Fragments of Empires Long Buried (Split)

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Jared Harrison I’ve been obsessed with this album since I got it. The atmosphere and production is perfect. Favorite track: Forgotten Empires.

renaissance_ultraviolence Vassus doesn't miss a a swing of his sword with his raw medieval Black metal with a Dungeon synth component, his music is mysterious, violent and evocative, but here the real surprise is Hemlokk, this is an explosive debut. A mix of melancholy, magic and anger. Just wow Favorite track: Whispers From the Mire.

Meatbreak Both bands excel themselves on this. Magnificent rustic black metal and wraith folk, with a tangible air of haunting nostalgia recounting the medieval histories of the Sussex Downs.

It feels more like a cohesive collaboration than a split because both sides meld seamlessly together, and continue the concept between them.

Just so good. Favorite track: A Sanctuary Amid the Trees.

Luke Vassus has safely established themselves as one of the definitive voices in medieval black metal and has become the sound of British historical metal in my mind. Hemlokk is a new voice to most of us, presumably, and a really exciting one! The combination of the gentle opener, getting steadily harsher over the course of the split but always feeling like raindrops dripping from a thatched roof is excellent. Definitely one to watch!

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1.	Forgotten Empires 03:44	lyrics	buy track
Graves! line the walls of the temple. Their tributes are written in stone. ----------------------------------------------------------- Kingdoms rise and fall Making oaths of blood and wine Our landsmen fight to die by the whim of those who cower and hide Still we march with fork and spear Our brothers by our side ----------------------------------------------------------- Long lost under earth Secrets will die With those who once held them Tales of woe and of war Are all that is left Of the men who had lived them -------------------------------------------------------- Safe behind a curtain of stone and of steel The fat have their feast and fair. In the fields with sword and with scythe The air, grows thick with the smoke of rebellion. The flames thirst for the nobleman's blood ----------------------------------------------------------- Kingdoms rise and fall Making oaths of blood and wine Our landsmen fight to die by the whim of those who cower and hide!!!! -------------------------------------------------------- Empires! Build on Stone and Steel!!! Empires! Made of Dust and Bone! ------------------------------------------------------- Long lost under earth Secrets will die With those who once held them Tales of woe and of war Are all that is left Of the men who had lived them
2.	A Sanctuary Amid the Trees 04:59	lyrics	buy track
Spires of green! Towers of stone! High up above! On the hill top alone! ------------------------------------------------------ Between the lush green Towers high the castle keep Sitting proud upon it's earthen throne Valleys stretch between the hills They dip and rise like emerald waves Seen by those at the spires top. Glimmers of steel from sickle and spear sparkle between the fields of wheat As the village goes about its day. The rattle of carts and hooves Upon the cobbled roads fills the air As they bring in the harvest. ------------------------------------------- Ages pass, The Tress grow old Having seen many lifetimes flicker by Time weakens all, no one is spared As the first stones begin to fall Kingdoms, Castles and Empires Crumble beneath the weight ages past ----------------------------------------------- Fields burn, salted earth, The tides of invaders. Leaving death in their wake The castle stands, upon it's mound protector to its people. Curtain wall standing tall Battles are fought, many die But those still left standing Go on to rebuild Tales are told throughout the lands Chronicles of these battles So their memories will live on. --------------------------------------------- As the pages of history slowly decay Wars and Kingdoms are forgotten Those who fought, die their second death!
3.	The Final Stones To Fall 04:39	lyrics	buy track
The last stone to fall, Marks the end of an age. Nature's Reclaim! Structures of man No matter how grand Always return to dust! -------------------------------------------------- This boundary of flesh, Will never endure, Like the walls built around me. Millennia Pass, Men go to die, To safeguard these lands For the thousands that stood, In awe of these walls, so tall and so proud. See the ravages of time on the ancient stones! Mighty Trees line the edge, Surrounding the hill, Bracken hide beneath them. Where a keep once stood tall, An emerald crown, Now crests the hilltop. -------------------------------------------------------- Crumbling walls, Yet still so grand, Veiled in Flora and Fauna. Yet the stones continue to fall, The patter of ages upon the soil. ---------------------------------------------------------- The last stone to fall, Marks the end of an age. Nature's Reclaim! Structures of man No matter how grand Always return to dust! -------------------------------------------------------- Felling, These objects of man Monuments to our safety Desires, Of distant kings Far from the shores of these lands. Towns are built Beneath the towering walls Trading and thriving Battlements, Armed and ascended Watching from on high --------------------------------------------------- Time comes for all, Unity in death, We rot and become the earth itself From the grass, to the trees, Flowers and the bees, The cycle of nature is eternal! Eugh! -------------------------------------------------- The last stone to fall! Nature's Reclaim! Structures of man! Always return to dust!
4.	Hemlokk - A Downpour In Early November 04:21	lyrics	buy track
Rain taps the glass like faded leaves falling from a half barren tree, during a downpour in early November, The musty scent of rotting wood. Herbs hang dry, like wooden beams that hold them. Gathering, by the rays of a clouded sun, timidly gleam through old windowpane.
5.	Hemlokk - Whispers From the Mire 04:55	lyrics	buy track
Towering above green pastures, Swaying, in the wind, Flow softly, the icy river, Wraithlike mists arising. -------------------------------------------------- The scent of autumn, Fills our lungs with life, Whispers from the mire, Tell their tales wearily, Tales of seasons past, These olde lands survive the aeons, Reclaiming their soil, roots run profound, Yearning for the return of nature
6.	Hemlokk - The Bracken Crown 04:07	lyrics	buy track
life in the undergrowth, Lively crickets resembling the familiar sound, Of crackling fire on a barren hill, Overlooking the rolling landscape, Dense ever green trees, Clustered together, Mirroring clouds above. -------------------------------------------------- Shades of green melt into blue as our eyes meet the horizon, Illuminated by a setting sun, Golden glowing sky, Like yellow flowers that scatter the grasslands, laying on damp forest ground.

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-⚔️🌿🌾 🏰🌾⚔️🌾 🏰🌾🌿⚔️-

𝕶𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖉𝖔𝖒𝖘 𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖋𝖆𝖑𝖑,
𝕸𝖆𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖆𝖙𝖍𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖉 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖜𝖎𝖓𝖊,
𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖘𝖒𝖊𝖓 𝖋𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖙𝖔 𝖉𝖎𝖊,
𝖇𝖞 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖍𝖎𝖒 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖘𝖊 𝖜𝖍𝖔 𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖊𝖗 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖍𝖎𝖉𝖊,
𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖜𝖊 𝖒𝖆𝖗𝖈𝖍 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖐 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖗.
𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖈𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝖆𝖚𝖙𝖚𝖒𝖓, 𝖋𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖘 𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖑𝖚𝖓𝖌𝖘 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖑𝖎𝖋𝖊.
𝖂𝖍𝖎𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖘 𝖋𝖗𝖔𝖒 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖒𝖎𝖗𝖊, 𝖙𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖗 𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖘 𝖜𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖑𝖞,
𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖘𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖔𝖓𝖘 𝖕𝖆𝖘𝖙.
𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖘𝖊 𝖔𝖑𝖉𝖊 𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖘 𝖘𝖚𝖗𝖛𝖎𝖛𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖆𝖊𝖔𝖓𝖘,
𝖗𝖊𝖈𝖑𝖆𝖎𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖗 𝖘𝖔𝖎𝖑, 𝖗𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖘 𝖗𝖚𝖓 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖋𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖉,
𝖞𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖗𝖊𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖓 𝖔𝖋 𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊.

𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐕𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐬 & 𝐇𝐞𝐦𝐥𝐨𝐤𝐤 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐀 𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞.

-⚔️🌿🌾 🏰🌾⚔️🌾 🏰🌾🌿⚔️-

𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞,
𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐮𝐬, 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑.

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