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As the Waters Cover the Sea

by Umpfel

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Ricardo Pinto
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Ricardo Pinto To me, this is a milestone in progressive metal. Everything on this record is so good on so many levels. Composition, arrangements, rhythmic patterns, chord progressions, riffs, melodies, solos, tones, textures, sound... What a masterpiece! Favorite track: Burning Water.
Terence J. Miles
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Terence J. Miles Jaw dropping musicianship and creativity. Enough tonality to draw you in combined with enough adventure to transport you beyond. Favorite track: As the Waters Cover the Sea.
Deej
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Deej Pure fusion joy with an edge that I just keep coming back to. Wonderful. Favorite track: Burning Water.
John Woodward
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John Woodward Amazing album! Versatile, adventurous and beautiful. It's hard to beat this one in the best of 2019 lists. Prog, prog-metal, prog-jazz? Who cares as long as it is this good! Favorite track: Rosetta.
Alan Benjamin
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Alan Benjamin A truly captivating album from beginning to end. This is one of the most inspired and interesting releases I've heard in a very long time--and one that I already know will be a strong contender for my favorite album of the year. Congratulations, guys, and keep up the amazing work! Favorite track: Tree.
Soichiro Mizuno (Sebon)
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Soichiro Mizuno (Sebon) Excessively impressive and inspiring album full of drama. You may feel elegance and aggressiveness at the same time or alternately with many non-diatonic chord/note progression of alien. Also, I cannot talk about the songs without their guitars. The best energizer of 2019 anyway. Favorite track: Peddler of Words.
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1.
Time to leave Fly as fast as you can Darkness flee
 Soon there’s nowhere to hide Do not wait
 Heaven’s soldiers arrive Leave this place
 Trembling strongholds of lies Furious waves of
 Fire flowing through the soul Raging on as the
 Truth confines the foe Ignite Flowing from the deepest well Burning water
 Thirst for Your consuming fire Now awake in us Valleys, be raised up
 Mountains sink into the ground Everything hindering your will be gone In the name of Christ
2.
Wake up to the sphere of war A new domain
 Of spiritual wickedness Armies in line Put on an armor filled with power and shields of faith Stop breathing through your indifference Break the norm There is a song of wisdom Resounding on the earth Victory will in love reside The battle’s settled
3.
What Else 04:43
Impress in front of
 The crowd Screaming loud Fulfill all terms that are set yet feebly met Succeed
 What else proves Your worth
 On this earth Achieve The perfect Living
 Well-being Live up to these goals
 But now my flaws are shining through This deficiency
 Gives me no sense of meaning Anchored in empty beliefs That will cease Accept your true self As child of the One Living through this love
 And all my flaws, they fade away This sufficiency
 Gives me a life worth living
4.
Shofar 04:50
Awake, awake, now is eternity Eyes locked in on endless treasures Separating life from blackness Behold, behold the burning sky of dawn Piercing light appearing slowly
 Giving life to shadows growing Free the four, chained by Euphrates Set to destroy
 All life ahead
 Until one third has been wiped out Souls imbued with pride Corrupt
 Cursed, seeking life in the void In vain Blind men fulfilling ancient prophecies “Let us worship our creations
 We don’t need no God to save us!” Despite the overwhelming agony Holding on to pointless mourning “Let us all ignore the warning” The Son of man arriving on the clouds Mountains melting down before him Stormy seas evaporating
 Too late, too late to have the endless gift Quickly fading burst of bliss for The eternal separation
5.
No more truth and no more searching for it The end of our disagreements How we’ll cover up the corruption Inside None of your problems, just my solutions Morals replaced with indifference In the favour of pride and comfort Our minds Your skin at stake Avoid the shame Relative conceptions of your life to justify all deeds Do what makes you happy Seemingly beautiful Though deleterious When everything is true And nothing really is In you abides the void Pretext for greed Peddler of words
6.
7.
Omnia 04:45
I’ve come to know all words of wisdom My life devoted to great deeds Yet there’s a lust for fame I give in Self-righteous actions to salvation Greater ways through this love Nothing else transcends When all things cease and tongues are stilled The ways of childhood put away For we have yet to see Perfection truly That which endures through all is faith, hope, love Heeded ways of His love Nothing else transcends
8.
Glass Score 06:07
9.
Transcend 05:46
Holding on to what’s left to hold When light seems lost A glimpse of hope Never fading away Seeking solace in yourself But the scar won’t heal The infections grow And you stand alone Where do I go when love deprives Anxiousness trembles at the feet of solidarity Transcending peace will remain Hearts restored once again
10.
Tree 06:34
All these leaves, they had nothing to hide Roots are buried in dead soil Stay with me, nothing else will keep your branch alive
 Abide in me, leave all else behind Stay with me, nothing else will keep your branch alive Abide in me and start to grow Soon, the scent of fresh blossoms appeared At the altering towards life Now, the leaves cover heavens cuisine Darkness will prevail no more
11.
Rosetta 08:13
Once more I am lost in admiration Leading me Surrounded by sentiments of sound Closer to your voice Now the work of putting thoughts to words Weight of senses falling down Splattered out like paintings Stirring something deep within Astounded by mesmerising artistry A witness of something more than this Wanting to seek truth Gives me the urge to reflect on life Now the course of putting mind to work Make a change of who I am Grand transfiguration
 Making ways for light to shine Shining from the heavens Glory to the King of kings

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released April 12, 2019

Personnel:
Andreas S. Sjøen - Vocals, Drums, Keys, Programming, Bass & Rhythm Guitars (track 7)
Anund Vikiingstad - Guitars, Bass (track 5), Shofar on track 4
Håkon Sakseide - Bass guitar (All songs except track 5 & 7)
Emma Sanson - Cello on track 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 11)
Ingvild Sæther - Violin on track 1, 3, 6, 8 & 11
Morten Georg Gismervik - Guitar solo on track 5
Jakub Zytecki - Guitar solo on track 6
Tymon Kruidenier - Guitar solo on track 9
Eirik Ask - Soundscape on track 10 (3:25-5:10)
Ole Børud - Guitar solo on track 11

Production:
Produced, engineered and recorded by Umpfel
Mixed by Johannes Groth at South River Recordings, Froland
Mastered by Rudolf Fredly at Sweetspot Studio, Karmøy
Album design by Eivind Horne

Thanks
We would like to thank Cultiva Express, Sørbok & Frifond for financial support.

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