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B​û​rgulu k​û​-​gh​â​ra

by Avathar

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Karyl
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Karyl 8/10
Nice symphonic BM with great pacing. But more importantly: the most evil intonation of 'Gorgoroth' possible ('Tower Of The Moon', 4:03+). Really, this is pure gold... Favorite track: Tower Of The Moon.
darkfate
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darkfate i can't choose one favorite track...it goes like a red wire in the whole album. if you like Black Heavy pagan metal, with melodic Death metal influences..and cinematic music..you find it here. An album that i find more and more in each time i listen..give them a chance. Favorite track: To The Land Veiled In Mist.
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Grimslath Avathar is one of those criminally underrated bands that, based on the quality of music alone, should be far bigger than they are. This album follows a lengthy period of inactivity from the band whose last release was the incredible demo Dark Paths in 2010.
Music that is both heavy yet melodic, atmospheric and epic characterises the Avathar sound and this album continues that. It's been far too long since we had a new Avathar release and this has certainly been worth the wait.
Favourite track? Impossible to choose.
Jani Liimatta
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Jani Liimatta One of the best Tolkien metal bands there are. Loved their music for years now. It will take some time to get used to the new sound though. Adding this gladly to my collection Favorite track: Tower Of The Moon.
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1.
Muureissa mustien myrskyjen alla pinnan palavan maan haudoilla luiden muinaisten puiden kuihtuneiden varjoissa Käy aika korjaten satoaan Tämä kaiken hävittää ei eläintä puuta kukkaa eloon jää se raudan teräksen tuhoaa kivipaadetkin soraksi hajoittaa se murskaa kaupungit kuninkaineen ja sortaa vuoret kuin tuuli laineen Ei sitä nähdä voi ei tuntea voi ei se tuoksu eikä se soi se on tähtien takana ja täyttää tyhjänkin kaikkialla se tulee ensin se tulee myöhemmin se tappaa naurun elämänkin Kuin haipuu haltiat kuihtuvan maan ajan taakka kun selän koukistaa ei pakoon sitä pääse jumalatkaan Päivä ensimmäinen päivä viimeinen taivaan tulien lohikäärmeiden Kaivo pimeyden loputtoman tyhjyyden Tämä kaiken hävittää ei eläintä puuta kukkaa eloon jää se raudan teräksen tuhoaa kivipaadetkin soraksi hajoittaa se murskaa kaupungit kuninkaineen ja sortaa vuoret kuin tuuli laineen Ei sitä nähdä voi ei tuntea voi ei se tuoksu eikä se soi se on tähtien takana ja täyttää tyhjänkin kaikkialla se tulee ensin se tulee myöhemmin se tappaa naurun elämänkin
2.
I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold and leaves of gold there grew of wind i sang, a wind there came and in the branches blew beyond the sun, beyond the moon the foam was on the sea and by the strand of ilmarin there grew a golden tree O Lorien the winter comes, the bare and lifeless day the leaves are falling in the stream, the river flows away Beneath the stars of ever eve in Eldamar it shone in Eldamar beside the walls of elven Tirion there long the golden leaves have grown upon the branching years now here beyond the sundering seas now fall the elven tears O Lorien too long have i dwelled upon this hither shore and in a fading crown have twined the golden elanor But if of ships i now should sing what ship would come to me what ship would bare me ever back across so wide a sea ai laurie lantar lassi surinen yeni unotime ve ramar aldaron yeni ve linte yuldar avanier si oromardi lisse miruvoreva andune pella vardo tellumar nu luini jassen tintilar i eleni omario airetari lirinen Ah like gold fall the leaves in the wind the long years numberless as the wings of trees the long years have passed like swift draughts of the sweet mead in lofty halls beyond the west O Lorien the winter comes, the bare and lifeless day the leaves are falling in the stream, the river flows away Wherein the stars tremble in the song of her voice holy and queenly who now shall refill the cup for me for now the kindler Varda the queen of the stars from mount everwhite has uplifted her arms like clouds O Lorien too long have i dwelled upon this hither shore and in a fading crown have twined the golden elanor now all the paths are drowned deep in shadow and out of a grey country darkness lies on the foaming waves between us and mist covers the jewels of Calacirya forever now lost, lost to those from the east is Valimar Farewell maybe even thou shall find Valimar maybe even thou shall find it Farewell
3.
Gloomweaver 06:02
An image of despair, the face of fright devouring the light giving birth to eternal night Ungolianth the mistress of her own lust kneel before her yet soon die you must weaving the webs of unlight strangled by the ever-growing hunger filled with a hate towards all things that live no mercy, no quarter for you shall she give Hear the blackhearts call your moment has come, in secrecy we must run Like storm clouds of their twisted fate let me show you the way, for their deeds the world must pay To the trees of light they came and spilled the blood of life in vain on the eternal hill of Ezellohar Melkor struck both trees by a dark blade The insatiable Ungolianth devoured what ever light and life remained in them the land was swallowed by darkness evening turned to evernight From the western shores these fiends escaped after valinors beauty was violently raped stealing the jewels of formenos and slaying the king of noldor elves the Silmarils with them they took, under their cursed feet the earth shook With one hand you give o blackheart Yet i still hunger for more more jewels in that chest you bore Strangling the lord of lies by unbreakable ties growing in his eyes would no one hear his cries to their masters aid the valaraukar came with their flaming whips drowe Ungolianth away In her endless hunger she fled until devouring herself to death
4.
The ground shakes in the north an army of silver and gold has come forth hearing the plea of men and elvenkind The mountains tremble the earth shakes as the dark ones doom awakes the air is filled with the hymn of trumpets singing by the clear sound of silver harps ringing Unleashing the fury long refrain towards the master of darkness and pain this fight will not be in vain tonight the black and evil blood will rain Beneath the blackened sky where the shadows lie Morgoths reign of darkness and pain will end in the fire forged by the one As the dawn comes light reveals the dead ones the world you knew is gone yet the evil deeds can not be undone The curtain of darkness is lifted the immortal might marches into battle never again shall they see the lands of death after they return to the hidden west Unleashing the fury long refrain towards the master of darkness and pain this fight will not be in vain tonight the black and evil blood will rain Beneath the blackened sky where the shadows lie Morgoths reign of darkness and pain will end in the fire forged by the one Hear the echoes from the distant past as no world forever lasts the blackness is washed away but from the evil seeds we all must pay
5.
Kadotettu 07:55
Valossa tähtien, valossa kuun kuva vesien pinnalta heijastuu muistojen tuoltapuolen maailman rajojen takaa ääni hento kutsuu mua Varjojen katveessa ikiyön syleilyssä ei valo polta silmiä ei kuulu kuiskaus kuolemattoman tänne maailman loppuun saakka jään Nyt haipuu kuoleva valo vedet tummina kuohuina edessäin virtaa muisto vanha ikiaikainen kadotettu on ja eron päivä vielä saa Vanhat vedet syvyyksien yhden tahdosta nousevat pois rappion ja noen pyyhkivät sydämmensä pois kääntäneet nyt aaltoihin haudataan vanhat vedet syvyyksien vihassa ja mahdissa nousevat pois rappion ja noen pyyhkivät lahjamaa iäksi kadotettu on Nyt kutsuu aaltojen äänet levon maailmantakaisen tarjoavat ikiyössä paikalleni mua pyytävät niityt ja kukkulat veteen peittyy vapisevat tornit sylissä tyrskyjen näin aaltoihin sortuvat temppelit ja talot vain Meneltarma myrskyä vielä uhmaa valkoisena pilviä vasten kohoaa vaan särkynyt on Numenorin valo Nyt vedet syvyyden edessäni mustina nousevat yksin huipulla mahtavan vuoren loppuani odotan Varjojen katveessa ikiyön syleilyssä ei valo polta silmiä ei kuulu kuiskaus kuolemattoman tänne maailman loppuun saakka jään Kadonnut muinainen aaltojen unessa suorien polkujen tuollapuolen syvistä vesistä kaipauksen ikuisen huippu valkea vielä hohteensa heijastaa Varjojen katveessa ikiyön syleilyssä ei valo polta silmiä ei kuulu kuiskaus kuolemattoman tänne maailman loppuun saakka jään Nyt kutsuu aaltojen äänet levon maailmantakaisen tarjoavat ikiyössä paikalleni mua pyytävät niityt ja kukkulat veteen peittyy vapisevat tornit sylissä tyrskyjen näin aaltoihin sortuvat temppelit ja talot vain Meneltarma myrskyä vielä uhmaa katoaa vuori ikiaikainen ja lahjamaa petokseen ylpeyden
6.
The Wind 07:02
The wind was on a withered heath but in the forest stirred no leaf there shadows lay by night and day and dark things silent crept beneath The wind came down from mountains cold older than any story that is told the grass hissed their tassels bent the reeds were rattling and on it went A shaken pool, under the heavens cool where racing clouds were torn and rent It passed the lonely mountain bare and swept above the dragons lair there black and dark lay boulders dark and flying smoke was in the air it left the world and took its flight over the wide seas of the night the moon set sail upon the gale and stars were fanned to leaping light Of secrets long lost sings the wind of futures forgotten and the dust of the old of white bones that lay in the cold of distant echoes somewhere in time told Hear the endless call of hope and regret mixed as a lamentation forever singing to the lands Of dreams long lost sings the wind of futures forgotten and the dust of the old of rusty swords and broken bows of distant echoes and songs of victory Hear the endless call of hope and regret mixed as a lamentation forever singing to the lands It passed the lonely mountain bare and swept above the dragons lair there black and dark lay boulders dark and flying smoke was in the air it left the world and took its flight over the wide seas of the night the moon set sail upon the gale and stars were fanned to leaping light The wind was on a withered heath but in the forest stirred no leaf there shadows lay by night and day and dark things silent crept beneath The wind came down from mountains cold older than any story that is told the grass hissed their tassels bent the reeds were rattling and on it went The day has ended, dim are my eyes still a journey long before me lies the wind sings its never-ending song beneath the eternal and ever bending sky
7.
White marble walls designed to catch and reflect the moonlight shone with a soft silvery gleam such beauty in these mortal lands cannot last the deepest darkness haunts behind mountains strong and grim awaiting its time, in the shade growing and taking a form Flying on black wings the darkest of kings sent forth a plague so many lives to take Darkness crept to the land of fire while the guardians watchful gaze was elsewhere taking back the fields of dust and the cursed vale of Gorgoroth conquering the tower of the moon with the blackest of witchcraft and the legions of doom twisted, poisoned and broken was its light there sanity was lost and replaced by fright In this shade of eternal night once grew a sapling of Nimloth the white a tree of the mighty kings of Numenor an image of the silvery tree of light within it a power of ancient might untouched by the evil deeds of men Darkness ruled again the land of terror were the guard posts were ruined and decayed by time spreading across the fields of dust and the cursed vale of Gorgoroth the twisted corpselight of Minas Morgul that illuminated nothing shined its cold and sickening glow the gate once fair and joy to the eyes now turned to a horrid mouth of wicked silence Yet still we remember the beauty of Isildurs city and in our dreams still walk under the silvery moon on the streets of Minas Ithil and in the gardens of Ithilien maybe one day we may return
8.
I dare you across the bridge to truly behold the king you call a witch your foolish ways of your mortal days are numbered as your kingdoms perish in flames To my houses of pain i will take you to my dungeons forsaken by hope Standing like a fallen star under the clouding darkness the horrid mouth of oblivion awaits for the young king to come forth o lord of the majestic white tower beside you your friends and knights cower your fate sealed by your arrogance a lesser son of greater fathers Storms of the earth arise may the wind heed my command come, come to mordor we will take you now your tale and your bloodline is through There the skies wept and flowers withered poisoned were the wells by black spells the wind went on wailing over troubled lands sailing carried the fading screams as the gates swallowed all light Your feeble mortal form now wishing it was never born your soul shall be taken of your body there naked and defiled shall you stand in front of the lidless eye To my houses of pain i will take you to my dungeons forsaken by hope Storms of the earth arise may the wind heed my command come, come to mordor we will take you now your tale and your bloodline is through Fallen has the king of men dragged into the nazguls den into the tower of witchery were no one will ever hear his plea
9.
Pale sky now stands before me leaves grey are dead to the west our light now must flee in the gloomy night we shiver our time has passed say farewell to these shores long here did we dwell Flee from the dark hand and the fading light our time here is gone the world you knew is changed what once was green now lies dead and cold never will return the good days of old Grey waves now flow before me longing my return to the west where night does not reign golden flowers still there bloom and majestic towers marked with runes stand undefeated and eternal beside mountains fair Flee from the dark hand and the fading light our time here is gone the world you knew is changed what once was green now lies dead and cold never will return the good days of old With bright steel in hand shielded by shining armour to these eastern shores you rose ursupers and self-made kings exiled by your ancient sins hear now the howling winds Cursed by your pride to everyone you lied both pain and beauty sailed with you against the dark lord you fought yet more misery here you brought leave now and never come back For our days are ending and our years failing i shall pass the wide waters lonely sailing long are the waves on the last shore falling sweet are the voices in the lost isle calling Pale sky now stands before me leaves grey are dead to the west our light now must flee in the gloomy night we shiver our time has passed say farewell to these shores long here did we dwell Grey waves now flow before me longing my return to the west where night does not reign golden flowers still there bloom and majestic towers marked with runes stand undefeated and eternal beside mountains fair
10.
An elven maid there was of old a shining star by day her mantle white was hemmed with gold her shoes of silver grey Her hair was long her limbs were white and fair she was and free and in the wind she went as light as leaf of linden tree Where now she wanders none can tell in sunlight or in the shade for lost of yore was Nimrodel and in the mountais strayed The elven ships in haven grey beneath the mountain lee awaited her for many a day beside the roaring sea When dawn came dim the land was lost the mountains sinking grey beyond the heawing waves that tossed her blooms of lightning spray Amroth beheld the fading shore alowe beyond the swell and cursed the faithless ship that bore afar from Nimrodel When dawn came dim the land was lost the mountains sinking grey beyond the heawing waves that tossed her blooms of lightning spray From helm to sea they saw him leave as arrow from the string and dive into the water deep as mew upon the wing the wind was in his flowing hair the foam about him shone afar they saw him strong and fair go riding like a swan But from the west has come no word and on the hither shore no tidings elven folk have heard of Amroth evermore
11.
No wind in this cursed place blows nothing stirs beneath the evergray sky a cold that chills the heart and the bone in these marshes you will forever be alone in fear and regret your days will end in the embrace of still water Come down with us Come down to the muddy waters Come here where only serpents and malicious spirits dwell Come down with us Come down to the eye of the bog Come here to the deeper end and light a candle of your own Cold be heart, cold be bone cold be foolish travellers far from home for they do not see what lies ahead now that the sun has failed and the moon is dead Come down with us Come down to the muddy waters Come here where only serpents and malicious spirits dwell Come down with us Come down to the eye of the bog Come here to the deeper end and light a candle of your own Cold be heart, cold be bone cold be foolish travellers far from home for they do not see what lies ahead now that the sun has failed and the moon is dead The smoke fills your lungs just before the final plunge into the mirky waters that embrace you on these last moments Forever here shall your spirit dwell in the dead marshes forsaken by all life here your soul will shiver within the mud and on the surface your fire shall forever burn
12.
Nan Elmoth 06:51
There long ago in elder days ere voice was heard or trod were ways the haunt of silent shadows stood in starlight dusk Nan elmoth wood in elder days that long are gone a light amidst the shadows shone a voice was in the silent heard the sudden singing of a bird There melian came, the lady grey and dark and long her dresses lay beneath her silver griddle seat and down unto her silver feet The nightingales with her she brought to whom their song herself she tought who sweet upon her gleaming hands had sung in the immortal lands Ir ithil ammen eruchin menel vir sila diriel si loth a galad lastu din a hir annun gilthoniel le linnom im tinuviel A bird in Nan elmoth wood thrilled and to listen Thingol stood amazed then far away he heard a voice more fair than the fairest bird a voice as crystal clear of note as thread of silver glass remote Thence wayward wandering on a time from Lorien she dared to climb the everlasting mountain wall of valinor at whose feet fall the surges of the shadowy sea Ir ithil ammen eruchin menel vir sila diriel si loth a galad lastu din a hir annun gilthoniel le linnom im tinuviel Alone beneath the wheeling sky while starlight years on earth pass us by in Nan elmoth the trees grow dark and tall the murmuring seas rising and falling on the shore and Ulmos horn we heed no more
13.
Sharp Glance 10:02
Under a shade, older than the sun beneath majestic trees, there lies a shadow in the dark woods of nan elmoth dwelleth a noldor maiden enchanted Once lost was i, in the forest where shadows lie by my own will i entered, long it took for me to leave till one day i grew so weary, nearly begged for death to take me come now my son of twilight, come with me to the kingdom of light so you forsake your father, ill gotten son here shall you fail of all your hopes and here may you die the same death as i So fled the royal noldor, from the depths of the forest of night followed by a blazing fury, and the dark elfs wrathful might in secrecy he stayed behind the two, watching closely each and every move driven by anger and hate towards the sun, such things he set in motion that could not be undone Now free am i, from the forest where shadows lie by my own will i entered, long it took for me to leave now a dark cloud is behind us, my fears grow deeper still come now my son of twilight, your father is following us It is my law that none who finds the way hither shall depart i acknowledge not your law, no right have you or any of your kin in this land to cease realms or to set bounds either here or there by the swords of the noldor alone are your sunless woods defended i care nothing of your secrets and i came not to spy upon you but to clame my own And so was thrusted the spear of hate and by that deed Eöl sealed his fate so fell the noldor maiden Aredhel by a blade of poison she was slain again despair fed the ancient fear to elven kinslayers doom grew near the dark elf was put to his death on the white cliffs of Garagdur A curse has been made wherever you may go it will follow you till the end of your days so you forsake your father, ill gotten son here shall you fail of all your hopes and here may you die the same death as i

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Avathar is the name of a dark, forgotten land in the south of Aman in between the mountains and the sea in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Ungoliant used to dwell there before she and Melkor destroyed the Two Trees of Valinor.

The band was a two-piece (Witch King and Scatha) until summer 2005.
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