Lyrics:
The cold wind blows in this quite slow night
I can’t remember the hours we spent off the light
Our breath drawn a thick smoke, staring in empty eyes
I could even hear the sickness you’ve hidden, all the cries
(I heard you) Despite your silence and grief
(I heard you) Despite your stupid beliefs
(I heard you) Come with me again and let’s die tonight
(I heard you) There is nothing for us in this light
Searching for faith and hope, you know it doesn’t change anything. You’re crawling in a cave in your mind, digging hard until your fingers are bleeding, and you keep on, and either it’s endless, either it stops, but in both ways there is no way back up there, and the light above scares you, you forgot it, it blinds you, hurts you, and you keep digging, no matter the pain, because nothing matters, only this darkness, only this envy to lose control and see how much you can take in, staying miserable, hurt, down to a pathetic shell, but you feel alive. Never felt so good today.
(Have you ever felt so alive) No one would hear your pain
(Have you ever walked your crossroads) Cause you are dead inside
(Have you ever felt so alive) I can’t bring you back to life
(Have you ever wanted to die) And I know I will carry the blame
No one would even hear your voice, no matter how harsh you scream
The voices inside my head are withdrawing me, I scream in silence
I wanted to take you with me, destroy you and heal you and make you again
But I cannot hear the words you speak, I can only see the pain
Lyrics:
I wish I could turn back time
but I know, I will do it all over again
the same decisions, the same mistakes
To fly from sadness is in vain
I can’t find relief in tears
nothing worth in crying
I’ve looked into myself
among all those I once was
and there’s no one to save
How could you understand something
that I cannot put into words?
To feel my body so hollow
and yet my reflected shadow so full
An outsider of myself
Sometimes, I swear, I can hear my shadow on the floor
twisting and crawling, screaming in pain
choked in silence
begging for help
I can hear it in the quiet nights
trying to whisper some kind of pray
howling his torment
when no sound remains
And as a lonely spectator
of such wicked game
I stand still watching my shadow
felling no blame
I cannot escape from this
There’s no favorable wind
for who doesn’t know where to go
Is this life?
who can tell?
Exiled in my own thoughts
I’ve lost the way
Long time ago
Epecь is a one man project from Omsk, Russia formed in 2008. The only member "Inferior" has released 4 full-length albums, the latest being made in 2018. He is known to cut himself while performing live.
Here are a couple rehearsal and promo photos featuring Tristessa from Greek black metal band Astarte, circa '97-'98. I've waxed poetic in the past about Astarte's debut CD "Doomed Dark Years", as I believe it's one of the best underground Hellenic black metal albums of the late 90s. Groups like Astarte, Fiendish Nymph, Zephyrous and Vorphalack kept the flame lit in the late 90s, when many of the forefathers of Greek scene had evolved their sound away from pure black metal. Sadly, Tristessa would pass away in 2014 from Leukemia. I'd recommend any fans of cold and melancholic black metal to check out Astarte's debut album as well as the demo they made under the name Lloth, titled "Dancing in the Dark Lakes of Evil" (1997).