Eppur Si Muove - Haggard (symphonic metal)
Eppur Si Muove -
Haggard (symphonic metal)
Haggard is a
German neo-classical metal musical group founded in
1989. The group combines classical music and early music with doom metal.symphonic metal
Background
Haggard was founded in
1991 and originally played death metal. They changed their musical style after their first demo tape,
Introduction in
1992, becoming a band with symphonic melodies and classical instruments but folk themes. The
album And
Thou Shalt Trust... the
Seer marked their breakthrough in
1997. After their second album
Awaking the Centuries (the life of the prophet
Nostradamus), they toured through
Mexico twice. In 2004, they released their third album Eppur Si Muove which is about the life of
Italian scholar,
Galileo Galilei, sentenced to house arrest for heresy by the
Catholic Church for supporting
Copernicus' claim that the
Earth revolved around the sun.
Just before their album Awaking The
Centuries was released, the group had its highest number of musicians at 21. All their songs are written by vocalist and guitarist,
Asis Nasseri.
Haggard playing at
Global East Rock Festival 2010
The fourth album,
Tales of Ithiria, was released in 2008 and is based on a fantasy story.
In 2010, the band had its first concert along with a symphonic orchestra. Haggard played together with the philharmonic orchestra of
Plovdiv in the
Bulgarian city of Plovdiv on
April 19, 2010.
The next album will be about the tales of the brothers
Grimm.
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Lyrics:
[However, it (the Earth) moves]
[
Music: A. Nasseri / Lyrics: A. Nasseri]
Aside the one in sorrows
To release my darkened mind
And never [?] bought my way to thee
A light that blinds the blind
God, end this suffering
My blood and tears that flow for you, my king
My Son, beware...
... of all that your eyes cannot see
Trust your mind
And strengthen your abilities
Did you ever touch the starlight?
Dreamed for a thousand years?
Have you ever seen the beauty
Of a newborn century?
And now's the time to enter
A new way, things to see
Man is just a weak reflection
In evolution's history
And in the hour of darkness
It will guide your way:
La bellezza del paese di Galilei [the beauty of the country of Galilei]
E nella mia ora piu buia [and in my darkest hour]
Loro splenderanno [they will shine]
Per me [for me]
All'infinito [forever]
Aside the one in sorrows
To release my darkened mind
And never [?] bought my way to thee
A light that blinds the blind
God end this suffering
My blood and tears that flow for you, my king
Geboren im flackernden Kerzenschein [
Born in the flickering light of a candle]
Verfasst in dunkler
Zeit [Enscripted in dark times]
Ein altes
Stuck von Pergament [On an old parchment]
Sich mit der
Feder vereint [The pen slides]
Der Zeichnung seines
Arms entspringt [And from his arm borns]
Der Universen Zelt [The tent of the universe]
Es ist der Zeiten Anbeginn [It is the beginning of the times]
Und andert diese
Welt [And it will change the world]
Des Universums Zelt [The tent of the universe]
Nato al lume guizzante della candela [Born in the flickering light of a candle]
Scritto in tempi oscuri [Enscripted in dark times]
Sulla vecchia pergamena [On an old parchment]
Scorre la penna [The pen slides]
E dal suo braccio nasce [And from his arm borns]
Il disegno delle volte celesti [The design of the celestial times]
E l'inizio dei tempi [It is the beginning of the times]
E cambiera il mondo [And it will change the world]
My son, take care...
Of all what the cross wants you to be
Trust your eyes
And strengthen your abilities
Did you ever touch the starlight?
Dream for a thousand years?
Have you ever seen the beauty
Of a newborn century?
And time has come to doubt
About the holy verse
It's just a weak reflection
In our endless universe
And in your hour of darkness
The beauty guides your way:
La bellezza del paese di Galilei [the beauty of the country of Galilei]
Loro splenderanno [they will shine]
Splenderanno per me [shine for me]
All'infinito [for ever]