The latest AMV of the Day comes courtesy of AMV creator Rider4Z. Outside of Chiikaboom, his amv creations have become some of the best I’ve seen and have earned a place on my favorite list.
This time around his latest anime music video takes a song from one of my favorite metal bands and uses it to score a well-edited selection of scenes from the romance-fantasy anime series, Romeo x Juliet. While some fans of the video has nitpicked and pointed out that it spoils the ending to the anime I just laugh at such fools. Fools I say! I mean how can an anime series adapting Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet be spoiling anything.
I like the song choice of Within Temptation’s track “Faster” from their 2011 concept album, The Unforgiving. This is not the first time Rider4Z has used this band’s symphonic metal sound to score one of his videos. Each and everytime he uses this band’s music it just makes those videos very epic in tone and scope. This video has already won some early year accolades. It recently won Best Drama in the Katsucon 2012 AMV contest. I have a feeling this video will be making the rounds at this year’s anime conventions and should pick up a few more awards.
My love for metal continues to grow with each new recommendation and post made by site music writer necromoonyeti. I will admit that outside of thrash I do gravitate towards the more power and symphonic subgenre of metal. This is why for the latest “Song of the Day” to end the day and usher in Sunday I’ve picked my favorite song from Dutch symphonic/gothic metal band Within Temptation’s latest album, The Unforgiving, which also was used by AMV creator Chiikaboom for her AMV, Devil’s Game. This song is “A Demon’s Fate”.
This song just comes at you right from the beginning like a soundtrack to some fantasy or urban gothic film. This is an appropriate response since the album was created as if the band was composing a soundtrack for a film. This album is a concept one and while it doesn’t hit and win big with every track in the end they’re all worth listening to and my ears leaned towards “A Demon’s Fate” the moment I heard it.
The gothic sound of the band in past album’s has been tempered somewhat to make way for an even more symphonic metal sound. In this song, frontwoman Sharon den Adel (she definitely blows up the misconception that women who front metal bands are not hot) just sings her heart out. Sharon definitely has some impressive vocals and lungs with some of the chorus she had to belt out. At times, her vocals almost overpower the power of the music behind her but luckily she never crosses that line.
While Within Temptation doesn’t have fantasy themes of Blind Guardian or the speed and rough edge of thrash bands like Metallica and Slayer, they do seem to be making their stand as symphonic metal’s premiere group and all thanks due to Sharon den Adel.
A Demon’s Fate
Too many times Seeing the violence It’s feeding my mind No one is saving you How can you find A heaven in this hell?
Leave it behind Hearing your silence It screams our goodbye Cannot believe it’s an eye for an eye Love is gone to waste
Angels have faith I don’t want to be a part of his sin I don’t want to get lost in his world And this playing this game
When the shadows remain in the light of day On the wings of darkness he’ll retaliate He’ll be falling from grace Till the end of all his days
From the ashes of hate It’s a cruel demon’s fate On the wings of darkness He’s returned to stay There will be no escape Cause he’s fallen far from grace
What have you done? Is this what you wanted? What have you become? His soul’s not forsaken You’re walking alone From heaven into hell Now that you know Your way in this madness Your powers are gone Your chains have been broken You’ve suffered so long You will never change.
Angels have faith I don’t want to be a part of his sin I don’t want to get lost in his world I’m not playing this game
When the shadows remain in the light of day On the wings of darkness He’ll retaliate He’ll be falling from grace Till the end of all his days
From the ashes of hate It’s a cruel demon’s fate On the wings of darkness He’s returned to stay There will be no escape Cause he’s fallen far from grace
Angels have faith I don’t want to be a part of his sin I don’t want to get lost in his world I’m not playing this game
When the shadows remain in the light of day On the wings of darkness He’ll retaliate He’ll be falling from grace Till the end of all his days
From the ashes of hate It’s a cruel demon’s fate On the wings of darkness He’s returned to stay There will be no escape Cause he’s fallen far from grace
Through the Shattered Lens 