Witness to Centuries

by Frér

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𝕽𝖔𝖓𝖓𝖎𝖊 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕳𝖔𝖗𝖓𝖊𝖉 This album is a real journey through the Middle Ages ! Each track is an invitation to wander through different scenes where we are part of this 1000-year-long era. After "Crepuscular Glare Of Wisdom", here we have a new masterpiece with "Witness to Centuries" by Frér 🏰⚔️🛡️
Favorite track: Echoes of Catacombs.

Marcel B. Witness to Centuries literally gives me the feeling of having witnessed the passing of certain epochs in past times.
The constant change between epic walls of synthesizer sound and more mellow and ethereal parts makes this album an immersive listening experience. Favorite track: Millenary Epic of the Holy Massacre.

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1.	Prologue / Reminiscence 07:00	buy track
2.	Peaceful Days 03:48	buy track
3.	Echoes of Catacombs 06:18	buy track
4.	Interlude 02:10	buy track
5.	Atra Tempora 04:12	buy track
6.	Millenary Epic of the Holy Massacre 10:46	buy track
7.	Meanders of History 04:01	buy track

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Witnessed I've centuries, battles and crowds
still as once graven, quiet in hold,
motionless remembrance centuries old.

Foreign to turmoils of the human race proud,
disgrace and sorrow today still behold,
clandestine eye among history's folds.

Unwilling watcher to balcony bound
I listen to mistral scream from the shore.
Distant from welter which mazily roars,
Nothing upsets me nor really astounds.

So here stand carved in my frown,
disbelieving sneer of scorn
worn by millenary bore,
thousand pensive sunsets brown.

Tapes coming soon via Moonlit Castle Records moonlitcastlerecords.bandcamp.com

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released March 11, 2023

Music and words by Frér.
Track 3 is freely based on "Pines of Rome" by Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936).
Original illustration by Charles Meryon (1821-1868).

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Frér Italy

One man project.
Dungeon synth and medieval fantasy ambient, with some extra hints of inspiration from baroque and classical polyphonic music.

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