一直以來想要稍微紀錄一下喜歡的歌德金屬團，就從Xandria開始吧！他們也是第一個讓我喜歡上這風格的團體！
其實嚴格說起來我對於重金屬搖滾這一系列並不是很瞭解，雜七雜八聽了一堆之後也很確定自己比較偏好歌德金屬，也就是古典交響但以電子或搖滾呈現的激烈曲風，搭配上清亮具穿透性的主唱女聲，至於後面到底有沒有低沉男聲或者死音搭配倒是無所謂，因為我其實沒有很喜歡死音，所以整首純死音唱腔的曲子我多半會直接跳過(´・_・`)這大概會讓金屬搖滾的專業粉覺得很愚蠢吧！不過就人各有所好囉！
回到Xandria，當初是在別人網站上聽到Eversleeping，驚為天人，搜尋之後找到youtube，看完MV更著迷了！紅髮主唱Lisa的歌聲好柔美，曲風也比較通俗流行，很適合推廣入門用XD"雖然這首不太像是歌德金屬，但是一點都不妨礙它讓人喜歡！也正因為它通俗，才能釣到像我這種以往從未注意歌德金屬的閱聽者。
其實有另一個高畫質的，但是不給使用嵌入分享，就放了比較低畫質這個。
歌詞如下，挺喜歡這首的歌詞。
Once I travelled 7 seas to find my love
And once I sang 700 songs
Well, maybe I still have to walk 7000 miles
Until I find the one that I belong
（A）
I will rest my head side by side
To the one that stays in the night
I will lose my breath in my last words of sorrow
And whatever comes will come soon
Dying I will pray to the moon
That there once will be a better tomorrow
Once I crossed 7 rivers to find my love
And once, for 7 years, I forgot my name
Well, if I have to I will die 7 deaths just to lie
In the arms of my eversleeping aim
重複（A）
I dreamt last night that he came to me
He said: "My love, why do you cry?"
For now it won't be be long any more
Until in my cold grave we will lie（重複）
看完Eversleeping之後，順著Youtube旁邊的連結，又聽了Ravenheart，MV劇情有點類似魔戒的氛圍，喜歡這種中古魔幻風格的應該都會愛上！不得不說Lisa的紅髮實在很搶眼，天生髮色這麼鮮艷真讓人羨慕啊///
當我注意到Xandria時大約是2009年，該時Xandria已經沈寂好一陣子，從wiki上看見的專輯列表，07年之後就沒有再推新專輯，08年主唱Lisa還離開，一直到今年2月才終於有新專輯Neverworld's End，新主唱是Manuela Kraller，個人是覺得比較活潑有力，應該也和年紀有關吧！
新主唱新氣象，Neverworld's End的第一首A Prophecy Of Worlds To Fall 就魄力滿點！！
A Prophecy of Worlds to Fall
I am the one that is walking the night
Sleepless I'm dreaming - eyes wide open
Watching the sky for the ashes to fall
Ending illusions - I keep on hoping
For this world to survive - to keep me alive
So for all you ever desired, you wanted to be
Was shining so bright but only a dream
And nothing remains but this fantasy
Oh this world is falling down
Frozen by gold that has turned into ice
I kept all the secrets deep inside me
Now I will pass them on - now, now you are the one
So for all you ever desired, you wanted to be
Was shining so bright but only a dream
And nothing remains but this fantasy
Oh this world is falling down
et audivi vocem magnam dicentem septem angelis
effundite septem fialas asperitae mundi in somnium
vidi cum aperuisset sigillum sextum
terrae motus factus est
magnus sol factus est niger luna tota facta est sicut sanguis
And as it opened the final seal
I stood alone on crumbled ground
The stars had fallen and the sun was cold
This world has never been
Only for the seeing it will be seen
I was given the seal and the key
And I will keep it until I die
It's falling down for you
第二首Valentine，MV很有趣，老去的小丑回到表演舊地，是要重溫什麼？是已消散的感情，還是追不回的輝煌？最後小丑定格的表情，是恐懼、絕望、還是錯愕呢？
一樣歌詞附上
Be the valentine, rip the heart of mine
Give your innocence to the brightest of dreams
This is harvest time, taste the bloodred wine
Of this gilded art, it is spilled from my own heart
It's so hard to see my face
In the mirror's cold disgrace
I wonder what is this I have become
A childish forlorn wish
So easy to seduce
Seems like it's just one step to fall down
Be the valentine...
I can hardly write these lines
Cause I already have signed
My name across the wall of prayers
Now I listen to my name
Sounding like a blame
I close my eyes and start to sing my song
Be the valentine...
If I'm looking back behind
To long forgotten times
There's something that is burning on and on
Oh, oh, oh, pactum fraudis! (x4)
Sanguinans!
I live in memories, cast into melodies
They die in harmony with greed and treachery
Be the valentine...
How can I run from this hurting neverending pain...
相關資料：
Xandria 的英文wiki
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