+1 because cool thread!
+1 because Empyrium!

Song title: I Will Lay Down my Bones Among the Rocks and Roots
Band name: Wolves in the Throne Room
Album title: Two Hunters
Genre: Black Metal/Ambient
Wikipedia link for the band: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolves_in_the_Throne_Room
Lyrics:

I Will Lay Down My Bones Among The Rocks And Roots


The torment has ended
the beast has done his work
Great fires rage outside of this wooded sanctuary

But soon they will be quenched by a purifying rain
the embers of the ceremonial fire burn to ash

A new warmth stirs within the center of the earth
I am alone here no more

The wood is filled with the sounds of wildness
The songs of birds fill the forest on this new morning
This will be my new home
Deep within the most sacred grove
the sun god is born anew

I will lay down my bones among the rocks and roots of the deepest
hollow next to the streambed
The quiet hum of the earth's dreaming is my new song

When I awake, the world will be born anew...

Song title: The Divine Falsehood
Band name: Job For A Cowboy
Album title: Genesis

I stood in the sand
from the mouth of the sea
and I watched a serpent rise
from its depths

Upon his horns rested ten crowns
as the discord of trumpets
grew unnerving

Its perception giving an overruling
mentality of authority and supremacy
all dwellers of earth shall pray
and worship this form of a single demon
whose names are not written
in ink or blood in the book of the life of the lamb
shall be slain from the foundation
of this declining and now decaying world.

Glad to hear that. Nightwish is one of my favourite metal bands. :)

I love the symphonic metal genre. There are a lot of really good bands.

Song title: Harvest
Band name: Opeth
Album title: Blackwater Park
Genre: Progressive Death Metal, Progressive Rock
Wikipedia link for the band: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opeth
Lyrics:

"Stay with me a while
Rise above the vile
Name my final rest
Poured into my chest

Into the orchard I walk peering way past the gate
Wilted scenes for us who couldn't wait
Drained by the coldest caress, stalking shadows ahead
Halo of death, all I see is departure
Mourner's lament but it's me who's the martyr

Pledge yourself to me
Never leave me be
Sweat breaks on my brow
Given time ends now

Into the orchard I walk peering way past the gate
Wilted scenes for us who couldn't wait
Drained by the coldest caress, stalking shadows ahead
Halo of death, all I see is departure
Mourner's lament but it's me who's the martyr

Spirit painted sin
Embers 'neath my skin
Veiled in pale embrace
Reached and touched my face

Into the orchard I walk peering way past the gate
Wilted scenes for us who couldn't wait
Drained by the coldest caress, stalking shadows ahead
Halo of death, all I see is departure
Mourner's lament but it's me who's the martyr"

Wonderful song / Wonderful album / Wonderful Band! :D

I'm not sure if anyone would like this band, but I thought I'd share. They use very abstract lyrics and extreme experimentation in their music, but they're one of the most unique bands I've heard in a while and I like them for that.

Song title: The Quantum Symphony
Band name: Unexpect
Album title: Fables of the Sleepless Empire
Genre: Avant-garde metal
Wikipedia link for the band: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unexpect
Lyrics:

It has come to this…
We've been looking for the savior for thousands of years,
but became blind on the way
And the Blinds are dreaming about the colour of their soul

For a daughter jumping off a bridge...
For a man screaming in the rain...
For a girl crying...

We live and die spinning in a wheel
Now look me in the eyes and tell me you never felt there has to be more to this life
Don't tell me we are only flesh rotting in an ocean of time
We live and die spinning in a wheel, without ever knowing who we are

The magicians are out of breath
52 years of tricks and lies
Hiding the monuments of mars
With a bunny in a hat

We've never been alone
Alone... as just one nest, in just one tree

Truth lies further from the sun
Underneath Cydonia's sands
Let go of your paradigm

For a father passing to his son
For a priest talking to a man
For a man talking to a grave
We are the strings of the quantum symphony

The uninvited came in masses
Amongst ghosts we sleep
...but what makes that we'll never be like them
Is the fact that we have these emotions
The fact that we can stand strong in front of Divinities, in tears and fists,
and defy Them shouting: ''You'll never take our wings''...
because WE, mortals, have nothing in this world... but our love

May you see the face of the truth
Find your way to the 4th door
to the monuments of mars
Above the suspicious stare of the moon
These lights are dancing in the sky....

Singing tales of the dark rift
Explaining colors to the blinds
The grander scheme of our own past
Another day to spin again

That sounds like what Cynic was trying to be, I LOVE it.

Song title: Thoughts (Part II)
Band name: Spocks Beard
Album title: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_(Spock%27s_Beard_album)]V[/url]
Genre: Prog rock

I thought I'd come to you and say
All the things I had on my mind
I thought it might be really great
To show you how I feel inside
Then I think ... MAYBE NOT ...

You wouldn't speak to me
I would be left behind
We'd be through if you knew
All the things in my mind
I'd probably feel worse
You'd probably scream and shout
Scratch and curse or even worse
Quietly shut me out

I thought I'd come to you and say
Everything within my heart
I just can't look the other way
And wait for us to grow apart
Then I think ... WHAT'S THE POINT?

This might just go away
I think I'll think some more
Either way I will pay
And suffer for evermore
You wouldn't speak to me
I would be left behind
We'd be through if you knew
All the things in my mind

I thought I'd come to you and say
All the things I had on my mind ...

Both are beautiful, It's not you has a great music, good solo but evil lyrics :D. Black Orchid is fantastic, sad lyrics and great vocals.
I enjoyed them...
Thank you my friend!!
I don't really like the lyrics but the music seems beautiful, I will give it a full listen later...

Good song...
I love it too, Haggard is my favorite one.

I've only listened to few minutes of Opeth's music, and they're great. I should listen more.
Thank you!
The Quantum Symphony and Thoughts (Part II) seems really good. I will give them a listen...

It becomes harder to reply to each post with the shitty electricity. So I won't reply to any post, it's your thread so feel free to discuss with each other and post what you want. :)

Edit: That doesn't mean that I won't read the lyrics, and maybe I will reply to some post to discuss or say an opinion.
Each lyrics post will get +


This is one of my favorites songs by Empyrium

Song title: Waldpoesie
Band name: Empyrium
Album title: Weiland - Naturmystik In Drei Kapiteln
Genre: Symphonic folk/doom metal and neofolk/dark folk
Wikipedia link for the band: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empyrium
Lyrics:

German:

Schön ist der Wald, wenn der Tag sich neigt,
Wenn feiner Nebel hoch vom moosgen Boden steigt
Und Vöglein singen sacht zum Ruhgeleit -
Dann mirs die Brust vor arger Schwere feit

Doch in der Höh des Walds kann ich schon sehen,
Geliebte Dämmerzeit - musst gehn
Musst weichen schon dem kalten Mondeslicht,
Das sich bald schaurig in den Wipfeln bricht...

Was raschelt hinterm Busche dort?
Was regt im Holz sich immerfort?
Wer heult im fernen unentwegt?
Was hat sich eben da bewegt?

Es ist nur mein Geist, der mir einen Streich zu spielen gedacht,
Denn hier ist nichts - nur Nacht, nur Nacht, nur Nacht!

Mein Herz schlägt wild vom Schrecken der sich nun gelegt,
Doch was war da? Da hat sich wieder was geregt!
Ists wohl der Teufel selbst der mich nun holt von diesem finstren Ort?
Wer es auch ist - Hinfort Unhold! Hinfort!

Weg, nur weg, nur weg von hier, mich fürchtets wie ein Kind!
Doch jeder Baum scheint gleich - es ist ein Labyrinth
In jedem Winkel ein höhnisch Lachen klingt
Und jeder Blick mir neues Grauen bringt

Stille, ja Stille - verstummt und verhallt
Das Rascheln, das Raunen, kein Klang mehr erschallt
Doch wo bin ich? Was tu ich - hier tief im Wald?
Ersinne den Morgen, ach käm er doch bald
Verirrt und vergessen - den Lieben entrissen,
Einsam, verloren - mein Wille... Verschlissen...

Doch, was glänzt dort in der Fremde?
Ein Funkeln bricht durchs Geäst
Die Lichtung, die Lichtung nicht ferne!
Nun seh ichs, ja seh ichs unds lässt mein Herze erblühn!
Welch Lichtfest! Welch Glühen!
Ein Blick noch zurück - den Augen kaum trauend
Denn kaum konnt ichs schauen
Hinweg war das Grauen - nur Friede im Wald

English translation:

Beautiful is the forst when the day is declining
When subtle fog rises from the mossy ground
And birds gently sing to accompany the silence
Then my chest feels heavy

But height of the forest I can already see
The beloved twilight - had to go
Had to yield already to the cold moon light
Which soon scarily breaks upon the treetops

What rustles behind the bush there?
What moves in the wood all the time?
Who wails from afar undeviatingly?
What has just moved over there?

It's only my spirit which tried to fool me
Because here's nothing - just night, just night, just night!

My heart beats wild from the dread that is just dying down
But what was there? Something has moved there again!
Is it maybe the devil himself who takes me away from this dark place?
Who ever it may be - Go away, fiend! Go!

Off, just off, off of here, I fear like a child!
But every tree seems alike - it is a labyrinth
In every corner a derisive laughter resounds
And every look gives me new dread

Silence, yes silence - mued and died away
The rustle, the murmur, no sound rings out anymore
But where am? What am I doing
Here deep in the forest?
Devise the morning, oh would it only come soon
Lost and forgotten - torn from the loved ones
Alonee, lost - my will ... worn ...
But, what shins there in the outland?
A spark breaks through the boughs
The clearing, the clearing not far!
Now I see it, yes I see it and lets
My heart blossom
What light celebration! What glow!
One more look back
Barely believing the eyes
Because as soon as I saw it
The dread was gone
Only peace in the forest

Taken from http://lyricstranslate.com/en/waldpoesie-forest-poetry.html#ixzz3LUA1WIKz

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My favourite is splitted into two songs of the concept album "Be" from "Pain of Salvation".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIt51XSw4lk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBUYQ7-kGhY

First part:
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Imago
[Homines Partus]

[i]Spring came with awakening, came with innocense and joy
Spring came with fascination and desire to deploy
Summer came with restlessness and curiousity
Summer came with longing for the things we could not be

Take me to the forest, take me to the trees
Take me anywhere as long as you take me
Take me to the ocean, take me to the sea
Take me to the Breathe and BE

Autumn came with knowledge, came with ego came with pride
Autumn came with shamefulness for the things we could not hide
Winter came with anger and a bitter taste of fate
Winter came with fear for the things we could not escape

Take me to the forest, take me to the trees
Take me anywhere as long as you take me
Take me to the ocean, take me to the sea
Take me to the Breathe and BE

Teach me of the forest, teach me of the trees
Teach me anything as long as you teach me
Teach me of the ocean, teach me of the sea
Teach me of the Breathe and BE

See me! I am the one creation
Hear me! I am all the love that came from Animae
Know me! I am the incarnation
Fear me! I am all the power held by Animae
Me!

Give me of the forest, give me of the trees
Give me anything as long as it's for me
Give me of the ocean, give me of the sea
Give me of the Breathe and BE

Give me all the forests, give me all the trees
Give me everything as long as it's for free
Give me all the oceans, give me all the seas
Give me all the breathing BE[/i]
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Last Part:

Martius / Nauticus II
[Martius]

[i]I'm at the line - I see it all
I am Nauticus now
And so much more
I am all you know

I'm at the line - just at the line
An eternity at the blink of an eye
In this place called time
I'm everything
Everywhere
I am all
Omni
"BE"

[Nauticus II]

I feel every mountain
I hear every tree
I know every ocean
I taste every sea (...)

I see every spring arrive
I see every summer thrive
I see every autumn keep
I see every winter sleep (...)

For I am every forest
I am every tree
I am everything
I am you and me
I am every ocean
I am every sea
I am all the breathing "BE"[/i]

Being my favourite band, i can't recomment it enough! It would be nice to listen to their albums in chronological order, but of course it isn't mandatory. It's just this way you'll hear the change to their sound & songwriting from album to album. Anyway, good listening! :-)

Song title: Shadows Of The Dying Sun
Band name: Insomnium
Album title: Shadows Of The Dying Sun
Genre: Melodic death metal, doom metal, progressive metal
Wikipedia link for the band: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomnium
Lyrics:

We're nothing more than shadows
Light scatter of the dying dun
Just particle beams in passing
Waves riding the eternal dark

We're nothing more than shadows
Mere remnants of the distant past
Animated sparks of energy
Bursting flames of the end

We're nothing more than shadows
We grow tall then fade away
We're vessels for a surging power
With solar fire in our veins

We're nothing more than shadows
Flares blazing in a blink of an eye
We're nothing more than shadows
Glimmers of hope against the black sky

And far upon the skies
Lies the truth within
We are shadows of the dying sun

Children of infinity
Always gazing to our past
We are dust of the stars

And I feel it in my heart
And I know it in my mind
That's all there is, ever will be

We're the dust of the stars

Yeah I know that, it's what I do when trying to understand and discover the sound of a band...

Song title: When Shadows Grow Longer
Band name: Empyrium
Album title: Songs Of Moors & Misty Fields
Genre: Symphonic folk/doom metal and neofolk/dark folk
Wikipedia link for the band: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empyrium
Lyrics:

When shadows grow longer
and the sun sets for the forthcoming night;
our sorrow is stronger
as darkness and death are now near by our side.
Many a sun will set and tears of grief will be shed...

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Song title: The Blue Mists Of Night
Band name: Empyrium
Album title: Songs Of Moors & Misty Fields
Genre: Symphonic folk/doom metal and neofolk/dark folk
Wikipedia link for the band: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empyrium
Lyrics:

..and many a moon shall rise...
..and lead me into the cold embrace of the night
Here we drown in our grief, drown in an absence of light.
Here is no shelter; no escape from our heart,
Entwined in this tragic embrace I fear and bemourn to depart.

When the shadows fall,
and the sun sets in us all...

Just silent hopes remain & the aching grief that grows
into a bottomless vale I fall - O, I give myself away...
Away! Far away! To this dim and misty place
My heart reflects the night...

Languid moonshine I bath my skin in thee
O may thy beauty be revealed in me.
Silent winds, whisper to me
thy songs of solitude and joy...

Song title: She Painted Fire Across The Skyline
Band name: Agalloch
Album title: Pale Folklore
Genre: Folk metal, doom metal, black metal, progressive metal
Wikipedia link for the band: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agalloch
Lyrics:

Oh dismal mourning...
I open my weary eyes once again
My life has been left hollow and ashes have filled the gorge of my within
Last night I hoped and wished I'd die in my sleep but no catharsis was granted to
me
Will this pain ever pass?
The enchanting perfume of winter and the bleak, cold breath of her still haunts
me...
Oportet ubique pulchritudinem evanescere

So half of me rode to the mountains and the other half soared high in the winds
to a place where the angels had fallen, the soil gagged and choked on their wings
My soul was the pale skyline that she stretched across the horizon
Two years had brought the fire that she paints upon my loathsome canvas

She is the dark one...
As a bird I watched her from my cold tower in the heavens
and when she fell from the northplace, I flew down and embraced her
I took her where the snow falls forever, she showed me the haunted woods
We gathered together in the oaken palace, free from both death and life
The fire blazed in her eyes one day and she tore the soul from my chest
With a bleeding heart, I flew back to my cold tower
to never escape and lie in a pool of death forever

I saw the nightfall...
It called to me like a river of shadows
It sang to me with the cries of a thousand ravens that blackened the sky as they
took flight
and sank the Sol
I shall never trust the sun again, Eridanis Nadir

I ran away far into the woods
To find the Sol, I called to her...
"I don't want to be forgotten...I never wanted to be human"
NEVER!!!!!

So alas the sun had descended, her fire burned brilliant in the sky
The trees bore their withered silhouettes, that cast a spell upon unearthly white
No wolf shall keep his secrets, no bird shall dance the skyline
And I am left with nothing but an oath that gleams like a sword
To bathe in the blood of man
Mankind...