Geist Elbereth - Chronicles of Shattered Light TAPE

The second EP of Switzerland's Geist Elbereth makes another deep dive into the universe of J.R.R Tolkien. Carefully trying to avoid mediocrity – for they are not the first project to cover the narratives of Middle Earth – the new record goes way back in the timeline and tells the story of the destruction of Illuin and Ormal, the ever glowing lanterns created by the Valar in the early days of the First Spring.

Melkor, the primordial antagonist, sees the beauty that the Valar have brought over Arda and grows angry with it – not only because he fails to craft creation in the same ways, but also because he sees the unbalanced nature of the two lights. He seeks ways to overthrow the order created by his former kin, bringing darkness and death back into the realms of the real, acting similar to mythological figures we know from ancient religions all over the world. The bringer of darkness and death, preserver of the nature of things.