7-track, 50-minute CD with 12-page booklet. Each song in the booklet comes with a piece of art for that track. All art by BlackInkVoid. CD pressed by Code666.
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New to Ophidian Forest? Here's our appraised 4rth album VotIVe from 2018, together with 3 archive pieces from yesteryear from the period 2009-2012.
Includes unlimited streaming of votIVe
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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$30USDor more
lyrics
In the holy grove, the ceremony begins
The image of mother earth is passing by
She is Nerthus, the pure and untouchable
She speaks in minds like spirits fly
I'm the embodiment of Holy Power
Awe-inspiring and held in such great esteem
Curious eyes would meet their fatal hour
For I'm concealed, 'neath a veil, like a hidden dream
The cart goes slow, they beat the drum
As song and chant clear the way
Clear the way!
My tears cause floods drowning hope or tomorrow
My fury makes the ground tremble with fear
Yet I'm the one to make your precious crops grow
You harvest them before the winter's here
I wield the code for life inside the seed
Controlling soil, enabling plants to feed
I, Nerthus, command plants to wither and die
Death, it feeds life, answering questions why
See tribes surrounded by the salt of the sea
And those who live by the riverside
Rival each other, yet they worship me
For I am Nerthus, I'm the undenied
The day has come for her authority
Rejoice, pay tribute by festivity!
For she is balance, clean, without a stain
Divides the laws 'tween sacred and profane
By the hands of the condemned shall be cleansed my veil
Purity in the well, at the bog ends their tale
A ligature to bond with the divine
I am Nerthus, and you are mine!
PSA: if there was an album you heard a couple years ago and thought it was ok, listen to it again and you might love it.
That's what happened to me with this album. I cannot fathom why it didn't stick with me back then. Same thing happened with Decoherence's Unitarity for that matter. Matten
Found the soundtrack to listen to while watching the stars die out.
I'll get around to more of Prava Kollektiv eventually... maybe. But for starters, Mahr's discography and a couple other albums. Matten
thanks Fluisteraars! I just love your music. A very good atmosphérique black metal band with experimental/ ambient passage. This album is literally one of my classics in my black metal journey.
The first time I heard this record, I feel scared and no other album make me feel that. Just, I feel like it's probably my favourite black metal album of all time. Continue in that way ! quentin_milcent