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BAND NAME: Hesychast
GENRE: Unblack Metal with Atmospheric Influences
GENRE: Unblack Metal with Atmospheric Influences
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: USA (Indiana / Texas)
LOCATION: USA (Indiana / Texas)
Other ways of spelling the band's name: Исихаст, Isikhast, Isihast
According to the Blacforje interview, the band were Protestant in their earliest days, but became interested in Orthodoxy around 2009. They both attended services and studied it for several years before being officially chrismated some time after the release of the debut album.
According to the same interview, the band is still active and are working on at least two more albums. The one closest to completion has two songs they first started working on back in 2010!
According to the Blacforje interview, the band were Protestant in their earliest days, but became interested in Orthodoxy around 2009. They both attended services and studied it for several years before being officially chrismated some time after the release of the debut album.
According to the same interview, the band is still active and are working on at least two more albums. The one closest to completion has two songs they first started working on back in 2010!
Years active:
????- 2011 Vikarbyrgi
????- 2011 Vikarbyrgi
2011 - present Hesychast
Lineup:
Scott / Скот - All instruments, Vocals
Ethan / Ефам - All instruments, Vocals
Ethan / Ефам - All instruments, Vocals
Links:
Discography:
The Humble Soul, at One with the Dust of the Earth (UNRELEASED)
Recorded, but never released, as the band weren't satisfied with how it was turning out. A few songs were later re-recorded, and released on the debut album "Ageless".
Recorded, but never released, as the band weren't satisfied with how it was turning out. A few songs were later re-recorded, and released on the debut album "Ageless".
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"Why do men learn through pain and suffering, and not through pleasure and happiness? Very simply, because pleasure and happiness accustom one to satisfaction with the things given in this world, whereas pain and suffering drive one to seek a more profound happiness beyond the limitations of this world. I am at this moment in some pain, and I call on the Name of Jesus - not necessarily to relieve the pain, but that Jesus, in Whom alone we may transcend this world, may be with me during it, and His will be done in me. But in pleasure I do not call on Him; I am content then with what I have, and I think I need no more. And why is a philosophy of pleasure untenable? - because pleasure is impermanent and unreliable, and pain is inevitable. In pain and suffering Christ speaks to us, and thus God is kind to give them to us, yes, and evil too - for in all of these we glimpse something of what must lie beyond, if there really exists what our hearts most deeply desire."
+ Fr. Seraphim Rose
Notes:
A few copies of the CD-R exist where tracks 5 and 6 are listed in the wrong order. They're listed correctly here and on most other copies -- "Ageless" is the three-minute chanting song; "Moth and Rust" is the longer, predominantly metal song.
For the tape version, tracks 1-4 are on Side A, and 5-7 are on Side B.
1) Волны смерти
6:07, lyrics:
I looked to the left and to the right
For the joys of fools, but found only
A great heat death; In despair
I assume I must be ill, and the enemy
Made his move...
And as disease consumed my flesh
The waves of death swirled about my soul
The former I humbly accept
The latter I refuse to please
In my frailty I cannot face this alone, O God
Help me accept this peaceful slumber
In my frailty I cannot face this alone, O God
Help me accept this violent passing
If I must depart, let Thy servant depart in peace
There is no sting
There is no victory...
I looked to the left and to the right
For the joys of fools, but found only
A great heat death; In despair
I assume I must be ill, and the enemy
Made his move...
And as disease consumed my flesh
The waves of death swirled about my soul
The former I humbly accept
The latter I refuse to please
In my frailty I cannot face this alone, O God
Help me accept this peaceful slumber
In my frailty I cannot face this alone, O God
Help me accept this violent passing
If I must depart, let Thy servant depart in peace
There is no sting
There is no victory...
I looked to the left and to the right
For the joys of fools, but found only
A great heat death; In despair
I assume I must be ill, and the enemy
Made his move...
And as disease consumed my flesh
The waves of death swirled about my soul
The former I humbly accept
The latter I refuse to please
In my frailty I cannot face this alone, O God
Help me accept this peaceful slumber
In my frailty I cannot face this alone, O God
Help me accept this violent passing
If I must depart, let Thy servant depart in peace
There is no sting
There is no victory...
Волны смерти
2) Discordant
4:35, lyrics:
As coming against the grain in your soul
The familiar sense that you don't belong here
Cry out to God
In the midst of darkness, cry out to God
The light shines in darkness
And (that darkness) does not comprehend when
You do not live for the passions, but live in holiness
Swimming against the current of this world
Caught in the eddies, and bashed against rocks
The light shines in the darkest of places
Blinding with sight, instead of choosing to conceal
Your sweet melodies seem disgustingly off-key
To the out-of-tune dissonant harmonies of the world
Play on, though they drown you out
The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak
Continue to descend, and you will find your strength
3) Trace of Breath
7:10, lyrics:
My soul is choking in this depravity
Pride has depraved me of your spirit
I search for you as I search for air
I am fading quickly
If I succumb to this jealousy, I cannot journey to the source
Lead me through the void of anger and pleasure
Open my eyes to what it means to love as you
Release the grip of lust and uncleanness
That wishes to escape
I flounder
I suffocate
In sin
Help me find that trace of air
Heal this infirmity of rage
4) Eye
5:47, lyrics:
Eye remember your covenant
For I surely will not
My mind wanders constantly to things unholy
Eye stay fixed only on the Lord Christ
Call to the other members of the body; do not deny your need
Turn away from worldly wealth
Turn away from satiation of lust
Is it you causing me to sin?
Must I, must I cut you out?
Look to things which remind me of the love,
The mercy, and the power of our God
When you look deep into things will you see
Their true nature? Will you see
The Uncreated Light flowing all around
Will you see deep into the heart?
Consider and answer me, oh Lord my God;
Light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death
I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless;
I hate the work of those who fall away
It shall not cling to me
5) Moth and Rust
6:26, lyrics:
Arise, ensnared and imprisoned
Every conscious moment spent scratching at the walls
A disconnect between reality and perception
Even a lover's touch couldn't transcend the void
By chains I was dragged through the slums of hell
My eyes forcibly opened to witness the torment
The thought of relief upon death
Did not exist, as death had already consumed me
Crippling delusions
Never meant to see
The perceived reality
Solipsistic confines
Throwing over the edge
Any distinct memories
How to trust in my eyes?
How to know that my nerves are truthful?
How to witness the light through an inherently fallible medium?
How to be sure when a feeble human mind
Reveals itself to be such a slave to this world?
The shroud left unhindered
He came from within
Exposing solely what is real
The Uncreated Light
Undisturbed by laws
Bound to natural existence
Break the seal of death
Part the cloud of death
6:07, lyrics:
I looked to the left and to the right
For the joys of fools, but found only
A great heat death; In despair
I assume I must be ill, and the enemy
Made his move...
And as disease consumed my flesh
The waves of death swirled about my soul
The former I humbly accept
The latter I refuse to please
In my frailty I cannot face this alone, O God
Help me accept this peaceful slumber
In my frailty I cannot face this alone, O God
Help me accept this violent passing
If I must depart, let Thy servant depart in peace
There is no sting
There is no victory...
I looked to the left and to the right
For the joys of fools, but found only
A great heat death; In despair
I assume I must be ill, and the enemy
Made his move...
And as disease consumed my flesh
The waves of death swirled about my soul
The former I humbly accept
The latter I refuse to please
In my frailty I cannot face this alone, O God
Help me accept this peaceful slumber
In my frailty I cannot face this alone, O God
Help me accept this violent passing
If I must depart, let Thy servant depart in peace
There is no sting
There is no victory...
I looked to the left and to the right
For the joys of fools, but found only
A great heat death; In despair
I assume I must be ill, and the enemy
Made his move...
And as disease consumed my flesh
The waves of death swirled about my soul
The former I humbly accept
The latter I refuse to please
In my frailty I cannot face this alone, O God
Help me accept this peaceful slumber
In my frailty I cannot face this alone, O God
Help me accept this violent passing
If I must depart, let Thy servant depart in peace
There is no sting
There is no victory...
Волны смерти
2) Discordant
4:35, lyrics:
As coming against the grain in your soul
The familiar sense that you don't belong here
Cry out to God
In the midst of darkness, cry out to God
The light shines in darkness
And (that darkness) does not comprehend when
You do not live for the passions, but live in holiness
Swimming against the current of this world
Caught in the eddies, and bashed against rocks
The light shines in the darkest of places
Blinding with sight, instead of choosing to conceal
Your sweet melodies seem disgustingly off-key
To the out-of-tune dissonant harmonies of the world
Play on, though they drown you out
The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak
Continue to descend, and you will find your strength
3) Trace of Breath
7:10, lyrics:
My soul is choking in this depravity
Pride has depraved me of your spirit
I search for you as I search for air
I am fading quickly
If I succumb to this jealousy, I cannot journey to the source
Lead me through the void of anger and pleasure
Open my eyes to what it means to love as you
Release the grip of lust and uncleanness
That wishes to escape
I flounder
I suffocate
In sin
Help me find that trace of air
Heal this infirmity of rage
4) Eye
5:47, lyrics:
Eye remember your covenant
For I surely will not
My mind wanders constantly to things unholy
Eye stay fixed only on the Lord Christ
Call to the other members of the body; do not deny your need
Turn away from worldly wealth
Turn away from satiation of lust
Is it you causing me to sin?
Must I, must I cut you out?
Look to things which remind me of the love,
The mercy, and the power of our God
When you look deep into things will you see
Their true nature? Will you see
The Uncreated Light flowing all around
Will you see deep into the heart?
Consider and answer me, oh Lord my God;
Light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death
I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless;
I hate the work of those who fall away
It shall not cling to me
5) Moth and Rust
6:26, lyrics:
Arise, ensnared and imprisoned
Every conscious moment spent scratching at the walls
A disconnect between reality and perception
Even a lover's touch couldn't transcend the void
By chains I was dragged through the slums of hell
My eyes forcibly opened to witness the torment
The thought of relief upon death
Did not exist, as death had already consumed me
Crippling delusions
Never meant to see
The perceived reality
Solipsistic confines
Throwing over the edge
Any distinct memories
How to trust in my eyes?
How to know that my nerves are truthful?
How to witness the light through an inherently fallible medium?
How to be sure when a feeble human mind
Reveals itself to be such a slave to this world?
The shroud left unhindered
He came from within
Exposing solely what is real
The Uncreated Light
Undisturbed by laws
Bound to natural existence
Break the seal of death
Part the cloud of death
Break the seal of death
6) Ageless
3:00, lyrics:
We grow old and our bodies fail
Enslaved to temporality
They will perish never freed
But the spirit may be unfettered from time and with tears bound
To the Timeless One
In Him shall we ever be renewed
Ever remade in His image
Holy Ageless Child of the Father
6) Ageless
3:00, lyrics:
We grow old and our bodies fail
Enslaved to temporality
They will perish never freed
But the spirit may be unfettered from time and with tears bound
To the Timeless One
In Him shall we ever be renewed
Ever remade in His image
Holy Ageless Child of the Father
Holy Ageless Child of the Father
7) Trisagion
7:01, lyrics:
In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Glory to thee, our God, Glory to thee
O Heavenly King, comforter, spirit of truth
Who art in all places and fill all things
Treasury of good gifts, and giver of life
Come and abide in us and cleanse us from all impurity
And save our souls, O Good One
(Trisagion)
Holy God
Holy Mighty
Holy Immortal
Have mercy on us
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit
Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us
Lord, wash away our sins
Master, pardon our iniquities
Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities
For thy name's sake
Lord have mercy
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit
Now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
From the throne of God flows a river of fire
Which is His divine love and compassion
This great and mighty river
It shall flood all of creation
Those who have hated God
And who have hated His righteousness
They shall be drowned in that river
While those who love and obey Him
They shall drink deeply, and their thirst shall be quenched forever
So shall the ungodly perish from the presence of God
And the righteous shall rejoice!
Holy God
Holy Mighty
Holy Immortal
Have mercy on us
7) Trisagion
7:01, lyrics:
In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Glory to thee, our God, Glory to thee
O Heavenly King, comforter, spirit of truth
Who art in all places and fill all things
Treasury of good gifts, and giver of life
Come and abide in us and cleanse us from all impurity
And save our souls, O Good One
(Trisagion)
Holy God
Holy Mighty
Holy Immortal
Have mercy on us
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit
Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us
Lord, wash away our sins
Master, pardon our iniquities
Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities
For thy name's sake
Lord have mercy
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit
Now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
From the throne of God flows a river of fire
Which is His divine love and compassion
This great and mighty river
It shall flood all of creation
Those who have hated God
And who have hated His righteousness
They shall be drowned in that river
While those who love and obey Him
They shall drink deeply, and their thirst shall be quenched forever
So shall the ungodly perish from the presence of God
And the righteous shall rejoice!
Holy God
Holy Mighty
Holy Immortal
Have mercy on us
All Things Christian Extreme Metal Volume 1 (compilation, 1 November, 2016, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)
1) Hesychast - Волны смерти 6:07, see above for lyrics
Metal from the Dragon (compilation, 23 June, 2017, The Bearded Dragon)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)
31) Hesychast - Волны смерти 6:07, see above for lyrics
Metal from the Dragon (compilation, 23 June, 2017, The Bearded Dragon)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)
31) Hesychast - Волны смерти 6:07, see above for lyrics
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1 comment:
Maaaaan, I DIG these dudes! This album is so good that I just keep coming back to it, even four years after its release. I liked Batushka, but this is better: I like the music better, and it's Christ-centered black metal. How does it get better than that?!?
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