The horizon, an unfathomable darkness
Beacons of light within, gleam dimly
From the farthest of existence
The offspring observes
A history written in reverse
Leading to
One Exhalation
Of an unknown breath.
Parallel structures emerge
between incomparable proportions
Revealed symmetry
from aberrant appearance
Awareness paints a mirage of self-singularity
From it, a volition of immortality
The vessel of intellect
thrusts the sight light years away
An acceleration bending the fabric of spacetime
Leading into the Heart of the Cosmos.
Wandering the blackened void, there lie
Elemental whispers of the primordial ordinance
Attracting each other, forming clouds
Which collapse into higher densities
A unity of spherical mass
With a diadem as umbilical chord
Thus, the God-Kings are born
The ever-burning forges of the cosmos
Bearers of the strength to meld the core of matter together
From the remnants, their children arise
Hearth-givers and messangers to them alike.
(enas skoteinos stixos)
The sight, however wondrous, returns incomplete.
A rope of one lineage connects existence all throughout,
from weightless elements to beasts of metal mass
from oneness to mind-bending complexity
Spectral, though is the hand that infuses with Spirit
If it is not grabbed, how won't it always vanish?
When even Gods one day fade out.
The dream is dying, the mirror cracking
The begotter cannot protect the brethen
Yet lays down everything at their grasp.
Within the endless dark sea of unknowing
The rays of far-away beacons
Still conjoin in patterns meaningful
An explosion of evitability
The self-transforming agents
Divine feedback mechanisms
We are Soldiers
Volition of the Universe
Sentinels of All
Murderers of Self
Scorners of Oblivion
Impermanence and Transformation
Complexity and Bonding
Continuity of Logos, Extra-Conscious Transcendance
A spiral path we must walk
Towards an ever-dark horizon.
Some of the best cosmic black metal I've heard. Mare Cognitum continues to prove themselves to be masters of crafting a vast, celstial soundscape, and the Lovecraft-esque atmosphere present throughout Aureole's half definitely made me want to check out the rest of their discography. honeycombguy
After listening to Ysyry Mollvün, listening to Downfall of Nur was urgent and turned out to be one of the best decisions I have made in quite some time: Umbras de Barbagia is simply magisterial; the atmosphere can hardly be compared to anything else. There is a deep, palpable connection to nature imbueing each very fibre of this record. The amalgamation of black metal and folk elements is done with a high intuition for detail and class, resulting in a highly immersive experience. Wonderful. David Fischer
It took me far longer than I care to admit to "get" Mare Cognitum. But here we are, all the way at the beginning, where it all started; and what a masterpiece it is. "Ambient" black metal is seriously underselling this album. It is raw, it is brutal, it will not hesitate to eat you alive; and yet it is musical, it is emotional, and it will shelter you with its wings. I often turn to metal when in times of rage, but Mare Cognitum has shown that rage can still be contained and reasoned with. Faith
definetely one of my favourite bm projects lately, love the synth elements. makes you remember how amazing, but terrifying, space really is :) scumdrug