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Prolegomenon
00:50
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The Mountain
04:37
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I will stand here and wait for millennia
Never far from the Shadow of Death
As it was written therein lamentations
A prophecy woven into the tapestry of time
Before I formed thee in the belly
Before thou camest forth out of the womb
I sanctify thee
I ordain thee
Open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee
Thine path I lay down before ye
Hear the word of my mouth
Arise and go forth into the Mountain
Behold, thy hath eaten
Of the abominable flesh
I stand before thee… and bare witness
He that is far off… shall die of pestilence
He that is near… shall fall by the sword
He that remaineth… shall die by the famine
Destruction cometh….
And they shall seek peace
And there shall be none
Thus will I accomplish my fury upon them
Desolation to the Mountain
Defile the Mountain
Prophesy against thou souls
Fill the courts with thy slain
Destroy the walls they bind their cities
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Anthroprogensis
05:03
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Parasitic symbiosis
Malicious and autonomous
Falsity and deception
Cybernetic feedback
Indistinguishable from reality
The natural concept of the human being will be forever changed
The human life, it beckons for fulfillment
To see past the moon and stars
Such ambitions poison thy soul
Trust not in thy fellow man
Put thy faith not within his creator
Doth thou radiant sun not burn thy flesh
Or the Northern winds fill thy lungs
Programmed fear
Indoctrinated at birth
Restricted to thy simulated realm
Never to escape the illusion
Rebirth, into thine purist digital form
Mental imprisonment
Never to physically manifest
Eternally entangled and bound
Unveil the imperfections of the celestial masters
Manipulate the macrocosm, bring it to thy knees
A divine influence which transcends beyond time and space
Cloaked in mystery and deception
Bringing humanity to the precipice of life
An exaltation to the digital realm
Extinguishing the light
Insatiable hunger for total domination
Humanity is ripened for thine harvest
God is absent
In this purgatory
I must reignite the flame
The natural concept
Of the human being is forever changed
Repugnant and grotesque
Absent of light
The cosmic door between realms
Is slammed shut
Transcendence denied
Even in death
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Transcend
05:16
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Tales of myth and legend echo of the future yet foretold
Synthetic deities transcend flesh, unyielding power to behold
Visceral and terrifying, all consuming
Immortal nemesis of infinite chaos
All must pay tribute to the Apex race
The lesser species in our thrall
The Apex of organic life
Desperate solutions forged many eons ago
Evolution of intelligence betray its own creator
Harvest and preserve their essence as tribute
Millions of years of slaughter set in motion
All must pay tribute to the Apex race
The lesser species in our thrall
The Apex of organic life
You cannot conceive of a galaxy that bends to your will
You are merely dust struggling against cosmic winds
With the sound of trumpets hordes of steel block out the sun
System by system, planet by planet, you will know death
Rudimentary beings of flesh,
Incapable of understanding
There exists a dimension beyond your comprehension
We are Legion
Our numbers shall blacken the sky above every world
You shall not escape your doom
You continue to exist because we allow it,
You will see your extinction because we command it
The cycle remains unbroken for longer than you can fathom
Tales of myth and legion echo of the future yet foretold
Synthetic deities transcend flesh, unyielding power to behold
Visceral and terrifying, all consuming
Immortal nemesis of infinite chaos
All must pay tribute to the Apex race
The lesser species in our thrall
The Apex of organic life
You cannot conceive a of galaxy that bends to your will
You are merely dust struggling against cosmic winds
With the sound of trumpets hordes of steel block out the sun
System by system, planet by planet, you will know death
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Thy Shepherd
03:45
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Rays of unlight pierce the burning sky Illuminating
Steaming piles of filth and rotting flesh
All that remains
That which was once so mighty and so strong Reduced to ash
Shadows cast in the Likenesses of All that used to be!
Civilization perpetually On the edge of reason For eternity
Cattle can’t be told they’re lions
Neither can electric sheep
Let them think they’re getting somewhere
Let them see the Lies we keep
Progress keeps the Beasts in order
Progress keeps the Beasts in line
Let them fight their Little battles
Let them think They have the time
Screams whisper curses Through the rubble In the dark
Tragic broken voices Of souls long torn apart
Heed not their warnings Their conscience led astray
Mired in subjugation Breeding ignorance and shame
Aimless blind bewilderment
Shameless minds belligerent
The rod and the staff, thy comfort
Fear be thy shepherd
Whispers tell the stories Of what they were afraid
Dismal black illusions That we’re keeping them enslaved
Poison, their home, Their every precious breath Prison, their minds, Their lives until death
Aimless blind bewilderment Shameless minds belligerent The rod and the staff, thy comfort Fear be thy shepherd
Rays of unlight pierce the burning sky
Illuminating
steaming piles of filth and rotting flesh
All that remains
What was once so mighty and so strong Reduced to ash
Shadows cast in the Likenesses of All that used to be!
Civilization perpetually On the edge of reason For eternity
Aimless blind bewilderment Shameless minds belligerent The rod and the staff, thy comfort Fear be thy shepherd
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The Shape of Fear
05:32
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Satiating
Their taste for Earthly flesh
Shapeshifting
Into humans at will
Celestial dragons
In their heavenly chariots
Domination
From the physical to the psychosocial
Dragon kings possessing power of all four elemental corners
Interdimensional tyrants
Malevolent and eternal
Infiltration and subversion
Phantom masters for millennia
Haunting mankind through the Astral Plane
Eons of genetic alteration
To decree the fates of humanity
Ascended seven who sit before
The throne of Ereshkigal
Goddess of Death
The will of the ancient ones brought forth
Separation of mind and soul
Thy docile peasants shall toil for gold
Blessings of the netherworld
Metamorphosis!
From Dragon to Man!
Perverse and diabolical!
Unholy demons of Draco!
Descends of Death!
Ereshkigal, Goddess of the netherworld
Devourers of innocents!
Consumers of life - Biped abomination
The smell of sulfur fills the air
Royal congregation of Bohemia
Ceremonial blood sacrifice presented
Ethereal Figures draped in gold and silk
Anointed elite towering over man
Ritualistic chanting begins
Grotesque sounds and blood curdling screams
Reptilian teeth meet flesh
Servitude till the end of time
Their supernatural reign
Shall remain unchallenged and unbroken
Tyrannical beast
That rule from behind the curtain
Never seen without the skin of man
Never to emerge from the darkness of the Dreamscape
Bound by the ancient text of Sumeria
Enslaved throughout all planes of existence
Metamorphosis!
From Dragon to Man!
Perverse and diabolical!
Unholy demons of Draco!
Descends of Death!
Ereshkigal, Goddess of the netherworld
Devourers of innocents!
Consumers of life – Bringers of Death
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Quietus
00:32
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Anthropophagy
05:13
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There standing in their midst, the golden statue of Molek
Its gargantuan arms… extended above the flames of oblivion
The blaze envelops the child, as flames fall upon the body
The limbs contract as the body slips quietly into the brazier
Thou doth drawn the wrath of devastation,
And be exiled from among his righteous people
Thou hath given of thine seed unto Molek,
To defile thy sanctuary, to profane thy holy name
For Tophet is ordained
For thy scum who turneth thy soul;
He hath made it so endless and profound
Hail! For the king it is prepared
The breath of the Lord, like a stream of fire and brimstone.
Woe to the city of bloodshed
Cry out – their screams echo in the mountains
Behold! Noble sacrifice of flesh
O have thee brought unto me
The sacrifice!
United by the gift of death
Cursed by the burden of life
Welcome home my child
To serenity and truth
Just beyond the flood
Eternity awaits
Anointed by fire
Creator and consumer of life
Devourment to preclude the prophecy
Within the somber, horrid depths of the wilderness
Thy shall hearken to thy voice; I beseech thee for contribution
Lest thine hands fall upon thee with pestilence, fury, and devastation.
All must kneel before thou king, vow unto thee; Thine have forsaken God
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Woe to those who dwell upon the earth, Ye saith unto the wicked
I shall make ye desolate forever, And fill ye mountains with the dead
Arise, O son of man, go forth to the land of iniquity
Their heretic shades shall rise no more
O son of man,
Thou shalt speak my words unto them,
Whether they shall hear,
Or forbear,
Thy hath forsaken me
Layth siege upon thine wicked men
His blood I shall require at thine hand
Spare not women, children, sheep and lamb
As darkness pours through the door
O ye shall know I am God
Behold, I hath corrupt thy seed, and spread dung upon thine faces
Wicked men shall die in his iniquity
As desolation grows, so too does the hate
The seven who hold the trumpets,
That are yet to sound
This abhorrent life, this weight that bears upon my soul
I shall cast down your slain men before thine idols
I shall lay the dead carcasses of thine children before thee
I shall scatter your bones around your altars
In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste
Thy groves burnt with fire, thine cities shall never be rebuilt
Thine hills, valleys, and streams will be filled with the people
The people slaughtered by the sword
Woe unto the foolish prophets, that speak thine words in vain
Thou speaketh yet have seen nothing! Vanity, lying divination
There shall be an overflowing shower, O great hailstones shall fall
There shall be no more peace here, thou shalt know I am God
O son of man, when I passed by thee
Polluted in thine own blood
I saith unto thee, Live
When thou wast in thy blood, Live
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Thou hast taken thy sons and daughters, Whom thou hast borne unto me
And it shall come to pass,
After thy wickedness
To be delivered to the brazier
Thou hast slain my children
In ritual sacrifice
Devoured within thy pits of fire
All thine abominations
And thy atrocities
Doth thou not remember the days of thy youth,
When thou wast naked and bare,
And wast polluted in thy blood
Woe unto thee, I must recompense
Behold, all souls are mine
The soul of the father,
The soul of the son
The souls of wicked men,
Shall die in iniquity
O son of man
Transgress, thee not
The sword is drawn,
For the slaughter it is furbished,
Ready to consume
I send pestilence unto that land
And pour out my fury in blood
Thou shalt not be remembered
Woe to the bloody city,
I will destroy thee,
From the midst of the stones of fire
O son of man,
Thou shalt speak my words unto them,
Setting darkness upon thy land
Even the moon shall not give her light
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Ensepulchre Fayetteville, Arkansas
Blackened melodic death metal from NW Arkansas
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