It's no exaggeration to say that my love for Gothic metal began with the Aégis (1998) by Theatre Of Tragedy. 🖤Every song from that album is a real soul poem.😭

I still consider it the best in many ways. Although there were other great albums by bands like Draconian, Tristania, Lacuna Coil, Macbeth, and others, whose work I also plan to touch.

So I'll try to capture its atmosphere and sound(but brought a piece of myself). 🎶

There will be an echo, gentle vocals,whispers, transitions along with archaic English and everything that was used in that time. 🎸

Welcome to the era of Gothic and memories of bygone days.🌑

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A white rose among the lilies pale

She draws me in, I cannot flee

My gaze is held, bewitched, enchained

By silent grace that tortures me

(White rose… pale…)

So fragile, yet with thorns she stands

A slender form my hands deny

The more she fades beyond my reach

The more I ache, the more I die

(So far… from me…)

The more I long, the more I burn

For what my soul shall never earn

The more denied her distant flame

The more I cry her sacred name

(I burn… I burn…)

O hwaet, mine herte in darkness bound,

For hire I yearn, yet hope is drowned

She bloometh fair by wyrd unkind,

A rose forbidden to be mine

(Ne mine… ne mine…)

The more denied, the more desired

My soul by longing crucified

White rose, my sin, my holy pain

Unheld, unclaimed — yet I remain

(Desired… denied…)

Ne shall I hold thee, ne thee claim,

Yet breathe thy loss in endless flame

(Endless… flame…)