BAND NAME: Jonava
GENRE: Progressive Unblack Metal (early), Experimental Death/Unblack (later)
GENRE: Progressive Unblack Metal (early), Experimental Death/Unblack (later)
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: Lithuania
Originally an instrumental project, Arthur joined on vocals as of the 2nd EP.
According to the band, the name is pronounced "Yo - nuh - vah".
Originally an instrumental project, Arthur joined on vocals as of the 2nd EP.
According to the band, the name is pronounced "Yo - nuh - vah".
Lineup:
Ryan Fishel - All instruments
Arthur Ramsey III - Vocals
Ryan Fishel - All instruments
Arthur Ramsey III - Vocals
Links:
Bandcamp
Bandcamp
Discography:
Umbra & Heaven (EP, 19 October, 2019, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)
Note: All songs are instrumental.
Below are notes for each song, written on the Bandcamp page.
1) Heaven & War
3:00, notes:
"And Jesus said unto them, I beheld Satan fall from heaven as lightning."
"And Jesus said unto them, I beheld Satan fall from heaven as lightning."
2) Paradise & Expulsion
3:57, notes:
“Thou never from that hour in Paradise
Found’st either sweet repast or sound repose;
Such ambush hid among sweet flowers and shades
Waited with hellish rancorous imminent
To intercept thy way, or send thee back
Despoiled of innocence, of faith, of bliss.” —John Milton
“Thou never from that hour in Paradise
Found’st either sweet repast or sound repose;
Such ambush hid among sweet flowers and shades
Waited with hellish rancorous imminent
To intercept thy way, or send thee back
Despoiled of innocence, of faith, of bliss.” —John Milton
3) History & Longing
3:06, notes:
“Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.” —William Butler Yeats
“Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.” —William Butler Yeats
4) Christ & Calvary
3:32, notes:
“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this hour I have come. Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to me.” —Jesus
“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this hour I have come. Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to me.” —Jesus
5) Resurrection & Glory
3:12, notes:
"Now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story no one
on earth has ever read, which goes on forever: in which every chapter is
better than the one before." —C.S. Lewis
Steel Skies (EP)
10 January, 2021, Independent, Bandcamp
10 August, 2021, The Charon Collective, "Deluxe Edition", CD-R
August, 2021, The Charon Collective, "Deluxe Edition", Bandcamp
Guest appearance:
Neil Prakasam - Guitar solo (track 1)
For the deluxe version, tracks 7-11 are taken from the first demo.
Arthur Ramsey has said, "For me the artwork and name portray at first a cold and stark landscape like you might see in Winter. Fear and dread abound, sadness always near. Yet if you look at the back cover, you’ll see the sun breaking through those clouds, and just as winter must cede to spring, so must the chaos in our lives cede to God's peace and light."
10 January, 2021, Independent, Bandcamp
10 August, 2021, The Charon Collective, "Deluxe Edition", CD-R
August, 2021, The Charon Collective, "Deluxe Edition", Bandcamp
Guest appearance:
Neil Prakasam - Guitar solo (track 1)
For the deluxe version, tracks 7-11 are taken from the first demo.
Arthur Ramsey has said, "For me the artwork and name portray at first a cold and stark landscape like you might see in Winter. Fear and dread abound, sadness always near. Yet if you look at the back cover, you’ll see the sun breaking through those clouds, and just as winter must cede to spring, so must the chaos in our lives cede to God's peace and light."
STANDARD / INDEPENDENT EDITION
1) Nothing I Suffer
4:23, lyrics:
Have you ever known how hard life can be
Have you ever fallen on your knees
Afraid and prayed
Where can you turn
Where will you go when all is lost
When all is through
Help me
I look up and I see
Everything in this world is falling apart
All I hold is as grasping at straws
My hands
Through my hands what am I left with?
I look up and I see
Christ is calling me
Nothing I suffer compares to yours
Tempted in every way
Separated from the Father for my sins
You died you rose you offer me grace
Lord come soon and take me home
This world is not for me
As long as I’m here my God use me
Waiting and Watching
For my time to come
Never thinking it could
Happen to me til death walks so close as to chill
I look up and I see
Christ is calling me
Nothing I suffer compares to yours
Tempted in every way
Separated from the Father for my sins
You died you rose you offer me grace
Lord come soon and take me home
This world is not for me
As long as I’m here my God use me
2) Fire
3:55, lyrics:
Oh Lord my God
How great you are
Robed with honor and majesty
Dressed in a robe of light
You stretch out
The starry curtain of the heavens
Who makes the clouds His chariots?
Who rides on the wings of the winds?
Who makes His messengers the winds?
His ministers a flaming fire
May the glory of the Lord
Endure forever
May the Lord rejoice in His works
Who looks on the earth and it trembles
Who touches the mountains and they smoke
I will sing to the Lord as long as I live
May my meditations
Be sweet to Him
As I rejoice in the Lord
May shadows be consumed from the earth
And the wicked be no more
May the glory of the Lord
Endure forever
May the Lord rejoice in His works
Who looks on the earth and it trembles
Who touches the mountains and they smoke
I will sing to the Lord as long as I live
Who makes His messengers the winds?
His ministers a flaming fire
3) Passed Over
6:24, lyrics:
You passed over the waters
You passed over the blood
You passed over our sins
And passed through the sacrifice
Eternal Father you’re perfect
Design has been revealed
Unfolding through all the ages
Who was and is and is to come
You are worthy
Our Lord and God
Now nothing can separate us
From the love of God
Neither death nor life nor anything in creation
To the one who is seated upon the throne and to the Lamb
Be praise and honor and glory and power forever
And ever
Eternal Father you’re perfect
Design has been revealed
Unfolding through all the ages
Who was and is and is to come
You are worthy
Oh Lord my God
As in heaven as here on earth
As the enemy has twisted creation
You will twist his neck beneath Your mighty hands
And death will die
You will wipe away every tear from their eyes
No mourning no crying no pain
For the former things have passed away
You passed over the waters
You passed over the blood
You passed over our sins
And passed through the sacrifice
4) Usurper
4:32, lyrics:
Behold what our hands have done
We’ve built such splendor
Surely, we will now have peace and justice forever
Teacher look at this temple
Such precious stones
But the time is coming
When all will be
DEMOLISHED
TORN DOWN
DESTROYED
not one stone
Not one stone will be left upon another
We watched them fall at the feet of each other
When we should have fallen on our knees at the feet of the
Holy
Father
Though we strive to perfection
We will not find
It apart from you
Though we put our hope in the works of our hands
They will not, they will not, stand
But only the will of the
Holy
Father
5) Upon the Throne
4:34, lyrics:
As storms turn around me
And fear clouds my eyes
The rain chokes my voice from
Crying out your name
Oh my soul
Why are you cast down
Why are you in torment?
Hope in God
For I will again praise His name
You have formed me, you have known me
Your Word is a light to my path
Let me not forget your words
And wonders that you have shown me
Let me not forget the cross
Where you laid your life down
Tossed upon seas raging
Waves wash over me
But each day the Lord pours
His love upon me
And through each night
I’ll sing songs of praises
To God
WHO GIVES ME
LIFE
Hope in God
For I will again praise His name
You have formed me, you have known me
Your Word is a light to my path
Let me not forget your words
And wonders that you have shown me
Let me not forget the cross
Where you laid your life down
Holy is the Lord
Worthy of all exaltation and praise
Creator and Maker
The Lamb who was slain
Seated upon the throne forever and ever
6) Gnossiennes No. 1 (Erik Satie cover)
4:46, instrumental
4:23, lyrics:
Have you ever known how hard life can be
Have you ever fallen on your knees
Afraid and prayed
Where can you turn
Where will you go when all is lost
When all is through
Help me
I look up and I see
Everything in this world is falling apart
All I hold is as grasping at straws
My hands
Through my hands what am I left with?
I look up and I see
Christ is calling me
Nothing I suffer compares to yours
Tempted in every way
Separated from the Father for my sins
You died you rose you offer me grace
Lord come soon and take me home
This world is not for me
As long as I’m here my God use me
Waiting and Watching
For my time to come
Never thinking it could
Happen to me til death walks so close as to chill
I look up and I see
Christ is calling me
Nothing I suffer compares to yours
Tempted in every way
Separated from the Father for my sins
You died you rose you offer me grace
Lord come soon and take me home
This world is not for me
As long as I’m here my God use me
2) Fire
3:55, lyrics:
Oh Lord my God
How great you are
Robed with honor and majesty
Dressed in a robe of light
You stretch out
The starry curtain of the heavens
Who makes the clouds His chariots?
Who rides on the wings of the winds?
Who makes His messengers the winds?
His ministers a flaming fire
May the glory of the Lord
Endure forever
May the Lord rejoice in His works
Who looks on the earth and it trembles
Who touches the mountains and they smoke
I will sing to the Lord as long as I live
May my meditations
Be sweet to Him
As I rejoice in the Lord
May shadows be consumed from the earth
And the wicked be no more
May the glory of the Lord
Endure forever
May the Lord rejoice in His works
Who looks on the earth and it trembles
Who touches the mountains and they smoke
I will sing to the Lord as long as I live
Who makes His messengers the winds?
His ministers a flaming fire
3) Passed Over
6:24, lyrics:
You passed over the waters
You passed over the blood
You passed over our sins
And passed through the sacrifice
Eternal Father you’re perfect
Design has been revealed
Unfolding through all the ages
Who was and is and is to come
You are worthy
Our Lord and God
Now nothing can separate us
From the love of God
Neither death nor life nor anything in creation
To the one who is seated upon the throne and to the Lamb
Be praise and honor and glory and power forever
And ever
Eternal Father you’re perfect
Design has been revealed
Unfolding through all the ages
Who was and is and is to come
You are worthy
Oh Lord my God
As in heaven as here on earth
As the enemy has twisted creation
You will twist his neck beneath Your mighty hands
And death will die
You will wipe away every tear from their eyes
No mourning no crying no pain
For the former things have passed away
You passed over the waters
You passed over the blood
You passed over our sins
And passed through the sacrifice
4) Usurper
4:32, lyrics:
Behold what our hands have done
We’ve built such splendor
Surely, we will now have peace and justice forever
Teacher look at this temple
Such precious stones
But the time is coming
When all will be
DEMOLISHED
TORN DOWN
DESTROYED
not one stone
Not one stone will be left upon another
We watched them fall at the feet of each other
When we should have fallen on our knees at the feet of the
Holy
Father
Though we strive to perfection
We will not find
It apart from you
Though we put our hope in the works of our hands
They will not, they will not, stand
But only the will of the
Holy
Father
5) Upon the Throne
4:34, lyrics:
As storms turn around me
And fear clouds my eyes
The rain chokes my voice from
Crying out your name
Oh my soul
Why are you cast down
Why are you in torment?
Hope in God
For I will again praise His name
You have formed me, you have known me
Your Word is a light to my path
Let me not forget your words
And wonders that you have shown me
Let me not forget the cross
Where you laid your life down
Tossed upon seas raging
Waves wash over me
But each day the Lord pours
His love upon me
And through each night
I’ll sing songs of praises
To God
WHO GIVES ME
LIFE
Hope in God
For I will again praise His name
You have formed me, you have known me
Your Word is a light to my path
Let me not forget your words
And wonders that you have shown me
Let me not forget the cross
Where you laid your life down
Holy is the Lord
Worthy of all exaltation and praise
Creator and Maker
The Lamb who was slain
Seated upon the throne forever and ever
6) Gnossiennes No. 1 (Erik Satie cover)
4:46, instrumental
DELUXE EDITION / CHARON COLLECTIVE
1) Nothing I Suffer 4:23
2) Fire 3:55
3) Passed Over 6:24
4) Usurper 4:32
5) Upon the Throne 4:34
6) Gnossiennes No. 1 (Erik Satie cover) 4:46
2) Fire 3:55
3) Passed Over 6:24
4) Usurper 4:32
5) Upon the Throne 4:34
6) Gnossiennes No. 1 (Erik Satie cover) 4:46
7) Heaven & War 3:00
8) Paradise & Expulsion 3:57
9) History & Longing 3:06
10) Christ & Calvary 3:32
11) Resurrection & Glory 3:12
While You Live (single)
21 August, 2021, Independent, Bandcamp,link expired
7 February, 2022, The Charon Collective, Bandcamp
Proceeds from the independent version went to help church planting in Lithuania.
I don't know if the same applied to the Charon Collective version or not.
1) While You Live
3:56, instrumental
21 August, 2021, Independent, Bandcamp,
7 February, 2022, The Charon Collective, Bandcamp
Proceeds from the independent version went to help church planting in Lithuania.
I don't know if the same applied to the Charon Collective version or not.
1) While You Live
3:56, instrumental
Even Death Will Die (album)
2 July, 2022, Independent, Bandcamp
15 July, 2022, The Charon Collective, Bandcamp and CD-R
2 July, 2022, Independent, Bandcamp
15 July, 2022, The Charon Collective, Bandcamp and CD-R
Notice that the CD-R photo above has guide markings on it, presumably for the pressing plant. It's not a 100% accurate illustration.
1) The Holy One
4:22, lyrics:
Behold I make all things new
No more shall good be called evil
Nor evil be called good
Write this down, for my words are faithful and true.
It is finished
I Am
The Alpha and Omega
The beginning and end
Do not be afraid
I’m the First and Last
And the Holy One
I was dead and behold I Am alive forevermore
Forevermore!
Do not tremble
Do not be afraid
Did I not proclaim this
And foretell it long ago?
You are my witnesses
Is there any other God? No there is no other Rock
No not one
It is finished
I Am
The Alpha and Omega
The beginning and end
Do not be afraid
I’m the First and Last
And the Holy One
I was dead and behold I Am alive forevermore
Forevermore!
The Spirit of the Lord is on me
Because He has anointed Me
To proclaim freedom
To throw our chains down
To bring everlasting peace
It is finished
I Am
The Alpha and Omega
The beginning and end
Do not be afraid
I’m the First and Last
And the Holy One
I was dead and behold I Am alive forevermore
Forevermore!
2) Overhanging Stillness 4:04
3) Windfall 3:46
4) The Weight of Glory 5:50
5) Peerless Majesty 3:44
6) Wilderness Interlude 3:35
7) Coruscation 3:14
8) Even Death Will Die 5:43
9) "Suffocation" (Prelude 28, No. 4, Chopin) 2:01
1) The Holy One
4:22, lyrics:
Behold I make all things new
No more shall good be called evil
Nor evil be called good
Write this down, for my words are faithful and true.
It is finished
I Am
The Alpha and Omega
The beginning and end
Do not be afraid
I’m the First and Last
And the Holy One
I was dead and behold I Am alive forevermore
Forevermore!
Do not tremble
Do not be afraid
Did I not proclaim this
And foretell it long ago?
You are my witnesses
Is there any other God? No there is no other Rock
No not one
It is finished
I Am
The Alpha and Omega
The beginning and end
Do not be afraid
I’m the First and Last
And the Holy One
I was dead and behold I Am alive forevermore
Forevermore!
The Spirit of the Lord is on me
Because He has anointed Me
To proclaim freedom
To throw our chains down
To bring everlasting peace
It is finished
I Am
The Alpha and Omega
The beginning and end
Do not be afraid
I’m the First and Last
And the Holy One
I was dead and behold I Am alive forevermore
Forevermore!
2) Overhanging Stillness 4:04
3) Windfall 3:46
4) The Weight of Glory 5:50
5) Peerless Majesty 3:44
6) Wilderness Interlude 3:35
7) Coruscation 3:14
8) Even Death Will Die 5:43
9) "Suffocation" (Prelude 28, No. 4, Chopin) 2:01
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (single, 30 November, 2022, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)
Guest appearance:
Neil Prakasam - Guitar solo
Written on the cover art:
"Veni, Veni, Emmanuel"
(cut off at the edge as "Emmanu")
Neil Prakasam - Guitar solo
Written on the cover art:
"Veni, Veni, Emmanuel"
(cut off at the edge as "Emmanu")
1) O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
3:50, lyrics:
O come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appears
O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night
And death's dark shadows put to flight
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel
O come, desire of nations, bind
In one the hearts of all mankind
Bid Thou our sad divisions cease
And be Thyself our King of peace
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel
3:50, lyrics:
O come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appears
O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night
And death's dark shadows put to flight
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel
O come, desire of nations, bind
In one the hearts of all mankind
Bid Thou our sad divisions cease
And be Thyself our King of peace
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel
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