Muistatko kun kerroit minulle siitä kerrasta
Kun piirsit sormellasi lukitun oven karkaisemattomaan pintaan
Viestin joka luettiin myöhemmin vapautumisesi jälkeen
Kuurojen vanhurskaiden messussa jylhään ääneen
Julistettiin suureksi inspiraatioksi kaikille
Jotka olivat kokeneet saman kohtalon
Niinä vuosina kun harmaa lähetti toimeenpani käskyn
Ja vaikka olit paikalla päälläsi tomusta taottu haarniska
Päässäsi kuihtuneista kukista ja syksyn lehdistä kudottu seppele
Ainoa mitä pystyit ajattelemaan oli se
Miksi ne poistetut naulat
Vieläkin säteilevät tuskaa kämmentesi sisällä
Ja kuinka nuo jylhät urut ja vapauslaulut
Eivät voi koskaan vaimentaa niiden tuhansien kärsivien huutoa
Joka kaikuu kuorona maapallon päälle vedetyn verhon sisältä
Kauas ikuisuuksiin asti
Ja kuinka ainoastaan kaukaiset tähdet jakavat surusi niin syvästi
Ettei niiden valo enää koskaan ole
Yhtä kirkas kuin ennen
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V - Captive
Do you remember telling me about the time
When you drew a locked door on an untempered surface with your finger
A message that was read later, after your release
With a solemn voice in a mass of the deaf pious
Announced as great inspiration for all
Who had met the same fate
In the years when the grey sent forth the command I fulfilled
And although you were there clad in a dust-forged armor
Crowned with a wreath of withered flowers and autumn leaves
All you could think of
Was why the nails removed
Still radiate with pain within your palms
And how those austere organs and freedom songs
Can never silence the thousands crying sufferers
That echo as a choir from within the veil covering the earth
All the way to eternity
And how only distant stars share in your pain so deeply
That their light will never be
As bright as it once was
Mikolaj is a real multi-talent in bass as well as guitar as well as vocals and "Darkside" Maciej's drumming is a well-calibrated 100th-of-seconds-clockwork. Not for nothing is Mgla considered as a standard for a lot of other blacker-than-black metal bands. I hope to see this band live once..... grote_smurf
Swirling guitars, furious drums, vocals that at the same time howl from infinite distance and are right up in your head; everything put into dissonant form with the help of unconventional songwriting. This album is my personal key to the icelanding black metal madness that I've ignored for way too long! Lukas Kaufmann
I'd say Havukruunu is the rightful holder of the Crown and the mantle of Quorthon. Epic choirs, vikingesque themes and tales from the other times, of the Finnish paganism back in the days before our ancestors were brought to the cross and forced to kneel while feeling the bloody sword of saviour on their throats made to kiss the hand of murderers who burnt thousands, tore down our holy places and took our holy days. Eyes teary I listen to these songs, never forgiving the crimes of the cross! Peikonmieli
This album is just 100/100, like so many albums from mgla. How can a band hit the spot so many times? They are incredible. Thank you for accompanying me almost daily these days :) adrianradillo