Well, you also have to take into account what had happened to the band when the album The Dark Ride was released. Basically, the drummer had died: I think he commited suicide because he had several problems, i did read something about drug problems as well. After his death, they released the album The Time of the Oath as a commemoration to his death, containing a lot of balads and slow songs, and then, this album. Considering this, I'm more inclined to TheManna's interpretation of a deeper meaning than just the consequeces of drugs: a representation of evil and sad things in life.
To pick you up on a couple of points (well, everything you said actually), Ingo (the original drummer) died 5 years before The Dark Ride was even recorded. And there was also Better Than Raw, which came in between Time Of The Oath and The Dark Ride.
To pick you up on a couple of points (well, everything you said actually), Ingo (the original drummer) died 5 years before The Dark Ride was even recorded. And there was also Better Than Raw, which came in between Time Of The Oath and The Dark Ride.
Well, you also have to take into account what had happened to the band when the album The Dark Ride was released. Basically, the drummer had died: I think he commited suicide because he had several problems, i did read something about drug problems as well. After his death, they released the album The Time of the Oath as a commemoration to his death, containing a lot of balads and slow songs, and then, this album. Considering this, I'm more inclined to TheManna's interpretation of a deeper meaning than just the consequeces of drugs: a representation of evil and sad things in life.
To pick you up on a couple of points (well, everything you said actually), Ingo (the original drummer) died 5 years before The Dark Ride was even recorded. And there was also Better Than Raw, which came in between Time Of The Oath and The Dark Ride.
To pick you up on a couple of points (well, everything you said actually), Ingo (the original drummer) died 5 years before The Dark Ride was even recorded. And there was also Better Than Raw, which came in between Time Of The Oath and The Dark Ride.