My Experience with the Nightingale's Voice
A Message to Aleah's Soul
By: Rana Atef a.k.a ``DaRk~~KniGhT``
(Originally Published on 15/5/2018 at 10:36 pm)
Important Introduction
I think, it is somehow strange to write something really emotional, and important to me, as I am talking about a personal experience, firstly, I want to underscore a small matter, EACH WORD I AM WRITING RIGHT NOW COMES FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, I don't need to pretend!!
And, I know that I am writing something out my familiar frame or the Egyptian/African/Middle Eastern Metal scenes frame.
But my experience with Aleah was phenomenal, not like any experience I had, although I got engaged with different bands, and different kinds of music, but Aleah's romantic, heartwarming voice stole my senses, my heart, and soul.
Unfortunately, I listened to her voice, after her death!!! as I was preparing myself to cover Metal Blast 2016 concert in Cairo, that was headlined by Swallow the Sun, and Aleah's death came before the concert with 2 days, so the whole world shocked, specially Russian, and Egyptian fans because Aleah's death was not an easily accepted news before Swallow the Sun long-waited concerts in their region!! But, it was a bitter shock that Juha couldn't make it to Cairo, so we enjoyed with his Swallow the Sun Compositions.
Actually, I wanted to interview Juha in Cairo, but I managed to have short chat with Mikko. Mikko was so modest, easygoing man, so I enjoyed the short chat with him, alongside the rest of Rock Era Media Coverage team.
Juha was very gentle, and accepted to have an online interview with him, and he is a great, humble and respected guy.
The Experience
So, After Aleah's death, and Juha's statements regarding Trees of Eternity lifetime full length album "Hour of the Nightingale"!!
Embrace this as a nightingale in a song
in the darkest hour of shadows she belongs
her voice reflects the colors of dawn
it pierces like an arrow through as storm!
A Part Trees of Eternity, "Hour of the Nightingale" lyrics
I wished a lot to catch one of the few signed "Hour of the Nightingale" signed copies, Unfortunately, I couldn't, so I listened to it online, then each tune of the album reflects a certain situation, or mood in my real life.
Starting with the graving, painful tunes of "My Requiem". It is a soft sweet song combined with the ghosts of death, the smell of its sneaking steps. In my real life, I was saying goodbye to my partner after few months of bitter breaking up, so "too late your calling out my name, to raise my up from grave, alive in memory I will stay, if you shun these waters where I lay".
Her catchy voice embraced my whole emotions made me quickly engaged in an endless sees of darkness, wounds, and pain.
While, "The Eye of Night" was my late night companion in my long, lonely nights of insomnia, her performance in the first part of the song reflects the burdens of night creeping style.
"No faith to hold on to
let seasons evolve through the night
The all-waking eye
is your rising sun
No truth to hold you
let peace enfold you, its alright
To rely in light
From the eye of Night"
This song was a shining star in my darkened night, I sometimes felt that I witnessed Aleah's presence before my eyes! hear her voice in the silent existence!
I witnessed another experience with Trees of Eternity album, in mean my personal experience became somehow different, as I was involved in another personal, psychological issues related to depression, so "Condemned to Silence" was somehow a closer friend to me, as I sank and drowned into its tunes, and melodies, and I experienced the same with "A Million Tears"
Like a circle around me
As the prison of this boundary
I need a storm to break it down
Shield you eyes from the fire light
But please don't turn away from my side
I am not that - which I fight
Every tear I cry
Burns away through my eyes
Where I can see through my lies
Every tear I cry
Makes trails in the ice
Where I am warm inside
See straight into me
Just look beyond the tears in my eyes
Please stay here with me
Just hold me as I bleed myself dry
I suffered from speechlessness, but Aleah's words were enough, as they expressed, and reflects my inner wars, conflicts, suffering, and agony. The ice inside me froze, and danced with the acoustic tunes of the song, the melodies of the guitar and the rest of the instruments.
"Hour of the Nightingale", I felt that it was not composed from instruments, it is composed from the sounds of the universe, the sounds of the bird in the intro, the ambient touches that expressed the real mood of the dawn, I felt the colors of the world, of the night, and of the sky within the riffs, besides, I can't express enough the beauty of a calm epic "Sinking Ships".
My favorite song of the epic magical "Hour of the Nightingale" is "Gallows Bird"
"As the final ray of hope is lost
fight and resistance
nothing remains to hold me
to this existence"
As, I attempted to suicide, and did a lot of selfharm, this part of Aleah's lyrics was ringing a lot in my ears, her magical voice could not be witnessed again!!!.
So, I found myself want to listen to more from Aleah, so I experienced her solo album "Aleah", which conquered my feelings specially "Water and Wine".
Conclusion
I really regret that I didn't listen to her before her death, or have a chance to interview her, and express his kindness, magic, and beautiful talk, I wish I could rewind the hands of time again, but all I can represent this article! this message!
Aleah, thank you for sharing my lonely deep nights, my days after break up, my days while suffering from depression, my falling hopes, my renewed overthinking.
Thank you for being the star in my starless universe"
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