Laio

by BALMOG

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1.
Falling 00:46
Falling Listen to my voice and fall
2.
Mud to Gold How great can my virtue be? How far can my hands reach? The fire will be the one that ends up drying and giving shape, from nothingness to divinity How great can my virtue be? Make their voices heard in your name, like the roar of a thousand beasts From nothingness to divinity From nothingness to divinity Lurking horrors, and falling flames, Lurking horrors, and falling flames. One last look of clarity one last breath one last hope one last call and fly. Lurking horrors, and falling flames, Lurking horrors, and falling flames. I am seed, I am soil I am seed, I am soil Lurking horrors, and falling flames, Lurking horrors, and falling flames From the depths of the bowels, spitting out the essence of the soul. How great can my virtue be? How far can my hands reach?
3.
Tongue in Pieces Fire, pierce me fire, embrace me to the core set me on fire. take me away. Wearing a crown of dazzling swords fire, and my tongue is a fire!! Fire, pierce me fire, embrace me to the core set me on fire. take me away. Thousands of stars die in my eyes my hands caress your scars, and my tongue is a fire!! Your veins I follow with fear, with fear through your pale skin through your tears, tears, shed tears, tears on my breast, sacred seed, sacred spear, now I’m your shill, tears, shed tears, tears on my breast, sacred heart, sacred scars tears on my breast. Your veins I follow with fear, with fear Following your veins Fire, pierce me fire, embrace me with your storm set me on fire.take me away. Thousands of stars die in my eyes and my tongue is a fire!!
4.
Like God Who Knows I swallowed the web of discord, woven by god I wait and learnt how the fury calms down with more fury, I walked the paths of the unknown and talked to god. I lived twice under the marble moons All voices will sing mercy like a single throat opened by iron Where does our heart rise? Rise? So let silence breaks your ears, while the beasts devour your fears So let silence burns your eyes, while the beasts devour your insides So let silence kills your hopes, while the beasts devour you once more So let silence stops your heart, while the beasts devour your calm. Carrying the echo of the valley of Tophet, where the bodies joined the earth and the souls joined the mountain, look for your own key, look for your own key, calm the fury with fury. So a burning lights up your ears, let silence burns your eyes I live twice under marble moons, while the flesh trapped between divine swords throbs for the last time, sordid and pale. All voices will sing mercy So let silence stops your heart I swallowed the web of discord, woven by god I wait and learnt how the fury calms down with more fury, I walked the paths of the unknown to the eternal.
5.
Ortus Umbra 02:08
6.
Mashalam 05:05
Mashalam Come, come from the eye of the void, come, and eat the grapes of wrath, feed, your sins with more sins, come, come and know like a god Closed, closed to a fall of the void closed, to the burning shining oil Feed, your sins with more sins, come , come and know like god The eye of the void The eye of the void The eye of the void Nothing is nothing until it becomes something Nothing is nothing until it becomes something With the tragedy of salacity we shall become old heroes With the tragedy of dark we shall become all he was. Nothing is nothing until it becomes into something Nothing is nothing until it becomes into something The eye of the void The eye of the void The eye of the void Come, come from the eye of the void, come, and eat the grapes of wrath, feed, your sins with more sins, come, come and know like a god The eye of the void The eye of the void The eye of the void
7.
The Silence of the Trumpets Visions, reasons, a future revealed among the olive fields, silver coins silver clouds, Between omens between trunks The silver of the messiah, The silver of the messiah, Shadows, irons, kiss in the dark Tabor light passes in front of their eyes silver coins silver clouds, fading the hope, fading the law The silver of the messiah, The silver of the messiah, Scorched by the burning sun, Scorched by the burning god The silver of the messiah, the gold for god. Ḥaqel D'ma, fields cover with blood Ḥaqel D'ma, the guts fall to the ground Ḥaqel D'ma, fields cover with blood Ḥaqel D'ma, the guts fall to the ground The silver of the messiah, the gold for god. scorched by the burning sun, scorched by the burning god he silver of the messiah, the gold for god. Among the branches you can read the words of God, twisted, dry and dead. shadows move conspiring for God. an olive tree became god, Ḥaqel D'ma, fields cover with blood Ḥaqel D'ma, the guts fall to the ground
8.
Getsemaní 08:48
Getsemaní My guts to the ground falling, falling down My bones to the ground shaking, shaking down. See the deep grooves in the fields covered with my skin See the deep grooves in the fields a gallow in the rain see the swing of tragedy See the deep grooves in the fields feed with my skin See the deep grooves in the fields see the swing of tragedy see thy kingdom come see my promised paradise

about

Laio means lament in Galizian a title that perfectly defines the intention behind Balmog's fifth studio album. We are facing what is probably the most mature and elaborate album of the band's career, a work made from spontaneousness and viscerally but also from the experience acquired over years, in Laio you can feel the beating of a heart spitting blood and a scream from the depths of Balmog's soul, the virginity and violence of the first albums with the personality and eclecticism of EVE.

From a conceptual point of view, Laio is about how we can be content with being simple pieces of molded mud or how we can shine like the explosion of a dying star, about how we can escape the ways of divinity, ways that can be dark and manipulative. Laio is a cry for independence and rebellion against the divine.

Musically, we are faced with a work that walks between the entire tradition of rock and metal under the unstoppable blade of black metal. A path that wanders between Pink Floyd, Ved Buens Ende or Bathory and Mayhem, a path that will be familiar to many listeners but always with the unmistakable sign of Balmog marked with fire.

This fifth album is an album based on a balance between maturity and impetuousness, this fifth album is the quintessence of Balmog in its purest.

credits

released May 23, 2025

Line-up in this recording:
Morg: bass
Virus: drums
Balc: voices, guitars and keyboards.

Ortus Umbra composed by Varunian

Current line-up:

Morg: bass
Virus: drums
Balc: voices, guitars and keyboards.
Dorl Mathos: guitar and voice.

-Recorded and mixed at Moontower Studios (Destroyer 666, Teitanblood, Graveyard) during the last days of December 2023 and the first days of January 2024.
-Recorded and mixed by Javier Félez.
-Produced by Balmog and Javier Félez.
-Mastered at Orgone Studios (Hexvessel, Ulver, Paradise Lost) by Jaime Gómez Arellano in September 2025.
-Artwork, cover and lay out by Balc.

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