BAELFYR released their debut EP
TRACKLIST :
01. Mons Graupius
02. The Painted Ones
03. Forsworn
04. As Wind Sways the Trees
05. Of Blood & Rust
06. Andro [ trad. ]
About the EP :
In 71 AD the Roman Empire began its attempted occupation of 'Caledonia' the area now known as Scotland. The Picts or 'painted ones' were the native people of this area and stood against Rome until they eventually gave up their effort and departed in 213 AD. Before Rome's fall, the Pictish people symbolized the last of the free people, victorious in their fight against submission and slavery; as most other Celtic and Germanic tribes were already defeated, many of which incorporated into the Roman Army.
This EP is written from the perspective of the Picts during this time period. Using guerrilla warfare tactics, they picked at their forces and only attacked on their own terms, playing only to their strengths. They are a symbol of effective resistance to tyranny.
"But there are no tribes beyond us, nothing indeed but waves and rocks, and the yet more terrible Romans, from whose oppression escape is vainly sought by obedience and submission. Robbers of the world, having by their universal plunder exhausted the land, they rifle the deep. If the enemy be rich, they are rapacious; if he be poor, they lust for dominion; neither the east nor the west has been able to satisfy them. Alone among men they covet with equal eagerness poverty and riches. To robbery, slaughter, plunder, they give the lying name of empire; they make a solitude and call it peace."
- Calgacus, Caledonian Chieftain.
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