The Greatest Keep, by Of Ancient Names

The Greatest Keep

by Of Ancient Names

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Baba Mithrandir So urrrgh evil Favorite track: The Greatest Keep.

emanuele127 Majestic and powerful, an amazing blend of black metal and dungeon synth. Favorite track: Idylls Of A King.

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The Greatest Keep (First Edition Black & White Cassette)
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OAN's The Greatest Keep first edition black and white sandwich cassette.

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The Greatest Keep (Baseball Cap)
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Official Of Ancient Names 5 panel cotton trucker cap with black mesh back.

5-panel cap, 4 of them made of mesh
Adjust to your size with snap fastener
Visor with ornamental seams
Material: Front panel and visor: 100% cotton, mesh panels: 100% polyester

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1.	Reflections Within The Hidden Mirror 05:45	lyrics	buy track
With all sunless conduits in thy sones, Veiled, the enclave of Siloam, ire bones. Ethereal divide, one shade of glass other, My reflections within the hidden mirror. Forlorn as olden crystal fields so begotten, Wrapped in false shrouds and ice-rotten. Blind hallucinations, pellucid ruminations, Fates entwined of enoptromantic threads, Scrying reflections from the loch-gazing world.
2.	Hatetower 02:38		buy track
3.	Idylls Of A King 06:09	lyrics	buy track
Shun my kingdom, woven outside the harrow gates. Repose has lost it’s name and claims me. Silentium Silentium Choked by the outer bales, No longer warm to the hand of man, A curse upon the rivers, from which thy spring, The iron axe forever swings, Bring me the last sun over the Bethel’s pall, Umbra Incencus, Incensus. Lock and latch the Lychgate, Smith down the silver keys, From this blight I shall recede, From this blight I shall recede, I recede.
4.	The Greatest Keep 04:27		buy track

about

Originally formed in 2007, as a sole dungeon synth project, Of Ancient Names released a self titled demo later the same year.

After a long hiatus OAN has returned with the latest release 'The Greatest Keep' featuring Borthuk on all instruments and guest vocalist Duumvir on vocals.

Review: Transmissions From The Dark
A grim-spirited, cavernous, cold stone ambience pervades this raw, malevolent black metal. Like a sceptre of a lonely isle, wandering the damp chill of a deserted fortress; doomed to an eternity of ghostly anguish and torturous reverie, to wander the memories of great victories and revelry echoing through the aged walls.

Review: Destroy//Exit
The entire release is dominated by a sense of endless gloom, while the rawness of the music comes across as pure and spiteful, resulting in a picturesque outcome with timeless attributes. It's majestic, yet visceral black metal with storytelling characteristics and a heavy dose of grimness.