Sinking deep
To the depths below
Where all light dies
And the world grows cold
A forgotten civilization
Remnants of a dark creation
Tortured screams
Resound the void
Convulsing in agony
Writhing in antiquity
Empyrean bells have begun to toll
The sound awakens a chorus of souls
Twenty thousand dead before my eyes
They can't recall where they had died
Condemned beneath the waves of eternity
Weighed down by sins of mortal tragedy
"We wander on in this crypt unseen
All that remains of the great atrocity
Izanami, the keeper of souls
Seek her ahead in the depths below"
Turbulent pool of discarded dreams
Tortured apparitions of agony
Drifting on a current of endless suffering
Drags me down beneath
To Yomi
At the bottom of this ethereal sea
Polluted pillars give way to debris
Izanami calls from on her throne of the diseased
Into the palace I take refuge to reprieve
The stoic facade of a decomposing queen
A decrepit throne of broken corpses obscene
A porcelain face with burning eyes of fury
A visage scarred beyond the will to be seen
Where the gods had once fallen from her tears
Now trails of fire trace fractured skin
This hideous fury comes forth
I grovel on knee and beg to depart
Please. I. Beg. You.
Send. Me. Back. To.
The. place. and. time.
Before. I. arrived
"Mortal!
How dare you to presume?
To come before me
And dare to decree?
No
This simply will not do
For this is my domain
And here you shall remain
That is of course unless
Maybe there is some use
To bring these souls to rest
Grant this at my request
Go and light the fires on the shores
Guide the dead back to the living once more!
Do me this one simple task
And I shall send you back"
The earth quakes and the seas drain
The palace crumbles and the souls disperse
Neither in the land of dead nor living
I wander on to light the flames
I heed my calling towards the tombs
I hear her voice within my mind
"Light the fires on the shores
And call the dead to life!"
supported by 13 fans who also own “100 Meters Down”
La traversée du désert n'aura pas duré quarante jours mais quatre longues années...
Avec Панихида, Батюшка renaît enfin de ses cendres et, bien que désormais seul (ou plus exactement entouré de deux chanteurs), Христофор accomplit un miracle. Il s'inscrit dans la continuité de Литоургиiа avec un black metal orthodoxe qui nous convie ici à une cérémonie dédiée aux morts. Sa vision est englobante : les mélodies, la gravité et le silence font toucher le paradis ; l'agressivité est luciférienne. Jordan Vauvert
supported by 13 fans who also own “100 Meters Down”
The first 30 seconds of "Revenge by Fire" convinced me to get the whole album! It is a face-melting blend of speed and black metal, reminiscent of Hellripper! KVAEN is a Swedish solo project much like Hellripper but many known guest musicians helped J. Björnfot in his endeavor. Altogether it is really a solid debut album, I loved the melodies and the pace changes in the second half too, ending with a "calm" instrumental one. Well-done!! sachavonkarl74
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