딥 퍼플 , 칩 트릭, 주다스 프리스트 등을 생각해 볼 때 일본에서 녹음한 라이브 앨범이 있었으며 이런 앨범이 이들의 앨범을 이야기할 때 [출세작] 또는 [대표작] 등으로 긍정적 평가를 받고 있다.
지금 소개하는 아치 에너미의 '버닝 재팬 라이브 1999'는 기존의 라이브 앨범과는 다른 뛰어난 녹음과 현장의 감동을 생생하게 전하고 있으며 이들의 1집에서 3집까지 발표했던 앨범 중 엄선하여 베스트 형식을 취하고 있다.
많은 팬들이 좋아하는 "SILVERWING", "DEAD INSIDE"등의 곡들이 스튜디오 레코딩으로는 느낄 수 없는 박진감이 더해져 두 배의 감동을 선사하고 있다. 특히 이들의 이름을 드높였던 이 두 곡은 이미 필청곡 으로 확고한 자리 매김을 하였으며 정상급 멜로딕 데쓰메탈 밴드로서의 입지를 굳히는데 일등공신과도 같은 역할을 하였다. 하지만 이 앨범은 많은 팬들에게 실력에 관해서 말이 많았던 비운의 보컬리스트'JOHAN LIIVA'의 탈퇴로 그의 목소리를 들을 수 있는 마지막 앨범이기도 하다.
이 라이브 앨범의 발매 의의는 일본에서 최고의 인기를 과시하는 아치 에너미가 한정된 지역의 팬들에게 선사하는 특별한 선물이라는 의미를 가진 앨범으로 전 세계에서 일본에 이어 한국에서만 발매가 되었으며 이번 한국에서 발매된 신작 Wages Of Sin 이 발매 됨으로써 일부 매니아들 사이에서 전해지던 그들의 명곡들을 감상할 수 있는 기회가 주어진 것이라는 점이다.
IRON MAIDEN의 "MAIDEN JAPAN"과ACCEPT의 "KAIZOKUBAN"과 같은 앨범인 것이다. 아치 에너미의 새로운 도약을 위하여 본의 아닌 마지막 음원이 되어버린 베스트 라이브 앨범. JOHAN LIIVA 음성이 아쉬운 듯 외쳐대고 있다. .... ....
This liquid vision of euphoria Living a life on borrowed time Paying the price of immortality Desperately avoiding our fate Lead me through the halls of tortured souls Alone, forlorn... human dignity dethroned Forevermore - A life never ending Time stands still as the immortals keep on breeding
The future is locked within us All we need is the key Crying at the fountain of youth Eternal life is killing me
Triumphant in chariots they ride On this arena of the undead Anoher lap of honour for the... Vacant galleries Lead me through the halls of tortured souls Alone, forlorn... human dignity dethroned Forevermore - A life never ending Time stands still as the immortals keep on breeding
Weak and sick I crawl In the dust of past mistakes Leaving for the darkness Of tears and cold heartaches Suffer in this grief Of forever burning hate The ashes of my life By the torment you create
On my knees... remembering The wasted years of dark insanity
The rage increases fast As the memories eat me alive God, I wish this to end But I'm not prepared to die No more a human being Just a fool of anxiety Unable to escape The darkest insanity
Spiritual Isolation - The ultimate frustration Scratch the surface, tuurn another page The ugly truth or another pretty lie You deceived me, I believed you Why did everything go...
So wrong... For so long... So the truth comes out at last
I'm dead inside (I'm burning up) A hollow shell (My private hell) In my own misery You leave me to dwell
Then we were young and strong Now everything is wrong Did you want me, did you need me Could you not say you believed me? Everything we had is gone... Like an old forgotten song The deceiver and believer Now everything is...
Divine queen of evil Sowing her seeds of hate Mistress of pain Diva satanica - Master of temptation
Medusa... abuser... both beast and beauty Seducer... she'll use you... bring you to your knees
Blinded by her infinite beauty you are lured into the temple The smell of incense burning this carnal pleasure yearning Bride of satan Transgress the rules of this world Too late you realize this love is ripping you apart
Medusa... abuser... both beast and beauty Seducer... she'll use you... as fodder for her dreams
Drinking the blood Eating the flesh She's getting high on you Watching you die gives her a thrill ...There is always more blood to spill...
From the womb, to the tomb An eternal struggle for the holy truth We are not the first, nor shall we be the last We shall be followed by thousands more Study the scriptures - Intensify the faith The works of men much greater than you or I From the cradle to the grave Thousands of immortal souls just waiting to be saved!
Pilgrim man - What are you searching for? Believe the tales when everything else fails Pilgrim man - Deep in your heart you know Your faith is already bought and sold
All my life I served the cross Always believing my God was a just one I maimed for you - I killed for you But looking back at my life I just don't know anymore...
Fly with me on a starlit sky I'll set you free, yes it can be A dream unchased is a life at waste Never let them conquer your pride Our love is warm here
Like the image of a distant sun This star will always shine And never, ever fade away
Fly on silverwing Fly with me stay free silverwing
Seeking truths in spirit skies Which one of you will guide me tonight? The milky way tastes sour Has heaven lost its power? So let us set sail on this sea of dreams
The moon gets lost in the morning sun Just let the spinning wheel spin And let your life begin
Beware the beast of man For he's the devils pawn Alone among god's primates He kills for sport, lust or greed
The sacred scrolls... The truth unfolds...
Shun him - or become like him Shun him - the beast of man
Let him not breed in great numbers For he will make a dessert of his home and yours Shun him - drive him back into his jungle lair For he is the harbinger of death
Hideous crimes, atrocities The slaughter of millions - beyond belief Those were dark times, so different from now The law of evil ruled our fatherland
I was but a pawn in their game Why should I feel any guilt? Still when I close, close my eyes The words unfold, it all comes back
I can't defy it, can't deny it I know it ot be true In my sleep - they come to haunt me They know it to be true Tears of the dead
We are all on the turning wheel of fate A young man, standing proud in uniform I never stopped to hesitate Until it was far to late
My hands are soiled, covered in blood Stains that never wash away Their hollow eyes... Confronting me - Judging me
Now an old man, at the end of my days Contemplating - My life of sin Living is never simple - the rosad is hard I had no say - just a puppet in a sick play
Standing at the bridge of destiny So long since I tasted fear Lurking in the darkest holes Awaiting my minds weakest moment Old words from an old world Against the laws of nature They say the truth is overrated Wall of anger corrupts my thought
Standing at the bridge of destiny Show me a sign On the verge of losing my sanity Free my soul
My inner demons torture me Flapping their wings in my face Damn you! You twisted illusion I am no longer afraid See through their liquid souls Evil eyes that will hypnotize You can no longer hurt me I am my own worst enemy
Unleash the trapped souls of the dead Spirits since long forgotten Guardians fo the lost faith Destined for glory? Watch them all turn into sand And the wind blow them away Wisdom pours into my soul ...endlessly...
Trapped in a downward spiral of pain Horrific memories, your life flashing by There is no life left for you to live You've had your share and more Act of transfusion - blood child! Transmigrate into the future or the past
Eternal damnation awaits you my love In the kingdom of the sick and the rotting dead You will suffer excruciating pain You shall now reap the twisted fruit Of what you once sowed Transparent - revealing the lies Transmutation - What you have become Act of transfusion - blood child! Transmigrate into the future or the past