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The Sorrow Of The Evergreens

by Ramihrdus

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Dave Aftandilian
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Dave Aftandilian Listening to this album feels like walking in a lonely forest at twilight, hearing the sorrowing voices of the trees whirling in the wind. Yet after the melancholy comes a deep peace and feeling of hope despite despair; just like first setting foot into the woods and inhaling the breath of the trees immediately lifts one’s spirit. Humanity may pass away, burning the trees to ash with it, but the forest will remain.
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NorthwoodsBrewer502 This is great. There’s some calm lo-fi black metal sounde, some wonderful summoning style keys and orchestrations , choir vocals that remind me of Rivendell’s final album, kinda of mythical sounding deep voices ... perfectly melancholy melodies, a very personal feeling album. I really like this a lot. I’m also happy to know it’s from Wisconsin , and the imagery and feeling reminds me of the north woods I know and love so well. I will be enjoying this album for many years to come. Cheers
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D. An absolutely magnificent album through and through, like any great album it should always be played through in it's entirety to fully immerse in all of it's greatness and wonder.
My friend has created something really quite special and top-notch with this album.
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A sky painted black Was the horrid image That had infected Our stagnant minds The pitch black pond Housed an ancient mirror Where we had seen Our final days The final years And dying breaths Blood and tears And certain death The days dragged on As the sun ceased to rise The thick black smoke Had filled our eyes The breathing trees In the sea of green Burn to the ground To feed our machine It’s never enough To simply walk away We must destroy Every path we lay Never ending torture Of Mother Earth The very one That gave us birth
2.
Emptiness controlled me In the vacuum of earthly winds Pushing the future out of reach As my hands turned to dust Deep within my home Dug endlessly into the dirt The ghost of the past Had fallen asleep at my side As the twilight rolled in Illuminating the trees The orange glow of the sun Highlighted the golden leaves There I sat in the silence Waiting for my echo to respond Alas, nothing had returned Yet the ethereal spirits live on In the frozen woods of the north The battle will rage on Fighting for our ancient home As the spirits transcend beyond The pagan gods of old Have taken the throne We have returned again To our forebears homes Deep in the cracks of earth The false prophets await Sleeping an enteral slumber Praying for the worlds wake As the forested land burns My thoughts become stale Waiting in the darkness Our flesh becomes pale
3.
Beneath the stream Of moon lit leaves The soft wind blows Dead evergreens The quiet whisper Of the winter wind Trickles in To the forest’s end Beyond the pines The last that we see All has ceased Nothing can be The earth has taken What it rightly deserves No human life Not a single spoken word The ashes settled Under scorched ground Nothing but memories No remains to be found Nature takes course Under the sun The endless ocean Buried everyone
4.
The wild summer wind Drifts through time Bringing forth The formal unwind In the breath of air Strewn from the veins Of the lungs of earth We carry our shame Uprooted trees Of the ancient past Whisper things That should’ve passed A faithless servant Of the fields of green Tempt me closer To the endless clearing Disappearing from view I can see your eyes My body shakes As I meet my demise Shackled by desire To disappear Speaking in tongues Whispering in my ear The eyes of eve That close the books Return me to my maker And drench me in soot The pain isn’t real For my eyes to see The writhing thoughts Never meant to be My body is frail Leaves rotting Beneath me The golden glow Of her wild hair Tempt me further And fall into your snare
5.
Drifting in the endless ocean The stars in the night sky Falling from a void so open My eyes wander the divide In the blink of an eye The shadows were gone Trees had crumbled And the fire lived on Whispers from the leaves The bush and the wind Falling into pieces Burned from within The moment that I saw What had taken place The earth cried out Tears streamed down my face Flames soaring high By my side In the sky, we fall Tears of the earth Spawned from birth Taken first, in our
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Eternal Rest 04:31
Forever slumber Within my dreams The endless maze Of rotting trees Her face is near And I can see The pale flesh Of eternity Buried alive In the gritted guilt The towers of flame That my rage built It never ends This pain inside I scream for help Deep inside

about

This one has been a while in the making. I've been writing, scrapping, and recording since the "Two Solaced the Soils" sessions. I'll be honest, it's getting harder to write for this project.

With that being said however, know that this is what I consider to be the definitive Ramihrdus release. Everything I've ever wanted to say, and everything I've wanted to convey with this project is here on this album. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Thank you, as always, to the fans who have been here since day one. You are the sole reason I've been able to keep this project alive for this long.

CD's are available through Anthrazit, Northern Silence, and through my bandcamp page.

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released August 20, 2021

Bryce Witt - All instruments, vocals, and production
Additional vocals by Rick Sowl

Album photos by Spencer Selover & Pixabay
Album layout/design by Bryce Witt

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Atmospheric black metal from Wisconsin, United States.

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