Epilogue

What’s coming next? well in fact this question might concern my plans for the future as well as the story of the album which will continue for few episodes and then will be not the main theme of my lyrics for some time...

i recently started playing the guitar as well as ocarina...got no real use for the ocarina yet, but as I got this Garden of Grief project besides the band there's at least use for any guitar playing skills. some more practice and I will be able to play most of the parts of the GoG songs, so there could be also some records within the next year. as GoG ist not really supposed to be a live act, there could be some songs appearing in one Winterblast show or another, or maybe smaller sessions with minimalistic arrangement of the songs - there is also the idea of cooperating with other people having such one-man projects and helping each other in performing live if necessary. first of all my skills in playing the guitar have to be improved, then we will see...

so what happens to the main charcter of Arcane Inferno now? I considered putting a name to all things sometimes, not just leaving everything as an abstract landscape and characters with everything defined in detail except the character itsself...if I will do that sometimes, I have not decided yet, but the story will continue for sure (just for now its over after 3 or 4 songs following after Arcane Inferno). After Arcane Inferno there will be war on the plains of the wastelands. an ancient place of power has been deiscovered and different forces struggle to gain control over the mountain ridge under which there is the second "important" place besides the mystic vale...maybe I will write some songs about a second quest for the vale after those events, but I would rather stop the story after the war raging in the wastelands for this is actually the end of my concept by now. Still there is some idea deep within my mind...ah forget it...it’s time for war now...

final stage: arcane inferno of devastated dreams

so now the story has reached an interesting point: can the power of the avenger inflicted on the human soul solve all problems? for what we already know the avengers power is mainly a destructive one. in the end the quest of our hero is such that needs no use of force, if you would agree with me on that point. the entrance to the vale could be indeed opened by force, but we will see to that later (referring to the songs around "volcanic blood" and "thus the empire rises"...).

this is the last stage of the journey - I think it's best to give no details about this part of the story for everything can be found within the lyrics leaving no gaps to fill. in these last songs "Winterblast" and "Arcane Inferno" the album titel gets its qualification at last: the meaning of "loss" will be the main topic now.

“Winterblast” as the first full length song after the interlude “Freezing Hearts in Silent Storms” is not the fastest of the album, but surely the one which seems to be. a really cold and dark atmosphere prepares the way to downfall. “Arcane Inferno” afterwards represents the rush of conflicting emotions resulting from the events before. eventually this will lead to another attempt in bringing this damn life to an end. that long story just to die in the end? well the main character of this whole thing can’t be that poor-spiritied, can he? in fact the solution to this is the end of “Arcane Inferno” and also the end of the album...

ok now what tells us the story? besides some great deal of personal motivation there is this idea of what the worth of life itsself can be. as long as life is all nice and funny this thought doesn't even spring to mind, but at the edge of sanity after all important things in life have vanished there is plenty of time to think about what keeps one from dying yet. so after defining the reason to keep on living, what happens if this reason also disappears? that's the point where we get befor the final song of the album. what happens then is a tricky thing - the option of just living implies indifference towards what happens to yourself and everything around, because otherwise there would be only death as an temptation. so as cowardice is not the right way as I would say, there has to be the thought of what to do when you have no reason to live but at the same time chose not to commit suicide. I won't give further information about what the intention behind this story is for with the plot already told you can all use your wits and guess what all the details not mentioned here and in the posts before are all about. the whole concept is far beyond just telling a story - indeed a wierd one but still something that can happen to anyone of us. I won't steal the act of thinking from all of you before anyone had even a chance to listen to the album, I just would rather provide a short summary of the plot than have everyone interprete the lyrics in a completely wrong way...

...according to latest information I think we would have to postpone the release of the album to late october or november 2009, but organizing the next shows earlyier than expected. Winterblast could be on stage again in summer if nothing of cosmic importance crosses our plans...

of power and how to use it

the avenger returns and reannounces his offering...the trade of absolute commitment against outerworldy powers. again the same high price for the small chance of regaining control of events, yet the situation is a different one. desperation influences the decision in a positive way - the offering is accepted.

the character gains some of the power the spirit provides - instead of all problems becoming solved instantly, the avenger just turns him into a new being, not entirely human anymore, yet still without any major physical changes visible. simultanuously the view of things changes and the aims vanish in a blur of emotions, most of them of aggressive nature. not bound anymore to human morals all the hate and frustration erupts like lava from a volcano - utter destruction is spread over the land, without any target burning everything to dust. the avenger is gone and the pact is sealed - the price of power was just power itsself...

just as the first part of Unholy Avenger "Tempest from the Past" shows the events from the avenger's point of view, not the main character's. by the end of the song our hero stands between the ruins of the world he knew, still in search of the mystic vale and his lost love...no progress at all in any task. all that the powers have brought was the disabling of every sense of humanity and in addition to that a mere bonus of being able to blast everything out of the way what might seem inappropriate. combined with all the desperation and of course anger for the reason of not regaining control over the situation, the awareness of strenght leads to heedless use of all powers resulting in an inferno of unseen dimension. as the first fit of rage is over, it's time to recollect what is left and continue the struggle. still there's someone to be found and a paradise to be regained - no problem with the blood of a demigod running through your veins, isn't it? we will see...