This work is dedicated to the memory of the 290 innocent men, women, and children who were murdered in cold blood by the United States Navy on July 3, 1988.
"The dead cannot cry out for justice; it is a duty of the living to do so for them." -Lois McMaster Bujold
lyrics
Frigid ocean winds
Echo ghastly shrieks
Ov the bereaved
Across خلیج فارس
Ensanguined waters
Seethe and writhe
As callous gales
Induce savage
Tides ov revenge
Blood spilt
At the hands
Ov دیو غرب
Drifts through
Algid seas
The ocean floor
Erupts in madness
Currents ov chaos
Claw forth
Swirling guitars, furious drums, vocals that at the same time howl from infinite distance and are right up in your head; everything put into dissonant form with the help of unconventional songwriting. This album is my personal key to the icelanding black metal madness that I've ignored for way too long! Lukas Kaufmann
La traversée du désert n'aura pas duré quarante jours mais quatre longues années...
Avec Панихида, Батюшка renaît enfin de ses cendres et, bien que désormais seul (ou plus exactement entouré de deux chanteurs), Христофор accomplit un miracle. Il s'inscrit dans la continuité de Литоургиiа avec un black metal orthodoxe qui nous convie ici à une cérémonie dédiée aux morts. Sa vision est englobante : les mélodies, la gravité et le silence font toucher le paradis ; l'agressivité est luciférienne. Jordan Vauvert