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To Gaze on Stars of Frost

by Oak, Ash & Thorn

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    The second official release from Oak, Ash & Thorn. Produced, mixed, and mastered by Fabian Jiru of Trollfest.

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1.
Wretched, diseased are this people, their lands dead and barren. Honor lies not in these deserts: we take it with us to our graves. Behold our undying gods, forever enthroned in our mem’ries and blood. In river, in oak shall e’er they reside, and they through our pride shall ne’er be forgot. Remorse has swept o’er the footprints that lead from old hollows, but penance is not lost. Grey torrents of rain from the heavens wash over these failures. I vow that before that earth crumbles I’ll set foot again thereupon thereagain. Behold our undying gods, forever enthroned in our mem’ries and blood. In river, in oak shall e’er they reside, and they through our pride shall ne’er be forgot. Praise, praise, praise to our gods… Praise, praise, praise to our gods: praise to our gods, may they ne’er be forgot. Praise, praise, praise to our gods. Praise to our gods! Leagues off in the distance has risen a vision of past days, shown me by the gods. Such strength do I find in beholding it, no longer weary. My gods and my fathers remember my loyalty lies in the east. Behold our undying gods, forever enthroned in our mem’ries and blood. In river, in oak shall e’er they reside, and they through our pride shall ne’er be forgot.
2.
“Fathers: forgive me, for I have shamed us one and all in desert heat; on foreign soil I count misdeeds against our path of yore.” Judgement waits there in the home of my Ancestors… “River primeval, bear me eastward to my kin: they wait for me. I see their shadows upon the trees where once they had to toil.” Their last words exalted the home of their Ancestors… Hear the clarion bell: it tolls for his death. This man that moved mountains… to where does his lifeblood drain? The last shovelful falls o'er the casket we’ve placed ‘neath the oak, but where did he leave the absolution that I sought? “Forest and woodland, receive me here as sacrifice: that I atone, to restore honor. Drink my blood with your mouth of parched earth.” So I gaze back on the home of my Ancestors…
3.
Ride! 05:14
I should hope that will stand the burgh that’s defence to my clan, once again battling infestation’s hand… With pain do I know in my heart that I cannot take their part, and thus do I send in my stead 90 legions of displaced kindred. Ride to the gold horizon, ride to azure emblazoned, ride upon ground whose hills and valleys are home to us now and forevermore… Ride! Ride o’er the hills of our birth! Again! That I look back on the days when as a boy I’d praise the ancient ways left me in unspoken phrase… The south and the east to me spake: “Not shall the backs of yours break so long as forsaken are ne’er field nor lake: we bestow this on you!” Ride along streams of silver, ride beneath branches amber, ride upon ground whose hills and valleys are home to us now and forevermore… Ride! Ride for the hills of our birth! Alas! That I can’t bear to have seen what would’ve become of me: an amputee stripped of all trace of dignity… So let us scream to the sky, let us hollow out their eyes: ‘tis better they not see again in their lives ‘lest our brilliance blind them. Ride to the verdant woodlands, ride to the salted marshes, ride upon ground whose hills and valleys are home to us now and forevermore… Ride! Ride for the hills of our birth! Legions: ride on! Ride on! Ride on forever!
4.
Aeons pass before my eyes, and everything must die, and I have but wasted and grown cold and grey… Show me, then, O ancient runes, which might my langor soothe, the wisdom eternal of the ancient days. I can taste only the rain… I am bound ever to remain… Frozen and suspended, away from Asgard's light; frozen and forgotten, in blackest of the night: to gaze on stars of frost, to read the words arcane, to hold the elder days and skin of old cast away… Spear in heart, I suffer still, and know not yet my fill of agony given for the sacred ways. Endless days writhing in pain… I am bound ever to remain… Frozen and suspended, away from Asgard's light; frozen and forgotten, in blackest of the night: to gaze on stars of frost, to read the words arcane, to hold the elder days and skin of old cast away… For hidden knowledge mine I sacrifice, in everlasting time self-crucified. Burial celestial, in hidden boughs' embrace; carrion perennial, the tangled roots, my grave… My body hanging still, I sacrifice: to my divinity, self-crucified. Frozen and suspended, away from Asgard's light; frozen and forgotten, in blackest of the night: to gaze on stars of frost, to read the words arcane, to hold the elder days and skin of old cast away…

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A liquidation of Oak, Ash & Thorn's distant past via the first three tracks, previously only available on the band's (very) DIY demo from 2014, as well as a taste of the band's future in the form of brand new song "Suspended and Frozen"

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released May 26, 2021

Adam Armstrong - Clean and harsh vocals, guitars
Casey Hill - Guitars
Nate Periat - Guitars, backing vocals
Erik Hoffman - Bass
Cierra White - Drums
Fabian Jiru - Solo on "Suspended and Frozen"

Fabian Jiru (TrollfesT, Fleshmeadow) appears courtesy of Napalm Records

Recorded by Oak, Ash & Thorn at Infernal Sound
Mixed and mastered by Fabian Jiru
Produced by Oak, Ash & Thorn with Fabian Jiru

All music by Oak, Ash & Thorn
All lyrics by Adam Armstrong

Thanks to Fabian Jiru (obviously), TrollfesT, Fleshmeadow, and Napalm Records

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Oak, Ash & Thorn arose along Colorado’s Rocky Mountain front range out of a collective passion for heavy metal and old-world paganism. New full length album coming early 2024 via Lost Future Records, tours to follow.

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