Track By Tracks: Schreigarm - Mara Comes And Darkness Shall Reign (2025)

1. Darkness Shall Reign:

The opening track sets the tone for the album. It is a manifesto of Darkness, a cry for the awakening of ancient forces and a rejection of false holy symbols. This song serves as our opening statement: from the very first notes, we wanted to make it clear — this record is devoted not to light, but to Darkness. Everything else grows from this point.

2. Winds of the Ancient Pantheons:

A summoning of ancient gods across cultures — Perun, Stribog, Svarog, Odin, Zeus. It is a hymn to the unity of nature’s forces and ancestral spirits. The lyrics reflect the idea of resurrecting the forgotten pantheon, where storms, thunder, and lightning lift the listener into an ancient battle cry. For us, this is more than mythology — it is the memory of blood, the energy of ancestors, the pantheons uniting in one primal call.

3. Whispers of the Blackened Woods:

Atmospheric and immersive, this track carries us into a mystical forest where every whisper and every movement of the wind bears the energy of nature and forgotten powers. The song is about awakening consciousness, the pursuit of knowledge, and communion with the sacred. The forest here is not just a landscape — it is a living being, a keeper of secrets, incantations, and arcane wisdom. Walking through it, as the storm gathers, we listen to its breath — a moment of contemplation before the next descent into inner darkness.

4. When the Ravens Flow Through My Veins:

A deeply personal song. It captures the struggle with inner demons, exploring the fragile border of the human psyche and the moments when darkness overcomes reason. Here, the shadow is no longer external but internal: the ravens in the veins symbolize the murk enslaving the human soul from within. The track conveys obsession and possession — a reminder that sometimes it is not you who holds darkness, but darkness that holds you. This vision is fully reflected in the accompanying music video.

5. Through Time, Death and the Beast Within:

Dedicated to the figure of the berserker — the warrior who becomes one with the beast inside. The song delves into the primal force that turns man into an instrument of destruction, but within this frenzy lies a kind of liberation. The berserker embodies unity with true nature. Here, the music channels an ancient energy that transcends time and death alike.

6. Nine Days on the Gallows Tree:

The mythological center of the album. Inspired by Odin’s sacrifice, hanging on the World Tree for nine days to gain wisdom, the song captures the torment that leads to revelation. Through pain and solitude comes vision and power — an echo of ancient mystical traditions shared by both Norse and Slavic belief. This is the very spirit of the track: suffering as a doorway to knowledge, agony as the opening of the eyes.

7. Mara Comes:

A short yet essential composition — like the breath of winter itself. Mara, the goddess of death and frost, arrives to halt life and cloak the world in silence. This interlude marks the stillness of decay, the moment when nature sleeps. But it is not an ending — it is part of the eternal cycle, a cleansing that prepares the way for rebirth.

8. Born from the Ashes of War:

The closing chapter of the record. Here, war is presented as absolute evil — vile, destructive, merciless. The music is relentless and aggressive, yet melodic fragments break through, embodying hope and renewal. From the ashes rises rebirth, and the circle closes. It is the catharsis of the album — new life born of fire.

“Mara Comes and Darkness Shall Reign” is both ritual and revelation: a descent into darkness not as absence of light, but as the primordial force that destroys, purifies, and renews.