This is what epic Black Metal is to me. Dark Waters is about a creature born in the underworld according to Swedish legends. A creature playing enchanting tunes with his violin and it’s almost impossible to resist his music. He is driven by envy and he despises the common people “the ones who walks above” and he will try to drown everyone he can get his hand on. If you are able to trick him you might learn to play the violin from him and you will become one of the greatest musicians to walk on the face of the earth. But the stakes are high.
lyrics
He is born unpure
With no humanity
He is deported
To the underworld
Beneath the surface
Of the darkest of waters
He is condemned to solitude
With dark eyes of envy
Abandoned, alone, eternal
He is one with dark waters
He is born of Lilith,
He is one with the dark
A legacy so old
His despise is so strong
For the ones who walks above
He is inviting them down
Beneath the black surface
With its dark reflections
The sound of his violin
Tunes from the dark world
A Deadly invitation
Abandoned, alone, eternal
He is one with dark waters
He is born of Lilith,
He is one with the dark
A legacy so old
The legend speaks of a song so old
A melody no one can resist
A song of dance and demise
Follow him beneath the dark
The legend speaks of a man so old
A dark creature no one can resist
His magic will control your mind
He will lead you beneath the dark
I'd say Havukruunu is the rightful holder of the Crown and the mantle of Quorthon. Epic choirs, vikingesque themes and tales from the other times, of the Finnish paganism back in the days before our ancestors were brought to the cross and forced to kneel while feeling the bloody sword of saviour on their throats made to kiss the hand of murderers who burnt thousands, tore down our holy places and took our holy days. Eyes teary I listen to these songs, never forgiving the crimes of the cross! Peikonmieli
La traversée du désert n'aura pas duré quarante jours mais quatre longues années...
Avec Панихида, Батюшка renaît enfin de ses cendres et, bien que désormais seul (ou plus exactement entouré de deux chanteurs), Христофор accomplit un miracle. Il s'inscrit dans la continuité de Литоургиiа avec un black metal orthodoxe qui nous convie ici à une cérémonie dédiée aux morts. Sa vision est englobante : les mélodies, la gravité et le silence font toucher le paradis ; l'agressivité est luciférienne. Jordan Vauvert
Литоургиiа réussit l'impensable : faire entrer le black metal dans l'église orthodoxe. S'il y a une dimension dramaturgique (indissociable de tout office religieux), Литоургиiа reste profond, solennel et touche le sublime.
Après la sortie de cet album a lieu un Grand Schisme et un larcin : Христофор se fait dépouiller de son propre groupe par Барфоломей et Мартин ; tout ce qui reste ici provient de ces deux hérétiques. Suivez la procession de Батюшка ici : https://sphieratz.bandcamp.com/album/- Jordan Vauvert
A Pagan black metal masterpiece.
Folk and black metal elements fuse into one extremely catchy and awe inspiring album. This band does not disappoint from all the high praise sent it's way. Abyssius Murkraken