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Rex Nemorensis (part I: Rex Nemorensis, part II: To Embrace the End)

from Aokigahara by Astolat

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A song from 2011 about the nature of power and the futility of struggle. The first part is based on a poem by Baron Maculay I, while the second part is inspired by Lars von Triers movie "Melancholia".

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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)

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from Aokigahara, released August 31, 2014
Composed&Written by EPIALES
Produced&arranged (choir) by Manfred Hanberg

EPIALES - Guitar, Vocals, Bass
A┼┼ASUERUS - Drums
Lisa Gustavsson - guest vocals

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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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