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Return To The Void

by Shape of Despair

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1.
Return to the Void Let the grey enter Wear its mark Carry this uncertainty The Shroud of all Feel the distance Unburdened of hope We contain the ending Let me return Return to the void Let me return Let me return
2.
Dissolution 08:59
Dissolution Close To the edge Of disappearance Faint features Still existing Yet somehow Drawn towards The Greater absence Immersed in loss Of something That once was And finally gave way To the most Distant darkness A Touch of languid depression A Wound of conscience The Slow dissolution Of existence
3.
Solitary Downfall All alone At the limit Of everything As these serene Mute autumns Pass through me And all of that silence Now growing Within Chained To this feeling Into something There are no words for Stranded in thoughts As the darkness gathers Leaving the room of my voice Watching from the outside My solitary downfall
4.
Reflection in Slow Time Long after It was too late To find back All meaningful The glow long gone The spark faded (and smothered) And though I saw The others Advance and vanish into the distance I chose to stay behind To wander astray To remain unfound To merge with these dark thoughts As I saw and felt this existence As mere reflection In slow time
5.
Forfeit 07:59
Forfeit See no longer A way out from this The effect of feelings All lost their strength All lost their meaning Sinking horizons Drowning the view Sense no longing Over life´s Slowly smothering Fires Overcome By the futility The emptiness of defeat To finally yield for The acceptance Of forfeit
6.
The Inner Desolation As if through the mist Fading slow From this moment From this life Of no fulfilment Of no discovery Only the passing Only the flow… Leaving from all That once had a meaning To reach deep For the inner desolation To awaken the emptiness That was always there Here, in the stillness A Yearning For an ending

about

There are few funeral doom bands out there that manage to express sorrow and despair in such a majestic and beautiful manner as Finland's SHAPE OF DESPAIR.

The band’s latest full-length is a product of their environment, enveloping the listener in cold, eternal darkness like a lonely Finnish winter. And much like the long, funereal winters of their homeland, the atmosphere in ‘Return to the Void’ is bleak but ethereal.
The funeral doom icons do not merely offer a soundtrack to one’s agony, but also demonstrate the beauty that can often be found in misery.

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released February 25, 2022

Artwork by Mariusz Krystew.

Tracklist:
01. Return To The Void (09:14)
02. Dissolution (08:59)
03. Solitary Downfall (11:06)
04. Reflection In Slow Time (08:08)
05. Forfeit (08:00)
06. The Inner Desolation (11:48)

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