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From the Shadow Lands

by Ancient Gate

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SANDRA.N.696
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SANDRA.N.696 Great atmosphere,deep evil rage voice,accordind drumms blast beats perfect and stinning riffs.
10/10 Reccommended. Favorite track: From the shadow lands.
ArmoredFoe
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ArmoredFoe Very raw and atmospheric. Reminds me very much of a cross between Judas Iscariot and Nargaroth Favorite track: Through paths forgotten.
pythonscorpse
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pythonscorpse Great Judas Iscariot worship. Really catches that old school black metal atmosphere. Favorite track: Through paths forgotten.
Einherjar
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Einherjar Excellent and promising debut!
Songwriting skill of the highest order, I'm impressed!
Killer homage to the second wave BM legends. If you like BM you like this. simple.

And the split with Wintaar is awesome too ! Favorite track: Arrival of the void.
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The moon hanging lifeless Aboove my ancient tomb When I end my slumber I wake to a cold world Amid the desolation How many centuries Did I sleep in the cradle of darkness? I remember the ritual The candles in circle Stones flowing with blood And I beheld the grave The grave Bottomless and hollow A gate has been opened At the schism Immemorial corpses Come forth to welcome me Paleness above Pouring tears amid the mist Vast and dead landscape A merciless sight Despair in a starless winter Devoid of existence
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Under nocturnal shroud They walk the path (revealed only by the moon) Worship the will that dwells in the depths In chains and blood upon the stained altar The calling inside the dark Through the portal to the mist Nine is their number Death is their goal Amid the skeletal grounds Yearning for the beyond Vast halls of pain They pass through by the light of the flames There by crimson blade Life meets the unmerciful end In these ruined grounds Rotting with wastes of human scraps Flesh is opened in agony The waills travel across the air Laments of horror Souls in misery And he, at the end of the pit Malevolent spirit, centuries old He who crawled from the pits Beyond the stars A dimension of suffering He delights by horror in display Souls in misery Those who have been chosen Their deaths will feed An evil beyond the understanding of men The voice, speaking in unknown tongue Calls for sacrifice Eternally (unsatisfied) The sacrifice is consummated At the depths of this hell
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Encoffined in ice Beyond the horizons Follow the trail of misery Towards the prison of life Beyond the reach of mortal eyes There stood the spires of Alcorath Their heads extended to the heavens Testimony to a once horrid kingdom Where smoke as black as coal Scorched life Dungeon of iniquities Under forgotten skies Where once flesh suffered Now freezing fog extends Countless times Hope has vanished Under the burden Of the hammer In halls of black stone There was no mercy Death surrounds the castle Wherein the tyrant commands his opression Centuries in bloodshed The bane of all light Talling over the dead landscape Denying oblivion Whispering echoes from the cells Remembrances of horror How many souls broken? By the yoke of his curse? Frozen memories The tyrant still above his throne Watches with empty eyes His kingdom sunk into silence
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Beyond the vast vegetation Exists a valley amid fog and cold In times before memory A fetid swamp In the deepest region A land in black Its shadows never stirred No moon or stars at sight For light never reaches this dank valley Creatures from the blackest pits of existence Gather around the mist Answering a voiceless call That beats inside the darkness For in the first lights (of this age) The stars wept above the dried earth In ethereal black cry Primeval skies stood to attest The caught of nothingness Upon the land And many were attracted The shapeless beasts And the eye of men For the caller inside Never ceases to beckon Like a web above the skies By the shores of Deep bottomless waters Pale figures dance By the hills Macabre rituals are performed The worship of shadows Gathering of beasts In obscene mass Inside the darkest fantasies Hidden from light The call grows stronger The land in the valley of night Blooms with decadence And in sempiternal twilight The shadows are ever walking
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Freezing winds blowing From every corner of this valley I climb and reach the highest peak From where I see the sun dying Pitch black silence Unending ritual The skies are lost Behind black clouds No more warmth The cold hand of the night Descending upon the land No more sun Hidden by the tides of time The shadows grow To engulf every inch of this sight Pitch black silence Unending ritual The stillness around The mist surrounds me Majestic and hollow In arms of sorrow No sun on my path Towards the dead hills Piercing winds of frost They howl intensely For the hour has arrived I shall enter the dark And once inside I'll see The light forever banished And there, at the center Surrounded by the beigns That prowl in the night I beheld the face Eyes emptied and gaunt And for me The night became eternal
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The omens were written Laid there for those who want to see Whispers across the air The earth thunders under its advance Clouds gathered in ominous portent A night of freezing touch Beheld the arrival of the void Those who refused to see Were blinded forever The wind howling, the skies broke And the soul of men was stolen From that dread, under sulfur clouds Those of us who still had eyes Escaped from ruin As the skies wept at our backs Upon the spirit of men A suffocating shroud Without battle or resistance Freedom was taken away And the shackles perpetuate In the blackness of days Through paths in thorns We walked The grip of spiritual death We refused But still we ran away And heard the voice The calling from the stars Whispering: "Here be the sons of destiny" We are alive!
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Standing in front of a starry sky I stand amid these mountains Walking roads of old Alone in everlasting cosmos Voices from beyond Voices of wisdom They guide my spirit To enter the paths of old To enter paths forgotten Forever they shalt be praised Their names inscribed in time Underneath a lake in darkness Above the tallest trees Beneath a starry sky I stand amid these mountains of old Wisdom of times past And ever present They are reborn inside In me they will endure Our nature will linger on Remembrance The battles and strenght that were The century of changes approaching I will stand as stone to attest The revival of what is ours Remebrance
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Recorded at Salas Esparta.

Ildrac: All instruments, vocals, lyrics.

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released June 22, 2019

Recording, engineering, mixing by Ildrac.

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Ancient Gate Argentina

Coming from the Southern wastes, Ancient Gate was given birth to play black metal in the style of Blut Aus Nord (old), Darkthrone, Judas Iscariot, etc.

This gate to forgotten worlds is opened by Ildrac, who performs all instruments and vocals.
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