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Pulvis et Umbra

by Damnatio Aeterna

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No Redemption in Fire I am looking for safety I am looking to save me Striving for redemption so I am choosing fire I cannot wake up from this nightmare Opening my eyes in the darkness What is this dreadful being before me? I start to foresee my misery While the mirror shows the truth That is what I have become I hear your laughter, cursed spirit And I am scared of your power Nowhere to hide in this place I know you see all my moves Guilt starts to hunt ruthlessly And I am scared of your power What I have done in life Turns now against me Time is running out And reckoning has come I am still a prisoner of myself The cell is locked, the key thrown away If there is a light after the tunnel I still keep the eyelids closed Seeking for a very relief I find it in the flames' kiss Their warmth will not reject me But no phoenix will be reborn From the ashes of the forlorn Never wanted to be the pelican Never pierced my chest to feed others I have drunk my own blood To slowly poison myself I am looking for safety I am looking to save me Striving for redemption so I am choosing fire
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Vêtements ondoyants et nacrés She seems a dead woman covered by shroud Soft like silver mirrors in a pale moon Deadly princess wants blood in this night of sin Daughter of Babylon, mother of prostitutes Lust pervading their funeral pyre, Pride devouring the queen of fire, Burning skin eaten by anger Incestuous thoughts of violence and wild ferocity She seems a red phoenix risen from desert dust Pure like Lilium in chaste Virgin bosom Alluring harlot dancing for Herod The seven veil, charmer of Death No jewels can feed her hunger Revenge delivered in wintery gold saucer Martyr of God, a cold bloodedly murderer Indecent thoughts of demise and fierce brutality Why don't you see me? Deceived prophet of sacred decay Why don't you moan? See me now and cry for your pity Why don't you beg me? Your tongue wiped out by snakes I'm Salomé, killing messiahs and seers bow to me coward She seems a naked Madonna, thorns devastating her gold lips Profane like her faith lied raped in a tomb Black virgin Magdalene, poisonous flower By capital vices, dark fate Eden, of lost and forgotten adorer Johan, tormenting with sickness his lover Sad cries, ravaging the accuser Indecent thoughts of demise and fierce brutality
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Abyssum peccatorum MMXXIII Stinging wind, branches scratch my face Lost in the dark forest, stars are hidden by leaden clouds Visions, shames, voices torment my soul Please, rescue me from this endless pain A glimpse, a sunbeam enlightens the pathway An instant of purity in my eternal sin A single blink and I sink again in the abyss I grope on the hillside, last ray of salvation Fighting against bloodthirsty beasts And she-wolf attacks me, eager and famished Dragging me into the sea of loss and despair A glimpse, a sunbeam enlightens the pathway An instant of purity in my eternal sin A single blink and I sink again in the abyss E qual è quei che volentieri acquista, E giugne 'l tempo che perder lo face, Che 'n tutti i suoi pensier piange e s'attrista, Tal mi fece la bestia sanza pace, Che venendomi 'ncontro a poco a poco Mi ripigneva là dove 'l sol tace. Miserere Shadow of the glorious epoch Have mercy on me Don't let me drown Lead me through blackness with your Eternal light of grace and mercy I have no fear to walk in The fire of hell and purgatory Miserere Shadow of the glorious epoch Have mercy on me Don't let me drown I beg you to guide me In the name of God So that I could Escape from eternal damnation
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Der ewige Garten Come and admire my reign May you lose yourself in it My garden rejects the sun, repels the heat No season has ever changed its dress Dark are its branches, black are the leaves Coal is the sap flowing in the trunks No star nor cloud dwell in the sky To reveal when the day bows to the night Every flower is satiated With immortality's juice No petal will tiredly fall to the ground Beauty is the queen of these somber fields A feeble light adorns the foliage The never gathered fruits shine Like liquid fire igniting the woods My garden has never known growth No seed has ever been planted No wait necessary to blossom No parasite will damage its face My garden is the most perfect creation That has ever been thought of man Its splendor has enslaved the passing of time A product of the human mind to survive My garden has won against the eternal darkness Because no life has ever filled its roots The scent of decadence won't spread in the air The reign of stillness is death's defeat Come and admire my reign May you lose yourself in it Come and admire my reign May you lose yourself in it Ich will meinen eigenen Garten erbauen damit Meine Seele ewig lebt, Die grausame Zeit will Ich beherrschen damit ich Mich vom Todes Kette befreie

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"Pulvis et Umbra" was recorded in June 2023.
The concept of this work focuses on the theme of tragedy in art and its declinations in every aspect of our existence. The change in the line-up corresponds to a stylistic change in the band, together with a greater sophistication in both compositions and lyrics.

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released October 12, 2023

Lineup:
Veronica - Vocals
Trist - Guitars (Lead)
Naenia - Guitars (Rhythm)
Luca - Bass / Drums / Additional Guitars

All songs written and arranged by Damnatio Aeterna

Guest keyboards by Davide Freguglia
Recorded at TRAI Studio, Inzago (MI)
Mixed and mastered by Pioggiadanza Produzioni

Picture by Chiara Rota
Model: Chiara Ghioni
Logo by Naenia

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Damnatio Aeterna Bergamo, Italy

Damnatio Aeterna is a musical project born in 2015. On 10 August 2017 their EP 'Humana Fragilitas' was released.
The band's new EP, 'Pulvis et Umbra', is about the theme of tragedy in art and its declinations in every aspect of our existence.
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