Ров / The Moat by Хмара

Our fifth demo / off-label record, Ров / The Moat, was created as a sudden explosion of pain and fury, compassion and hatred.

The earth, the ocean, the air and other titanic gods are being treated by the human race like animals in the slaughterhouse, and their pain is roaring in our ears. The human innocence is being skinned, cut into pieces and burned alive: on the battlefields, at factories producing nothing but pollution, in the offices spreading poisonous illusions. Especially this autumn, the planet is sinking in blood.

The cry of a simple soldier who becomes a handful of ash, and the cry of the nature are the same voice that never stopped to haunt us. This voice doesn’t belong to any certain historical moment. Whole modern history is a slaughterhouse. But there's one thing that made our rage even wilder: the ongoing ethnical cleansing performed by the Azeris in Artsakh (Karabakh) and the hypocritical reactions of so-called “great powers”. So, we dedicate the song “From Afar To The River Of Arax” to the future independence of Artsakh and to its ancient heritage.

All the money earned from sales of this record will be donated to Armenian animal rescuers, and reports about donations we made will be uploaded here.

White Phosphorus is dedicated to the memory of (millions of) soldiers and civilians killed with so-called banned weapons. The Red Mud composition is an echo of WW1. In the song "Into The Moat" we tried to capture the quintessence of state killing machine. The instrumental compositions speak for themselves.

We support no political movement, no party, no organization: the only power we recognize is the divine power of half-forgotten and betrayed Gods. However, we don't hesitate to stand with the just and to condemn the dishonorable: When you see misdeeds, speak out against them, and give your enemies no frið. (Hávamál 127)

HMARA are:

Chimera - vocals, instruments, bloody spells and soul tearing

Inkeriläinen - vocals, songwriting, chthonic alchemy and forest magick