Ashbringer is an American atmospheric black metal solo project by Nick Stan… Read Full Bio ↴Ashbringer is an American atmospheric black metal solo project by Nick Stanger.

Members:
Nick Stanger - All instruments, vocals, composition, artwork, production, mixing and mastering.

Discography:
Vacant, Ashbringer's debut album was "Written between early 2013 and late 2014. Photos taken in Minnesota and Wisconsin, USA, summer of 2014.

Recording information:

Recorded throughout 2014, mixed and mastered between late 2014 and early 2015 at Ephemereal Audio in Lakeville, Minnesota." - Metal Archives

Lakeside Meditation
Ashbringer Lyrics

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Here again
I couldn't bear to see
Another souvenir
Empty and vast
This is it
The place I imagined

I can feel a spiritual presence

So faint but somehow familiar
The wind caresses me gently
The scent of spring reawakens

I am left here
To contemplate my place
To determine my role
In this infinite vastness

Still…

Silence in the distance
No shelter for miles
Stillness fingers
Beyond my senses
No, I no longer feel bound
No, I no longer feel bound

"Follow"
The waters beckon again
Horizons blur
"Behold"

Spirits reside here
My feet ascend

Overall Meaning

The opening lines of Ashbringer's song "Lakeside Meditation" explore the desire for a sense of place and communion with the natural world. The singer is presented with "another souvenir," suggesting that they are in a tourist destination, but they find it "empty and vast." However, they believe that they have found "the place I imagined," suggesting that they have been seeking a certain kind of experience. The following lines describe the singer's connection to the natural world that surrounds them. They feel a spiritual presence that is "faint but somehow familiar," and they are moved by the wind and scent of spring.

The second verse shifts in tone to a meditation on the singer's place in the world. They are left to contemplate their role "in this infinite vastness," suggesting that they are overwhelmed by the scale of the world around them. However, the final lines suggest that they have found a release from this feeling of being "bound." The singer follows the waters that "beckon again" and ascends to a higher state of being.

Line by Line Meaning

Here again
Returning to this place

I couldn't bear to see
Emotionally unbearable to see or experience

Another souvenir
Another reminder or memento

Empty and vast
Lonely and extensive

This is it
This is the place that was imagined or envisioned

I can feel a spiritual presence
Sensing a spiritual or otherworldly presence

So faint but somehow familiar
Subtle yet recognizable

The wind caresses me gently
A tender touch from the wind

The scent of spring reawakens
The aroma of spring brings new life

I am left here
Abandoned or isolated here

To contemplate my place
To reflect on one's position or purpose