This material was actually written back in 2009 and was the start of a planned concept album about the life story of a reclusive hermit.
The album was supposed to have seven tracks in total, but only 4 were ever completed.
The track "The Feeble Sickness and Depressive Rot" was actually on the 2008 full-length album but is quite fitting as the last track on this makeshift release. Another completed track "All Light Has Since Escaped Me", originally written and planned as a 17 minute track was never completed but the parts which were ended up being my favourite material from this era. I am currently working on touching up this track for a separate single release which will come later.
Obviously, this material having been written / recorded about 7 years ago shows a certain lack of "maturity", but this would have been the start of Ancient Tundra's evolution from a Dark Ambient project into an Ambient / Atmospheric Black Metal project, a direction I was planning to go further into with the project should it have continued.
The past is the past and though I am not fully satisfied with the material presented here, nor am I happy with the extensive hiatus the project went on starting in 2010 (a couple splits with Old Forgotten Lands and Symbiosis were recorded and released after this material) I am still excited to share this old material for those who might care, and ultimately I am most excited to continue the work towards a new full-length of brand new material this winter.
lyrics
I am, descending, dead
I crave, a moment, of life
Alone, choking, insane, failing
I have, no more, desire, to exist
I am noone without her
I am but a lonely poet, dreaming
Living off the land and sea
The Misery of a hermit left to die
(To die)
Within the Midst of Winter
A depression deeper than the forest itself
Which holds my life, holds my meaning
Holds my legacy and holds my misery
Holds my triumphs, holds my failures
Holds my gloom and will now hold my tomb
Desolate screams cry out for eternity
Lost and Unheard, the void strengthens
A perceived notion of great beauty
Existance on the planes of this earth
But beauty fades away, as does life
And the only salvation is death
Solitude, Nostalgia, Fading, Embracing
Loneliness, Desolation, Hatred and Disgust
Succubing to the
Horrors in my mind
Reality of this world
Persists and holds
Even in these barren landscapes
Of these northern lands
I find myself trapped
Lost in Claustrophobic Thought
I am, descending, dead
I crave, a moment, of life
Alone, choking, insane, failing
I have, no more, desire, to exist
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On ne frappe pas un homme à terre : c'est ce que dit la règle mais NONE a déjà prouvé qu'il ne les suivait pas et si son album éponyme retirait toute perspective de béatitude spirituelle, Life has gone on long enough, son deuxième opus, nous interdit l'accès au bonheur terrestre. La vie n'a aucune substance et la production plus distante le confirme. Le DSBM s'empare de textures sonores blues, mettant en relief une dépression urbaine. Les cris partent en fumées : ne restent que les pleurs... Jordan Vauvert
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Equinox, split entre Ancient Tundra et Old Forgotten Lands, est une expérience de dark ambiant qui nous met entre chiens et loups. Bien que rétros, les atmosphères sont hypnotiques et chargées de mystères. Finalement, c'est dommage que le concept de l'équinoxe ne soit pas poussé jusqu'au bout et que le temps imparti pour les deux artiste ne soit pas équitable car N Skog finit par éclipser involontairement Elan O'Neal. En tout cas, les cinquante minutes sont certes lugubres mais très agréables. Jordan Vauvert
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Après un Through Twilight... passable, Mort crée Descending Further into Nothingness sous le patronyme d'Exiled from Light, un album de DSBM lancinant aux atmosphères spectrales bien meilleur. Malgré tout, le démon de la stagnation continue de le harceler : la batterie est le grand point fort mais certains schémas se répètent et, couplés aux riffs minimalistes, ils empêchent certaines pistes de se distinguer l'une de l'autre. Le début est un peu long mais cet album en vaut vraiment la peine ! Jordan Vauvert
If “atmospheric black metal” implies majestic comedowns and dramatic dynamics, this powerhouse instead constitutes anti-atmospheric black metal. Bandcamp Album of the Day Mar 23, 2021
Joseph Hawker subverts the musical and sociopolitical status quo with a black metal triptych that's as incendiary as it is impressionistic. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 5, 2022
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De l'action de descendre sciemment vers le néant au constat simple, lancé dans un dernier soupir, comme si on était mis devant le fait accompli : There is no beauty left here...
Mais contre toute attente, ce chant du cygne d'Exiled from Light n'est pas une acceptation résignée de la mort. Mort (je parle de l'artiste) est animé de l'énergie du désespoir, cette énergie qui fait accomplir des choses extraordinaires quand tout est perdu et ça rend son DSBM très beau, paradoxalement. Indispensable !! Jordan Vauvert