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Vargtimen

by Minneriket

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1.
Å FØLGE SPOR En fjern slektning Fra et annet dyp Ledet meg Inn i meg selv Mangt ble jeg fortalt Da jeg ristet de første runer Av falske profeter Og svarte symboler Men det er sølvet som skinner sterkest Og tornen som sitter i minnet Jeg satt i åtte netter mellom ilden Kom meg nær om du tør Jeg følger spor i mørket Når lyset skinner som sterkest Tyder tegn i vinden Blendet av nattens forførende lys Et blot til alvene Ved bekken som viste runer Hvor livet fantes i mitt eget blikk I en tid hvor uskyld ble forlatt
2.
FRAMTIDSMINNE Nornene spinner Ravnene melder Fenre er løs Valkyrjer strider Yggdrasill skjelver Balder er død Loke han sliter Lenkene brytes Surt han gløder Bifrost skjelver Hanene galer Heimdall blåser i hornet Se flammer i natten En verden i sorg Odin minnes den første strid Enøyd og vis kalte til råd Midgard lever på lånt tid Jeg knelte ved Loddfavnes grav Ved treet hvor jeg engang hang Jeg knelte ved Loddfavnes grav Ved brønnen hvor jeg engang drakk Jeg så det komme...
3.
BLOODSTAINED STARS BELOW When I roam the earth I feel the forces of nature inside me Set free from mighty shackles Forged lifetimes ago Waiting to be unleashed Razors across the face of the earth Symbols of a childhood in ruins Unknown to those with open eyes I see nine stars Shining from below my feet They are all a part of me I owe them my life A cosmic vision Revealed by contemplation
4.
Instrumental.
5.
FRA YGGDRASILL Heng meg fra ask Slik Odin hang Heng meg fra Yggdrasill Vorder taler og skygger lever Når sola drukner og Skoll er våken Reiser jeg til et annet sted Til en annen tid «Jeg veit at jeg hang I det vindkalde tre Ni hele netter Med spyd såret Meg selv til meg selv gitt Ofret til Odin Fra treet hvor ingen veit hvor røttene ender Med smerteskrik tok jeg opp runer» Hagall Thurs Kaun Algir Yggdrasill Vis vei Heng meg fra Yggdrasill Heng meg slik Odin hang Jeg vil kjenne den kalde vind Og omfavne natten Jeg reiser til Hel Jeg reiser til Jotunheim Ved brønnen talte Det gamle hodet Om glemte minner Fra jotuntid Om runer og trolldom Om smerte og lengsel
6.
Wolf 05:56
WOLF From Genesis to Revelations I walk through every gate Searching for the path to enlightenment Step by step Against the odds of humans Walk through the gate Accept Make a choice Keep walking Never give in Embrace it Light the fire Never look back Hold your head high This is your last chance I suffer with every page of this life Every chapter is suffering A maze of inhumanity lies before my doorstep A thirst for knowledge Embracing every aspect of creation Born to a great existence Without mercy or compassion Forced to live in isolation To nurture the power of the gods
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THE BALLAD OF ORDINARY FLOWERS Listen! To the ballad of ordinary flowers Listen! To the story of the god of nature There was a silence of many words spoken By the incarnation of wisdom In the heat of the night I call upon old forces I know nothing of submission I’m the great god of nature This existence At the mercy of my own humanity I conquer the light And expand I breathe under water I drown in the air
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HJERTETS LØYNDOM Et skjebnetre er født Under jorden Det var tåkelagte stier Som førte meg til offerplassen Hvor jeg knelte ved brønnen Der hengingen fant sted Bak torner Og gjengrodde stier Ingen veit Hvor røttene ender En bunnløs kilde til sannhet Der livsviljen slumrer Drakk jeg Av Valfaders pant Båret Av minnets svarte vinger Stupte jeg ned I det ytterste I det glemte Hos den Som omfavner talen Vil skjebnen stige Som en gnistrende sol Jeg ser en tegntyder Tre fram bak vingene Vi skal gjenta Et rite Blant alvene Nytt liv På elvebåten Som ble viet og tatt Ingen utvei Fra lysets kvaler Kjærtegn fra flammene Sinnet river i natt Dere ensomme av i dag I morgen Skal dere danse Det er stillhetens siste krig Med det sorte blikk Vendt inn Mot kjernen Mot Minneriket

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Recorded Anno MMXIV e.v. released Anno MMXV e.v.

CD and digital release by ABAR. Cassette tape release duplicated by Livet Er Avlyst Records, licenced by ABAR.

"Minneriket creates a very diverse style of black metal with his music taking the raw, melodic, depressive and atmospheric sides of the genre and mixing them in with epic structures and a great amount of ambient elements, the production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics are written in Norwegian [...] 8/10."
-Review by occultblackmetalzine.blogspot.com

"An album where nothing is as it seems, since without notice serenity is overwhelmed by violent and incendiary riffs for an album that could be defined as icy from start to finish. (8,1)."
-Review by blackmetalspirit.blogspot.com

"Imagine a combination of raw, violent, nihilistic in pronunciation, classic Scandinavian black metal, ambient climatic spots and cool, with a light trance, industrial-style accents [...] Minneriket so skillfully constructed compositions that not for a moment did I feel triumph of form over content, or superfluity of certain measures. 4/6."
-Review by violence-online.pl

"Minneriket knows his subject. Tracks are deliberately violent and incisive, and never moves away from this heavy atmosphere introduced in the first track. 15/20."
-Review by frenchmetal.com

credits

released June 21, 2015

All music and lyrics* by Stein Akslen.
*Except select parts translated from the Poetic Edda.

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Minneriket Norway

Norwegian Romantic Black Metal band Minneriket is the work of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Stein Akslen, who created the project for as much a philosophical and spiritual channeling as a musical outlet. Drawing on influences as various as punk and goth yet steeped in the intensity of the early Norwegian black metal scene, Minneriket came into existence in 2014. ... more

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