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Nightgazer

by The Swan Station

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Warangelic Technical melodic death metal release that packs a lot of punch. Reminds me a lot of Inferi, Chaos over Cosmos, Hatchling, and Ophidian I. Favorite track: Abyssal.
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    - Digipak with 8-page booklet inside
    - Limited to 50, hand-numbered and signed copies
    - Includes 4 timed exclusive bonus tracks aka 'The Nightgazer Sessions' EP

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    Nightgazer is The Swan Station's uncompromised vision for fast and melodic blackened death metal, marking the debut of Gergo 'Damien' Cuba on vocals, adding a layer of unprecedented ferocity onto a swirling mix of achingly melancholic tunes and sheer viciousness. Presenting a musical landscape ranging from grimness to beauty, the influences on 'Nightgazer' include fast melodic death metal akin to At the Gates and The Black Dahlia Murder, several flavors of black metal - simplistic and frostbitten like Immortal, bombastic and symphonic like Dimmu Borgir, meandering and heartstring-tugging like Der Weg Einer Freiheit - as well as the melodrama and romance of gothic acts like HIM and Eternal Tears of Sorrow.

    'Nightgazer' clocks a little over 40 minutes and includes 7 brand new tracks as well as new interpretations of previously released songs 'Lunar Delirium' and 'Sycamore'.

    1. Twilight Summons (Intro)
    2. Abyssal
    3. Maleficium
    4. Book of Hexes (featuring Márton Pap of Anchorless Bodies)
    5. Dreamwalker
    6. Sycamore
    7. Tenebrous
    8. Halcyon Summers (featuring Péter Kéményes of Dreadwolf and formerly of The Swan Station)
    9. Lunar Delirium
    10. Nightgazer (featuring Nándi Szabó formerly of Brainlust)

    Cover art by Bea Pántya. Vocals recorded at Grenma Studio under the supervision of Mátyás Botlik.

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Abyssal 02:45
skeletal hand reaches for the cloudy orb dark mists swirl within the enchanted glass a nefarious cackle from under the cloak in the desolate hallways echoing far across dimensions in suburbia asleep a young boy troubled twisting in the sheets plagued by flashes of a strange world untold an eldritch secret occupying the thoughts unearthly place with a sinister air a calling an urge to explore and learn throughout the days and nights with sleep lost undefined and fleeting sights entice more the promise of something grand hidden therein the nightmares return the grasp stays uncertain rigid surroundings that forbid definition outlandish structures no words can describe not a single soul encountered while helplessly lost yet some presence screams intruder when treading the ground peculiarity and dread such coveted delights the curious mind never to let go drawn by the mystical hum that implies a knowledge exceeding the understood in search of astonishing and wondrous fear a fancy develops for the macabre and grim skeletal hand now in a firm clench the mists outline a face innocent a demonic laughter shaking the cloak trembles the walls the mark is confirmed
3.
Maleficium 04:19
entranced by the uncertain lights that permeate the night we enter the damp chamber with solemn hearts as the pious verses fall silent a thick darkness extends suffocating to some but we breathe empowered sisters have you prepared all that is required the stench of the ingredients feeds our ceremonial impatience light the black candle carve the forbidden signs our tongues come alive with long forgotten rhymes draw from the void channel our infernal lord unspeakable grotesqueries we now pray take hold with sacrifice our way is paved our secrets take their toll our flesh cracked and bones weak our might has another source sisters are you eager to form ourselves anew to peek into oblivion to grow our hideous court light the black candle carve the forbidden signs our tongues come alive with long forgotten rhymes draw from the void channel our infernal lord pass out from the fumes for our spirits to launch downward traversal in frost and flame they await us below plummeting into a vortex of shrieks by banished souls fealty was sworn it’s all but a blur the presence of the lesser princes maddening its true details concealed by cacophony the bargain only to be understood on collection the bargain only to be understood on collection waking from a fever dream our flight back is a tour de force wickedest charms linking our vessels left above to our newly bound souls enthralled to carry out his will we reinfest these bodies now with a grace hellish enthralled to carry out his will we reinfest these bodies now with a grace hellish
4.
open the grand tome let loose the world within what abomination will be the peril of the week our warriors sculpted from the finest graphite eagerly await the first roll of the dice the land is in danger as one would expect a redeeming artifact in closeness is kept enslaved by the demonlord the villagers tell of its power to break the hideous spell with sorcery and steel to take on foul witchery our band of misfits treads on relentlessly enchantments ready for what beasts may attack inventories managed to the greatest effect 'tis only mere text but our master speaks through his words the dream is formed from the stills keeper of secrets decider of fates conjuring menace every step of the way through the cursed woods and dark catacombs the culmination of our joint efforts phases one and two of the final foe are bested but the third is brokenly overpowered keeper of secrets decider of fates conjuring menace every step of the way 'tis only mere text but our master speaks through his words the dream is formed from the stills dawn is closing in our quest nears its end thunderous rumble accompanies the steps math and chance entangle the fateful resin spins the faces showing twenties, securing our win
5.
Dreamwalker 04:43
lost forever dissolved in devotion yearning to know the thoughts taking form words being imperfect inventions i tend to rely on an obscure approach into the night a hidden nexus is mine to explore kaleidoscopic swirling takes me away from the shore shards of uncharted wonder i long to collect and understand failings of the physical realm mean no obstacle in these lands the endless tides overflowing eternal journals of visions guided by fleeting impressions solving this maze is my obsession i seek this purest source even its reflection radiant i am drawn by an arcane force amazed by its colors vibrant in the waking world my thoughts to the secret they keep circling back the knowledge for aeons sought a hypnotic rhyme to gain access the endless tides overflowing eternal journals of visions guided by fleeting impressions solving this maze is my obsession
6.
Sycamore 03:11
beyond the veil of a humid black night a rip from between two worlds now hides the gateway is open the emerging horror is witnessed by the pines wretched sinful blackened corrupt it finds its way into town crawling twitching perverted possessing agents of the otherworldly dark come ye helpless vessels take the tar nectar, painless as if dying in your sleep flesh will be put to good use while your weary souls may rest in the backwards realm beyond the veil here we are all entranced, caught up in a grotesque dance, the mysteries of this place never to be revealed ancient malevolent spirit as old as time itself drawn by the fumblings of Man, nurtured with hate and misery wretched sinful blackened corrupt it feasts on mortal depravity crawling twitching perverted possessing defiling ending light and purity "this is the water and this is the well, drink full and descend the horse is the white of the eyes and dark within" come ye helpless vessels take the tar nectar, painless as if dying in your sleep flesh will be put to good use while your weary souls may rest in the backwards realm beyond the veil
7.
Tenebrous 02:29
staring into the pitch black void, questioning the dark audience in the midnight hour with the faceless formless night cryptic tales tell of baffling sights, incomprehension misperceived dreadful accounts of occult rites, grave consequences of fleeting peeks scholars consumed by lunacy have paved the way for this inquiry but unbeknownst to the curious souls the things reach far from obscurity it has been said before countless times: stare just long enough for the abyss to return that arrogant regard a spectral web, its delicate threads set off by probes of unwarranted confidence horrid limbs emerge, arthropod legs, the tenebrous queen revealed captives of the pitch black void, imprisoned by the dark frenzied shrieks in the midnight hour of the faceless formless night venomous fangs extend eagerness and meddling by eternal writhing rewarded scholars consumed by lunacy have paved the way for this inquiry but unbeknownst to the curious souls the things reach far from obscurity
8.
in this faint afternoon glow succumbing tothe touch of hypnos there is a forgotten place i seek may the closing of these eyelids open the gates, may i enter the hidden kingdom once again i recall some subtle magic always lingering in the air we threw ourselves at whatever the day would bring and "then we ran like the wind whilst our laughter echoed under cerulean skies" even though these days seem endless I can almost feel that world being still here somewhere when i look into these eyeso of yours Free of worry like mine were once will your gaze take me back to the long lost wonderland i recall some subtle magic always lingering in the air we threw ourselves at whatever the day would bring and "then we ran like the wind whilst our laughter echoed under cerulean skies"
9.
at long last my trembling feet tread the oily cobblestones, the monstrous structures of the famed city tower before me a deafening blast drowns out the faint manic shrieks as the heavy iron gates are shut ajar i dare to be the conqueror of the secrets held within all i ever hoped for and more the mind may not comprehend the moon descends my contract is made distant realms pass by and i am lost in the thrill of the hunt remains of sanity disperse in the purge i die a thousand deaths to be awoken all the same restless i’m thrown back into a circle a strange inheritance now a part of me with a newfound confidence i plunge into the pitch black alleyways my fingers trace the hilt my grip is firm in a burst my walking cane lets loose a hundred otherworldly thorns jagged serrated steel rips into the disfigured beastly flesh they howl obscenely as i am drenched in their sickly blood fueled by the crimson power i venture further into the deep i unearth the forbidden knowledge the tragedy of the ancient masters and their fruitless efforts their quest for ascendence the bane of this land the moon hangs low all my eyes are pried open the nightmare is revealed and i am lost in the pursuit of eternity the moon hangs low all my eyes are open the nightmare is revealed and i am lost in the pursuit of eternity remains of humanity blur into oblivion i'm dead a thousand times yet i live infinitely
10.
Nightgazer 05:29
having scaled the highest peak at the summit i can see it all revealed before me in the sharp winds enduring this icy wasteland is where we meet i will see to your defeat at last i have it all laid out in front of me restless i've been charting the cosmic tapestry shining fragments shards of the all encompassing somnisphere gently carved the lines of a map propose a path quietly i have been gazing into the black of the night it all fell to me the riddle of the stars the mystic trail leads woven from imprints of visitors past celestial calculations this frantic mind reads elusive order in this pool of riches vast to tell theendless tests of the journey so far wickedest magicks sealing pathways to the hearth fiendish creatures swarming in the bulwark dominions screeching harshly as they are met with my blade emerging a few steps still to the obsidian retreat faltering to the ancient master’s seat hordes of the undead a barrier rotten and foul bound by the command of the warlock above hideous tower in a furious storm eternally raging enshrouding all lorekeeper guardian corrupted through millennia twisted by the isolation in this unforgiving land his purpose now forgotten but his power remains need to be overthrown to cleanse this timeless place the mystic trail leads woven from imprints of visitors past celestial calculations this frantic mind reads elusive order in this pool of riches vast having scaled the highest peak at the summit i can see it all revealed before me in the sharp winds enduring this icy wasteland is where we meet i will see to your defeat so we begin here where the timelines end our clash conjuring a torrent of sorcery learning your secrets at all costs i intend the arcane insight shrouded in mystery learning your secrets the arcane insight shrouded in mystery

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The Swan Station is / Nightgazer performed by:
Gergő Cuba - vocals
Attila Schütt - guitars, vocals
Zsombor Berki - bass

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released April 30, 2023

instrumentals recorded by Attila Schütt
vocals recorded by Mátyás Botlik @grenmastudio
mixed and mastered by Attila Schütt

'Abyssal', 'Maleficium', 'Dreamwalker' and 'Lunar Delirium' written by Attila Schütt and Zsombor Berki
'Twilight Summons', 'Sycamore', 'Tenebrous' and 'Nightgazer' written by Attila Schütt
'Book of Hexes' and 'Halcyon Summers' written by Zsombor Berki
all lyrics written by Attila Schütt

Additional vocals
Márton Pap (Anchorless Bodies) on 'Tenebrous'
Péter Kéményes (Dreadwolf) on 'Halcyon Summers'
Nándi Szabó (Brainlust) on 'Nightgazer'

cover art by Bea Pántya @pantyabea

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