Followed by MESSA DA REQUIEM hardly a year later, the mini album hits the top of the European Alternative Charts. It is celebrated “Record of the Year” of the DUTCH ALTERNATIVE CHARTS (DUC) after three months’ constantly holding the top position. The song GROUND ZERO establishes itself as a club hit overnight skilfully linking hard electronics with an oriental theme. For the first time here, THE RETROSIC is enriched by the classical singing of soprano Zaide who gives the EP its name quoting passages from the requiem by Verdi under the same name.
2002 and the following year also sees the band challenging various remix works for BRUDERSCHAFT, CLAN OF XYMOX and a collaboration with [:SITD:] feat. Cyrus on vocals for the comic-soundtrack ERYNIS with the song DECOY and on the RETROSIC-Remix for LAUGHING STOCK.
Almost two years after MESSA DA REQUIEM, THE RETROSIC's second full-time release is brought to daylight with GOD OF HELL. Harsh arrangements combined with biting vocals remain the immovable centre of THE RETROSIC, now expanding to a fully band line-up behind Cyrus. But the electronic surrounding is meeting more exceptional instrumentalisation than ever before and resulting into an enormous number of established club hits: In THE STORM’s Indian flutes open the album and martial military drums and ethereal boys’ choirs rise in the final part of MANEATER. DRAGONFIRE links industrial elements with wide trombones, whereas ELYSIUM apparently leaves the electronical context completely to make room for Oriental rhythms. It is this song, which again features Zaide’s singing as its centrepiece.
GOD OF HELL´s chosen to become the most successful electro release 2004 at the German Alternative Charts (DAC) and also RETROSIC's first album released in North America.
After 2 years of work the highly-awaited follower to GOD OF HELL will be released in summer 2006. NIGHTCRAWLER will take you on a trip to the inevitable, your fear of the dark – where the creatures of the night hide their faces so that you have never noticed them – until now.
Discography:
2001 – PROPHECY (album)
2002 – MESSA DA REQUIEM (mini-album)
2004 – GOD OF HELL (album)
2006 – NIGHTCRAWLER (album)
Maneater
The Retrosic Lyrics
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I've never felt so real
A leather belt to suppress
What no one is gonna heal
I hunger for your life
I hunger for your soul
I hunger for your body
Maneater - Grim Reaper
I'm searching for whom is ripe
The fat and virgin type
To swallow all these sins
They carry beneath their skin
I eat their raw flesh
I drink their blood as wine
And that way their
Goddamned souls get mine
The Retrosic's song Maneater is a dark and brooding exploration into the mind of a serial killer. The lyrics ponder on a sense of incompleteness that the singer feels and how they hope to achieve happiness and control by hunting and killing their human prey. The lyrics reveal the singer's strong desire for power over his victim's lives and souls, which are portrayed as a sick and twisted sense of completion.
The line "a leather belt to suppress, what no one is gonna heal" suggests that the singer is trying to suppress their emotional pain and trauma by inflicting it on others. The lyrics "I hunger for your life, soul and body" show how the singer becomes fixated on the idea of control over the lives and deaths of their victims. The refrain "Maneater - Grim Reaper" hints at the singer's monstrous nature, portraying them as almost supernatural in their ability to stalk and kill their prey.
Overall, the lyrics to Maneater offer a terrifying insight into the twisted mindset of a serial killer, who gets fulfillment from taking the lives of others. It is a chilling reminder of the darkness that lies within us all.
Line by Line Meaning
I've never felt completeness
I have never experienced a sense of wholeness or contentment in life
I've never felt so real
This intense desire I have now makes me feel more alive than ever before
A leather belt to suppress
I use a leather belt as a tool to conceal the pain that no one will ever be able to help me heal from
What no one is gonna heal
What I'm dealing with is so deeply rooted that nobody has the power to fix or cure me
I hunger for your life
I crave your existence and want to absorb it into my own
I hunger for your soul
I desire to obtain your spiritual essence and power
I hunger for your body
My desires are not only limited to your soul, but also to your physical being
I wanna gain control
I want to have power and authority over you
Maneater - Grim Reaper
I am a dangerous predator that will consume and take over everything in my path
I'm searching for whom is ripe
I am on the lookout for the most vulnerable prey to satisfy my cravings
The fat and virgin type
I typically target those who are inexperienced and easily manipulated, with a preference for larger body types
To swallow all these sins
My goal is to take in and absorb all the bad karma and negativity from my victims
They carry beneath their skin
These individuals have deep-seated issues and internal pain that they carry beneath the surface
I eat their raw flesh
I devour their physical being to obtain power and energy
I drink their blood as wine
I take their soul and essence by drinking their blood, as if it were the finest wine
And that way their Goddamned souls get mine
By consuming my victims, I gain more power and control over their very being and soul
Contributed by Dominic C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
YAK0SEI
All these years later and I still enjoy this song.
ollihp
Loving the RetroSick beats
Scarlet Rojas
Love it
X3MCTZN
I always playd this while battling Andariel in HELL dificulty with my Zealer !!
X3MCTZN
@Masis B
Indeed and this song goes pretty well with it ;) tried it sometimes ^^
Dogpill Supremacy
Classic game!
Eskild Trulsen
Thanks! Love it! It was my friend Roar that gave me the link - all glory to him! <3
Whyt3wyrm
I've been listening to this everyday for a week.
Torsten Kinzel
hell yeah, fav music!😁😈 ^^🤘🔊🎶🎹🖤
Nebel Welten
"...die Leichenteile sammelt er nicht..."
"Warum behält er sie dann?"
"...er behält sie nicht...er isst sie auf..."
Red Dragon (2002)
Retrosic! <3