Hyakki Yagyō (百鬼夜行, "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons") is an idiom in Japanese folklore. Sometimes an orderly procession, other times a riot, it refers to an uncontrolled horde of countless numbers of supernatural creatures known as oni and yōkai
lyrics
Чернотой наполнена ночь
В чаше хвойных глубин
Тропы запутаны и заросли
Сетью седых паутин
Призрачный блик - свет фонарей
Рокот шагов, трески камней
Тут и там зелёный огонь
Холодный и чуждый отсвет
Шелест листвы, воздуха вой
Серая кровь на листе
Бьют по корням лисьи хвосты
Прячут дорогу домой
Тёмная пасть пустоты:
Шагают ёкаи чумой
Но засыпает луна
И там, по воде,
Уходят огни фонарей
Светает во тьме…
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English translation:
The night is full with blackness
In the thicket of pine depths
The paths are twisted and covered
With the net of grey spider-webs
A ghostly flare - light of lanterns
Roaring of footsteps, cracking of stones
Here and there there is a green fire
Cold and alien glare
Rustling of the foliage, howling of the air
Gray blood on a leave
The foxes’ tails are beating over the roots
They’re covering the way to home
The dark maw of the emptiness:
Yōkai are on their plagued march
But the moon falls asleep
And there, on the water
The lanterns’ fires are fading away
Dawn breaks in the darkness...
credits
from Sylvan Coven,
released October 1, 2021
Music & Lyrics by George Gabrielyan
English translation by Vitaliy Bedokur
What an impressive piece of black metal. This one-man hurricane is pure art. Sgah‘gahsowáh creates an haunting atmosphere. He puts so much soul in his music. Sælzer Bub
Blackbraid quickly followed up their 2022 debut in 2023 with more native folk infused furious black metal. This is by no means a sophomore slump as it is equally excellent, methodical, melodical, and approachable as the first record. 9/10 RJ