Ephemeros – Asyllex

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Production year: 2020
Tracks: 15

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Ephemeros

Ephemeros (Short Lived).
Grasping all walks of life, and the few years we have on earth.
Ephemeros centers around our choices in life, and our journey towards the grave… And afterwards.

After releasing their debut album in 2017 which was mainly inspired by the 80s thrash metal era, Asyllex started the writing process of Ephemeros. Looking into a more original musical path, not limited to any specific sub genre, in the metal universe.

Ephemeros is a culmination of all of the band’s musical inspirations. From Ballads, to full-blown thrash songs. Epic symphonic arrangements, and black metal inspired somber melodies.

Asyllex teamed up with composer Clemens Wijers for orchestral arrangements.
Musically, the goal was to take the listener on a journey, through life from the very beginning to the untimely end. Experiencing life and death, through different perspectives and legacies. Witnessing that, ultimately, we all wither away, and only have this short time, to make good of.

After searching for over a year for an artist to make the perfect artwork for the album, Asyllex reached out to infamous visual artist Marcelo Vasco, who based on the concept and lyrics of the album formed a perfect visual representation of the music.

This album has been a passion project for a long time, and is finally able to see the light of day, thanks to help of Arvid Tjelta. Asyllex is very eager, to share this album with the world.

Tracks:

1 Lost Life
2 Soul
3 Dark Pursuit
4 Welcome To The Night
5 Endless Greed
6 Bite
7 Concrete Shoes
8 Frostbitin
9 Wither
10 Sleep Walker
11 Spirits
12 Kyrra
13 Tranquility
14 The Murder
15 Beyond Life And Death

Released on the following formats:
Digitally on all major platforms (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.). You can check it out on the player below.

LOST LIFE

Lyrics: Finnur Nielsen
Music: Bogi Petersen, Hans Hammer

Behind the clouds, fades the setting day.
Turning into night, and dies away.
Embracing the darkened sky.
In the emptiness we hide.

Spirits arise, from the empty skies.
Staying alive, in the dying light.
Reach around, see where you’re bound to.
Search for higher ground.
Into the darkness, hope is found.

Rest now, before you leave again.
No one knows where your journey will end.

Náttin kemur og drepur alt.
Myrkri kemur og alt er kalt.

Nothing can prepare the unwise.
For his cold and coming demise.
You search for your lost life.
You search for an empty sky.
When you find what you’re looking for.

Leave now, and your journey shall begin.
Into the land where spirits live.
Ghosts of the ones you let go.
Demons of old and wights in the cold.
Leave now and be bold.

SOUL

Lyrics: Finnur Nielsen
Music: Hans Hammer

Soul, upon you lies the night.
And the evil that it hides.
You can’t return, until you reach the light.
Soul, your journey has begun.
The darkness harbors none
You can’t return, until you learn to.

Forgive, repent.
Be forgiven, repent.
To forgive, repent.
Be forgiven, repent.

Soul let the embers lead.

Soul, you wish to see the light.
But the evil brings the night.
And hide from it, until the fires out.
Soul, let the embers lead the way.
Let it bring you to the day.
And hide in it, until it burns the same!

Forgive, repent.
Be forgiven, repent.
To forgive, repent.
Be forgiven, repent.

Soul let the embers lead.

To forgive, to be alone.
To be the one, to cast the first stone.
Repent.
Repent!
Repent!!

So, you think you had it all.
Your memories will fall.
How tall you stood, but now you seem so small.
The night it carries om.
But you have to be strong.
It’s not the end, it’s only just begin.
Behold the light fills the sky.
The night that blinds the eye.
Repent for your sins in life.
Repent and be forgiven. Be forgiven.

Be forgiven, repent.
To forgive, repent.
Be forgiven, repent.

Soul let the embers lead.

DARK PURSUIT

Lyrics: Finnur Nielsen
Music: Hans Hammer

Standing behind me, a figure, lost and empty.
Shrouded in a veil, and moving towards me.
I’m running, I’m hiding, I keep looking behind me.
It’s searching, for something, for someone.
Yeah, searching for.

Stray too far, too long, no you can’t find home!
You ran too far, hoping the mist would take your soul.

The mist would take your soul.

Breathing behind me, and whispers surrounding.
Footsteps approaching, my breathing is stopping.
A figure is calling, is coming right at me.
Darkness envelopes, as the mist eats my soul.

Eats my soul!

Darkness from light.
To darkness and night.
Darkness so bright, so save your life.

Stray too far, no you can’t find home.
You ran too far, hoping the mist would take your-
Stray too far, too long, no you can’t find home.
You ran too far, hoping the mist would take your soul!

Hopeless you can’t home.

A darkness from light.
To darkness and night.
A darkness so bright, so save your fucking life.

Stray too far, too long, no you can’t find home!
You ran too far, hoping the mist would take your.
Stray too far, too long, no you can’t find home.
You ran too far, hoping the mist would take your soul!
Stray too far, stray too far, too long.

WELCOME TO THE NIGHT

Lyrics: Finnur Nielsen
Music: Hans Hammer

He bears the name of better times.
Wanders out, and still resides.
Thinks of a world that’s still alive.
Thinks of all those left behind.
He bears the name of better times.

The horizon blocks the light,
and the crows begin to fly.
The remnant of a world alive,
and a boy left behind.

He bears the name of darker times,
oh times,
and welcomes you to the night.
Oh yeah, the night.

Be the bringer of darker times,
until the light comes again.
Spread your dreams into unknown reaches.
And fly into the endless night.

Welcome to the night.
To your life.
To the place where your dreams reside.
Here we can stay.
Here we can play.
Here we can do your hearts desire.

Be the bringer of darker times,
until the light comes again.
Spread your dreams into unknown reaches.
And fly off into the endless sky.
He bears the name of better times.
And welcomes you to the night.

As sure night turns into day.
The memories will fade away.
But tonight he will return again.
And take you far away.
As sure as night turns into.
He will return again.

Be the bringer of darker times,
until the light comes again.
Spread your dreams into unknown reaches.
And fly off into endless night..

ENDLESS GREED

Lyrics: Finnur Nielsen
Music: Hans Hammer

… Do you want it
… Cause I need it

You, got what I need.
Something I want.
I’m gonna take it away.
You, wasted your chance.
I’ll take what’s mine.
Hide it away for all time…

Crawl around, know what you’re blinded by
Flourishing hypocrits, who never see light.
Talk about, your own pathetic life.
It’s all a game, until the day you die!

You, got what i need.
Something I want.
I’m gonna take it away.
You, wasted your chance.
I’ll take what’s mine.
Hide it away for all time!

Feel the emptiness.
Feed the greedy rich.
See the monuments.
Will there be an end.

… Do you want it.
Oh, ’cause I need it! Yeah, I need it.

There’s a line, for all those left behind.
A giant crowd, who have seen the light.
Broke their chains, escaped their demise.
For better days, they say goodbye.

You, got what I need.
Something I want.
I’m gonna take it away.
You, wasted your chance.
I’ll take what’s mine.
Hide it away for all time!

I’ve got what I need.
Something you want.
I’m gonna take it all away.

BITE

Lyrics: Finnur Nielsen
Music: Andreas Jacobsen, Hans Hammer

Sinners, saints and slaves.
Bow their heads down to pray.
Preacher man leads the way.
And all we do is, do is obey.

Keeping calm until the reckoning day.
Family and friends shunned away.
Hear what the preacher has to say.
And keep calm until reckoning day.
The reckoning day.

Burning since sunday morning.
Since the war nearly started.
Since the lights went out.
Burning since sunday morning.
Since the war nearly started.
The lights went out.

Do, what you want to do.
See, what we want you to see.
Think, how we want you to think.
Feel, how we want you to feel.

Don’t call him out, if you think he’s wrong.
You can’t displace, a feeling so strong.
If we let go, it won’t be long.
Until judgement day
and armageddon come.

Keeping calm until the reckoning day.
Family and friends shunned away.
Hear what the preacher has to say.
And keep calm until reckoning day,
the reckoning day.

Burning since sunday morning.
Since the war.

Burning since sunday morning.
Burning!

Burning since sunday morning.
Since the war nearly started.
Since the lights went out.
Burning since sunday morning.
Since the war nearly started.
The lights went out.
I said burning, since sunday morning.

Burning, since sunday morning.

CONCRETE SHOES

Lyrics: Finnur Nielsen
Music: Hans Hammer

As you face the dawning day.
Feel the sun and turn away.
Is the water clear and calm.
Are people behind you strong.
Should you turn and run away.
Should you embrace the dawning day.

And still you see,
something tied to your feet.
And so it be,
you’ll be dancing under the sea.

Swim for your life, and don’t let go.
Drowning comes,
before you reach the shore.
Swim for your life, and make it so.
Drowning comes,
and then you reach the shore.

Never one to waste a chance.
Never one who would hold back.
As you waste your life away.
As you lost your chance to stay.
Played it hard, and fired back.
Now it’s your turn to nap.

As you can see,
there’s concrete around your feet.
And so it seems,
you’ll be sleeping under the sea.

Swim for your life, and don’t let go.
Drowning comes,
before you reach the shore.
Swim for your life, and male it so.
Drowning comes,
and then you reach the shore.
Swim for your life, and make it so.
Drowning comes,
and then you reach the shore.

As you face the setting day.
Feel the sun, turn away.
The water is clear and calm.
The people behind you are strong.

Should you turn and run away.
Should you,
should you embrace the setting day.
Here you lose.
With your concrete shoes.
Surrounded by ocean.
And crustacean commotion.

Swim for your life, and don’t let go.
Drowning comes,
before you reach the shore.
Swim for your life, and make it so.
Drowning comes,
and then you reach the shore.

FROSTBITIN

Lyrics: Finnur Nielsen
Music: Hans Hammer

The chill arrived, before we knew.
There’s nothing to say, nothing to do.
There’s no turning back,
after what we’ve been through.
Staying here, staying here is all we can do.

Frostbitin!
Frostbitin men livandi.

Sweet salvation, it will come.
Radiating from fire we’ve begun.
Snow’s too deep to call someone.
We need to go, or we’ll be done.

We will hike, through the night.
We won’t stop, we’ll survive.
Through the night, we will fight.
If we stop, we won’t survive.

Sweet salvation, it will come.
Radiating from fire we’ve begun.

The moon is drawing close.
Lights a fire beneath your only clothes.
I need to run, need to scream.
While the moon silently gleams.

I need to run, I need to scream.

Frostbitin!
Frostbitin, men livandi!
Frostbitin!

We will hike, through the night.
We won’t stop, we’ll survive.
Through the night, we will fight.
If we stop, we won’t survive.
We will hike, through the night.
We won’t stop, we’ll survive.
Through the night, we will fight.
If we stop, we won’t survive.
No we won’t survive.

The chill arrived, before we knew.
There’s nothing to say, nothing to do.
There’s no turning back,
after what we’ve been through.
Staying here,
staying here is all we can do.

Frostbitin!
Frostbitin, men livandi.
Frostbitin!
Frostbitin og deyður!

WITHER

Lyrics: Finnur Nielsen
Music: Hans Hammer

She’s heading out, to see them.
Alone again, she feels it.
The rain’s pouring down, this evening.
A light ahead, she sees them.

All she knows, dreaming of.
dreaming of paradise.
And so she goes to get them,
get them by her side.

Still the tree grows on it’s own.
A little girl out all alone.
And she dreams to see them on her own.
So flowers wither on.
While she’s stuck with the same old song.
And she dreams to cease the fading day.

The road is long, she sees it.
Alone again, she feels it.
So never fades the day.
While she’s sleeping it all away.

All she knows
is fading right by her side.
And so she goes dreaming,
dreaming of paradise!

Still the tree grows on it’s own.
While she’s sitting here all alone.
And never gets to meet them on her own.
Still the waters clear and calm.
While she’s dreaming till the day is done.
And the flowers wither until they’re gone.

Like the leaves, that are hanging on.
She’s trying to be strong.
But her mind won’t take it anymore.
Even though the road is long.
She’s trying to be strong.
And the rain still carries on and.

Like the leaves, that are hanging on.
She’s trying to be strong.
But her mind won’t take it anymore.

All that she know,
is there no place to go.
She’s trying to come around,
but her feed are way too slow.
She dreams about her father,
and her mother too.
She sees them right ahead,
but what could they, they do.

SLEEPWALKER

Lyrics: Finnur Nielsen
Music: Hans Hammer

Hold your breath.
Once you wake up from your sleep.
You will see.
That your life is but a dream.
So hold your breath.
Just let go, and be released.

So sleep, just sleep.
Oh darling, sleep.
Evil is not what evil seems.

Dragging your feet,
through the city of dreams.
Eyes wide open, but still asleep.
Evil is only, what evil seems.
The knife is sharp, but wields release.
Dragging your feet, through drowsy streets.
Eyes are shut, in waking dreams.
Life is merely. a life it seems.
Lay down the knife, and go to sleep.

Hold your breath.
Once you wake up from your sleep.

You stay awake.
And stay away from those around you.
They will see.
That their dreams are not reality.
Wait, wait and see.
They will see.

So sleep, just sleep.
Oh darling, sleep just sleep.
Darling sleep.
Evil is not what evil seems.

Dragging your feet,
through the city of dreams.
Eyes wide open, but still asleep.
Evil is only, what evil seems.
The knife is sharp, but wields release.
Dragging your feet, through drowzy streets.
Eyes are shut, in waking dreams.
Life is merely, a life it seems.
Lay down the knife, and go to sleep.

Hold your breath.
Once you wake up from your sleep.
You will see that your life’s but a bad dream.
Hold your breath, let go of it and be released.
Hold your breath, let go of it and be released.

Evil is not what evil seems.

Dragging your feet, through the city of dreams.
Eyes wide open, but still asleep.
Evil is only, as evil seems.
The knife’s sharp, but wields release.
Dragging your feet, through drowzy streets.
Eyes are shut, in waking dreams.
Life is merely, a life it seems.
Lay down the knife, and go to sleep.

To sleep.

SPIRITS

Lyrics: Finnur Nielsen
Music: Hans Hammer

At nightfall, we see you, we stalk and suffocate you.
When day breaks, we go back, till darkness comes again.

At nightfall, we touch you, we paralyze and blind you.
Mere phantoms, delusions, you see us coming so you…

Hide, from the spirits of the night.
We have arrived!
So hide, see the spirits in the night.
No afterlife, so hide!

At nightfall, you’re tired, you’re fleeing from the fire.
That taunts you, that lures you, that brings you closer to us.
We see you, we need you, the darkness fall around you.
Like fire, we’re higher, only to burn you. So

Hide, from the spirits of the night. We have arrived!
So hide, see the spirits in the night.
No afterlife, so hide.

At nightfall, we touch you,
we paralyze and blind you.
Mere phantoms,
delusions, you see us coming for you…

Hide, from the spirits of the night.
We have arrived!
So hide!

hide, from the spirits of the night.
We have arrived!
So hide! No afterlife!
Hide from the spirits of the night!

TRANQUILITY

Lyrics: Finnur Nielsen
Music: Hans Hammer

Hey, little child.
Welcome, to this world.
Of sleep, and eternal dreams.
Welcome to tranquility.

Why, have you come.
What do you want.
What do, do you seek.
Of me, and this world of sleep-

In this world of tranquility.
Nobody haunts you in your dreams.
In this world of tranquility.
You’re led astray by the breaking day.
So far away, so far away.

Everything fades, slowly decays.
You’re running away, why so afraid.
Dreams die away, sleep’s not the same.
You’re running away, aren’t you afraid.

In this world of tranquility,
everybody seeks you in your sleep.
In this world of tranquility,
you’re lead astray by the breaking day.
You stay away, so far away.

Everything fades, slowly decays.
You’re running away, why so afraid.

Looking for the light,
there’s no place to hide.
Running from the dark,
and the reaching arms.
Running for your life,
there’s no place to hide.
Hiding in the dark.
There is no peace inside.

Looking for the light,
running from the dark.
Running for your life,
hiding in the dark

MURDER

Lyrics: Finnur Nielsen
Music: Hans Hammer

The fetish appeals.
To the pain that she feels. Tonight.
A one time rush.
From a lifetime of lust dies.
As the high becomes low.
And it’s the same way she goes
Tonight, tonight.

Led him in, into the night.
For the murder.
For the murder, hoping he was here.
Just to hurt her.
Just to hurt her.
Alone in the dark for the murfer.
For the murder.
Hoping he was here.
Just to set her free again.

The decades reveal.
That the itch she feels.
Isn’t right.
But her mind won’t rest.
Until he passes the test.
Tonight.
Nothing is real except the pain
that she feels the pain she feels.

Led him in, into the night.
For the murder.
For the murder.
Hoping she was here, just to hurt her.
Just to hurt her.
Alone in the dark for the murder.
For the murder.
Hoping he was here.
Just to be free again.

BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH

Lyrics: Finnur Nielsen
Music: Hans Hammer

The memory still remains of me.
Although my spirit may be lost.
I linger in the flickering light.
Out of mind, but not of sight.

So cold, so alone.
So frail, and a heart turned to stone.

Lost beyond your world of night.
Only stars to guide me towards the light.

Bleak is your lie, what’s left behind.
I keep you close, I see into your mind.
Death governs your road of blight.
While you ensnare the hopeless and blind.
Fading roses, depending on light.
What you see, is what you find.

The less you see, the more I be.
I’m the wind that you feel,
I’m the air that you breathe.
Steering your world,
from the moon to the sea.
I’m the blood that you bled,
and the earth at your feet.

Is reality fading away.
Has your life gone too far astray.
I’m still here, to take your hand.
To lead you back to my promised land.
Take you back, take you
back to my promised land.

Life pulls you away from my grace.
Death leads to my unholy place.
You linger in the dark of the night.
Just to keep me away from the light.
You’re lost, but you’re finding a way.
Away from me, for another day.
You’re lost, but you’re finding a way.
To a place where I can stay.

The less you see, the more I be.
I’m the wind that you feel.
I’m the air that you breathe.
Steering your world,
from the moon to the sea.
I’m the blood that you bleed,
and the earth at your feet.

Life pulls you away from my grace.
And death leads to my unholy place.
You linger in the dark of the night.

The less you see, the more I be.
I’m the wind that you feel,
I’m the air that you breathe.
Steering your world,
from the moon to the sea.
I’m the blood that you bleed,
and the earth at your feet.

The more I bleed, the less I be.
In the wind that you feel, I see defeat.
Breathe onto me, the life you lead.
I’m the blood that you need,
I’m the hate that you breed.

Credits

Composers and Authors

Musicians

Production

Arvid Tjelta

(Production, recording, digital editing, mixing, mastering)

Andreas Jacobsen

(Digital editing)

Clemens Wijers

(Orchestral arrangements & recordings)

Hans Heðinsson Hammer

(Digital editing)

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