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Oblivaeon

by Ghost of Mary

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Elased This album is fabulous! Sure, combining metal with classic elements isn't a brand new idea. But Ghost of Mary implement them in a very characteristic and individual way. Instead of orchestral bombast in the background, they rely on individual classical instruments, which are, however, equal components of the ensemble. Just listen to my two favorite songs "Nothing" (with a brilliant but far too short excursion into baroque chamber music at the end) and "Black Star" and you will know what I mean. Favorite track: NOTHING.
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1.
THE MOON AND THE TREE 01:56
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[instrumental]
2.
SHADES 07:12
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I’m waiting, grief is consuming me while it feeds the end lies. It’s the judgement of death time stares at me mirror with no reflection clouds in reverse my chest, a constellation open to unknown worlds a knife in the heart another sunset lost i see me cold and still another sea dried up is there hope without dream? my star will shine in the end when your absence bites another moment lost i see you, flame in the dark a shining new dawn breathless again am i gone in vain? a lonely wolf in running on the hill before the day, before to be seen trees are made of stone shades slip away dead am I? I’ll be dark ashes the calm before the storm the screaming mirror shades the distance between us wounds say what we are memories burn silence in our souls shades
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LAST GUARDIANS 05:43
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where’s the sea? i don’t know how many candles? almost three how much water? no water where’s the dawn? it was here where’s the moon i don’t know holy ghost behind the clouds how much hope? no hope where’s my soul? it was here in front of the dark night, only a few candles between me and the screaming darkness flames, the last guardians of my tired soul alone in the shelter i write my final visions just before the great cold i know you’ ll never return and i fear that sun won’t shine anymore the white sky the floor is upside down the sound of rain moves the feeling in me stone’s clouds the fury of thunder keeps me awake
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NOTHING 04:38
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years of grief everyday we swim into deep waters finally we find the truth days of sorrow everytime we die in this cruel place where we finish our race passengers on blind trains we paint our life with nothing lonely souls who forget their names all hope is gone the eternal moment that will never return trapped in time chained in the memories a moment less than nothing a torment when we are burning a lifetime a moment nothing i understand now absolutely nothing we are the suns dying on the horizon we are the suns reflected in mirrors we are the suns faded by time we are the suns alone
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THE ANCIENT ABYSS 04:03
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an unknown wave pulls me under while the noise of silence lulls me sweetly but it’s all a trick I pass the ancient abyss I find myself surrounded by night, black feast around me I catch my tired breath and gather the strength for another fight, is this the last time? I drive away my thoughts at the edge of dreams in search of truth wondering what is real while images from the past turn pale and my flesh disappears devoured by a greedy salvation I pass the ancient abyss the reign where there’s no light black feast around me I lie down into the grave will you remember me? I drive away my thoughts at the edge of dreams in search of truth and I still wonder I would be wrong to feel me alive I would wake up and find out it was just a dream just a dream a dream
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OBLIVAEON 04:30
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[instrumental]
7.
BLACK STAR 03:50
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black star I abandon my reflection on the banks of the river, trapped between the stones of the dark sand here I am new night has come a million eyes that howl in the end only shadows eaten by the demon the evil twin who marks my back black star I abandon my reflection on the banks of the river, trapped between the stones of the dark sand black star wings of resurrection please erase the pain that dwells into my veins existence as a worm out of any control and when we look at you the sky seems to fall existence is a whore who kicks, screams and crawls and when I look at you the sky seems to fall I seek beauty I find death black star I abandon my reflection on the banks of the river in the end only shadows eaten by the demon the evil twin who marks my back with poison for my flesh and soul here I am new night has come here I am a million eyes that howl
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SOMETHING TO KNOW 06:52
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I recognized the shame of a life I can’t bear all is gone in the same way, chaos doesn’t exist I realized this dream from the cradle to the grave we’re all gone in the same way, the pain I feel is real I wish time was enough I wish I wasn’t here I wish you were here and I don’t know if there’s something to know if it’s only the flowing slow of colours a different colour for everything your voice is white and clear my longing is fire my heart is black your vanishing, what’s its colour? [in loving memory of Mimmo Angelini]
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THE END IS THE BEGINNING 06:17
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today is a strange day I’m here staring at the wall a different light by the window I think about my fall the sun is going to die when I talk to myself light keeps me alive when dark seems stronger the sleep never ends we lie in the same place remembering the days of the old journey with folded arms nothing to wait for we sleep in the same pose guiding clouds of the grey skies with closed eyes nothing to cry for no longer I roam in the forest of unknown gods drinking blood, sorrow and rust I close my eyes to see the light the shocking truth the paleness of your face
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NOWHERE NOW HERE 01:23
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THE ANCIENT ABYSS [piano version] 03:52
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an unknown wave pulls me under while the noise of silence lulls me sweetly but it’s all a trick I pass the ancient abyss I find myself surrounded by night, black feast around me I catch my tired breath and gather the strength for another fight, is this the last time? I drive away my thoughts at the edge of dreams in search of truth wondering what is real while images from the past turn pale and my flesh disappears devoured by a greedy salvation I pass the ancient abyss the reign where there’s no light black feast around me I lie down into the grave will you remember me? I drive away my thoughts at the edge of dreams in search of truth and I still wonder I would be wrong to feel me alive I would wake up and find out it was just a dream just a dream a dream

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Oblivaeon is the Ghost of Mary's first concept album. Based on the original tale written by Daniele Rini, a sort of allegory about life and death. In a timeless place there's an ancient and giant tree from which souls slip away like shadows kissed by the light of full moon. They roam in a forest or they are carried by the current of a river until they take possession of empty bodies such as stones that make up the bank.
A dead soul howls his own pain through the words of a mysterious oracle (Ghost of Mary): the memory of its past life, the realistic strength of nightmares, the tragic passage into afterlife (Oblivaeon), the affection of loved ones, the end of everything and the beginning.
“The oracle has spoken.
She’s the mother, the first voice of everything, the ancestral memory.
And we scream, from the mouth of seven burning tongues,
the secret tale about life and death.
Do you remember the ancient tree under the weeping moon?
We are falling into Oblivaeon, we all,
where the end is the beginning.”

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released December 2, 2016

Music by Nicola Lezzi, Gabriele Muja, Mauro Nicolì, except THE MOON AND THE TREE by Mauro Nicolì and OBLIVAEON by Joele Micelli and Gabriele Muja.
Arrangements by Ghost of Mary except THE ANCIENT ABYSS by Andrea Rizzo.
Orchestral arrangements by Nicola Lezzi, Mauro Nicolì, Joele Micelli and Gabriele Muja.
Lyrics based on the allegory tale written by Daniele Rini.
Recorded at Newstars Rec, Lecce, Italy, June-July 2015
Keys on LAST GUARDIANS, NOWHERE NOW HERE, SOMETHING TO KNOW, THE END IS THE BEGINNING recorded at 4/4, Lecce, Italy.
BLACK STAR, NOTHING, THE ANCIENT ABYSS, THE ANCIENT ABYSS (piano version) recorded at Newstars Rec, Lecce, Italy, March-October 2014.
Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Angelo Buccolieri.
Edited by Ercole Pancrazio Buccolieri and Angelo Buccolieri.
Produced by Ghost of Mary.
Band Logo by Lux Malagnino.
Photography by Paola Nicolì.
Artwork by Samuele Rini.
Cd Layout by Delirium Graphix.

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Ghost of Mary Apulia, Italy

Ghost of Mary plays melodic death metal with symphonic and orchestral elements borrowed from classical music.
The first concept album "Oblivaeon” was released in december 2016 via Revalve Records. Based on the original tale written by Daniele Rini, a sort of allegory about life and death. The band played in England, France, Switzerland and Italy, including XXIII Agglutination Metal Festival. ... more

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