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The Ætheric Pathway

by Firmament

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1.
Nightfall 07:24
When twilight so soft will bloom Cloakes the world in gloom Where hopeless winds will blow Dusk will fall below When gaia dresses in night And a million fires ignite Where abyss and heaven are mating The wanderers journey is awaiting Where wolves are howling for the moon so bright And leaves do shiver in the gloomy night Whom spirits sing a song in the breeze And howling winds entwine the trees Where fox and wolf are hunting for prey Spirits of night will joyful play The stars are shining in the sky so bright For him who wanders in this hopelessly falling night The spell of night now falls on me And day no longer it shall be
2.
Along the olden streams My spirit wanders all alone The site of mountains rising high Into the night of death - of funeral fires Welcome to my realm, My heart of stone My streams of yearn, My caves your home My paths unpassed, My realm of flame My deep forest, Your death I claim And on I march through this dark night As stars and moon are shining bright My path so steep Until my flesh is set and burns to ashes Welcome to my site, My crest so tall My unseen hight, My rocks that fall My ridges steep, My towers high My summit unseen, My realm of ice And so they carried his corpse to shore To descent his body forever more And his soul into the depths then sailed Far the north he was carried far away So far away...
3.
High a mountain standing tall, invites to holy halls And figures in the night, o, so blurry yet so bright The fire of the soul keeps burning as we crawl Through deep woods in our sight we aim for unseen hights The moon stood high and the fog arose From the glades and hills so tall Our torches led us through the night And forgotten paths unfolded Unfolded From battles worn yet standing strong Our aim so clear in sight We were marching on the stony roads Our forebears left behind Behind Through roots and woods And the thick dark moors And mountains steep and tall Past the old wise stones Through the heart of the forest Where a tawny owl would call We were fighting on Until the day dawned bright And the morning shun so light Past the stars of old Over hills untold And through deep dark woods at night
4.
As the waves of night approach A whispering voice enchants the land And the swan is flying again In the dead of this dreary night To cross the rivers of life and of death To wander the road of the living dead To pass the paths of light and of black To follow the call, the call into the depths The call of the damned... At the gates of night I stand And whisper the words to enchant the land From where now I begin my flight And ride with the swans in the dead of night I ride with the swans The gates of night now open for you And now you die - death now awaits you
5.
Lying here on the grass Underneath a veil of stars Glancing deep into the sky Hopeless beauty fills my eyes Freezing dark - the night so cold Starring ancient eyes of old Living my dreams of fate Lifted is the burdens weight By my side, watch the flame Whispering my old grown name Fading slowly into the deep Freezing soul now fall asleep Words are whispered - but noone hears Unseen is the weight of tears Tears of pain, tears of yearning Now watch the burden brightly burning In the fire of your last quest In the pyre you shall now rest...
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As the fog atop the river is hunting for prey Cause you in cold to shiver and pull you away The journey deep into the matter seems with no end Into darkness you shall wander for you must transcend And in your mind a blazing spark from your soul You sail on with your heart to northern northpole Dark are the ways of night - but don't be afraid For the stars are shining bright and lead you the way
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There is a pathway hidden in the sky Where spirits of fire dance softly in the night The timeless watcher obscured by blazing sparks Listens to the voices that whisper from the past Gazing in the night from the forest amidst the trees Endless skies filled with fire - the fire from beyond Howling in the night - the wolf against the sky Yearning for the spirits - the spirits now to come The ceremony now has begun The ode to dying spirits shall loudly be sung The summit now is reached The wisdom of life now shall be teached The ceremony now has begun The ode to dying spirits has been sung
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On the hill in a circle of old stones Lie the bones of those who have dies Those who fell every night roam down beneath Watched by the guardian - the guardian of the damned You must now follow his call Into darkness you fall The abyss opens for you Kiss of death Take now his hand There is hope at the end For winter is followed by a spring
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Two kings to share one throne The white and the black as pitch Two trees to share one soil The whispering and the silent one Two suns to wander the sky The bright and dark as night Two minds to host one soul The vivid and the mournful one Under the clouds of grey and above the soils of black, black Hear the whispering ghosts sing: "So now lay yourself asleep and follow the queen into the deep! So now lay yourself asleep and follow the queen..."

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Night is inevitably falling over the land and the gradually darkening sky reveals its shining stars. The glance of shivering green lights and a slight yet cold breeze leave you spellbound by natures beauty. Your nocturnal journey is about to begin and so you set your way through the vast wintry forests that lay ahead. The narrow and dangerous pathway leads you to bald hills and steep mountains of a long forgotten land that is to be rediscovered...

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released March 11, 2022

All Instruments, Mixing and Mastering - J.K.

Artwork - J.K. with the help of P.W.

Layout - Naturmacht Studios

All music recorded and written at Sylvan Records Studios, Erfurt, Germany between late 2019 and mid 2021. Vocals added in mid 2021.

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Firmament Erfurt, Germany

Ambient black metal from the forests and hills of germany, formed in 2016 to explore the vast ætheric realms of our mighty nocturnal sky.

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