhythmical structure is more complicated and the tunes are more polyphonic. The aim of Ice Ages is to follow its own typical dark, melodic and sluggish way, and not to follow any modern trends.
After some serious problems with his other projects his whole musical productivity got a huge undesired rest. Anyway this time was not lost, during that time Richard started to deal very intensely with new software synthesizers (mainly with "Reaktor 5") to get more sound possibilities and a wider flexibility of sound creation for Ice Ages. Filled with all those experiences he started to create the new songs in a short time and finally after a delay of 7 years the new album "Buried Silence" is almost completed. The lyrics are again written by Grom, but this time they are especially written for the music, having not existed before and adapted to the music as on the last album.
The new songs follow the style of "This Killing Emptiness"; they are again very dark, slow, and melodic, with a heavy distorted drum-sound, but this time maybe using rougher melodic sounds in most songs and also even increasing in the complexity of the rhythms. the new album will be released end of june again under napalm records.
Enemy Inside
Ice Ages Lyrics
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It's taking you beyond your world, abandoned ever since your birth
It's bringing you nightmares,
it's calling your last hour; your wish to stop this neverending curse
It's killing all your senses
It seals all doors that lead out away from darkened cold and empty cells
Forsaken and forgotten
Forbidden formless lifeless you're doomed to stay alone within this jail
This wish to go
This lust to leave
And never to be
And never to believe it
The pain you have
Inside your mind
Will poison your soul
Will carve deep scars within your heart
Your empty days
Eternal sin
Forever disgraced
Forever compromising
Immortal soul
Your endless road
A torment so cruel
You'll never feel alive
Strophe
Your peace is so fragile
It's fractured into pieces a universe that crumbles into dust
The enemy within
That daily drains your brain.Your only wish, your curse, your only lust
The lyrics to Ice Ages' song "Enemy Inside" speak to the internal struggles and demons that one may face in life. The song portrays this enemy as a force that grows within the person, taking them beyond their own world and haunting them with nightmares, sealing them within a jail of darkness and cold. The chorus expresses the desire to leave this pain and never believe it, to escape the eternal sin that poisons the soul and carves deep scars within the heart.
The second verse speaks to the fragility of peace, as it shatters into pieces like a crumbling universe. The enemy inside daily drains the brain, becoming the only wish, curse, and lust. The song overall paints a dark and painful picture of the inner conflict that someone may face, leading to eternal torment and a feeling of never truly feeling alive.
The lyrics themselves are very metaphorical, using imagery like a jail to describe the feeling of being trapped, and a crumbling universe to describe the fragility of one's peace. The pain and suffering that the enemy inside causes is expressed through words like "poison" and "carve deep scars." Through the lyrics, the song paints a vivid picture of the internal struggle that someone may face, and the hopelessness and despair that can come with it.
Line by Line Meaning
It's growing inside you
There is something inside of you that is expanding and getting larger
It's taking you beyond your world, abandoned ever since your birth
This thing is leading you outside of your comfort zone, which you have not explored since you were born
It's bringing you nightmares, it's calling your last hour; your wish to stop this neverending curse
This entity is causing you to have bad dreams and making you feel like the end is near. You desire for this nightmare to end and for it to never return again
It's killing all your senses
Everything around you is getting muted, and you cannot perceive things as well
It seals all doors that lead out away from darkened cold and empty cells
All the ways out of your despair have been shut and are no longer accessible
Forsaken and forgotten, forbidden formless lifeless you're doomed to stay alone within this jail
You have been left behind and ignored. You feel trapped and lonely in an existence that is bleak and shapeless
This wish to go, This lust to leave, And never to be, And never to believe it
You yearn to escape and leave behind everything without holding any belief that things will improve
The pain you have, Inside your mind, Will poison your soul, Will carve deep scars within your heart
The suffering that you have in your mind will spread and affect you wholly, causing lasting emotional trauma
Your empty days, Eternal sin, Forever disgraced, Forever compromising
Your existence feels meaningless and sinful, and it seems as though you will live in shameful compromise for all time
Immortal soul, Your endless road, A torment so cruel, You'll never feel alive
Your soul may be everlasting, but your path is endless suffering, making you numb to the feeling of being alive
Your peace is so fragile, It's fractured into pieces a universe that crumbles into dust
Your sense of calm is frail, and it is slowly breaking apart. This fissure affects everything and destroys the very foundation of your world
The enemy within, That daily drains your brain. Your only wish, your curse, your only lust
The foe within you wears you down every day, depleting your mental and physical energy. You only want it to end, even as you are cursed to keep enduring this hardship
Writer(s): Richard Lederer Copyright: Iron Avantgarde Publishing Gmbh
Contributed by Adeline P. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Kira Jinrui Shi
Lyrics:
It's growing inside you
It's taking you beyond your world, abandoned ever since your birth
It's bringing you nightmares,
It's calling your last hour; your wish to stop this neverending curse
It's killing all your senses
It seals all doors that lead out away from darkened cold and empty cells
Forsaken and forgotten
Forbidden formless lifeless you're doomed to stay alone within this jail
This wish to go
This lust to leave
And never to be
And never to believe it
The pain you have
Inside your mind
Will poison your soul
Will carve deep scars within your heart
Your empty days
Eternal sin
Forever disgraced
Forever compromising
Immortal soul
Your endless road
A torment so cruel
You'll never feel alive
(Strophe)
Your peace is so fragile
It's fractured into pieces a universe that crumbles into dust
The enemy within
That daily drains your brain.Your only wish, your curse, your only lust
This wish to go
This lust to leave
And never to be
And never to believe
Immortal soul
You are the one
Your enemy inside
You'll never feel alive
Kira Jinrui Shi
Tradução (português):
Está crescendo dentro de você
Está levando você além do seu mundo, abandonado desde o seu nascimento
Está trazendo pesadelos,
Está o ligando para seu último momento; Seu desejo de parar esta maldição eterna
Está matando todos os seus sentidos
Está selando todas as portas que levam para fora das frias, escurecidas e vazias celas
Abandonado e esquecido
Proibido; sem forma, sem vida, você está condenado a permanecer sozinho nesta prisão
Esse desejo de ir
Essa vontade de sair
E nunca ser
E nunca acreditar
A dor que você tem
Dentro de sua mente
Envenenará sua alma
Esculpirá cicatrizes profundas dentro de seu coração
Seus dias vazios
Pecado eterno
Para sempre desonrado
Para sempre comprometido
Alma imortal
Sua estrada sem fim
Um tormento tão cruel
Você nunca se sentirá vivo
(Estrofe)
Sua paz é tão frágil
É fraturado em pedaços em um universo que se desintegra em poeira
Inimigo interno
Que diariamente drena seu cérebro. Seu único desejo, sua maldição, sua única luxúria
Esse desejo de ir
Essa vontade de sair
E nunca ser
E nunca acreditar
Alma imortal
Você é o seu
Único inimigo interior
Você nunca se sentirá vivo
Kira Jinrui Shi
Lyrics:
It's growing inside you
It's taking you beyond your world, abandoned ever since your birth
It's bringing you nightmares,
It's calling your last hour; your wish to stop this neverending curse
It's killing all your senses
It seals all doors that lead out away from darkened cold and empty cells
Forsaken and forgotten
Forbidden formless lifeless you're doomed to stay alone within this jail
This wish to go
This lust to leave
And never to be
And never to believe it
The pain you have
Inside your mind
Will poison your soul
Will carve deep scars within your heart
Your empty days
Eternal sin
Forever disgraced
Forever compromising
Immortal soul
Your endless road
A torment so cruel
You'll never feel alive
(Strophe)
Your peace is so fragile
It's fractured into pieces a universe that crumbles into dust
The enemy within
That daily drains your brain.Your only wish, your curse, your only lust
This wish to go
This lust to leave
And never to be
And never to believe
Immortal soul
You are the one
Your enemy inside
You'll never feel alive
Kira Jinrui Shi
Tradução (português):
Está crescendo dentro de você
Está levando você além do seu mundo, abandonado desde o seu nascimento
Está trazendo pesadelos,
Está o ligando para seu último momento; Seu desejo de parar esta maldição eterna
Está matando todos os seus sentidos
Está selando todas as portas que levam para fora das frias, escurecidas e vazias celas
Abandonado e esquecido
Proibido; sem forma, sem vida, você está condenado a permanecer sozinho nesta prisão
Esse desejo de ir
Essa vontade de sair
E nunca ser
E nunca acreditar
A dor que você tem
Dentro de sua mente
Envenenará sua alma
Esculpirá cicatrizes profundas dentro de seu coração
Seus dias vazios
Pecado eterno
Para sempre desonrado
Para sempre comprometido
Alma imortal
Sua estrada sem fim
Um tormento tão cruel
Você nunca se sentirá vivo
(Estrofe)
Sua paz é tão frágil
É fraturado em pedaços em um universo que se desintegra em poeira
Inimigo interno
Que diariamente drena seu cérebro. Seu único desejo, sua maldição, sua única luxúria
Esse desejo de ir
Essa vontade de sair
E nunca ser
E nunca acreditar
Alma imortal
Você é o seu
Único inimigo interior
Você nunca se sentirá vivo
arcana lysethavis
EXCELLENT!! I am in a deep grieving process right now and this perfectly lifts my spirits. Thank-you so much Richard!!! And thanks for the upload. I am an old fan of Summoning since the early 90's and now a new fan of some Ice Ages. Will be ordering some of their music soon
valdir vieira
Maravilhoso esse som !!!!!!!!!!
HennexDayZ
always fits my mood <3
ANNA C.
I can feel it!!!!!!!!!!
Torsten Kinzel
hell yeah, love it! 😁😈 ^^🤘🖤🎶
windswept23
great!
Les Montres Molles
Genius
Gabriel Montufar
🖤⚙