Aoidos - Trauma

“Trauma” is the most recent track by the bards from Coimbra. An intense and fast paced track mixing influences from Black Metal and Death Metal, it’s Aoidos’ first track with portuguese lyrics and with their full lineup, including their pianist Erlkönig, who composed a beautiful piano piece inspired by Sergei Rachmaninoff that weaves itself perfectly with the intricate guitar work and Freitas’ and Ekid’s layered vocals.

An assault on the senses with a little ethereal reprieve in the middle, this song turns “Trauma” into a living, tormenting being that sees itself not as an oppressor, but as a protector, a shield between the victim and the true extent of the tragedies they went through. “Trauma” seems the easier answer, to forget, to twist the tragedies in a paper ball and throw it out the proverbial window, easier than facing what scars and scares humans. But, in the end, “Trauma” is an unreasonable force that can’t be argued with, and that will control one’s life if left unchecked.

Aoidos are:

Freitanás as Daius and himself
Ekid as himself
Ivo as himself
Pedro as himself
Erlkonig as Coronis and itself

Label: Nox Liberatio Records

Video by João Freitas and Carlos Henriques at Monstrocriativo - @monstrocriativo762

Special Thanks:

Elisabete Alves; Sofia Alves; Patrícia Martins; Carlos Henriques - Monstrocriativo; João Dourado - Golden Jack Studios; Taberna 58; Caminhos Metálicos; D.R.A.C.

Lyrics:

Corpses fallen
Don’t stand up
Among the fears
No mind of my own
Leave it alone
Don’t question why!
Leave the answers to others to find

Não vás embora
Não há nada p’ra veres ali
Nada só o que eu encobri.
Qual pára o tempo?
O teu passado é meu!
E o futuro fui eu quem to deu!
Só eu!

Wake up exhausted
Can’t stand the heat
In eternal dreams you were the one to beat
Synaptic cage
Untold stress
The reason why is well above my wage


Não há ninguém que faça o que faço
Que enfrente o teu destino descalço
Que te procure, te encontre, te esconda
Do céu de fumo que te assombra!
São vãs caretas, meros escudos de raios violetas
Várias dores das mãos que tu apertas.
A minha prisão porém fatal
Por vezes torna-se o menor mal

Scaffolding falling
Deep mind debris
A constant torture just for you to see
Simpler minds
Can’t bother to smell
The rotten pain inside your mental shell

Não vás embora
Não há nada p’ra veres ali
Nada só o que eu encobri
Qual pára o tempo?
O teu passado é meu!
E o futuro fui eu quem to deu!
Só eu!

I’m trying
Now I swear I’m trying

But this foe won’t let up
It’s me I’m fighting

Não há ninguém que faça o que faço
Que enfrente o teu destino descalço
Que te procure, te encontre, te esconda
Do céu de fumo que te assombra!
São vãs caretas, meros escudos de raios violetas
Várias dores das mãos que tu apertas
A minha prisão porém fatal
Por vezes torna-se o menor mal

At the end of time
Something to find
All is lost
All is gained

Corpses fallen
Don’t stand up
Among the fears
What mind of my own?
“Leave it alone
Why question why?
Leave the answers for no one to find”

Não vás embora
Não há nada p’ra veres ali
Nada só o que eu encobri
Qual pára o tempo?
O teu passado é meu!
E o futuro fui eu quem to deu!
Só eu! Trauma…
Sou Eu!!!