1. |
Hallowed
05:45
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We begin, she ascends,
Let us raise our arms this time my friends.
We circle together… on feathers,
Every word that we cry, she’ll take.
She’ll take.
Hail to the north,
The stars light my way,
Hail to the east,
Let these prayers hold sway,
And Hail to the South,
Guard this heart tonight,
Hail to the west,
I’ll hold this truth in sight.
Hallowed, hallowed by the hammer hallowed
Hail to the wights
Let the circle be cast,
Hail to the ancients,
And forgive my past.
And Hail to the sons
Be by my side,
Hail to the Orlog,
Let worlds collide.
Hallowed, hallowed by the hammer hallowed
Rise
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2. |
Rise
05:25
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Vanir rites,
A Seidr state,
Blessing of wights,
She illuminates,
Let the falcon fly free,
Sigil profane,
Enter this night,
By the fireside remain,
Vanadis – the earth,
Vanadis – the air,
Vanadis – the fire,
Vanadis – the water,
Rise Freyja Rise
Ritual of gold,
Tears of many names,
Honour untold,
By the fireside remain,
Vanadis – the earth,
Vanadis – the air,
Vanadis – the fire,
Vanadis – the water,
Rise Freyja Rise
See her at my side,
Burning as the light,
This is the house of comforting,
As my lover stalks the night,
Rise
Vanadis – the earth,
Vanadis – the air,
Vanadis – the fire,
Vanadis – the water,
Rise Freyja Rise
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3. |
Calling
05:46
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She’s born of brine,
And bathed in gold,
Tattooed goddess who dares not speak,
We all live in chine,
With prayers untold,
We’ll guide the silent, and the weak.
Do you feel her grace
Are you amazed,
Or do you deny what she has made,
Where is your faith
Where is your faith
Will you protect all She has raised?
Tell me can you hear her
Freyja calling
Can you hear her
Freyja calling
Can you feel her
Freyja calling
We can hear her
We can hear her
Freyja calling
Willing prison,
Of a distant war,
She is blessed to forge alone,
We dark arisen,
On muted shores,
With nowhere we can call home.
Do you feel her grace
Are you amazed,
Or do you deny what she has made,
Where is your faith
Where is your faith
Will you protect all She has raised?
Tell me can you hear her
Freyja calling
Can you hear her
Freyja calling
Can you feel her
Freyja calling
We can hear her
We can hear her
Freyja calling
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4. |
Burn
06:02
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She is the face,
A love vowed shield.
I can’t breathe,
As she never yields.
Autumn – seems so full now.
Autumn – in the fields now.
Burn – embrace me – burn,
Burn – caress me – burn,
Burn for all of Vanaheim – burn,
Burn – I yearn.
My heart against my chest,
In her promise forever rest.
Amber – what she wears,
Amber – this oath I swear,
Burn – embrace me – burn,
Burn – caress me – burn,
Burn for all of Vanaheim – burn,
Burn.
She touches the heart of all of you,
And we know her word is true.
This fateful word,
Are you afraid of what she brings,
A dying word,
I fear nothing.
And we’re not to blame, I’m not to blame
She won’t let me drown,
Father I barely know you.
She raises me now,
I can never lose her,
We’re not to blame.
I’m not to blame.
I’m dying, from treason,
I’m living, for a reason,
All autumn, her season,
Carry me to her.
She walks again,
Is this my end?
Father there’s nothing left,
Lay me to rest now.
Autumn with her, it seems so beautiful.
Burn – embrace me – burn,
Burn – caress me – burn,
Burn for all of Vanaheim – burn,
Burn.
And I’m not afraid, of the word she brings.
And I’m not afraid, of the world …
We burn.
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5. |
Implore
05:31
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I’m so tired of all this fear,
Traitor hearts
Coming all too…
And if you could see,
This world
Is not meant for me.
Why can’t I find my place,
The sweetest part
That time could not erase.
When I look to you
A strange reaction.
Wheat and spears are true
A strange inception.
Seed destruction of your life
Is it easy to believe in me?
I’ll never walk away from you
You’re never far from home.
Bleed the structures of your time
Is it easy to believe in me?
I’ll never walk away from you,
You’ll never fall alone.
Where are the words I want to hear,
Judas tongue
Coming all too…
And if I could just breathe,
Your distant kiss
Never to deceive.
When I look to you
A strange reaction.
Wheat and spears are true
A strange inception.
Seed destruction of your life
Is it easy to believe in me?
I’ll never walk away from you
You’re never far from home.
Bleed the structures of your time
Is it easy to believe in me?
I’ll never walk away from you,
You’ll never fall alone.
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6. |
The Spirals of Danu
03:39
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Say your prayers,
Say her name,
Cloud my eyes and my shame.
Hold her words,
In the night,
For my dream and your fight.
All you read isn’t true,
It’s the spirals of Danu.
Free from sins,
War begins,
Hymns set free,
Lead me to the blinding tree.
Open book,
Close my mind,
Become all lies you find.
Still my heart,
Still my breath,
Til the grave I have left.
All you read isn’t true,
It’s the spirals of Danu.
Free from sins,
War begins,
Hymns set free,
Lead me to the blinding tree.
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7. |
Mardoll
03:13
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I would be the light of oceans,
Though my heart would always cry,
All these swelling new sensations,
We forever vaunt the sky.
Heed the stories of agnation,
Curse all those that we could haunt.
This will be the time of elations
If I’m really what you want
Dark the torrent of the night
Dark this ecstasy
As we arise with the dawning
Distant waters we shall sing
Distant waters we shall sing
I would feel the weight of motions
And havoc I could cry
The saviour of all nations
It’s their feelings that belie.
In the deep our love is creation,
These memories will always haunt.
This will be the time of elations
If I’m really what you want
Dark the torrent of the night
Dark this ecstasy
As we arise with the dawning
Distant waters we shall sing
Distant waters we shall sing
This is a place, that is not a place.
This is a time, that is not a time.
This is a word, that is not a word.
I am the light, that is not a light
Dark the torrent of the night
Dark this ecstasy
As we arise with the dawning
Distant waters we shall sing
Distant waters we shall sing
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8. |
Evermore
05:49
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This is, the end,
Let us close our eyes this time, my friend.
We breathe together… I treasure
Every tear that you cry, she’ll take.
Forever calls.
Burn the doors.
Forever calls.
Evermore.
What is lost?
The realm that I beheld has turned,
Like stars, I’m yearning to return.
Ephemerate,
The cycles that I embrace have burned,
Like words, waiting all to blur.
Into forever, forever
And we scream again, where we bleed.
Tell me what I dream.
I’ll rise again,
Is this fantasy, your vanity.
Still I yearn to be free.
From the knoll,
In clay all these amber years,
So gather, away all the scrolls.
Blackened kohl,
I behold a faith so shear,
That I could release control.
Into forever, forever
And we scream again, where we bleed.
Tell me what I dream.
I’ll rise again,
Is this fantasy, your vanity.
Still I yearn to be free.
This rite. My life. Not blasphemy.
And we scream again, where we bleed.
Tell me what I dream.
I’ll rise again,
Is this fantasy, your vanity.
Still I yearn to be free.
Forever calls.
Burn the doors.
Forever calls.
Evermore.
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Skorum Stornoway, UK
Formed in December 2019, Skorum (meaning “I Invoke” in Old Norse) takes inspiration from the myths of Northern
Europe.
Releasing their third album in 2023, "The Forest of Ash & Bone" tells the celtic tale of Aos Si as she undergoes the great cycle of Maiden-Mother-Crone.
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