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Crescent Lament - 梧桐落 (When Leaves Buried the Promise) - OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

2016-02-18T15:45:19.909Z

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"When Leaves Buried the Promise" is included in Crescent Lament's 2015 album "Elegy for the Blossoms".

"Elegy for the Blossoms" is the second album of the Taiwanese gothic metal band Crescent Lament, released in June 2015, which recounts the sorrowful story of a Taiwanese geisha, A-hiong, that happened in the late Japanese period and early Chinese Nationalist Party period in Taiwan’s history.

In the last three songs (“Autumn Rustle”, “When Leaves Buried the Promise”, and “Just Not Meant to Be") of the album, ”, we describe a brief romance between A-hiong and the Taiwanese young man Bîng-hong.

Crescent Lament - 風．聲起 (Autumn Rustle) feat. 八荒印痕 - OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

2016-02-18T15:44:17.486Z

"Autumn Rustle" is included in Crescent Lament's 2015 album "Elegy for the Blossoms". In this live MV, Crescent Lament cooperates with 「八荒印痕」, a hybrid traditional orchestra. The music of the live version is a remixed one (the flute is added additionally).

Crescent Lament - 尪仔面 (Masked Doll) - OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

2016-02-18T15:42:35.209Z

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After releasing the debut album "Behind the Lethal Deceit" in 2011, Crescent Lament keeps on digging out the dark side of Taiwanese history, and integrates those miserable stories into our music. "Taiwan geisha" becomes the theme of our next project. The story of our next conceptual album occurs in the mid-20th century, when Taiwan was in an era of turmoil. Because of low social status, Taiwanese geishas endured much more suffering than ordinary people.
This live MV -- "尪仔面(Masked Doll)", is the latest release of Crescent Lament. Written in Taiwanese, the lyrics describe that how a Taiwanese geisha hides tears under the invisible mask , and shows her smiles all the time emotionlessly.

Crescent Lament - 還君明珠 (Just Not Meant to Be) - OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

2016-02-18T15:39:39.092Z

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'Just Not Meant to Be' is the final song of Crescent Lament's latest album "Elegy for the Blossoms", and is a farewell song between A-hiong (a Taiwanese geisha) and her lover Bîng-hong.

In 1942, A-hiong encountered a young entrepreneur, Bîng-hong. During the troubled times, the two, who had feelings for each other, considered each other as the soul mate. Leaving for Japan for business in 1943, Bîng-hong bade a tearful farewell to A-hiong, promising he would return in a year to marry her. However, as the war situation deteriorated for Japan, and with dominant presence of US submarines in waters between Taiwan and Japan, attacking vessels, Bîng-hong had no choice but to stay in Japan a little longer. Without knowing when would her loved one return, amid rapid changes in the political situation, A-hiong accepted the arrangements by the madam to marry to a rich man as his concubine in 1946.

On the eve of the wedding, Bîng-hong suddenly appeared, explaining to her that, he was trapped in Japan, and was only able to return to Taiwan after the war. However, the reunion was too late for A-hiong, holding Bîng-hong’s hands, A-hiong lamented that she had nothing left for him but tears, and prayers that they may find each other again in the next life…