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Colour the Soul

by Unbowed

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    Unbowed's newest full-length album "Colour the Soul' on CD.
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    Unbowed's newest full-length album "Colour the Soul' on CD.
    Includes a 12 page booklet with lyrics, bonus artwork, and liner notes.

    "Colour the Soul" album artwork by Marta Sokołowska printed on a black longsleeve shirt with sleeve prints.

    Unbowed logo printed on a 3.5" x 5.5" woven patch.
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1.
Hero Lux 04:52
Waxing within the water Wounding all grimly who dare Grasp at that blood that burns deeply Deeply the soul and the bairn The spirit that guards Is the spirit that heals this old wounded world And the spirit that runs from its ancient wyrd Is the spirit that's bound to break and kneel Cold black char Descending like ravens black Quick like rushing shadows Forebears of the swarth Send these thoughts streaming forth I am the spear that cuts the way Forebears of the swarth Send these thoughts streaming forth The edge of gar that does not sway Weapon of my kin Spear head that guides the way Sharpened by storms and the rain Onward through gales and grain Cold black char Descending like ravens black Quick like rushing shadows Forebears of the swarth Send these thoughts streaming forth I am the spear that guides the way Forebears of the swarth Send these thoughts streaming forth The edge of gar that does not sway Forebears of the swarth Send these thoughts streaming forth Sharpened by the storms and all the rain Forebears of the swarth Send these thoughts streaming forth Storming through the gales and all the grain There is a shadow In every man In everything And bound To the high and low The sacred space The darkest thoughts you can't erase Face that lair Battle there and remain until the dark becomes your new domain Crusade, the cause, the truest fight And resonate the hero light
2.
Eigi Einhamr 03:21
Cosmic, shining Brightflame of the god within Take me down your pathways Where thought and time do both fade Away from my bone and blood Shapeless in my fate The hunter as well as the bate Four winds and coldest rain A force of not one face I see a world within my mind My hero light Both black as night And bright as the blistering sun The darkness it presses me Slither do I through the cold stone cracks of this god-forsaken abode Closer towards the cup Closer towards the grail Forgive me lord Forgive myself I know not what to say Usher in thy moon Raise the sun up high Feed your soul the sky Watch the dark subside
3.
Fire of Wode 05:52
Many trials and tragedies have I seen (have I seen) But the spirit of the ages finds me as I sleep (as I sleep) And says An old friend carved into me The ancient symbol of the day It scars now ugly and reminds you of the pain But a new day rises just the same Can you find it? The will of the ancient tongues The sacred rope that binds and winds (It forms now as thought from nothing) A burning shape to quell the night (For all the lives that echo through time) A gift of insight a beacon of more (An enamoured ancient light) It takes the form, like the wings of the first drawn butterfly But I search for more This spell is the gateway of day For those who question why From a word to a word From a work to a work An old friend carved into me The ancient symbol of the day It scars now ugly and reminds you of the pain But a new day rises just the same Ancient tongues Ancient works Ancient everything Collapsing the world we all strive to build it all again From a word to a word A work to a work I’m a soothsayer not a saint The sky is burning And bleeding I’m a soothsayer not a saint For a golden dawn is left to rise I’m a soothsayer not a saint The sky is burning And bleeding I’m a soothsayer not a saint
4.
Wield fire to cut the air Ascend higher to fall Ignite the sacred flare within To burn brighter than them all I seek the ansuz I crave the answers To this riddle of blood Riddle of blood Stream of life Flow of death Riddle of blood River of blood The air is thick with silence A deafening chant of the waste The wandering seek the translation They strive to bend their fate The broken will cherish the dead Burdened be their minds For what truly felled those men Who were led by the blind The nothingness raised no sword The silence spoke no spell Seek the patterns of light in darkness Traverse your own personal form of hell We seek so aggressively for the light That we create the blackest wound In the subconscious pools of our kind We’ve birthed the devil anew A serpent gnaws at the roots And lurks in the tarn And fears the thunder we all might wield If we weren't all so blind The blood will show us the way The blood is all that's known Like an estuary to the lake of life Connecting us to all that came before Wield fire to cut the air Ascend higher to fall Ignite the sacred fire within To burn brighter than them all Than them all
5.
Standing tall in the light That bursts forth from my wounds My mind is the sun And my body the moon Thought be the light of the stars Fathomless and beyond my grasp Beyond my grasp A burning ritual, a sacred chase Neverending ever twisting Serpents ascending and sure to ensnare But teeth never bare But teeth never bare Apollonian light Bursting from every small seam Quickly releasing from all of my wounds Driven out by the darkest of needs Dyionisian creed Howl at the moon to remember the need The blood is the rhythm The hunger, the chase Rip me from marshall embrace Embers and jewels are one in the same Founded by madmen caught in the flame Beauty is found by delving in deep Under rock and roots where secrets sleep Heavy a burden may soon be found Beneath the earth and the ground In the ground Standing tall in the light That bursts forth from my wounds My mind is the sun And my body the moon
6.
7.
Home 05:33
Do you ever feel like the waves? Crashing down, rhythmically-sound; enslaved As I drown, thinking: ‘is this really the path I paved?’ And the light still seems so far away These days I've been feeling quite blue They say time will heal all of these wounds Can't help but think that’s not quite true Can't help but think time missed a few Listen to the siren song I've been here for far too long Sometimes I wish that we fell through alone (Fell through alone) So don't hold your breath I ain't comin back down To save you now No, I won't let you drown No, I won't let me drown And my eye is on the crown Life ascending The eye of the storm Forever my home Cause this ain’t my ending Life ascending Now I search through time and space Hoping to find a world which seems to have been misplaced Those people I left will turn and say how much I’ve grown Yet I feel like rag and bone Yeah I feel like rag and bone Guess that's the risk you take when you leave home
8.
If there was a beast in man Would you let it dwell? You chose to shatter the gods Choke the church and burn the cross You brought death to the trinity Show me your divinity Pain Hate Torture These are the withering spells of man So be brave and bold For a worthless soul Will die on the coals For its what you’re told That a worthless soul Will die on the coals Birthed through fire We will now reach to new heights Through the conjuring of thunder To the lights beyond the sky But now my gods can’t hear you For they dwell within my soul As my light keeps burning brighter You will fade into the coals I summon you to ignite I see your athem It’s burning me alive Walked through the fire of the dark old devil eyes Still see your athem Still burning me alive But now you smolder And you start to choke Burning brighter now I'll leave you in the cold Raise it high and never you'll die Lift the soul I am the crimson boar Raise it higher and never you'll die Lift the soul I am the crimson boar So be brave and bold Or be left in the cold For a worthless soul Will die on the coals
9.
Seeking mysteries Through the farce of all things Mutilation of the spirit and mind Coercion of the highest form Destruction of the breathing storm That resides within the soul of man Stalwart wanderers make your peace For there is no war to be found here (There is no war to be found here) Only signals that will poison the mind Suffocate, disfigure and blind This is the only holy and sacred war of our time You've come to seek the pathway home By roads I cannot tell Yet he who seeks the highest heavens Let your roots reach down to hel The wyrm waxes and wanes at the edge of the light Seeking for more shadows of prey Slithering down the path towards the brave one Will he run or will he stay Swerdas Uzdaz Blackspell cruciata Find your ur Find your strength Find your ur Find your strength Stalwart wanderers make your peace For there is no war to be found here (There is no war to be found here) Only signals that will poison the mind Suffocate, disfigure and blind This is the only holy sacred war of our time Swerdas Uzdaz Blackspell cruciata Find your ur Find your strength Find your ur Find your strength
10.
It stalks me as I walk The shade that breaks and burns Fills the air with a thick low rumbling song I failed to learn The past has claimed the present The future now starves in-tow What shelter might find the broken man When fate is so cold Assault the darkness Attack the unknown Lunge forth and break the shapeless form To carve something new from it’s bones I inhale the ash Amidst soot and stone The endless path paved in lesser men The drowning waters of never again Assault the darkness Attack the unknown Lunge forth and break the shapeless form Carve something new from its bones There's a demon on my back Been there for some time He whispers courage into me From a tongue slick with riddles and slime Never lets me settle Never lets me catch my breath Tells me my purpose is to be something more Says I’m unlike the rest Until my death I believe in something more I believe in the truth Make not the light your home But the deepest and the darkest roots The path is riddled with unlight So make it your home For no good can be found in sol If not for the black and the coal

about

"Colour the Soul" is based around the concept of a ‘runic soul map’, inspired and loosely based around what Carl Jung described as a “map of the soul”. In total, there are 10 aspects to this runic soul map which all align with the 10 songs on the record. Through these songs we explore each theme of the map of the soul in order to articulate and illuminate the potential of these concepts. Each release we’ve done in the past has conveyed more external-focused concepts of strength through adversity and overcoming strife. With this album, we wanted to take a more introspective look at the music we create and hopefully end up with a more cathartic and immersive atmosphere than we have ever produced in the past.

"Colour the Soul" features artwork by illustrator Marta Sokołowska. Marta was also responsible for the artwork on Unbowed’s debut self-titled EP released in 2013. The album was written and recorded by Unbowed at Nomadic Arts studio in Guelph, ON, Canada. Featuring guest appearances from Joel Violette (Thrawsunblat, Woods of Ypres), Mathias "Vreth" Lillmåns (Finntroll, And Oceans, Dispyt) and Frederik Jensen (Mother Of All, Plained). The album was mixed and mastered by Alex Snape.

credits

released May 20, 2022

Music written and recorded by Unbowed
(Except Track 6 by Joel Violette)
Lyrics by Ioan Tetlow

Recorded at Nomadic Arts studio in Guelph, ON, Canada
Mixed and Mastered by Alex Snape

Cello written and recorded by Jarran Zen

Guitar solo on "The Holy Momentum" by Frederik Jensen
Guest vocals on "Umbra Cruciata" by Mathias "Vreth" Lillmåns

"As I Step Mountains Sway" written and recorded by Joel Violette

Artwork by Marta Sokołowska
www.behance.net/MartaSo
www.instagram.com/inkandthorns/

Layout by Krzysiek Ponieważ

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Unbowed is a Melodic Death/Black Metal band formed in Guelph, ON, Canada in 2011. The band has to date released two full- length albums, two EPs, and two Singles. Unbowed is now gearing up to release their third full-length album and strongest effort to date, the 10 song LP “Colour the Soul”. ... more

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