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The Shores of Issyk-Kul
03:42
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It came across the hills
An unseen roiling mass
It moved beneath the soil
And through the fields of feather grass
At dawn it crept on the slopes
At day it crawled through the trees
Come fall of dusk and
It had found its way to the streets
Nightfall came and went again
But none were there to attest
By the hands of the unseen thing
They were laid to eternal rest
Their bodies shorn
Their lives cut short
Kutluk was the first to fall
Magna-Kelka was his wife
In a hovel by the lake
The Horseman came to claim their lives
In the year of the hare
By the shores of Issyk-Kul
This is where the end began
Eradication of man
It swept along the roads
Throughout the eastern sands
Killing one and all
Leaving empty barren lands
A punishment for heathen souls
Like a fetid miasma sent from on high
The unbelievers and any who come to deny
They will suffer the vengeance of god
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Pax Mongolica
03:15
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We ride
Across the open steppe
By sword and bow we rule
Under the bloodred tamgha
Nations submit or succumb
To the rule of the Khan
No greater empire
We're the riders of the yam
Karash
Shyngay
Komur
Tenger Etseg
Badysh
Yabash
Kerey
Erleg Khan
Descendants of Genghis
Whom blessed Sarai awaits
As the fleet horse carries you
So shall you carry the secret of death
The scythe of nations
Tenger, your thundering voice
Is heard close to the abyss
Unifier of the thoughts of men
Ruler with a thousand eyes
Accept my offering
Take illness and sorrow from me
Grant me protection
And keep me
From the deity of death
A prayer for the gods of old
Uttered in the tongue of the beasts
Animistic rites conducted
To travel the realms below
Hear the chant of the shaman
His words are unwritten law
For he has seen the lower world
Where countless suns are awaiting rebirth
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Siege of Caffa
05:46
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In the beginning there was an alliance
A concord struck
From a solid foundation of gold
But as all things must
This too turned foul
Mistrust and abuse
A downward spiral
Rising calamity
Brought by the fall
Scavengers gathering
The carrion calls
Halcyon days
Shall herald the storm
Black words of spite
Have ruined us all
A wayward glance
Sparking a fire
The flames consuming the land
Burn higher and higher
The enemy is at the gates
The walls will hold them back
Camped outside of arrow range
The siege machines attack
Raining black death
Spreading the plague
Hear them cry
Lay siege, lay siege
Drive them into the sea
Lay siege, lay siege
Beleaguered with no retreat
Into the catapults
Over the wall
Like putrid rain
Let festering corpses fall
In this war no sides exist
Except the dying and the dead
A man's worth is nothing at all
The scales of justice lay bared
The reek of flesh covers the world
As the city burns
Rats and vermin shall reign supreme
As the blackened water churns
Lay siege, lay siege
Drive them into the sea
Lay siege, lay siege
Beleaguered with no retreat
No quarter given
No white flags flown
No surrender accepted
No glory found
In the beginning there was an alliance
A concord broken
By the deeds of self-righteous men
But as all things must
This too turned foul
Herald the fall...
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The Plague Ships
06:07
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The creaking of plank and of rope
The crack as the wind hits the sail
The crash of waves upon the hull
Stinking bodies in various states of decay
The moans of the dying
The cries and gasps of pain
From those whose organs soon fail
See them come upon the horizon
Their hulls too deep in the water
Billowing sails outlined by the light of the moon
The warning bells ring out
Too late, too late they're coming about
Slanting one way or another
Veering as if run by a skeleton crew
The ships, they enter the harbor
The screams of the damned
Echo across the hills
But why have they come
And brought us all these ills
Pray to your god
Pray for your soul to be saved
Kneel for your salvation
Beg for your lives
Pray for your loved ones
Pray to nothing at all
On deaf ears
Silent prayers fall
The ocean is a harsh mistress
Giving and taking in unequal measure
Yet she cannot compare
Even by smallest fraction
To the massive extent
Of the impending disaster
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Decameron
05:08
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Such was the cruelty of heaven
That in the year of our lord 1348
One hundred thousand souls
Perished in the city alone
What inhabitants
In their prime and vigour of youth
That neither Galen, Hippocrates
Nor Aesculapius himself
But would have declared in perfect health
After dining heartily with their friends
Have supped with the departed
In the other world
Messina/Genoa/Florentia
Siena/Venezia/Roma
Miasma/Atra/Mors
Pestilence/Schwarzer Tod/Digerdöd
Decameron
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Liber Secretorum
03:44
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“Then, I heard a loud voice from the temple
Saying to the seven angels
Go and pour out the bowls
Of the wrath of god upon the earth
So the first went and poured out his bowl upon the earth
And a foul and loathsome sore came upon the men
Who had the mark of the Beast
And those who worshipped his image”
The endtimes have arrived
Heralded by saints and sinners alike
The time of the antichrist draws nigh
Flagellants, death dancers, little brothers all
Pave the way for our common fall
As is the way of men
In hardships we turn on our kin
Burning
Maiming
Killing
Praying
Atrocities in the name of your faith
The antichrist has but to wait
While we destroy ourselves
That he may rule where no life dwells
The toil of existence
Hardships, famine and wars
A life made no brighter
As vengeance is sent by your lord
“The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun
And it was allowed to scorch people with fire
They were scorched by the fierce heat
And they cursed the name of god
Who had the power over these plagues
They did not repent and give him glory...”
Accept thy judgment
Corporeal punishment
Abrade thy skin with thorns
This is the will of thy god
Prostrate thyself before him
For three and thirty days
Let thy skin be a canvas of pain
Reject the Holy See
Decry the papacy
Where antichrist roams free
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Järtecken
01:13
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8. |
A Silent Vigil
04:18
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A futile endeavour
Truth has departed
The flock is scattered
As the wolf rages
Plague is poured out
Engulfing the lambs
Acolytes of Satan
Have overturned the temples
Children die
For the sins of their fathers
Untended
The vine is blighted by sin
The priests of god are unchaste
Their deeds not matching their name
Peace and patience
Thoroughly plundered
Northward
Through Teutonic lands
Where none but the dead
Keep their silent vigil
As the plague marches on
Crossing the pastures green
Into the mountainous north
Ancient and hale
Crops rot where they grow
Cattle lie dead in the fields
The lands of men
Lie desolate in the stillness
And over it all
A silence so loud
No man can escape
The susurration of death
Like the murmur of a storm approaching
From ancient Byzantium
To the black gates of Antioch
Harken the wail of despair
A futile endeavour
The curse of existence
The end infernal
As carcasses burn
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Alvastra
05:42
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In darkness a vision
A love forlorn
Bereft of joy
A life in servitude
Upon suffering acolyte
Revelations bestowed
And it is said:
When he walks across the earth with his plow
Sparing neither young nor old
Each shall be judged
And each shall die
In their own sin
The end is coming
Surrender to the sight
The lord has spoken
All men must die
Into darkness
Plunge the world anew
Unleash the final days
Born by revelations' truth
Bride of Christ
Living sacrifice
A life of flesh denied
A prophecy spoken
Thirty-three shall die
Cast them down before his eyes
Godly redeemer
Diviner of ways
Send the pious to their graves
Visions of death
Foreseen in auguries
Through fever dreams
A prior's confidence
At the abbey
Death shall ride forth
Claiming the souls
Of the damned
Why god why
Have you chosen me
For this gruesome task
Suffering in vain
Total loss of self
At the abbey of her dreams
Holy visions gained/Ascend the path of saints
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The Pale Burden
07:27
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It came across the hills
That unseen roiling mass
It braved capricious seas
And every mountain pass
When life holds no meaning
When pale mourning dawns
Thin strands of purpose unravel
The bleakness of it all
The grand final harshness
A sign of our fall
Prepare the soul for departure
Await the fate of us all
Death, I beseech thee
Grant me thy swift release
Death, I become thee
Roaming this hellish domain
In splendor the sun sets
Upon human remains
Is there no salvation
No relief from thy meted judgment
You have taken them all
Into thy kingdom
Why was I abandoned
Left to fend for myself
In this nightmare
Where only the dead remain
What transgression so vile
What sin committed
That I must suffer from life
Where all others die
When life holds no meaning
When pale mourning dawns
Thin strands of purpose unravel
The bleakness of it all
Always present
To the mind's eye
Those of my flesh
Their bleak spirits
Never moving on
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Throne of Heresy Mjölby, Sweden
Beginning in 2009 as a thrash/death metal act, Throne of Heresy have continuously evolved and expanded their sound since the
debut "Stench of Deceit".
Sophomore outing "Antioch" featured a much darker sound than before, which the band has built on for their latest release; the concept album "Decameron", out on November 3 2017. Listen to it in full here on Bandcamp!
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