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Aokigahara

by Astolat

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1.
Aokigahara 06:48
By the mountains foot, walking all alone It was quiet but I sensed something here wasn’t right I could hear it whisper, growing closer still Like the promise of that evil was now closing in Don’t take me… Aokigahara Leave me alone… Aokigahara I could feel a rope, tightening around my neck Started to cry, as my own hands were doing the act I was released, but dropped down paralyzed Saw trees falling down from every direction towards me Don’t take me… Aokigahara… Leave me alone… Aokigahara… And all of a sudden… The mountain was set aflame Death swept in on me like a veil I closed my eyes, as it took me away My eyes were opened But I was not alive I saw a thousand people Standing right there before me And I felt their hunger So unsatisfied Robbed of their final rest They sought remembrance from all I’ll take you I’m Aokigahara I won’t leave you I’m Aokigahara Forsaken here I wander The flames around me do not warm me And I’ll sweep in on you like a veil Close your eyes to take you away
2.
Aw(e)akening 04:02
I never feared the loneliness But in its embrace I find It's never as warm as you were I never invited all this pain But as it broke into my heart It never cared for me like you did Pick up the memories and walk... Pick up the memories and walk... And it feels so strange Awakening from this dream Everything is standing In the places I put them before I went to sleep And it feels so distant Awakening to this new reality Like you thought that you could stand But you were falling And all I ever wanted Was to mean something to you And all I ever wanted Was to mean something to you
3.
The town is empty at night Standing by the riverside One tear I cried into the water And what I felt it made me falter Water and night combined Started to swirl A blackened tear Blackened the world I fell into the waters embrace <I will take your pain away> Paralyzed in black I was bathed <Another heart, another slave> No air, by the dark I was saved <Your humanity will fade> <Give in to anger and to rage, Let blind hate turn you insane> I breathe evil To survive
4.
Part I: Rex Nemorensis (Based on a poem by Baron Macaulay I) Those trees in whose dim shadow The ghastly priest doth reign The priest who slew the slayer, And shall himself be slain. Rex Nemorensis (king of the grove) Rex Nemorensis (priest of Diana at Nemi) Rex Nemorensis (king of the grove) Rex Nemorensis (a crown of thorns) The highest price for power I have paid For my vanity a truly phyrric trade King for days or for years, but now the sun has set Watching it bleed on the horizon fills me with regret The black-robed ruler finds no peace As he slumbers forever in Arrician woods The golden bough has sealed his fate Watch the fall – and rebirth of a god! Those trees in whose dim shadow The ghastly priest doth reign The priest who slew the slayer, And shall himself be slain. Part II: To Embrace the End (instrumental)
5.
Sulfur Child 04:51
She was born (into this misbegotten world) Cursed with ever-flawed design Inherited by any offsprings soul To never know a reality benign Hell awaits that which is born As God hates all his children Child, I give the gift of void Child unborn, child of sulfur And now you are swallowed by the safety of the dark A golden act of endless mercy To undo existence Hell awaits that which is born As God hates all his children Child, I give the gift of void Child unborn, child of sulfur And now you are swallowed by the safety of the dark Eyes forever unopened Blinded to my heartless world
6.
Vem kan segla förutan vind, Vem kan ro utan åror? Vem kan skiljas från vännen sin Utan att fälla tårar? Stillheten vaknar i nattens mörker Men finner sig inte till ro Sinnet är ensamt och kroppen är kall Att tro att du aldrig förstod Men nu så är sommaren slut Och det känns som att vintern blir lång Själen den somnar i smärtans bortdomning Och kan inte väckas igen Då minnet är plågsamt och hjärtat vet om Hur det känns att förlora en vän Men nu så finns det inget mera att säga/finns det inga ord kvar att säga Och tystnaden vaknar igen Jag kan segla förutan vind Och jag kan ro utan åror Men ej skiljas från vännen min Utan att fälla tårar Translation: Who can sail without wind Who can row without oars Who can part from his friend Without shedding tears The stillness awakens in the dark of the night But cannot find itself to rest The mind is lonely and the body is cold To think that you never understood But now the summer is gone And it feels as if the winter will be long The soul falls asleep in the numbening of the pain And cannot be awakened again As the memory is tormenting and the heart knows What it feels like to lose a friend But now there are no words left to say And the silence awakens again I can sail without wind I can row without oars But not part from my friend Without shedding tears

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2014:s "Aokigahara", named after the haunted suicide forest in Japan, aims to show a different side of Astolat while retaining the core of the sound presented on the first record. The progressive influences have been toned down, which has given room for experimentation with black metal-inspired atmospheric parts.

Our themes are as usual mainly influenced by Epiales nightmares, mythology and literature. Several influences have also been drawn from movies by director Lars von Trier, and the EP:s closing track "Vem kan segla förutan vind?" is based on a traditional folk song from the island of Åland in the Baltic sea.

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released August 31, 2014

Epiales - guitar, vocals, bass, songwriting
A┼┼ASUERUS - drums, backing vocals
Manfred Hanberg - recording, mixing, mastering & orchestration.
Lisa Gustavsson - guest vocals on "Rex Nemorensis"

Music&lyrics by Epiales
Cover photo taken by Epiales & edited by Manfred Hanberg.
℗&© 2014 Erik Junling – All rights reserved

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Astolat was formed in 2011 with the sole ambition to create soul-crushing masterpieces of metal. The band consists of a duo (EPIALES and A┼┼ASUERUS) with several guest artists participating. The music is dark, mournful and bombastic and incorporates elements from doom, symphonic, progressive and black metal. ... more

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