AMENRA 'A Solitary Reign' (official videoclip)

Amenra “A Solitary Reign”

Director: Tine Guns
DOP: Dries Delputte
Costume design: Linde van Aerde
Edit: Tine Guns
Camera Assistent: Ruby Van der Kooij
Special effects: Lukas & Harold Ameye
Art Sculpture: Stephen Verstraete, courtesy of Galerie Transit, Stichting Arend

thank you: Stefanie Vlasschaert, Steve Lammertyn, Philippe Lantoine, Maarten Kinet, Stefaan Temmerman, ..

"a Solitary Reign"
MASS VI

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Lyrics:
I see distance in your eyes. Bury me to sleep tonight. your touch divine.I saw distance in your eyes. He came to claim what was his and for years you lived. a solitary reign. I retraced my steps to your embrace I wanted you to stay yet you died away. your touch divides. I see distance in your eyes. please sing me to sleep tonight. you reside in me. the sacrifice. like blood seeping through. your old wounds. I am your old wound. you took your leave. a new life to lead. torn from you. inside of you. mother mine. the most beautiful eyes I could look into. I now see distance in your eyes. you lived a solitary reign. And to all that ever mattered. to all I ever loved. A solitary reign.

Recorded and mixed by Billy Anderson
Mastered by Justin Weiss

[Mikozdov]

I don't even know but hearing this has an metaphysical effect on me.

[philb]

Pretty sure those are the beautiful ruines of the abbey in Villers-la-Ville, just saying to boost some extra tourism for Belgium!

[volkanatay]

A song like falling into an endless void.

[charmicarmicat]

I was driving on a really long road outside Santa Fe New Mexico with my wife. She had her headphones in and wasn’t paying attention so I decided to listen to some Amenra because the drive was long enough.
At some point, I think it may have been during this song, she takes her headphones out to ask me something but before she does she’s just listening for a moment and begins weeping. I had to stop the music and ask what was wrong and she told me that she had never heard anything like this before and it scared her and triggered some sort of repressed emotion.
I was really moved especially because she does not enjoy this kind of music at all, as you can see from the story I just posted. But even though she doesn’t like this music it still had an immense impact just from about a minute and a half of listening.
That is why Amenra is one of my favorite bands of all time, even though I only recently discovered them this year, it’s some of the greatest music I’ve ever heard in my life. They’re carrying the fire.

[VanessaSDias-ommw]

This is probably the best song I've ever heard in my life. This is probably the best band I've ever stumbled upon.

[alirezamohammadzadeh]

I've listened to this 1258 times and still feels like the first time i listened to it. I can't describe the feeling but It is one of the best feelings i can ever feel in my entire life.

[Plumette]

seeing this band perform in a church at night is probably one of the most beautiful and haunting thing that ever happened in my life

[martijnlotters]

This song still hits like a die hard Depression, a demon fighting the good inside of you. The demon is almost winning. You are almost dead. But in the end, everything is gonne be good and beutifull. Damn i love this weird dark feelings. It makes you feel alive again. What a band❤

[xRSx]

I always find comfort reading these comments and knowing that our feelings resonate

[HermanWaldorf]

I saw them last night. When it finished I just wanted silence and to go home to hug my little child.

[eerietteart]

I've always loved this song, but now, after the passing of my mother it hits different, it hurts so much that i can't stop crying. She died in my arms after months battling a violent cancer. The distance in her eyes... yes i saw that and it was devastating.
This song describes perfectly what i felt and still feel.

Please sing me to sleep tonight...

[thomasbuschaert]

Who's here 2022? This hits everytime different... That is the power of great songs like this.

[Quicksilver_Cookie]

It's hard to describe what this feels like. It's like a colossal monument built out of sound. Weighing heavy over you, enveloping you in it's tight grasp. It's unsettling, but strangely comforting at the same time. This is incredible.

[hardanheavy]

The sun was going down, a drizzle was coming down from the leaden clouds and Amen Ra played this song at the main stage at Metal Days. The absolute highlight of the entire festival. Pure emotion, desperation. Not many bands can touch my soul like this one.

[kleonikivasileiadou]

this songs reminds me that i still have feelings and i m not dead inside.

[paledave]

Just discovered this band today and I have been listening to this on repeat for about 3 hours now...

[beelsmaxime]

I love how in a 9 minute song there's only one moment everyone goes to. The moment where the music takes over. Where the emotion takes over and overwhelms you. How you can remain deathly still at that point and yet feel so much.

[Ellier]

Even though there is anguish, I still hear peace.

[DarkestHourCoe]

I saw Amenra in Cologne the other day. I've never cried so much at a concert. It was so beautiful, so dark, so intense. At one point I took a glance at the people around me. I wasn't the only one crying. And I felt such a deep connection to other people in that moment. Thank you, COR, for creating art.

[StefanosFerous]

I had never listened to Amenra. A dear friend of mine suggested I join her in their live performance in Athens, which was yesterday, so I started listening to them a couple of days prior to the show.
I never expected to cry in an extreme metal live show but I guess there is a first for everything. This song is truly a mystical experience live. I felt suffocated yet free. It was religious in a way.
I can't really describe the experience that this live show left me. For those who have not seen them live, do it. Immediately. It was like "listening" to a horror movie or "listening" to a nightmare. I can't describe it any other way.

Tear old pain away.