It is mine
The earth and the skies
And all living things in between
Share my blood
In the vast wild beyond
Nothing transcends the equivalence of nature's will
It is neither by the course of the herd
Nor by the light of a dead god
I tread my path
Yet tonight, the mountains have cried
The current of every river
Leads to me
Here is my ambition
Here is my escape
A haven to all who strayed
Derision in my words
For all that is dying
As seasons pass them by
Standing there for too long
Absorbing the essence of the moon and sun…
That was me
Barefoot on searing embers
Reeking of sweat
Hauling the stones uphill
Helplessly fettered to a swollen shadow
Heavy and worn
A blow of lethargic splendor
Those wounds will never mend
or barely resemble the former serenity of these placid eyes
And as specks of dust filled up my lungs
I reminisced on days of spring
The solitude of hours crashing at those who wait while pain lingers
Invite me to one last dance by the edge of my soul's cliff
And there lied my convictions
There lied my defenses
Home to my failed pretenses
Befoulment of virtue
Caught in the twilight of defeat
Paralyzed
No remnants of a past when kings strode the earth
No treasured monuments stand aloft
No sacred songs were hummed, no candles lit
The shrine I've risen here feeds off the lore of the free
Safe in the light
A rest by the shoals of memory
Gone with the tide
Waiting a moment of truce
Flags in the pyre
Leave it to the fallen ones to lead
We greet springtime
And lay bare our minds in the sun
And there we unwind
While planets align
Rejoicing our amnesty
Oh, our amnesty…
And it occurs to me that I'm the only one with a name to forget
Safe in the light gone pale in the morning I lost you…
And silence followed then
As cold as the nightfall
Bringing forth a solemn farewell sealed with doubt
A point of no return streched out over years
The shrine I've sought in ruins resides in the heart of the free
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I can go on and on about all the great metal albums of 2018, it was a stellar fucking year especially for the underground, just know this is one of the best of the bunch. Great merch too. CHEF🇦🇲DETH
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Melodic riffs, atmospheric passages, introspective lyrics... I found everything I was looking for in this album. Stunning Black metal from Portugal. Jimmy Foresta
supported by 24 fans who also own “The Wandering Daughter”
It seems like every year one band rises from relative obscurity to deliver a genre and decade defining masterpiece, and Sleep at the Edge of the Earth was that album in 2015. The mix of lilting folk melodies, imperious orchestrations and titanic slabs of death metal literally redefined what I though metal bands were capable of. Easiest 5/5 ever J H
A new compilation series featuring cat-loving metal bands from every state donating their tracks for local animal welfare organizations. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 12, 2018
The proceeds from this brain-splitting 34-track sampler from Relapse will be donated to music education charity Rock To The Future. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 9, 2017
Two death metal legends unite for a once-in-a-lifetime LP; rife with classic appeal and flavor, it's a manifesto that works in any era. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 11, 2017