12:32 mark.
Icey wind cuts through your body as you race through the dense forest of the taiga. A pack of wolves drawing closer with your every step. No, you aren't dreaming that you're Liam Neeson, you are taking in the breathtaking majesty of Encircling Sea's A Forgotten Land.
Yearn is the first of 4 tracks that when combined add up to almost 70 minutes of beautifully crafted, meandering black metal. The song builds slowly over 12 minutes, creeping along like an invasive vine, working its way around the trunk of a mighty oak. Suddenly the riff bounds away like a startled fawn, plodding along like the rhythmic pulse of hoof beats, galloping, leaping over stump after moss covered log.
It pauses eventually in a clearing, as to re-evaluate its surroundings. Heart racing, a look of terror in its eyes. Slowly it wanders into the thickets, eventually reaching safety among the underbrush. A calming wave passes through the wood as all is again right with mother nature.
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