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Haereticalia - The Night Battles

by Panychida

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lygou Excellent album, among the best riffs i've heard in a long time ! Favorite track: ... For I don´t Cause the Evil.
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Spoonbräu 2016 - Black Metal (CZ)

There is a thing that matches well with Black Metal and it's Classical. Panychida did it well without falling into something too much Symphonic. Everything is fluid and well ambianced where lead guitar and orchestral elements add strength to an already well-powered rythmic instrumental. I will be curious to hear more tracks in Czech though, it will heighten the Pagan side of the music. Favorite track: ... For I don´t Cause the Evil.
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Don´t look up at the sky The riders are coming Save your eyesight They are bringing the night
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As the final rays of sunlight decease Men looking up with fears towards the coming dead of night Angst of good living, essential part of decent life Gifted with insight are some of them The drums of the night Call them to ride Heaven´s on fire Died with no light He, who was born under the starlight, he can heal She, who rides with the heathen goddess, she can foresee By storm they rode on equinox - by storm they rode on winter solstice Fire of the damned, the sign of death The sky opened up at nights when spirits walk This world and the one beyond A duty of the living, a duty for the dead Dark demonic powers awaken inside The drums of the night Call them to ride Heavens on fire Died with no light The black riders on the storm, the dead souls of punishment and vengeance Without concern for the paths they had come, they rode on Ghostly flock of dark, riding through the night Wild rage and wine - the punishment is done Sadness and sorrow Music and noise Cryptical light Marching out of time Where do they come from, where do they go? The lurking shadows, visitors from the unknown Through our land and our time, bringing the dark light
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The night consumes the light The birds are silent Leaves shall whisper someone´s prayer Sunrays broken on the horizon Calm before the night ride Strange magic fills the air Fear of the unknown Seeking the witche´s lair Fire lights up the midnight dance And after the revelry The battle shall commence The battle shall commence
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Bound with the world of gone astray souls Cold wind is blowing through the night Born in the sign, my fate is sealed Predestined to heal, to fight the evil By candlelight, by sound of the trumpets When wild animal is calling, the gathering shall rise … and the stars are shining on my path They are calling my name, they are calling me to ride I´m riding through the night with the fire in my eyes The gift of insight… Eerie cold, eerie light, I´m riding with the wind To join my brothers and sisters in fight Fighting for our land, we´re your guiding light The witches brew – sucking children´s blood I´m riding through the forest, I´m riding through the night The tears you shed will be redeemed with pride Journey of the soul, the fennel bough – the hammer of the witches Where winter blossoms bloom, the dead shall meet At the end of time, forever we are doomed
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You will trust me You will obey me You will praise our Lord´s holy words Dismiss your claims Declare the only truth My grip is tight, defiance weak I´m the hammer, what I want you shall speak … and for what you see, I come for you … and for what you are, I ´ll send my snitch I´m the hammer, you are the witch I´ll haunt your dreams, I´ll haunt you in sleep They will haunt my dreams, haunt me in my sleep For my destiny, for the things I see Confess to me your league with the devil The one who can heal, is the one who can kill
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In the silence of my chamber… The waking dreams… Sinister… All drowned in tears… In the silence of my chamber All drowned in tears The waking dreams tell what´s hidden to the outer world Their immense will, sinister are their lies … and there is no redemption through my deeds Condemning the innocent, their greed´s their feed Meritorious intentions, kneeling there helpless Nothing is sacred to them, none of their seeds My sleep is deep, when my spirit travels Defending the harvest, fertility fields For what you call me a descendant of Lilith The Ember days, the night, the spirit
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Beyond the howling of the night Full moon awakes the powers Beyond the sea and far from light He cannot tolerate the Devil Sun and Moon go over the sea Fetch back the souls ethralled by the Devil Bring back the life from the dark paths of hell Unleash the magic to ward off the evil witch Clash of the forces of chaos and order The night battle of the holy and of the damned Roaming the woods in the form of a wolf Prowling the village to grant the prayers of man Livestock, grains and fruit of the Earth Stolen were by the witches Soul of the werewolf, the Hound of God Nocturnal journeys, the charmer, the healer
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about

This album is the old magic, that used to be present among the rural folks in the lands of lore.

First conceptional album in the band´s history. It tells the story of so called Benandantes, the witches fighting for the crop, good and the prosperity of the society or better to say of the community. There is few other legendary and mythological stories connected to the one of Benandantes, like the ones of the Wild Hunt or the ones of Heathen Goddess - Perchta or Holda. One cannot either miss out the Livonian Werewolf.

credits

released May 25, 2016

PANYCHIDA on this album is:
Vlčák – lead vocals, backing vocals.
Sinneral – guitars, programming, orchestrations, acoustic guitars.
Honza V. – guitars, backing vocals, additional clean vocals.
Talic – bass.
Sheafraidh – drums.

guests:
Zdeněk Nevělík (ET MORIEMUR) – lead vocals and narration in the song “Hunting the Witches”.
Melissa V. Maurer – children´s voice in “The Wild Hunt Assembly”.
Michael G. Maurer – narration in “Josafat (The Gathering)” and “... For I don´t Cause the Evil”.

All music by Panychida.
All lyrics by Honza V.
Narrated parts in “Josafat (The Gathering)” and “Hunting the Witches” taken from Carlo Ginzburg´s book “The Night Battles: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries” (Italian original and English translation).

Recorded, mixed and mastered at KSV studios (ksvstudios.com) by Sheafraidh,
Prague, Czech Republic between June 2015 and April 2016.
Melissa´s and Michael´s narration recorded on a secret place at the beginning of 2016 by Sinneral.
Live bonus tracks recorded on 26th December 2015 at Panychida´s 10th year anniversary at Parlament Club (R.I.P.), Pilsen, where has it all begun.

Produced by PANYCHIDA.

Coverart and paintings by Luciana Nedelea for Luciana Nedelea Artworks
(facebook.com/luciana.nedelea // Vallachorum_Noctis@yahoo.com.).
Back painting “Witches“ by Hans Baldung (1485 – 1545).
Woodcuts used in the booklet, comes from various sources and various period of time.
Layout and design by Kristýna Steigerwaldová
Band photo by Oskar999, January 2016.
Panychida logo by Nargor.

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Panychida Plzen, Czech Republic

The band hailing from the Czech Republic evolved into distinctive mixture of black and traditional heavy metal after more than fifteen years of existence.
And it is the new album which takes the listener to the most fascinating journey on the south border of Bohemia, into the old times of Šumava mountains.
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