Onyx, by Ava Inferi

Onyx

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1.	Onyx 04:49	lyrics	buy track
Through the fog Caravans approaching The owl’s praise Winds cry out in pain Three shadows black Horses neigh and lightning A moonless night A sacrifice Onyx [Lightning winds - solo by Rune] Through the woods Echoes heard and laughter Witches dance Spells are cast, scent of red As midnight chimes The hour of redemption A moonless night A pact is sealed Protect us and all my kin Release us
2.	The Living End 06:49	lyrics	buy track
Hold, hold my hand Give me shelter tonight Call, call my name Save me from this dark call As angels we fly Now take my hand Come take my hand Let’s leave this land We die - As I feel desire Inside - Seeking love beside her Each moment - All seems lost Of life - I’m dead to this world Deny - As I feed desire The signs - Bringing love inside her Of hope - All seems lost We’re dead to this world Come, stay with me Hold me closer, I’m yours Fall, fall with me Through cobwebs of love The tears in your eyes Revealing your deepest despair The deep caves of your mind No one will find We die - As I feel desire Inside - Seeking love beside her Each moment - All seems lost Of life - I’m dead to this world Deny - As I feed desire The signs - Bringing love inside her Of hope - All seems lost We’re dead to this world
3.	A Portal 04:56	lyrics	buy track
A stream of light Shadows hide in the somber nights This illusion is all I know Blackened winds Call me from below In this madness I break down and cry Not a day pass me by without fights Beneath these scars I stand alone Hearts turn to stone Screams of fear From my dreams to reality This confusion is all I sense Holding on to my last defence In this madness I break down and cry Not a day pass me by without fights Beneath these scars I stand alone Between these hearts of stone Within this dark I’ll set you free Within your dark...
4.	((Ghostlights)) 06:47	lyrics	buy track
William, do you want us to leave? No He said, "No." Help Wall of slaves Dead silencing me Walls and graves The ghosts around you They haunt me, too (No life we see, your voices we seek No life we see, your voices we seek No life we see, your voices we seek No life we see, your voices we seek) Wall of slaves From darkness, they feed The halls of pain surrounding you They see that I bleed By hammers you'll fall Dissolve your dreams to dust (Blacken the hall) By hammers you'll fall The crown you had won Forever gone A cry for the lost And after the morning rise Freedom behind her leaned We'll see all the thousand slaves Unchained when freed Sun Sun (Blinding them all, gone) By hammers you'll fall The crown you had won, forever gone Release it to fall, then By hammers you'll fall The crown you had won, forever gone The ghosts that surround you (They haunt me too)
5.	Majesty 05:53	lyrics	buy track
Beneath these leaves There is something calling Preserved from the light In its chambers to hide Invite me in, Nature’s hymn Now greet this night The coming of the queen Arise, reveal your might A night-time divine These flies are all a part of me At daybreak I die Again... Between these trees Here is something crawling Forever passing by, moving closer Serving time... again Night we praise, behold our God’s embrace Into the mist we dance Eternal charms commence Into the night we praise Behold our God’s embrace Into the mist we dance Eternal charms Black mountain rise Midwinter’s nights Feed the fires
6.	The Heathen Island 09:19	lyrics	buy track
High, this violent scent I’m floating on air Deep, the echo of the waves From darkest skies So far away Leading us to them Night, this stormy night Upon the fields We raise our hands And make belief Calling, now calling them Down, to descend The Elder Gods They’re summoned by us Invoked back to life They’re summoned by us Invoked by the rites Storms, upon the storm We call you Threatening skies Seal their names Void, out of this void And into flesh Ancient deities Now we welcome thee Turned heavenward, our palms They gather From heavensent, down to the Center of the Earth Witch Ride the winds, bloodred horizons Come to me oh, Demeter’s Kin Dive beneath, bright silver mountains [Incantation - solo by André] [Teachings of a master - solo by Rune] Ride the winds, bloodred horizons Come to me oh Artemis’ Kin Dive beneath, bright silver mountains
7.	By Candlelight & Mirrors 05:47	lyrics	buy track
Cold and alone I am My spirit is old My fate was sealed in silence A long time ago The night when they came for me My lover and I The bells they chimed so loudly The moon wept goodbye Justice will be done! By thorns and rags they take me To the pyre outside
8.	Venice (In Fog) 05:59	lyrics	buy track
Here comes the dusk The whispering fog holding the stars On through the night The time has come approaching the end The silence around (the sadness in her) Of feeling alone (don’t leave her alone) The stars in her eyes (by nighttime they die) Her weak empty hands Along the shore Can you hear me cry? No one hear my mourning Charon is passing me by Ignoring my mourning Charon has now passed

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‘Onyx’ is one of the best albums I have mixed so far. The unique blend of Gothic Rock and fierce Heavy Metal just resonates with me on the highest level. A bit like Kate Bush singing on “Headless Cross”. Passion and darkness in perfect harmony. I am truly stunned!” – Dan Swanö (OPETH, MARDUK, DISSECTION).

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released October 10, 2011

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