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Tales of Elder Forest

by Eskapism

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The steppes and the oaks, The rivers and cliffs The holts and fields And mighty ground Which are sprinkled with the ancestors’ blood And sanctified with breath of wild winds Motherland, Give me the force To conquer all That is destroying our hearts Spring thunderstorm will ruin the conscience We ought to love the nature And to bow to it. She’s not like an enemy, She’s like a sister or brother for us Like father or mother Who creates a miracle. Motherland, Give me the force To conquer all That is destroying our hearts From the depth of ages You’re carrying the knowledge The knowledge of creation, The knowledge about life science And You’re talking to us by runes And You’re giving us the strength of the Sun!
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The sad moon is rising in the sky He’s hiding it’s shape between clouds His red and sad beam Is lighting beyond the clouds Like a fire in the sky it’s burning, And the earth is covered with the dark shadow As soon as the beam will break through it, The clouds spread again like a smoke. Through the lonely darkness the star is shining, It’s all alone and bright It’s beam lights so proudly, She isn’t afraid of any darkness of night The beam of the star is proud, But the sadness is burning in it, That’s why the star is shining Like a tender large tear Is this sad star crying because of the people Throwing it’s starlight beams? Or it is sad because of the space Where it is wandering alone? Through the lonely darkness the star is shining, It’s all alone and bright It’s beam lights so proudly, She isn’t afraid of any darkness of night
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The winter was wondering: Why the snow is melting away? Why the ice is going down The wide river? The winter was wondering: Why does it become so weak? Where is that soft wind That gives the warmth? The winter was wondering: Why the snow is melting away? The winter was wondering: How the Earth could breeze up? The winter was wondering: How the Earth could breeze up? It’s filling with warmth, And becomes alive day after day. The winter was wondering: How dare the flowers Pushing through the snow, So little and sweet? The winter was wondering: Why does it become so weak? How dare the flowers Pushing through the snow And she blew on them hard From her frozen thin lips And began to throw snow With all force right on them And the flowers have bent over, Became sad and crestfallen But when the tempest has gone They have risen again
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The Woods became calm, and trees fell asleep Into winter delirium, into lethargy The branches froze, the grass is dead The angry and savage frost Has tied the nature The song of winter is flowing In creaking of trees, in wolf howling Funeral song is running, Everything’s covered with snow The Woods became calm, and trees fell asleep Into winter delirium, into lethargy The branches froze, the grass is dead The angry and savage frost Has tied the nature It’s snowing, extinguished stars are falling, They are running between trees into white haze. And the trees are tired and sear And swallow eternal cold darkness The Woods became calm, and trees fell asleep Into winter delirium, into lethargy The branches froze, the grass is dead The angry and savage frost Has tied the nature The rivers have died away in frosty embrace. In the dense forests silence reigns Only black ravens could be heard. Only death is lying in wolf’s steps.
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The tender warm that was gathered in summer The earth gives to the sky… To the sky… The ash and smoke of fired grasses The wind blows away…. Around the world Around the world…. The sky is cloudy… the horizon darkens… The clamor takes leaden haze… The rains are watering the earth, Their thirsty native mother…. Over the summer…. The round solar disk is shining for the last time The glow is firing, sparkling and blazing, The black clouds and white fogs Are eating warm shine The silence in woods, the silent echo The shadows are falling, wet And dense The shadows are falling on wrinkled leaves That is beautiful and clean during the moment Of its death The time stops The space gets thicker The fingers of Mother Earth become dumb The sun is falling into autumn hugs Into the tomb of leaves The round solar disk is shining for the last time The glow is firing, sparkling and blazing, The woods become quiet and saturated with haze And for the last time the silence is broken By the farewell cry of Faraway birds…
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Tales Of Elder Forest is the debut full length album by Eskapism, containing nine tracks of masterfully crafted atmospheric black metal. Eskapism is the brand new project from Zymobor and Dyvozor of Lviv, Ukraine. Both veterans of the black metal scene in Ukraine, they have come together to write songs about Mother Earth, nature and their country.

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released February 1, 2017

“Tales Of Elder Forest” album was recorded in Autumn 2016 by Zymobor and Dyvozor in Lviv. Mixed and mastered by Zymobor, post mastering by Dyvozor.

Zymobor - vocals, guitars, bass
Dyvozor - keyboards, bass

All music and arrangements by Eskapism.
Bonus track “Tortured By Solitude” by ColdWorld.

Lyrics by Zymobor (2, 4), Lesia Ukrainka (3), Ivan Franko (5), Rostyslav Kyzyk (6,7).
Lyrics translation by Olena Shaleva.
Photos by Valkyria Nordenberg.
Logos by Lenar Liner.

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