Statues Of Gods / Invictis Victi Victuri

Limited edition of 300 copies on black vinyl, with silver printed artwork on black card. Tracks of Arditi were created and recorded between 2007 and 2009. "At evening the autumn woodlands ring With deadly weapons. Over the golden plains And lakes of blue, the sun More darkly rolls. The night surrounds Warriors dying and the wild lament Of their fragmented mouths. Yet silently there gather in the willow combe Red clouds inhabited by an angry god, Shed blood, and the chill of the moon. All roads lead to black decay. Under golden branching of the night and stars A sister's shadow sways through the still grove To greet the heroes' spirits, the bloodied heads. And softly in the reeds Autumn’s dark flutes resound. O prouder misery! - You brazen altars, The spirit’s hot flame is fed now by a tremendous pain: The grandsons, unborn." Georg Trakl 1887 - 1914