FORSAKEN SYMPHONY
Original Version Promo Version 1. Last Stand 7:40 1. Last Stand 7:40 2. My Journey To The Stars 6:50 2. My Journey To The Stars 6:50 3. She Will Return 5:11 3. She Will Return 5:11 4. The Vanishing 9:54 4. The Vanishing 9:54 5. The Forsaken 6:28 5. The Forsaken 6:28 6. When Death Comes 6:53 6. When Death Comes 6:53 7. Eternal Battlefields 7:23 7. Eternal Battlefields 7:23 8. Enthralling Mystery 4:34 8. Enthralling Mystery 4:34 9. The Hour Of Burning 8:33 9. The Hour Of Burning 8:33 total time 63:26 total time 63:26
Last Stand A battle cry for the very last time My enemies must all face me and die The circle of fire will consume them I will point the bone and release the magic Prepare to fight and loose it all this time We are standing in the circle of fire Destiny brought on and will end this war forever I will look you in the eye Break your will and destroy your weapons I will bury you under earth and ice Fire brought heroic inspiration to fight Unmarked graves will hold our enemies forever Demonic fear squeezes hearts We bring darkness and weaken the soul But the face of death Advances on me Steel or armour No longer protect me But no fear in me as we clash! My Journey To The Stars Am I ruling in hell? Or is it just a dream so cruel I have taken the hands Of the most magnificent doom Blindly I'm seeking for the wisdom of truth With persistence untold I'm standing in a lake of warm blood Yet my visions are cold I see cliffs and peaks licking the sky And deep cold lakes With the universe their bottoms unite Cosmic forces gave me the strenght To take my journey And to be one with the stars I was a demonfaced man But now I'm a manfaced demon Look at me and this face Bathed in the silvery moonlight I admire its splendour But it's getting pale as I leave it behind Now the sparkling stars are the only light But their shining still as cold as ice I died a thousand times Yet I believe in thanatism So I avoid the realms of bliss In the search of utter end May the darkest space be my tomb And may my blood paint the stars Lifeless I drift far But I reborn in the shape of emptiness She Will Return Through the night Dreams elude me Wide eyed, alert and sane I stare into the heart of darkness Waiting, inhaling Exhaling, dying She will return to me I live colourless days The sky lightless and pale I envy the living The star-crossed lovers Of hope and life Waiting, inhaling Exhaling, dying She will return to me Lying here motionless My eyes wide open With a torn and naked heart I long through the threshold of pain I left open the gates of hate Allowed emptiness to come in Desperation weigh me down Falling like an angel... The Vanishing Still I feel lost In this chaotic world of hypocrisy The memories still haunting me And the voices echoing between The grey walls of my mind With a bleak smile on my face I feast As I still mourn the past I watch as the naked leaves fall And rigid branches crackle under my feet I will return to the peace I so long forgot Regression and progression are the same In this state of suspended animation Heartless I lie on the coldest ground ...Night is too bright for me I learnt much of the lies I have seen witches burning on stakes I will never smell the fresh air again My vision is blurred with fine hoarfrost The horrendous truth It blurred my vision I glance (at you) with empty eyes As I vanish into thick fog I realize that Night is too bright for me... The Forsaken ...In the coldest chamber Of my mind A place Which never saw The beams of light Never felt the touch of sun I am aware what dwells within I faced the impossible Thus an eidolon I became Transfixed with the blade of immortality I am inaccessible Roaming upon aeons Holding the secret of ages And the ageless wisdom of eternity I take a look at the past All I feel is bitterness Emptiness surrounding me Is this grand destiny? When Death Comes I beheld an awful sight With abysmal woe in my heart Into blackest mystery I dive Among fools and in despair I lived my life Now I'm longing for the time to come to depart The years rolled away Now my days are numbered The hours vanishing away Soon I will visit that place below Among the living I have nothing more to experience With profane rites I enhance my longing and willing Gates are opening in the gathering darkness I leave this mortal coil to enter the endless depths I behold a grim sight Forgetting the taste of pain in my mind Everything came to an end All I hate in this world is over No more lands, religions, kings and boundaries The battle is for eternity now! No more years, neither days nor hours Time has lost its meaning Eternal Battlefields On the battlefield The carnage is done Heroes, broken and dead Lying in the mud But I look up to the sky Ready not to die The sky above me is gray My blade is drawn It's getting dark I see the shades of my enemies They gather by the thousands Darkness encircles us all My sword is drawn For the very last time They're sharpening their claws Screams and thunder Their claws ripping my flesh It is the greatest day As I won't retreat or surrender My body falls to the ground Their teeth tear my flesh Eyes, burning with madness Teeth bloody, I've heard The crunching of my bones I die! Enshrouded in fog I'm marching With great warriors of past Among the slain I wander I look up to the sky Filled with stars I became one with them Enthralling Mystery Between two worlds Here I'm standing in a shower of arrows Watching as my spirit departs As though I walked the path of inferno (you can) Take my soul, take my life My spirit with the cosmos unites I feel the blackness devouring me I see my destiny clearly I remained all alone With my odium unfathomable I soar high on the stellar vault Towards a mystic vortex I flee Where I'll be engulfed By the most sombre gloom I've ever seen I'm bleeding from a thousand wounds I cannot hide, I will look you in the eye My blood gushing forth The time has come to the last sacrifice Storm of blood, storm of wrath There are things no one could understand I'm facing demons surrounding me They eat my flesh, eat my soul I'll be one with them I see planets with stars collide The immensity of its power enthralling me My path has come to an end Future holds nothing for me I've seen everything I had to see I've been everywhere I had to be The Hour of Burning Threatening clouds darken the sky The air's filled with infernal heat Wicked flames are longing to taste Her witching body Ghastly voices echo in the dusk Faceless demons waiting for their feast to come When the dark sky is about to open Despair and horror everywhere The terrific visions became reality There's no way to escape It is the utter end Memories fade away Like when mountains disappear In thick haze Despair and horror everywhere The time has come to understand The lethal wisdom of hell The angry flames like hungry wolves bite the flesh They're licking her with ecstatic lust Time passes slowly when she is devoured by fire Only fine ashes you leave But your spirit unseen flys away Time and space do no more restrain You step out on the way of stars again Step out on the way of stars again... Lyrics in plain text format	Line up András Nagy - bass guitars and voices Csaba Csejtei - guitars István Neubrandt - guitars Zoltán Schönberger : drums Zoltán Pál : trombone and barytone Olivér Ziskó - synth Artwork Info Forsaken Symphony was recorded and mixed at Home Studio during March and April anno 2002 Engineered by Bertalan Domby All music composed by Sear Bliss All lyrics by András Nagy except "Last stand" and "She will return" by Atilla Halász "Eternal battlefields" by Atilla Halász and András Nagy Tuba in "The Forsaken" and "Eternal battlefields" by Árpád Lóránth Cover artwork by Kris Verwimp Booklet artwork by Péter "Flynn" Faragó (www.flynn-visual.hu) Review Again there's been changes in the line-up of Sear Bliss since the last cd, but this time the original guitar player Csaba Csejtei is back in the band. I guess his influence in the band is pretty big because this album sounds a lot more like their debut Phantoms again. More black metal with a much rawer sound than their Grand Destiny album. I think this is the perfect sounding Sear Bliss album. Raw yet very melodic, with the nice brass instruments from Grand Destination. Also in addition to the usual great Kris Verwimp coverart, the inner booklet now looks even better due to Flynn's art. Rating: 8 out of 10