The Fallen Leaves, by Dwarrowdelf

The Fallen Leaves

by Dwarrowdelf

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midnight blade truly a masterpiece. melodic and epic, the way I like my black/death metal hehe Favorite track: To Dust, We All Return.

Luke Epic fantasy black metal of very high quality with elements of death metal that really make this stand out from the (illustrious) crowd. Favorite track: The Fallen Leaves.

	This Shattered World 00:00 / 07:21

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1.	Within the Ashes, the Ember Still Burns 02:47		buy track
2.	A Journey to Dawn 06:48	lyrics	buy track
As I wake from the darkness Ascending through depths of despair and decay Gazing out at a world unfamiliar Grasping for hope in this land of dismay After all I’ve inflicted All of my pain, the sorrow I’ve caused Fallen leaves whisper the story A path to atone, to lead me to the Dawn Set my eyes on horizons Framed by the gold light that never falls dark One foot steps forward to venture anew Winter’s pain lingers, still seared on my heart If dust is the past that I had hoped to build If all that surrounds me is that which I feared Death’s gift no longer burns bright in the hearth Nothing brings hope but the thought of a new Dawn I’ll follow the Guidance May the blessings of the Grace redefine me Let the light become a tool of my power As I set into the Lands that are cursed forevermore Let me start anew Guide me forever Help me bury all the pain that torments me Let my deeds undo the wrongs I have caused thee As I wander through the storm, hold me high and keep me strong Let me start anew Let me find the Dawn
3.	To Dust, We All Return 05:38	lyrics	buy track
A silence falls beneath the leaves My crippled soul hunts endlessly I’m reaching out for one desire For that which makes me whole again The twilight crept in long ago The blackened skies washed pain away And fires that burned deep within Seared love’s eternal hold on me Lost in the dead of night To walk this path alone Stripped of hope inside To dust, I shall return Eternal solitude for those who dare to dream And by the hands of mortal man I crumble; to dust, we all return The trail I tread in agony Leading nowhere, fading from my sight No answer comes to me No calm to soothe the pain inside
4.	This Shattered World 07:21	lyrics	buy track
From beyond The veil of death awaits no more Into serenity, a life beyond the void In the shattered world that consumes us all In this land left in ruin A temple that fell from the sky A manifestation of hubris, where men Lie bereft of their power to die The order of gold ever-watching A ceaseless and all-knowing eye Though Tarnished I stand in the Lands of the Light I feel their dark whisper inside Destiny is guiding me to break this chain you laid As I rise upon the tide of golden grace I’ll set the Lands ablaze, raise at their heart a crimson flame After all, I have become the man you made Consumed by the fires of ambition Igniting my darkness within Yet blurring the lines of the truth that I sought Pulling me deeper beyond realms of thought I will not cave to the horrors I will not bow to their call As nightfall draws closer and dreams turn to dust I will not wait till the ending of all
5.	Escape from the Dreamspire 06:32	lyrics	buy track
Manifested in my mind Black walls I’m trapped behind Endless caverns, a world inside a dream A true lucidity On this endless plane I lie A labyrinth inside A world within which I can fly The darkness of the horrors past It lingers ever on Tantalising me with hope And here I cannot hide The horrors of my cell revealed to me Terrors clawing out of memories I fear Black serpents twisting, encircling I’m lost beyond the dream Who am I to slip from the clutches of the void? Who am I to rid myself of her voice? How can I ever feel safe again in my own mind When all I see is her inside?
6.	Deliverance 05:51	lyrics	buy track
Ensnared, by the knowledge that I cannot flee from the curse of my kind As shunned as I am by the light deep inside In darkness I’ll delve to find hope redefined Fly, over cavernous chasms imbued with the fire Of men who have fought and have died by the sword Of steel rendered true, quenched in blood so pure Dive into the destiny I dreamed That life forgotten Purgatory chasing at my heels Deliver me Fleeing from the prophecy I feared A hope abandoned Demons ever clawing from the deep Deliver me from death Oh, as echoes of battle flow thick though my veins Bleeding the colours from memories of sorrow Immersing myself in a past filled with horror Oh, thousands and thousands marched into the deep With swords drawn held high, their armour shone bright Now lost to their graves, the eternal night Look into the light ahead And see what I’ll become An Omen slain, his throne to claim A Tarnished, above Forge into oblivion Gaze at the world to come With death unchained, all souls unclaimed This chaos, undone Deliver me from death
7.	The Fallen Leaves 07:44	lyrics	buy track
Wake up, Free myself from within the dream Feel the claws of death surrounding me I know this battle can never end As minds collide inside one whole And I fall Between it all And behind the flames, beneath the ash Beyond what I have done A light from heavens up above Revealing all that is to come The end of all that came before This greater will now split in two Take me away To begin this final tale To shatter all that once lay still If cold lies the ash on my tombstone As spectres look down on my grave If dark are the embers that once burned so bright A now-faded past won’t rekindle their light Dark lies the soul of a life lived in lies But guidance of grace brought back sense to my sight A pillar of flame shining gold in this night And behind the flames, beneath the ash Beyond what I have done A light from heavens up above Revealing all that is to come I now know what I’m searching for It’s written in the stars And as the leaves begin to fall My freedom found, I close my eyes

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"The Fallen Leaves" is the fourth full-length album from Dwarrowdelf. Representing a new beginning for the project, the record displays lyrical themes of sorrow, struggle, and grappling with reality. Taking further inspiration from the diverse blend of influences that drove 2021’s "Cold Lie the Ashes" yet cohesively retaining the trademark Dwarrowdelf sense of scale and atmosphere, this album truly sounds like nothing else.

Physical copies via Northern Silence Productions: dwarrowdelf-northernsilence.bandcamp.com/album/the-fallen-leaves

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released February 2, 2024

Tom O’Dell - All instruments, vocals

Jack Reynolds - Backing vocals (Track 6)
Ethan Bishop - Acoustic guitar (Track 6)

Music and lyrics by Tom O’Dell
Recorded, produced, mixed, and mastered by Tom O’Dell at Hair Force House Studios, UK

Cover art by Caelan Stokkermans, 2023 (www.caelanstokkermansarts.com)
Logo by Vojtěch "Moonroot" Doubek (www.moonrootart.com)
Design by Tom O'Dell

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Dwarrowdelf is a one-man studio project from Southampton, UK, walking the utterly untrodden path of Tolkien-based epic metal.

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