DANTALION

Origen : España. Galicia

Formado : 2004

Estilo : Black depresivo, death melódico, doom

Temática : Muerte, depresión y suicidio

Enlaces : facebook, bandcamp, myspace, youtube

Miembros :

• Naemoth                   -                      Batería
•  Netzja             -                      Guitarra
• NatnoF                         -                      Bajo
• Vorgh                        -                     Guitarra
• Sanguinist             -                        Voces

Discografía:

• Promo 2005                                          Demo                   2005
• When the Ravens Fly Over Me                  CD                           2006
• Call of the Broken Souls                          CD                           2008
• All Roads Lead to Death                          CD                           2010
• Return to Deep Lethargy                          CD                            2012
• The Ravens Fly Again: 10 Years of Desolation Recopilatorio 2014
• Where Fear Is Born CD 2014
• .​.​.​and All Will Be Ashes CD 2016
• The Seventh Wandering Soul CD 2018
• Time to Close the Circle Single 2021 Time to Pass Away CD 2021
• Novena Wake Begins Single 2023 Fatum CD 2023

RETURN TO DEEP LETHARGY (2012)

Ni que decir tiene que el camino para llegar a este cuarto trabajo no ha sido nada fácil, por el camino se han quedado miembros originales de la formación y sustituirlos ha dado más de un quebradero de cabeza. Sería injusto tirar a la basura tantos años de esfuerzo y mucho más ahora cuando el sonido del grupo ha dado un paso al frente y ha evolucionado para colocarlos en otro nivel. Se les podría acusar en el pasado de sonar un tanto monótonos y como consecuencia un tanto aburridos y aunque no han perdido la esencia de su black melancólico y triste con momentos doom que tanto debe a la escena escandinava  se nota claramente una evolución en el aspecto musical, sobre todo en la producción que hace que las guitarras suene infinitamente más variadas, estando más presentes en la estructura de las canciones con riffs más variados y melódicos  así como a batería mucho más nítida  Sanguist también ha encontrado acomodo en el aspecto vocal y se va encontrando más a gusto en los registros guturales atreviéndose a veces incluso a variar el tono. El álbum se cierra con una buena verión de Katatonia. Albúm perfecto para acompañar una tarde nublada y fría das nosas terras galegas. (8.25)

1. Pain and Lethargy 08:41

 In your bed, you vanish.

Pain and lethargy,

suffering and rest.

From your life you depart.

Permanent deepness,

listless feelings.

An instant,

a moment.

You don't exist,

nothing disturbs you.

In remembrance, nothing.

In nothingness, everything.

In the past, suffering,

In the present, infinity.

2. Onward to Darkness 09:05

  Towards the immensity of the megalith,

only a path of unrelenting darkness,

The cold stone that grips

hopes of another reality.

An ode to unending obscurity,

the dark and lonely path of life.

The inner darkness of thoughts

sums you up in desperation.

Existence is your own adversary,

a path full of pain and madness.

You struggle with the load on your back,

it's not worth the wait.

Don't cry for help above,

the ears that you await can't hear you.

Cursed mankind,

condemned by the weight of time.

The scythe claims for its capture,

Grim Reaper's hand behind.

A cold bleak farewell,

the dust covers the megalith.

3. Until My Time Comes 06:16

  Loyal to my convictions,

I follow the path of my life.

Always surrounded by darkness,

I don't try to find a way out.

I know this is my truth,

no one would change it.

No light at the end of the path,

it's only the end.

The path is dark,

this is the way I've chosen,

with no promises of a different life,

which make change mine.

This is my truth,

nothing else matters,

until my time comes,

the true eternity.

4. The Arrival of Silence 08:46

  I feel a battle inside me,

Confused thoughts take me to desperation,

Plunged into darkness created in my mind,

I can’t distinguish where reality is.

I know I’m not alone, but I can’t see them,

I can hear their voices whispering at me.

They all say I'm mad, that no one is besides me,

I know they're lying, I feel them, they're here.

They never stop tormenting me, I'll must end with them,

I don't eat nor sleep, I hear them inside me

I've got a gun, I’ll cut them down

the barrel in the head and, finally, I stop hearing them...

5. Ode to Nothingness 06:01

  Passed the final frontier,

into the infinity of emptiness,

nothing left behind,

nor nothing before us.

Just a far echo,

with the cries of those who stay.

A heavy layer of oblivion,

covers remains of a futile existence.

In the horizon, nothingness,

looking back, nostalgia.

A void of silence,

an abyss of solitude,

the deepest darkness,

unending travel to nowhere.

Only dust left behind,

in the horizon, nothingness.

6. The End of the Path 07:58

  Laid on a bed, I can not even move,

I try to sort my mind and assimilate my fate.

Death guides me, along its longest path,

to take me with her and end my torment.

Days and weeks pass by with tremendous agony,

but the end of the path never seems to arrive.

Please, terminate me!

Grant me rest, grant me peace.

I only hear the laments of my beloved ones,

who watch my life slowly fading out.

Don’t cry for me! This is our fate,

I see Death’s hand, this is the end of my path

7. Murder (Katatonia cover) 05:22

  Fallen idol,

Hanged man,

Great winds,

Rides the mill,

Further into the vast,

Limits do not exist.

Five day pain,

Closer now than ever.

Birds escape,

Mute flock of winds,

One with weather,

Sight is getting dim 

  52:09

ENTREVISTA

XANTHOCHROID

Origen : E.E.U.U., California

Formados: 2005

Estilo : Épico, black melódico

Temática: Creación propia

Enlaces : bandcamp, facebook, xanthofficial, youtube

Miembros : 

• Matthew Earl                            -                        Flauta, Batería
• Brent Vallefuoco                    -                        Guitarra
• Sam Meador                            -                        Voces, teclado, guitarra acústica
• Ali Meador                                                   Voces

Discografía:

• Iced, In Extremis                                    Demo                            2010   
• Incultus                                                    EP                                    2011   
• Blessed He with Boils                            CD                                   2012
• Harvest Single 2013 The Argent Crusader's Hymn Single 2013 Sleeping Stars Single 2013 The Great Sundering Single 2014
• To Higher Climes Where Few Might Stand Single 2015
• Of Erthe and Axen Act I CD 2017 Of Gods Bereft of Grace Single 2017 Of Erthe and Axen Act II CD 2017
• Of Erthe and Axen: Acts I & 2 Recopilatorio 2018
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                                                              BLESSED HE WITH BOILS (2012)

Álbum conceptual que gira en torno a un mundo de fantasía  creado por ellos mismos, y cuya música parte de una base de black sinfónico para ir más allá y adentrarse en terrenos del progresivo y al épica. Muy a tener en cuenta es la dualidad tanto en la voz, que alterna momentos agresivos con otras más moderados e incluso corales, y en el plano musical pasa tres cuartos de lo mismo hay momentos más rápidos, otros más sinfónicos e incluso unos arreglos muy logrados de guitarras limpias. Sería fácil caer en la repetición y en la cursilería con semejantes elementos si no fueran llevados a buen puerto, y es aquí el caso que aun habiendo tanta variedad de estilos siguen fieles a los patrones del extremismo y en todo momento coquetean con el black de tintes sinfónico, llámense Wintersun, llámese Borknagar. La producción también está muy bien trabajada y deja respirar en todo momento a cada instrumento. Buen trabajo que a pesar de su duración logra mantener la atención del oyente gracias a las sorpresas que nos depara a cada minuto. Gran futuro por delante si siguen por este camino. (8)

1. Aquatic Deathgate Existence 03:00

  Ambularo per harena 

juxta frigore salmacidus aqua 

Vocant me deus 

sed numquam ita sentitur 

humana

2. Blessed He with Boils 07:29

Marked for death and horribly maimed I've suffered its pains, yet rightwise claimed This holy throne atop the Erthe; All shall witness a new god's birth "Blasphemer, deceiver A perfect fool" I shall nobly rule "Whose lies entrance" This northern expanse Believe! This holy land belongs to me The crown of kings upon my head Proclaims my royalty. Accept my gift And grovel at my knees Arise! Monuments to my reign One thousand years of faceless gods Replaced by fire and steel Consume! And let our might be known The feeble kings of Erthe and Axen Are but flesh and bone Man, who is Erthwile born Who longs, who tries, who is Full of strife How frail is life! And mine is but a breath A hopeless Thought "Who is empty, Faithless, embittered And capable of anything Inconquerable Yet full of woe" So I extend my reach Upon riches Unfit for unseen gods And disperse them to my sons My body is covered with maggots and scabs My skin, is faded, cracked and dry And still they proclaim "Blasphemer, deceiver" A thief they say But I have suffered And I have paid "All this was Long ago. Reap what you sew: Erthe and Axen, Flesh and bone" Marked for death No sense but a pulse Neath my fading breath I'll bear the weight Chains of my past so full of hate "King of Erthe" How frail is life "Dust and Ash" How full of strife "Like aeons past" And when I die "Your disease shall never last" Never again shall I arise "All this was" A thief they say "Long ago" To dead gods they pray "Reap what you sew" I have suffered "Erthe and Axen, flesh and bone" I have paid   

3. Winter's End 05:01

Words were writ Long ago Darkness would claim my throne Crushing weight Bearing down Life traded for a crown Light reveals Fertile soil Stone laid by kings of old Winter's end Melting snow Still I can feel the cold Ashes rain from skies And smother Erthen fire My soul is ever weakened By winter's cruel disease 

4. Long Live Our Lifeless King 08:57

Do not reject me If I should not continue on Then let me freeze Freeze again to death If she will receive me Then through these gates I must proceed Erthe's very womb From whence all were born I taste the stench of death My sight grows sharp My breath is steady He hides behind Monuments to progress "Lights that blind" Hail! to the Thane of Thule! Born of ashes, born to rule! "We exalt your glory" And bring from afar riches and Offerings fit for a king (You are no king) Hail! To a foolish boy Whose Relicry is but a ploy "Who is falsely burdened" With the charge of an absent god You so brutally wronged Brother, relinquish your crown (Your time has come) I have earned the right I have sacrificed Years of my life My dignity and my pride To bring man erthly light I come to bear witness Iron pillars will turn to Ashes as you fall Not with splendor But with a sigh You think you have suffered? I've endured things far worse than pain, I'll make you taste Death How easily he fell A hollow empty shell: Behold your lifeless King  

5. Deus Absconditus: Part I 04:00

Sino me vivere, O, carnifex magnus Let me live! O great tormentor! For my life is but a passing shadow My eyes are unable to see What light may lie beyond this life Let me make our brief and tortured lives Seem beautiful and grand For soon we will turn to dust You will look upon this Erthe And we will be gone God of Ashes, King of Erthe Given to a strange rebirth Every man shall to him sing: "Xanthochroid, our rightful King" Deus Absconditus God who is hidden from man We, disciples of the north Bring this vile carcass forth No one comforts as he weeps Simply drifting off to sleep 

6. Deus Absconditus: Part II 05:36

And as I watched him writhe in pain I felt that familiar horror; Struggling to breath and console my fear, I realized once again The true nature of existence. That awful reality I've tried to forget Since I was young. “Deus Absconditus” The eternal void that awaits us all, “God who is hidden from man” Whether Erthwile bound or a Relic like me; The infinite measure of time and space Captures each of us for all eternity. “Deus Absconditus” No one knows what lies beyond, “God who is hidden from man” But it matters not to me Whether it is a neverending paradise, A burning pit of fire, Or a void of non-existence. Whatever horrors or pleasures Await us after this life Will never eclipse the cold chill Of time's endless decay.

7. The Leper's Prospect 05:51

Cold winds Sting my coarse and blistered skin Making my return To a vain veil of time Dead dreams Shadows cry out desparately Can you not remember Your lost son's name? Why should I persist? Wrap me up in shrouds And let me remain unseen Trees that grow together Like father and son Stand in stark contrast To my dreadful outcast soul I wander, forlorn Disfugured, so sore Aching from the weight I bore all those years I am descending a black mountain That crumbles beneath my feet Still, I am looking back Over barren hills Devoid of light I struggle to draw my breath. Straining my sight Just so I might catch A glimpse of a long dead dream  

8. In Putris Stagnum 06:27

At last, I have arrived My tired eyes survey this Cancerous growth A festering pool of worms Sickening to behold Reminding me of what was, And what becomes of buried dreams Of reasons, I have but one To rid myself of pain Shrouded in black fog I am beyond death “For those who seek pleasure and power, I'll make you beautiful Beyond your wildest dreams For I am he; The one said born of the gods But I must ask no less a price To dwell in you” I, relinquish body, mind, and soul My leprous skin and broken spirit I, long to see myself through your eyes Not with compassion but disgust Welcome, Death. I lay my mind to rest My faults I do detest At last, I fall “For those who seek pleasure and power, I'll make you beautiful Beyond your wildest dreams For I am he; The one said born of the gods, Long live our king” Here I'll stay I shall remain The air is warm, The water sweet to drink And here I'll stay I shall remain This wondrous Sound Envelops me   

9. "Here I'll Stay" 02:39  instrumental

10. Rebirth of an Old Nation 09:00

As Erthe's beauty fades Behind bright, blinding lights Will I still recall The smell of the woods, My home, The lone and silent elk, The damp, misty air The allure of the erthe? I must posses a mind Not to be changed by place or time Not to be poisoned by The stench of progress I remember when I had a brother and a friend A friend whose struggles I alone have witnessed When I saw him there Crumbling face, empty stare A great, heaving sigh I, at last, said good bye The sky is black with fog Black with the souls of those who've lost That fleeting breath which they called life I step into the mist Recalling the place she and I lived Hoping to find some semblance of old joy But alas her tender spirit Has gone away at last For in my most desparate hour She did not come No empty blessings No friendly ghost To fill me with false hope Or haunt me with happy dreams Still I was drunk by the prospect That she may sit beside me When my trials were through I walk along the sand By the cold, brackish water “It's hard to remember The paths we used to take” It's hard to walk in this thick mud And I begin to sink. “Vocant me deus Numquam ita sentitur Humana”  

   58:00

DARKENHÖLD - ENTREVISTA

1. How was the process of composition Echoes from the Stone Keeper? You wear a lot of time preparing it?

Aldébaran : The process of composition takes approximately two years, i was very focused on all details concerning this album, as for the composition, to keep spontaneity but also regarding the rhythmic patterns, the atmospheres behind, the organic textures etc… It often begins with guitar's riffs like almost all traditional metal bands but sometimes keyboards give the guideline too. We have rehearsed quite often with Aboth (drums) to bring a coherent and solid album, then Cervantes puts the lyrics and vocals on it. Arrangements and bass come later in general. It took some times because i've mixed the album all by myself so i've tried different combinations to approach the vision of the sound i like, even if i think it will be better for the next album.

2. How did the idea to form the group? How were your beginnings?

Aldébaran : Before being in Darkenhöld i was part of a band called Artefact which was more in a Heavy Progressive Black Metal genre, but after quitting the band in 2008 i felt the need to come back to a more primitive and atmospheric Black Metal that i used to listen in the 90's. So Cervantes and myself decided to create the band in order to express the music we liked.

The beginnings were spontaneous and relatively fast as we have now 2 albums, 3 split-cds and 2 participations for tribute albums in just 5 years.

3. How was the group's sound evolved over your career?

Cervantes : In my own opinion, the Darkenhöld sound follows a logic evolution. The two split-cds were a calling card. We wanted to present the first songs we created asides covers of bands we wanted to pay tribute to… so the people who discovered us at that time could not be deceived on our musical heritage ! Our first album, which included some new versions of these songs and some new ones, laid the foundations of our universe and allowed us to define more precisely the kind of Black Metal we love… an ancient vision which may not correspond to modern Black Metal productions and tastes, in terms of inspiration, musical research, sound and studio production… what does it matter ! It talks to our heart and this is the way we want to play Black Metal. The second album, which is characterized by a more raw and crude sound, a deeper work on the keyboards and the weaving of cavernous and dark melodies and atmospheres, show we’re stubborn. For the third opus to come… well, it will be for a next interview !    

  

4. How would you define your sound? What do you want to convey with your music?

Cervantes : The will of Darkenhöld is to develop a 90’s Black Metal sound, in the tradition of the bands which contributed to associate the aggressiveness of the guitars, drums and vocals with the arrangements and atmospheres provided by the keyboards and a more elaborated playing of riffs and leads. Yes, keyboards is not a rough word for us ! But we really manage to make an efficient use of it, in order to go deeper into the development of musical landscapes, epic feelings and oniric emotions. Anyway, the guitar is not destined to erect a simple and limited wall of sound, and the keyboards should not be considered as the totalitarian lead instrument. On some tracks, it can dominate and guide the melody but it will remain in the back ground on other one… we use the keyboards and the arrangements to put a song higher and give substance to our universe and to the stories we tell, not to fire easy listening tunes !

5. Emperor, Satyricon, Taake first it will be bands where your sound is reflected, Do you feel comfortable with this comparison or we could talk about a sound?

Cervantes : Taake is pretty unexpected, but that’s ok for me, and we had the opportunity to share a live with them, morever ! Emperor and Satyricon, of course, but the first productions of these bands to say the truth. In fact, we can say that we are often inspired by the early releases of essential bands like Emperor, Satyricon, Dimmu Borgir, Gehenna, Burzum, Abigor, Ancient, Arcturus, Wallachia, Diabolical Masquerade, Obtained Enslavement, Godkiller, Mortiis or Bal Sagoth ! Unfortunately the musical evolution of these bands leaves us cold for the most part. As I said, we assume our 90’s heritage and there’s no trouble with these comparisons, on the contrary !

6. What aspects and facts of the Middle Ages would you highlight as influential in your music?

Aldébaran : Personnally, i am fascinated by the Middle Ages and by history in general, we are in a some way the consequences of those ages, the medieval man is still in us. I'd like the mystery, the obscurantism of this period, the austerity, the barbarism as well as refinement, chivalry codes, profound devotion, mysticism, l'amour courtois, alchemy, gothic architecture… We do not pretend to respect literally and musically the rules of this era, we invokes the medieval art through personal feelings and fantasy visions. For example, i appreciate to listen to "La Messe De Nostre Dame" from Guillaume De Machaut or Guillaume IX d'Aquitaine, their music can be seen as strange today but they were from that time very modern (and still are for me)!

7. How referred album cover? What is your relationship with music?

Aldébaran : The cover of the album is a real painting made by Claudine Vrac, we can see the touch of the artist that can not be replaced by any photoshop work. She have also painted the cover of the first album "A Passage The Towers", so there's a link between the two. This depicts a subterranean corridor that could exist between a castle and a tower that exist near where we live, it is an imagery scene that reflects well the mood of the album that intended to be cavernous but with a clair-obscur aspect.

8. Tell us a little type of equipment that you use in the recording sessions and live performances.

Aldébaran : This is a very interesting question and the first time that we have been asked this kind of subjects.

I'm concerned by these questions as a musician because i think it's important to have our own sonority, we want to avoid plastic sound, linear, modern sounds that pollute the mainstream metal today, so we are focusing more on authenticity, natural vibes, dynamic analogic gears rather than performances and too clean production.

As for guitars and synth, i use mainly Gibson guitars, vintage distortion pedals, an old Marshall JCM amp, Roland vintage synths and amplifier (for clean guitars), Takamine acoustic guitars…

Cervantes : Speaking about the stage, we pay attention to offer more than a band playing in every-day life dressing. So we wear medieval oriented clothes, use fire torchs and fog machine, and spread our two backdrops to help the crowd to immerse itself in our world. Of course we’re still limited by the financial aspect of things, and we should love to do more… but with the time, we’ll continue to develop the surrounding and our stage presence.

9. 'Five fundamental cds in black history?

Cervantes : Five ? That’s a wager ! Well, if I think about the History of Black Metal, I would say : Bathory “Under the sign of the black mark” – Mayhem “Live in leipzig” – Darkthrone “A blaze in the northern sky” – Burzum “Hvis lyset tar oss” – Emperor “In the nightside eclipse”. I won’t say all these five albums belong to my absolute favorites, which should be more collected among the bands I quoted on question 5, but you can’t miss these five albums, in my own opinion, if you want to improve your Black Metal culture. 

10. Thank you very much for your time, if you want to add something for people who like Darkenhold, this place, thanks. I hope the questions are to your liking.

Cervantes : You’re welcome ! It’s great to think that Darkenhöld cleared a way to the spanish ground ! We’re very pleased with this very interesting interview and we hope that your readers felt the same. Many thanks for paying attention to Darkenhöld and long live to you ! One more thing : In may, we will walk the French roads for a week with our comrades of Fhoi Myore and Angmar… the first date will take place in Bordeaux, on may the 4^th… so, if there’s some Spanish maniacs around here at his moment, come to us and join the live celebration of the Wyvern cult ! Saludos épicos y medievales

DARKENHOLD

Origen : Francia, Niza

Formados : 2008

Estilo : Black

Temática : Castillos

Enlaces : facebook, myspace, reverbnation, youtube

Miembros : 

Aldébaran                  -                Guitarra, teclado, bajo, coros

Aboth                  -                Percusion, batería, teclados

Cervantes                  -                Voces

Discografía : 

• Darkenhöld / Fhoi Myore Split 2009
• Naastrand / Darkenhöld Split 2009
• A Passage to the Towers... CD 2010
• La Maisniee du Maufe - A Tribute to the Dark Ages Split 2011
• Echoes from the Stone Keeper CD 2012
• Castellum CD 2014
• Memoria Sylvarum CD 2017
• Memoria Sylvarum CD 2017
• Atra Musica Split 2019
• Arcanes & sortilèges CD 2020
• Le fléau du rocher CD 2025

ECHOES FROM THE STONE KEEPER (2012)

Grupo de sonido deudor de la escena escandinava primeriza y con abundante elementos melódicos en sus composiciones. En este segundo trabajo logran elaborar más su sonido y manejan mejor los tempos en las canciones, dotándolas de mayor variedad de registros y enriqueciéndolas con matices en donde hay cabida incluso para algunas guitarras acústicas y cuyo resultado final conlleva a la creación de unas atmósferas medievales muy logradas. Grupo a tener en cuenta ya que el cambio que han sabido llevar a cabo en este trabajo los lleva a un terreno en el cual es muy probable que nos ofrezcan grandes alegrías. (8)

1. Intro 01:21  

2. Alchemy and Arcana 03:33  

3. Wyvern Solitude Chant 06:51  

4. Echoes from the Stone Keeper 03:45  

5. March of the Sylvan Beasts 04:48  

6. Interlude 01:02  

7. Mesnie Hellequin 05:02  

8. Chasm of Asylake 05:39  

9. Nightfall and the Fire Doom 06:27  

10. Castle Ruins Anthem 03:55  

  42:23

BAPTISM

Origen : Finlandia, Tampere

Formados : 1998

Estilo : Black

Temática : Satanismo, anticristianismo, odio y muerte

Enlaces : facebook, myspace.

Miembros : 

Lord Sargofagian Todos los instrumentos, Voces

Discografía :

Satanic Rituals Demo 1998

Sons of Ruin & Terror Demo 2000  

The Beherial Midnight CD 2002

Primitive Finland Split 2003  

Baptism / Uncreation's Dawn Split 2004  

Black Ceremony EP 2004  

Wisdom & Hate EP 2004

Morbid Wings of Sathanas CD 2005

Evil Mysteries EP 2006

Grim Arts of Melancholy CD 2008

Chalice of Death EP 2010

As the Darkness Enters CD 2012
Gloria Tibi Satana Recopilatorio 2015
V: The Devil's Fire CD 2016

AS THE DARKNESS ENTERS (2012)

Este As the Darkness Enters, supone el cuarto trabajo de banda finesa, trabajo oscuro que desprende una halo místico  Oscuridad y melancolía creados a base de unos teclados y melodías muy trabajados en una obra en donde sobresales los cambios de ritmo de la batería y el gusto por los pasajes evocadores, junto con una guitarra por momentos próxima a registros más accesibles y la voz de Lord Sargofagian que dota al conjunto de la personalidad necesaria .Quizá el grupo no reciba el mismo reconocimiento que otras bandas afines, pero el fan de Baptism sabe lo que se va a encontrar en sus disco y una vez más nos saldrá defraudado. (8)

1. Introduction 01:49  

2. Bringer of Misery 05:06

Altar of SerpentNine candles are burning, between every other

Glimmer of incense

and morbid odor of human skull

true darkness surrounding us

Only love is sacred

let hate be eternal

the pure odor of fornication and flesh

Loneliness, temple inside my head

Human soul, knowledge and the ruler

Hell is present, past and that which is yet to come

Future, despair and waiting, with me

There are no other in this room

and footprints already lost in dust

Perfect peace and nostalgy ruling

Tired of life and unclean

(I pacify my mind and close my eyes)

And we will see His glory again

O' Satan, the source of my power

Thy Oneness is a flame unyielding

Immortal Prince of the Depths

Praised be thy name

And that, my power

3. Chalice of Death 05:42

Deep green sea opens, raging to the horizonGround breaths forth desperate air

And from amidst the fire not seen

by all, boasts out the voice

From the darkness I cry for you (Lord Satan)

I see a Fragile constellation,

from beyond this universe

A breath of death to my inner hell

My light as by the will of its creator (Lucifer)

A spark from the forge within Earth's core

If that breath could set free

If I could leave everything

and travel beyond realities

I would rise to my lips the Chalice of Death

and drink without the smallest hesitation

Clear pleasure, lascivious strength

Fervent, wavelike power

Sinä kuoleman malja ja sisäinen tuli

Sinä vapahdus ja kadotus kaikessa läsnä

Sinusta me olemme tehdyt ja sinuun hajoamme

Sinä iänkaikkinen ja ikuinen

4. The Prayer 08:18

All is made with human handsYet no laughter heard

But cracks on broken idols are smiling

When fire out-poured

Darkness became light

When you can't see Samael you're him

These words are silence, like all else

My Master, why hast thou remembered me

Kneeling at my altar of everything

Three gates below grant paradise by breaking it

Behold through me, for you are the Eye

Serpents crawl from older dusks

Soon hunting on altars of flesh

Knowing you I will become that prey

Which grows only stronger by its perpetual death

And when I will stand on the ashes

I Will see

I Will see the face of God

The edge of horizon who splits the night

Hearing the blessing

Of discordant choir

From the depths I call for you O' Lord

From the forms and names I reach for You

You are the blood and you are the nerves

You are the hands that unite in Prayer

"All of it consumed, fools gold turned to blessing

The wounds upon my palms, pierced by no shallow words

Still time to wake up, no time to look back, though"

No more waiting

Indulge on blood-baked bread

It's everything

From fertile ashes

Behind the stars

Of darkness

Of Master

For my time

I have taken

                                                            5. Esoteric Spheres 06:28

No path, no one to witness my return

Through the darkness I flew

Questions turned to answers

Answers turned to awe

Despair, thou made me strong

Horrible yet beautiful, this unearthly domain

Made by no human hand

Seen by none but the chosen

For only few can understand this form of holiness

The lonely, the burning ones

When walls crumble - when floor gives away

Outside the cosmos - is still breathing

Beyond flesh and blood - more profane than those

Mysteries of Satan - unfolding in tranquil vision

Which i never left

Utter loneliness breeds lucid insanity

Fragments of man at your feet

The trail is took within, there is no other way

You must reach beyond dreams

Find something other to arrive

  

6. Sieluni Temppeli 06:13

Kuin tyynen lammen pinta

Avautuu musta kirkkaus yläpuolellani

Alapuolellani läpäisee sydämeni

Huuleni eivät liiku, kun kuiskaan kaikkein pyhimmän nimen

Kuolema

Temppelin valkea suonikas marmori

Tanssissa kohti Häntä

Hän hymyilee

Jumalani Saatana

Hänen lempeät kätensä

kavoillani kuin varjot

Huudan tyhjyyteen sanattomasti, henkeä vetämättä, ikuisesti

jokainen päivä sirpale täydellisyyden mosaiikkia

Hiljaisuus itse Hänen äänensä

ja kaikki on hiljaisuutta sille joka sen kuulee

Antikristus kukkien kruunu ohimoillaan

Hymyilee liekkien keskeltä

Tervehtien uutta aamuruskoa

Terve, isäni Lucifer, ihmisen mestari

Ylistetty on sinun nimesi ikuisuuteen

7. Spell of Penitence 04:54 

  Silent night, black as the Abyss

Stars have fled this evening of Northland

Human blood spilled in rivers

From hearts rejoicing their destiny

Behind is the Baptism of black fire

before is Life and Death, joined in eternity

Silent night, patterned by cold lights from above

As bowels of clouds are torn open

Revealed the shining treasures of space

Distant gemstones and the moonlike blazing Moon

Under these our hearts weep again, again

To open to the sacred mysteries of Satan

Fratres, agnoscamus peccata nostra

Ut apti simus ad sacra mysteria celebranda

I have let the light tempt me

I have sought happiness before reality

I have thought there's something else but me

I forgot Thy Grace is in everything

"Now, the heart of night is cut open, from darkness the visions of madness are spilled, filled with beauty, full of life"

Knowledge older than man is revealed

By dedication, by the spells, and the grace of Satan

Black embrace of night is opening all around me

8. Casus in Tenebris 07:48

Under the highest powers, this is how it is meant

And this is how it's always been, Fuck the World

Sparkling like fire is that

Funeral procession in my mind

I am living that darkest time

Collapsing everything behind

From the stars and forests I find myself

Closer to myself

I'd like to sink, but only As The Darkness Enters

Death is a holy communion before dawn of a new age

From darkness I receive my power, I feel so close now

Like a breath on my hair or touching my skin

as a stranger in this world

Red as blood and black as chaos is this touch

That I've adored just to see the truth

On the wings of burning chaos, riding the Apocalypse

Let chaos come, I remain standing, I keep it in my embrace

Casus In Tenebris, potestas umbrae et mortis

So beautiful is that nightwing along which we ride

The path of our ancestors

Along the life forgotten, as the ruins of burning world

Give rhythm to this procession

I am darkness who fell, light disappearing

Let destruction and harmony rise, from between life and death

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