SIEBENBÜRGEN

DARKER DESIGNS & IMAGES (2005)

Tal vez cabría preguntarse por que la banda no acabó de cuajar del todo en la escena, bien es cierto que su propuesta de black melódico era arriesgada pero su sonido no merece otro calificativo que único y especial. Si en anteriores obras el componente gótico estaba muy presente, gracias sobre todo a los arreglos de teclados y algunas partes sinfónicas y orquestales, pero sobre todo a las voces femeninas. Estos aspectos siguen estando presentes en este su penúltimo álbum pero se ha realizado un esfuerzo por endurecer su sonido al añadir más componentes metálicos, sobre todo en unos buenos riffs de guitarra mucho más presentes y no tan enterrados en las orquestaciones, pero también en las voces de M. Ehlin, que han cobrado un mayor protagonismo, sirva de ejemplo de lo comentado el tema "Of Blood And Magic", toda una declaración de intenciones. Fueron quince años de carrera en donde la banda dejó como legado sobre todo los álbumes "Delictum" y "Darker Designs & Images", todavía faltaba por editar "Revelation VI", pero la formula ya no daba más de si por el momento y optaron por dar por finalizado la banda, dejando tras de si un legado de black metal vampirico en esencia paro melódico en realidad (7,9).

Napalm records

1. Darker Designs 01:35  

2. Rebellion 04:52

Shadows stalk wiht black wind storms Through malicious soils of wastelands shores Rain and thunder, lightning cracks the sky Pest forged and plagued foes True breed born, with steel in hand Shields of silver flashing in the night Raven black, bringers of death Legions dark, on cloven hoofs Proud riding warriors of scorn No mercy shown, destruction roars Bones to ashes, ashes to dust Cleansing metal from infidels hands Battles fought and battles won Together standing strong No pain is greater than loss, forbidden Crushing their way into enemy lines Rebellion Battle lord of black scorn Blood born, demon spawn Rebellion A malicious storm, shapeless form Bringer of chaos and hate Earth burns, time turns All haill the battle lord Earth burn, time turns All hail the battle lord Shadows stalk with black wind storms Through malicious soils of wastelands shores Rain and thunder, lightning cracks the sky Pest forged and plagued foes True breed born, with steel in hand Shields of silver flashing in the night Battles fought and battles won Together standing strong No pain is greater than loss, forbidden Crushing their way into enemy lines Rebellion Battle lord of black scorn Blood born, demon spawn Rebellion A malicious storm, shapeless form Bringer of chaos and hate  

3. As Legion Rise 04:00

It came in moonlight, dressed in glooming night Shadow worn, soul thorn, praised in it's fall Annihilation, intoxication Fevering festering flames Spawned by my own death A dream of dreaming Mightier than the sky Abomination, abortation Feast of ghouls in the dark Fallen angel, slithering A new day will arise Told as shadows conquer worlds Blackened dawn of dusk A chalice raised, now filled with blood Moonlit gold in hand Preach the hymns of living dead Praise the serpent of the horned Cast thy shadow, down beneath Scorned, as legion rise Cast away, daeth will heal Surrounded by angels in fear Annihilation, abomination Blood runs cold in me Filled with hate, intoxicate Black mirrors in my eyes Sworn to me, me to the scorned An angel long since dead Sands of time, glory be mine I praise the serpents of my fate to be Dreams of madness they reveal Signs of immortality Black throns shreds deep insanity My shadow extends into supremacy Abomination, abortation Feast of ghouls in the dark Fallen angel, slithering A new day will arise  

4. A Crimson Coronation 04:53

  Surreal this dance of shadows

Bestowed upon her soul

A bleeding heart, she wore

As a crown of her lust

Feeding on her nightmares

Creating her own birth

Transforming moonlight into gold 

Shadows extending into the night

To hunt and haunt her

A sacrifice of vitrue, made her see 

Flame burns deep

Blade cuts deeper

Shaping flesh and soul as one

Carving a new beginning

From death unleashed

From shadows spawned 

A painted moon from scriptures old

Revealing truth through lies

Carved in stone and mixed with blood

Virtue spoiled and dead 

Awkened beast, from death unleashed

Revealing lies

A crimson coronation made her see

Beyond the dream, reality

For all things to come

Supremacy, a sight for gods 

Her majesties infernal

Elder ones now awakened

From death unleashed and darkenss spawned

5. Skuggor 04:02

  En silhuett av svarta skuggor

Finner makt uti min själ

En tidläs resa I mitt siune

Där jag finner ro

Denna pakt jag skapat

Av mitt inre, mia kropp, mitt blod

Ar för evigt, aldrig falnad

En flamma kall ava död 

Tärd av livet jag övergav

Med öppna armar, döden mig tar

Finner ater to I sinnet

Döden drömmer evig sömn

Där jag vandrat, evit mörker

Dör jag funnit min själ, till ro

Dör jag mitt eviga öde spunnit

Bloot en skugga finner kvar 

Den tid som jag har kvar

Den laga som mig förgäter

Renar ater mitt dunkla sinne

Fran vansinnets alla kval 

Förjörd utav min egen smärta

Skapar frid uti min själ

Dit mörkret tar mig, vill jag vara

Ett hat mot allt som var mitt liv 

Nu när alltet mot mig ler

När nattens skuggor blir fler och fler

Jag tar mitt liv I sinnes ro

Överger min tro, för mod

Ater stillas mina kval

Da smärta bryts av evig sömn

Ater stillas mina kval

Da mörkret ger mig alla svar

6. Born Under a Black Sun 05:22

A damnation praised in flames

For whom I could not speak or name

I treasure behold this solitude of night 

My blackened soul, forever cold

A damnation burned in black flames

As darkened shadows fall

Shades of black wings clad the sky

Moonlit silver fades in ravens eyes 

Woe to this nigth

A blessing of shadows awaits me

Behold all it s glory

As darkness crupts and transforms me 

Damned to be, great fallen one

Unleash the storms of wrath

Grant me might by poisoned blade

A legion in one soul 

Unbounded by the flames of hate

A beast of fear released

Shadow stalker of the lost worlds

I am to be 

As the venmo spreads inside

Its chant begins to glow

I travel through the seven worlds

... in awe 

Demon of black shadows worn

Corne forht as night time falls

Plead the gifts of nightmares born

Abiding sacrifice 

Ungodly speaks through me

A legion in one soul

Unforgotten sacrilege, darkenss made a king

7. Of Blood and Magic 03:26

 A gathering of shadows

From dimensions old

Arising from the seven worlds

And eclipse the midnight sun

King Nozierra bound in blood

Enchanted invocation animates from flames

Great beast of dark Aschteia

Incantation burnt by stars 

Stillbron son of demon blood

A pact of prophecies

A shadow king, lord of souls

Rider of the abyss 

Seven stones, seven thrones

A king of might and war unleashed

Great Nozterrra, spawned by death

Seven stones, seven thrones

Demon majesty of fear released

Now crowned, by blood and magic 

Passage seven, stands exposed

A manifestation

Blood of christ and fallen angls

Demons breed with virtuous spirits

Bleeding gifts they sworn

Nozterra, take this offering

8. Remnants of Ruin 04:34

Golden eyes my precious child Amber burns my soul Stained by the glorious night Our shadows bloom As the moon caress us Nothingness returns once again And as the last tranquility abandons us Our formation is ravaged and dead Blessed by our fears and sinful dreams We haunt the realm of night Together we stand eternally As darkness hails our destiny Tears fill from my eyes I dream once more again Remnants of ruin This blessing is all mine Blistering cold, ravaging night We walk the trails of lust and fear No more tears, my precious child Thy amber fire burns my soul As the world burns, we burn together With our precious sins and delusions And the fallen ones laugh together with The crimson serpents of our faith Whispering voices, little obscene speeches From deceiving slithering tongues Our last temptation made us blind And life where endlessly ruined... 

9. Harvest for the Devil 05:15

  Mist veiled enchantress shrouded unlit

Storned through in malice, bestowing her wit

Her ominous shadows stayed untamed

As bitte words failed when avowed and named

Drawing vicious chapters red

Challenging the drama, all affection fled

Waiting for an endless sigh

If death only had silently passed her by... 

Falling into a void of stars

Where shadow storms burned passion in her heart

Demonic priestess of a dying moon

Queen Nocturnia 

In her naked tomb, torchlit and close

Theatrical prayers demonical preached

Invoking the suprema, the cast out foes

Each goal meant to be, selfishly reached

Soaking the ambrosial withered wine

Her ember cloth stained complete

All her fears she now egocentrically decline

As darkness her dreams abusively entreat 

Mysterious silhouettes of shadows that decayed

Reposing on cold dismal castle grounds 

Just vague memories from pacts never paid

And spirits that surrender to tragically bounds

As the graveworms permitted, and evil arose

Amongst ceremonial pyres, alit and fumed

Chasing dolorous spells, striving in angelic pose

Nightfall persisting, and sunrise was consumed 

With a glance, yet her faith obtained obscure

She threw her crown amid the glowing revelations

Purging her corrupted soul, stained but pure

To unbind the secret paths revealing devastations 

Impetuous, all in vain, her atonement were kneen

She felt closeness with both foe and fiend

And as real as in her most unbroken dream

Pure impressions turned utterly extreme

10. Forged in Flames 05:09

Cold soul, shadow beast Arise as elder burns Behold the prophet of Nozterra Horned god of the past From the dark, bound in flames Forged by nightmares unseen A demon spawned by hate A pact beyond daeth Chained to prophecies of fate Forever to eternity Banished to his Hades of ruin Where lies and death are kings From an age of dark illusions Sons of dragon flames Legions of the dead arises Evoked by ancient gods Elder rulers once forgotten Unleashed upon this dying world Ancient god of war unleashedTrechtlas wraith unclean A curse of hate, spirits dead Uncrowned but still a king A sword of flames raised to the sky A battle fought to win As heaven burns, to faded sun An age of hellstorm blessed upon this world of dying faith Savage Eden made impure As prophecies foretold, eternal night God damnation, shadow king Ruler of death, cursed by disease Awakened from his ancient slumber Horned god of the past  

11. Summoner of the Unseen 03:29  instrumental

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