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Sleep Eternal
04:41
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Nocturnal mist falls down like the shroud from a ghost of centuries past
I walk alone through the monuments of remembrance
My bones chill as I envision my accuser stepping on my grave
I ponder the question: ‘When will he come after me?’
I don’t trust in redemption and now I’m sure I never will
Touched by indifference, touched by the hand of fate unseen
Gardens of stone become a monument of my mortality
There is no heaven
Hell has always been right here with me
Death is not the end
Perhaps a gate to sleep eternal
I shall begin my journey to the unknown
Calmness enthrals me
I see the beauty of her soothing face
I sense the footfall as she enters and takes me by my hand
Her shroud leads me slowly across the misty river Styx
I am at peace now
In love with the eternal rest to be
My chilling friend
You come for me
Unhallowed end
The rest to be
Calm as you come for me
I come undone right as your hand touches me
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2. |
Thirteen Moons
04:01
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I dream of a river valley
Where reflections in blue waters echo my face without a veil
Where time leaves no marks and I’m free to pursue
The quest that I fear is bound to fail
Are you there?
I dream of a river valley
A paradise without past where I’m free to speak my mind
One day I feel you in the breeze
The next I tread an endless path
Yet I know our fates are intertwined
I’ll meet you there
I will find the way
Riding a cloud of thunder
My soul carried to the sky
I see your beacon even in the darkest of nights
For long I have wandered
But you know I am just the fool
Seeking you for another thirteen moons
Like Icarus I reach towards your sun
Only to fall down with melted wings
But I’m invincible and rise again
Prepared to face whatever fate will bring
The beacon stays alight
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Apparition
04:02
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A day of apathy turns into a restless night
Chasing a ghost from the past I transcend the mortal life
I roam the labyrinth of shadows from dusk ‘til dawn
Dreading the thought of facing another sunrise forlorn
Feeling my way through the shadows of the night
Pondering whether I should feel sad or contrite
I’d welcome oceans rising
Stars falling and worlds dying
Anything to see you once more
One last chance for a goodbye
I’d welcome a lasting eclipse
Cities drowning in flames
Anything to hold you once more
And tell you all the things we never had had time for
You were falling apart and I couldn’t put you back together
Any attempt to reason with you – you seemed to know better
You tempted your demons rolling the dice of your life
I watched you up the stakes and lose night after cursed night
Every restless night I’m out there looking for you
I catch a fleeting glimpse but then you disappear
Every restless night I seek what I once knew
Wandering in search of a phantom of yesteryear
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Sethian Seal
05:02
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‘Wander in peace O Great Pharaoh to the land of Osiris in the west
No-one will disturb your peace without punishment
The brotherhood will guard your rest’
After weeks of toil at their campaign
Seven men in search of fortune and fame
Discovered an ancient gate to the underworld
Predictions of a curse left them unconcerned
‘Be warned vile intruders to never break this seal
Let the god on Earth rule this hall in peace
Do not defy the curse of the Netherworld’
The seal broken they entered the murky crypt
Scorning the words of peril in the ancient script
Holy relics and treasure their abundant plunder
An act of sacrilege that tore their lives asunder
For two weeks they enjoyed basking in fame
Until the leader fell into a coma and could not be saved
He had defied the curse of the Netherworld
It wanted them dead
The curse of the Netherworld
The Sethian seal
The terror did not end at the leader’s demise
For it went on until all the plunderers had died
Tormented in the afterlife by the curse of the Netherworld
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5. |
Discordia
04:51
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A broken soul like mine can never reach the truth
Wonder where I took the wrong turn in the bewilderment of youth
At first I only knew your friendly façade
Your choice of words was shrewd and made me lower my guard
In this city of broken hearts
I will never find my way
Lost in the maze of its streets
Each dead end heightening my dismay
That it wasn’t always my fault dawned on me too late
The privilege was solely yours to belittle and berate
The devious games you played corroded my inside
The web you wove around me sucked out the last of my pride
The feeling of self-loathing was yours to impart
Ill-advised affection caused the dying of my heart
The pinnacle of life
I thought I stood up there with you
Far before the top I had fallen down
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Thelemite
03:51
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On cloudless frosty nights
The oath of the full moon calls me
My heart pounds faster and bestial instincts arise
I’m refusing to bow
Looking at your world, I raise my howl
Without hesitation I vow to advance its demise
I have it in my heart I have it in my soul
The downfall of mankind
With the force of anger unstoppable I’m killing the human inside
I have it in my heart I have it in my soul
A dark mysterious force
Don’t feel heavenly grace but infernal might
Don’t know mercy or remorse
‘Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law’
Weaklings never succeed, never oh no!
The nights I gather anger
The days I hide the need
Just waiting for dusk to come and freezing cold to arrive
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7. |
Dance of Nightly Shadows
03:40
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I stare at the wall
Waiting for the dusk
Every day with growing fear
Frightful of resting my head and closing my eyes
For if I fall asleep, she will appear
The moment I fall asleep, my spirit embarks on a journey
I feel her cold fingers take my arm and guide me
Through the clouds of the nocturnal sky
Over forests and hills we now fly
Until we land on a glade where bleak shadows gather at twilight
The shadows mass in the night for their macabre ballet
At the unholy portals to the underworld
Awaiting the condemned, whom they cannot forgive
To send them where the eternal fires burn
Like every night we stand at the edge of the glade
Watching the shadows instigating a sombre parade
Processions of condemned souls, resigned to meet their fates
Silently advancing to the obsidian gates
So many nights this dream has haunted my sleep
Yet by dawn she always takes me back to reality
But now she unveils herself and condemns me to my fate
The shadows chant my name and drag me to the gates aflame
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8. |
I Approach the End
03:42
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The city lights reflect the ghosts of yesterday
Lurking behind every corner
Memories of sunny days that seem like years ago
No longer make me feel any warmer
The cold grey jungle greets me with sullenness
A thousand staring eyes pushing me towards nothingness
Watching the burning angels that god has sent
I balance on the edge approaching the end
Trapped in a corner I’m unable to move, I brood
Just demons as my fellows
All that is left for this stale silhouette of a man
Is the anxiety of chasing shadows
Drowning in my fears
You’re always there when you’re needed here
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Sorrow's Shroud
04:38
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Autumnal frost my long-missed friend
The snow kisses gentle and cold
I’ll watch here alone as the centuries pass
Frozen, I mock your sad world
I’m raising my colours against the sky
This sacred boreal place
Console me when it’s me alone out here
The sky watches me bid farewell
The sanctity of these forgotten lands
The mountains imposing and strong
Solitude eternal, I’ll know more than you
You can’t begin to understand
I raise my voice and heed my brothers to make
This border our final stand
Tears frozen down yet the anger still burns
We’ll live covered here forevermore
I wear my sorrow like a shroud against my skin
Sheltered from the hollow man
Cast into the world like unborn, aeons old
Know more than you will ever dream
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Welkins Boreal Finland
The gothic metal of Welkins Boreal combines catchy rocking melodies, heavy guitar riffing, melancholic keyboards and
baritone vocals.
Fans of bands such as Sentenced, To/Die/For, Ghost and Charon should feel right at home here.
The band was founded in 2018 in Helsinki, Finland, as a reincarnation of Nattvindens Gråt, which released three albums 1995-2000.
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