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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Extazy
Tamtrum Lyrics

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Give me some extazy...
Give me some extazy...

I lick some god tears
Another place to hide

Give me some extazy...
Give me some extazy...

Extazy
Extazy
Extazy, to be free!

But god dislikes when we stand in his garden
He will punish myself
And now I have no place to hide

I must return on earth
I must go back in hell

Go back in hell
I must return on earth

I must return on earth
I must go back in hell

I must return on earth
I must go back in hell

I must return on earth
I must go back in hell

I must return on earth
I must go back in hell

I must return on earth
I must go back in hell

I must return on earth
I must go back in hell

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Tamtrum's song “Extazy” are about a desire to escape from reality and experience a state of ecstasy through drug use. The repetition of the phrase “Give me some extazy” emphasizes the desperate need for this escape. The first two lines, “I lick some god tears, another place to hide” suggest that the singer is seeking a divine or spiritual experience, and that the ecstasy will provide a temporary safe haven from their troubles.

However, the next verse suggests that this escape is not entirely without consequence; “But god dislikes when we stand in his garden/He will punish myself/And now I have no place to hide.” The punishment is not further explained, but it is clear that the singer is now unable to find refuge in the ecstasy they craved. The repeated phrase “I must return to earth, I must go back in hell” echoes the sense of despair that comes from being unable to escape their troubles.

Overall, the lyrics to “Extazy” explore the paradoxical desire to escape from reality through intoxication, while recognizing that this escape may not be entirely without consequence. The repeated refrain of “Give me some extazy” creates a sense of urgency and desperation that underlines the theme of seeking an escape.

Line by Line Meaning

Give me some extazy...
I want to experience ecstasy or a state of extreme happiness and excitement.

I lick some god tears
I am indulging in something forbidden or taboo, like consuming the tears of a deity.

Another place to hide
I am seeking a place of refuge or escape from reality.

Extazy, to be free!
Ecstasy represents freedom and liberation from constraints or limitations.

But god dislikes when we stand in his garden
Divine authority disapproves of us enjoying ourselves in certain ways or places, like a garden that belongs to a deity.

He will punish myself
God will enact retribution upon me for defying his rules or wishes.

And now I have no place to hide
I am facing the consequences of my actions and can no longer find refuge or comfort anywhere.

I must return on earth
I have to come back to reality and face the consequences of my indulgences.

I must go back in hell
Metaphorically, returning to reality is like being in a hellish state, with no escape from the repercussions of my choices.

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