Rock – Because it Matters
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ROCK – BECAUSE IT MATTERS
ACHILLA’S
MUSIC IS:• CLASSIC BUT MODERN• CATCHY BUT MUSICALLY
CHALLENGING• MELODIC & HEAVY• POPULAR BUT UNIQUE
SOUNDING• INFLUENCED BY VARIOUS MUSICAL STYLES
“I THINK YOU ARE AN EXCELLENT SINGER. I BELIEVE YOU ARE CLOSE TO WHAT KATE BUSH WOULD SOUND LIKE IF SHE WORKED WITH A BAND WHO WERE A MIXTURE OF LACUNA COIL, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE AND PANIC ROOM. I'D SAY YOUR LYRICS ARE MELANCHOLICALLY INCITEFUL AND INTROSPECTIVELY ARTICULATE.”
MALCOLM DOME(METAL HAMMER, CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE, TOTALROCK RADIO)
“CHRIST! THAT’S WINDOW
SHATTERING”
PETER ALLEN(BBC RADIO 5 LIVE)
ON MARTAMARIA’S GUINNESS VOCAL RANGE WORLD
RECORD“YOUR VOICE IS BRILLIANT!!! I
WOULD LIKE TO LISTEN TO YOU
AGAIN, AGAIN AND AGAIN...”
ANDRZEJ KUSKY(PRO-RADIO, POLAND)
ACHILLA QUOTES
ACHILLA LYRICS:THE ‘TIMELESS’ ALBUM CONTAINS TWELVE SONGS, OF WHICH ELEVEN HAVE LYRICS (ONE IS A SHORT INSTRUMENTAL INTERLUDE). TEN ARE WRITTEN BY MARTAMARIA (ACHILLA’S SINGER) AND ONE, CALLED ‘ARASHI’, IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN HER AND MIROSLAW D.
THE CENTRAL THEME OF THE LYRICS IS ABOUT PUTTING THE NATURE AND THE HUMAN NATURE PARALLEL BY USING METAPHORS AND OTHER POETIC TOOLS. IN THE LYRICS, WORDS OF PASSION ARE OFTEN USED.
TIMELESSTIMELESS MEANS TO CAPTURE THE ABSTRACT CONCEPT OF ‘TIME’. “PAST MEETS FUTURE/GIVING PRESENT/IT’S A
GIFT/IT IS THIS MOMENT” “CLOCKS ARE OUT OF BEAT/TIME BEGINS TO
BREATH”
ARASHIPOETIC DESCRIPTION OF A STORM, DESCRIBING IT STARTING WITH THE ‘CALM BEFORE THE STORM’ IN THE VERSE “PERFECT SILENCE/NOTHING'S
MOVING/EVERYTHING’S ALERT”CHORUS: WHEN THE TENSION HITS THE THRESHOLD “HOW I WISHED/FOR THE STORM/TO
THROW ALL THE ROCKS AWAY/JUST TO CHANGE/THE SCENE/THAT IT DOESN'T LOOK THE SAME”
“I CAN SEE/THE HEAVENS VEINS/LIKE SILVER THUNDERBOLTS”
THE RAINDROPS START FLOWING FROM THE HEAVENLY VEINS: “SUDDEN SILENCE/HEAVENS OPEN/BLEED
PEARLS THAT RAIN DOWN”
MIRRORSITS CENTRAL THOUGHT IS ‘EYES ARE THE MIRROR OF THE SOUL’, AND THROUGHOUT A PARALLEL IS DRAWN BETWEEN EYES AND MIRRORS, E.G. EYES FUNCTIONING LIKE MIRRORS, USING IT IN A FACTUAL WAY BUT ALSO AS A METAPHOR.FEVERWHEN AN EXTREMELY HIGH TEMPERATURE LEADS TO AMBIENT FEELINGS THAT ARE NOT EASY TO ANALYSE (HOT OR COLD?, DIZZINESS...) THIS IS WHY FEVER CAN EASILY BE COMPARED TO LOVE...
RICHA SIMPLE ROCK TUNE WRITTEN FROM AN ANGRY GIRL’S POINT OF VIEW.(VERY POPULAR WITH YOUNGER ROCK FANS.) “YOU SAY
EVERYTHING IS FINE/BUT IF NOT YOU DON'T MIND/YOU OWN THINGS/YOU COULD BUY/WHAT YOU COULDN'T/YOU WILL TRY TO BUY”
CHORUS: “IT'S A HARD
GAME/BUT YOU STARTED TO PLAY/YOU TOLD ME NO ONE CARES/HOW I FEEL/LIFE IS HARD/YOU KEPT TELLING ME/AND NOW YOU KNOW/WHAT IT MEANS”
THE DEVIL’S EYESTHE MOST CLASSICAL, PROGRESSIVE SONG; THIS IS ABOUT A NIGHTMARE INVOLVING THE DEVIL “I AM FEARLESS/’TILL THE TIME COMES/AND I
START TO FALL ASLEEP/A SHADOW IS MOVING THROUGH MY WALLS/I CAN’T SEE YOUR BODY’S SHAPE”
CHORUS: “FROM YOUR FANTASY/THROUGH YOUR FEAR/I
SNEAK INTO LIFE/YOU MADE ME REAL”
WILD FLOWERA SPONTANEOUS OVERFLOW OF PASSIONATE FEELINGS. THE ‘WILD FLOWER’ IS A MUSICAL REVENGE ON A DISAPPOINTING PERSON “YOU ARE BIGGER THAN ME/BUT YOU AREN’T
STRONGER.” “ROSE LIKE BEAUTY/ROTTEN INSIDE”
YOUR FACEIT’S AN EPIC TUNE ABOUT LOVED ONES WHO ARE GONE BUT ARE STILL MISSED…
HUNTEDA PICTURE PAINTED WITH WORDS HUNTERS-FOLLOWING-A-PACK SCENE, WITH THE CHORUS STATING THE FACT THAN HUMAN CREATORS ARE MORE BEASTS THAN ANIMALS, AS HUMAN ARE ABLE TO KILL FOR PURE JOY.
PAINTHE BALLADE ON THE ALBUM.DRAWING A PICTURE OF THAT FEELING WE CALL: PAIN. “NOTHING HOLDS ME BACK/WHEN I AM ON
MY OWN/I WRITHE UPON THE WALL/SCRATCH UPON THE FLOOR”
VOLCANOA COLOURFUL DESCRIPTION OF THE ERUPTION AND SUBSEQUENT SETTLING OF A VOLCANO.
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