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03 Niflheim (Completed)

[Intro] [distorted electric guitar riff with palm muting] [drums and bass enter with heavy backbeat] [harmonized lead guitar melody] [Verse 1] [gritty male vocals] When no fire burns and no light falls The mists move slow through endless halls Ice has claimed what once was earth A cold that predates death and birth [Pre-Chorus] [bass becomes more melodic, guitar chords sustain] The rivers here run black and still They flow beneath an iron will No wind, no warmth, no living sound Only the weight of frozen ground [Chorus] [full band intensity increases, layered vocal harmonies] Your voice is swallowed when you speak Lost to the cold and endless mist You walk where the dead have gone Where a mist consumes and light is done You will stand at the ancient well of breaths Where life began and death has its end [Verse 2] [rhythmic guitar chugging resumes] Eleven rivers run from ancient stone Through the darkness cold and alone A gnawing spread cannot be seen The silence here is all it's been [Pre-Chorus] [snare rolls, bass drive] Hel watches from a shadow throne One half living and one half dead She does not call, she does not claim The dead arrive here all the same [Chorus] [heavy crash cymbals] Your voice is swallowed when you speak Lost to the cold and endless mist You walk where the dead have gone Where a mist consumes and light is done You will stand at the ancient well of breaths Where life began and death has its end [Guitar Solo] [fast alternate picking, wah-wah pedal effects, dive bombs] [Bridge] [half-time drum feel, sustained guitar feedback] If you have come this far below Then something drew you here to know The cold will strip away the rest Until you face what you suppressed [Chorus] [maximum volume, double-kick drumming] The mist is not your enemy It simply shows what you could not see What lives in Niflheim does not die It waits beneath the frozen sky [Outro] [harmonized guitar leads] I walk where the dead have gone Where the cold has swallowed the sun I stand at the ancient well of breaths Where life began and death has its end [final power chord rings out with reverb]