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The Ever​-​Rest

by Final Cry

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Selrisitai I'm picky. If I like more than three tracks on an album I generally consider it to be a complete success. On The Ever-Rest I like four tracks.

The ones I like are catchy, intense and interesting. The music is somewhere on the lighter end of death metal or harder end of power metal, with extremely gruff or gritty death-metal vocals that still manage to convey a strong sense of melody.

I'm a fan. Favorite track: Down The Icefall.
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One last step – away from the fall One last breath – find shelter in death. One final drop – blood from my veins One final smile – arest for a while. Ever withstand – one in the row Never retreat – to none you would bow. Out in the cold – where darkness unfolds Alone in the dark – to shelter the spark. Out of the ever-dark forests Along with the springs we will flow. Link in the chain, revolting in vain Along with the springs we will flow. If thou art worn and hard beset With sorrows that thou won’t forget The dark pines blast in white cascades And spirits rise out of the shades. One last step – away from the fall One last breath – find shelter in death.
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Unfolding the veils of the nightwind Crawl through the unfathomed halls. Shadows sweep over cold bodies Vanished before darkness falls. Down, down the Icefall White fields of frost - Cover the paths We have to walk to the last. Echo our call from the summit A diamond we shaped in the cold. Tighten the rope with a clenched fist Strong breast gaining powers to hold. Steps leading down to the abyss Further along through the haze. White crystals rubbed into eyeballs Lids frozen for a last gaze. Stumbling blind through the snow storm Like towers of marble we quake The mountains will cover our prayers With blankets of scree for our sake. Icicles on our grey eyebrows A jewel we take to our grave. The blizzards will sing of our triumph As we pass through portals of the brave.
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Wind the purple pennant around the iron stake. Pull the rough belt tighter cross the frozen lake. Bow to the white silence - Adore the icy shrine. A hail of stones comes over - All covering the spine. We made a golden promise and swore we never part The hymns sung to our glory will melt the hidden heart. A rusted nail will hold us and bond us to the end And even if we fall together we will stand. Together to the holy heights – down to the icy cold From eagle flight – to pits below Heroic tales are told. The rope connects our navel - Pumping the noblest blood. A bite into the knuckle - That will untie the knot. Smell the blue lavender - And stray through marble fields Shattered in the canyons - The diamond shine reveals. A storm will come, the rope will break The oath of gorge is done. Cold bodies swing in roaring winds The covenant will last.
5.
We seek the palace in the clouds. Yearn for the icy throne. There we will reign with frozen hands – Build altars of our own. In golden halls our name should sound – Great stories should be told Of glistening splendor, battles won - The Saga of the cold. We climb the steps up to the stars. Reach for their blinking rays. Through fields of crumbling granite domes. We left the beatened ways. And when the bleaking torch goes out The lights fade in the mist. The peak within the reach – The oath is done. Our heads up in the clouds – The world is won. The chain within our hearts – Broke by the frost. Bones shattered in the gorge – To pay the cost. No roses will grow on the graves Ice flowers formed our wreaths. A gaze sweeps through the misty shapes For greater men to come. And when the bleaking torch goes out The lights fade in the mist. There we will reign with frozen hands – Build altars of our own. In golden halls our name should sound – Great stories should be told.
6.
I dived into the beauty of the descending sun Behind the growing shadows my route goes on and on. Cold winds will guide my pathway and light the broken trace Step further in the darkness and find the hidden place. The wild winds weep Across my desert heart In cloudless climes and starry skies. In silence I grieve A cry for relief Melt water cold tears from my eyes. On beds of fragrant heather I rest my idle head The scent of withered flowers awake me from the dead. Once left the world of mortals I haunt the draughty halls Forgotten names I whisper an echoe from the walls. Cursed to climb the summit where I forever roam A fall into the abyss, a rise up to the dome. And when you fall in slumber and dew sinks on your hair My call sounds through the thunder cold rains fall on your lair. Bury my grave in a desert of stone The wildest heart shall never decease. High in the sky, like eagles we fly But chained to the soil we will cease.
7.
Pale grew his cheek and cold, colder his kiss The brooch in his hand will rest frozen in bliss. Longing for the final fall - Make your will and follow the call The world at your feet is there to win - Hail the emperor’s throne from within. Forged in fire, hardened in the fields Marching through the jaws of death. Gun at hand he barges in between The first to taste the cannon‘s breath. Brothers bonded by the holy oath Soldiers of the fire heart. Knights of values of a world long lost Gamblers dealing their last cards. Walk in splendour, revel in the mists. Her portrait worn near by his chest. Loyal to death, surrendered to his queen. Onward to the mountain’s crest. War formed flesh and bear a noble heart It spelled his ideals, gave the law. In thunderstorms his wildest dream was born A path to the heavens he yearned for.
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Countless nights we froze together Days of glory, hymns of yore Every day we two should gather One direction, only fore. Huddled in a pit of ice - Singing our triumph with all our hearts. Countless storms we stood together Warming each the quaking heart Drinking wine like twinning lather Tightened ropeknots, torn apart. One for the icepit – One for the peak One for the whiteslit – One for the weak Calling for you in the coldness But back then, in the whiteout, you left me Shadows now crawling beside me - Is that you, the tumbling lights? Footsteps leading the cold trace - Deep into the endless nights. Shadows now walking beside me Marching alone through the haze Brother don't leave and be with me Guiding us safely through the maze. Stagger alone to the summit - Holding the rope that connect us Clenching the twinning of fists.
9.
A storm was raging in our hearts A cold wind was blowing in our heads. Together we made our stand We walked that path hand in hand. Together we rose our swords Our fists held high in the sky. But we lost each other in the mist Drifted away with a never ending kiss. So many words left unspoken. So many tears left to cry. So many words left unspoken. So many lies left to lie. You gave me shelter in the night I held your heart free from fright. One step away but stepped too far And streams of light we never saw. There's still a child outside crying in the storm Creeping through the dreams from which it's born. Still I stumble through the dark Chained by the hand that holds the spark.
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about

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stirring atmospheric, melodic thrash/death metal epic
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recorded November 2020 & November 2021 at Soundlodge Recordings / Rhauderfehn
mixed and mastered by Jörg Uken at Soundlodge
additional vocals on "Down The Icefall" and "The Ever-Rest" by Herbie Langhans / Hannover
additional vocals on "Ascending The Avalanche", "The Ever-Rest" and "Mallorys Mask" by Børd Wäsche
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released March 18, 2022

music by Burghardt Sonnenburg & Final Cry
lyrics by Burghard Sonnenburg
Artwork and layout by Kai Wilhelm
Frozen Skull art by Mateusz Latocha, SAMURAJ Design | www.smrdesign.pl
Front Cover inspired by the photo "Brotherhood of the Rope" from Third American K2 Expedition, 1953
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Since 1989 Final Cry stands for sawing guitars and fast, powerful metal, which bridges the styles from the speed & THRASH metal of the 80s to the dark Scandinavian Metal varieties of the 90s. After several changes at the mic post, the band's style has been characterised by increasingly intense, aggressive vocals in recent years and always for a full energy live performance. ... more

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