The real genre of this band is debatable, even though most people tend to label them as \"progressive death metal\", \"melodic death metal\" or simply \"death metal\". These tags are appropriate for most of the songs in their discography, although there are some exceptions. In fact, there is a Manowar cover (Blood of my Enemies) in this album, which is a heavy metal song, a gothic rock song (Sacrificed) which is complete Sisters of Mercy worship, a song with many hardcore punk elements (Feedin' the Charlatan) and a neoclassical instrumental song (A Serenade for the Dead). To sum it up, this album is full of experimentations and variety, which isn't a bad thing in this case.
Dan Swanö - Vocals / Piano
Andreas Axelsson - Main guitars / Bass
Sami Nerberg - Secondary guitars
Benny Larsson - Drums / Percussion
Bassist Anders Lindberg could not record the album due to mandatory military
service.
Lyrics:
I have seen eternity
I am the king of time
I am off the Edge of Sanity
My living ain't no crime
A soldier of existence
chosen to be
Protector of the earth
I'll last eternally
I awake into another sphere
reborn into the neverwhere
All alone in this space
There's no love nor disgrace
My body aches, I tremble with fear
The sky, the last I saw is no longer clear
Water and ice cover the ground
I can face reality, the world has drowned
I try to move but I am caged in ice
Floating bodies looking for their paradise
But the truth is no longer fantasy
in this world I am the only man to be.
I am lost, I was never created
I am lost, life is devastated
We melt away and I feel the mud
that once was land for all
the sea of ice that used to be
the home of humanity
My soul is frozen, longing for fire
I barely believe I see this sight
All I can face is eternal night.
The sun awakes and shine on all the remains
The ice that encaged my body now flows in strains
Soon I can move, and walk away
What the future brings, who can say?
I am lost, I was never created
I am lost, life is devastated
Eternal eyes, I can see the sky.
My lonely cries, I want my soul to die.
I am all alone, the world will now reform.
I'm born again, once cold sun now keeps me warm.
I am lost, I was never created
I am lost, life is devastated
