Origen: Finlandia, Kuopio.
Formados: 1999
Estilo: Black, death melódico industrial.
Temática: Antireligión, destrucción, muerte, odio, sufrimiento y temas postapocalípticos.
Miembros:
- Aapeli Kivimäki Guitarra
- Eero Mantere Bajo
- Henry Hämäläinen Voces
- Juha Sirkkiä Guitarra
- Rasane Batería
- Throne of Eternal Night Demo 2000
- Daemon Demo 2001
- Essence of Pain Demo 2002
- Sinthetic CD 2004
- Slitwrist Ecstasy Single 2006
- Intoxicate O.S. CD 2006
- Zero Nexus CD 2008
- Omega Arcane CD 2013
- Anti-Life Saviour Single 2017 Poetry of the Ill-Minded CD 2017
- In Amongst the Woods Single 2023 Sunholy CD 2023
OMEGA ARCANE (2013)
Escuchar Omega Arcane de los finlandeses Shade Empire es apostar a caballo ganador, desde su más tempranos trabajos y sobre todo en su última época han sabido captar la atención de sus oyentes a base de temas directos a la yugular y una producción soberbia que enfatiza las partes más orquestales de su propuesta. Conscientes de la repercusión que podrían alcanzar con este cuarta larga duración tras sus más que destacables anteriores tres álbumes, han contado con la producción de Mikko P. Mustonen, que sobre todo ha aportado equilibrio en sus música entre las partes más duras y otras más suaves y limpias, pero lo que más destaca es el excelso trabajo de orquestaciones con el que cuenta "Omega Arcane". Su propuesta musical tampoco es algo que no se haya hecho antes, temas directos y melódicos que juegan con la combinación entre un death de sonido actual y un black moderno, al cual se le suma bastante aspectos de melodía y orquestación con orientación industrial. Su música es tremendamente sinfónica, pero sería también muy injusto encasillarlos como black sifónico, su propuesta va mucho más lejos al incorporar con acierto diferentes estilos a su propuesta. Queda claro que su música no encandilará a puristas del género pero bien es cierto que han logrado una interesante mezcla entre death, black y sinfonía con ciertos toque electrónicos y épicos. (8.2).
1. Ruins 08:16
The giants holding world crumbled
And the blow beyond the stars
Froze the entire face of the earth
The gateway opened and seismic waves flushed the living
Into the rivers of the underworld
Floating in your own feces ha!
Is this the creature that was an image of their god?
These are the scorched steps of mankind – Ruins!
This is the travesty of life – Ruins!
They are too weak to be godlike!
They are too weak to even fight back when given a chance to do so!
Behold the human agony in all its glory
Is this not what you have been waiting for
Is this not what you have been trying to foreseen
For as long as you have lived
These are the scorched steps of mankind – Ruins!
This is the travesty of life – Ruins!
Are you willing to eat
The flesh of your fellow man
If not...
You must crawl
And die!
It is time to arise
It is to conquer these ruins
Into the pit...
You must crawl...
Flesh will be rotten...
Bones will turn to dust...
The giants holding this world crumbled
And the blow beyond the stars
Froze the entire face of earth
These are the scorched steps of mankind – Ruins!
This is the travesty of life – Ruins!
2. Dawnless Days 05:32
And so it happened
Dawn ceased to exist
And darkness became the law
The fact that only few percent
Of human population survived
Is overwhelming
With a smile I greet this new world order
The true nature of things is starting to reveal its grin
To witness chaos in all its glory – Feasting among the earth
We are privileged
We are the riders of dawnless days
We are the chosen ones
We are the dead who will hunt the living
We are the predators
We are the riders of dawnless days
Trees petrify
And sees have turned
Into drowning pools of life
Acid rains hammering down
Thunderstorms cast the only light
We are privileged
We are the riders of dawnless days
We are the chosen ones
We are the dead who will hunt the living
We are the predators
We are the riders of dawnless days
These dawnless days will go on eternally
And the skies are not cleared
The rays of sun cannot penetrate
Through the black horizon
There are some survivors
Hiding in these ruins
It is our mission to hunt them down
And make sure
That we are the only ones left
3. Until No Life Breeds 04:50
In vain they fight
They have fell from their throne
As the light faded from the horizon
The ones of the nocturn awake
Darkness grants them its blessing
And sends them out to hunt
Air is steaming as the horde leaves its nest
Frost covering the ground
All life shall be raped by the dark
As the resources expire
The only thing that keeps the last bits of human race going
Is pure instinct of survival
A herd of weaklings is lost in the ruins
And panic is starting to rise
The troops of decay smell their fear and are ready to strike
Air is steaming as the horde leaves its nest
Frost covering the ground
All life shall be raped by the dark
The scavengers of apocalypse
Will hunt you down
Until No Life Breeds
Until No Life Breeds
Until No Life Breeds
Behing the curtains of thorns
Far from the landscape of demise
Air freezes as the horde leaves the nest
All life shall be raped by the dark
4. Ash Statues 05:09
Fields, as far as the eye can see
Filled with human remains
Scorched to their feet
They were all praising the sun
And this was their reward
Now they form the army of ash statues
In to the shadows you must flee
And whom ever can find a path there
Shall become the king!
And from that stone made domain
Shall the destiny of all remaining lives be made
5. Disembodiment 13:20
The killing fields have now gone quiet
And you are torn apart by the cold winds
What lies ahead behind the Reapers grin?
A weight too heavy to be carried away
As I step through the black mirror
It is just a tiny step towards the chaos
Soon devouring cosmos
As earth leaves behind new portals open
Am I trapped forever in this orbit of emptiness
Will I ever assimilate
The more you suffer
The more you see
The more you give
The more you gain
The more you burn
The more you can take
6. Malicious Winds 05:29
The coldness goes straight to the bones
It is not from this world
It is not normal
As if the entire planet was just waiting
For something to appear
From the bottomless darkness
Something to devour the remains of
Your solar system
The sky howls in a way
That there is no peace
During these starless nights
Only the eyes of the nocturn
Can be seen
They will hunt you down
One by one
He will arrive beyond space and time
Malicious Winds
Carry my flesh
With your wings
To face the destroyer of worlds
Malicious Winds
Show me how it all ends
From beyond space and time
He is coming
From the bottomless darkness
He will arrive
The traveler!
7. Traveler of Unlight 04:55
Traveler of Unlight
Tremble the cosmic order
Unleash the black beast
To the halls of golden temple
Bloom in rays of black sun
From within the void
And from void within
Summon the starless skies
Hear the call of a dying race
Combine my voice
To your black stream of the dead
As I join without a second thought
The knowledge through aeons
Pierce my spine
Traveler of Unlight
Tremble the cosmic order
Unleash the black beast
To the halls of golden temple
Bloom in rays of black sun
My dreams of Saturn now come alive
As my flesh melts from my bones
This calming blackness...
At last my thoughts are clear
Towards the gateway
I travel beyond the veil
Of cosmos
Into chaos
I abandon this weak flesh
To set my will free
Traveler of Unlight
Tremble the cosmic order
Unleash the black beast
To the halls of golden temple
Bloom in rays of black sun
8. Devolution 02:43 instrumental
9. Slumbering Giant 06:39
Forgotten in the turns of time
Existence denied
A tamed beast tied up in chains that won't last
Buried beneath the surface of this dying planet
Wandering in cosmic disharmony
Far beyond the structures of reality
There is no hope for your pitiful race
You cannot bury the old
I will arise
With joy I observe as your flame slowly suffocates
Observer under ice
A beast tied up in chains that won't last
It's time to purify the scum of this planet
Dying planet
Wandering beyond the structures of reality
10. Nomad 06:58
Deserts of ice to be crossed
Mountains of iron scrap to be climbed
To find a way through
Just to start it all over again
Kill - And you might live
Fall down – And you are done with
Limbo of dead landscape is endless
And those still alive are your enemies
As a nomad you must hunt in wastelands
Abandon all humanity, forget the faces
Deserts of ice to be crossed
Mountains of iron scrap to be climbed
To find a way through
Just to start it all over again
Kill - And you might live
Fall down – And you are done with
Limbo of dead landscape is endless
Unlike in war where you fight for a ”greater cause”
Here you fight just for yourself
Just to live another day and wait
Until there's nothing to be done
As a nomad you must hunt in wastelands
Abandon all humanity, forget the faces
Burn all emotions in stake of decay
To take another step towards the end
And feel more alive than before
Abandon all of humanity
Forget the faces
Burn all emotions in stake of decay
As a nomad you must hunt
Unlike in war where you fight for a greater cause
Here you fight just for your self
Just to live another day and wait until
There's nothing to be done
To take another step towards the end
And feel more alive than before
11. Omega Arcane 12:33 instrumental
01:16:24