#swallow the sun

[vitamin-sea-mia]

Swallow The Sun 💜🤘🏿

The Justice of Suffering

I curse the love for you

And the pale souls you have tasted

The sings of filthy passion

#Youtube #finland #melodic death metal #swallow the sun

[lillyli-74]

Inside the night

There's a firelight

Between the worlds

At the edge of dark

Inside the fire

There's a blinding light

The flame that burns

Between the worlds

At the edge of the dark

When a shadow is forced into the light

It rips through your chest

And burns like a fire

When a shadow

Is forced into the light

And the blood of the serpents

Will burst under brightest stars

And the wings will carry these shadows and the light

And the scars like diamonds will cut

Through the veil of night

The clouds apart

And new stars alight

Between the worlds

In the sea of the sky

The sun and moon

Shines from your eyes

Lead me home

Through the map of skies

From the edge of the night

When a shadow (when a shadow)

Is forced into the light

It rips through your chest

And burns like a fire

When a shadow (when a shadow)

Is forced into the light

And the blood of the serpents

Will burst under brightest stars

And the wings will carry these shadow and the light

And the scars like diamonds will cut

Through the veil of night

At the edge of the dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, dark

At the heart of the dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, dark

At the edge of the dark

Where I stare night straight in the eye

And the demons of deep will arrive

From the wounds they bleed out their

Black blood like oil

And I spark the flame of the night

And I will melt these chains, and forge them as a crown

Drag those shadows to the light

From the heart of the dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, dark)

At the edge of the dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, dark

From the edge

When a shadow (when a shadow)

Is forced into the light

It rips through your chest

And burns like a fire

When a shadow (when a shadow)

Is forced into the light

And the blood of the serpents

Will burst under brightest stars

#youtube #music #lyrics #swallow the sun #death doom metal #finland

[symmetricalscar]

Swallow the Sun - Falling World

Close your eyes, but stay awake They are trying to crawl inside your head Wish I could end this all today But like all good, our hope fades away

#swallow the sun #falling world #new moon #metal #music #songs #Spotify

[yepwch]

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well, back at my house i got a california king !!!!!!

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#trans artist #yepwch #digital art #furry anthro #sfw furry #original character #artwork #artists on tumblr #swallow the sun #jasmine

[oculus-de-malus]

#cold cave #swallow the sun #music #listening to now #Spotify

[anotherghoul666]

Swallow the Sun primer

For @devoured-by-shadows but anyone who's interested in discovering the Finnish doom masters that are STS are welcome to read! The post's addressed to them because it began as an ask and I went overboard Like I do hahaha

Swallow the Sun, shortened to STS, are a LEGENDARY doom metal band from Finland. They formed in 2000, created by master of Gloom, Beauty & Despair Mister Juha Raivio himself, composer and guitarist who will rip your heart right out of your chest and leave you in a puddle of tears with the beauty of the crushing tales he weaves. Within a year they had Matti Honkonen on bass and the absolutely extraordinary Mikko Kotamäki on vocals to form the core lineup which has remained stable since 2001. Drums and second guitar have changed a bit over the years (notably they had Kai Hato behind the kit from 2009 to 2015, #bestEraOfSTS. You may know Hato better from Wintersun, or Nightwish nowadays. He's one of my all time drum idols and, no joke, one of the softest, kindest, most gentle souls I've ever met in my life). STS's got the same lineup since 2018.

I will admit that Kotamäki's vocals are somewhat of an acquired taste, it did take me a while to get used to it too, but give it the time it deserves. He has cleans and screams to offer and once it hits, it's transcendental. Once you'll fall in love, this man will ensnare you and his voice will own your soul. He's definitely refined his vocal technique too, the song you heard No Light, No Hope is from 2007, he was still pretty raw then. I like the rawness but it is less accessible than how polished he sounds now. I don't see any reason why his recent vocals would not hit the mark for you, knowing what I know of your stellar music taste.

Through their career they have released 8 full length studio albums with the occasional EP and single release dotted throughout. Legit, they do not have a single bad album. They have rather different albums, and you will vibe with an era more than with another, most likely. It's up to you to find where STS clicks for you, which type of haunting menalcholy do their grip and won't let go of. As long as you are into doom metal and slow, melancholic, longing, painful, mournful 5-15 minutes songs, they will hit for you. Their lyrical universe is stunning, and once you're sucked into their sound, there's a non-negligible chance they will become a go-to band to cry to when you need to get it out. I know that's what they are for me. You just need to be in a mood for sad shit.

Keeping in my mind that my actual recommendation is "just listen to the entire discography from start to finish because it's 100% worth it and flawless perfection", I also recognize my bias and how unrealistic that is XD So I shall now proceed to go album by album in chronological order (which is also the order I recommend discovering them in because their progress is very satisfying to hear) and rec some songs to start your Swallow the Sun journey with!

Off of 2003's The Morning Never Came, I suggest: Deadly Nightshade Swallow (Horror Pt. 1) my favorite STS song because of personal reasons and attachment

From 2005's Ghosts of Loss, I suggest: The Giant Fragile

From 2007's Hope I suggest: Don't Fall Asleep (Horror Pt. II)

2008's Plague of Butterflies EP is one of the most ambitious, gut wrenching and honestly seminal projects in doom metal's history. It's a 35 minutes song that is a must listen in any metalhead's journey. Sit down, grab the lyrics, dim the lights and feel the beauty and sadness of one of the most wonderful and painful musical tales to ever come out of the genre. Unbeatable shit. My 2nd favorite STS song.

Off of 2009's New Moon, I suggest: Lights on the Lake (Horror Pt. III)

Off of 2012's Emerald Forest and the Blackbird, which is where I feel you'll start to hear the shift into STS's "modern sound" so this may be where you start to like them more, I suggest: Labyrinth of London (Horrors pt. IV) my 4th favorite STS song, the 3rd will come later This Cut is the Deepest Hate, Lead the Way

2015's Songs from the North is quite the outlier project in this band's discography because it's a triple album. It's legit 3-4 hours of music. Each album, I, II and III have a distinct sound and pull from different inspirations: you have a heavier metal one, an acoustic one and a deep slow doom 10+ minutes-per-song one. It's a big ass mountain to climb cause there is so much material here and it's not been trimmed. I sincerely feel like they could have made a single 12-13 tracks album with the three discs, idk. I don't suggest starting here at all, this is more of the deep dive album at the end of the journey if you really love them: Lost & Catatonic

Which leads us to the masterpiece of Swallow the Sun's discography, 2019's When a Shadow is Forced into the Light. Listen. There is a lot of history behind that album. A very painful personal history in Juha Raivio's life. I could recount the whole tale one day, because as STS fans we lived through it in a small way. With all the distance in the world, it wrecked me. 4 years later it still makes me very, very emotional. Long story short, Raivio's wife Aleah Starbridge, the Nightingale, beautiful soul, beautiful flamme, for whom we still hold the torch alight, passed away and this is the album of his grief. I think even without knowing the whole story, the album speaks for itself. This is one of my top 5 albums of all time. All genres, all bands, all music altogether, this album is one of the most beautiful, most difficult listens I have ever heard and it changed me deeply. This album completely changed me. There's a before and an after. Me and my father made our first listen of this album together on the road when it came out. Mw dad's a man from the 50s so you know he Does Not Cry, I have seen this man cry probably 5 times in my entire life, and one of those was us listening to this album for the first time. We had to pull over to the side of the road so we wouldn't get in an accident and we just stayed there, listened, held each other and sobbed together. I will never forget that memory. So as far as songs go? Just listen to the entire album. For real. Take the hour out of your life. It's worth it, trust me. When you're in the mood to take it obviously. Every song here is pure musical perfection. Stone Wings is my 3rd favorite STS song, but it deserves to hit in the context of the album. Do me and yourself a favor and experience the entire thing as it was meant to. Start of the playlist here

2021's Moonflowers is their latest release currently and I suggest: Woven into Sorrow

And those are the broad lines of Swallow the Sun! I hope you enjoy your journey in this universe of Gloom, Beauty & Despair! If you have any comments / questions about them (yes I have hagning out with the guys annecdotes too XD for instance hahaha) hit me up anytime!

#asks #swallow the sun #music primers

[fayilien]

#swallow the sun #music #fave #doom metal

[dangermousie]

Seeing I am on a Ji Sung kick I think once I finish KMHM, my next Ji Sung drama rewatch will be Swallow the Sun, from 2009 which I watched and adored as it aired and I think I rewatched it once since but not for years and years.

Ji Sung is a sexy, vengeance-minded mercenary and Sung Yuri is the rich girl who is hard to win but eventually adores him and stands by him as he looks hot with guns and schemes (side note - I am glad she’s happy with her family but I miss her! She was one of my all time favorites and I’ve never watched a drama with her I didn’t love.)

Also it has one of my all time favorite secondary OTPs - Ji Sung’s mercenary bro and a suicidal stripper he’s super into. They get a happy ending woooo!!!!

Anyway mmmm

There were a few years where kdramas went into making actioners set in decent chunks outside of Korea and I confess I adored all of them - this, Lobbyist, IRIS etc

#kdrama #swallow the sun #Youtube

[aleah-stanbridge-dedicated]

#aleah stanbridge #hour of the nightingale #nightingale #Trees Of Eternity #Hallatar #aleah #the queen of nightingales #swallow the sun #sweden

[human-antithesis]

#Swallow The Sun #Blackened Funeral Doom Metal #Funeral Doom Metal #Black Metal #Doom Metal #Finland #Youtube

[lesdeuxmuses]

Swallow The Sun - Plague Of Butterflies (Svart Records, 2019)

#swallow the sun #svart records #2019 #réédition #2008 #Youtube

[iwillbeyourvillain]

When a shadow is forced into the light

It rips through your chest

And burns like a fire

#music #lyrics #swallow the sun #Spotify

[bizarrobrain]

"These Woods Breathe Evil" by Swallow the Sun - From "New Moon" (2009)

#Swallow the Sun #New Moon #Music #Death Doom Metal #Melodic Death Metal #Doom Metal #YouTube

[iconic1]

Gecenin karanlığında saçılan ışık etrafı gündüze çevirmişti. Ay'ın çiçeğinin kutsal ışığıydı bu. Uykusundan uyananlar olmuş, pencerenin önünde uykulu gözlerle bu kör edici ışığa bakıyordu. Öte yandan, sıcacık bir yatağı olmayan, sokağın o dondurucu soğuğunda uyumaya çalışan evsiz insanlar da uykulu gözlerle bu kutsal ışığa bakıyordu. Kutsal ve kör edici ışık herkesi kendine çekiyordu, tam da istediği gibi. Herkesin bu ışığa bakmasının ardından tiz bir çığlık yardı gökyüzünü ve içinden bembeyaz yaprakları olan Ay'ın çiçeği çıktı ve simsiyah yılanı andıran kökleri gökyüzünü sardı. Her ne kadar beyaz yapraklarından bembeyaz bir ışık saçılsa da köklerinin siyahlığı bunu gölgeliyordu. Ama insanlar gökyüzünü yararak ortaya çıkan bu çiçek ve köklerini farklı görüyorlardı. Kimisi sadece parlak bir ışık saçan beyaz yapraklarının güzelliğini kimisi ise sadece karanlık kökleri, her ikisini görenler de vardı elbet, bunlar özel insanlardı, griyi görebilenlerdi. Siyah kökler yavaş yavaş yeryüzüne doğru indi ve yaşamayı haketmeyen insanların boğazına yapıştı. Onlar gür çığlık atıyor ve yardım istiyorlardı ancak zaten siyah kökleri görenler onlar gibi değil miydi, kendileri de boğazlanarak gökyüzünde açılan yarığa doğru götürülürken nasıl yardım edebilirlerdi ki? -Aynı anda ikisini görenler ise yine her zamanki gibi sessizdi, bu yüzdendi zaten hem güzelliği hem de karanlık kökleri görmelerinin sebebi.- Onlar zaten ölüydü. Ayın cılız ışığına sığınarak öldükleri gibi öldürüyorlardı ve şimdi ayın kutsal çiçeği cesetlerini toplamaya  ve çocuklarına parlak bir ışık getirerek onlara yol gösterici olmaya gelmişti. Ölüler toplandıktan sonra bile parlak ışık ve beyaz yapraklar kaybolmadı, gecenin esaretini ortadan kaldırdı.

#moonflowers bloom in misery #swallow the sun

[dinios-kol]

#music #swallow the sun #Spotify

[michaelj6c]

#music #youtube #swallow the sun #Youtube