Gris - Il Etait Une Forêt (+ Lyrics)

[sephfir4]

I'm not even really into DBM but I can't get enough of this for some reason.

[chaos666chaos]

nice...first DBM i dont click away...

[gorbagthrash]

best fucking vocals

[ImpendingSerendipity]

I love the intro to this song, especially the vocals.

[TheMILANINZAGHI9]

no 0:42 screm cry ....amazing ..dead !

[metaldude1011]

i love the genre, it's so beutifull, great emotions and feelings, makes me really feel better.

[JokerHimself]

why isnt this on spotify?!?!?!?!?!!!!

[mrgrimviking]

Transcends emotion. This is just proof that humanity is more than just meat and bone.

[zariwellaloba]

great!!

[shaddar666]

amazing

[silencedemarbre]

un excellent groupe de black dep, une ambiance vraiment dépressive! assez terrible, mais tellement bon!!

[Hellkistador]

très bon, on ressens beaucoup de désespoir, de nostalgie voire de mélancolie à travers ce titre, c'est magnifique

[TheAntih]

8:57 ... total destruction <3

[thankGodforDavidG]

dedicate this song to "" Jennifer "" my friend at Pete's coffee sunday afternoon !

[david73707]

Amazing.......

[northerain]

holy shit

strong ''in the woods'' vibe here

[MalyFox]

CAN/FRA rules BM world ! 

[kevinslaughton]

Thank you gris!!! Its like they express the emotions you cant put into words. This band is pure genius.

[ToWitnessExistence]

fucking love this shit, oh my god. i cried the first time i heard it.

[The3PhoenixWithin]

*the anthem of the end of victimization~

SyBlur

[naodisponivell]

Does anyone know if they're working on a new album?

[yaroslav64]

I dont know about you guys but when I listen to great DSBM like this I dont feel sad or depressed, I am in awe. I'm in awe of how someone can translate their feelings, seemingly their lives to such a simple medium and convey it with such beauty. It makes me think of the beauty in having any emotions this strong regardless of positive or not. It makes me feel alive in a way.

[wownov83]

@yaroslav64 Absolutely :).

[Stragulia]

@yaroslav64 i know that feel bro

[The3PhoenixWithin]

@yaroslav64 I've said much the same thing/no sadness/liberation/knowing such persons/pain ended/of what music would they make?/however they wielded/did not commit murder/etc/instead are expressing in the rawest of forms/beyond the haunt is the veil/beyond the veil there is solitude & salvation] the end of victimization

*SyBlur~

[TheAntih]

the ending gives me goose bumps <3

[307beast]

The music makes me fell like im in hell!! \m/

[unFINished321]

One of the most awesome tracks.

[2000kramer]

CALISSE QU'ON NA DU BON MATÉRIEL AU QUÉBEC

[FallenEmpire13]

Attn USA FANS: If you are interested in having me stock the Il Etait Une Foret LP for sale in the US, please let me know. E-mail me at fallen.empire13@gmail.com and express interest in the item if you have any. I am trying to stock this for my shop but would like to gauge interest first to decide how many to get.

[MountainBlackSide]

This is beyond music..

[BornToDie90]

the music is magical but the vocals fuck it up

[thakey69]

@BornToDie90 you are a dong

[BornToDie90]

@thakey69 what's a dong?

[thakey69]

@BornToDie90 a penis haha, i was just playin round. but yeah the vocals don't fuck it up man i guess it is just different for you. they are expressing anguish etc through the screams i like it personally

[TheAntih]

@BornToDie90 the vocals make this song complete 

[Janainapsilva]

Showww....bom pra refletir. Pensamentos Suicidas !!!

[UnspokenBlasphemy]

my favorite depressive black metal band...so beautiful

[pcmbc7]

LOVE the Dark...

[Capriscorps]

Frissons assurés !!!! huummm..... merveilleux ;")

[1TheMidnightSun1]

@xSadistico666x I think that would be "There was a forest" rather than "It was a forest" (I'm not French or Canadian so i'm not 100% sure but I think that'd make more sense) ...but great song anyway!

[Thelordbaphomet]

@1TheMidnightSun1 Indeed you are right, translated properly its "There was a forest". If it was "It was a forest" the lyrics in french would have been "C'était une forêt". I would know, my mothertongue is french ;)

But the most important is that people understand and its a small detail i guess.

[Wyndrax]

Beautiful song!

[govind0000]

omggggggggggggggggggggg...i cant believe i missed this one/..>!!!!

[brutMoonRise]

Damned! He good

[TheFinal88]

I think i will end it to this song

[Wyndrax]

@TheFinal88 Why would you kill yourself when there are awesome bands like this one out there?

[galassiaxex]

uomini veramente uomini.........

[MartialBENOIT]

Il était... UNE FOREEEEET! UNE FOREEETT!!! 

[GrimGrimace77]

my favorite by Gris :)

[BornToDie90]

the introduction simply couldn't be more epic

[psychofyler]

godlike...

[coeursanguin]

Lyrics in Actual English:

There was a forest where man's greed was nothing more than the shadow of a dark past.

There was a forest where the tree's bark reflected the beauty of a lost world.

There was a forest where the night's song woke up the sun of another life.

There was a forest where the sky's sanctuary watered the ground dried up by the gods.

[DariahTheThird]

La Forêt est une déjà-vu pour moi. J'adore ma forêt.

[HelmsHurricane]

Je n'avais jamais entendu quelque chose de similaire.

Quoique ... Havarax y ressemble un peu.

[BlackShadyFloyd]

Il était une forêt... La meilleure chanson non instrumental du très grand groupe GRIS!!! Dédié a mon ame soeur pour toujours LA FORÊT...

[rudeboy8313]

la guitare est exxellente!!!!!!!!!!! un groupe ke j'adore parmis tant d'autre,,,

[Streetmastaalex]

At least the Canadians redeemed themselves for spewing out Justin Bieber

[esca8652]

@Streetmastaalex that's a joke right?

[BornToDie90]

@Streetmastaalex i hate seeing comments about him in every fucking video but that was a good one...

[Streetmastaalex]

@BornToDie90 Hahah dude I hate it too, I just felt it was actually relevant.

[DariahTheThird]

Never heard any music more emotional.

[DariahTheThird]

This song is stunning.

Amazing! From deepest soul.

[Joardann]

where did you get that picture? I would be very glad if you could reply a link.

[noctamb0]

thanks are given to Gris for these songs

i would like you to enjoy "Coldness is the cloak" from a band called "Nachtwandel"

[esca8652]

What the fuck is this a picture of?!?!?!?!

[55Kiwy]

magnifique chansons bien d4rk :hap:

[EkoveEfrit]

y dont they sing their songs in engilish!!!

[InvasionOfSteel]

@EkoveEfrit Because they don't pander to your every fucking need. now shut up and enjoy this masterpiece.

[EkoveEfrit]

@InvasionOfSteel i wasnt asking u dumb fucking poser

[EkoveEfrit]

@InvasionOfSteel  i wasnt asking u dumb fucking poser i was just saying since they r from canada it would be better to just sing in engilish so every can understand better fucking noob

[InvasionOfSteel]

@EkoveEfrit Jesus fuck. Who shit in your cornflakes this morning? Perhaps since they're french-canadian, they'd like to sing in their mother tongue. Who gives a shit if you can understand the lyrics or not? depressive black metal isn't exactly created for accessibility.

Also, how exactly am I a "poser"? I don't even know where you got that from. Oh wait, you probably just threw a random insult at me because you couldn't think of anything better. Jesus, you need a blowjob.

[EkoveEfrit]

@InvasionOfSteel yea look at this relegios fucker fuck u and ur jesus u son of a bitch its my opinion stupid ass niger

[InvasionOfSteel]

@EkoveEfrit I'm an Atheist who subscribes to the philosophy of Existentialism, buddy. How the hell did you come to the conclusion that I'm religious?

I love how you seem to think you can collect every single piece of information about me from 1 or two things I posted on youtube.

It may be your opinion, but I think said opinion is very self-centered and retarded. So shut up.

[EkoveEfrit]

@InvasionOfSteel u should shoot urself and die u r off toppic mother fucker

[InvasionOfSteel]

@EkoveEfrit What difference does it make? Discussions go off on tangents regularly. Don't think that pointing this out makes you seem like any less of a retard. Nobody's buying your bullshit.

But alright, I'll get back on topic. The fact that you think the bands shouldn't write lyrics in the language that they speak just so your puny little mind can understand the meaning of the song in the most superficial way possible is dumb beyond words. Find the meaning of the song through the music.

[InvasionOfSteel]

@EkoveEfrit Not only that, but some guy was actually nice enough to translate the lyrics into English on THIS VERY FUCKING PAGE RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE COMMENTS so what the fuck is your problem???

[Zd05Th3Gr347]

Profond et magnifique.

Bravo à nos amis du Québec. ;)

[6481726]

A great masterpiece!

[Ravaskeith]

This is to be one of seven albums they will produce under the moniker of Gris. Looks extremely promising so far.

[darkhopeful]

C'est le BM qui m'a fait prendre conscience de la futilité et l'absurdité de la société de l'apparence et de la consommation.

Où est la place pour l'art, le respect de la nature et d'autrui ?

Quelle décadence...

[lawtaktak]

anyone know if they gonna put out a new album?

[esca8652]

listening to this with your lights off is scary hehe. This would be an abomination on shrooms.

[reticulianoverlord]

@xSadistico666x ...what lyrics?

[lightfox17]

Gris is one of my favorite black metal bands I also include their songs in my compilation vids

[jicitheomfg]

vive le Québec tabarnak.... et surtout vive GRIS!

[tehpeasant]

awesome

[pdwhu]

Just beautiful...

[eldiacuandomorire]

@pdwhu verdad hermano,verdad

[jtiemrry]

Well it's Ambiant Black...-.-

[nargarothfreak]

i love france black metal and depressive black metal bands they are verry good

[MrMASTODONTE]

Actually, this band is from Québec in Canada, not from France.

[maidenofmetal5]

wooooo! CANADA IST AWESOME:)

[Bighulkmax]

plus précisément le Québec! :D

[criss654321]

@nargarothfreak quebec not france

[FuckThePMRC]

This sure is different.

[tobleronemonster]

French is french,I think.

[Thelordbaphomet]

Thats like saying English is English... ahem....

[nargarothfreak]

thit is focking nice

and i cant find nothing of them

but is a sick DBM Band

[lostot]

its very difficult to find them... amazon dosnt have it record stores dont have it... tear

[KeepinOnWYourself]

Try The End Records, they have it in stock.

[Sorath999]

please buy the album this band needs support!!

[LifeOfDelusion]

Love the vocals!!

[loverman0o0]

sounds like Burzum ! , i love it

[Gregloko666]

Porra Banda do Caralho heimm...

Muito Fodaaa!!!

From Brazil

[jicitheomfg]

Vive gris... Vive le Depress black !

[martaroth]

the old name for this band is call : Niflheim, from Canada.

An awesome DSBM band

[LycoSBeckeR]

severo tema saludos desde colombia

[XantexADS]

i love this band !!!!!

[Drobanybody]

Intense, gives me the creeps!

[shma1234567]

vivre la marginalité, le monde est chiants sans ces personnes spéciales qui font vibrer nos coeurs comme gris, il n'y a pas juste le putin de musique pop de MERDE qui passe a la radio, il y a aussi des masterpiece comme les chansons de gris, all hail to gris. Its not that we are suicidal or something, we just enjoy another side of the life that the normal people dont like... greetings from quebec

[NoFaceLeft]

hey ! derange pas que j'aille piquer ton commentaire pour le coller sur mon facebook ! outrement dit, j'aurai pas trouver mieux a dire que tu as écrit. ,|,,|

thx d'Avance

[shma1234567]

gâte toi champion :O

[louisNEED]

obscure,sadness ,great,enjoy graves and silence

[EmchFromBlack]

thank you very much :D

[Mariosmash]

Awezome

5/5

[EmchFromBlack]

what are the lyrics about?

i don't understand anything, is there a translated verison anywhere?

like the song very much

[kraeman1]

this song has way too much passion in it

[kraeman1]

the vocals seem that of a man who's lost literally everything

[clockmenfail]

I agree, I have rarely heard a voice sounding more tortured. Beautiful.

[Blackplague777]

@clockmenfail they are one, Xasthur best voice tortured

[blackspiritinflames6]

@kraeman1 listen "In My Last Mourning" by Thy Light, I feel the same thing for this song.

[charlelie]

The kind of melody we aren't used to in bm. Happy to discover it.

[heathenancestor]

Trops hâte de voir le "split project" en show. Gris ca détruit !

[Ccapriceee]

Bouzaréah en force vive celeste où notre notre paix reside!!!!

[metalhead666joe]

best art i ever seen!!!

[gotikadark]

jaime trop !

[redndev69]

Great song. Love the song. Hail Gris!!!

[Nigge2810]

great song

[NagellFenris]

very beautiful

i love it

5/5

one of the best songs :/

very depressive

i love it

Greetings from Austria

[ShadicPT]

I don't know if it's really drepessive... it actually puts a smile on my face...

[esca8652]

lyrics??

[7zevra7]

Lyrics update man!

[windprinzessin92]

Omg thats my favourite Band, they are so awesome but if u like this kind of music, look for bands like darkspace, anti, Nyktalgia, Coldworld these are realy good dark ambient bands!

sorry for my english im from germany xD

[blackdepressive888]

jimena afraid to give this song but this song is pretty good reminds me of my suffering

[DreadfulCold]

Beautiful!

[klaudiothedevil]

most awesome DSBM swong ever to come into existence.... fuck yeah....

[Hydroza]

Świetnie wkomponowane klawisze, przejmujący wokal, brzmienie w sam raz do tego stylu. Coraz bardziej lubię ten zespół.

[mamzellebellamy]

C'est si beaaaau x)

[Brucey6666]

on doit pas avoir la même définition du terme "beau" moi je dirais plutôt que c'est plat et chiant , au bout de 7minutes j'en ai eu marre

[MartialBENOIT]

@Brucey6666 : ben écoute la fin...tu verras si c'est pas beau !

[Brucey6666]

@MartialBENOIT

J'en reviens a la définition de la beauté qui est totalement subjective et qui selon mes critere ne conviens pas à ce morceaux.

Après coup j'ai été dur je l'avoue et je retire ce que j'ai dit de mal sur ce morceaux .

L'ambiance y est réussi crépusculaire et étouffante , c'est pas mal du tout .

M'enfin toujours pas de quoi s'extasier . C'est pas mal .

[MartialBENOIT]

@Brucey6666 : au niveau de la musique et des textes je trouve ça super beau...

Je pense aussi que l'album doit s'aprécier en entier...comme tout album.

[Smallclon]

je déteste les francaises mais cette music est excellente

[Yoshiki97]

Le fait que ce soit français importe t'il dans le choix de l'écoute ?

Je ne comprends pas bien ta réaction Smallclon....

[blackcheesyghoul]

c'est que t'es pas tombé sur les bonnes

je sais dekoi jparle!!!!!!!

[AmOn9]

Il était une fois gris ....

Vraiment mais vraiment tout ce que j'aime !

[Marcometal1990]

Such emotionally charged music.

Anyone know of DBM of such quality? Sombre Forets come pretty damn close.

[Shredlikemad12]

Coldworld possibly?

[ChaOS1944]

I'd recommend bands such as Nyktalgia, Forgotten Tomb, and Amesoeurs.

I personally also love the DSBM band Silencer. (so not the poser faggot Silencer)

But that's a very, very controversial band in the DSBM scene.

Listen to it and you'll understand why ;)

Cheers, and hail metal!

[metalhead666joe]

totaly agree dude , i like the bands you talked about nice tast m8

[ChaOS1944]

Thanks man. ^^

You also like stuff such as: Xasthur, Make a change kill yourself, Sterbend, Shining, and Aaskereia?

If you haven't heard of one of them you should totally check it out.

Good DSBM is hard to find these days.

However, there are a lot of discussions going on about Aaskereia being DSBM or not.

But I'm sure if you like DSBM, you'll like them as well. ;)

Cheers!

[80smetalchild]

i thought it was dbm. what does the s stand for?

[ChaOS1944]

Yeah, you can also call it that way...

But DSBM stands for: Depressive Suicidal Black Metal.

[80smetalchild]

so r u guys people who suffer with depression or suicidal thoughts or something?

[ChaOS1944]

Well... I'm not to judge about how other people feel, but personally I'm not depressed, nor suicidal.

I've always just felt a lot more attracted to the dark side of life rather then the "happy" side.

[80smetalchild]

i prefer dark as well... haha not this datrk though

[yinzx7]

I feel the same way you do, I seem to like dark more thats whats makes me happy.

[DiggermanNo1]

Are you sure its not...sequined.

[ChaOS1944]

Yes I'm pretty sure.