KromleK was a Folk Metal band from Bavaria, Germany, founded in 2004. It co… Read Full Bio ↴KromleK was a Folk Metal band from Bavaria, Germany, founded in 2004. It consists of Nhévann (lead guitar), Alex (bass guitar), Aoife (violin), Forað (rhythm guitar), Hrísdólgr (keyboard) and Galt (drums). They have released three albums this far, "Kveldridhur" (2005), "Strange Rumours... Distant Tremors" (2007) and ''Finis Terræ'' (2011). In march 2012 KromleK has decided to dissolve the band forever.

The music of KromleK is greatly inspired by bands like Finntroll and Ensiferum and other Scandinavian Folk/Viking Metal Bands.

Mantikor
Kromlek Lyrics

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Stadsgator översvämmas av blodröda skuggor
Livlösa skaror drivs med som blodkroppar
Ett skrik skallar ljudlöst som lava genom tankar
Och spjutanda fräter ögonen ur synskadad

Kometens vandring gaar
Sanningen skapas av mjölk och kött
Daa reser sig Mantikor

Ur törnens spaadom föds saa blöt

Jag bringar den stora öknen i var je svaga hjärta
Var kan du finna skydd? Zyklonens öga är din mitt
Jnuti rasar stormen fraan kronan av rovdjurskonung
Och eldtungan nekar till civilisation

Daa fryer solen
Daa reser sig maanen
Daa fladdra runorna
Och världar förenas

I jordelivet är jag lejonet
Min dynasti skall härska för eonen

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Kromlek's song Mantikor describe a scene of chaos and destruction. The streets are overflowing with blood-red shadows and lifeless crowds are being carried away like blood cells. There is a scream that echoes silently through the thoughts of those witnessing the scene. The imagery is gruesome as the venomous Mantikor devours the eyes of the onlookers. The arrival of a comet heralds the creation of truth from milk and flesh, and the rise of Mantikor from its thorny fate, is a gruesome and bloody birth.

The lyrics are filled with symbolisms and metaphors. The Mantikor represents chaos, destruction, and brutality. Its birth from the thorny fate has been interpreted by some scholars as a metaphor for the way in which wars break out and cause devastation. The comet symbolizes the arrival of something new, and the creation of truth from milk and flesh suggests a violent revolution that will give birth to a new reality. The violence and chaos of the scene suggest that the world is in a state of upheaval, and civilization is being destroyed by a force beyond its control.

Line by Line Meaning

Stadsgator översvämmas av blodröda skuggor
The streets are filled with shadows of blood red color

Livlösa skaror drivs med som blodkroppar
Lifeless hordes are driven like blood cells

Ett skrik skallar ljudlöst som lava genom tankar
A silent scream echoes like lava through thoughts

Och spjutanda fräter ögonen ur synskadad
And spears corrode the eyes of the blinded

Kometens vandring gaar
The comet's journey goes on

Sanningen skapas av mjölk och kött
Truth is created from milk and flesh

Daa reser sig Mantikor
Then Mantikor rises

Ur törnens spaadom föds saa blöt
Born from the curse of the thorns, so wet

Jag bringar den stora öknen i var je svaga hjärta
I bring the vast desert into every weak heart

Var kan du finna skydd? Zyklonens öga är din mitt
Where can you find refuge? The eye of the cyclone is your center

Jnuti rasar stormen fraan kronan av rovdjurskonung
The storm rages from the crown of the predator king