Fires shine. whilst shadows wane
From frozen ground, fragile blossoms spring
No stars or moon through iron clouds
Beneath my feet all root and thorns
Through marsh and bogs on forlorn paths
Through times of for, a wondrous haze
Young trees I've seen, skybound they rose
To mighty oaks in countless years
Thaet is moddor, monigra cynna
Thaes selestan, thaes sweartestan
thaes deorestan, thaes the dryhta bearn
ofer foldan sceat to gefean agen
Raise to the sky
From frozen ground
The shreds of new life abound
Through winter cloud
Sun slowly breaks
New life awaits the dawn
credits
from Face of the Hunter,
released August 18, 2013
Solmonath
Two thousand and nine
Side project of Athelstan of UK pagan metal legends Forefather. Evocative of the English landscape - like a modern blend of Forefather's instrumental work and Mike Oldfield's 'Hergest Ridge'. Great! HERNE
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
After listening to Ysyry Mollvün, listening to Downfall of Nur was urgent and turned out to be one of the best decisions I have made in quite some time: Umbras de Barbagia is simply magisterial; the atmosphere can hardly be compared to anything else. There is a deep, palpable connection to nature imbueing each very fibre of this record. The amalgamation of black metal and folk elements is done with a high intuition for detail and class, resulting in a highly immersive experience. Wonderful. David Fischer