The ghosts of fire dance across the crimson skyline.
The spirits of life enter the pale world of ashes.
With emberhands the flames embrace the land.
The fiery invasion consumes mighty bark and burns old stem.
Another giant falls to the blackened ground.
What remains is a monument of bygone beauty,
an altar of wisdom in a world consumed by deaths fierce fangs.
Wood and bone fade into ruin.
They make the wind the only survivor.
But the undying spirit of the wilderness
brings word from the ancient halls of bark and branch:
“Weep not for me, for i can not die. I shall live forever.
I will return with a myriad of sprouts, when Lord Spring sends his blessings.
I will arise, from seed to sapling, from tree to eternity.”
supported by 208 fans who also own “Altar of Wisdom”
On ne frappe pas un homme à terre : c'est ce que dit la règle mais NONE a déjà prouvé qu'il ne les suivait pas et si son album éponyme retirait toute perspective de béatitude spirituelle, Life has gone on long enough, son deuxième opus, nous interdit l'accès au bonheur terrestre. La vie n'a aucune substance et la production plus distante le confirme. Le DSBM s'empare de textures sonores blues, mettant en relief une dépression urbaine. Les cris partent en fumées : ne restent que les pleurs... Jordan Vauvert
supported by 190 fans who also own “Altar of Wisdom”
Gaerea's first release of "Unsettling Whispers" was in 2018, and since, they dared define a "black metal" niche of their own, they dared to walk a new path and stir shit up a bit in the realm of BM, this album is a masterpiece and a milestone proving that it can be done, provided the band can pull it off, and they did, oh they did! Gloomy, dark, post-BM sludgy whatever, it's Gaerea, and this one belongs in my BC collection, the end. sachavonkarl74
The harrowing black metal from this Olympia, WA artist demolishes like a typhoon—a whirling, threatening cloud of sound. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 6, 2023
More bleak, enveloping atmospheric black metal from the masters at the Vendetta label, “aevum” is both harrowing & strangely beautiful. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 30, 2019
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What an impressive piece of black metal. This one-man hurricane is pure art. Sgah‘gahsowáh creates an haunting atmosphere. He puts so much soul in his music. Sælzer Bub