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A Winter Solstice Eve

by Ethereal Pandemonium

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    This album contains material inspired by Slavonic mythology and history. In the time of their creation the band was influenced by Scandinavian black metal bands and searched for its own historical and cultural inspiration. Since this topic has been recently widely adopted by the present neo-Nazi and alt-Right political scene, the band members would like to distant themselves from this kind of connection. To make sure we're not helping to spread any kind of extremist ideas, we give all the funds collected from selling the old Ethereal Pandemonium music to the organisation Človek v ohrození (Human in danger) that helps people in difficult places of the world whose human rights are compromised. We ask you to help and donate to securing human rights and liberal democracy anywhere in the world as well.
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1.
Awaiting... 01:00
As the evening spells were whispered And invoking words were told The flames from the embers arose By silent trees which were behold Then a prophet, a wise man said: I see a beast, burning down our temples Under a symbol of a cross-nailed man Killing our children, for we're all pagans He's not too far, from where now we stand, And as Luna hid her silhouette behind the clouds, From the dark, a christian stepped out...
2.
Seeds of the plague were rooted deep Branches of malice grew above mountains majesty Blood innocent was turned to wine Flowing from wounds of ancient fathers of mine Prophecies of flesh I now reveal Under twilight skies of ebony In the name of God and their belief They killed and ordered me to kneel But now they'll taste my will... Ravens, gather flesh for feast Rip hearts out of the bodies of our hated enemies Tonight is the winter solstice eve And damn, if I shall ever believe Nation, the dirge for thee now I must sing An everlasting elegy, Of wonders I dream every night and day That the suffering one day shall pass away... But yet on my feet standing I remain With hope I stare at the sleeping stones that once my brother were, awake! ...with hope I stare at the sleeping stones that once my brother were... Blinded by wrath, walking rage path For gods that were dethroned by messengers of death Enslaved, Thus deep, Vengeance is wine, the darkest sign Dead nation's sons are gathered under heavens of thine Enslaved, Thus deep, This is the soil, whereupon my temple once stood And these the ruins, surrounding this place of doom Footsteps of time couldn't harm this testimony Shall forever remind of the Winter Solstice Eve.
3.
Prophecy 04:20
Once the sleeping powers will awake, From the darkest depths they'll arise, Spreading across the seas of the holy land, Like a plague they'll infect the world, ...And then the evil shall be born, Sacrificing other's scorn, Will quietly sit on its throne, Empire of underground, Will bury what wasn't found, Will we be ready to rebound... Prophecy... And after last strike of darkness, the heavens were torn in two And the blood of Seraphims fell upon the Earth, The bounds of the netherworld were broken, As the Satan's legions attacked From the underworld a throne rose on the ground Upon that throne, Lord of Darkness sat Surrounded by pagan Gods And the temples of God all burned to ashes After two thousand years Filled with the supremacy of filth The king of eternal empire was enthroned... again, The seed of Christ will be impaled, Crucified on the mountain of the dead, Ancient divinity shall unite that day, With the Four Horsemen they'll ride,
4.
Once I took a journey into the dark of mine To release the stream of questions why, The thing I learned there was sad, almost made me cry Inside the answers, there was emptiness' lullaby And so it began, the journey without an end It became my guide in facts I couldn't comprehend ...I couldn't comprehend ...Just couldn't comprehend, Be welcome my deepest misery My challenge to struggle again Born on the fields of tombs With evil I was to regain I call the Inferno I call its rain I am the Kaos I am the Pain My only friend - I suffocate on greed divine The war awaits, they've stepped beyond the line Won't you be my company, my only alibi The light is coming, it is now blinding my eyes
5.
In the past, the shadows cannot fly So watch the life, it is passing you by In the walls you are those missing bricks Join me, we shall swim in Styx In the depths of Styx...Where the sorrow drowns its tears In the depths of Styx...Where you're free of any fears It welcomes you... It conceals you... It betrays you, my friend... It awaits you... It raises you... It stains you, again, For dark my visions seem, the moon whispers to me This time thou'rt blind to see, time has come for thee So called God wants thee dead, drowned in thy own tears On the journey into Darkness, thy weakness is thy company Those dark waters flow, Despair, and thou such hopeless Stream takes thee away, the Truth, has lost its meaning Voices from the dead side, the Pain, those tears are senseless Shores appear dark, Struggle, for those who've never seen... The stream of blackness heals your dying soul In your boat you're losing control Each soul a drop in the dead ocean Flowing the fields without emotion...
6.
Overture 01:32
7.
The old legend says that Pentagram shall win, Faultless gold shall corrode, the gold with Christ within, I will be the world's ruling Goat, Christ's children will be damned, With virgin I'll incarnate we'll conquer the holy land 1998 rise of the fettered faith, 1998 Satan no longer waits... Abaddon's abyss' opening in the empire where Tiamat reigns, Mankind is not as one, falsity of Jahve rains, Time of triumph comes, Nemesis awakes in me, For enslaving me in my crypt my true face now is seen.
8.
Each new dawn I die, with the sunrise I fade away, Creating the last drop of the sweat on your face, I am the evil that remains forgotten on the daylight, To be (en)throned again when the demons awake the night. Darkness I crave, Nocturnal slave, Four-cornered grave, Cradle of the Pain... Diving in black I suffocate, Reading the rhymes of the twilight gates, The spirit roams in the infinite nothingness, Into the abyss falls my day, Dark waters of Styx wash away, The dreams that once belonged to emptiness, You can't escape those dreams of gray, Although with dawn I fade away, When twilight comes, the wolves hunt for prey, And when the sun falls I awake, The Suffering shall last until you break, Release of malice, the darkest stains... Come and be my dream, Just a silhouette of hope I see, On the bed of thorns my body lies, Awaiting the eternal sleep, The pain we both did share, Ment everything to me I swear, Now without pleasure in the real world, I shall dive in dreams, right there... The creator of all the scars in the minds am I, The real world Satan, hidden in every man, The mirrors have two faces with the velvet signs of the pain, Stories they may hide, they are no fairytales... May I never close my eyes, for the pain the release of long-forgotten Memories brings to me... The Demons sleep in thee...

credits

released March 1, 1998

Nathuruss - bass guitar, deep & raven vocals
Vidar - lead & rhytm guitars
De Sade Soliloquay - deep vocals & whispers
Rhaa - keyboards
Demogorgon - drums programming & percussions
Countess Ekorn - female vocals

A Winter Solstice Eve was recorded in December 1997 in CODA studio, IRŠ Bernolák, Bratislava, Slovakia
Sound engineers: Tibor Burger and Robert Polc
Mastered in Sonicco studio, Bratislava, by Juraj Štubniak
Released in March 1998 as the 1st Dark Night's Sky Productions product

Baptized by Mary"O", Feššy & Weezer from The Last Days of Jesus

This album is completely dedicated to the eternal memory of Richard Romančík.

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Ethereal Pandemonium Bratislava, Slovakia

Western Carpathia ensemble active during years 1996-2007 AD.

Atmospheric black pagan metal with gothic doom elements.

Lyrically inspired by nihilist philosophy, decadent poetry, Slavonic mythology and JRRT.

To be played on a Winter Solstice Eve exclusively.
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