This extract represents 1/10th of a 93 minute live streaming ritual recorded 7th August 2013 at Perpetual Darkness Studios, and streamed worldwide in real time by UStream.  Full show audio coming soon from Sombre Soniks Studios.

Ritual In Ash - Love Is The Law: Part I - AWAKENING (live show extract)

Music for Films seeks to create soundscapes/soundtracks for films yet un-created.
A first serious examination of my music as a medium for film.

Music for Films

Melankolia - Music For Films - I

There is beauty in spontaneous, natural creation.  Though she and I are 1,000 miles apart, we both gave as we could, and reaped this track in the space of 2 hours.  Collaborative work is so important, and this work is the result.

Bliss And The Muse (Melankolia vs. Bliss May)

My friends, some of you might be well aware of the situation in Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia, with the tragedies caused by the severe floods. Dozens of lives have been lost while tens of thousands of people were forced to be evacuated from their homes. Serbia is the country in which Timur (Tamerlan) called home for the biggest part of his life, and he can not feel at peace when he saw what is going on there... For this reason, he decided to start a charity compilation, which will hopefully provide some relief to those in need. The compilation called "Hands From Shadows" will be released in cooperation with Sombre Soniks Studios on 23rd of June.
Melankolia provides this exclusive track to the effort.  Please share and raise support for this excellent compilation effort.  I have disabled downloads for this track, but encourage everyone wishing a copy of this (and many other better tracks) to donate to the upcoming work!

Melankolia - Obrenovac (Requiem In A Minor)

As announced last week, Melankolia will be releasing it's 4th studio album by early next year.  This track will be a part of that album, which is entitled M.U.S.E.
"Let There Be Darkness part 1" was featured on 2008's "Nokturnum, and "Let There Be Darkness II" was featured on 2010's "Orpheus Down".  Having skipped this concept in 2012's "III", I decided to resurrect the idea, albeit in a more polished, yet avant-garde setting.  This song features a style that is a bit different than what you may be used to.  I sincerely hope you enjoy it!

Melankolia - Let There Be Darkness III

A buried B side from 2013's "Succour Midst Sorrow"

Melankolia - Until Forever Fades To Dust (Crumbling Ruins Mix)

Melankolia - Contagion/ReBirth

Chaos and the Void
Find yourself or Destroy yourself
The World Should be Formed in your Image

Torture Detachment - The World Should Be Formed In Your Image

Torture Detachment - Hate Begets Hate

This is the follow up track to 2010's Walk of Mind.  This incorporates the vocals that were originally written in 2010 but never used.

Walk of Mind

or

The Lyrics That Never Were

Speak unto me of sadness,

Breathe into me your sorrow...

Hide me under your wings of Darkness...

For all time...

The mind drowns in the essence of pain...

No escape to be found within...

Your face I see in the mirror of thought...

Echoes from horizon's cusp...

Darkness is beauty...a world reversed...

Finding panacea in suffering...

Holding forth the atrocities of ages...

Walk inside this mind with me...

Released as a darkening cloud...

Elemental shift and lightless journey...

Across the contemplative plane of dreams...

Eyes closed to ethereal light extinguished long ago...

Time passes...a requiem to failure...

While the world revolves under heaven's wrath...

Death eternal if not in your embrace...

Bringing naught but derision and emptiness...

So speak to me of sadness...

Whisper unto me your sorrow...

Take refuge under my crown of grief...

Let us walk this darkened path as one...

Until the end of the world...

Walk with me....

My life for yours under the blazing stars...

We have been reborn on this our Walk of Mind....

Melankolia - Walk of Mind II

Melankolia - He Lives Nameless Within Her

Penitent's 1996 album, quite appropriately titled "Melancholia" was a huge influence for me and my eventual style as early as 2001 when I first discovered the project.  I have started this cover several times over the years.  I'm proud to say that, this time, I finally worked it out and finished it.  As 2019 dawns, it's important to be reminded of our own mortality and the weakness of our own flesh.  The Undertaker takes all whom he wishes, and we are all equal in this truth.  Thanks to Karsten Hamre for his work, and his inspiration and friendship.

Lyrics:

You will give me your heart
That's what I deserve
Forever mine to keep

That's your gift to me
It's your own life
But you sacrifice it

You live for happiness
Such a thing does not exist
Just one of your illusions

Happiness does not exist
Only the beauty of pain
Your life is mine to keep

Farewell to you
Now that your flesh is mine
I'll take your soul too

Melankolia - The Undertaker (Penitent Cover)

Track created by Mike O'Brien (Melankolia, James the Lesser) exclusively for the Facebook group Libyans and Americans United for Friendship and Peace (http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/LibyansAndAmericans/)

The vocals are spoken by me, but they appear courtesy of Faith Goble, who wrote them, and owns all rights thereof.  The poem is called "The Corridor".

Let us find the way to friendship and peace through understanding and shared community....

LYRICS:


Hold off the empty sky

 With ancient, rocky pier
 And the warm dust 
Once carried on
 Now-ageless feet,
 A soft, stopped silt 
Lodged now in joins
 Where aeons meet.
 
Beneath the endless
 Solitude of sky 
And cold breath
 Of the looming stone,
 The walker walks . . .
 And walks alone.
 


Mike OBrien - The Meaning of Our Existence

An ode in homage to A Clockwork Orange.  Absolutely my first use of organized beats in one of my tracks.  Looking forward to response.  The clips used are remixed from the film, and I claim in no way ownership of them.  Their rights are held completely by their respective owners.  This is a not-for-profit endeavor.

Karova Milk Bar (Vellocet Mix)

Book Of Hours - Shirak

The Warrior stands, arms crossed, looking out over the rugged landscape before him.  Beside, in a clearing, the others relax around a fire and discuss the day's events.
"I miss the great hall back in Tolvgard" says the halfling, looking morosely over his scant dinner.  "When can we go back?"
The Bard picks up his instrument....

Book Of Hours - Memories Of Home, Far Away

A new direction
New Melankolia album now in progress

Melankolia - The Muse And The Maelstrom

Through the door of hours, the ascetic's path awaits...

Book Of Hours - The Ascetic's Door

Melankolia was started in mid-2007.
I should say, the concept started 2007.    
The music actually formed and took shape late 2007  - 2008.  My original goal with Melankolia was to try and 
put feelings to music.  I originally started with a very 
poor setup and poor instruments.  The difference between 
now and then is almost definately the passion.  I had 
enormous passion and creativity then, just not the right 
tools to express it fully.  As the years went by, I found 
I had to reclaim again the original fire for creative 
work.  Thanks to the many friends and supporters I have, I 
realized that continuing forward is the one true course.

A bit of background:

Melankolia has at this point (1/13) 3 studio albums, 2 
EP's, and countless contributions to many different 
collaborative works.  The discography falls as follows:

 - Nokturnum - 2009, Beneath the Fog Productions, 7 track 
album.  Later referred to as the project's "demo", 
Nokturnum sold over 150 copies, and is currently sold out.

 - Orpheus Down - 2010, Quartier23, 10 track full album.  
Orpheus Down saw the ascent in quality to MIDI sounds and 
better instrumentation.  Orpheus Down has sold an unknown 
amount of copies, and is still available through distros 
and online stores worldwide.  One track of note is a cover 
of Vond's Slipp sorgen løs.

 - III - 2012, Quartier23, 15 track full album.  III took 
over 2 years to fully come together.  Featuring 80 minutes 
of music, it also boasts the collaborative talents of 
Appalachian Winter, Buer, Hoyland, Immundus, Karsten 
Hamre, Loell Duinn, and Mortiis.  Currently available 
worldwide through various outlets.

http://www.melankolia.bandcamp.com



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