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PRESENTS Title: Arde
Release Date: December 23rd 2013
Label: Fuck the Alternative Records
Format: CD, LP, Digital Download
Chart Run: 24-9-11-10-5-6-19-21
Sales: 1,213,000+
Certifications: Platinum
ARDE is the first full-lenght album by the american metal band HERO(IN). The work for the album started back in 2012 and the recordings began on February 2013. The album was recorded from February until June 2013 and was co-produced by the band and Steve Rosenfield (best known for his work with the Tom Wheels Band). It was recorded and mixed at the La Muerte Studios, San José, Costa Rica. Arde (latin for Burn) includes very different styles and genres...from latin folk to extreme metal. It's not a concept album, but the most part of the album has war-themed lyrics, specifically, about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Tracklist:
1. Ritos de Guerra (Instrumental) [1:17]
2. United Slaves Of America [4:29]
3. Bullet To The Head [4:53]
4. Unconstitutional [4:11]
5. The Torturer [4:20]
6. Soldiers Of God [6:35]
7. Dirty Glory [3:58]
8. Arde [5:17]
9. Falling Empire [3:48]
10. Insanity [6:31]
11. Nothing You Are [4:13]
* Click on each track's title to hear them!
Credits:
Produced, engineered and mixed by HERO(IN) and Steve Rosenfield.
Mastered by Steve Rosenfield.
Recorded, mixed and mastered at La Muerte Studios, San José.
All songs written by Mike Haley & Dave Moreno except Track 1 written by Paulo Dolabella
and Track 8 written by Dave Moreno.
Musicians:
Mike Haley - Lead Vocals
Paulo Dolabella - All Guitars
Dave Moreno - Bass & Backing Vocals
Mark Hamilton - Drums & Percussion
Singles from the album:
2012 - United Slaves Of America [#7]
2012 - Unconstitutional [Free Download]
2013 - Bullet To The Head [#DNC]
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Track 01
Ritos de Guerra
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The introduction-track. It starts with some screams and war samples. It has latin-folk drumbeats with some powerful guitar solos.
Lyrics:
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Track 02
United Slaves Of America
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A good song. We wrote this song against the US Government. I began writting after the Irak War but finished it last year. I think the Government won't like this song too much haha, but we don't give a fuck. We have a lot of political songs for our debut album and this is one of them. The music is very heavy / extreme, influenced by bands like Sepultura and Blood Of Wecz. Hope you like it!" - Dave Moreno.
This is an extreme / hardcore song with deep growl screams, fast drumbeats and power-metal style guitar solos.
Lyrics:
Wear a victim's mask to become the killer
Commit a crime to punish another
In the middle of secret intentions
From all the sides more innocent die
While millions starve and slavery spreads
Billions are spent to encourage wars
Crimes against humanity
Committed in the name of the people
Guitar Solo: Paulo
Who do you think you are
To invade our homes and take our lives?
Who do you think you are
To take our lands?
Destroy a nation to search the enemy
Is an unjustifiable slaughter of arrogance
We're your slaves
We must unite...To fight!
We're the united slaves of America
Now come here and join us!
Guitar Solo: Paulo
United Nations?
What is the sense of these words?
Where is the freedom of speech if the law is
'You're with us or against us'?
Respect the human rights
Respect our fucking life!
You always send the poor to die
In godforsaken lands
Where you went for the fortunes,
The fortunes of war
Guitar Solo: Paulo
We're your slaves
We must unite...To fight!
We're the united slaves of America
To build a true land of the free
We need to save the rest of our humanity
Before the men with the power
Erase the last traces of our dignity
There are no winners in wars...
You always send the poor to die
In godforsaken lands
Where you went for the fortunes,
The fortunes of war
Guitar Solo: Paulo
We're your slaves
We must unite...To fight!
We're the united slaves of America
Now come here and join us!
Voices:
Clean
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Track 03
Bullet To The Head
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"One of the wildest songs I've ever composed . It's really influenced by the Speed Metal style, it remembers me of first Megadeth. The lyrics were written by Mike, with them, he tells the story of an american soldier left alone on a godforsaken desert, probably Iraq or something like that. The song has a lot of frentic guitar solos and a lot of growl and screams too." - Dave Moreno.
An old-school Thrash Metal song, influenced by the 80's powerful Speed Metal with a lot of fast guitar chords and riffs.
Lyrics:
In desert alone
I know no one will come
Desperation’s killing me inside
Praying to survive
Facing death alone
What would you do?
Guitar Solo: Paulo
I ask god for answers
Why I’m chosen
To suffer to no certain end
Stranded with no hope
Left alone
What can I do?
Chorus:
Bullet to the head
It’s coming...
Bullet to the head
It’s coming…
For me!
Guitar Solo: Paulo
Salvation won’t come
I’m alone
Could not get out
Of this nightmare
Locked and loaded
I’m running
There’s no place to hide
Keep running
Won’t escape from this hell
Chorus:
Bullet to the head
It’s coming...
Bullet to the head
It’s coming…
For me!
Through blood seas
And death sands
There’s no hope no faith
I pray to the heavens
And ask why?
Why I’m chosen
To die this day
Locked and loaded
I’m running
There’s no place to hide
Keep running
Won’t escape from this hell
Guitar Solo: Paulo
Chorus:
Bullet to the head
It’s coming...
Bullet to the head
It’s coming…
For me!
Voices:
Clean
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Track 04
Unconstitutional
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"This song is fucking wild. Very influenced by the New Wave of American Heavy Metal. The lyrics are simple. With them you realize we fucking hate the politicians and all that shit. Mike made a great vocal performance for this song, changing from clean into growl voices and screams." - Dave Moreno.
This song is really influenced by modern-metal like the American New Wave and it has a lot of progressive and complex touches.
Lyrics:
Suicidal leaders taking us to self-destruction
Mother fuckers of the parliament
Fucking liars of the government
Chorus:
Unconstitutional
You’re the scum
Unconstitutional
You’re the filth
Unconstitutional
You’re our real enemy
Never fighting for freedom
Never defending our rights
Just fighting for riches
Just defending their lies
Chorus:
Unconstitutional
You’re the scum
Unconstitutional
You’re the filth
Unconstitutional
You’re our real enemy
Fighting to non-existent enemies
Weapons of mass destruction
Where are them?
Where is the truth?
Why did you send the poor?
Chorus:
Unconstitutional
You’re the scum
Unconstitutional
You’re the filth
Unconstitutional
You’re our real enemy
Shit of every government
Never searching peace
Killing you and killing me
Fucking scum of society
Their truth is full of lies
They kill and betray us
Without shame or regret
Never fighting for freedom
Never defending our rights
Just fighting for riches
Just defending their lies
Chorus:
Unconstitutional
You’re the scum
Unconstitutional
You’re the filth
Unconstitutional
You’re our real enemy
Guitar Solo: Paulo
Confusing you with words
Hiding in disguises
Forging images with lies
Chorus:
Unconstitutional
You’re the scum
Unconstitutional
You’re the filth
Unconstitutional
You’re our real enemy
Voices:
Clean
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Track 05
The Torturer
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"Love this tune. Very dark and heavy, it scares me haha...It has some progressive rythm-changes and a lot of blast-beats courtesy of the great Mark. The initial riff is just awesome, very catchy, like the old Megadeth." - Dave Moreno.
It starts as a mid-tempo Thrash Metal song with strong and catchy riffs but then it turns into a chaotic Extreme tune with blast beats and fast riffs.
Lyrics:
I'm coming for you
Know, you can not escape
Run if you want
But I'll get you
Wherever you are
I'm the hand of evil on Earth
Half human, half beast
No feelings or regrets
Death is my slave
Guitar Solo: Paulo
Chorus:
I’ll make you suffer
Suffer to no end
You’ll pray for death
You would love to be dead
I’m possessed
Possessed by darkness
My soul is rotten
My heart is dead
I just want to hear you screaming
My goal is to feel your pain
I’ll push you to impossible limits
And you’ll wish you had never been born
Chorus:
I’ll make you suffer
Suffer to no end
You’ll pray for death
You would love to be dead
Guitar Solo: Paulo
Where’s your god now?
I can’t see his hand
In this desert land
You’re drowning in blood
And salvation won’t come
Guitar Solo: Paulo
Chorus:
I’ll make you suffer
Suffer to no end
You’ll pray for death
You would love to be dead
Voices:
Clean
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Track 06
Soldiers Of God
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"I think it's the anthem of the album. A really dark song with a some arabic melodies, like the Qanun sample-introduction and some acoustic guitars backwards. Its powerful chorous is really catchy and I'm sure it one of the bests we've written so far...The lyrics talk about the jihadist fighters." - Dave Moreno.
Mid-Tempo Progressive tune with arabic and acoustic melodies. Its chorous has a lot of arabic-touches and some choral work. It's also some orchestral accompaniment.
Lyrics:
You came to our holy home
To our sacred lands
And destroyed our world
With evil hands
Here’s no place
For the weak
No regrets
Never looking back
March through this hell
To reach the eternal light
This is time
Now we march
We do not fear
Chorus:
We are the soldiers of god
Coming to claim what’s our
We don’t feel fear or pain
We’re standing ready for death
Fight and die
No rejection
Holy war
Defend our nations
Fight and die
For salvation
Eternal glory
Is our revelation
You can not defeat us
We fight with holy hands
God is on our side
Know we will reign again
Chorus:
We are the soldiers of god
Coming to claim what’s our
We don’t feel fear or pain
We’re standing ready for death
Guitar Solo: Paulo
Chorus:
We are the soldiers of god
Coming to claim what’s our
We don’t feel pain or fear
We’re standing still
Fight and die
No rejection
Holy war
Defend our nations
Fight and die
For salvation
Eternal glory
Is our revelation
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Track 07
Dirty Glory
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"A simple but fast and powerful song. A Nü Metal style with very distorted guitars and a very saturated sound of the bass. The lyrics?...obviously they are about war, more specifically, about a condecorated american-soldier who doesn't agree of being called a hero." - Dave Moreno.
Extreme and fast song with one main riff repeated during the entire song. The one and only song from the album not to feature a guitar solo.
Lyrics:
Killed some and saved some
A hero they called me
But I know it is not
Something to be proud
Became almighty, treated like a god
Immortal in their memories
But this is not right
Dirty glory on my mind
For killing and torturing innocent
I’m treated like superior kind
I can’t understand why
Chorus:
Dirty glory made of false heroes
There is no feat in war
Nobody really wins
A hero of war they called me
But just a soldier that fought for himself
I am really
Don’t care about my flag
In the jungle I had to kill to survive
Nothing else matters
It’s to kill or to be killed
Chorus:
Dirty glory made of false heroes
There is no feat in war
Nobody really wins
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Track 08
Arde
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"My fucking masterpiece. The title-track is totally sung in Spanish and it has the most-powerful chorous of the album. It makes you angry haha! Frentic, fast, heavy but very, very melodic. I had to teach Mike this language as he didn't know it...It was very hard work but it was worth it." - Dave Moreno.
A spanish-sung Hardcore song with a very heavy and 'angry' chorous. It starts off with very fast guitar melodies and then all hell breaks loose.
Lyrics:
Tiempos de guerra y oscuridad
El hambre asesina la humanidad
Pero nunca sabrás la verdad
Nunca lo descubirás
Chorus:
Arde
Tu vida y el mundo
Arde
Tu alma y destino
Arde
En camino al abismo
Va la humanidad
Guitar Solo: Paulo
Sigue peleando esa es la orden
Mata al enemigo no importa por qué
No preguntes ni pares un segundo
Sigue peleando hasta el final
Chorus:
Arde
Tu vida y el mundo
Arde
Tu alma y destino
Arde
En camino al abismo
Va nuestra sociedad
La oscuridad nos acecha
La muerte reina
No más esperanza
En estas tierras
Guitar Solo: Paulo
Chorus:
Arde
Tu vida y el mundo
Arde
Tu alma y destino
Arde
En camino al abismo
Va la humanidad
No hay luz al final del camino
Solo tinieblas y sangre
El mundo caerá
Y sólo el dolor permanecerá
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Track 09
Falling Empire
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"One of the latest songs we recorded. Mike wrote the lyrics on his home and one day he took them to the rehearsal. I composed the music for them in just some minutes and it's still a good song." - Dave Moreno.
Influenced by Crossover and Groove Metal styles like Sepultura, this song is a blast changing from slow, mid and fast tempos in a short time. It starts off with military drums and some war sounds.
Lyrics:
The damned gather on the horizon
A nation is falling under siege
This is time for endless slaughter
This empire is crumbling in defeat
Chorus:
All is destruction
Hate, fear and pain
Fanatical leaders
Are winning this day
Oppressed systematically
Destruct resist deny all order
Fighting for freedom
The mighty have fallen in defeat
Guitar Solo: Paulo
Chorus:
No resurrection
Nothing remains
Fanatical leaders
Will wind at the end
A land of destruction
Falls in the rage
Fanatical leaders
Leading us to hell
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Insanity
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"Dark tune, it has an apocalyptical-sad feeling and the lyrics are about a soldier who returns from war but he has lost his head and is now insane." - Dave Moreno.
A mid-tempo Thrash-influenced tune with a very low-pitched guitars sound and very dirty vocal sound.
Lyrics:
At night when I go to sleep
All around it’s quiet here
Can’t believe what I’m about to see
Can’t take this pressure now
To many dreams how
Time stood still today
I know you’re near
I’m a hero of yesterday
Who lives in fear
All that has come not to pass
All dreams end in disaster
Chorus:
Screams of men in pain
Please never again
Legends drawn by fate
I am slave
Guitar Solo: Paulo
Why do you visit me?
It’s you that I fear
Now see you in me
Why am I?
Insanity’s near
Chorus:
Screams of men in pain
Please never again
Legends drawn by fate
I am slave
Inside all I hear are screams
Eternal cries of the damned
Memories of brutal war
Visiting me every single night
Guitar Solo: Paulo
Chorus:
Screams of men in pain
Please never again
Legends drawn by fate
I am slave
Now it all becomes clear
At night when you call me
Insanity’s here
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Track 11
Nothing You Are
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"Finally, the last song from the album. The grand finale...Not really haha. A very simple but catchy song, different from all the others, it has a funny or party feeling, not like the war-sad themes of the rest of the album. It's highly-influenced by 80's hard rock and the lyrics are about that people who think they are gods, and you know, they are shit." - Dave Moreno.
Classic Heavy Metal / Hard Rock tune with marked influences of the 80's glam metal wave.
Lyrics:
You’re a fraud, you know
A dirty scum from a dirty place
A stranger to yourself
Is what you’ve created
Chorus:
Nothing is what you’ve turned into
You and all of your kind
For me are all shit
You think you’re a king
But just in your own reality
You’re driven by mainstream powers
Famous for being famous
Drugs and money are your pleasures
Nothing real you have done
Chorus:
Nothing is what you’ve turned into
You and all of your kind
For me are all shit
You think you’re a king
But just in your own reality
Guitar Solo: Paulo
You live in a bubble full of lies
Playing expensive games
Using each other
With no shame
You all are the same
Nothing is what you mean to me
Nothing is what you are
You know you’ve sold your mind
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Chart Update
First Week: The album sold 126,000 copies in its debut but failed to enter the Heat Top 20, it reached the #24 position.
Second Week: Arde sold 146,000 copies to enter the Top 20 at #9 position.
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Chart Update
Third Week: The album sold 110,000 copies and fell to the #11 spot.
Fourth Week: Arde sold 180,000 copies to return to the Top 10, at #10. It marks its second week among the 10 best-selling albums. This is the best-selling week for the record, surpassing the 146,000 sales of two weeks ago.
It has sold a total amount of 562,000 copies and it has became a Gold album in just four weeks. Edited by user 12 February 2014 03:04:14(UTC)
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Chart Update
Fifth Week: The album had its best-selling week until then with 186,000 sales, reaching the Top 5 at #5.
Sixth Week: Arde sold 190,000 copies. It fell to the #6 position but has its record-selling week, exceeding the 186,000 sales of its previous week.
It has sold a total amount of 938,000 copies. This last two weeks were the most-successful for the record, with almost 400,000 sales. |
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