The Sound of a Glinting Blade

from Of Erthe and Axen: Act I (2017) by Xanthochroid

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Sindr arrives at a familiar forest clearing, the same clearing where he and Thanos first experienced the magic of the Relics. He reminisces:

I heard the Forest sing
Songs of my youth
I’d never felt such pain before

You held my hand that day
You were my Sun before the dawn
The darkened morning I have loved so long

Vera, having watched Sindr and his men from the treeline the whole time, emerges to confront him, concealing the pain he caused her when he left:

I don’t recall that day
And I never thought of you when I cried
You know the place
And I never wondered why

Where memory sleeps and secrets hide
You left so suddenly

Vera’s anger is piercing, but Sindr recognizes she is still holding onto their past in some way, just as he is. The two stand on opposite ends of the clearing. The calm of the woods surrounds them:

Silence fills this place
Naught but a memory of your embrace
You, servile and sweet
Soft as the sediment beneath our feet
Far beyond the trees
We roamed
Yet, now, I plead:

Sindr sings:

Recall the plans we made
Dreams once so bold
The jealous Sun stood still and cold

What now has time revealed?
A tepid pool of youth misspent
A faded tapestry of dreams undreamt

Vera sings:

Strange, how you recount
Wanton days, blissful nights
Strange, as it seems,
There was suffering
And pain you never knew
How could you?

Despite her bitter response, Sindr moves closer to Vera. Frightened, she slips one hand subtly behind her waist, a warning voice wisps through the trees, echoes of Sindr’s mens’ credo:

Do not welcome Death
He offers no peace
For even in death
We will know the pains
We have left behind

Sindr, moving ever closer, proclaims:

Far beyond the trees
I long to be
A deeper stream
Free from
Flows endlessly
Your incessant dream
Toward my dream

Sindr grabs her tightly despite her protests, as if to take her for his own. A sharp pain rips through his gut and he screams. As he releases her, he sees a small dagger covered in blood. Shocked, Sindr falls to the ground as blood pours out from his wound. Vera, at once horrified and relieved, leaves him for dead and runs back to join her people as they prepare to ambush Sindr’s men.

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I heard the Forest sing
Songs of my youth
I’d never felt such pain before

You held my hand that day
You were my Sun before the dawn
The darkened morning I have loved so long

I don’t recall that day
And I never thought of you when I cried
You know the place
And I never wondered why

Where memory sleeps and secrets hide
You left so suddenly

Silence fills this place
Naught but a memory of your embrace
You, servile and sweet
Soft as the sediment beneath our feet
Far beyond the trees
We roamed
Yet, now, I plead:

Recall the plans we made
Dreams once so bold
The jealous Sun stood still and cold

What now has time revealed?
A tepid pool of youth misspent
A faded tapestry of dreams undreamt

Strange, how you recount
Wanton days, blissful nights
Strange, as it seems,
There was suffering
And pain you never knew
How could you?

Do not welcome Death
He offers no peace
For even in death
We will know the pains
We have left behind

Far beyond the trees
I long to be
A deeper stream
Free from
Flows endlessly
Your incessant dream
Toward my dream

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from Of Erthe and Axen: Act I (2017), released September 12, 2017
Composed by Sam Meador and Matthew Carl Earl. Featuring Ali Meador

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Xanthochroid Lake Forest, California

Woven throughout the intricate and vast soundscapes of Xanthochroid's music are tales of another world, strange names and foreign lands are characters and places in the world of Etymos. The story of two brothers; Thanos and Sindr (better known as Ereptor) forms the cornerstone upon which Xanthochroid builds their cinematic metal universe. ... more

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