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'Glacial Ceremony' is about the last human left on earth.
The earth has been all but destroyed, has been ravaged by astral bombardment and reapers of the light.
The song basically follows the character's descent both into madness, and to the realization that he has changed and is no longer human at all.
Lone man is hunting for food, he follows a beast through the snow, kills it, and eats it.
But he soon discovers that he is eating human flesh, and that he is not a man at all, but rather a beast that for a brief moment thought he was a man.
The uncertainty I've attempted to show here is meant to be an insight into the man's own head, as he isn't sure either
This is probably the most traditional sounding Depressive Black Metal song on the album. I believe it is also the longest.
I deliberately tried to shy away from incorporating any musical elements that might take away from the cold and desolate atmosphere of the song.
As the events therein take place in a cold and desolate landscape. I think using any clean singing would of taken away from that as well.