BAND NAME: Kärv
GENRE: Unblack Metal with Post-Metal/Crust Influences
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: Sweden ("southeast coast" / "badlands")
The artist has apparently been involved with some folk projects, spanning around 20 years. This is his first metal project. He started doing metal music around 2019 but didn't begin publishing it until 2021.
Lineup:
Kärv - All instruments, Vocals
Links:
Bandcamp
Facebook
Spotify
Interview @ Blacforje
Discography:
Blood River (single, 27 October, 2021, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamplink expired
See below for lyrics!
1) Blood River 4:24
Abominations of the Canaanite (EP, 22 February, 2022, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)
1) Topheth
5:13, lyrics:
In reverend spirit, oh son of man
defile the Topheth and the ground on which it stands
so that not another child
may pass through the fire of its jaws
Lift up thine eyes to the valley of the Son of Hinnom:
The place of immolation
Let no man open up his veins unto it
to quench the thirst of the abominations
Hear the blood strewn over the altar way
it cry out wholly from the ground, hear it!
There you have slain her cub
and over fire you have boiled it in its mother's milk
this is your desecration
Not one stone upon stone
Shall be made to stand
Do prostrate thyself before thy teraphim
this is the hand you have dealt,
Shamma, Yisrael!
No holy church, not a stone upon stone,
only a cry from where you've slain her cub
In reverend spirit, oh son of man
defile the Topheth and curse the ground beneath it
let not another young pass through the flaming gate
into the belly of the snake
No son of Moab, no man of Amalech,
No philistine shall put his hammer to the stone
nor with a chisel trace the names of idols
into the rods,
no never shall it come to pass.
Never shall it come to pass!
Not one stone upon stone
Shall remain standing on this ground
2) Behind a Veil
4:08, lyrics:
There is no peace in this place
on "hallowed ground" unhallowed bound
the unclean made manifest in the midst of the church.
The siren song, an abundance of disgrace
from the high tower and spire.
Hear a wolf cry out from the lonely heights of Ramah,
for you have slain her cubs
They lay scattered 'round the altar way
A voice cry out from the pulpit...
It echoes in the coal cathedral.
----
Lift up thine eyes and see:
there is movement in the firmament;
a retinue en marsche,
rolling 'cross a raging sky.
Through the ages they roam
on the outskirts and in the minds of fallen men.
Something is rotting in the heart of the land,
something is diseased and needs to be uprooted.
---
A chariot on fire to burn across the sky
to smite the warriors of man
For they raised their banners against the Son of Man,
he of 12 legions strong.
He lead them to battle in the cold of the heart,
seven times around the city walls
-and so they fall-
He call to the thousands to bend before His throne,
and the knees of the defiant will be broken.
3) Blood River
4:23, lyrics:
Stretch out thy hand and see
bring forth thy staff
strike it unto the water
and turn it into blood
for He hath turned His head,
lo, to disgrace the land
to desecrate thy holy places
and turn them into sand
Slip back into the water
thou who eat the dust
for thou hath raised a Cain
to soothe you in your lust
Oh ye who bow down before the crook and flail
come on and witness the Holy Hail
- Hail the Almighty!
- Hail the Breaker of Chains!
He scorch thy idols from off their thrones
tear down unto the ground your bold Osireion
Their names are written in blood:
Osiris, Isis, Horus, Set, Anubis,
Ptah, Ra;
no sun, no moon no stars
Oh ye who bow down before an idle "god"
behold from heaven cast the Holy Hail:
- Hail the Almighty!
- Hail the Break of Chains!
4) Abominations of the Canaanite
5:47, lyrics:
Wicked, vile abomination
pillar of scorn in the midst
the gray mass gathers
on bloodied sand
circle the carrion
'bove the pit of evil deeds
inside it is a fire
to scorch the flesh from bone
Golden rings clatter,
the braids of harlots whisp the air
the knives cut deep beneath their skin
blood on the soil
The women gather
to offer up their young
and chant a liturgy written in blood
-
Cast aside all that is good,
all that is righteous under heaven
submit yourself to unsanctification
bow before Moloch's throne!
Oh whore of Baal
He has not come with peace
But with a sword to right the wrong of your way
To cut the rotten fruit
from off the branch of Canaan
To cleanse the whole of the land
For you cast aside all that is good
all that is righteous under heaven
you submit yourself to filth and gore
and bend before Baal's throne
---
---
All on that day
they will call upon their teraphim
They will search for omen in the stars
but their gods of dung
will not come to their aid
what they read in their runes was nothing but lies
The trees they hailed
the roots they praised
shall be ripped from the ground
And thrown unto the pyres
to burn for an eternity
By the fires
the chosen will find solace
Split (19 November, 2023, SneeuwStorm Produkties)
Formats: CD-R and Bandcamp
Buy the CD-R + Stream/Download (OFFICIAL)
Split with Duister Maanlicht.
More info on Kärv's songs on this split can be read in [the Blacforje interview].
1) Kärv - Unholy Prophet 5:58
2) Kärv - Justiciar Angel 4:06
3) Kärv - Pillars of Salt 6:58
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Miscellaneous stuff:
Another photo of the artist
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