The band began in 1986 in the northern city of Lille, France. Its first recording was a split CD with the Nice based band Agressor. Their eight albums, on the record labels Semetary/FNAC and Metal13 were influenced by American thrash metal standards, but evolved quickly to include influences from the American death metal scene and eventually changed their style to a groove oriented melodic death metal style. Citing influences such as Slayer, Morbid Angel, Possessed, Death, Venom, Celtic Frost, Destruction, Kreator, Sodom and all Thrash-Death Metal bands from the old school... throughout the years.
The band announced that they were splitting in 1999, but after a support concert to Chuck Schuldiner's Death in 2002, the band reformed with Agressor's leader Alex on guitars. In 2004 the released "Planet Pandemonium" and are still active.
In november 2009, Stéphane and Hervé announced that Alex Lenormand (Locust) and Drakhian (Fornication, Black Dementia, Griffar) joined them respectively on bass and guitar.
Discography:
"Behind the Dark Mist" Demo, 1985
"Ultimate Violence" Demo, 1986
"Licensed To Thrash" Split with Agressor, 1987
"Loudblast" Demo, 1987
"Bazooka Rehearsal" Demo, 1988
"Promo 89" Demo, 1989
"Sensorial Treatment" Full-length, 1989
"Disincarnate" Full-length, 1991
"Cross the Threshold" EP, 1993
"Sublime Dementia" Full-length, 1993
"The Time Keeper" Live album, 1995
"Submission Tour '98" Live album, 1998
"Fragments" Full-length, 1998
"A Taste of Death" Compilation, 1999
"Planet Pandemonium" Full-length, 2004
"Loud, Live And Heavy" Live album & DVD, 2009
Stéphane Buriez (vocals, guitars) and Hervé Coquerel (drums) released a album under the name Clearcut.
In 2001, Coquerel joined the hardcore/metal band Black Bomb A.
Fire and Ice
Loudblast Lyrics
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Ecstasy and pain
No one can resist her chant, it revives desire
Overwhelms your body with longing and incestuous
Sensations
Moment of climax... intense
Preceded with pain... intense
I'm the haunting shadow of desire, between ecstasy and
Pain
My body's nothing but fire, madness and desire
I've become nothing but violence and passion
Between fire and ice
The love I lavish constitutes
An unthinkable experience
Made of sensual pleasure, suffering, delight
My suffering, your pleasure
I'm the haunting shadow of desire, between ecstasy and
Pain
My body's nothing but fire, madness and desire
I've become nothing but violence and passion
Between fire and ice
I'm the haunting shadow of desire, between ecstasy and
Pain
My body's nothing but fire, madness and desire
I've become nothing but violence and passion
Between fire and ice
I've become nothing but violence and passion
Between fire and ice
Between fire and ice
Between fire and ice
The song "Fire and Ice" by Loudblast depicts the internal struggle between pleasure and pain, ecstasy and suffering, fire and ice. The lyrics describe a siren whose captivating chant is impossible to resist. She embodies both the intense longing for pleasure and the overwhelming sensations of pain. The moment of climax is described as both preceded by pleasure and pain, which highlights the masochistic tendencies of the experience.
The singer declares himself to be the haunting shadow of desire, suggesting that he is neither fully in control nor fully submitting to the experience. His body is nothing but fire, madness, and desire, consumed by violence and passion. The love he gives and receives is a paradoxical experience, made up of both sensual pleasure and suffering.
Ultimately, the song is about the complex, contradictory nature of desire and the similarity between pleasure and pain. The singer is caught between these two extremes, unable to choose one over the other, and ultimately consumed by the dualities that define this experience.
Line by Line Meaning
A siren living in a sea of liberties
Describing the subject as a siren living in a world full of personal freedom and choices
Ecstasy and pain
Describes the existence of both pleasure and pain in the experience
No one can resist her chant, it revives desire
The subject has a powerful, irresistible presence that sparks desire in others
Overwhelms your body with longing and incestuous Sensations
The sensations created by this presence engulf the body with a strong, almost taboo desire
Moment of climax...intense
Describing the climax as a highly intense experience
Preceded with pain...intense
The pain that preceded the climax was also highly intense
Preceded with pleasure...masochism, masochism
The pleasure that preceded the climax was of a highly masochistic nature
I'm the haunting shadow of desire, between ecstasy and Pain
Subject describes themselves as a shadow of desire, constantly moving between pleasure and pain
My body's nothing but fire, madness and desire
The subject's body is driven by their passions and desires, consumed by a fiery madness
I've become nothing but violence and passion, Between fire and ice
The subject has become a creature of extremes, driven by both passion and violence, alternating between two extremes
The love I lavish constitutes, An unthinkable experience
The love the subject gives is unconventional and almost unimaginable
Made of sensual pleasure, suffering, delight
The love given is a mixture of pleasure, pain, and joy
My suffering, your pleasure
The subject takes pleasure in the suffering they endure for their partner's gratification
I've become nothing but violence and passion, Between fire and ice
The subject has become a creature of extremes, driven by both passion and violence, alternating between two extremes
I've become nothing but violence and passion, Between fire and ice
The subject has become a creature of extremes, driven by both passion and violence, alternating between two extremes
Between fire and ice
Synonymous with the subject's extremity of emotions and experiences, oscillating between two extremes
Between fire and ice
Synonymous with the subject's extremity of emotions and experiences, oscillating between two extremes
Between fire and ice
Synonymous with the subject's extremity of emotions and experiences, oscillating between two extremes
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Capitol CMG Publishing
Written by: IAN CUSSICK
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