Through Dumnonian woods
...darkish resting veil
Hearing the shadow's voice speak colder than wind-blown snow
Strewn and blown upon the wet bone grounds
Deep valley dweller... shadows step back
Stand in your ghostly form
Rhythms our flesh and blood know
No more of this waking sleep
Dancing in the pale broken colour of storms
Meeting with the warder
Feed the frozen fires of time
Your peace will be fought for and mourned
And lead you to the heartland of the mind
Figures stand there old and lorn
Deep valley dweller
Daybreak... Fog
Wet leaves bowing deep
Bedewed, the weald's shadows spring from sleep (through Dumnonia)
Hu Gadarn's fertile shadows spring
Dancing in pale broken colour... as ashen as cinereous
Shorn of the beams and blazonry (fending branches from our faces)
Hearing the shadows voice speak colder than wind-blown snow
(our head has forgotten... no more of this waking sleep!)
Strewn and blown upon the wet bone grounds
Always a presence I have felt through Dumnonian woods
To further the figures I put to faith in such vivid force
I present the aspects of themselves in me
The deep valley dweller, trusting his life to the hills
Bestowing signs of exceptional favour
To the heights of the moor's frontier
Burying my arms 'neath the brooklet
I hope they will rise adorned with the figures of snakes
Shadows... step back
Stand in your ghostly form
The spirits of my souls existence
supported by 36 fans who also own “Adorned With the Figures of Snakes - Part 1”
The first 30 seconds of "Revenge by Fire" convinced me to get the whole album! It is a face-melting blend of speed and black metal, reminiscent of Hellripper! KVAEN is a Swedish solo project much like Hellripper but many known guest musicians helped J. Björnfot in his endeavor. Altogether it is really a solid debut album, I loved the melodies and the pace changes in the second half too, ending with a "calm" instrumental one. Well-done!! sachavonkarl74
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Absolutely strong, black and bitter, like a cup of good old coffee or a properly packed pipe of strong tobacco. The album won't let you go unless you listen through it since the very first minute to the very last one, sunken in the frozen obsydian abyss. 10/10. lanserger22
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Good live, it's very raw as a real live and not inaudible. Nothing to throw with Thy Dying Light, one of my favorites english BM bands. darkenedspirit (Midgard_OBM)
Another scorcher from the phenomenal one-man black metal outfit STARER, with mind-flaying riffs and eerie tremolo-picked melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 31, 2023
Crushing blackened doom from this German band that counterbalances blinding fury with moments of surprising, melancholy melody. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 8, 2023