However, the first real example of the melancholic and gothic-ridden black metal of Blazing Eternity was unveiled on the “Over Sorte Heder” demo-tape of summer 1995. The demo-tape received very good response in national and international metal magazines, and was even the best selling demo-tape (after Konkhra's classic “Malgrowth”) in the 90’s in the now defunct Metalized store in Copenhagen. The demo was produced by Jonas Chonovitsch, and shortly after the release, Blazing Eternity signed a contract with Intromental Management.
In the summer of 1997, the band recorded another demo “Der Hviler En Nat Under Sorte Vinterbøge” with new bassist Magnus “Darkenfald” Ringling. This demo wasn’t released until the summer of 1998, and showed an even more progressed, melodic and atmospheric band, but still within the black/death genre with lots of goth and doom influences. In 1998, the band played a handful of different liveshows, such as supporting Satyricon at Vega in Copenhagen. Furthermore, the band was assisted on recordings and at concerts by Kim Larsen and Anders Ro Nielsen from Danish premiere doomsters Saturnus.
In 1999, Blazing Eternity signed a record deal with German Prophecy Productions and geschäftsführer Martin Koller. This German label were the perfect home for Blazing Eternity, since the label was specialized in atmospheric and melancholic metal acts such as Nox Mortis, Paragon of Beauty, and Empyrium.
In 1999, Blazing Eternity entered the Studio E (owned by Prophecy) with producer Markus Stock (from Empyrium) for the recordings of the very first album. Very soon, it became clear that Markus Stock were the excellent studio partner for Blazing Eternity, as both parts had the very same ideas and view on music. The result were the album “Times and Unknown Waters”, that consisted of live favorites such as “Dark Summernights of Eternal Twilight” and “(Still) Lost in the Autumn Of Eternity”, but also new epics such as “Of Times and Unknown Waters”, “Dead Inside” and the more experimental “End/Midnight”.
“Times and Unknown Waters” was released in the middle of June 2000, two weeks after the band played at the legendary Roskilde Festival, and interestingly, only two days after the Pearl Jam Roskilde concert in which nine people were killed in a stampede.
Blazing Eternity played a handful of concerts in Denmark and Germany, ending of with the respected goth rock festival Wave Gotik Treffen in the summer of 2001, sharing the Haus Aunsee stage with Theatre Of Tragedy among others. The album is still a classic of dark danish atmospheric metal, as far as we are concerned! The band also played a small tour in Denmark with Borknagar and Malignant Eternal.
In the end of 2001, Magnus Ringling were replaced by Anders I. Kristiansen – and rehearsals for a new album began. The decision for a new and less hard metal style were made. If the band should develop, growling vocals would not be the future! And after all, the band finally agreed that Morten Lybecker should handle the vocals on the upcoming album, but still leaving Peter Mesnickow in charge of the lyrics.
“A World To Drown In” was recorded at the Studio E, Zeltingen, Germany with good friend Markus Stock in July 2002 with additional recordings at Soundzone Studio in Copenhagen, Denmark in October 2002. The album was released on Martin Koller's Prophecy Productions in 2003, and the album was a step away from extreme metal towards more clean melancholic rock/metal. But songs such as “(Don’t) Tell the World” and the epic title track “A World To Drown In” are still very heavy with an absolute presence of dark atmospheric and heavy guitars, not to mention melodic melancholic beauties such as “Cover Me With Your Eyes” and “Monument”, and the instrumental Korsholm-track “Procession”. Blazing Eternity played only two gigs after this album – at Stengade 30 in Denmark and again at the Wave Gotik Treffen in Germany.
They reformed for 4 concerts in 2011/2012, motivated by several requests from Danish cult festival Metal Magic. After several years of silence again, Blazing Eternity performed in November 2023 at Nocturnefest in Copenhagen, and announced that a brand new album would be released on April 19th 2024.
Dead Inside
Blazing Eternity Lyrics
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The nights are yet even longer
The creepy feeling of solitude burns my skin
When the spring of another winter is facing me now
So torn emotions did you dare to walk the path
That never were crossed did you dare to question the light of a candle
When the walls were watching I was alone without you
Without without you
Only for you I can't hold time back (I wish that I could)
I can't hold time back (I wish that I could)
I can't hold time back and it's all gone now and forever
You reach out for me but I can't stop the fall
I can't hold back I'm falling deeper into the wide paths
The wide paths of sorrow horizons are getting nearer
And the room is moving I can't hold back
I'm falling deeper into the wide paths
The wide paths of sorrow stars falling from the sky
So clear with icons of ebony skin slowly moves throughout the night
With grief of centuries slowly dying
Dying from myself (but still I can't see you)
Addicted to you (but still I can't reach you)
Only sorrow reflects through time and you die
Falling again the bitterness of winter leaves me dying here
In grey oceans and I don't even know if I will find myself again.
The lyrics of Dead Inside by Blazing Eternity are a haunting reflection of a person's loneliness and despair. The opening lines describe the frigid winds that seem to linger forever, and the long nights that make one's solitude even more oppressive. The singer is tormented by emotions that are tearing them apart, questioning themselves whether they dared to walk a path that was never crossed before. A path that made them question everything, including the smallest of things, like the light of a candle. The loneliness is strongly emphasized by the imagery of walls watching, with the singer feeling completely alone without the person that they desperately miss.
The chorus is a cry to reverse time, a wish to hold back the clock and stop time so that they can be together again. However, the singer knows that it's impossible, and they start falling deeper into the wide paths of sorrow. The horizons and stars symbolize the vast emptiness of life without the person they love. The grief of centuries dying within them, turning them into an addict, addicted to a person they cannot even reach. The song ends with the singer unsure if they will ever find themselves again, lost in a grey ocean of pain.
Line by Line Meaning
And even though the winds seems so everlasting cold
Despite the freezing winds that never seem to end
The nights are yet even longer
The nights feel even longer than they actually are
The creepy feeling of solitude burns my skin
The unsettling sensation of being alone is unbearable
When the spring of another winter is facing me now
The impending arrival of another winter feels like an extension of the current winter
So torn emotions did you dare to walk the path
Did you have the courage to explore your innermost conflicting emotions?
That never were crossed did you dare to question the light of a candle
Did you dare to question the things you once believed to be true?
When the walls were watching I was alone without you
Even in the midst of others, I felt lonely without you
Did you ever see the moon drifting away
Did you ever witness the moon disappearing out of sight?
Only for you I can't hold time back (I wish that I could)
I wish I could turn back time for you, but I know I can't
I can't hold time back (I wish that I could)
I wish I had the ability to prevent time from moving forward
I can't hold time back and it's all gone now and forever
The past is gone forever and I can't change that
You reach out for me but I can't stop the fall
You try to save me, but I can't stop myself from spiraling downward
I can't hold back I'm falling deeper into the wide paths
I can't resist falling deeper into the abyss I'm headed towards
The wide paths of sorrow horizons are getting nearer
The future is bleak and filled with sadness
And the room is moving I can't hold back
I feel like the world is spinning out of control and I can't stop it
The wide paths of sorrow stars falling from the sky
The sky is filled with falling stars, each representing a moment of sorrow
So clear with icons of ebony skin slowly moves throughout the night
The night is alive with visions of black silhouettes moving slowly
With grief of centuries slowly dying
A sense of ancient, lingering grief is slowly fading away
Dying from myself (but still I can't see you)
I'm slowly dying inside, but I still can't see you
Addicted to you (but still I can't reach you)
I'm addicted to you, but I still can't have you
Only sorrow reflects through time and you die
The only thing that stands the test of time is sorrow, and that will eventually kill you
Falling again the bitterness of winter leaves me dying here
I'm falling back into the numbness of winter, which is slowly killing me
In grey oceans and I don't even know if I will find myself again.
I'm lost in a sea of confusion and don't know if I'll ever find my way back to myself
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