Being involved in various brutal and violent black metal / electro metal ba… Read Full Bio ↴Being involved in various brutal and violent black metal / electro metal bands (MANDRAGOR, LUCKY STRIKER 201, etc.) or having toured as live members of PUNISH YOURSELF, Benoit Sixteen and Sylvicious decided once upon a day in the year 2003 to explore the vast world of computer-generated music – an exciting new means for them to express their inner rage. TAMTRUM was born. Since then, the population of the once peaceful village of Aix-en-Provence in the south of France lives in fear and panic. The bloodthirsty animals of TAMTRUM continue to grow and feed on provocation, perversion and sonic mutilations. They progress faster than a virus and have spread their infectious harsh elektro tunes all over the country. One year later, their debut album «Some Atomik Songz» was released and TAMTRUM’s noise could no longer be stopped and invaded the entire European continent.

TAMTRUM is perpetually on the road for an unholy quest to summon more victims. Their ultra-powerful frantic live performances receive the unanimity of outstanding votes: TAMTRUM are above all a live band! And the use of fire-blowing, strip-tease shows and other fluo-chemical performances on stage reinforce their forceful, uncompromising and decadent image.

Before setting off to play some major European festivals, TAMTRUM still managed the time to release the «Versus» split-album with the other French band LOK-8.

In 2005, the duo was joined by old colleague Fixhead, and the TAMTRUM monster was once again locked in the studio to work on a new album. The band also made some eye-catching blitzkrieg appearances on several compilations that propelled TAMTRUM onto the playlists of every club across the world with their mega-hit «Le Son De La Pluie».

With a punk spirit, a «sex, drugs’n industrial» attitude, a dark goth/metal look, harsh elektro sequences, distorted screams and locomotive drum patterns TAMTRUM is here to shake your ass! Described by many as the most promising and fastest rising French underground talent of the moment, TAMTRUM often gets compared music-wise to a band like HOCICO with a rather MANSONesque attitude… Their music and lyrics (in French & English) are morbid, disturbing, nasty, sick, noisy and per definition hyper-danceable.

Their next hi-energy and merciless aggressive assault is planned for release in the spring of 2006 on the band’s new label Alfa Matrix, before the band starts another fucking bloody and shocking tour on speed across Europe… Keep the fainthearted kids secluded at home – heads will fall and clubs will burn, burn, burn!

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Cujus Animam Gementem
Tamtrum Lyrics

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Me vois-tu sur
Cette croix de bois?
Ressens-tu
Cette souffrance
Qui déchire mon âme?
Vois-tu
Cette femme
Qui pleure à mes pieds?

Des larmes de sang
Coulent sur son visage.
Je ne peux contenir
Cette haine
Qui bouillone au tréfond
De mes entrailles.

They are all ugly,
They are all shout.
Their hartred is contagious,
I'm becoming like them.
God, if you hear me
Know that I regret.
Know that I regret
To be your son today.
Your number one kamikaze is afraid...
Heaven awaits me, but no way!
I will be there all alone,
Forever and ever
They think you made
Them in your image.
Thanks God: No.
In blood they trust.

Father, deliver me from Evil.
Amen!

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Tamtrum's song Cujus Animam Gementem are poignant and emotional. The song's lyrics describe a person's turmoil, who is suffering from intense physical and emotional pain. The singer asks if someone can see them on the wooden cross and feel the pain that is tearing their soul apart. The person on the cross looks at the woman crying at their feet, and tears of blood are flowing on her face. The singer says that they cannot contain the hate that is boiling deep inside them.

In the next verse, the lyrics describe the singer's disdain for humanity. They see everyone as ugly and loud, and their hatred is contagious, which is influencing the singer as well. The singer then addresses God, expressing their regret for being his son in these times and not being able to follow his path. They feel like a kamikaze, who may end up alone in heaven forever. Then comes the line that they don't think that humans are made in God's image but trust only on blood. The singer ends the song with a plea to their father to deliver them from evil.

The song's lyrics are an intense and emotional plea to a higher authority to alleviate the turmoil one is facing. The song is a reflection of the emotions one undergoes due to extreme pain and hatred. It describes a fragile state of mind that leads to despair.

Line by Line Meaning

Me vois-tu sur Cette croix de bois?
Can you see me on this wooden cross?

Ressens-tu Cette souffrance Qui déchire mon âme?
Do you feel the pain that's tearing my soul apart?

Vois-tu Cette femme Qui pleure à mes pieds?
Can you see this woman who's crying at my feet?

Des larmes de sang Coulent sur son visage.
Tears of blood are streaming down her face.

Je ne peux contenir Cette haine Qui bouillone au tréfond De mes entrailles.
I can't contain this hatred that's boiling deep inside of me.

They are all ugly, They are all shout.
They are all repulsive, They are all screaming.

Their hartred is contagious, I'm becoming like them.
Their hatred is infectious, I'm starting to become like them.

God, if you hear me Know that I regret.
God, if you're listening k now that I repent.

Know that I regret To be your son today.
I regret being your child right now.

Your number one kamikaze is afraid...
You're most devoted follower is scared...

Heaven awaits me, but no way!
Heaven is waiting for me, but I refuse!