Origen: Suecia, Umeå
Formados: 1992
Estilo: Black melódico
Temática: Apoacalipsis, mal, misantropia y oscuridad.
Enlaces: Facebook, instagram, Naglfar y spotify
Miembros:
- Andreas Nilsson Guitarra
- Kristoffer W. Olivius Voces
- Marcus E. Norman Bajo, guitarra y teclados
- Stellae Trajectio Demo 1994
- Promo '95 Demo 1995
- Vittra CD 1995
- Maiden Slaughter Demo 1996
- When Autumn Storms Come EP 1998
- Diabolical CD 1998
- Ex Inferis EP 2002
- Sheol CD 2003
- Pariah CD 2005
- Harvest CD 2007
- An Extension of His Arm and Will EP 2012
- Téras CD 2012
- Principium Recopilatorio 2018
- Cerecloth CD 2020
CERECLOTH (2020)
Séptima entrega para los suecos después de un período de casi ocho años de silencio, en un regreso en toda regla con un álbum de sonido black melódico que destaca por su brutal sonido gentileza de Dan Swanö en sus Unisound. Es cierto que la carrera de los suecos se acerca peligrosamente a los treinta años y no lo es menos que su formula pude dar muestra de agotamiento, sin embargo mantienen sus señas de identidad en cuanto a sonido, logrando transmitir la esencia del sonido que los dio a conocer a mediados de los noventa sin renunciar a la inclusión de cierto elementos más acordes con al época actual que logra que su black se adentre por otros terrenos dentro del metal extremo. "Cerecloth" es un álbum compacto, sin apenas fisuras en donde predomina un black melódico que esconde un trasfondo frío, melancólico y oscuro. El álbum esconde algunos arreglos de teclado, que aunque no estén presentes de una forma clara y en primer plano, si que juegan un papel fundamental, acompañando las guitarras y al bajo para añadirles un tono más profundo y épico. Resulta interesante comprobar que los riffs de guitarra se acoplan perfectamente a un trabajo de bajo que se muestra muchas veces presente para llevar el tono melódico de la música hacia un ambiente más sombrío. Batería perfecta, capaz de ofrecer un tono rápido e incendiario con blast-beast impenitentes y de acompañar sin reparos en la partes más lentas, sin llegar a sepultar el resto de los instrumentos. Las voces se centran en ofrecer un tono agresivo y frío que cabalga entre los riffs ofreciendo aspectos como la desolación y la oscuridad, sin un registro variado, pero capaz de ofrecer una simbiosis perfecta con la música. Y es que el álbum sólo se puede entender en conjunto, como un todo, en donde no hay elementos destacables individualmente, sino que lo importante es el conjunto, un conjunto de black melódico que recoge el buen hacer de la carrera de Naglfar desde su formación en 1992, incorporando algunos elementos actuales a su sonido, para ofrecer como resultado un álbum rápido e incendiario, pero que sorprende con inspirados riffs de corte melódico que emergen en medio de la tormenta de su sonido. (8,3).
1. Cerecloth 04:05
Old shadows rise
And shroud the world in blackest night
In bitter hearts once confined
Trapped deep inside
Since before the dawn of time
Now free to poison mankind
Futility
It feeds the grasp of lethargy
Life slowly comes to a grinding halt
Words of sanctity
Turned into inanities
And faith is naught but dust
The reaper's breath
A crushing weight upon their chest
No reason left to exist
Seek comfort in the blade
In herds they walk along their way
The path towards an early grave
A cancerous plague begot
Spreads dread and spiritual rot
And the stench of cerecloth
Thus follow in its wake
As man succumbs to its dismal fate
A cancerous plague begot
Spreads dread and spiritual rot
And the stench of cerecloth
In this place now resides
As all things slowly die inside
Silence looms
The testament of our demise
A barren tomb forever cursed
Chalice of doom
Poisoning the fountain of life
For none shall walk the earth
2. Horns 04:38
This is what I chose to be
There is a demon inside that is possessing me
It lets me see what you cannot see
Know what you must not know
And be what you can never be
You, children of Satan
The endtime battle is near
For I am here, evil is everywhere
Ring in the new age of war, hate and fear
You will never be free
Sound by your flesh and your morality
Foolish believes in that eternity
Can be achieved if you hold the right key
There will be suffering and tears, hunger years
People led astray, like sheep they follow and obey
Humanity's future holds nothing but loss
As they fight amongst themselves over a god that never was
Hell forevermore
The blood has been spilled
The oath has been sworn
Chime now the cymbals of vengeance
Sound now the horns of war
You stepped into the shadows
Walked into the void
Emptied your mind
Left all reasoning behind
Doomed are the living who follow the blind
Cursed by the demons who hate mankind
3. Like Poison for the Soul 06:31
So my path is chosen
No more false affinity
The time has come to leave
Your worth are the equivalent of a dead insect to me
Indifference be my name
All hope forever lost
No redemption in this place
I cut your presence away
The outcome of your burdens
Are no longer mine to face
I shun your kind and leave you all behind
To gain some peace of mind
Man is an island
This is what I believe
The absence of other humans
Is what I truly need
So I gradually turn inwards
Treading paths unknown
Through catatonic caverns
A haven I can call my own
So I am going deeper
Down into my own world
Where I can be alone
And your voices go unheard
I can't stand them no more
You're like poison for my soul
I was trapped within a nightmare
My life felt like a lie
Like drowning in plain sight
Your voices overwhelm me
In a cacophonic drone
My cup hath runneth over
A yearning for the silence
And the grace of solitude
Far from this worthless place
So the time has come to exit
To finally fade away
To find reprieve in an unresponsive state
I am going deeper
Down into my own world
Where I can be alone
And your voices go unheard
I can't stand them no more
You're like poison for my soul
4. Vortex of Negativity 05:02
I dream of death and the end of everything known
For the greatest of value is found in nothingness
So I go and fall into the gaping maws of darkness
Torn by the silent roar of Charon, it permeates me
In the bleakness of existence I drown
This world was never meant for me
So now I take my leave to finally
Be one with the vortex of negativity
A dream of Death
And the end of all that once was
To be gone and one with insignificance
In the bleakness of existence I drown
This world was never meant for me
So now I take my leave to finally
Be one with the vortex of negativity
I pour gasoline on bridges already burning
And put use of your good intentions
They pave my road to Hell
In the bleakness of existence I drown
This world was never meant for me
So now I take my leave to finally
Be one with the vortex of negativity
5. Cry of the Serafim 04:25
Pride cometh before the fall
And he fell hard
Into the dark
Into our waiting arms
Our blades have hungered
And lo, the Serafim bleeds
Words of sin
Carved deep into angel skin
Thus the end begins
Gaze upon his father's temples
Now laid to waste
No place of worship
In this forsaken place
His herds are hunted
Behold, the lambs fall prey
And so his cries were heard
All around the world
Blood soaked and torn
Struggling for breath
Upon his battered celestial form
An aura of death
Once bound to the highest of thrones
Flagellate the holy flesh
Six wings shorn away from its bones
Feathers now fall in crimson rain
Unto the night of nights an offering
A divine sacrifice
In his eyes a dying light
Such a wondrous sight
The sinews and flesh are shattered
By the crushing blows
And the tattered remains discarded
To the hungering depths below
6. The Dagger in Creation 05:07
There is no turning back now
All is onwards from here
Forbidden words of rebellion
Are being spoken out here, spoken out clear
Feel it burning inside you
Heed the call from within
Visions are coming through
You realize what you have to do
Break the chains that bind you
Leave the lies of this world behind
Tear the veils that blind you
Reset, rebecome, be reborn, clear the mind
Drown deep in its power
Feel the demon inside take hold
This is the devil's hour
There's no return once you've sold your soul
Unholy hateful spirit
You know the hearts of men
The devil's wind
Now usher in the pain
You are the poison in the ether
The warm internal flame
The radiating darkness
Most unclean with thousand names
Feel the warmth of the fire
Bow down before the moaning flames
Perform the secret spell
Breathe in and breathe out then go to Hell
Oh, mighty soul corrupter
You know the hearts of men
Satanic wind
Now usher in your reign
You are the dagger in creation
The scorching hellish flame
Sorrow on this earth
You are wisdom, you are pain
7. A Sanguine Tide Unleashed 03:54
Men of Isa
Your end is fucking nigh
Like a surging wave we come for you
With murder in our eyes
Vermin filth
Bastard sons of the virgin whore
You're the plague that walk upon this earth
And we are the cure
A sanguine tide unleashed
Deceitful tongues
False words spreading like disease
So I would rather suffocate
Than share the air you breathe
Shameful stains of Adam
Your god was never here
And the shackles of your morals
Were never mine to wear
The sanguine tide unleashed
Invoke the inner beast
Their blood shall be spilled
The cold howling wind
Shall sing through their bleaching bones
A hymn most ethereal
A funereal dirge
So here we are gathered
Upon this charnel ground
To end the line of Abraham
The horns of damnation now sound
A tide of death is now rising
Feel it coursing through our veins
Let loose its glorious power
And let it send you to your graves
Their arms reached towards Heaven
Pleading safety behind the gates
With fervent prayers left unheard
They fall prey to our burning hate
The sanguine tide unleashed
The sanguine tide unleashed
The sanguine tide unleashed
8. Necronaut 03:29
Gateways pierced
And left behind
Transcend the flesh
And cast off the chains of life
To gaze into the void
A vast infinity
The final journey awaits
It beckons and calls on me
9. Last Breath of Yggdrasil 06:30
Love lies cold and murdered
Followed by winters thrice
The sun and moon devoured
As the firmament collapse and dies
And the mountains are crumbling
With slow resolve they're coming down
The world tree heaves and sighs
As it draws its last breath
And the grey one lies fallen
A broken body marked by wolven claws
Once proud and strong
Now lost in the arms of death
Yggdrasil
Cradle and shelter of life
Your fate shall be denied
Roots engulfed in Surtr's flames
To all of mankind's demise
And the oceans are churning
Untamed and ravenous grave so wild
The serpent writhes
As the crushing waves collide
And Tiwaz, one-handed
Went forth to face the feral Garm
Almighty warrior god
Now reduced to food for dogs
Ashes fall in a world rendered still
The last breath of Yggdrasil
And the eagle is screaming
For he knows that the end is nigh
The world tree heaves and sighs
As it draws its last breath
And the wielder of the hammer
Bane of the Jormungandr
Nine steps of triumph and victory
Then succumbed to misery
And the flaming sword of Surtr
Now cleanses all with fire
The world tree heaves no more
As the world now has expired
43:41
Grandes. Pero con Jens Ryden y sus vocales lo hubieran sido aun más
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