Skyforger - Kauja Garozas silā (Live 2018)

On 16th June, 2018 we did a special event here in Latvia on festival "Zobens un Lemess"' - the anniversary concert of our first full length album "Kauja pie Saules", released 20 years ago in 1998.
Festival team made this night special for us and our fans with video projections, narrations and lighting designed for each song of the album. Here is a small part of it for you to enjoy and see how it all was that day!
Switch on the subtitle mode for English translation of narration. Scroll down for info, song lyrics and tour dates.
Sincere thanx to everyone who contributed to make this videoclip!
Narrator - Igors Siliņš
Visual graphics & intro music - Jānis Krivāns
Video editing - Jēkabs Vilkārsis
Sound engineer - Gints Lundbergs
Lights - Jurģis Ozols
Cameras - Tomass Beķeris, Rihards Adatiņš
Visit festival "Zobens un Lemess"' also this year on 7-9 June, 2019 at Bauska hillfort, Latvia
www.zobensunlemess.lv
▶ BATTLE AT GAROZA FOREST
It was one of the last great battles Semigallian warriors gained - in March of 1287 they assailed Riga city - the main centre of christians in Baltics. Although they failed to capture the town, all the surroundings of city were devastated and Semigalls attacked another city - Ikšķile. The Knights of the Order pursued the Semigalls until both armies met each other in forest near Garoza…
Burn, my heart, burn in blazing hate
Let my hand grip the sword tight
Over the forest the clatter of horses’ hoofs is heard
There’s someone riding to find the end on this ground
The rivers of blood will be flowing soon
And many will never see the sun again…
Dead silence is lying at forest
And darkness still covers the trees
The men who are marked by the crosses
Are sleeping, they don’t hear, don’t see
They don’t see in depths of thicket
The eyes are shining like lights
And don’t feel the breath of death
That mother of Velins* is blowing upon them
- Time to wake up, it’s time to wake up -
Is silently calling some threatening voice
There’s black raven cawing at tree:
“You all will meet your end here!”
The silence is broken by a loud battle cry
There Semigalls are coming through the thicket
Like a black shadow of death
They start rolling against the christians
They strike the crusaders’ rows
And snow is splashed by blood
Now moans are heard and swords are trickling
Many eyes are closed for the deadly sleep
Till finally the whole crowd of Christians is falling to pieces
Undefeatable is the Semigalls’ rage and battle-spirit this day
Hey, ravens, fly and bring the message to Semigallia:
“The foe lies broken in forest at Garoza!”
* Velins - souls of the dead in Latvian beliefs
▶ Tour dates 2024
29 JAN 2024 - Miami Florida, 70000Tons Of Metal - USA
08 JUN 2024 - Valmieras estrāde - Latvia
28 SEP 2024 - Copenhagen, Pumpehuset - Denmark
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[@pusdienlaiks]

Video un skaņas kvalitāte super! Skyforger ir vairojis manu vēstures interesi vairāk, nekā skolas laiks.

[@runcis182]

Esmu bijis uz diezgan daudz Skyforger koncertiem, bet šis bija viens no labākajiem! Pirmkārt, mans mīļākais albūms, kā arī ļoti patika pirms katras dziesmas stāstījums. Zemgaļu niknums un kaujas spars tika izjusts uz visiem 100.

[@Cavaleraization]

Wow, viena no manām mīļākām Skyforger dziesmām un izcilā kvalitātē.. Paldies no sirds!

[@yellowlightingbolt]

All hail Perkon the Skyforger

[@MichaelTheWayfarer]

One of my favourite songs.

[@valdzelzkalns3565]

Sveiki! Where in the hell do I get some merch?

[@SkyforgerOfficial]

Labdien! For merch write to: [e-mail]

[@zigmundslv]

Nav slikt, bet mans tomēr gribēj blekmetāl nevis power

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Kad itunes parādīsies?

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