The year 2000, saw the release of the third album, which by many regarded as their best - "The Black Opera: Symphoniae Mysteriorum in Laudem Tenebrarum", featuring a cover version of Bauhaus' "Bela Lugosi's dead" as well as the re-release of their debut album with two bonus tracks. They have sold over 18000 copies of "The black Opera".
However, Cadaveria and Flegias decided to leave the band and continue under the name of Cadaveria. They were subsequently replaced by Taranis on drums, and Madras on vocals. This line up recorded "Maleventum" which is oriented to less sinister pagan atmosphere and drew new audiences. Taranis and Madras left the band and then replaced by M the bard and Dalamar respectively the new Opera IX line-up recorded the album "Anphisbena" in 2004 where they completely changed their style to staighforward viking black metal which can be compared to Bathory's Nordland. Nowadays the band is writing their sixth studio album which is according to the latest interview which was taken in 2009 will be the darkest, the most diverse and the most extreme material they've ever released.
It is also worth noting that Opera IX not only is a musical concept but a marriage of Art and Religion where a strong and straight lifestyle prevails on the daily life of modern man.
Opera IX walks along the occult roads of the old Pagan knowledge throughout meditation and rites. They explore the dark meanders surrounding men, travelling through old legends, forgotten traditions and superstition. The real essence of Opera IX is hidden in their lyrics and the music they compose.
About their beliefs, Opera IX honour the Celtic Gods and the powers of Nature, but, above all, they strongly believe in the power of their minds and spirits, in the energy inside everyone.
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Alone in the Dark
Opera IX Lyrics
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Everlasting oblivion of tears falling into the dust.
I want to die.
But the three mothers don't grip my hand
they want the cycle to be completed.
I'm walking through this autumnal mist
where everything dies
and where everything's anguish and loneliness.
and fall into the hollow deep abyss.
I'm alone in the dark
my being transfixed by a circle of shining souls
but their laments can nothing against frost
hate and the macabre veil winding my soul
in an obscure seal.
I would shed blood but something's hindering that to me
which dark force gives my spirit strength
thou condemned to wander in this mist thick as pain
I'm alone in Mater Tenebra.
Amen.
I enjoy this event.I son of darkness drink my tears
from the calix of the god who never forsakes
who turns defeat into victory.
I raise my hands up towards the northern icy wind
and to the nothing I yell.
Th at vision is mild and pure wrapped into the torments wind
I stretch out my hand but everything disappears
so I close the circle of fire once more
and I find myself again alone in the dark.
I celebrate the ancient names of this pagan winter
looking for lymph and power
for his soul now I've lost into emptiness.
Lost in Mater Tenebra.
Satan's masses mutate the weak
The lyrics of Opera IX's song Alone in the Dark are an expression of the lead singer's intense despair and anguish. The singer describes the feeling of eternal suffering and anguish that seems to have no end. Despite wanting to die, she also feels the presence of three mothers who want the cycle of suffering to be completed. As she walks through the autumnal mist, she feels the weight of loneliness and desperation. The circle of shining souls that surround her cannot offer any solace against the veil of frost, hate, and macabre that is enveloping her soul. She tries to shed blood to ease her pain, but a dark force prevents her from doing so. As a result, she is left to wander through the thick mist of pain alone in Mater Tenebra.
The second part of the lyrics describes the singer's celebration of a pagan winter, as she looks for strength and power. She raises her hands up to the northern icy wind, yelling into the void. She speaks of a vision, that "is mild and pure wrapped into the tormenting wind," but ultimately everything disappears, and she finds herself alone in the dark once more. She celebrates the ancient names of winter and looks for power, but her soul is lost in emptiness. However, even in the midst of all her despair, she finds solace in the god who never forsakes and turns defeat into victory.
Overall, the lyrics of Opera IX's Alone in the Dark are a powerful reflection of the human experience of loneliness, despair, and pain. The singer's words paint a vivid picture of someone lost in the darkness, searching for hope and solace. The lyrics are a beautiful expression of the human need for connection, and the struggle to find meaning and purpose in the face of overwhelming suffering.
Line by Line Meaning
Eternal suffering.
Prolonged and never-ending agony.
Everlasting oblivion of tears falling into the dust.
The eternal loss of hope, where tears fall to the ground and are forgotten in the emptiness of nothingness.
I want to die.
The desire to end life and all its pain.
But the three mothers don't grip my hand they want the cycle to be completed.
Despite the desire to end the pain, the forces of nature or fate want the cycle of life to continue, and death is not an option.
I'm walking through this autumnal mist where everything dies and where everything's anguish and loneliness.
Moving through a landscape of decay where death and loneliness are everywhere and everything is filled with sadness.
I mortify my heart with love's pain and fall into the hollow deep abyss.
The pain of love is so strong that it destroys the soul and plunges it into a bottomless pit of despair.
I'm alone in the dark my being transfixed by a circle of shining souls but their laments can nothing against frost hate and the macabre veil winding my soul in an obscure seal.
In the darkness, surrounded by the souls of the dead, the pain and hatred swirling around the soul are strong enough to overcome any comfort or solace.
I would shed blood but something's hindering that to me which dark force gives my spirit strength thou condemned to wander in this mist thick as pain I'm alone in Mater Tenebra.
Despite the desire for violence and the urging of dark forces, the spirit is trapped in a dense fog of pain, unable to take any action.
Amen.
So be it.
I enjoy this event.I son of darkness drink my tears from the calix of the god who never forsakes who turns defeat into victory.
Finding comfort in the darkness, the soul drinks its own tears as a tribute to the god who can turn even defeat into victory.
I raise my hands up towards the northern icy wind and to the nothing I yell.
Feeling completely alone, the soul reaches out to the emptiness of the northern wind in a cry of pain and despair.
Th at vision is mild and pure wrapped into the torments wind I stretch out my hand but everything disappears so I close the circle of fire once more and I find myself again alone in the dark.
The distant vision of purity and peace is fleeting, vanishing at the slightest touch, leaving the soul once again trapped and alone in darkness.
I celebrate the ancient names of this pagan winter looking for lymph and power for his soul now I've lost into emptiness.
In hopes of finding some kind of inner strength, the soul celebrates the ancient pagan traditions of the winter, seeking sustenance and energy for a soul lost in a void of emptiness.
Lost in Mater Tenebra.
Trapped in the darkness of the Mother of Shadows.
Satan's masses mutate the weak
The followers of Satan manipulate and transform the vulnerable.
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