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Felix Culpa

by Dalla Nebbia

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Memento Mori 01:44
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Reborn For you I scream alone The one in white, enshrouded By nightfall Obscured by mist Gently spreads a bloody smile The sound of bird alights my senses Blinking I am once again reborn Rain above Pain below Fire within Until the rain subsides Frail, but arcane I greet the sky Darkened and greyed by time And ignore the specter of memory The hope for death The longing of past The hunger for the never Eyes stinging with fear With legacy secured And fate assured I fasten myself to shackles And shuffle through the snow When sound blinks away And all is left but grey With bloodied eye and sour tongue I drift into black In dream torture begins anew Array of images Second-hand account of the ghost Crooked smile Hollow eyes Porcelain visage cracked with neglect Greeted once again by the north I slumber in frost A journey meanders Reaching a cold end The hope for death The longing of past The hunger for the never Eyes stinging with hate I have searched for death To end the past I never sated the urge I fell to ground Among the dust Among the ruin Of the bloody specter of memory Rain above Pain below Fire within Until the rain subsides My journey has meandered Reaching a cold end Until I light the fire once more
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The silent statue stands Solid, crumbling Visage stoic, distorted by time Dry roots and grey trunk The tree upright Shows no sign of growth Solitary, in a field Left to sink to surface Cracked wood, also grey A barn, forlorn Tended by no man Abandoned by all Given unto the sky In this I see death Remarkable In silent repose Sickened by reality A severed head A broken body Dismembered spirit Ravaged and left for consumers of carrion A sweet sickness The smell of dried blood The kiss of remembrance In darkness, despair The silent transition Into depths of grey darkness I embrace the changing As autumn gives way to winter And ice surrenders to thaw As dusk gives way to nightfall As the mists become the fog A mountain falls to the sea I embrace the changing The fall to arcane shade
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Come… Seekers of the void Speak to me of sorrow Stay silent, breathe your pain. Feel the caress of leaf and bough Know what you murder Know the end of life Collapse beneath Prepare thyself for finality I will hold the rope Swim the sea of trees Understand the silence Tread the surface Collapse beneath The perfect place to die Darkness in the light of day Silence welcomes the end I have seen it all before Obscured by mist Covered in frail darkness Masked by the silence of density Night comes Bleakness surrounds Your end nears Body and mind surrender You will die With nothing around but the trees, Your silent watchers With no souls around And eyeless trees to watch Lost in the brush What feeling, what emotion Envelopes you in the final moment? The perfect place to die Darkness in the light of day Silence welcomes the end I have seen it all before Obscured by mist Covered in frail darkness Masked by the silence Of the sea The sea of trees
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Steady thy hand And wand For in the hour of dawn There's no time for tongue Or wrath The old soul is damaged Bereft of human trust Seeks shelter in night. By light of day he wanders The time for reckoning To make peace To spite the righteous To destroy the oppressors The old soul is damaged Crushed, bereft of compassion Seeks shelter in night By light of day he wanders So come heathen Come pagan Come heretic Castaway Apostate Come derelict Come refugee Cynic Nihilist Come forth Unite Under the banner of defiance Say true and fast For truth exists In the face of ignorance
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Noble is the vigilant Wherefore, giveth unto spirit Fire of life A flicker of death I do worship in silence reverence I build temples in my mind My brick doth inspire song To that which on this planet dwell To wind and leaf and bough That which gives poetry its breath Finding solace in birdsong Drink in the realm The realm of nature, The visage of gods The realm of man, Of petty sorrow The realm of evil… Is not within the stone It’s not within the wood. It’s not among the water But etched in human bone Pulsing through veins The realm of pain Felt by all creation The realm of war Seen through the eye of conquest The realm of pain Felt by all creation The realm of spirit That of the unknown Finding solace in birdsong Reaching the realm When blinded by our fears And sullied by our faith Obscures the view of after Blinks away the tears Even when my view is clear Of the full sky Even heaven fades away
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The tyrant on his throne Observing his masterpiece The music of sorrow, the song of dread The pious wailing of the faithful The ethereal plain is flooded A river of black prayers The conceited insects on broken wings The lucky few, those chosen for the End With pride will witness the fall And with a bleak smile Are blessed with damnation The Redeemer is impure Felix culpa Melius enim iudicavit de malis benefacere, Quam mala nulla esse permittere. The Redeemer is impure On arrival of the Divine A meteor driven through the throat of the sky When the veins of earth bleed And the tears of angels salt the soil Acid soothes the wounds! The Good from Evil The Light of Darkness The weakness of spirit And cancer of the soul Is an illusionary benefactor Whose veil of mystery Is a claw in the face of happiness
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Swayed by the motion Lulled by the song A world with no hunger A life without pain A paradise Such passion Such vigor Such authenticity We will build your temple Our paradise Our Eden and Elysium Our sanctuary Our salvation This world should not contain us No pain after this life The poison is sweet The ground is wet This world should not contain you The pain you've brought these lives The poison is sweet. So easy to drink Heaven is at home And hell is above. To man's own end Is the true destiny Your paradise burns And dies with your children
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With their sophomore effort, progressive black metallers Dalla Nebbia take you through the dark and foggy morass of the human psyche. Felix Culpa is a journey through decay and regret, death and suicide, and thorny despair at the hands of an angry god. Featuring stunning violin performances throughout by Sareeta (Borknagar, Solefald, Ásmegin, God of Atheists), as well as some additional guest guitar work by Aort (Code, Indesinence), the album is heavy, atmospheric, and piercing to your very soul. Recommended for fans of Enslaved, Windir, and King Crimson.

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- An album impossible to fully digest on the first listen, second, and indeed even a few more, Felix Culpa still quickly emerges as one richly fascinating and perpetually tempting proposition. The creation of US based Dalla Nebbia; it is a compelling assault of extreme metal and imagination. (Ringmaster Review)

- When all is said and done these guys have well and truly carved out a very peculiar niche for themselves. It may not be the most instantly accessible album of the year, or any year for that matter, but its largesse becomes more abundant and clear with each listen. (The Metal Observer)

- Bottom line, this is a highly polished and extremely beautiful album that will easily appeal to fans of the aforementioned bands as well as fans of dark-hued progressive rock and metal. (Prog Metal Zone)

- This is a record that sounded thunderous on first listen, but as I worked my way through the album again and again, more of the overall atmospheres and philosophies became apparent. It’s both an immediate record and a grower, and it’s one that I’ll keep sojourning through as my own existence shapes and shifts its meanings, traveling through both dark and light. (Meat Mead Metal)

- It's a strange, confusing but immensely satisfying trip (Merchants of Air)

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released September 18, 2015

- All music written by Yixja, lyrics by Zduhać
- Violin on 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10 performed by Sareeta, recorded in Strand Studio in Oslo, Norway
- Additional guitar on 6 and 7 by Aort
- Mixed and mastered by Yixja

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With a foundation in black metal, Dalla Nebbia is a far-cry from the corpse paint and spiked gauntlets of the Scandinavian orthodoxy. Rather, the four-piece American project chooses a more diverse path to put forth their musical message. Dalla Nebbia is band not afraid to skew genres and eschew tradition in favor of creating a sound that is all their own. ... more

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