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Trisagion

by Ethereal Shroud

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    Double sided cassette limited to 100 copies - hand numbered. Comes with bonus track Lanterns. Pressed by Northern Silence. Note: Though I can sign this, the hand numbered sticker is on the selophane so I can't sign it without removing this. I suggest not requesting this.

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    Digi CD limited to 1000 copies - comes with booklet incl. all of Trisagion's artwork as well as the re-recorded edition of 'Lanterns'.

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  • 'Trisagion' 2LP
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    RELEASE DATE: February 2023
    FORMAT: VINYL 2LP
    RUNNING TIME: 77 minutes

    • 140gr. vinyls.
    • 7mm-spine Gatefold sleeve.
    • Polylined black paper bags.
    • Outer plastic bag.
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    Trisagion is ES’ sophomore album, written over a 6 year period, yet some material’s writing dates back to 2008.
    Recorded in the second half of 2020.

    Trisagion is the only ES’ recording featuring contributions from other talented musicians (drums, bass, viola, and guest female vocals).

    This glorious album comes embellished with 6 exclusive paintings from visual artist Phil Lang.

    This is the first Trisagion’s vinyl pressing ever.

    • “Double Marbled” Collector’s Edition 2LP
    LTD 150
    LP 1: Pressed on opaque Red and Black marble effect vinyl.
    LP 2: Pressed on Red transparent, Blue and White marble effect vinyl.
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    Every copy has unique color combination.

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    Pressed on Clear, Transparent Red and Black marble effect vinyl.
    Limited to 75 hand-numbered copies worldwide.
    Every copy has unique color combination.

    • “Natural Clear” Exclusive Distributors’ Edition 2LP
    LTD 200
    Pressed on translucid natural clear vinyl.

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    Black Fruit of the Loom Heavy Cotton shirt with 2-sided print. The image on front glows in the dark. The image is a digital mockup. The actual shirt may look slightly different.

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1.
How wise the God who trades his son for lesser men Who seek no temple, only avarice and permanence Judge not the heart, but thy devotion Keep those who remain As close to salvation as to destitution I can't explain what it means to be whole You took that virtue away from me A kingdom adorned with the thorns of thy idol Who scorn the breath of truth and reason We cannot pretend That the rules are the same For the blasphemer and the saint, the blasphemer and the saint We cannot pretend That the rules are the same For the commoner and the priest, the commoner and the priest The toils I've endured are so far beyond meaning There is no greater voice, only tenets and blood-stained stones Your archaism dies this day You are but the shadow of a lie Feeble and brittle like silence Bending the fear of earnest held faith You took the world from us From cracked and sullen hands As hope slipped through our fingers And sank beneath the sands Fire sows the fire Wrath rends retribution Effigies casting shadows Likening tyrants to deities Befelling monuments To prove hence from this day What's written in stone Can crumble to dust To what end was I made this way If my nature is a transgression I cannot build myself up again To watch myself fall apart at the seams I cannot walk if I'm destined to fall Through trials by design of cruelty and hate You are so frail You hide behind your fear Your faith is a mask for your insecurity And you wield it like a sword Summoning the flood, the call of the raging seas Apollyon's wake before the world We ache, we fear and we suffer for naught Undue and unjust is the the folly of Christ Transient echoes from a long lost era Cannot conceive my fate I suffer the want for a better world And the need for compassion in terrible times Great is my weakness to punish myself for A love forbidden by those who bore me Behind the weight of this cage of bones Is a heart that sinks at the sights of greed Of a Lord who damns his beloved creation For sins he determined his sons to commit I cannot pretend That I am the same As I once was As I once was If dreams lie in tatters And a soul knows no purpose What can I hope for What can I live for There was a time where I could forgive But I've lost so much So fucking much I hate that I hate As it brings me closer to you I am not what I am I am not what I am I am so lost in this place These vast surroundings compel me to dread As I sink within myself Forging an irrepassable path I can't regret what I feel is just I am one with the sword you held to me Reflection in the steel I am not what I am Forged and contorted I am what I am Forged and contorted
2.
Discarnate 13:54
I lost myself in fear of the unknown An enigmatic constant of a cold malignant form To rise within me as a rush of boiling blood I seethe at the sight of your face But it might as well be a mirror Unyielding... I cannot contend with the instinct to hate my fellow man for his nature Who are we to justify these means if the end is counting the dead? Within ourselves is the choice to love or hate To use one's faith as an impetus for scorn or a guiding hand To cast light with it or cast a solemn curse I chose to suffer Without form, without remorse We are alone I am not afraid to fall I am not my fears Humanity's weakness is a curse to carry with grace But it will not be my ruin Within ourselves is the choice to love or hate To use one's faith as an impetus for scorn or a guiding hand To cast light with it or cast a solemn curse I chose to rise We are one You are nothing Absolve yourself of your pain You are stronger than your oppressor Their insecurity Will be your triumph As the fire burns Creating smoldering ruins Bring righteous light Bring righteous hope Within ourselves is the choice to love or hate To use one's faith as an impetus for scorn or a guiding hand To cast light with it or cast a solemn curse I chose to stand Only the weak would let fear rule their hand Only the frail would hate their fellow man Without form, without sight, without light You govern mind and man In your discarnate form, your influence has guided hands To wield swords with wrath If I alone can see your futility Then you see it yourself I am stronger than I was years before From when I knelt before you
3.
Movement... I'm asleep in a fog That nothing can cut through The constant of time standing ever still Waters pristine, oar rippling stars An endless expanse Empyreal mirror What is this light Piercing heaven's sky I cannot see I cannot see If only I knew What this weatherworn face would see I'd have set sail for another shore These seas tumultuous and merciless Those sent to guide me only drove me deeper into storms Beset into defeat, gripped by paralysis Pumelled by relentless rains of doubt and despair Despite the weight of it all I'm not sure if I felt it at all And as I sank like a stone I feared too much to ask of you To reach down and pull me in Or to turn away and let me go Leave me here I'm the only one I trust Not to deepen these wounds Cast me adrift I'm safer alone I can guide myself home Wherever that may be Why am I so numb To the terrors I've seen To the pains I've felt To the fear I've known? Countless in number they are They say they are my strength But each scar is a weight Pulling me further Each make me sink Forlorn visions of bygone times are lost in the swell Reality's rawness is lost to the daze Bring me sleep You are lost but I have found my own place In this maladjusted world we call our home I hid in the stars I conjured a world I made my escape You cannot hurt me here I longed for the same as you But I'm at peace now Whatever story they tell of me Through the lens of misjudgment Means nothing to me here With doors open wide Come find me

about

Track List:
1. Chasmal Fires (27:47)
2. Discarnate (13:54)
3. Astral Mariner (22:34)
4. Lanterns (bonus track) (13:37)

please note: If you downloaded this before January 2022, please redownload it so that you can have a digital copy of 'Lanterns'. It is now included as standard in the digital edition.

To be released December 10th on CD and cassette on Northern Silence records and Throne Records on LP at a later date due to pressing plant backlogs.

We are watching the disintegration of our past-held moral structures in real time. The paradigms of what we held as unshakeable, unquestionable truth be brought to the ground. Be this through decades of struggle or in the blink of an eye, we've watched people fight for recognition for what others in positions of power - often unearned - take for granted. Several cycles of history have gone through this same phenomenon time and time again, and yet as a species we are blind to it due to our own untenable nature of greed.

'Trisagion' is a term meaning 'Thrice Holy' and used to denote an orthodox hymn in three parts. Each of the songs on 'Trisagion' are split into three movements. Over the last six years I've composed these three songs that each deal with the increased cynicism and disdain of how I have come to view the world. The way we cling to long-outdated paradigms to guide us rather than what we see in front of us and the refusal to take one another at face value, the rise of fascism as a means to bolster one's sense of self and divide and the habitual method of destroying the planet we live on for short term gain at the expense of those that will come after us. The esoteric emotions that I feel towards others and the way I relate them to my own way of coping. The impressionistic artwork of Trisagion, expertly done by Phil Lang, shows the terrifying way one can see these paradigms - as terrifying structures to be feared, obscure yet stark contours; yet old, disintegrating, and with a generation desperately clinging to their foundations hoping not to crumble under their weight.

'Trisagion' is a black metal album equally as challenging as its subject matter - uncompromising track lengths that don't waste a moment, eschewing repetition in favour of purposeful construction. Despite its raw intensity, it relies on huge symphonic undercurrents to carry its message as well as an array of textural exploration that Ethereal Shroud has yet to foray into. Six years is a long time to follow up a record, argued by some to be a standalone masterpiece. It no longer stands alone.

Creating this record was no small feat - financially, emotionally and physically it was a draining experience. However, I could not be prouder of the result and I'm ready to reveal it to the world. Thank you for paying attention.

Each song on the record comes with its own impressionistic illustration to match it. The PDF with the lyrics and these illustrations is available with all digital downloads, as well as being printed in every physical format.

credits

released December 10, 2021

Written sporadically over the last 15 years.
Recorded from August 2020 - July 2021 through the COVID 19 Pandemic. Guitars recorded and demos arranged by Joseph in his home as well as Shannon's vocal takes. Richard's bass and viola captured at home with his own equipment. John's drums masterfully captured by Spenser in his home and guitars reamped in Chicago by Spenser.
Mixed and Mastered June - August 2021 by Spenser Morris in his home studio.

Joseph Hawker - Guitar, Vocals, All Compositions and Songwriting, Lyrics, Arrangements
Richard Spencer (Ba'al) - Bass, Viola
John Kerr (Marsh Dweller, Pyrithe, Vit, Seidr) - Drums
Shannon Greaves - Guest Vocals (track one)
Spenser Morris - Drum Recording, Mixing, Mastering
Phil Lang - Artwork

Dedicated to Owen Welsh

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Ethereal Shroud UK

cinematic RABM from UK with undertones of funeral doom, ambient. and drone. accidentally long songs. emotional intensity.

fuck off NSBM - fascists deserve the cruelest fate.

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