BAND NAME: Vaakevandring
GENRE: Symphonic Unblack/Folk Metal
STATUS: Split-up
LOCATION: Norway (Nannestad, Romerike)
From the band's website:
"Vaakevandring means "to walk and wake up the people". And that's our
goal. To wake people up from their apathy, and their denial of THE
lifesource. We want to spread the word of Jesus Christ, the saviour."
In
this interview they further elaborate,
"Vaakevandring is a compound of two Norwegian words: "vaake", which means "wake" or "look after" and "vandring", which means "walking". So the meaning we see in it is basically to awaken people from the denial of the Saviour. It also encourages Christians to keep on fighting and not fall asleep in their daily routines. For me personally it means praying, seeking for Jesus Christ every day, and for the purpose he has with my life."
Previously went by
Signum Crusis and Korsferd.
Lineup:
Ronny Hansen (Antestor, etc) - Vocals
Solveig Maria Magerøy - Vocals (female)
Morten Sigmund Magerøy (ex-Antestor) - Vocals (clean), Guitars, Keyboards
Alexander Nygård - Guitars
Trond Bjørnstad - Bass
Pål Dæhlen (Frosthardr) - Drums
Links:
Discography:
"Demo 98/99" / "Vaakevandring"
Top: "Demo 98/99", 1999, Independent, CD, Limited 1000 copies
Middle: "Vaakevandring", 1999, THT Productions, Cassette, single-sided
Bottom: "Vaakevandring", 2004, Momentum Scandinavia, CD, Remastered
"the demo was mixed and produced by a guy called Stian Aarstad
who played synths on Dimmu Borgir's "Enthrone Darkness Triumphant" release.
So he kind of knows the music-style... It was also cool that he actually
invited us to do the recordings for free in the first place, which was
going to be a part of his studies as a sound-engineer."
[1]
1) Fader vaar
6:39, lyrics
Fader vår, du som er i himmelen
Hellig være Ditt navn, du min Far
La Ditt rike komme
La Din vilje skje
På jord, som i himmel
Fader vår, du som er i himmelen
Hellig være ditt navn, du min Far
Gi oss i dag vårt daglige brød
Forlat oss vår skyld, som vi og gjør
Led oss ikke inn i fristelse
Men frels oss fra det onde
Tilgi oss, for vi vet ikke hva vi gjør
Fader vår, du som er i himmelen
Hellig være Ditt navn, du vår Far
For riket er Ditt
Og makten og æren
I evighet
Amen
2) Some Day
4:19, lyrics
Now, I’ve almost lost the only way I had
I’m trying to balance on my path
A gift, I was given, but I threw it away
I am now like a snake, creeping on the ground
It’s like I’ve lost, but it feels like victory
I’m forced down to my knees, and my only wish, is a second chance
But I can see the light, and I know it in my heart
That I will come back, someday
Blind, but still I can see the story
The memories are like burned in my brain
Surrounded in Grey fog, alone
My fight is legal, still hopeless
It’s like I’ve lost, but it feels like victory
I’m forced down on my knees, and my only wish, is a second chance
But I can see the light, and I know it in my heart
That I will come back, someday
3) Og sorgen stilnet i smertens vann
6:06, lyrics
Der hvor sorgen lå, gjemt i verdens tørst
Vandret en lengsel, lengsel etter Faderens røst
Sønnen taler om det fredfulle hjem
Hvilens vann, slukk tørsten igjen
Ut i trolske skoger, over dyp og fjell
Tankens vandring over det vidstrakte land
Sønnen taler om det fredfulle hjem
Hvilens vann, slukk tørsten igjen
Pine, hjerte, rop frelsens sang
Et torden, med harpens klang
De evige toner, skal runge, over fjellenes land
…Og sorgen stilne i smertens vann
Hver blodslitte lenke, hvert trinn mot ensomhetens sti
Faderens knusende seier, reddet oss fri
Åndens hellige makt, grepet fra kvelende sand
…Og sorgen stilnet i smertens vann
4) To Find Eternal Peace (Momentum Scandinavia version only)
4:03, lyrics
As I see you there before me
You beg me, for my help
I beg you, I beg you, walk with me
To find eternal peace
Your heart must belong to the trinity
To find eternal peace
Your heart must belong to the trinity
All of your life, you have mistreated your soul
Come therefore with me, and join hands
With the capstone, the capstone of all humanity
For if you keep on bite
And devour each other
You will be destroyed
By each other
To find eternal peace
Your heart must belong to the trinity
To find eternal peace
Your hearts must be filled by the trinity
Unreleased Demo (year unknown, NOT SURE IF OFFICIAL, Independent)
Format unknown
According to user Rusty665 on Metal Archives, this was made in 2000, and printed on some CDs?
... But never officially "released"?
1) Intro
3:44, lyrics unknown
2) Lidelse
6:21, lyrics:
Lysets kraft skal i oss bo…
Ære til vår Gud
Trengselstid og mørkets hær…
Kommer ikke nær
Ve meg, min mor, at du fødte meg…
En mann, som alle her i landet…
Ligger i strid og trettes med.
Jeg skylder ingen noe,
og ingen er i gjeld til meg
Enda forbanner de meg alle
Sannelig sa Herren:
Jeg vil fri deg ut…
Så det kan gå deg vel
Jeg lar fienden bønnfalle deg…
I nødens og trengselens tid.
Din rikdom og dine skatter,
overgir jeg til plyndring…
Ikke for betaling, men til straff…
for alt du har syndet i ditt land.
Jeg lar deg trelle for dine fiender,
i et land du ikke kjenner
For min vrede flammer som ild,
mot dere er den tent
Kom meg i hu, og ta deg av meg
La meg få hevn over dem som forfølger meg
Vær ikke så langmodig mot dem at du river meg bort
Se hvor jeg blir hånet for din skyld
Aldri satt jeg, og moret meg,
i lag med lystige menn
Ensom satt jeg, grepet av din hånd
For du fyllte meg med harme
Hvorfor er min lidelse uten ende,
og mitt sår ulegelig…Det vil ikke gro…
Du er blitt som en sviktende bekk for meg
Som vann en ikke kan stole på
La meg falle i din hånd,
og frels min sjel på ny
La din styrke vokte oss,
og gi oss englevakt
3) The Quest
4:10, lyrics:
The time of fear and hatred
Now shakes a man
The conquerance of life
Now takes its toll
As it is written, for Your sake
We face death all day long
We're considered as sheep to be slaughtered
Shades of grey, fill empty faces
The beast of devouring
Which filled us with grief
The darkness which surrounds us
reality of evil
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth
Compared with the glory
That will be revealed in us
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen
But on what is unseen
For what is seen, is temporary
And what is unseen is eternal
We live by faith, not by sight
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him,
who loved us
For I am convinced, that neither death nor life
Neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future
Nor any powers, neither height nor depth…
Will be able to separate us from the love of God,
That is in Christ, Jesus our Lord… Amen
4) Kiss of Death
5:23, lyrics:
Can you not feel the glory path
Which He has chosen for all of us
The narrow path will deliver us
If you are willing to grab His hand
What about your own free will
What about your ways to live
What about the soulless cries
Which you loudly scream
With pain, it has filled you
And all your belongings
You pity yourself
But you're the one to blame
Over and over, it has told you lies
Again and again, it has tore you apart
Over and over, it tell you lies
Again and again, it tears you apart
What about your own free will
What about your ways to live
What about the soulless cries
Which you loudly scream
Christ is love and you breed hate
But love conquers the hate
Your fate is in your own hands
Decision fatal or secure
For if you keep on bite
And devour each other
You will be destroyed
By each other
Screams of Abaddon (compilation, 2000, Laceration Productions)
Format: CD
15) Og sorgen stilnet i smertens vann 6:08 (see above for lyrics)
In the Shadow of Death (compilation)
9 -
16 June, 2000, Endtime Productions, CD
13 December, 2014, Endtime Productions,
Bandcamp
2) Vaakevandring - Fall of Man
4:43, lyrics:
...Die...
All of the times that you've heard
You never listened
This time can well be your last
Of all the wrong doings
This can well be your last
It's time to repent
Confronting a wall of apathy
…Apathy…
Rejecting the words from the Bible
Denying the facts
Which can't be untrue
Can't you see that you must
Change your ways to become
A no longer mortal
Confronting the light with shades of black
"None of us are found worthy to enter
The Pearly Gates of Heaven
We must be cleansed…
Through the blood of Christ,
And through the being of the Holy Ghost"
Try to do what Jesus
Would have done
The fall of Man is closer than you think
Enter the beginning of
A better life
Through Christianity
Confronting the rebirth of Man
Of all the wrong doings
This can well be your last
It's time to repent
Confronting the fall of Man
Live at DP 2001 (year unknown, UNOFFICIAL, label unknown)
Format unknown
Recorded in 2001 at Disciple Punk (Festival) in Blaker, Norway.
However, despite being recorded in 2001, I'm not sure if it was actually released in 2001.
1) To Find Eternal Peace
2) Kiss of Death
3) Lidelse
4) The Quest
5) Fall of Man
Extreme Christian Music (compilation, label unknown,
NOT SURE IF OFFICIAL)
Format unknown (presumably CD?)
Supposedly released in 2001. Catalog number is JHP002.
Seems to be a bootleg, presumably from South America, considering the typos.
"Daw
l Eternal" should be "Dawn Eternal"
"Nebulo
m" should be "Nebulon"
"Vard
öger" should be "Vardøger"
"Sanct
ífica" has an accent over the first "i".
10) Vaakevandring - Fall of Man 4:43, see above for lyrics
Come Armageddon (compilation, 2003, Endtime Productions)
Formats: CD and Vinyl
This one is going to be a mess to explain.
LEFT: normal CD version, Digipak, ENDCD10
There's also a vinyl version with an identical tracklist, but I don't have pictures of that one. ENDLP10
RIGHT: Vaakevandring isn't on this version. ENDCD10B
So on the two versions of this Vaakevandring does appear on,
6) Vaakevandring - Fall of Man 4:43 (see above for lyrics)
Sorg - White Metal Compilation Vol. II (2007, label unknown)
Format unknown
6) Vaakevandring - Lidelse 6:21, see above for lyrics
Helveteshästen (split/comp, 20 April, 2020, Skogen Art Productions, UNOFFICIAL)
Format: Cassette
Bootleg split with Vaakevandring (Christian) and Feikn (secular).
"Split compilation limited to 10 hand-numbered copies on recycled tapes.
Packaged in a jute bag with cardboard insert."
See above for lyrics!
A1) Vaakevandring - Fader vaar 6:39
A2) Vaakevandring - Some Day 4:19
A3) Vaakevandring - Og sorgen stilnet i smertens vann 6:06
A4) Vaakevandring - To Find the Eternal Peace 4:03
They also have two unreleased songs:
1) "
Det uinnvidde øyet" (meaning "
The Uninitiated Eye"). It's mentioned near the top of
this page, but unfortunately, the page with the lyrics wasn't saved on archive.org.
2) "
The Conquest". Mentioned on the same page. But there's
an error on the lyric page that prevents the lyrics from being understandable.
____________________________________________________________
IncompletePage, CouldUseBetterImages, UncertainInfo, SimilarTo
INFO:
1) The lyrics to "Intro" on Unreleased Demo. Also, do the lyrics on the live DP bootleg differ from the album versions? Are there spoken sections between songs, etc? 2) A few sites have mentioned they have "a few" unreleased demos. Does anyone know anything else about the other demos? Are there any other bootlegs that aren't already listed here? 3) Track lengths for the DP 2001 bootleg. 4) Any more info on "Det uinnvidde øyet"? Or "The Conquest"? ... Could the problem with "The Conquest" possibly be mojibakes? 5) We need more info about "Unreleased Demo". Basically all information
on this is hearsay, as far as I can tell. Is this even the real cover
art...? 6) Are the 2000 releases in the right order, or not?
IMAGES:
Almost all of them.
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