Only one year later "Auf dunklen Schwingen" was released, another Demo. After that Voices Productions signed the band and in 1996 Lunar Aurora recorded their first official album, which was called "Weltengänger". With the albums "Ars Moriendi", "Elixir of Sorrow", "Zyklus" and "Mond", this band from Rosenheim established their status as one of the most visionary, unique and important projects in the German metal-scene.
The sound of every release can be considered as slightly different as the sound on the previous one. Generally Lunar Aurora's creations have a dark, cold and spiritual feeling. Using the Keyboard in a intelligent and never exaggerated way they are able to conjure a deep atmosphere.
In 2007, the band released its 8th studio album, "Andacht", after which Lunar Aurora split.
In 2011 Lunar Aurora's label (http://www.cold-dimensions.de) announced that they were back and working on a new album. On March the 2nd, through Cold Dimensions, "Hoagascht" was released. The album only features lyrics sung in the Upper Bavarian dialect, rather than standard German.
In the autumn of 2012, Lunar Aurora split up again.
Last known lineup
Whyrhd - vocals
Aran - vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass, programming
Discography
1995 - A Wandering Winterdream Beneath the Cold Moon (demo)
1996 - Auf Dunklen Schwingen (demo)
1996 - Weltengänger
1998 - Seelenfeuer
1999 - Auf Einer Wanderung Durch Goldene Spharen (split w/ Secrets of the Moon)
1999 - Of Stargates and Bloodstained Celestial Spheres
2000 - Ars Moriendi
2002 - Paysage d'Hiver / Lunar Aurora (split)
2004 - Elixir of Sorrow
2004 - Zyklus
2005 - Ars Moriendi (Alternate Version)
2005 - Mond
2007 - Andacht
2012 - Hoagascht
Sterna
Lunar Aurora Lyrics
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Es zarrt des Gschick
Aussi
Zum Fenster schaugt
Dia eini - diaf eini
Mit am schwarzn
Und blaua Gwand
So weid übas Land
Und wia Suiber und Eis
Leichtn de Sterna
Es fliagt de Seei
Aussi
Zum offna Fenster schaugn
Eini
Diaf eini
De Sterna
Es ziagt da Blick
Es zaart des Gschick
Wia ohm, so untn
Und mit vui Suiber und Eis
Leichtn leichtn de Sterna
The lyrics of Lunar Aurora's song Sterna paint a picture of the night sky, with stars shining brightly and a person observing them from a window. The first verse describes a person whose gaze is drawn towards the window, as if their fate is pulling them there. They see the stars twinkling in the distance, embodied by the metaphor of the personification of the stars as wearing black and blue clothes, complemented by snow and ice. The stars are seen as a symbol of freedom, wandering and drifting over the land with ease.
In the second verse, the singer describes the act of someone flying out to the open window to gaze at the stars, entranced by their beauty. The imagery of someone flying to the window to look at the stars evokes a sense of wonder and excitement, as if the stars hold some kind of secret power that fascinates us. The chorus repeats the idea that the person's gaze is involuntarily drawn to the window, but this time their fate is likened to something that is both “above and below,” suggesting a rootedness in the earth as well as a connection to something transcendent.
Line by Line Meaning
Es ziagt da Blick
The glance is drawn
Es zarrt des Gschick
Fate tightens
Aussi
Outward
Zum Fenster schaugt
Looking out the window
Dia eini - diaf eini
They come in, they come in quietly
Mit am schwarzn
With a black
Und blaua Gwand
And blue clothes
Und mit vui Suiber und Eis
And with much soap and ice
So weid übas Land
So far across the land
Und wia Suiber und Eis
And like soap and ice
Leichtn de Sterna
The stars are shining brightly
Es fliagt de Seei
The sea is flying
Aussi
Outward
Zum offna Fenster schaugn
Looking out the open window
Eini
Come in
Diaf eini
Quietly come in
De Sterna
The stars
Wia ohm, so untn
As above, so below
Und mit vui Suiber und Eis
And with much soap and ice
Leichtn leichtn de Sterna
The stars shine brightly, shining lightly
Contributed by Grayson I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@blocher_mazoch
And what year did you start listening to this album?🎧🎸🤟
@cynomyS
Guessing 2012 🤔
@papakias3922
2008
@awr5330
Just heard this for the first time today.
I am going to be listening to this a lot in 2023.
@szametha
Thanks for uploading this! One of my favorite bm albums of all time
@florianschiller4568
This is one of the Best BM Album ever !!!
@petrseky
Konečně se někomu podařilo to sem dát...nejlepší Black metal z Německa
@cyruspym8599
Na pewno jeden z lepszych niemieckich zespołów blackmetalowych.
@acupofcoffee693
This album helped me through some times. Fully appreciate the upload as sterna is not to be found mostly. It is also maybe noteworthy the lyrics are in bavarian, so, your standartd high german would not suffice to translate. Great work of art.
@xasthurlover
Thank you. I was listening to this album a lot in 2013.