Escuchando las canciones que integran el
single de adelanto del nuevo disco de Blind Guardian me he encontrado con que tanto el título como la letra invitan a pensar en Invernalia, en el perverso Juego de Tronos y, por supuesto, en el Muro de Hielo que nos separa de las salvajes tierras del norte. Habida cuenta del historial de los alemanes en lo tocante a la influencia de otras obras de literatura fantástica lo cierto es que no resulta de extrañar.
"War of Thrones"
Nothing will grow here
Icy fields - blackened sorrow
Legacy of a lost mind
Feed my void
What you're waiting for.
I'm too late,
It is more than a game.
The river reveals
Now I'm in between these lines.
I cannot escape it seems
Sail on, my friend.
[Est:]
All I ever feel is
All I ever see is
Walls they fall
When the march of the others begins.
All I ever feel is
All I ever see is
Rise and fall
When the War of the Thrones shall begin.
While I sit there in silence,
Come and talk to me.
I can't free my mind
It is all I'm begging for.
While I sit there in silence,
Will it ever end?
Will I find what I'm longing for?
Will I ever walk out of shadows so grey?
I'm condemned, I am hallowed
Icy fields they won't hurt anyone
Will you walk with me?
Any further.
There at world's end.
It's me,
I sing.
I cannot escape it seems
Sadly I sing.
[Est.]
Away,
Watch the river it flows.
Now and ever
I cannot believe in more.
And now my time will come
Carry on.
Will I ever learn from the past?
Will I fade away?
Will I ever stay where the shadows will grow?
There is luck at the gallows
I will free my mind
Soon it will show.
Let it rain,
There'll be no spring.
My dream is a mirror
It reveals a matter of lies.
[Est.]
Leave a fee for the tillerman
And the river behind.
Y "A Voice in the Dark", que nos recuerda a Brandon Stark y lo imprudente que resulta espiar a los mayores.
A sense of denial
Come witness my trial,
The crow has turned into a liar.
I’ll live, I may die,
I’ve failed though I’ve tried
But finally I fly.
It is the fool
Who puts faith in false saviors,
The innocent understands
He’s still falling.
And furthermore
He’s now aware,
“Come spread your wings
Awake now”.
The enemy within
Will soon appear.
You’re trapped in my mind,
Ask for the key.
Don’t search for fine lines
There’s no release.
Though I can feel its presence,
There’s a sign to reveal
Then after allm
I’m sure I’ll keep on falling.
They send a sign
When dead winter will come again,
There from the ruins I will rise.
[Est.:]
Fear the voice in the dark,
Be aware now,
Believe in dark wings and dark words.
The shadow returns,
Fear the voice in the dark,
Be aware now.
Black shadows they hide and they wait
But they soon will return.
It will never be the same,
And nothing remains.
I can’t find a way
But I’m facing it
Oh there will be no savior.
I can foresee all the pain,
They are about to creep in.
“Curse me, hate me, hurt me, kill me”
Oh they will rest no longer.
“Paralyzed and frozen,
Free your mind,
You’re broken,
Paralyzed and frozen.
Learn to roam
Don’t look back”
On stunning fields of mayhem,
I will find no relief.
It’s just a dream
I wish that I could tell you.
The vision fades,
There is no sanctuary.
What will go up
Surely comes down.
[Est.]
In vain,
Still I don’t understand.
So talk to me again,
Why do I fear these words?
What keeps holding me back?
I hear a voice,
It comes from everywhere.
“Now find a way
Cause you’re the key
Begin to understand”.
The descending ends.
Now I know I won’t fly again
On through the mist, I’m facing ground.
[Est.]
¿Qué os parece a los sufridos seguidores (por aquello de la tranquilidad de George R. R. Martin a la hora de publicar) de Canción de Hielo y Fuego? Personalmente, además del homenaje a una de las obras de la literatura fantástica actual más grandiosas, el retorno de los Guardian a un sonido con riffs más agresivos pero manteniendo un toque de rock progresivo bastante marcado me ha encantado. En cierto modo me recuerda a las canciones de aquel "Nightfall in Middle Earth" en el que El Silmarillion de Tolkien fue la máxima referencia.
¡Cuidado! Aunque no lo parezca, el invierno se acerca.
¡Felices lectura y audición!
