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Fidelitas

by Athar Aghanon

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la_porte Exceptional album. One of those few you are happy to stumble upon, which you know from the first notes is very different from the stagnating state of most metal.
Intense emotions and otherworldly melodies, channeled from higher planes, with amazing orchestration and an authentic medieval yet modern flair.
A true work of art.
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dharmalogos When you think of symphonic black metal you either think of overproduced super-bands like Dimmu Borgir or Cradle of Filth, or you think of bedroom tinkerers who don't quite have the skill to pull off their pretentious ideas. Athar Aghanon is something else. It's the work of someone who appears to be a proper composer but also has guitar chops. The band side and orchestral side of this both sound incredible. Favorite track: Order Upon the Underworld.
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Kick Cotton Listened to this while snowboarding today. Very cold and sunny, snow flakes were floating through the air. Music fit quite well. Favorite track: Order Upon the Underworld.
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This an absolutely great record, the symphonic elements are done in a classic medieval age style that I think really fits the aesthetic of this record, perfect for DND. I hope the next record will be of similar quality, cheers! Favorite track: The Slaughter of the Child and the Demise of the Good.
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Heedless swings the sword of justice Quenchless is its lust Forfeit is the caitiff's life By inquisitor's holy writ to seal his fate Bitter is the binding verdict Unwieldy and dual-sided is the blade By right of accident of power — I condemn you By luck of the draw, turn of the cards — I condemn you By the law of the sum of the dice — I condemn you For desecrating what was fair — I condemn you For corrupting what was pure — I condemn you Dragged through the gates now thrown open as towers crumble, and chaos manifests with boundless fury... At last in the lowborn's late hour A feral rage in his heart to awaken As he crosses the threshold and lays eyes upon all that's been taken For the chains of vengeance will not be broken And the days of judgement once set in motion shall not cease Choke on the rancor of thralls for the rest of your days Now in this Imperial Dusk Lay blood and skulls upon the scales of gold! More kindling to the fires of retributive carnage! For the hallowed purge can never err! And the innocent have nothing to fear! For the old ways are banished forever, and we are your benevolent shepherds. Hunt them down, one by one, scream their wicked names! That every traitor, every last apostate may step forward and confront his judge.... — Inspired by the short story "The Stage Show" by Mikulas Kolya
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Through the astral veil my quarry calls out to me And memories of blunders burned shall all be A massacre plays out every night in my sleep Bloodstained snow, and kin shall weep I run blind through a forest of ice Grotesque and distorted forms defraud my eyes I fall into the chasm below To the depths where the humble dare not go A darkness falls over the penitent soul Contract fulfilled, flesh made whole Lords of bounty, lords of wine Architects of dark designs By turns worshipped and despised Patrons of the hallowed feast Adorn me in the hunter's hides A scent of prey on swift wind rides A primal frenzy grips the mind A mortal test of guile Pass through sundown, pass through the night Wander by the dimmest light Carry out a timeless rite Conquest of the game Tumble into the deep ravine For in the dark places no shadow is cast Below in the depths the Will is revealed The dreaming and waking are joined at last Now the way leads me home Yet I sense I march not alone A sinister presence is ever near Bound by a curse, we shall together roam
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The days were long Wild beasts roamed free We laughed and we wept And you were bound to me Heavy was your burden desperate was your crime You never could have stayed But are mummified in time Beyond absolution You wither and you fade Fleeing destiny But never to evade Has your light grown dim? You are farther and farther away Did you put your child to death? Will you return to bury her one day?
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We Lie Alone 09:18
Faustian wraiths, plebian clerisy Forms of men cast in molten gold Fidelity is heresy No way back, eradicate the old Seal off all retreat Til at last the hammer falls Realm without limits Prison without walls Compassion is performance Live and die in the machine My brother is a stranger A merchant as my king The lesser is the greater Virtue is for the slave End of the Endless Repudiate the brave I cannot look you in the eye I cannot speak what we can see How many have I silenced? How long have I been afraid? How many valiant deeds have I mocked to cover my own shame? How long have I lied along with you? You stare mesmerized by your own image, but you are alone. In the lie we are all alone In the lie we are all alone In the lie we are all alone And we are all of us damned
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Descent into uncreation's vault To trouble and torment the sick and the lost Calamitous masses sink into shadows by the light of my torch And implements of ruin to tame a formless wrath To seek you in the corridors beyond time To molest and plunder your tomb of lament To vanquish the silence with the choir of six thousand tymbals Flanked by fecund zephyrs to pierce the stale air To tread upon pools of revenant humors And cast sallowed flesh upon the fire Under the sign of the stag in the house of the damned Sealed away from the world A blessing of blight, a tenebrous trial To reopen the way to the stars Imminent folly and triumph of death My gaze I affix directly before me A blinding blaze, a crown of antlers To unlock the crest of morning This night I've come tame the terror from beyond the door This night I quell the throngs of the restless dead This night I've come to collect on an ancient debt When sunlight streams into darkened dreams we will be united again In the blink of an eye all eras surge past And you will find your way back to me Beyond the age of the axe The world will be mended again
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Fidelitas: A Comedy Of Dread And Deliverance Limited Edition Gatefold Vinyl LP available at asrarlabel.net

Tiwar ok Risar vinyl LP (limited-edition split with Fornalder) available through asrarlabel.net, amor-fati-productions.de, cryptofthewizard.com and reposerecords.com

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released July 1, 2021

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Athar Aghanon Oslo, Norway

Not rebellion, but reflection.

Not darkness, but depth.

Not escapism, but awakening.

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