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Verferum

by Quercus

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Matt Richardson
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Matt Richardson A baroque funeral doom masterpiece! Driven by pipe organ, this album creates a mysterious and even bizarre atmosphere, but in a wonderful way. The closer is an absolute opus that ranks among the works of the immortal Bach himself. Favorite track: Passacaglia D minor, White and Black Darkness.
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tr_🇺🇦 Probably one of the weirdest funeral doom albums I bought in 2019. When this organ heavy outfit works it's up there with Skepticism. Sometimes they venture into cheese territory. Just so you know. :-) Favorite track: Ceremony of the Night.
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Sonny92 Czech funeral doom carried by it's heavy reliance on the church organ. Favorite track: The Pu-erh Exhumed.
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1.
The lust for life is burning My journey through the night A ceremony in sacred peace I walk the land that suffocates in velvet haze This is my spiritual nourishment I repel new visions to no avail They tear me apart, they pursue me There is no escape for me Breaker waves of pipe organ massifs rattle my head One person’s shadow under the Moon Disappears in the flesh of time Crystals of the night rustle against the leaves I hear the Requiem for this world Human fate meanders like in a floodplain Solitude is a cleansing wellspring At that very time freed from the chains of living Freed from the weeping of human misery Under the starry dome I see something shining in the distance I walk towards the light It’s her – The lust for life.
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the inspiration is outside where strong winds blow and clouds stampede through spring’s hazy horizons a storm is brewing windbreaks of the spirit shiver evenings of my father in the lee of the room he has all the seasons four of them in a single day though I don‘t know which one is when I want to share them the tiny old man‘s heart beats towards mine this granddaddy is a daughter just ten days old she‘s cradled in our arms today she‘s drank a lot and she‘s still bald her eyes are blue, but one day they may turn brown
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Carried and devoured by white and black darkness On death marches through distant woods Amidst eternity, towards fair morrows Rapt in moments yet alive Filled with forest master’s deep sorrow A couple of tears and a spellbinding smile Resounding the strings Carried and devoured by white and black darkness Imbiled by the tinted bodies of water Slowly entering the forest horizon Three sailships carried by waves of the hills, the breakers of Brdy, Three souls drinking in the colossal sclera on their graceful journey Triunity of parched throats Carried and devoured by white a nd black darkness They behold the silver gleam of the Cinnamon village The piercing evening star, the stabbing centrepiece In the haze of evening half-light To drink in yet more, to drown in that sea for a while more – Black asphalt robes creep in silently The village promenades embrace their steps. Carried and devoured by white and black darkness The truth of my demise is written in the world’s mind Of me without me knowing, with final validity For all the time that my heart beats with hot blood I go through pain I go through joy I go through the joy of pain. Carried and devoured by white and black darkness Suffering and touches of eternity Such is the wordly mission Such is the invitation to the kindly times. Carried and devoured by white and black darkness In the deepest woods on a march to death I go through the joy of pain.

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Dear listeners.
'Verferum' is an ode to what seems to be never-ending and reveals itself to be short and finite. Memento mori.

We take funeral doom as a rite. It is a magnificent shrine in a mysterious wild nature which we enter with sacred fear. The church organ is an instrument of celebration of the moments like this. Organ as a brutal mass bearing the guitar and vocal compositions, organ as an ethereal sigh, distant chants. Sharpened senses. Hope. Waiting. Atonement.

We pay homage to J. S. Bach. His immortal work was our great inspiration, especially Prelude & Fugue C minor BWV546 and Passacaglia C minor BWV582.

The album is to be listened loud.
Yours Faithfully – Quercus

credits

released January 1, 2019

Quercus are:
Ondřej Klášterka – vocals, guitars, drums
Lukáš Kudrna – vocals, bass, multiple instruments, lyrics (2., 3.)
Marek 'Markko' Pišl – pipe organ, keyboards, lyrics (1., 4.)

Special thanks:
Don Zaros from Evoken – guest vocal in the third song 'The Pu-erh ...'
Pavel Němec – translation, photo of the painting at the back
Ivo Oskar Osvald – photos of paintings
Petr Kraft – band photo

Released by Moscow Funeral League.

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