The Berzerker has produced five full length albums, The Berzerker (2000), Dissimulate (2002), World of Lies (2005), Animosity (2007) and The Reawakening (2008). These were released through Earache Records, with the exception of the latest album, which was released through Berserker Industries. During the early part of their career as a live act, band members were identified only as The Vocalist, The Guitarist, The Bassist and The Drummer, distinguishable on stage only by the masks they wore. However, the group has since abandoned this device.
A DVD documentary, The Principles and Practices of The Berzerker (2004), includes several hours of live concert footage, as well as the first public images of the band members without their masks.
Most of the band's music videos have been banned from broadcast for reasons such as the possible epileptic fit-inducing imagery contained in the video "Forever", and the horrific imagery of "Reality". The latter features graphic images of cadavers and body parts, along with appearances from the band themselves.
Years active: 1995-2010
Failure
The Berzerker Lyrics
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I can feel It call my name
These worlds that I have taken
Will stay with me as lies
No they won't leave their victim
I know that we are on their list of deeds
The decomposing lifeform
Our tortured earthly souls are waiting to be freed
And any killing bird stays to the bitter end
They take the pain
That you have given to me
If only I could bring against this world the feeling of
myself now choking it's not safe you're running from help
If I was blind I'd see the strain of being here embodied
to be a victim of the earth and now I'm trapped inside.
It's too late for us now, the wheels are in motion
Hear broken regrets, I fear you're out of time,
Death is coming, your life's a failure,
Now we're watching as you die.
The Berzerker's song "Failure" conveys a sense of hopelessness and desperation through its lyrics. The phrase "We are what's left behind" suggests that the singer and their companions are the remnants of something that has already been destroyed, possibly by some external force. The line "I can feel it call my name" could be interpreted as the singer feeling a sense of inevitability or fatalism, as if their fate has already been sealed. The idea of the worlds they have taken staying with them as lies implies that they have committed some kind of atrocity or wrongdoing, and that their actions have consequences that will never truly go away. The line "The decomposing lifeform, our tortured earthly souls are waiting to be freed" conjures up images of decay and decayed flesh, as well as a sense of being trapped or confined. The singer seems to believe that they and their companions are at the mercy of some vengeful, malevolent force that wants to torment and destroy them.
The second half of the song shifts towards a more personal, self-destructive tone. The singer mentions feeling as though they are choking and being embodied, perhaps suggesting that they feel trapped inside their own body or mind. The phrase "It's too late for us now, the wheels are in motion" reinforces the sense of fatalism that runs throughout the song. The final lines of the song are particularly bleak, suggesting that the singer (or someone they are addressing) is already dying and that their life has been a failure.
Line by Line Meaning
We are what's left behind
The remnants of our existence is what remains after our death
I can feel It call my name
Death is beckoning me and I can sense it
These worlds that I have taken
The physical possessions I have acquired through my life
Will stay with me as lies
In death, the material possessions will prove to be worthless and false
No they won't leave their victim
The material possessions and lies will continue to haunt my existence even after death
I know that we are on their list of deeds
The cosmic forces have a predetermined plan for our existence and we cannot escape it
The decomposing lifeform
Our physical body is nothing but a decaying form of life
Our tortured earthly souls are waiting to be freed
Our souls long to be released from the physical realm that causes them pain
Their day has only just begun
The cosmic forces are in control and have just started to execute their plan
And any killing bird stays to the bitter end
Death will come for everyone and no one can escape it
They take the pain
Death releases one from the pain of existence in the physical realm
That you have given to me
The physical world has caused me suffering and pain
If only I could bring against this world the feeling of myself now choking it's not safe you're running from help
If I could, I would wreak havoc on this world because I feel suffocated and helpless here
If I was blind I'd see the strain of being here embodied
Even if I were to lose the ability to see, I would still feel the immense burden and trouble of living here
to be a victim of the earth and now I'm trapped inside.
The physical realm and all its troubles have trapped our souls in this mortal form
It's too late for us now, the wheels are in motion
The cosmic plan that governs our existence has already been set in motion and it is too late to change it
Hear broken regrets, I fear you're out of time,
Regret and fear consume us as we realize that our time is running out
Death is coming, your life's a failure,
Death is inevitable and our life will be deemed pointless and futile
Now we're watching as you die.
The cosmic forces observe our demise as we succumb to our preordained fate
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: MATHIAS GREGERSEN, FREDERIK HANSEN, SIMON LUNDVIG
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