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The Fallen
10:06
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An unyielding weight, spiteful wall forged in ironclad failure
This resonant voice, though it screams, it has been rendered silent
Driven to my knees and though I plead
The future’s been lost to me
Divergent hearts sowed the seeds, an insidious blooming
Coiled, blackened vines – venomous thorns pierce the flesh to the core of me
Driven to my knees and though I plead
The future’s been lost to me
Morning breaks another scene
And the Devil sun it laughs as I stumble out under its gaze
Onrushing memories – maddening details of your words
And the craven way you severed these bonds
Pathetic soul is now revealed but to whom does it belong?
In whose house does the darkness reside?
Night it breaks another scene
And the fiendish moon it laughs
For the guilty shan’t escape its baleful gaze
Twisting, falling, volatile motion
Twisting, falling, volatile motion
Twisting, falling, volatile motion
Twisting, falling, volatile motion
Into oblivion I’m absorbed
Into oblivion I’m absorbed
There is nothing….there is nothing…there is nothing…..there is nothing…..there is nothing
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Forever Fade
06:09
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These darkest hours
These are the hours that try men’s souls
Cloaked in a silence unbearable
Encircled and savaged
By onrushing thoughts unstoppable
Longing to touch the past hopelessly
These are the black times
These are the trials that rend men’s hearts
Tormented by what has past endlessly
Unbelieving that I won’t walk these roads again
I’ve lost my faith my friend
My will is gone
Starless night slowly slips away
The dawn beckons as dusk
Starless night slowly slips away
To a never rising sun
What I’ve held dear I must now despise
What I’ve loved I must now demonize
A waking nightmare
I shall never rest again
Til you’re gone
Let me go – free my heart from this love
Let me feel the light again
Let me go – I fear that I’ll be overcome
And forever fade
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3. |
Into Exile
11:37
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Into Shadows I left leapt from a treacherous height
To follow in the path of my hearts light
My soul cast to the fates
With faith it would survive
But the fates had determined in solitude I must reside
What have I become
Terrified by the silence that binds me
Confused and alone
I gambled my life
And now suddenly, hopelessly lost, I’m exiled
In the belly of darkness I have been confined
Where all I’ve ever dared has slowly died
And though I’ve searched for hope
To rain upon my head
All paths I’ve attempted have led back to blackness instead
What have I become
Terrified by the silence that binds me
Confused and alone
What have I become
Terrified by the silence that binds me
I’m exiled alone
I’m exiled alone
Visions of past lives
Eat at the corners of my mind
In Futility screaming
Hoping to reach through space and time
No…….
There is no return
I have gone beyond
I know I can never return
I have gone beyond
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4. |
The Wraith
13:43
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Awakened in this fever dream
You stand
Oh mother, the light of your soul has been dimmed
It shrinks as I reach out my hand
What has become of your smile?
Your laugh?
Pray tell me was it a mask that you wore?
A role that you played?
Haunted eyes
Haunted heart
No longer can you hide the damage inside
A house of lies
All the love that you gave
Yet time has not returned
All the hurt you carried inside
All the love that you craved
And the weight of life you bore
As time so cruelly leaves you a shell
The hands of fate
Have left you, now, a wraith
There was but one
Who understood
Who made it right
Who made you strong
He’s been gone for so long
And all your tears
Across the years
They took their toll
Each carried a piece of your soul
All the love that you gave
Yet time has not returned
All the hurt you carried inside
All the love that you craved
And the weight of life you bore
As time so cruelly leaves you a shell
The hands of fate
A loss so great
Have left you, now, a wraith
On the precipice you stand
And though I scream you cannot hear me
I have failed you
You hurtle to the void
And though I strain I cannot reach you
I have lost you
No, no the years took their toll
On mind and soul
Life has killed you
Soar, soar
From your prison go forth
You feel pain no more
You are free now, You are free now, You are free now
How many dawns she has suffered
In dusk’s fading light she would pray
That he’d soon be there, arms awaiting
And she’d be at peace on that day
Go release your pain
Go release your pain
Go release your pain
Go release your pain
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5. |
Beyond The Barricade
17:26
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Full of fear
Shaken deep
Lost alone amid these streets
Paralyzed
Yet I see
The barricade looming over me
Is this my new
Reality?
Is waking life just fantasy
What brought me here?
Dare I go on
To seek the answers that lie beyond?
Into the black it towers
Eclipsing the moon and stars
Casting a pall upon my heart
No light of hope inside me
I have no faith to guide me
There is no path amid its thorns
Here at the barricades
Do I surrender all I’ve loved?
Here at the barricades
Do I submit before I’ve begun?
Do I dare to scale its walls?
Do I dare to risk it all?
For I should die if I should fall
Yet if I cower here in dread
I have chosen living death
To live in fear is not to live at all
In days long past
I journeyed with no fear
Til one day I strayed from the path
And found I was lost
That time had turned
And now all was darkness
A sudden shift in light
With nary a star as my guide
Oh oh oh oh
I will fight the demons in my soul
Oh oh oh oh
I must beat them back
The spectres of my past
The weight holding me back
The devils in my past
The devils’ hold
The devils’ hold
The devils’ hold
Shedding
Falling away from me
Expose the layers underneath the scars
Exposing the fire underneath
A cleansing fire engulfs my weary heart
Come to me
I need you as I never have before
Come to me
Be with me as seek what lies beyond
Shaking
The winds lashing at me
The higher that I pull myself above
Resolving
With everything in me
To reach the heavens and to touch the sun
Stay with me
I need you as I never have before
Stay with me
Give me strength when I feel that mine has gone
We are, Believe,
So much more than we all see
We are destiny
We are, Believe,
So much more than we all see
We are destiny
I will rise
I will cross into light
I will rise
I will cross into light
I will rise
I will cross into light
Nothing stands before me
But the future
I’m beyond
Nothing stands against me
I have risen
I’m beyond
No doors locked before me
I am holding every key
Nothing stands before me
But the future
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6. |
The Gates Of Acheron
03:38
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9. |
Sunrise (by Uriah Heep)
04:06
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