1. Maleventum 5:56 2. Princess of the ancient 7:50 3. Unearted arcana 5:31 4. In the dark I found the reflection of the hidden mirrors 10:21 5. Muscaria 9:04 6. Forgotten gods 7:56 7. In the raven's eye 7:39 total time 54:17
Maleventum It's the night of shabat The plenilune feast Rise from your mortal sleep and let your astral body glide away With the sacred ointment Plunge into the new dream Follow the way of the secret life Silently graze archaic dimensions On water and over wind The god of woods call his sons, Enraptured by his power, Follow the divine melody The magic key. Penetrate the forest's heart and be led to the sabbath, Till the flight's end. Vivid flares flashing in darkness are reflected In the owl's fixed eyes. Walk along the hidden paths Nine kinds of wood nourish fire and fire marks your destination It reveals the glade And the walnut you knew through the deer's eyes Maleventum A long black robe appears among the trees His gaze lighted upon the moon His barbarian hymn hails to the moon Nine words of nine letters thunder in silence And the night's star reveals its secret nature. (hi)s shout opens the black diamond doors the circle holds on tight to him the old chant sing out.. Palas Aron Ozimonas Baske Bano Tudan Donas Geheamel Cla Orlay Berec he pantaras tay. Princess Of The Ancient I'm the encounter dance I'm the chain dance I'm the blending of darkness and light I lead the snake's circle in the thirteen moon's night I give my blood to mother earth Burn fire, burn bright Burn fire, burn bright Fire.bright Fire.bright Come to me, pure vision Lead my steps in this night with the power of your light Come to me, pure vision Lead my steps in this night with the power of your light Oh, master of winds and magic dances, take my most solemn prayer with you in the star's circle Listen to the invocation words Listen and reveal yourself, ISIS Celestial arc, earth, Life's and death's donor, Perhephone, astarte, astoreth, inanna We are born from you. Lead us in the earth deep in ourself Let us drink the hidden spring's water and we will see what we will not reveal. I'm the end of the shady path, Me, Diana of cross_roads, Hecate, Selene of the moon Sink Into the eternal and primordial sleep Sink Into the inner earth's secret heart. Forget and keep silent, Drink persephone's water, At the secret source, beside the sacred tree Now I'm the secret queen Of air and earth, of fire and water, Of human souls and destiny's dream The chant is dying out In a vibrating echo, Dusk melting Into the silvery night of plenilune Hoor Apep The depth's dragon will rise, now Hoor Apep The depth's dragon will rise, now Now Unearthed Arcana Consecrate the altar with your symbols This is the night when the breeze will rekindles the sacred fire and when the Sacred stones will sing your new name It's the night of the breeze rekindling the sacred fire, (it's the night) of the sacred stones singing your new name. Draw the circle with the athame and undress your candid body To let the eye of the Gods see your essence. Guardians of the north, sacred spirits of the earth In the dark of your warm womb accept my death I offer you my greetings and) I welcome you Guardians of the east, sacred spirits of the Air As the sun rises from the east after the night, Guide my soul to a new birth. (Lead my soul to a new dawn) Guardians of the South, sacred spirits of the Fire. Protect me and lighten my journey on the new path Watch over me and make my journey on the new path bright and clear I offer you my greetings and I welcome you Guardians of the west, sacred spirit of the water Purify me and make me clear as new spring I offer you my greetings and) I welcome you Death is waiting and widening its voracious mouth. I am entering the dark before the creation I am entering the womb of the Goddess May my body born again May my soul stay in peace May my heart be ready Sink yourself in the warm Earth Sink your mind in the ancient litany Dark mother take me in Let me be born again We all come from the same womb This is the song of the goddess, the key to the great union. Anoint your breast and your womb Widen the door of the new fate And introduce yourself with your new name Ensemble of flesh enlived by new power Take the cup and the athame raising your arms to the sempitern eye As the cup is female so the knife is male Now joined They bring blessing Consecrate your sacrifice and enjoy the gifts of the great mother Close your circle and step over, in the truth that all (the ) circles hold Go now you, new creature Now the master of the Only art That all the arts contains And where all the arts come from. Live with honour And with honour die. You the master of the Only arcane craft That all the arts gathers.. In The Dark I Found The Reflection Of The Hidden Mirrors The breeze, with its tossing about, speaks of the movements on the water Surface and sends out the shivers. >From those waves I will read the future fate. Oh silphs, inhabitants of the Air, Be the mediators between me and the immaterial beings By Paralda dominated So that I may decipher to roar of the wind Sator Arepo Tenet Opera Rotas The ethereal foundation, void of every substance. Ouroboros you are the void that everything is, You are the primordial substance that is Chaos Now no more shapeless and empty as the central fire Vibrates and floods it with light The real secret is still unspeakable Only through the mediation of symbols it can be pronounced, Its thought has been awaken by the changed vision of all things. Oh silence, teach the disciple of the ancient wise men, So that every shape may become expressive and every sign may suggest deep vision The snake, son of Apsu generates the Chaos, Its motto is one for everything Muscaria Circle within circle Towards the warm heart of the earth Circle within circle Falling Falling inside my wideness I opened wide the doors of the underworld Fragment making up a part of the eternity In the eternal forest shelter I found Guest of its big trees Fed on its abundance Through unknown land I travelled In the fatherland, over there Where the giants dwell I followed gods' footsteps Towards an high mountain Set in its stone a great throne I saw And on it a small and wrinkled man Looking at me frowning under its big red hat I am the great deer Who runs between dimensions I am the mother Who gave birth to all religions I am the stairway linking the opposites I am the door leading to the sidh Great is my spirit Matchless my power Fear of me, (mortal) men If afraid of me you are Then your trembling soul I will eat up Great will be your medicine If my words you are able to listen Great will be your strength If from the deer's flesh you feed Great will be your wisdom If you know how to ride on me. So then at the house of the gods I will lead you Going up the great river Going up the great river Towards the starry sky And of a different destiny I will clad you You will meet all the spirits and with them you will compete your strength To be a real men your humanity you must shed And when the right time comes I will kill you So that you might be born again to life The only master of your destiny becoming. Circle within circle The tired reality is closing Like a flower at dusk Waiting for the cold dew Circle within circle Following the path of the dawn Through the night crowded with its dreams In a sacred glade I woke up Three moons in the sky I saw On my knees at the foot of the king's rock I greeted them Circle within circle Then into a wolf I turned myself And in the night I ran away. Circle within circle. Forgotten Gods Through the eyes of the raven I saw the rain falling on the world The entire nature bending Under the vehemence of the furious wind That was the time, The favour of the Stone, I asked And they, water in ice, Turned in response Widening their warm mouths Down they pushed me Into the great Bear's den Rich and prosperous land, Of noble blood, of ancient and fighting race made. Through a veil Of dreams never born Drawing the sword Their King I challenged Smiling over there I was taken Where the mystery of the Springs lies I drank and (under the spell) dreaming I fell It was the wind Primary engine To give me the knowledge of the eternal movement Then the earth A body gave me and the space was limited The water Blood became and my dry flesh refreshed And above all the fire Of inspiration the main source Along the black spiral Where the eternal tree walk on Up to the roots of the true power, I danced At the base of the spine The pillar that sustains the worlds, The great stone have tuned up a new song Unlucky you who don't recognize who gave you life Small your flame and Recid your light shall be If from your land power don't draw As a new new baby suckling a right nipple to suck you should to find when the thirst for knowledge your throat will dry Then you'll become the voice and the action Of the earth that made you And shaping it in return Under our verb it will be We the forgotten gods, Stronger than ever we will be back When the track is beaten And the great stones once again will be honoured. In The Raven's Eyes So the vision began And a mighty wind shook the roots of the nine worlds. The great wolf of the night roused And a deep slash cracked open the primordial ice. I saw him coming from the north The father of all gods Two crows next to him Two wolves at his sides In the grey cape wrapped I saw him coming, With the name of all things in his hand. He widened the big eye, this he said: WAR!! I know, for nine whole nights you hung down from the tree By the mercy of the wind shaken By the spear injured To Odin sacrificed, Myself to myself On that tree, of unknown roots, grown Nor bread nor drinking horn was given Towards the ground my look I cast The runes I picked up Shouting I took them And from up there I fell. The eye shut itself And from his hand I fell The human error I understood. Almost no soul to sustain me As if an infernal wind wanted To tear it away from me. Through the pain I saw and through it I understood As too great was the Chaos (at the beginning) Now too great was the order. The great millstone of the sky A new circle was about to be prepared. It was time for war Next to our fathers we would have fought once again Lyrics in plain text format	Line up Maoras: Vocals Ossian: Guitars Vlad: Bass Taranis: Drums and highland pipes Lunaris: Keyboards Artwork Info Recorded, mixed and mastered at Damage Inc. Studios on January 2002 by Dario Mollo Produced and engineered by Dario Mollo and Opera IX Executive production by Avantgarde Music All music and Lyrics by Opera IX Photos by Perini Artwork by Opera IX Graphics by Silvia Pignone Ancient documents translation by Beaconi Paola Ysengarda Wiccan Coven Band Contacts: Opera IX co Occuleum Casella Postale 1 13856 Digliano Biellese BI - Italy Website: www.operaix.it Review A lot has changed for Opera IX since the last cd. Female singer Cadaveria and drummer Flegias have left the band, and the whole Opera IX-sound has changed a lot with it. Comparing it to the previous albums I think a lot of the atmosphere is lost, but I guess with the line-up change it's maybe better to judge it as a new band, and then it's not that bad at all. I think there's good potential for the future, but I guess the typical Opera-IX sound from previous albums that I liked so much is lost forever... Rating: 7 out of 10