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Melting Giants
06:32
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Eternal cold was our home
when immortality had meaning still
Once we watched the floes from above
we observed the endless streams of ice and time
so long ago
Molten is the white skin
water flows like lucent blood
from within azure wounds that never heal
Molten is the frozen flesh
like lepers we crawl
Molten are those old bones
and they break under gride and moan
like dead trees, carving scars into stone
Only memories and naked rocks remain
where the giants once stood tall in their domain
Come forth and surrender your reign
wanderers of the frozen plains
Keepers of times long past
your existence is fading fast
Void resides in the waste you left behind
Only stories still remind us of their days
and the divide where they once paced along their ways
Only memories and naked rocks remain
where the giants once stood tall in their domain
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2. |
The Last of Its Kind
05:37
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Hunter, killer, father, breeder
guardian, teacher, lover, leader
Slaughtered is every one of them
He was forced to see their undoing
and flee in deadly terror
They came late at night with blade and fire
and they left nothing but his pain and ire
Broken he stumbled away
Sorrow and hatred in every step
as something died deep within
he swore to himself in this horrid night
he would never forgive
never
Desperate, hungry, wounded, driven,
sleepless, angry, unforgiving
Heal and find their trace
seek their hiding place
Hide and sharpen claws
listen to the crows
"We have seen, we have found
Grey one
they wear skin like your skin
Soon you will have your vengeance"
Turmoil pierces the veil of night
shapes and a ghost collide
A shadow of rage in lunar light
vicious one last time
He has never forgiven
Rather die than forget
rather kill than be forgotten
And when he drew his final breath
the world bowed down in awe
He was the last of its kind
Dawn light paints the morning red and beautiful
Flesh is consumed, begets earth again
Bodies decay and spirits break from rotten shells
Being ends and begins anew
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3. |
Waves Like Mountains
06:19
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Placid waters
the surface ominous and still
Haunting silence
no bird dares make a sound until
Ægir takes a giant breath
Foaming waters
are receding from the coast
as nine daughters gather in the deep below
Roaring thunder
the harbinger of fate
Waves like mountains rise up and soar
the vastness of the oceans crushing on the shores
The sea clears and endures
before long it heals and is thriving fast once more
before long it heals and is whole again
Raving rivers swell and overflow the land
Furious waters
drowning everything
The waves are relentless and cold
indifferent towards the wicked and the purest heart of gold when
time comes to a halt
and remnants of the past
rest in a grave of mud and salt
A glimpse of peace follows the calamity
A new day breaks
and nothing disturbs the serenity of the sea
Oceans reach as far as the eye can see
Waves like mountains rise up and soar
the vastness of the oceans crushing on the shores
The sea clears and endures
before long it heals and is thriving fast once more
before long it heals and is whole again
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4. |
Earthborn
05:59
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Mother take me home
Child, welcome to this world of ours
Youngest one, it is unforgiving as you will see
You must grow in poison
but I will be there to reveal to you
something to live for
something to die for
From the ruins of the old
we will upraise and live once again
We are forever bound to this soil
to the cycle of death and rebirth
Amid the carcass of the past
under iron monstrosities
we shan ́t forget the ancients demise
We are the earthborn
Times of great conflict
will wait on your way
Beware of false prophets
and insidious deceivers
Draw your blade child
and defend your freedom
something to live for
something to die for
From the ruins of the old
we will upraise and live once again
We are forever bound to this soil
to the cycle of death and rebirth
Amid the carcass of the past
under iron monstrosities
we shan ́t forget the ancients demise
We are the earthborn
Mother take me home
let us become one
I have been given everything
Fulfilled is my purpose
so don ́t mourn my death
Remember that I had
something to live for
something to die for
From the ruins of the old
we will upraise and live once again
We are forever bound to this soil
to the cycle of death and rebirth
Amid the carcass of the past
under iron monstrosities
we shan ́t forget the ancients demise
We are the earthborn
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5. |
A Glaring Absence of Air
04:48
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Screaming with dried up throats
A widespread drought of unknown extent
the envoy of past due punishment
Choking on a broken pledge
on promises we incinerate
on all the sins we regurgitate
A dire, painful sight
smoldering, depraved and void of light
A nightmare straight out of human minds
with no awakening
Ashes, dust, I inhale
In place of lushest groves and trees
there is only scorched earth and disease
Regret, writhe, surrender
Frozen with fear in times of dearth
in its absence we discern its worth
A last breath, I exhale
Burn down the lungs of this world
and behold the aftermath
Roaming a barren waste
On the verge of asphyxiation
a moment of revelation
As our kind begins to see
i cannot help but admire the irony
The primate which so longed for heaven
created its own hell
Ashes, dust, I inhale
In place of lushest groves and trees
there is only scorched earth and disease
Regret, writhe, surrender
Frozen with fear in times of dearth
in its absence we discern its worth
A last breath, I exhale
Burn down the lungs of this world
and behold the aftermath
Behold the aftermath
We try to sow
where nothing can grow
attempt to postpone the inevitable
Too late for remorse
and to alter the course
only one thing is left for us
Suffocate, suffocate, suffocate
nothing to breathe so we
suffocate, suffocate, suffocate
we suffocate wretchedly
Wailing sounds throughout the days
and fading gasps through restless nights
Silence then takes their place
The sparse reserves are dwindling fast
the advent of the end arrives at last
Lifeless husks without lore
their name forgotten for evermore
Their name forgotten for evermore
We tried to sow
where nothing could grow
Suffocate
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Raging fire from the deepest bowels of the earth
illuminates the nightsky
And in its wake everything turns grey and bleak
Light fades away and silence falls
It happened suddenly
enveloped all in deepest sleep
Blest are the unknowing who never wake
Once again her blood starts to seethe
it rises and ruptures the ground underneath
The heart of the earth
revealed to be seen
Their disbelief is washed away by molten stone
and cataclysmic waves of fire
A black towering herald of conflagration
inflaming the whole of creation
Slowly crawling fiery flow
incandescent rocks from below
light the night with eerie glow
A blackened cloud is looming above the crowd
and all is smothered under its shroud
Reverence is filling their hearts
the greatness of man falls apart
in the shadow of ashen pillars
Darkness incarnate
Light fades away and silence falls
A world concealed in ashen snow
Everything turns grey and cold
Under grand massifs of obsidian
the age of desolation has come
Iustitia per ignem
Iudex ab infernum
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Halø
01:53
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8. |
Firedance
05:39
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Godess of true light
all bow before you
Humble we come to you
burning mother
Let us bathe in your truth
bringer of light
In your glory and flame
let us gather
Let us repent
leave our sins behind and ascend
With our blood we seal the covenant
Show us the end
and the return of life by your hand
Let us transcend this carnal cage
You shine and we are tinder
our self is set ablaze
Your gaze burns all to cinder
the world begs for your grace
You rule the sky above us
oh creator and destroyer
you wear a fiery crown
The ascencion is near
join in rapture
Pray and writhe in revelry
the end draws closer
Scream and cry in ecstasy
she makes us blind so we can see
The last scorching affusion
waits for our kindled kind
Death is a mere illusion
we leave this shell behind
Your touch is soft like molten gold
Your justice is infernal
Your ways are manifold
You tear the veil of darkness
You shine
You are the light
Behold your great empire of fire and flame
the passion and desire in the worship of your name
Burn
In your glaring presence
we crawl lowly just like worms
Engulf your ardent servants
Burn, burn..
We dance into your fire
and to ashes we return
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KRIMH Austria
KRIMH alias Kerim Lechner, an austrian multi instrumentalist, is creating a unique style of music by combining elements of instrumental metal, ambient and acoustic sounds.
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