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Beyond The North Winds

by SIG:AR:TYR

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This album is timeless beyond! Its always a great expirience, finding an album that is instantly a classic in ones mind! Top 5 of all time favorites for me. Thank you for sharing this with the world.... Favorite track: Etched in Stone.
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Ippocalyptica It is hard to pick a favourite track here as Beyond The North Winds is really best listened to as a cohesive, immersive experience. This is SIG:AR:TYR’s most accessible album as well as its most diverse, but being accessible does not mean that it is “soft” or “simple” - this is still black metal, albeit folk-inspired, and despite not being harsh or abrasive, it has moments of incredible power and majesty that need to be heard to be believed. That this is also all the work of one man makes the whole affair all the more impressive. Along with the very different Thantifaxath, SIG:AR:TYR represents the very best of Ontario’s black metal scene.
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Estorium This album is pure perfection. Virtuoso musicianship and unparalleled compositions make this one of the best atmospheric pagan black metal album I have ever heard. Hard to believe that this is the work of a single person. Utterly essential. Favorite track: Beyond the North Winds.
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Bruce A sweeping, epic musical experience. Captivating from beginning to end. Provides the feel of Viking music without the usual abstractions and harshness. A beautiful album that I'd recommend to just about anyone. Favorite track: Far Away.
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In the distant North, beyond the Eastern Sands From the winds of the South, far from Western lands A shadowed throne He wrought, and the nine He taught Of a future kingdom, of a distant time The wise have sought Him, and the brave have fought Him The false have worshipped Him, the true have revered Him He whose fate, the spinning world lies Within the mountains, far from ancient skies And the dreams of an ancient sign, of a shadow far from time And the priest whose next in line, bloodied hand on poisoned vine In the light of the pure green ray, of the elder ones that stayed And a world that's far away, in a night where there is no day Few have seen His dreams, or heard the silent screams Chained to this world, Rex Mundi... Lord of creation, child of the black sun
2.
I heard her call, I felt her breath I heard her song, the call of death Far from home, and far from life In fields of glory, my bloody tomb She came to me... across the sea From Valhöll she rode, from halls of gold To bear my soul, to His abode To guide my path, whose fate it weaves Through long-dead forests, and their graves of leaves She came to me... across the sea
3.
Silver twilight, a shining lake Silent whispers through dying leaves Heathen sounds in rings of fire Drifting smoke through midnight trees Mighty Ygg-ash, standing tall Outstretched limbs to those on high Starry brothers laugh together Piercing through a blackened sky Leaves dance circles, wind and rain Casting shadows never-ending Pale autumnal moon is weeping Eclipsed by darkness fast descending
4.
Deep in the darkness, where stars cannot see Where rivers flow inward, where souls cannot be Beyond the horizon, of fallen stars dreaming The dark sun burns brighter, than sky brothers gleaming From star-born creation, to far end of time To dwell deep within us, to wait for the sign Under the mountain, and under the sea Our spirits lie sleeping, dreaming to be The light that will fear us, and flees from our sight The strength of the ancients, the sacred birthright Far from the mountain, and far from the sea Awaiting the coming, the true Northern king
5.
Were you forged by the Smith, of sturdy metal, and terrible blood oaths were you made... Were you held by the Farmer, to ward the home and hearth, the land and soil... Were you held by the Widow, husband lost in battle, she clutched thee in her empty bed... Were you held by the Son, kin lost to march of hoofs, dreaming of revenge in later days when strong and steely Were you held by the Warrior, to die an honourable death, to fly with the valkyries to the Golden Hall... Were you held by the King, the axis of the people, guided by ancient blood, a fine and true ruler... What wyrd shall pass upon you now, as you are now held by me, in my nameless sepulcher of stone
6.
In the woods of the fallen Dead leaves lie upon the snow Elder oaths are long forgotten And their meaning etched in stone What is forgot shall be remembered What is honour shall rise again The fires forged ancestral spirit Eternal flame within our kin Scribed in circles sealed forever Runic signs of ancient ken For those in the distant future In whose life-blood flows the same
7.
Here we stand, at the shattered remains of a beautiful, ordered world that once was For when severed from the well-spring that breathes life into a people... a nation... And they whose thirst is slaked by the mirage of the modern world cause the well itself to run dry But only then will those with true thirst, a hunger for knowledge of what is above, and not below, Whose arms outstretch to the sky above, and do not claw the earth below Those who seek mysteries in higher realms will breathe life into the well that once lay dormant And rivers will gush forth, a spiritual wave, whose ripples will be felt forward and backward in time And its waves will lap against new shores, and a people will once again gather, to create new horizons, build new kingdoms, forge new nations, from among the ruins of a lost world
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The Way 05:28
Silently I wait in answer, searching for the key Elder souls of time forgotten, searching to be free Spinning forth my soul child further, far beyond this world Unleash the lost sun, burning brighter, let it light my way! To guide me on my way Let it light my way To guide me on my way Drifting far beyond the sea Shadows dark and soulless be Falling through the sky forever Spinning sign of now and ever Oaths are broken, bonds forgotten, the blood has run its course The line of Men now long forgotten, severed from its source A new breed dawns, the Northern child, is born on watchful eyes The nine kings raise their scepters high, let it light his way! To guide him on his way Let it light his way To guide him on his way
9.
Far Away 04:10
Let me take you far away Where the ravens fly And the valkyries cry Let me take you far away Where the gold halls gleam and Allfather dreams Far Away... Far Away... Let me take you far away Where the high-ones meet At the One-eye's seat Let me take you far away Where Baldur sleeps And all creation weeps Far Away... Far Away... Let me take you far away To the mountains high That reach the sky Let me take you far away To the stars that shine At the end of time Far Away... Far Away...

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released June 1, 2008

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Pagan/Viking metal from Canada

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