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Graveyard Symphonies

by Winter's Breath

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Up in the mountains, not easy to reach Listening to the sounds of nature's breath Not knowing what they want to teach Wind is blowing away all my mischief So near the stars, so far from men I can breath the clear air in Nothing to hear, only nature's lament Calling for help for its children absent Drawn on the sky, colors so bright Showing the way through the night Hearing the sounds of children crying Sounds like their souls are dying A graveyard lost for thousand years Hidden from mens' bloody tears Wars were fought on this sacred ground Souls bound to war's deadly curse This melody of death is nature's song Can only be heard by those who have proven to be strong To withstand the dark call Bringing death and pain to us all Hundreds of graves, all falling apart Forgotten souls wandering through the dark They call for help to get released To end their wander and find some peace They fought in wars thousand years ago Kingdoms long gone, only time does know Fought for kings and their arrogance in life Fought for blood with hammer and knife Kings are gone, wars were lost Souls still wander in death's cold frost No other way to release them all Only blood can send this call This melody of death is nature's song Can only be heard by those who've proven to be strong To withstand the dark call Bringing death and pain to us all I still wander on graveyard's ground Searching for peace and rest as i am bound I am alone, all are gone This is my punishment for freeing them all
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Running and running through the night, Running from men for stealing their pride I saw a forest so big and wide Running there to seek and hide Dark, dull and cold as i enter the ground deadly silence is rising my fear The others enter, i hear them cry Bone crushing noises And then there is silence Lights on the left, they show me a way Cannot go back as trees blocking the way Lights on the right i cannot stay Have to go deeper into my decay Lights around, they highlight a way This one is for me, judgement awaits At the end of the path a graveyard so wide I follow the light to a crypt at the side When the doors opened all by themselves A stairway appeares lightened by flames of hell I hear screams and walk along All those wailings, frightening to the bone I hear screams of hate and pain Crying out loud from hells deep domain And then there is silence Lights on the left highlight a throne A creature sitting there so dark and cold Lights on the right, guardians of death Watching people living all their lies Lights around, they are highlighting me I am the one they want to see You have come to be judged All your life is full of lies as such Nothing has been real, only stories and dreams Nothing to hold on in your virtual existance Not one day you believed in yourself Only jealous what other people had Never took control of your own life You have been a shadow of other people's pride Now the end has come for you Missed all the chances live has given you Nothing left to say, this is our decision A shadow of yourself is all you have been given In the end i am singing my song Screaming as loud as there is no tomorrow Already a shadow in people's minds My life's song is blown away by eternal winds
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Days got by and nothing has changed The world is dark and sometimes strange Tried to adapt but it all felt wrong Put an end to pain as long as i am strong Fading away, seeing the end Searching for peace which is in life not existant Losing my thoughts as the light fades away Losing my thoughts in mind's endless decay The dark feels cold, i am alone This is not the place i thought i would go to Why do i feel the same as before Pain and misery and something more The afterlife should be the end The afterlife is dark and cold The afterlife in my deepest thoughts The burden of life is still crushing me This is not the place i searched for This is not the place i prayed Turning around to find a way back Nowhere to go as everything is black One small light so far away Walking there as i deeply breath in Waking up from this disturbing dream The misery of life is still where i am in The afterlife should be the end The afterlife is dark and cold The afterlife is full of my deepest thoughts The burden of life is crushing me FOREVER
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I can remember every day Horror to go out, wanted to stay I felt alone all the time Friends around me were shadows of my mind Tried to fit into what was given Didn't play a role in other people's lives Never tried to attract too much attention Never stood up to shout out my position Hiding from what life wanted to teach One alone is too weak All against one, that's how it is All against one is for weak minds When not fit in cliché, all broke down People's cruelty, all to me was shown Building up my dream realm I am the king, others are my servants In my dream they were killed like monsters In my dream i was the hero to all others After one of those days Felt lost in real world's cave Searched for peace in a graveyard of dreams All those whishes have never been real But one had a voice of its own Saying the following in dead man's tone Now is the time to stand up and fight Now is the time to get your life back Now is the time to fullfill that vision Now is the time to get out of your prison Now is the time to seek and destroy Now is the time to get MY revenge All those crazy things in my mind All this blood and people died Cannot control the actions i take Cannot control my thoughts until i wake Need to get out of this crazy dream Cannot find the way out of this realm Want to keep control of my mind But cannot get out of this prison of mine Living in my dream realm I am the king, others are my servants In my dream i kill them like monsters In my dream i am the hero to all others The past defines how people are alike Hurt souls cannot be healed in short time Revenge can bring some pleasure at all But Nothing can heal a soul's deep fall
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Thousand times a day I hear prayers being said The end of life so near, to find peace in all their fear As i wander day and night Hearing the calls of people's demise From all those calls i have to choose A soul which has nothing to loose I am the guardian to show the way Not to get lost on the crossing between worlds doorway I am the guardian who stays at your side Do not fear me i am the passage to the light But as they see me coming through the door There isn't the wish to see me anymore They beg for more time to pretend They used it to have this time spent With all their loved ones and all their friends Who will mourn for them in the end But I am not the one who decides Who has to go when time is right They all cry when i am through the door No one wishes to see me anymore All those beggings for more time All those wishes from them to remain Say goodbye to loved ones and friends Who should mourn for them in the end I am the one who decides To whome to grant passage or deny Thousand times a day I hear those words been said The end of life so near, to find peace in all their fear As i wander day and night hearing the calls of people's demise From all those calls i have to choose A soul which has nothing to loose I am the guardian to show the way Not to get lost between worlds journey Walking on this world for thousand years Man come and go, all with blood and tears This is my story, now you know I am the end, everyone has to go Cannot be outrun, so many have tried I will be there when the time is right
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about

When working on the first EP, i already had an album title of the follow up in mind - even not knowing if this would happen or not. Now, almost a year later the vision has come to life after all.
With a more symphonic soundsphere (to do justice to the album title), the different stories of life and death have been brought to life.

Thematically, the graveyard runs like a thread through the album - Viewed from different angles.
Inspired by loss and personal experiences over the past few years those songs emerged from the inner struggle of life's sweet and bitterness. Desperate souls are on their path to extinction, based on the lessons of their past, to find their peace in afterlife. No matter how you look at it, in the end no one can outrun the reaper's judgement.

credits

released June 11, 2021

BL - guitars, bass, synths, vocals, programming (October 2020 - April 2021)

All music and lyrics by BL

Mixing and Mastering by BL, April 2021


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"It is always a special pleasure for me to discover a new and promising project from Austria. My latest find is Winter’s Breath, a one man black metal band from Vienna. Based on the information available it seems as if this is the first foray into producing black metal by BL, the brain behind Winter’s Breath. While there is a huge pile of releases being thrown at fans of the genre each week the quality varies, but BL shows a great understanding about what black metal is all about and delivers with confidence. The main strength of “Graveyard Symphonies” is how everything stays within the boundaries of the genre’s traditions without sounding too bland."

Read the full review here: www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Winter%27s_Breath/Graveyard_Symphonies/946233/Edmund_Sackbauer/402292


"What WINTER'S BREATH delivers as the first full album, demands a lot of respect in view of the sophisticated concept and the detailed arrangements" - Stormbringer 3,5/5

Full review here (German only): www.stormbringer.at//storys/901/page6/underground-von-unten-oesterreichische-musik-gehoert-gehoert-vol-57.html


"This is very good for a debut and hints at a future full of promise" - Metal Temple (Songwriting: 8, Musicianship: 8, Memorability: 8, Production: 8)

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Winters Breath is an Austrian metal project influenced by Symphonic Black Metal and Melodic Death.

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