Stream it here: https://save-it.cc/apostasy/opium-dreams
Credits: Composed & produced by Dom R. Crey @ Splendid Wave Studios / www.splendidwavestudios.com, Master by Benjamin Lawrenz, Guest vocals by Giulia Claussen
Orchestral arrangement: Corvin Bahn
Video credits:
Producer/Director Giulia Claussen, Christian Lim
Cinematography/Camera/ Lighting: Christian Lim
Postproduction: Giulia Claussen / Christian Lim
After a few years of silence, Nothgard return with “Opium Dreams” - a haunting and emotional piece of epic melodic death metal. The song combines the band’s trademark technical precision with deep atmosphere and storytelling. Lyrically inspired by loss, obsession and transcendence, it bridges pure heaviness with melodic depth and cinematic scope. This marks a new chapter for Nothgard, re-emerging stronger and more focused than ever.
LYRICS
In a crumbling town by the river’s flow,
Where the shadows dance in the twilight glow,
I found her gaze, yeah a haunting sight,
The dark queen of the night.
Rising from the depths of despair,
Will and passion, entwined in the air.
Through the shadows, her spirit does roam,
In death’s cold grip she refused to be home.
As I watched her soul, torn from decay
The void took her, my heart withered away
Yet fate turned cruel, I fled from my grief,
To an ancient place, seeking belief.
Rising from the depths of despair,
Will and passion, entwined in the air.
Through the shadows, her spirit does roam,
In death’s cold grip she refused to be home.
A vision of beauty so bright,
her essence lost in the night.
With opium dreams, I buried my pain,
But the specter of her would not be contained.
Draped in the silence, she lay cold and pale,
Yet a flicker of life broke the deathly veil.
Rising from the depths of despair,
Will and passion, entwined in the air.
Through the shadows, her spirit does roam,
In death’s cold grip she refused to be home.
Through cycles of death, our spirits survive.
She is forever, in darkness we thrive,
We‘re tied together like never before
In the abyss I’ll love you once more.