I once swore to live
I once crawled to breathe
I’ve endured the will to suffer in silence
It’s been years since I could feel
Your beating pulse, the only one here
And alas, only I am to blame
In my fictitious fight I see you smiling
As if you could bring me home
In this shattered shell I am alone
Electric hearts and shackle wires
The dearest noose you can’t afford
The dearest noose you can’t afford
I am still a soldier in this ward
The stillest soldier in this ward
This is not a dream...
I give up
It’s like a closed casket reunion
A comatose cathartic movement
Some of us were born to burn
Like a thousand suns,
My soul is fucking old, an antique urn
I once swore to live
I once crawled to breathe
Gaerea's first release of "Unsettling Whispers" was in 2018, and since, they dared define a "black metal" niche of their own, they dared to walk a new path and stir shit up a bit in the realm of BM, this album is a masterpiece and a milestone proving that it can be done, provided the band can pull it off, and they did, oh they did! Gloomy, dark, post-BM sludgy whatever, it's Gaerea, and this one belongs in my BC collection, the end. sachavonkarl74
On ne frappe pas un homme à terre : c'est ce que dit la règle mais NONE a déjà prouvé qu'il ne les suivait pas et si son album éponyme retirait toute perspective de béatitude spirituelle, Life has gone on long enough, son deuxième opus, nous interdit l'accès au bonheur terrestre. La vie n'a aucune substance et la production plus distante le confirme. Le DSBM s'empare de textures sonores blues, mettant en relief une dépression urbaine. Les cris partent en fumées : ne restent que les pleurs... Jordan Vauvert
A truly stellar death/doom album with heavy doses of black metal. Tracks like Isolation, Child of Light, and Broken Hymns deliver the sorrowful and icy tone of this album, elevated by the stirring cello compositions of Raphael Weinroth-Browne. The album delivers a deeply satisfying crescendo in Becoming Intangible before stirring the soul once again with Epilogue. Matt Richardson