Robert joined on keys in '95 and they recorded a demo called "The Beginning", which was later released as a limited mini CD (500). Listenable Records offered the band a deal, and the band signed for 3 albums. The debut full length album called "Nightspawn" received very good response. Fredrik (drums) was kicked out and got replaced by a new drummer named Jonas. He joined a couple of months before the recording of the second CD entitled "Malformed Seed". The band did some touring around Europe and got a pretty good response.
They played at the "Wave Gothic Treffen" in Germany (Leipzig) and the "Party San Open Air Festival" (also Germany). Gigs with Immortal, Marduk, Necrophobic, etc. GoE also headlined a festival in Finland. After all this the band took a break from touring and focused on new material completely. After the "Malformed seed" album, the band wrote "Christian Termination", their most accomplished album to date. Jonas started suffering from a shoulder problem (started in the studio when "Christian Termination" was recorded). He was replaced by a session drummer until he heals up.
At the time of writing this, the band is entering the studio to record a tribute song to Celtic Frost.
After a few months the band got back on tour with Bestial Mockery, Sear Bliss, Skyforger and Obtest. The tour lasted for only half a month because of various instrument problems and eventually the band refused to play in Helsinki and then got kicked out of the tour. Jonas' arm did not heal as expected, so Karl Karlsson was recruited as their new drummer. Robert Bengtsson quit for personal reasons and Jonas Blom helped the band with keyboards for a while but left quite soon afterwards. The replacement and the new keyboard player is Lena Hjalmarsson from Cyphoria. Anders Tång has also left the band, and was replaced by Andreas Hedström from Descending.
In 2009 GoE put out a four track demo CD titled Holocaust, which follows the same style as Christian Termination. Following that, GoE released The Devil's Deep in 2011. It contains some of the material from Holocaust, some new material and some old material prior to the Christian Termination era.
Their latest album was released in 2012 titled, It All Turns To Ashes.
The Beginning
Grief Of Emerald Lyrics
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Stearing towards fire
But hell sent something
That followed forever
The shepherd of flames
Nailed upon the the birth of men
Cursing the pity day
And the outcome was seen such as angels
Considered devils by heart
And with fear, when the misfortuned serpent
Could fool them more then their god
Emptiness ground in his soul
He who killed his own son to regain
The control of that, given free will
Devil's own virtue to bother god's vain
Creation ... but what hell sent follows forever
So the almighty saved his own skin with consent
And the most unpure sin coalesced with man's will
Building herslef, in the depths of gehenna
the stake raised to punish virginity's guilt
Banished, united and vicorious
We direct our steps towards the path of the unknown ...
The lyrics of the song "The Beginning" by Grief Of Emerald describe the creation of the world and the conflicts that arise between heaven and hell. The song portrays hell as sending something to Earth that follows forever, possibly referring to original sin or the influence of demons on humanity. The shepherd of flames nails himself to the birth of mankind, cursing his own existence as he is responsible for the downfall of humanity. The angels are considered devils by heart, and they fear the misfortuned serpent who can fool them more than their god.
The song also depicts the emptiness ground in the soul of the shepherd of flames who killed his own son to regain control of the given free will. The devil's own virtue bothers god's vain, highlighting the intense conflict between heaven and hell. The almighty saved his own skin with consent, and the most unpure sin coalesced with man's will, creating the depths of Gehenna where virginity's guilt is punished. The song ends with banished, united and victorious humans directing their steps towards the path of the unknown, suggesting that humanity has the power to overcome evil and reach a brighter future.
Line by Line Meaning
Creation ...
The beginning of everything ...
Stearing towards fire
Moving towards danger or temptation ...
But hell sent something
But something evil was sent ...
That followed forever
That stayed with us forever ...
The shepherd of flames
Lucifer, the leader of the demons ...
Nailed upon the birth of men
Cursed since the beginning of human existence ...
Cursing the pity day, when he rocked her cradle
Regretting the day he led Eve to eat the forbidden fruit ...
And the outcome was seen such as angels
And the result was that some angels became devilish ...
Considered devils by heart
Seen as evil beings ...
And with fear, when the misfortuned serpent
And with fear, when the unfortunate serpent ...
Could fool them more then their god
Could deceive humans more than their God ...
Emptiness ground in his soul
Lucifer's soul was empty and sad ...
He who killed his own son to regain
He who killed Jesus to regain his power ...
The control of that, given free will
Control over free will given to humans and angels ...
Devil's own virtue to bother god's vain
The devil's own virtue of causing trouble for God's pride ...
Creation ... but what hell sent follows forever
The creation continues, but the evil influence of hell remains forever ...
So the almighty saved his own skin with consent
God saved himself by allowing humans to sin ...
And the most unpure sin coalesced with man's will
The most impure sin combined with human desires ...
Building herself, in the depths of gehenna
Sin creating or forming itself in the depths of hell ...
The stake raised to punish virginity's guilt
The punishment inflicted on virgins for the sin of Adam and Eve ...
Banished, united and victorious
Humans and demons united in their victory over God ...
We direct our steps towards the path of the unknown ...
We are uncertain about where our journey is taking us ...
Contributed by Colin J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Six feet Under
These guys are the definition of black metal!
Issy Craig
Can u put the original demo of this up please?
Robert Bengtsson
Ha ha , cant belive this album is out om Youtube ! Big hails to you ro even get hold of the recording, and even more surprising the planed artwork..
This was ment to be the debut fullength album of goe but it never happend due to the label. The mini-cd mentioned called the beginning, is the original demo. We got a new deal with listenable records several years after this recording and recorded the album nightspawn. This album That is om this video is recorded by Alex losbäck ( decameron ) .
Big hails, Robert (keyboards on demo, Signs from a stormy past, nightspawn, malformed seed, Christian termination) rock on !!!!
Shane De La Cruz
RIght, this version sounds like garbage compared to the original Spellcast records version.