Shadow of the Ravens - Part 5

[Intro: distant polar wind, slow cracking ice, metallic bass resonance, ravens calling] The frozen fjord cracks beneath our feet... Ancient ice... breathing below... [Piccolo bass enters violently — ice shatters] KRRRRAAAKKK— [Heavy guitars erupt] [Vocal: Female False-Cord Growl] Across the frostscar plains we marched Beneath dead moons and bleeding stars The wolves were crying to the sky Like souls denied the right to die Snow swallowed names... The storm consumed trails... But the ravens... The ravens always watched. [Slow crushing riff] Hrafnskuggi... Eyes within the blizzard... Wings of judgement... Beaks carved from midnight... [Vocal switch: Whispered Ethereal Female] “Do not follow the silent birds... They remember the shape of your grave...” [Massive bass drop] From shattered cliffs the Skuggulfr came Black-furred nightmares without a name Their jaws dripped pale blue northern fire Their shadows moved against the wind [Double bass drums accelerate] Moonwolves circled through the haze Silver wounds beneath their gaze Every howl split frozen stone Calling lost souls back to bone [False-Cord Growl] WE HEARD THEM HOWLING— INSIDE THE ICE— INSIDE OUR BLOOD— INSIDE THE NIGHT— [Instrumental: melodic lead guitar + piccolo bass shred] The hammer-brother raised his hand But ravens gathered on the steel Not one sound escaped their throats Yet all the dead seemed suddenly near [Brief silence] [Whisper Vocal] He sees them... Even when no one else does... [Heavy return] Beneath the glacier... Far below... Something vast... Turned slowly in the dark... [Low bass rumble] Djúphafskraki. [Tempo slows dramatically] Mountains trembled under frozen tides Ancient chains beneath the ice A thousand eyes below the sea Dreaming of catastrophe [Ethreal Vocal Layer] “The abyss does not hate mankind... It simply does not notice you...” [Massive riff returns] Næturvera moved between the storms Tall and thin as dying pines Invisible beneath dead skies But visible beneath aurora light [Background choir enters] Only Háa konan blá could see them clear— The Tall Woman Blue... Keeper of the Northern Silence... Her staff ignited emerald frost Runes burned across the snow And every spell she cast that night Took something from her soul [Instrumental break: sorrowful guitar melody] But we did not see it... No... None of us saw it... [Final build-up] The ravens screamed at moonless heavens The ice began to split apart The sea below awoke in hunger And fear crawled into every heart [Vocal: Massive layered False-Cord] SHADOW OF THE RAVENS— GUIDE US THROUGH THE STORM— SHADOW OF THE RAVENS— SHOW US WHAT WE’VE BECOME— SHADOW OF THE RAVENS— THE DEAD ARE NEVER GONE— SHADOW OF THE RAVENS— THE NORTH REMEMBERS ALL— [Outro: slow bass pulse, ravens fading into wind] The ice still whispers... And somewhere below... Something ancient... Still listens...