SANCTUARIVM

BAND NAME: Sanctuarivm
GENRE: Funeral Doom Metal
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: Unknown (early), USA (now)

Formed in late 2014 or early 2015 as Sanctuarium. After discovering other bands using the name, I changed one of the Us to a V.

It was on hold from ~2019 until 2024.
Despite nothing being released for those first several years, I never officially put it on hold until that time in 2019 or whenever.

The ideas I have for this project aren't really evident in the music released so far. They're both just songs I did while I was depressed and needed to vent some emotions. God willing, I'll be able to fully realize the vision for this project one day.

Lineup:
Nocturnal Iridescence - All instruments, Vocals

Discography:

By Space I Wept to the Triune (single, 29 March, 2024, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

Also stream on YouTube (OFFICIAL)

Ambient / funeral doom.
For this release, God did: Lyrics, Songwriting, Divine inspiration, Art direction

1) By Space I Wept to the Triune
10:03, lyrics:
Tasting the plague, I revile [1]
My love withers from a world of blasphemy [2]
Where kindness is a death sentence [3]

"O, My child,
Soon I will end it all [4]
Soon we will cry our last tears
And share our reprieve, together, for all time" [5]

For there is life beyond the plague [6]
Beyond the crime, beyond the hate [7]
The ignorance will fall away [8]
And one day we will finally see
It will be our reality [9]
How this world was truly meant to be [10]

BIBLICAL CITATIONS FOR THE LYRICS ABOVE
[1] -- Genesis 6:5
[2] -- 1 John 2:15
[3] -- John 15:18-19, Matthew 26:66-68, John 16:2
[4] -- Revelation 6:10-11, 2 Peter 3:10
[5] -- Revelation 21:4
[6] -- Colossians 3:2
[7] -- Revelation 21:8
[8] -- Proverbs 9:10, Luke 8:17
[9] -- Revelation 21:6-7
[10] -- Genesis 1:31

The Night Rebuilds the Walls (single, 17 April, 2025, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

Also stream on YouTube (OFFICIAL)

Black / funeral doom.
Although the song doesn't speak openly about Christian theology, it is still spiritually Christian. It's me existing within a state of depression with God by my side, and praying for help. Improvised, "written", produced, etc in less than 12 hours.
On this release, God did: Co-songwriting, Art concept

1) The Night Rebuilds the Walls
9:46, lyrics:
I've never cared about most of the world
Eons of bland nonsense breeze past me
No activities to be passionate about
All conflict is hung in arrogant red tape

A naive idiot, I gave myself to trust
And swore I'd never do it again
I did

The world seemed brighter then
New, hopeful, not so... lonely
But you've got better places to be
Better faces to see

You'll always have a sea of hearts to hold you up
You'll never know what it feels like to be alone
The world passing you by like a filthy insect
Disgusted by you, the cold ground your only friend
You'll never feel this.

That last embrace was a blanket for my soul
Sun shone through the walls I built
The window closed and all I feel is numbness

Apathy
Hatred, despair, yearning
Apathy
Nostalgia, hope, dread
Apathy
The ground crumbling beneath me