The black birds gather.
Harbingers of death whisper of a coming storm.
The old growth bows to the roaring winds.
For hundreds of years he throned over this primeval forest.
A thousand spirits of the woods encircle his crown.
Homeless they‘ll fade into the opaque void.
The spotted owls disappear at first.
Like ghosts of a dying world they vanish in the night.
Behold the omen. A new age dawns.
Eternal darkness enshrouds the canopy.
The stars turn black. They die in silence.
No crescent illuminates the nightsky.
A thousand dying birds fall from the heavens.
All life ends on this fateful day.
Behold the queen of the woodland realm.
The feral Mother emerges one last time
where a fern flower unrolled its seedless leaves.
Enfeebled she stalks the alder thicket.
With the arrival of the coming storm
her graceful appearance will leave this world forever.
Forever.
supported by 208 fans who also own “Queen of the Woodland Realm”
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 “Queen of the Woodland Realm”
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