Lyriel
Lyriel are a German heavy metal band who formed in autumn of 2003 in Gummersbach. Originally playing folk metal, they turned more towards symphonic and gothic metal. Lyriel has recorded five studio albums and published a DVD of a live performance.
History
The band's lineup remained unchanged from their formation until 2008. Lyriel played as opening act for bands such as Elis, Visions of Atlantis, Regicide, Xandria, Schandmaul, Corvus Corax, Saltatio Mortis,Oomph, Schelmish, Korpiklaani and Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
In 2005 they toured Germany, Austria and Belgium with Elis and Visions of Atlantis, in February 2006 Lyriel played on the “Romantic Darkness Tour“ together with Regicide and Xandria. Moreover they played on the Celtic Rock Festival at Greifenstein castle in Hesse. A video was released of the show. The first studio album Prisonworld was released on 17 January 2005. Especially notable is the song "Lind e-huil" which is sung in Sindarin, the fictional Elvish language created by J. R. R. Tolkien. The song "The Symmetry of Disfiguration" was inspired by Wendy and Richard Pini's Elfquest series.
Podcasts:
Lyriel
ALBUMS
- Skin and Bones released: 2014
- Leverage released: 2012
- Paranoid Circus released: 2011
- Autumntales released: 2006
- Prisonworld released: 2005
Prisonworld
Released 2005- At the Midnightsgate
- Prisonworld
- The Crown of the Twilight
- Symmetry of Disfiguration
- The Singing Nightingale
- Lind e-huil
- There's a Rainbow in the Rain
- The Judgement of My Harvest Heart
- Fate of Knowledge
- Day in June
- The Spring and the Flight
- Symmetry of Disfiguration (acoustic)
- The Crown of the Twilight (acoustic)
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by Lyriel
Memoria
by: LyrielFalse world goodbye,
The enemy to rest
Now do the worst,
I do not weigh the spite
Free from the cares,
I live forever blessed
Enjoying peace and heavenly true delight
Round the world and back again
Is very far to roam
The footloose life of now and then
A wind-bound exile far from home
The leaves that just are open now
They'll have to fade and fall
Their faithful ever blooming now
Is merely in pain at all
Time's endlessly weighing
If you're prepared for the great trial
You know that you're just waiting
For the old man's smile
I remember all words spoken
All the songs that had been sung
How gracious were our hearts unbroken
When you and me were, oh, so young
Can't you see the coming dawn
Of summer day
Can't you smell the fear
For this endless way
False world goodbye,
The enemy to rest
Now do the worst,
I do not weigh the spite
Free from the cares,
I live for ever blessed
Enjoying peace and heavenly true delight
All the words remain unstated
All the songs I do not know
All too late my mind's elated
Take over now regretful woe
The summer's turning into pale
Finally I close my eyes
There is no use to desperate wail