ABIGOR

NACHTHYMNEN (FROM THE TWILIGHT KINGDOM) (1995)

En este su segundo larga duración Abigor mantiene los elementos que les habían hecho cosechar reconocimientos dentro de la escena y que estaban presentes en su anterior larga duración y ep, elementos que no son otros que la elaboración de un black metal de sonido clásico pero con un gran peso de las guitarras en su vertiente más melódica, unas voces agresivas y perfectas por parte de Silenius y el enriquecimiento de su sonido hacia vertientes folk o medievales gracias a la incorporación de instrumentos y melodías tradicionales. Sin embargo en este álbum se aprecia una cierta evolución en el sonido que les ha llevado sobre toda a ganar velocidad en las composiciones, también han evolucionado en una batería mucho más presentes y elaborada, un cierto aire más sinfónico y la incorporación a las voces en ciertos puntos de un voz femenina. Con ello aunque las guitarras mantienen ese tono melódico se ha perdido un tanto el aspecto más tradicional y se abren nuevos horizontes hacia la velocidad eso si hay constantes cambios de ritmo y por momentos se producen interesantes duelos entre los dos guitarristas. El sonido es más contundente, las voces de Silenius no varían y demuestra ser toda una autoridad en la materia. La producción también ha mejorado y conduce al sonido de este álbum hacia terrenos más profesionales, eso si no deja de ser un álbum variado que ha prescindido de ciertos matices para ganar en partes sinfónicas y eso si sabe mantener una atmósfera mística y oscura. (8,5).

Napalm records

1. Unleashed Axe-Age 06:23

Ancient!... we invoke The polarities are united as one We are united as one By oaths once sworn - by blood The powers of darkness are unleashed Fire of Surt engulfes the world Fenrir unbound... Midgard drowned by the sea - let Naglfar be launched... The chains of Fenrir are rent asunder And the wolf shall course about... An axe-age, a sword-age... Come forth to receive the mark of fate And prepare yourself for battle The sun shall darken Vapour and fire shall rage together Till the leaping flame licks heaven itself... That the earth will be renewed in splendour And Surt shall endure, as Baldur endures... ...For the powers of darkness are eternal The twilight as come The dawn breaks in the east The world is alive Loki lives upon the earth It is done... The fire engulfs the earth Fenrir is free - the stars are falling  

2. Scars in the Landscape of God 06:14

I''m the one behind the shadows Tyrant of damnation Believer in war I will build the bridge of hate To walk on pagan ways In the light of the moon ...Hate in my heart I wander through fire To the valley of the shadow I summon my inner self to strengthen my final will I will destroy the promised land of God To set the mighty flame Flame - thou of wisdom the greatest And to rise the hidden words The words of ancient knowledge The scars in the wind Guide my path to the dark Into my cold frozen reality ...This is the dawn of the final war The victory is written in my flesh I laugh as my enemies fall And the sun will retire Into the darkness of the night Forever 

3. Reborn Through the Gates of Three Moons 06:04

I enter the gates

Into the realm where nothing dies

But I''m still so cold inside

Mesmerized...

By visions past and gone

Till the end of time

I will eternally dwell

Im dunkelsten der Stürme

Falle zusammen die Kerkerwand

Die mich schier endlos band

Und herrlicher und freier walle

Meine Seele ins unbekannte Land

In the darkest of storms

May crumble the dungeonwall

That bound me almost endlessly

And delightful and free may pilgrimage

My soul into the unknown land

I fly with the raven

Through timeless spheres of frost...

Through wasted lands of dreams

Geflohen vor der Wirklichkeit - vor Ewigkeiten

Und jenseits der Schwärze erstreckt sich

Ein unendliches Meer aus Grau...

Ein Meer aus gestaltloser Leere

Doch die Qualen und der Schmerz verbleiben

Als Erinnerungen an die vergangene Zeit

Stolz und doch verzweifelt...

Und in meinem Innersten hoffe ich

Daß mein Leben nur ein Traum ist...

Fled from reality - for eternities

And on the other side of the blackness

An endless sea of greyness extends...

A sea of formless emptiness

Yet the misery and the pain remain

As memories of passed time

Proud yet desperate...

And deep inside I hope

that my life is just a dream...

The moon is my blanket

In this cold domain

So ancient - so cold...

As a nightmare creature I crawl

Awakened from my sleep

To forever be...

Wiedergeboren...

Bei den drei Monden durch Mittwinters Tore

Reborn...

By the three moons through midwinter''s gates

I''m a shadow on haunted ground

Laughing in sorrow

Crying in lust

The storm is calming and death is rising

Evil - as pure as night

Proud - full of sin

Once again I''ll rise...

To survive eternity...

4. Dornen 04:37

 Wartend auf einen schmerzlosen Tod -

Die Flammen der Hölle sind nichts

Verglichen mit diesem Leben,

Voll von wundenleckendem Licht,

Umgeben von Grausamkeiten names Menschen -

Keinen Tropfen Blut wert.

Meine Seele entschwand dieser Welt

Vor langer Zeit,

Aber der immerwährende Haß band meinen Körper

An diese Dimension.

Ich wandere rastlos und leer,

Auf der Suche nach Erlösung und Harmonie,

Wissend, daß diese Suche sinnlos ist, endlos.

Jemand hatte die Macht -

Und raubte mir die letzte Hoffnung,

Den Mut diesen Schmerz zu beenden, mein Leben.

Mein Wunsch könnte erfüllt werden -

Hinwegschwinden, sanft und sicher,

Auf Winterflügeln in die letzte

Und ewige Dunkelheit,

In der Eiswinde durch mein Haar streifen.

Waiting for a painless death -

The flames of hell are nothing

Compared to this life,

Full of woundlicking light,

Surrounded by atrocities called humans -

Not worth a drop of blood.

My soul left this world

A long time ago,

But the everlasting hate bound my body

to this dimension.

I wander restless and empty,

Seeking deliverance and harmony,

Knowing that this search has no use, endless.

Someone had the power -

And robbed the last hope from me,

The courage to end this misery, my life.

My wish could be fulfilled -

Fade away, softly and certain,

On winterwings in the last

And eternal darkness,

In the icewind blow through my hair.

5. As Astral Images Darken Reality 03:56

 Kometen sind brennende Seelen,

Die zur Strafe durch den Kosmos ziehen müßen.

Comets are burning souls,

That have to travel through the cosmos for punishment.

Nothing disturbs this transcendental harmony

The only light that breaks up darkness

Are the burning red stars

Cosmic winds bear a waft

Of a gigantic psychic force

That the nineth dimension

(colossal deep universe) holds

And opens for me

Desolation in purest shape

Neither melodies nor cries

Resound in this cold silence

Nevertheless I feel the endless echo of melancholy

No mountain, no tree, no lake

But an endless wasteland of stones and ice

Forms this realm where no king was ever born

Because no life exists which can be ruled

Here is the destination of my astral journey

The only place where I find peace

So I leave the world behind

And replace earthbound grey

To interstellar black

I leave the world behind 

6. The Dark Kiss 05:45

Buried beneath forgotten cryptic stones Enshrined in silence, embraced by darkness Belonging to the hidden ancient race Am I still dead but dreaming Awaiting my time of resurrection Reminisce of a day long ago in past When I was blessed with the dark kiss The gift which immortalized me once Oh... I do remember the taste of hot blood Which was running upon my white face To moisten my dry lips With a burning kiss of mortality ...A burning kiss of mortality My eyes are blazing red in the night Leather wings adorn my huge back My fangs are sharp as frozen steel Prepared to caress thy beloved neck I rise from the tombworld, folding out my wings Flying up high through the nocturnal sky Looking for cretures who are worthy To get the dark kiss And to satisfy my hunger for blood During this night I do feel again the taste of hot blood My fangs are mutilating thy sweet flesh It''s the painful bite of the dark kiss Vampires kiss... Blut ist Leben ... The blood is the life 

7. I Face the Eternal Winter 04:35

Flying silent on winter wings Flowing emotions from my bleeding soul Tears that flow burn my skin I''m drifting away on the cold wave of desolation I''m touching the wind as it sadly sings Carried to the disant unknown Eternity awaits me... My heart is so cold Emotions reached their freezing point ...Only pure hate Lost all that I was living for Crying without sound Thy sky has frozen to ice As the last drops of blood leave my body I hear the winter breath I''m the face of the night I''m all alone The fullmoon is glowing Snow falls from the sky I feel the eternal winter Holocaust winds are rising Like a dark northern breeze My cryptic journey has just begun 

8. Revealed Secrets of the Whispering Moon 05:21

...And so my mind is calm Ready for the darkest eons Candlelight caresses my eyes Incense smoke displaces soiled air This trip is part of an endless journey I''m Satan and Satan is me Finding myself through this experience Wash away all that ever was... My life is a funeral ceremony As I march through the mortals'' graves I obey deepest inner instincts And gain the endless power of darkness To place the seed of evil Right in the heart of the earth ...And all ancient power manifests as shadows Which darken not only my heart and soul But the holy light of all that dare to stand Against the forces of the black flame In der Nacht als der Mond tausend Gesichter hatte Offenbarte sich mir das Geheimnis Und anstatt der Haut in der Menschen Gesichter Sah ich nur dunkles Spinnennetzgeflecht In the night when the moon had a thousand faces The secret was revealed to me And instead of the skin in the human faces I saw only dark spiderwebs   

9. A Frozen Soul in a Wintershadow 06:03

Wolves are howling to honour the moon

My heart belongs to the past

I feel attraction for the night

My mind to the ancient times

I wander through the fields where blood was split

Awaiting the reign of the dark and the cold

I can feel the creatures of the night

My dreams are no illusions

So I travel between these worlds

My soul is frozen - evil rules my mind

Able to face the eternal night

Why am I born into this world

...Soon I will leave

Into the sleep of death - never to return

My life is just a darkened silent barricade

Between all I ever wanted to be

I will enter the other side

To fly on the wings of death

To ride with the wind to the ancient times

To fade away to a blackened spiral - to see eternity

To be a wintershadow out of time

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ABIGOR

ORKBLUT - THE RETALIATION (1994)

Tal vez suene un tanto pretencioso definir este Ep como la obra cumbre de Abigor, pero lo cierto es que estos veinticinco minutos de black metal son de lo más interesante que han compuesto la banda y lo dice alguien que comenzó escuchando sus obras más recientes y que no comprendía porque se le consideraba una banda de culto, pero es ahora cuando rebuscas en los comienzos de Abigor cuando uno se da cuenta y comprende el porque de su influencia. Orkblut es una obra conceptual que gira en torno a la vida de un guerrero desde el momento de su nacimiento hasta que muere glorioso en el campo de batalla, pero más allá de este concepto hay que hablar de la música y es que una vez más consiguen un sonido impresionante, muy variado y tremendemente pagano. Orkblut debería de ser entendido no como un Ep de once temas sino como una sola canción con sus diferentes giros en la composición. Abigor a sabido mantener el estilo forjado en "Verwüstung / Invoke the Dark Age" pero añadiendo más elementos folk que da a su música ciertos paralelismos con lo pagan. Se ha perdido un cierto protagonismo de las batería, la guitarras suenan melódicas y las voces vuelven a provenir de ultratumba, pero como elementos a añadir debemos de contar sobre todo con unas partes acústicas que corren a cuenta de una flauta y de guitarra limpias y que ejercen de nexo de unión entre temas. Tremendo despliegue de una banda que creo que con la trilogía "Verwüstung / Invoke the Dark Age", "Orkblut - The Retaliation" y "Nachthymnen (From the Twilight Kingdom)", se forjó la bien merecida reputación de banda clásica en la escena. (8,7).

Napalm records

1. The Prophecy 01:22

 Mark my words - for I speak the truth and foresee

I've seen the winged shadow

The harbinger of the upcoming storm

And warriors which gathered

And inflamed their pagan hearts

I've read the dark signs and foretell you

The final battle under the hammer

Of the banished gods...

2. Bloodsoaked Overture 02:07  instrumental

3. Remembering Pagan Origins 00:29  instrumental

4. The Rising of Our Tribe 05:02

I sent black birds to the sky I set a sign for my hate To darken the day To beat back the light [repeat] Winds storm above this wasteland A first flickering of rage Dark clouds keep me sheltered Don't move before moonrise Don't move before moonrise We gather in the name of our pagan ancestors The teutonic spirit burns in our hearts What once was ours will be taken back Rising our tribe like the upcoming winter-age Upcoming winter-age Like in the ancient days We honour the cryptic place Where we receive our visions Was christian blood sacrificed  

5. Medieval Echoes 01:02  instrumental

6. Emptiness / Menschenfeind / Untamed Devastation 05:54

Hell is real - I feel its presence Staring with empty eyes Into an empty sky Nothing is here to feel I drift like a falling leaf The wind takes me into the unknown Where is all the hate All the pain Staring with empty eyes Into an empty sky Nothing is here to feel I drift like a falling leaf The wind takes me into the unknown Where is all the hate Just pure devastation to darkness Menschenfeind Misanthrope Haß - absolut und rein Existenz in dieser Masse ist unmöglich Hate - absolute and pure In ihren Reihen zu stehen Existence in this mass is impossible Heißt unter Feinden zu kämpfen To stand in their lines Ich bin kein Mensch Is to fight amongst enemies Denn Menschen werden sie genannt I'm not human For they are called humans Sie bluten - ich werde stärker Ihre Angst - mein Stolz They bleed - I become stronger Gott ist tot - nun schlachten wir auch sein GefolgeTheir fear - my pride God is dead - now we'll slaughter his following too Untamed Devastation The limit is reached - untamed devastation Moving down every breathing entity Our wrath - our weapons are too real to ignore Mercy - a forgotten word aimless, blind ... just storming 'gainst everything The gods you banished in the ancient days Have still been worshipped by ones you fear They gathered powr which you now loose As your god fails by your side The two ravens are there to pick your eyes As we cry out the names of the pagan gods  

7. ...To the Final Strike 00:50  instrumental

8. Battlefield Orphans 03:25

We loaf around the fireplace War-weary and calm We watch the sunrise motionless The war has been won (repeat) We hear melodies unsung Mesmerized... We survived - but why? A new beginning - for what? Too cooled down to move We just stare and lay back to die The holocaust is over - victory All is dead - burnt debris Everlasting silence - we reached peace of mind We just stare and lay back to die

9. The Soft and Last Sleep 00:40  instrumental

10. Severance 03:11

Not a senseless life - but extinguished now This is the long awaited end Not pain - a sort of harmoney I feel As I look back - staring at my body Lifeless - but not without bearing Realizing that the mission is done As I leave the earth I'm not alone All the brave warriors who fought on my side Fly with me to our last place of rest Is it the silvery shine of the moon that surrounds us Or is it the path to the halls of eternal glory Never thought to be so calm As my soul leaves this dimension forever Never to return But wrapped in knowledge we found fulfillment Forever...

11. Langsam verhallte des Lebens Schmerz 00:30  instrumental

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ABIGOR

Origen: Austria, Viena

Formados: 1993

Estilo: Black

Temática: Satanismo

Enlaces: Abigor, bandcamp y facebook

Miembros:

• Silenius Voces
• T.T. Guitarra, batería y bajo

Discografía:
Ash Nazg... Demo 1993
Lux Devicta Est Demo 1993
Creation of a Dark Age Split 1994
Promo Tape 2/94 Demo 1994
Moonrise Demo 1994
In Hate & Sin Demo 1994
Verwüstung / Invoke the Dark Age CD 1994
Orkblut - The Retaliation EP 1995
Nachthymnen (From the Twilight Kingdom) CD 1995
Opus IV CD 1996
Apokalypse EP 1997
Supreme Immortal Art CD 1998
Structures of Immortality EP 1998
Origo Regium 1993-1994  Recopilatorio 1998
Channeling the Quintessence of Satan CD 1999
In Memory... EP 2000
Satanized (A Journey Through Cosmic Infinity) CD 2001
Shockwave 666 EP 2004
Fractal Possession CD 2007
Time Is the Sulphur in the Veins of the Saint - An Excursion on Satan's Fragmenting Principle CD 2010
Quintessence CD 2012
Supreme and Immortal Is the Art of the Devil Single 2013
Leytmotif Luzifer CD 2014
1994-1998: The Complete Hörnix Recordings Boxed set 2015  
Supreme Immortal Art (Instrumental 1997) Demo 2015  
Abigor / Thy Darkened Shade - Tape-Box Split 2016
Kingdom of Darkness EP 2016 Abigor / Nightbringer / Thy Darkened Shade / Mortuus Split 2017
Höllenzwang (Chronicles of Perdition) CD 2018
Black Icarus / Metamorphosis EP 2018
Four Keys to a Foul Reich (Songs of Pestilence, Darkness and Death) Recopilatorio 2019

1993 - Entering the Kingdom of Darkness Recopilatorio 2020  

Totschläger (A Saintslayer's Songbook) CD 2020

Taphonomia Aeternitatis - Gesänge im Leichenlicht der Welt CD 2023

Demos 1993 - 1994 Recopilatorio 2025

VERWÜSTUNG / INVOKE THE DARK AGE (1994)

El primer disco de los austriacos se puede englobar dentro de la corriente imperante en la época, black metal clásico de principios de los noventa en donde los grupos comenzaban a enriquecer su sonido con la aportación de matices procedentes de la incorporación de teclados, no muy presentes en este álbum, y un mayor trabajo de guitarra para conseguir una ambientación más folk o pagana. Abigor demuestran desde el comienzo del álbum un gusto por los pasajes tristes y melancólicos de ambientación satanista. El trabajo de guitarra es soberbio, afiladas y melódicos aportando en muchos momentos un aire medieval o folk y llevando en la mayoría de los casos en peso de la composiciones. Las voces son tremendamente apropiadas, sonando agónicas y sufriendo en cada estrofa. Los blast beats son correctos, no tienen gran protagonismo, pero cumplen. Por último los teclados sin llegar a aportar un aspecto de sinfónismo al conjunto si que están presentes para envolver la música en una capa siniestra e inquietante. Un álbum que es un perfecto ejemplo de las posibilidades que podía ofrecer el género a comienzos de los noventa y que me atrevería a tildarlo de clásico y fundamental para entender el black a día de hoy. (8,6)

napalm records

1. Universe of Black Divine 06:58

The holy trinity is rotten

All the saints are slain

Religion is forgotten

To the winged demon-lord we pray

We will rule -

If not now, than in eternity

Maybe you win in this world

But the universe of black divine 

Remains immortal

Get one of us in this reality

We sacrifice hundrets of yours 

In our true reality -

Hell

The dark age is our aim

To rule of mankind

This worthless brainless piece of shit

That remained of gods ridiculous creation

Our unit shows the sign of Satan

The master in black

Obey or be obliterated

2. Kingdom of Darkness 08:13

His kingdom - Kingdom of Darkness Where you can hear agony screams Cry eternal Frozen moon, growing shadows Glowing eyes are waiting (The) creator of darkness will rise And the sun will shine no longer Cry eternal Condemned to walk away in the night In the land where cold winds blow Where silence reigns From horizon to horizon The wind leads your way Darkness fills your soul You'll be eternal in his kingdom Kingdom of Darkness Embalmed in black Receive thy might Our sense of live to harm world Under the shining moon We follow your command Entering your unholy path Kingdom of Darkness  

3. Beneath a Steel Sky 01:53  instrumental

4. Eye to Eye at Armageddon 05:24

 Unable to save the world

But able to suffer in this so-called heaven

Your grotesque vision of pure holyness

Will be suffocated like you - bearer of light

Cry bearer of light

To weak to fight

Your fear - Your death

Eye to Eye at Armageddon

You say god is strong

You say god is eternal

I say this are lies

Unable to save the world

But able to suffer in this so-called heaven

Your grotesque vision of pure holyness

Will be suffocated like you 

Cry bearer of light

To weak to fight

But we meet again - Eye to Eye

Victory at Armageddon

5. In Sin 04:20

Marching through the woods

Our weapons held high

Here is our meeting tonight

Our fire burns higher then ever before

Out master's awaited with pride

We get immortality

We are eternal

We drink the blood

Flowing warm from Christ

So sweet to taste the liquid might

Our satanic unity is done

Ash nazg durbatulûk

Ash nazg gimbatul

Ash nazg thrakatulûk

Agh burzum-ishi krimpatul

Join force Belial

Hypnotic trance

Awaiting the beast

Waiting for the end

Whispering voices telling me

To rape to kill the priest

Floating caused by magic

Never ending hate

6. My Soft Vision in Blood 05:51

  So we reached our aim

The replacement of day

The obliteration of the sun

The triumph of the soft moonlight

Mankind reduced so much

How deep my slumber is

You are not the one you think

We are masters - you are slaves

Why weeping?

Why bleeding?

Did you believe in the false god?

I'm laughing

I'm celebrating

I have foreseen my triumph

Now we are divided

But we know our time will come

Than we take our weapons

To stand together as one

Mankind exist to follow

To serve and not to think

We are born of the ancient race 

To lead you in total darkness

Counts and lords with black blood

United under the funeral moon

The second wave of darkness

Is to be invocated

Darkness created

Dark age foreseen

The process of freezing

In my soft vision in blood

7. Weeping Midwintertears 04:45  

8. Diabolic Unity 03:01

My lord, I say I'm yours You're my mentor I'll learn to take control over mankind I'll be the leader of your unholy legions To your victory on earth We will your enemies the christians My lord, I say I'm yours I say I'm your's, my lord I'm yours Speak the ancient words to cause the eclipse Embalmed in black receive thy might In sin we live In sin we die Join force Belial Satanic unity Meet us out there Forests pride, moons beauty Satans power, journey's end Eternal darkness 

9. A Spell of Dark and Evil 02:04  instrumental

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