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Melancholic Waters
02:13
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[Instrumental]
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Binding hearts with algiz runes
To the trunks of trees
Snares and hexes
On the wind the aroma
Of tobacco and sage
With something cloying underneath
Sanguinaria sap and blackthorn ash
Cryptic markings, profaned geometry
Bloodflower red stains the lips
Of the elegiac fabulist
The witch in these woods
The wolves that patrol this forest
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Willowing
09:28
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Deadhead my tongue
The deadfall of my lungs
Willow branch, too frail
To hold the weight
The body as it falls
The only certainty is…
Ashen my mouth
With wreaths of larkspur
And broken vows
Ask not for whom
The willow weeps
The only certainty is…
Countless times before
And countless times again
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Ursa Majora
08:01
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No one tells you
That gravity isn’t constant
You have to learn that for yourself
Resplendent, transcending
Out here among the stars
It gets difficult to breathe
From pain comes strength
No one tells you
Choosing to move forward
Takes an act of heartbreaking bravery
Red gossamer threads
Linking tenebrous lives
Please keep breathing
From pain comes strength
You are strong enough
You are strong
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Ursa Minora
08:32
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[Instrumental]
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Ad Meliora
10:33
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The comfort of scarred arms
Damage enfolding damage
In silent communion
A language of symbols
With too many ways to say ‘empty’
And none to say ‘love’
It’s a slow caress
From a lithe tongue
It’s a sin of omission
So now who would break
The butterfly?
The wheel?
All the blood, the blood…
Our Lady of the Storms
These weary hearts need shelter
Pray for us
Our Lady of the Rains
In all our grievous hours
Pray for us
In the absence of light
We deify our sadness
Pray for us
Dizzy from the pain
And fevered with infection
Pray for us
For the shadows
For the guilt
For the silences we learn
To live around but never fill
Pray for us
For the pallor
For the graves
For the easily concealed blades
Pray for us
Semper ad meliora
In hoc salus
Non nocere
Semper malus, semper tristes
Hinc sola salus
Non nocere
Dolor semper, mori semper
Salus en fide
Non nocere
Semper praesta esse infortunia
Ex vulvere salus
Non nocere
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The Fires of Loss
02:34
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Pacific Threnodies California
Dark Paeans from the Central Coast of California
Pacific Threnodies recommends:
Epic shamanic battle-metal arising from the West Coast
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The Lady In The Lake
by Nemorensis
An associated project: victorious ritual ambient black metal
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An associated project: gothic death industrial
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A Diabolic Thirst
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Late 90's BM worship, but it's also a lil more than that. This album takes the best elements from the scene it's inspired by and mostly avoids the worst of it; the song-writing is well-written, it's performed with passion and fun, and the production is raw but isn't lo-fi. (i.e. it doesn't obfuscate and/or suckass). Tl;dr It's safe but high quality BM. Recommended.
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