OUR JOURNEY THROUGH FOREVER (2022)
Que mejor forma de celebrar los veinticinco años de carrera de una banda que repasando su trayectoria en forma de un doble álbum que recoge un total de veinte temas a lo largo de más de dos horas, en donde el oyente pude disfrutar de la regrabación de algunos temas incluidos en anteriores lanzamientos. Bien es cierto que la carrera de la banda tuvo en periodo de silencio de varios años, pero hay que reconocer el valor de regresar en plena forma, al mismo tiempo que regalan a sus fans varios temas regrabados que completan con dos acústicos inéditos, sin olvidarse por supuesto de los oyentes que los han conocido en fechas más recientes y tienen un aquí un forma de conocer más sobre la banda. Ceremonial Castings ofrece un black sinfónico, digamos que rico en matices, en donde hay lugar para lo medios tiempos, destacando por unas voces agresivas, una ambientación gótica y oscura, siniestra casi que por momentos, sin volverse locos tanto con las velocidad o la inclusión de ambientes cargados pero que siguen a día de hoy siendo capaces de recrear el sonido de los noventa de manera convincente al tiempo que se adapta a los nuevos tiempos. Por momentos la música puede dejar un regusto a clásicos como Bal-Sagoth. al tiempo que hay un excelente trabajo de guitarras, acompañadas de teclados que no renuncian a cierta melodía, sonando compactos en las secciones más rápidas y creando una atmosfera de influencias lúgubres. Bien es cierto que al recoger y abarcar un espacio de tiempo tan largo, ciertas facetas del álbum adolecen de cierta continuidad entre si mostrando momentos y secciones de la música de Ceremonial Castings un tanto imprecisos, aunque para darnos una idea de la larga trayectoria de la banda, cumple a la perfección. (7,6)
1. Come Forth...Damnation 04:44
Come Forth...Damnation, The Eternal Bringer Of Grief
Bring Forth Thy Darkness After All These Centuries
A Rite, A Prophecy, A Seductive, Destructive Light
Of Flame & Burden; This Is Armageddon's Night
A Melody Of Symphony Forever Bleeds
For We Are Angels Lost; To Forever Be
Forlorn Blasphemies Which Ride Upon Our Wings
Such Songs Of Damnation We Forever Sing
Come Forth...Damnation
Hail! Hail! Hail! Damnation
2. Immortal Black Art 08:04
Art, Black Art: We Bow Before The Grace Of Thee
Art, Black Art: We Wonder Into Your Infernal Teachings
Art, Black Art: Provide Us With Your Protection
Art, Black Art: For You We Spill Our Blood
Immortal...Black...Art
Art, Black Art: Grant Us With Your Mysterium
Art, Black Art: United Inside Our Knowledge
Immortal...Black...Art
My Life, My Flesh, My Soul
My Blood From The Blade So Cold
My Heart, My Spirit, My Mind
To You I Shall Be My Sacrifice
Look Deep Into The Strengths Before You
Embrace Us With Your Darkest Arms
Take Heed? We Shall Not Scorn You
Let Us Become!
Look Deep Into The Powers You Bestow
Grant Us Of What We Are Worthy
We Bow Before You In The Darkness Far Below
We Are Your Servants!
My Life, My Flesh, My Soul
My Blood From The Blade So Cold
My Heart, My Spirit, My Mind
To You I Shall Be My Sacrifice
Walk Us Through The Obsidian Gates,
The Gates Of Immortality
Teach Us The Secrets Of The Pasts
Immortal...Black...Art
3. Our Journey Through Forever 13:42
Become A Prophet Of The Shadows
Become An Oracle Of Thyself
Through Forever
We Have Withstood The Sands Of Endless Time
The Coldest Winds Of Nothing & The Moon That Never Shines
The Darkest Sun That Has Hardly Come To Rise
& The Births Of Tragedy That Enhance Our Sensless Cries
We Will Journey To The Highest Of The Lands
The Deepest Of The Oceans and The Farthest Of The Sands
Throughout The Day, Into The Night Upon The Cold
Outlasting The Flame Which Burns Within The Soul
We Will Travel Far Beyond Eternity
Under The Moon, Under The Stars, Searching For Our Destiny
We Will Run Without A Trace, Without A Breath
Our Journey Through Forever Is Our Journey After Death
We Have Withstood The Winter's Dire Cold
The Summer's Heat & The Autumn's Wind So Bold
Spring Brought Forth The Rain Which Dampened All The Earth
& Now A New Season Will Lift Us Of Life's Curse
We Thee Deceased Are Thee That Shall Not Die
We Thee Deceased Are Thee Who Art Alve
Hear The Last Wish Of The Dying
Hear The First Wish Of The Dead
Become A Prophet Of The Shadows
Becmome An Oracle Of Thyself
We Have Withstood The Searching Scythe Of Death
The Jaws Of Carrion & Winter's Chilling Breath
Immortality Is The Path Which Lies Ahead
The Journey Through Forever Is The Journey Of The Dead
4. My Kingdom of Cold Sorrows 07:34
....So This Is Death...
Here In My Kingdom Of Sorrow
Here In My Sanctuary Cold
I Have Become A Monument Of Misery
Alone To Face Eternity
Here In My Temple Of Grief
Here Where Sorrows Never Sleep
I Embrace The Eternal Silence
Bring Damnation Upon My Withered Soul
My Shadow Follows Me Unto The Darkest Paths
I Pray My Beating Heart Is Soon To Beat It's Last
I Swallow Guilt And Shame, But The Flavor I Can Not Taste
So This Is Life...And Mine By Right To Waste
I Will Fade In Time Far From Gazing Eyes
My Tomb Sleeps Body-less, I: The Stone Against The Tides
And So It Seems Alone In Life I Loose
But Grins Gather Fierce Here, For This Is What I Choose
In Sorrow I Walk... In Sorrow I Fall...
....In Sorrow I Fall...
5. I; A Thousand Fires 07:49
I; A Thousand Fires But Made From Flesh Of One
A Searing Self-Sacrificing Pyre
To Rise From The Ashes Of The Sun
I: A Thousand Fires Coruscating Before You I Stand
Embrace Me With Your Deepest Devotion
Adhereing The Fire Inside My Hand
Concern Not For The Pain Shall Not Embrace You
Let Our Sheath Ignite The Skies
Encircled In Our Own Infernal Chasm
Cleansed In Our Ashes; Of New Flesh We Rise
Behold New Life As We Walk With Fire
& Dance Inside The Flames
Behold This Night Conscripted Through The Ember's Eyes
Awake & Abolish Thy Shame
I Am Of Fire, We Are Of Fire, Fire Eternal, Fire Is Death
6. Bewitching Black Metal 06:00
Onyx Night, Cauldron Charm
Mesmerized; Magick Born
Witch of Mine, Embers Dance
Flesh of Crime, Seducing Trance
Bewitching...Black Metal
Bewitched
Under Spell, Raptured One
Devoted Thrall, Shadow Sun
Nocturnal Band, Starless Wise
Sleight of Hand, Soul Demise
I Hear The Conjurations Call; Calling For Me
I See Illusions of Them All; Pretending to See
7. The Purifier of Battle Pt. I 03:18 instrumental
8. Desecration of Grace 06:44
"In Nomine Patri, In Nomine Redemptor, In Nomine Satani
Ego Renuo Thee, Ridimio Ego Revera
In Nomine Rex Regis, Ego Apello Bellum
In Nomine Patri, Ave Exordium, Ave Mortis"
I Am The Devil & The Devil Is Me
For The Only Devil In Existence Is Man
We Are What We Are If We Are Free
Otherwise Slaves To The Holy Hand
I Am The Savior & The Savior Is Me
If You Believe There Is A Savior At All
I'll Sell My Soul Because Nothing Is Free
To See The Celebration Of Salvation's Fall
I Am The Prophet & The Prophet Is Me
Listen To The Words That I Speak
Our Lives Consist Only Of Hypocrisy
Because The Minds Of Mass Are So Narrow & Weak
I Am The Father & The Father Is Me
Inside Us Lies The Choices That We Make
Close Your Eyes, Only The Blind Can See
The True Filth Spawned By Our Race
And The Scrolls Of Life Shall Be Forgotten
For Flesh-Made-Death, No One Shall Abide
And The End Of All, Shall Inherit All
Swallowing Senseless Human Pride.
9. The Fall of Man 04:54
On Our Darkest Hour, We Shall Fall
....From Greed
As Our Time Fades, We Will Disperse
....From Selfishness
On The Night Of The Darkest Of Eves
When Man Forever Falls
The Human Race Will Escape
From The World We Call Our Own
And Through Our Greed,
Our Own Decieved
The Pain Of All Shall End
Life To Halt, For Our Own Faults
Into Our Curse We Decend
Upon Temptation Of The Worlds Termination
The Domination Of All Revelations
The Levitation Of One's Desolation
Will Lead The Nation...Into Devastation
10. Midnight Deathcult Phenomena 06:54
Arise My Faithful, Let Us Walk The Path Of Blood
No Longer Shall We Be Mortal In Life
But Immortal Through Death
We Are The Makers Of Our Own
And The Destroyers Of All...
May We Openly Greet The Other Side‘
Arise And Die, One By One Embrace The Fire
Tonight Let Life... Shun You Away
We Are Free; The Sacred Birth To A New Beginning
Our Flesh And Death, Greet Upon This Day
And We Shall Bow To No One
Midnight... Death Cult Phenomena
And We Shall Rise For Nothing
Midnight... Death Cult Phenomena
The Thrill To Kill, Take My Hand Let Me Guide
You To The Flame
Our Fires Burn Higher... Enter The Only Way
Arise And Die, One By One Embrace The Fire
Tonight Let Life Shun You Away
Enter The Fire! Burn!
Midnight Phenomena! Death Cult Supremacy!
As I Become Fire, As I Become Moonlight
As I Become Fire, I Become Midnight
11. Darkness & War 04:04
I Am Immortal
I Stand Alone
Thy Legions Falling
Thy Kingdom Come
The Flesh Has Risen
The Gate Of Light Is Sealed
Your Mourning Era
Touches Velvet Steel
All Rise For...
All Stand For...
All Hail For...
All Bleed For...
Darkness & War
All Hail The Bringer Of Death
The Fields Are Stained
With The Blood Of Mortals
& All Burns
Hail! Hail! Hail!
Darkness & War
12. Into the Black Forest of Witchery 06:20
Gathered Under Sweet Eve
May We Be Blessed', Veiled & Secluded
Hollow In Heart, Strong In Mind, Faded With Spirit
Sheltered Within These Woods...Like Mother...Bewitched
A Fire Burns With A Devil Inside
Under The Spell Of The Witches' Eye
Nothing But This Night To Live For Now
Turn, Turn, Fall ...Burn!
The Scent Of Flesh Will Smother The Skies
As She Strengthens The Coven With Her Cries
Nothing But This Night - As Her Body Departs This Life
Higher - Higher - Praise Her Fire!
Tonight - Inside - Tonight - We Welcome Witchery
We Are As One Under The Dagger
We Are Saints As Snakes Within This Circle
We Are True Devotion Sworn Together In Blood
We Wear The Mark - Life From A Dying One
Tonight - Inside - Tonight - We Welcome Witchery
13. Sweet Misery I Foresee 09:03
Amidst The Vast Oceans Of Sadness
Obscure Is The Season Of Woe
Weakened I Suffer So Significantly
'Tis Emptiness Of Which My River Flows
I Can See The Sky Is Falling
I Can Feel The Earth Move Round
I Can Hear My Death Is Calling
Secluded From Life I Am Crowned
I Can See That Time Is Fading
I Can Feel My Life Unbound
I Can Hear Suicide Is Calling
From The Other Side; Profound
Imprisioned By The Ail Of My Affection
Forgotten: My Memories Deceased
Battered, Benumbed, Bleak & Broken
Eternal Shall Be The Existence Of Grief
Unanimated & Subsisting To Wither
Fading I Perish...Abandoned In My Wretchedness
Sweet Misery I Forsee
14. Barbaric Is the Beast 04:48
Rise Oh Great One, Indulge In The Womb Of Virgins' Blood
Desire The Hunt, The Hunt That Draws The Flesh Of Reconciliation
Awake From Your Slumber, The Time Has Come To Regain The Throne.
Rise Within The Shadows, Strike Upon The Breast Of Hope
Barbaric Is The Beast
Conjured Is The Day Of Reckoning
Blessed We Stand In The Shadows
The Dawn Of Solitude Is Upon Us
...The Birth Of The Beast...
Repaint The Throne With Sacred Crimson
Eclipse The Heart Of Hope
Sear The Earth With Beastiality
Upon This Torso Of Land...To Tear The Throat
Stain The Soil With The Blood Of The Lamb
We Are Wolves Among The Sheep
Riddance To The Race Of Pity
Blinded By The Faith They Seek
We Stand Before Your Kin
Shadows Of The Past Conceiled In Sin
Our Poison Spreads Within The Roots
Injection Of Our Seed & Force Fed The Fruits
Retribution In The Sign Of Horns
Infiltrate The Womb, A New Breed Is Born
Pillage The Land From The West To The East
Dimished Is The Realm, Barbaric Is The Beast
15. Frostseasongoddess 06:46
The Dark Enchants Me
The Forest I Forsee
My Homecoming Ground
Where I Hide From Thee
The Trees Are Covered
In A Lightly Grazed Frost
& In My Sleep
Silence Is Forever Lost
The Trees: My God Under Twilight
The Frost: A Goddess Of The Freezing Night
The Snow: Decieves The Warmth Of All Life
The Night: Feeds Me With Endless Time
Adoring Silence...
I Am Welcomed To This Land
Shiva: My Lust & Flame
Forever Take My Hand
& In This Night
We Are Calm Before The Storm
& Through Her Coldest Touch
I Am Reborn!
The Trees: My God Under Twilight
The Frost: A Goddess Of The Freezing Night
The Snow: Decieves The Warmth Of All Life
The Night: Feeds Me With Endless Time
I Bow Before This Moon Tonight
& Pray To Shiva; The Goddess Of Ice
This Land Is Frozen In A Realm Of Frost
My Heart In Her; I am Forever Lost
Teach Me The Ways Of The Wicked Tonight
Let My Heart Be Pure With Ice
I Want To Walk Forever In This Land
Let Our Blood Run Cold - Hand In Hand
16. Human Slave Infantry 03:26
Bred For Bloodshed & Brutality
By Sunrise You Shall Rape & Ravage This Land
A Bestial War Orgy To Purify Man
Kneel To My Hatred & Worship My Every Command
Slaughter All In The Name Of My Mastery
Impale Thy Venom Throughout Innocent Lands
Your Purpose Is To Spread Thy Disease
All Hail My Misanthropic Glory
Follow The Path Of Blood, Destroy All Who Oppose
Exterminate The Curse Of Humanity, Life Expires Now!
March On - Begin The Dawn Of My Tyranny
March On - & Defeat All Rivalry
March On - Within My Orders; Your Eternity
March On - My Human Slave Infantry
...My Human Slave Infantry...
17. The Purifier of Battle Pt. II 05:28 instrumental
18. A Serpent's Kiss 04:22
The First Fall Will Bless The Snake
Awaiting A Life Of Pain
So Frail It Sits Upon The Leaves
Awaiting Winter's Beginning
Another Rose Another Kiss
Touching Toungues With A Serpent
Night Falls Quick Upon The Day
Scales Of Green Turn To Grey
Life Is Damned In The Dark Of Night
A Body So Cold Holds The Burning Eyes
Embracing A Serpent's Kiss
Witches Burn Upon The Stake
Under Devil's Night & The World Of Cain
This Pain I Did Not Wish
A Serpent's Kiss
19. Universal Funeral March 04:48
Erase The Mind Of Time & Being
For Existence Disintegration
Erase The Soul, Cleanse The Mind
Hope: Abandoned
Self: Abandoned
The World Marches For A New Beginning
The World Marches For The End
The World Marches For Extermination
Our World Dies Again
Looking In The Face Of Death, Take The Hand That Steals The Flesh
Acknowledge The World's Cries
Look Back Once Again To See What All Must End
Celebrate World Demise
Our World Dies Again
20. The Coming of Dawn We Fear 07:23
The Dawn Rises Forever No More
Darkness Eternal, Darkness Adore
The Gates Are Opened Damnation Has Come
Blood Flows Like Wine, Dusk Is Dawn
The Coming Of Dawn We Fear
The Light Is Gone, The Sun Has Set
Dusk Has Come, Misery Prevails
Everlasting Lakes Of Angel's Blood
A Nocturnal Treat A Nocturnal Drug
I Can Take You Through The Endless Skies
I Could Be Your Love, You Would Never Die
I Could Be Your Heart, You Would Be Adored
Because The Dawn Rises No More
I Could Be Your Heart, I Could Be Your Soul
Without This Dawn
I Could Take Your Heart, I Could Take Your Soul
Without The Dawn
Take Away This Dawn
I Will Be Your Heart, I Will Be Your Soul
I Will Be Your Dawn
02:06:11
Recorded live in Brussels supporting the “Abhorrent Desecration tour”, 2017.
Cassette limited to 100 copies
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