Striking over oceans of blood Over kingdom in fear they march The shadows rising from last sleep The darkside will arrive Storms of evil, thunder and might Tormented souls awake Creatures of the darkest night As damnation reach the sky
Beneath a veil of sward Embracing land of light Reflections of deepest hate Die - for centuries of dark
Swallowing the moonlight sky - conspiracy of pain As darkness falls upon thy face - prophecies in blood And tainted sky where angels cry - conspiracy of pain The wolven screams of deepest hate - prophecies in blood
The dying secrets of decay Caressing shadows, demon's slave Upon the throne of pain Immortal screams again
The ending of the human earth Breaking silence, falling rain The time has come to die Has come to die - die
Here the whispers in the wind See the burning flames clawing at the skies Death's not far away Nature dies of massive cries
Somewhere deep within the night They riding on the death Bringing blood an painful fear Forever in this land Deeply sighs and spread their wings As blindness falls upon And armed with the seals (of) pain Serenades in blood
Beneath a veil of sward Embracing land of light Reflections of deepest hate Die - for centuries of dark
Swallowing the moonlight sky - conspiracy of pain As darkness falls upon thy face - prophecies in blood And tainted sky where angels cry - conspiracy of pain The wolven screams of deepest hate - prophecies in blood
... thy dying light Howling screams I hear Through forest dusk , the autumn shade Different shades of dark With hate embracing melancholy Thy kingdom of the throne As gardens die and heavens shake Open scarlet sky
Burning candles Like bleeding eyes of wrath Though mirrors of freedom I'm starring deep within
In times of war and dragons lore And monuments of stone The reflections of deepest blackness Prevail the holy faith
Awaken from shadows Lying behind the light Wings of twilight Falling rain on earth
This mournful sound of darkness Capturing my sin Within the hearth of harmony A new beginning dawn Awaken from eternal sleep - Mistress of the dark
With claws of darkness angels Shred the bloodred sin The secret of the ancient dark Behind the queen of night Dying echos on their ground Screaming souls in fear Forgotten tales of sorrow Of feeble mortals life
Whispers of creatures Flying with the winds Coldest claws of evil Searching for my soul
Within the voids of endless grieve The angels of the death Behind the curtain of darkness Still waiting for a soul Awaken from eternal sleep - Mistress of the dark
As creatures as warriors , once roaming the earth The darkness embracing the landscape below Centuries of dark shall crack open the sky A dragon is waiting and watching the light
Ashes to ashes and dust will be dust An evergreen land where the lord shall command As I wait in rapture the sword in my hand Faith in the keepers of our legends
The patron of right shall remain on his throne Fighting the evil, destroying their souls Shadows of creatures, as ravens will fly Whispering voices , infernal decay
As evil damnation spreading it wings Through winds of salvation , riding my faith Fire on heaven as silence will break Have faith in your warrior and I shall arise
Beyond the darkness - reflecting shadows In trail of nightmare I hear the nocturnal hymns of the death
Forever silence - dreaming winter In trails of nightmare I feel the nocturnal hymns in my face
A dragon is flying in nocturnal sky
Fighting with fire , the blindness embrace Reflections of deepest emotion I see Awaiting the creature of eternal flame Trough fire and cruelty I watching the sky
Feeling the anger of the burning souls A kingdom in fear will remain behind The dragon is rising on almighty side With hate in my mind, I will fighting his life
Will fighting his life - his life
Blood on my sword , your rapture I feel Desire of pain , the light shall remain Suffering screaming, raping my breath Summoning of terror, stained with blood Wrapped in fear, visions of dread Darkness remains, heaven and hell Dragons surviving the fighting mankind Ages of fear, remaining the same
Beyond the darkness - reflecting shadows In trail of nightmare I hear the nocturnal hymns of the death
Forever silence - dreaming winter In trails of nightmare I feel the nocturnal hymns of red blood
Here the cries form (the) dying mankind In the garden of unholy ground Whispering voices, summoning screams Appearing shadows on my face
Far away in the dark fading light As the ravens cry And the pleasure of night will arrive To fight the scarlet sky
See the sky When angels fly Hear their screaming pain Out of the dark
When they leave Her kingdom light Soldiers of the night The demons fight
As darkness falls upon thy face Whispers in the dark Swallowing the moonlight sky The guardians of the night Draped in sinister pain Captured in sin On battlefields of ancient time The ending life begins
Upon my self Awaken from hell Spreading it wings Crying out loud The bleeding eyes of death
Forgotten realms Under the moon Standing in fear Ebony tears Symphonies in blood
Across the open fields, on burial ground Beside the ancient lake, through painful screams When pride of darkness rise, upon the sky We are marching, side by side
A darkness feeling our pride The moonchild crying in the sky Screaming echos in the air Feel the burning flame inside A kiss of death I will receive For invoking melodies Evil spheres enclose my soul Awaiting (a) mournful symphony
Shadows are grasping - devouring misery Shining of demons - destroying my faith
From the darkest abyss Where the laughter pierce the air They arrive with thunderstorms form the sky Bloodred melodies When the silence crushed by dead As they riding through my soul and my fear
Lying in the shadows In the place where roses die Dreaming beauty waiting for her bloodred kiss of death As the angels singing echos in the torpid sphere of dark
Awaiting in the shadows Wolves running by my side Damnation reach the beauty Wept upon the waveless lake A velvet painting appearing On the bloodred moonlight sky
Shadows are grasping - devouring misery Shining of demons - destroying my faith
Through the spheres of pain Spirits running to the place As they hearing your screaming pain Serenades in red Darkness falls upon thy veil As they (are) whispering my name in the air
Lying in the shadows In the place where roses die Dreaming beauty waiting for her bloodred kiss of death As the angels singing echos in the torpid sphere of night
미학에서 '부정미'의 속성들 중 하나인 이형성에 해당하는 염오(厭惡-야만·사물·잔인)의 세계가 음악으로 표현된 것이 데쓰메틀이라면 블랙메틀은 사악(邪惡-죄악·요괴·극악)의 구현이었다. 이것은 하나의 미학적인 이해와 기호의 문제이지 가치판단에 의해 재단될 성질의 것이 아니다. 그런데 야만적인 수성(獸性)을 간직한 블랙메틀의 원형과 일반에게 통하는 아름다움의 요소를 적절하게 결합시켰던 소위 멜로딕/심포닉 블랙메틀은, 사악한 세계에 보다 통념적인 아름다움을 가미하는 방식으로 표현영역을 확장시켰고 불과 4~5년 사이 급부상한 그레이브웜(Graveworm)은 어느새 그러한 스타일에서 중요한 밴드로 자리잡고 있다. - 여기에서 '진정한' 블랙메틀에 대한 논의로 들어가는 것은 태도와 기준의 문제이기에 의미가 없고, 그런...