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Ashlands II

by Ashlands

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Augurs of these alpine depths Rulers of this icy domain Hear our plea for a safe passage to the other side Dark clouds obscured the landscape Eldritch sign of the Ancient Ones Hidden deep beneath These mountains In halls of granite Breeding tempest, channeling the storm The rage of the Augurs Fell upon us With limbs of wind and snow Waves of elemental fury Ancient incantations decreeing our demise Trespassers in their eyes We face our doom today I see the end draw nearer And it speaks with a frozen tongue Trespassers in their eyes We face our doom today For all the Gods may give They can easily sweep away Trespassers in their eyes We face our decay For the Gods have carved us A mountain grave "To see all seas ascend into nought And the skies consumed by Fire To perceive time collapsing into its own womb We are the Thunder which breaks the Wheel" A mountain grave
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As our journey reaches its end Here among these hostile rocks Where cold is cruel as a fiend We lay - Dreaming of our distant homes The memory of the Ashlands embraces our thoughts And all is Warm Now we know that our names Will be forever - Engraved in the black lava Engraved in black lava I greet Death as an old friend Watching my brothers die one by one Unnatural feelings of happiness fill me Knowing that soon I will see her again Tears try to fall from my tired eyes Freeze on my cheeks and can't drop to the ground My last breath is shaping her name On my blue lips, I let it out to die Now we know that our names Will be forever - Engraved in the black lava Engraved in black lava

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Lyric Video for "Mountain Augurs":
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Youtube streaming courtesy of the great Symphonic BMP
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“Ashlands II” marks the second entry in the Ashlands trilogy.

Under the gentle rains of the Amber Marsh, the travelers’ saga continues: and though hope seems to shine on it at first, it soon reaches a very dark turning point. Tirelessly pursued by the fangs of war, they are lured towards the coastline in the hopes of finally finding peace, and decide to try and make a break for it through the dreaded mountain range that surrounds the Shore Kingdoms.

For many generations, no one had dared approach the alpine passes and cities of old. No one, and for good reasons, ever since a lovecraftian race of primordial beings—the Augurs—had reawakened from their centuries-old slumber and ascended from the depths of the earth to reclaim their domain over the massif. Angered by the intrusion, the Augurs unleash a deadly tempest of snow and apocalyptic hallucinations upon the roamers, who ultimately meet their doom.

And yet not all is lost.

Their physical journey may be over, but a new, final odyssey opens up before them, just as they draw their last breath: a vision of the Ashlands, then of the giant slab of black lava in which the Gods carve the name of the righteous, never to deteriorate—thereby electing their souls to the ultimate journey across the mythical Great Opal Sea, to reunite with their loved ones, acquire a new empyrean body, and live a true, second mortal life in the Ethereal Lands beyond.

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released September 29, 2020

Ashlands are:
The Wanderer | guitars, bass, keys, clean vocals, lyrics, programming (drums, orchestral)
The Vanguard | harsh vocals, lyrics

Music and lyrics owned, composed & recorded by Ashlands over the course of two years, from 2018 to 2020.

We'd like to thank our brother Francesco Stramaccia, who in July 2020 provided us with a safe haven to record vocals in.

We'd also like to thank everyone who supported and encouraged this project through time: your names will be forever engraved in the black lava of our memories.

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Ashlands Foligno, Italy

ATMOSPHERIC / EPIC BLACK METAL duo hailing from eastern VMBRIA

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