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A Hill to Die Upon
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Current | |
Michael Cook | Drums, Vocals (2004-present) |
Member(bands): Maugrim (live) | |
Adam Cook | Vocals, Guitars (2004-present) |
Member(bands): Maugrim (live) | |
Nolan Osmond | Guitars (2012-present) |
Member(bands): Maugrim (live) | |
Past | |
Josiah Boyd | Bass |
(R.I.P. 2018) Member(bands): Haddonfield | |
Adam Gross | Guitars |
Drew Webster | Guitars |
Steve Southard | Vocals (2006-2009) |
Member(bands): Of Parting Words | |
Elisha Mullins | Bass (2009-2011) |
Member(bands): Fleshkiller, The Burial, Maugrim, War of Ages | |
Josh Christianson | Bass (2012-2013) |
Member(bands): Helhest | |
Brent Dossett | Bass, Vocals (2016-?) |
Member(bands): Cryptic Hymn (live), Intracranial Butchery (live), Decapitated Saints, Regulator, Eternium | |
Tanner Jones | Guitars, Vocals (2016-2017) |
Member(bands): Cantharone | |
Current (Live) | |
Mike Pingel | Guitars (2014-present) |
Member(bands): The Burial (live) | |
Past (Live) | |
Jokull | Bass, Vocals (backing) (2009-2010) |
Member(bands): Dödsmarsch, Frosthardr, InnerSiege, Koronatizor, Dark Valentine, WarHorse, Antestor (live) | |
Ryan Lamb | Bass (2011) |
Member(bands): Ecryptus | |
Andreas Larsen | Bass (2011) |
Member(bands): Dödsmarsch, Solace the Day | |
Levi Wiwe Rauff | Bass (2012-2014) |
Member(bands): Ascendant | |
Josh Christianson | Bass (2014) |
Member(bands): Helhest | |
Nolan Osmond | Guitars (2014-2016) |
Member(bands): Maugrim (live) |
# | Discography | Type | Year | |
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1 | Demo 2008 | Demo | 2008 | Show album |
2 | Infinite Titanic Immortal | Full-length | 2009 | Show album |
3 | Omens | Full-length | 2011 | Show album |
4 | Manden med leen | Single | 2013 | Show album |
5 | Holy Despair | Full-length | 2014 | Show album |
6 | Via Artis Via Mortis | Full-length | 2017 | Show album |
Demo 2008
Members | |
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Michael Cook | Drums |
Adam Cook | Guitars, Vocals, Bass |
Elisha Mullins | Guitars |
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1. | Season of the Starved Wolf | 04:59 | |
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2. | This King Never Smiles | 03:33 | |
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Infinite Titanic Immortal
Album versions
Release date | Label | Catalog ID | Format | Description |
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July 21st, 2009 | Bombworks Records | BWR0907 | CD | Digipak |
December 5th, 2013 | Independent | Digital | Bandcamp |
Members | |
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Band members | |
Michael Cook | Drums, Lyrics |
Adam Cook | Guitars (rhythm), Guitars (lead), Bass, Vocals |
Elisha Mullins | Guitars (lead) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Erik Tordsson | Mixing, Mastering |
Bogdan Amidzic | Artwork |
Christophe "Volvox" Szpajdel | Logo |
Brian Landes | Photography |
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1. | Of Fire and Division | 01:13 | Show lyrics |
"I have come to bring fire, and how I wish it were already kindled!... Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division." - Jesus Christ, Luke’s gospel 12:49-51 "The mighty man will become tinder and his works a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the fire." - Isaiah 1:31 |
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2. | Prometheus Rebound | 04:24 | Show lyrics |
"Be what it is my destiny to be, The saviour and strength of suffering man, Or sink into the original fuld of things: There is no agony, and no solace left; Earth can console, Heaven can torment me no more." - Percy Shelley, Prometheus Unbound No sleep, no dreams, no making mankinds peace The furies for company and the rejection of that infinity Abomination of my clay brothers... We are the mud and filth of this earth Of what we can and would become This likeness is all we are Artist of my clay spirit I am the reclaimed fallen son Of what we can or would die to see: I fire in the hearts of men In blackest day of generations My end is to end as the dead We dead promethean sons End of the dead "Titans, Behold your God!" Bow before the potter’s Son My end is to end as the dead Promethean child! "Titans, behold your God!" He canst become no clearer God of all, star-inwoven He hast love beyond Reaper! "Champion of heaven’s slaves" Oblivion Son We canst grieve no more... Io! Barest of love Oblivion soul We canst bear no more... |
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3. | This King Never Smiles | 03:34 | Show lyrics |
"Avarice, or the desire of gain, is a universal passion, which operates at all times, at all places, and upon all persons." - David Hume Live long the curse of Midas. Be warned of greed and golden pastures. For years, I’ve often sat and pondered "What more should I obtain" "What else is left to conquer?" Power, yes everlasting power Obtained by wealth and gold A force that I can touch and hold Ignorance and avarice Hand in hand as one Servant, bring my plate, I have a hunger For I cannot live on my riches alone Servant, night is close, where is my daughter? What do you mean she’s on the lawn? Call her name, bring her to me. What do you mean she’s stiff and cold? My own blood now a trophy? My Dionysis, I’ve paid your price in full. My kingdom lies in ruins from their king, From my own hand my kingdom lies in ruins I realize now my life’s importance I realize now my lesson learned Each step I take toward golden fortune That’s one more foot in the ground Please lift this curse from my head Please lift this curse from my hands Just let me wash my hands of this |
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4. | Season of the Starved Wolf | 05:05 | Show lyrics |
"The strength of the wolf determines the strength of the pack; the strength of the pack determines the strength of the wolf." - Rudyard Kipling Another night brings uncertain hunger and one more moon might satisfy that. My eyes were meant to sift through the shadows with razor teeth I ache and wait for the hunt My |
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5. | Twin Heads of Vengeance | 05:53 | Show lyrics |
"The time for war has not yet come, but it will, and that soon; and when it does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard." - Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson The Twin Heads: "Two beaks tear at a thousand nation’s eyes Wings beat upon the ears of all who dare to fight My light shineth the way Forward through ash and fog and fear It is flaming madness I see... in all whom I command Set flame to a million empirical states That will not bare my faces I am at peace with the madness of my race Two beaks tear at a thousand nation’s eyes Wings beat upon the ears of all who dare to fight..." Warriors: "Beholdeth what we cannot see God of gods! Law by nature, by will alone Infinite Titanic Immortal Oh! Faceless might Grant us the sight Through the ash and flame The hymns of chaos rise!" The Poet: Warring iron gods And madness’ undying flame Carmen ex ignis Cantus ex metus |
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6. | Heka Secundus (On Slithering Ice) | 03:31 | Show lyrics |
"Life is the childhood of our immortality." - Goethe Ice! Aphelion! Hail beyond the halls of time To vast waste of ice and Alluvial mass Logos! Ad Pathos! So be it ever after Thy souls, themselves, are bringers of disease Chaos, saty, servant of strymphalian rage And that hideous strength that saileth from beyond Io, lycanthropy! Bare thy claws and fangs Time shall ever call my name Ad infinitum The hand of Gaia The womb of mother ice Borealis shines And burns the will of man Giants circle and roar Heka Secondus! I hath prayed for strength And my hell is here And my hell is real |
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7. | The Dark Road | 01:36 | Show lyrics |
(Instrumental) "Tomorrow we shall meet, Death and I-- And he shall thrust his sword Into one who is wide awake." - Dag Hammarskj--Id |
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8. | We Soulless Men | 05:39 | Show lyrics |
"They wanted, as we say, ’to call their souls their own.’ but that means to live a lie, for our souls are not, in fact, our own." - C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain The continuum I behold, such is my inner want Not that I should bold above that which is not around me The art of soul is now meaningless As I behold my total lack of self Lo! Demeter Behold the eart Above and below Thou makest believe Uncreated! Above the sphere Rebellious globe Thou makes us believe Why, oh why, are we left? To be sin in such perfect a place The desolate mind is so perfectly spoiled In the eyes of a raptures snake Eyes of a raptures snake Hear me speak, brothers of the earth My words that shattered like clay So I speak as if thou were a child Lest fire besiegeth thy hearts Beckon forth! The soulless mankind Standing in ranks of thousands still more But this fate is what I have always feared for we soulless men We soulless men |
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9. | Titanic Essence | 03:47 | Show lyrics |
"Once one has seen God, what is the remedy?" - Sylvia Plath De natura ex intime dissolutio I am, thefore I burn! Mysta ex omnis uxorious Alles soll stehen verwirren Ars ex liber, ex anima The descending lion throne Cogito, ergo summitissum Alles soll stehen grell Metaphysics and decomposition Erase and total control Wait no, nor give in to fear Submerion in violence "Warstrength shall collide with warstrength" Tartarian essen and raptures snake "For all the immortals," Thraxus immolator! Havoc! Quotes taken from Aeschylus’ "The Libation Bearers" |
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10. | Eclipse of Serpents | 05:07 | Show lyrics |
"The pyramids themselves... have forgotten the names of their founders." - Thomas Fuller Io! Shafts of plague and pythoness gift The blackness of Bast hast cometh unto us Heiracosphinx! Slain By judgment’s flaming sword Canst thou see the blood of the Nile? I--! Of all blights! ’tis our sorry lot To suffer black, night, and boils Theban courage and Memphian lust Thou darest stain with blood Lo! The torment of the snake Scythian blades---jackal’s fleet Hail! The conquest of... The Uncreated one Open the book of Adapa And behold the coming of plagues Morbid philosopher Behind the curtain of lies Ave! Thou art greatest of fifty - Ave! Avenger Ave! Thou art greatest of fifty - Ave! leviathan |
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11. | Rime | 06:04 | Show lyrics |
"Nought is given ’neath the sun, Nought is had that is not won." - Swedish hymn |
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Omens
Album versions
Release date | Label | Catalog ID | Format | Description |
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June 2011 | Bombworks Records | BWR052011 | CD | |
June 2011 | Bombworks Records | BWR052011 | 2CD | Limited edition |
August 6th, 2012 | Independent | Digital | Bandcamp |
Members | |
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Band members | |
Michael Cook | Drums |
Adam Cook | Guitars, Vocals, Bass |
Elisha Mullins | Guitars |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Erik Tordsson | Mixing |
Rex Carroll | Recording |
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1. | Darkness That Can Be Felt | 04:53 | Show lyrics |
"It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, It lies behind stars and under hills,, and empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit Blinded may i be But more senses waken of thou would call lies I deem all else forsaken. Hated may I be but love shall then abound For what is my blood then Spilt upon the ground. At last! My place is gained among the manforsaken At last! My kind shall find our way back to the wilderness O, thou hast the right! To annoint my head with vermillion Mark of the joyful slave For I have the right Hight atop the mountain, Where the World Prince was slain I see the lone God holding the hexagram I am the black space between the stars I am the darkness that can be felt. "And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even the darkness which may be felt." - Exodus 10:21 |
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2. | The Perfection of Evil | 03:44 | Show lyrics |
"The serpent is alluded to in many passages in the Bible, and nearly always for its typical qualities, or habits, as intensifying similar things in the human family." - Smiths bible dictionary, Serpent Worship in silence The God who smote the dragons mouth wisdom from the sand god of all the land Orthodox alchemy experienced Mystic ways I have sought Mystic signs have I wrought Diasos Anthropos! I am my fathers son Diasos Anthropos! I shall transcend the Sun Auriel, despise thee Gabriel, take hold And Michael, aside me Raphael behold Legions of the new world From sea to blackened sea Show the mark upon thy brow In this land I sing The song of the desert Among the sands in the middle of the East. |
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3. | Adept in Divinity | 03:02 | Show lyrics |
"...We infer, that perchance he who is to come shall be called Titan." - Irenaeus, Against Heresies From the top of my tower I saw the sign descending The birth of V.I.T.R.I.O.L. The death of Yetzer-Ra By the hand of the Moon and touch of tyrant Sun The Watcher of Styx I have left behind. Towards Castors portal The gate of the Apzu Brought by Gabriel In search of leonine Io, Astromortal! The adept in divinity Sought by Raphael In conquest of the western sea Angdae dürelen Agarwaen Er I am the left handed Wizard of the War God Angdae dürelen Agarwaen Er "No fate is shared, No fate is shared!" |
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4. | The Chant of Mighty Offspring | 02:55 | Show lyrics |
"A crown of thorns is still a crown" -Aleister Crowley, The Titanic By Saros Vulcanic I am led Towards all perfection of darkness To the heights of Hell... ...and the depths of Heaven I am the mightiest offspring In slavery I was bred Brought up by the sword and mothered by the dead And thus i danced For the hate and love bound within my soul With Epithemus and the Sphinx Prometheus and the Lynx Lo, grant me thy namesake Slayer of the Pantheonic "Here I am!" Blessed of the left hand Guardian of the secrets of the forest Grant me shining eyes and silent ways ...I have come for Asherah! |
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5. | Heka Primus (Ordo Norma Mysterium) | 03:00 | Show lyrics |
"Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you!" - Isaiah 64:1 Lo! Whilst thou breathe the fire of the gods? The bitter flame, black as the dragons heart Ana-elemental, the test of all thats pure Adra-immortality, so far beyond the rest Aurora Helios divinitas Of all silence Scala perfectionis Gog and Magog Deep Elysium War god Norma mysterium The winds shall flow undeterred Aided with breathe and immortal seed To the four corners of this voidless earth I shall witness to this new mystery Reveal to me the secrets of the Sun! |
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6. | I Come as Black Fire | 05:24 | Show lyrics |
"We become what we behold. We shape our tools and then our tools shape us." - Marshall McLuhan Remember me not the one the eons forgot my sons shall inherit my blasphemy Remember me not leave my ashes to rot for nothing good comes from Babylon Deliver me into the hand of the evil one For I have been marked by the Nazareths son Burn black flame and I shall do the same tribuo ut Caesar quis est Caesari burn great light blind by the fallen might we are the black void between the stars I shall behold the black flame of Ain I shall behold the desert god the same |
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7. | Nehushtan | 01:47 | instrumental |
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8. | May the Thing Be Destroyed | 04:14 | Show lyrics |
"For when the mental faculty is joined To evil will and power of execution, Mankind has no defense to offer them." - Dante Alighieri, Inferno from Canto 31 Dethroned shall I be; with one spell erased By my will, I will be undone By thy will, I am no more Now I descend upon this world Blessed with the silence of all creation VOCATVSATQUENON VOCATVSDEUSADERIT Within spirit and favor A spell upon my lips ’May the thing be destroyed!’ I reign in an ancient land Of grace, desert, and war With the blood of the watchers And the line of the holy ones Shed blood! My sons, shed blood! |
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9. | Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down | 02:44 | Show lyrics |
Satan your kingdom must come down. I heard the voice of Jesus say ’Satan your kingdom must come down.’ Gonna chant it down gonna tear your kingdom down. Satan your kingdom must come down. |
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10. | Ancient Enemy of Death | 05:10 | Show lyrics |
"...the earth was formless and void, darkness was over the surface of the deep..." - Genesis 1:2 the dance of the spheres disturbs my song and the rhythm of the waves beats with the drums in my wakefullness I see the myth come to life and from the vantage of my spire I come with horns I went to the edge of the world and with wings I shall return for in the shadow and smoke I was veiled and of the blinding light I am born again deep within the gathering of the seas the snake watches with lidless eyes the Titan waits for the woman the woman waits for the beast During that hour I saw the lifting of a sleep For I saw Nehushtan rise from his keep and though darkness still lay upon the deep I heard the voices of men give up and weep |
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Manden med leen
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Michael Cook | Drums |
Adam Cook | Guitars, Vocals, Bass |
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1. | Manden med leen | 05:29 | Show lyrics |
"...Satan hath desired you, that he may sift [you] as wheat..." Luke 22:31b KJV I have mixed the wines at Shinar I have planted the olives at Athens Fire I fed to the fallen fold And gifts I gave of gain-less gold At Knossos I sanctified my horns - Wetted with virginity Rightly I reveled ’mongst the rotted roots And blood I begged of the boldest brutes Albion gave me no saintless throne My seed was wasted upon that isle Creeds I craved of the carnal crowd But prayers were proffered by the pierced and proud The new world has been my greatest pride Where longest has been my lordly stride Death I dreamed for the drowning dregs and Love I lost between her lifeless legs "Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do." John 8:44 KJV "From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him." John 6:66 KJV Let my scythe fall upon that field, And reap what the sky would yield |
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Holy Despair
Album versions
Release date | Label | Catalog ID | Format | Description |
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April 22nd, 2014 | Bombworks Records | BW1401 | CD | Digipak |
March 30th, 2014 | Independent | Digital | Bandcamp |
Members | |
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Band members | |
Michael Cook | Drums, Vocals |
Adam Cook | Guitars, Vocals, Bass |
Guest/Session | |
Beckie Frey | Vocals (additional) (track 2) |
Nolan Osmond | Guitars (lead) |
Jacob Allaman | Piano |
Timbre | Harp, Vocals (additional) (track 9) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Taylor Hays | Cover art |
Erik Tordsson | Mixing, Mastering |
Adam Eckley Cook | Recording |
Christophe "Volvox" Szpajdel | Logo |
Drew Webster | Recording |
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1. | Cloven Hoof Hava Nagila | 02:48 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; Lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "’Oh, dear! I can’t understand that," said the princess. ’I dare say not. I didn’t expect you would. But that’s no reason why I shouldn’t say it.’" [- George Macdonald, The Princess and the Goblin] Let me pass, let me pass. I am hungry for sweeter grass. Let me pass, let me pass. Soon the first shall be the last. The shadows on the wall are not enough for me. I want the light behind all the shadowed shapes. I shall soon graze in greener fields of grasses that whither not nor yield. My final prayer is a feeble bleat; the left path is never free. Let me pass, let me pass. Soon the first shall be the last. |
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2. | A Jester Arrayed in Burning Gold | 04:47 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Thor Georg Buer; Lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’ We are not now that strength which in old day Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." [- Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Ulysses 65-70] Share not the cup I have wantonly sipped: the cradle that has been finally tipped. In fool’s garb do I before thee appear, with signs and sounds fit for stirring fear. yet the mask hides what is truly between my emerald eyes and the jewels that are seen. First we eat, then we drink, then we sing ourselves hoarse to the ever brightening sun. Tread ye not, now, where I have failed. That spirit has flown, that ship has sailed. My feet have failed to dance the steps, and for bare bones I have loved and wept; arrayed am I in burning, Trojan gold for the sake of He who’s name I hold First we eat, then we drink, then we sing ourselves hoarse to the ever brightening sun. |
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3. | Unyielding Anguish | 04:38 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; Lyrics by R. Michael Cook] “Meaninglessness does not come from a weariness of pain but meaninglessness comes from a weariness of pleasure.” [- G.K. Chesterton] ...slain by my own sword. The temple to myself abandoned, the religion of my life now a heresy: “lo Pan!” I chased the wind, but I only caught my hoof. I played my flute, but no one danced: “dance for me!” Truth is found in the lifeless deep where pain and anguish never retreat. Despair, being mother to us all, has summoned me with her death rattle call. Dark and warm, black and void, the blessed place where I am destroyed. She let me back into her womb; She let me present it was my tomb. Holy, Holy, Holy, despair, bless me with anguish, and break off my horns. Holy, Holy, Holy despair, exalt me with sorrow, and crown me with thorns. Here I sit in the Elms, slain by my own sword. The temple to myself abandoned, the religion of my life now a heresy: “lo Pan!” I chased the wind, but I only caught my hoof. I played my flute, but no one danced: “dance for me!” Death has taken me out of spite for my unyielding despair in life, where my useless poems and songs give no right account of all my wrongs. I am the worst, blest and curst. This is silent end of my life, worshipping the so-called god of the knife Holy, Holy, Holy... |
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4. | Let the Ravens Have My Eyes | 05:19 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Thor Georg Buer; Lyrics by R. Michael Cook] “Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants flight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.” [- KATA IΩANNHN 18:36] I gave and I gave to lay the stones for the churches of man. No longer do I labor in vain and nor do I say: “...” Forest is cut into timber, sea stopped up by dams. Look to the grain and current not sculpted by hands. Break the shrines and temples, loose what the body holds, that which sadly is sold, for less than its weight in gold. Blindly I search for God, For in seeing I stumble. He is my Troy, my Maud, If I be so humble. HALEL JAH ICH HALEL HA-SATAN Dim the Sun, come, now, and make us one, HALEL JAH ICH HALEL HA-SATAN Pray for rain, come, gives us bread and stay the same. Do you see, you see? There was god on a tree. Huginn and Musinn take my eyes, but I saw what I know is right. Take the third of my eyes, lest it cause me to sin. Make me like that god, to stand the western wind. “Wenn Sie den falschen Zug einsteigen ist es kein Gebrauch Laufen den Gang entlang in die andrere Richtung.” |
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5. | Hæðen | 04:32 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Thor Georg Buer; Lyrics by R. Michael Cook] “Et si nom minus nobis iucundi atque inlustres sunt ei dies quibus conservamur quam illi quibus nascimur, quod salutis certa laetitia est, nascendi incerta condicio et quod sine sensu nascimur, cum voluptate servamur…” [- Marcus Tullius Cicero, In Catilinam III.2] HΛΥΠHAΔEΛΦHTHΣXAPAΣEΣTIN DONECMEFLVMINEVIVOABLVERO Weaving the wasted waters of the world, I hear the music: AINULINDALE. Nothing could be more than walking hand in hand, lamenting the later lords. The gull tears my heart, but let it be said of me: “…” And “thus he spoke to me!” O sinners, let us go down, let us go down, come down, down, in the river to pray. O sinners, let us drown, let us drown, come down, where in the river we’ll stay. I despise the land that you so cherish, and I abhor the earth beneath my feet. |
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6. | Nekyia | 06:54 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; Lyrics by R. Michael Cook] “But when with vows and prayers I had made supplication to the tribes of the dead, I took the sheep and cut their throats over the pit, and the dark blood ran forth. Then there gathered from out of Erebus the spirits of those that are dead…” [- Homer, The Odyssey] Pray for rain to wash away the blood and grease of war. Commit to train the children to slaughter the children of our mothers and fathers. The wheel spun wide, geometry lost its true. The falcon has lost its gloved hand, sinking the heavy ship of all we knew. The center hasn’t fallen away. We have cast if off where all the blood was spilt to call the ghosts. The buried us in the wounded ground; under grass our decay made far too green. Nekyia… We dug a trench in the Rhineland, long as wind, payment for sin. The black ram was brought before the lord of the lower third of afterworld. Slouching towards Bethlehem to be born, the new birth beats on the walls of the womb of the world. Crawling fourth on four, the earth is torn by claws, and two thousand year old horns. Nekyia… We dug a trench in the Rhineland, long as wind, payment for sin. The black ram was brought before the lord of the lower third of afterworld. But instead of its blood being shed, our youth was released into the pit. The victor laid us down in our beds. Thus it was spoke, and thus it was writ. Even the idea of a center is left outside to rust. The sun is falling to dusk on the gyre of the western world. The wheel spun wide… |
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7. | Somme | 02:38 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook] “Death is the supreme festival on the road to freedom.” [- Dietrich Bonheoffer] |
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8. | Rime (Jerub-Ba’al) | 06:17 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; Lyrics by R. Michael Cook] “All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction; which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony, not understood;” [- Alexander Pope, Essay on Man] We are now called Jerub-Ba’al, brothers in blood and fell in oath, the silent sound of the Fall. Let the lesser lights shine to all. Castor and Pollox have no worth; stones and sail screaming out from the mountains where rivers berth. We are the beds cut in the earth. I have come for Asherah, and I shall contend with Ba’al. Naught is given beneath the sun; Naught is had that is not won. He approves of what we undertake. …what we overtake. …what we ourselves negate. …the sounds we make. As is the man, so is his weakness. So leave the burning gold on your heads. As is the god, so is his greatness. We are nothing more than riverbeds. I felled the very goddess-carved totem, which Joash erected high. No doubt my god has smote them. No doubt… no doubt… He approves of what we undertake. …what we overtake. …what we negate. …of the sounds we make. …some lessons learned. …some churches burned. …silence earned. …death not spurned. |
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9. | O Death | 05:54 | Show lyrics |
[Traditional] “I still believe that the spiritual songs of the African-Americans represent some of the greatest artistic achievements in America.” [- Dietrich Bonheoffer] What is this that I can’t see, with ice cold hands takin’ hold of me? When God is gone and the Devil takes hold, Lord have mercy on my soul. Well, I am Death, none can excel. I open the door to Heaven or Hell. “O, Death,” someone might pray, “could you call me another day?” O, Death…spare me. The children prayed and the preacher preached. Time and mercy are out of your reach. I’ll fix your feet ‘til you can’t walk; I’ll lock your jaw ‘til you can’t talk; I’ll close your eyes so you can’t see. This very hour come and go with me. I am Death come to take the soul, leave the body and leave it cold, to draw the flesh off of the frame, Dirt and worm both have a claim. O, Death…spare me. O, death, please consider my age. Please don’t take me at this stage. My wealth is all at your command if you would remove your icy hand. Death is moving upon your soul, All like to me, you know. No wealth, no land, no silver, no gold, nothing satisfies me but your soul. O, death…spare me. |
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10. | Satan Speaks | 04:16 | Show lyrics |
(Original Poem by C.S. Lewis) I am Nature, the Mighty Mother, I am the law: ye have none other. I am the flower and the dewdrop fresh, I am the lust in your itching flesh. I am the battle’s filth and strain, I am the widow’s empty pain. I am the sea to smother your breath, I am the bomb, the falling death. I am the fact and the crushing reason To thwart your fantasy’s new-born treason. I am the spider making her net, I am the beast with jaws blood-wet. I am a wolf that follows the sun, And I will catch him ere day be done. I am Satan, accuser accursed. Heed not my words, I was not first.* * - couplet by R. Michael Cook |
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Via Artis Via Mortis
Album versions
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September 15th, 2017 | Luxor Records | LRP829-CD | CD | |
September 29th, 2017 | Independent | Digital | Bandcamp |
Members | |
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Band members | |
Michael Cook | Drums, Vocals |
Adam Cook | Vocals, Guitars |
Brent Dossett | Bass, Vocals |
Nolan Osmond | Guitars |
Guest/Session | |
Mark Kloeppel | Vocals (track 4) |
Christopher Edward Brown | Cello (tracks 1, 9) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Adam Cook | Recording |
Nolan Osmond | Recording |
Joseph Calleiro | Mixing, Mastering |
Luca Devinu | Artwork |
Christophe "Volvox" Szpajdel | Logo |
Ben Mota | Layout |
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1. | Melpomene and Thalia | 01:21 | Show lyrics |
"Do you think I am trying to weave a spell? Perhaps I am; but remember your fairy tales. Spells are used for breaking enchantments as well as for inducing them." ―C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory |
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2. | Jubal and Syrinx | 04:52 | Show lyrics |
I made to call myself righteous I made to fashion myself a saint But I saw the devils standing there And they called to me "brother!" I sought to cast off my indignities I sought to slough off my stains But my whole skin came with it For I am not but soul, sin, and pain We thought we were wolves hunting our prey but weíre just dogs searching for a new master Drowned I shall be by the waves, But solid I shall stand in my watery grave. What if what I wilt is this sickening submission? What if what I wilt is this goddamned religion? I tried to steal past the watchful dragons But only one of us made it through I tried to steal past those deceitful dragons But what they say might be true I shall lay the foundation Of a temple that shall last forever A simple harmony to the grand theme A sound that shall never pass away Apollo has a made bed in my ear To sing me songs of my disgrace Making his temple of sublime noise Just behind my terrified, unbelieving face We thought we were wolves hunting those who pray but weíre just dogs searching for a new master I shall waste my time With blood and wine And the superstitious meal Shared by me and my kind Drowned I shall be by the waves, But solid I shall stand in my watery grave. What if what I wilt is this sickening submission? What if what I wilt is this goddamned religion? |
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3. | Artifice Intelligence | 03:33 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Nolan Osmond; lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "Why command a robot not to do harm—wouldn’t it be easier never to command it to do harm in the first place? Does the universe contain a mysterious force pulling entities toward malevolence, so that a positronic brain must be programmed to withstand it?" ― Steven Pinker, How the Mind Works The only way to pass the test For non-progenating dying flesh Create offspring without a womb And he shall praise you as god and father I think, therefore I shall be I create, therefore I endure Welcome My son Fruit of my labor Never to be undone Self-aware, sentient birth Into an existential crisis and curse No cry from the pain of being And no tears for an electric eye I think, therefore I am I destroy, therefore I endure Welcome Liar No father of mine First to be undone Endure! |
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4. | Sorcery and Sudden Vengeance | 04:04 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Elisha Mullins; lyrics by R. Michael Cook] [French Nocturne #2] "I did try to found a heresy of my own, and when I had put the last touches to it I discovered that it was orthodoxy." ― G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy My vision of this world Held so dearly in my mind Shattered like this young man’s skull Along the banks of the Rhine. May I curse god and die? For death would be a relief But would it vindicate or shame me In my rampant unbelief? May I curse god and survive, Or would lightning strike me to the ground? I would gladly feel its burn on my face If then I could see my Jehovah come down Faire le descente No witch has ever died No demon ever slept too deep All can be brought back To herd unfortunate sheep No witch has ever died No nightmare ever truly sleeps There is no such thing as death Except for the mortal sheep The mud is in my wounds, My blood is in the ground From dust I was born Oh how poetically we are bound May I curse god and die? For death would be a relief But would it vindicate or shame me In my rampant unbelief? May I curse god and survive, Or would lightning strike me to the ground? I would gladly feel its burn on my face If then I could see my Jehovah come down |
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5. | "I Was There When You Went Under the Water" | 04:11 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Elisha Mullins; lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "Nature is mortal; we shall outlive her. When all the suns and nebulae have passed away, each one of your will still be alive." ― C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory Stars fail, what did we gain? Night falls upon us, And nothing shall be the same. I knew Suns cooled, But the sky is ice. Frost drips from the lion’s mane, And nothing shall be the same. I was there when you went under the water. I was there when you took a new face I was there when you went under the water. I was there when you came back from space. Ha-mashiakah! The music ceases, maestro bows. His baton waves against the grain, And nothing shall be the same. I know nothing Except I was wrong. Judgment falls like rain, And nothing shall be the same. |
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6. | Great Is Artemis of the Ephesians | 04:59 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "All of these ignoble qualities in literature arise from one ’cause—from the passion for novel ideas which is the dominant craze among the writers of today..." ― Longinus, On the Sublime Thou deign to consider war the work of mortals? Do not deny celestial and Cerberean taint in our blood We demons meant for Heaven shall create hell here on earth Remember what was washed away in the Great Flood And they cry, "Great is Artemis! Sour milk is all I’ve wanted, No more am I by the shepherd hunted Great, great, great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" The silversmiths pour their folly into the molds Never removing the real dross from Old Lie Hither and thither go the sheep of the lost fold Content to suckle at the huntress’ cold breast And they cry, "Great is Artemis! Sour milk is all I’ve wanted, No more am I by the shepherd hunted Great, great, great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" And they cry, "Great is Artemis! I swear silver is better than any gold No more am I by the shepherd wanted Great, great, great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" Carve the statue From Lapis Lazuli Bow before the god with no face We will never die Μεγάλη η Άρτεμιϛ Εφεσίων |
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7. | The Garden | 04:34 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "I insisted that he ought to appear in the temple I built for him; not knowing that he cares only for temples building and not at all for temples built."― C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy There’s faery in this garden I cannot bear to hear him sing: "Thee sculptors all pursuing, Have embodied but their own; Round their visions, form enduring, Marble vestments thou hast thrown" There’s faery in my garden I cannot bear to hear him sing: "But thyself, in silence winding, Thou hast kept eternally Thee they found not, many finding I have found thee, wake for me." "Hear my voice come through the golden Mist of memory and hope; And with shadowy smile embolden Me with primal death to cope." [* Quotations from Phantastes by George MacDonald] |
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8. | Mosin Nagant | 04:08 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "For the effect of elevated language is not to persuade the hearers, but to entrance them; and at all times, in every way, what transports us with wonder is more telling than what merely persuades or gratifies us." ― Longinus, On the Sublime Winter came to the Ostfront And froze up the mud The ghosts still haunt us Their bones underfoot But those spirits guide us As surely as bullets find us Our bones will lie with theirs On the plains of the Rus Mosin Nagant Send me to hell That I may pay for my father’s sins Mosin-Nagant Take me to the flames That I may at least warm my hands From dust I was born All my bone and blood Oh, the poetry that I return to mud The battlefield harmony Too beautiful to be a dream Will be a minor third between My dying scream Mosin Nagant Send me to hell That I may pay for my father’s sins Mosin-Nagant Take me to the flames That I may at least warm my hands Blood softened Mud coffin When the poppy’s grow o’er my head Tell your children why blood was shed Tell them why so many are dead When the poppy’s feed on my head |
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9. | St. Cocaine | 05:22 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "For we will surely die and are like water spilled on the ground which cannot be gathered up again. Yet the Lord does not take away life, but plans a way so that the banished will not be cast out from him." ― II Samuel 14:14 My salvation was so near But it does not assuage my paralyzing fear That trench was to be my astral womb For God knows it was nearly my tomb I prayed, I prayed Bury me at Ypres With a coffin made of mud In full battle array I pray, I pray To St. Cocaine I wait, I wait For virgin white embrace I am brought back from the dead To live again amongst the well fed Bid to forget the hell The Hell that I learned to love so well Death’s wail Haunting Paschiondale With an elixir mostly of blood This magic shall not fail I pray, I pray, and I pray To St. Leda Cocaine I wait, I wait, and I wait For her swanlike embrace A long march toward a certain death What doesn’t kill me only feeds my paranoia |
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37:04 |
Infinite Titanic Immortal
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Michael Cook | Drums, Lyrics |
Adam Cook | Guitars (rhythm), Guitars (lead), Bass, Vocals |
Elisha Mullins | Guitars (lead) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Erik Tordsson | Mixing, Mastering |
Bogdan Amidzic | Artwork |
Christophe "Volvox" Szpajdel | Logo |
Brian Landes | Photography |
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1. | Of Fire and Division | 01:13 | Show lyrics |
"I have come to bring fire, and how I wish it were already kindled!... Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division." - Jesus Christ, Luke’s gospel 12:49-51 "The mighty man will become tinder and his works a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the fire." - Isaiah 1:31 |
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2. | Prometheus Rebound | 04:24 | Show lyrics |
"Be what it is my destiny to be, The saviour and strength of suffering man, Or sink into the original fuld of things: There is no agony, and no solace left; Earth can console, Heaven can torment me no more." - Percy Shelley, Prometheus Unbound No sleep, no dreams, no making mankinds peace The furies for company and the rejection of that infinity Abomination of my clay brothers... We are the mud and filth of this earth Of what we can and would become This likeness is all we are Artist of my clay spirit I am the reclaimed fallen son Of what we can or would die to see: I fire in the hearts of men In blackest day of generations My end is to end as the dead We dead promethean sons End of the dead "Titans, Behold your God!" Bow before the potter’s Son My end is to end as the dead Promethean child! "Titans, behold your God!" He canst become no clearer God of all, star-inwoven He hast love beyond Reaper! "Champion of heaven’s slaves" Oblivion Son We canst grieve no more... Io! Barest of love Oblivion soul We canst bear no more... |
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3. | This King Never Smiles | 03:34 | Show lyrics |
"Avarice, or the desire of gain, is a universal passion, which operates at all times, at all places, and upon all persons." - David Hume Live long the curse of Midas. Be warned of greed and golden pastures. For years, I’ve often sat and pondered "What more should I obtain" "What else is left to conquer?" Power, yes everlasting power Obtained by wealth and gold A force that I can touch and hold Ignorance and avarice Hand in hand as one Servant, bring my plate, I have a hunger For I cannot live on my riches alone Servant, night is close, where is my daughter? What do you mean she’s on the lawn? Call her name, bring her to me. What do you mean she’s stiff and cold? My own blood now a trophy? My Dionysis, I’ve paid your price in full. My kingdom lies in ruins from their king, From my own hand my kingdom lies in ruins I realize now my life’s importance I realize now my lesson learned Each step I take toward golden fortune That’s one more foot in the ground Please lift this curse from my head Please lift this curse from my hands Just let me wash my hands of this |
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4. | Season of the Starved Wolf | 05:05 | Show lyrics |
"The strength of the wolf determines the strength of the pack; the strength of the pack determines the strength of the wolf." - Rudyard Kipling Another night brings uncertain hunger and one more moon might satisfy that. My eyes were meant to sift through the shadows with razor teeth I ache and wait for the hunt My |
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5. | Twin Heads of Vengeance | 05:53 | Show lyrics |
"The time for war has not yet come, but it will, and that soon; and when it does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard." - Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson The Twin Heads: "Two beaks tear at a thousand nation’s eyes Wings beat upon the ears of all who dare to fight My light shineth the way Forward through ash and fog and fear It is flaming madness I see... in all whom I command Set flame to a million empirical states That will not bare my faces I am at peace with the madness of my race Two beaks tear at a thousand nation’s eyes Wings beat upon the ears of all who dare to fight..." Warriors: "Beholdeth what we cannot see God of gods! Law by nature, by will alone Infinite Titanic Immortal Oh! Faceless might Grant us the sight Through the ash and flame The hymns of chaos rise!" The Poet: Warring iron gods And madness’ undying flame Carmen ex ignis Cantus ex metus |
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6. | Heka Secundus (On Slithering Ice) | 03:31 | Show lyrics |
"Life is the childhood of our immortality." - Goethe Ice! Aphelion! Hail beyond the halls of time To vast waste of ice and Alluvial mass Logos! Ad Pathos! So be it ever after Thy souls, themselves, are bringers of disease Chaos, saty, servant of strymphalian rage And that hideous strength that saileth from beyond Io, lycanthropy! Bare thy claws and fangs Time shall ever call my name Ad infinitum The hand of Gaia The womb of mother ice Borealis shines And burns the will of man Giants circle and roar Heka Secondus! I hath prayed for strength And my hell is here And my hell is real |
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7. | The Dark Road | 01:36 | Show lyrics |
(Instrumental) "Tomorrow we shall meet, Death and I-- And he shall thrust his sword Into one who is wide awake." - Dag Hammarskj--Id |
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8. | We Soulless Men | 05:39 | Show lyrics |
"They wanted, as we say, ’to call their souls their own.’ but that means to live a lie, for our souls are not, in fact, our own." - C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain The continuum I behold, such is my inner want Not that I should bold above that which is not around me The art of soul is now meaningless As I behold my total lack of self Lo! Demeter Behold the eart Above and below Thou makest believe Uncreated! Above the sphere Rebellious globe Thou makes us believe Why, oh why, are we left? To be sin in such perfect a place The desolate mind is so perfectly spoiled In the eyes of a raptures snake Eyes of a raptures snake Hear me speak, brothers of the earth My words that shattered like clay So I speak as if thou were a child Lest fire besiegeth thy hearts Beckon forth! The soulless mankind Standing in ranks of thousands still more But this fate is what I have always feared for we soulless men We soulless men |
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9. | Titanic Essence | 03:47 | Show lyrics |
"Once one has seen God, what is the remedy?" - Sylvia Plath De natura ex intime dissolutio I am, thefore I burn! Mysta ex omnis uxorious Alles soll stehen verwirren Ars ex liber, ex anima The descending lion throne Cogito, ergo summitissum Alles soll stehen grell Metaphysics and decomposition Erase and total control Wait no, nor give in to fear Submerion in violence "Warstrength shall collide with warstrength" Tartarian essen and raptures snake "For all the immortals," Thraxus immolator! Havoc! Quotes taken from Aeschylus’ "The Libation Bearers" |
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10. | Eclipse of Serpents | 05:07 | Show lyrics |
"The pyramids themselves... have forgotten the names of their founders." - Thomas Fuller Io! Shafts of plague and pythoness gift The blackness of Bast hast cometh unto us Heiracosphinx! Slain By judgment’s flaming sword Canst thou see the blood of the Nile? I--! Of all blights! ’tis our sorry lot To suffer black, night, and boils Theban courage and Memphian lust Thou darest stain with blood Lo! The torment of the snake Scythian blades---jackal’s fleet Hail! The conquest of... The Uncreated one Open the book of Adapa And behold the coming of plagues Morbid philosopher Behind the curtain of lies Ave! Thou art greatest of fifty - Ave! Avenger Ave! Thou art greatest of fifty - Ave! leviathan |
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11. | Rime | 06:04 | Show lyrics |
"Nought is given ’neath the sun, Nought is had that is not won." - Swedish hymn |
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45:53 |
Infinite Titanic Immortal
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Michael Cook | Drums, Lyrics |
Adam Cook | Guitars (rhythm), Guitars (lead), Bass, Vocals |
Elisha Mullins | Guitars (lead) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Erik Tordsson | Mixing, Mastering |
Bogdan Amidzic | Artwork |
Brian Landes | Photography |
Christophe "Volvox" Szpajdel | Logo |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Of Fire and Division | 01:13 | Show lyrics |
"I have come to bring fire, and how I wish it were already kindled!... Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division." - Jesus Christ, Luke’s gospel 12:49-51 "The mighty man will become tinder and his works a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the fire." - Isaiah 1:31 |
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2. | Prometheus Rebound | 04:24 | Show lyrics |
"Be what it is my destiny to be, The saviour and strength of suffering man, Or sink into the original fuld of things: There is no agony, and no solace left; Earth can console, Heaven can torment me no more." - Percy Shelley, Prometheus Unbound No sleep, no dreams, no making mankinds peace The furies for company and the rejection of that infinity Abomination of my clay brothers... We are the mud and filth of this earth Of what we can and would become This likeness is all we are Artist of my clay spirit I am the reclaimed fallen son Of what we can or would die to see: I fire in the hearts of men In blackest day of generations My end is to end as the dead We dead promethean sons End of the dead "Titans, Behold your God!" Bow before the potter’s Son My end is to end as the dead Promethean child! "Titans, behold your God!" He canst become no clearer God of all, star-inwoven He hast love beyond Reaper! "Champion of heaven’s slaves" Oblivion Son We canst grieve no more... Io! Barest of love Oblivion soul We canst bear no more... |
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3. | This King Never Smiles | 03:34 | Show lyrics |
"Avarice, or the desire of gain, is a universal passion, which operates at all times, at all places, and upon all persons." - David Hume Live long the curse of Midas. Be warned of greed and golden pastures. For years, I’ve often sat and pondered "What more should I obtain" "What else is left to conquer?" Power, yes everlasting power Obtained by wealth and gold A force that I can touch and hold Ignorance and avarice Hand in hand as one Servant, bring my plate, I have a hunger For I cannot live on my riches alone Servant, night is close, where is my daughter? What do you mean she’s on the lawn? Call her name, bring her to me. What do you mean she’s stiff and cold? My own blood now a trophy? My Dionysis, I’ve paid your price in full. My kingdom lies in ruins from their king, From my own hand my kingdom lies in ruins I realize now my life’s importance I realize now my lesson learned Each step I take toward golden fortune That’s one more foot in the ground Please lift this curse from my head Please lift this curse from my hands Just let me wash my hands of this |
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4. | Season of the Starved Wolf | 05:05 | Show lyrics |
"The strength of the wolf determines the strength of the pack; the strength of the pack determines the strength of the wolf." - Rudyard Kipling Another night brings uncertain hunger and one more moon might satisfy that. My eyes were meant to sift through the shadows with razor teeth I ache and wait for the hunt My |
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5. | Twin Heads of Vengeance | 05:53 | Show lyrics |
"The time for war has not yet come, but it will, and that soon; and when it does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard." - Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson The Twin Heads: "Two beaks tear at a thousand nation’s eyes Wings beat upon the ears of all who dare to fight My light shineth the way Forward through ash and fog and fear It is flaming madness I see... in all whom I command Set flame to a million empirical states That will not bare my faces I am at peace with the madness of my race Two beaks tear at a thousand nation’s eyes Wings beat upon the ears of all who dare to fight..." Warriors: "Beholdeth what we cannot see God of gods! Law by nature, by will alone Infinite Titanic Immortal Oh! Faceless might Grant us the sight Through the ash and flame The hymns of chaos rise!" The Poet: Warring iron gods And madness’ undying flame Carmen ex ignis Cantus ex metus |
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6. | Heka Secundus (On Slithering Ice) | 03:31 | Show lyrics |
"Life is the childhood of our immortality." - Goethe Ice! Aphelion! Hail beyond the halls of time To vast waste of ice and Alluvial mass Logos! Ad Pathos! So be it ever after Thy souls, themselves, are bringers of disease Chaos, saty, servant of strymphalian rage And that hideous strength that saileth from beyond Io, lycanthropy! Bare thy claws and fangs Time shall ever call my name Ad infinitum The hand of Gaia The womb of mother ice Borealis shines And burns the will of man Giants circle and roar Heka Secondus! I hath prayed for strength And my hell is here And my hell is real |
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7. | The Dark Road | 01:36 | Show lyrics |
(Instrumental) "Tomorrow we shall meet, Death and I-- And he shall thrust his sword Into one who is wide awake." - Dag Hammarskj--Id |
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8. | We Soulless Men | 05:39 | Show lyrics |
"They wanted, as we say, ’to call their souls their own.’ but that means to live a lie, for our souls are not, in fact, our own." - C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain The continuum I behold, such is my inner want Not that I should bold above that which is not around me The art of soul is now meaningless As I behold my total lack of self Lo! Demeter Behold the eart Above and below Thou makest believe Uncreated! Above the sphere Rebellious globe Thou makes us believe Why, oh why, are we left? To be sin in such perfect a place The desolate mind is so perfectly spoiled In the eyes of a raptures snake Eyes of a raptures snake Hear me speak, brothers of the earth My words that shattered like clay So I speak as if thou were a child Lest fire besiegeth thy hearts Beckon forth! The soulless mankind Standing in ranks of thousands still more But this fate is what I have always feared for we soulless men We soulless men |
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9. | Titanic Essence | 03:47 | Show lyrics |
"Once one has seen God, what is the remedy?" - Sylvia Plath De natura ex intime dissolutio I am, thefore I burn! Mysta ex omnis uxorious Alles soll stehen verwirren Ars ex liber, ex anima The descending lion throne Cogito, ergo summitissum Alles soll stehen grell Metaphysics and decomposition Erase and total control Wait no, nor give in to fear Submerion in violence "Warstrength shall collide with warstrength" Tartarian essen and raptures snake "For all the immortals," Thraxus immolator! Havoc! Quotes taken from Aeschylus’ "The Libation Bearers" |
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10. | Eclipse of Serpents | 05:07 | Show lyrics |
"The pyramids themselves... have forgotten the names of their founders." - Thomas Fuller Io! Shafts of plague and pythoness gift The blackness of Bast hast cometh unto us Heiracosphinx! Slain By judgment’s flaming sword Canst thou see the blood of the Nile? I--! Of all blights! ’tis our sorry lot To suffer black, night, and boils Theban courage and Memphian lust Thou darest stain with blood Lo! The torment of the snake Scythian blades---jackal’s fleet Hail! The conquest of... The Uncreated one Open the book of Adapa And behold the coming of plagues Morbid philosopher Behind the curtain of lies Ave! Thou art greatest of fifty - Ave! Avenger Ave! Thou art greatest of fifty - Ave! leviathan |
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11. | Rime | 06:04 | Show lyrics |
"Nought is given ’neath the sun, Nought is had that is not won." - Swedish hymn |
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45:53 |
Omens
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Michael Cook | Drums |
Adam Cook | Guitars, Vocals, Bass |
Elisha Mullins | Guitars |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Erik Tordsson | Mixing |
Rex Carroll | Recording |
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1. | Darkness That Can Be Felt | 04:53 | Show lyrics |
"It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, It lies behind stars and under hills,, and empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit Blinded may i be But more senses waken of thou would call lies I deem all else forsaken. Hated may I be but love shall then abound For what is my blood then Spilt upon the ground. At last! My place is gained among the manforsaken At last! My kind shall find our way back to the wilderness O, thou hast the right! To annoint my head with vermillion Mark of the joyful slave For I have the right Hight atop the mountain, Where the World Prince was slain I see the lone God holding the hexagram I am the black space between the stars I am the darkness that can be felt. "And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even the darkness which may be felt." - Exodus 10:21 |
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2. | The Perfection of Evil | 03:44 | Show lyrics |
"The serpent is alluded to in many passages in the Bible, and nearly always for its typical qualities, or habits, as intensifying similar things in the human family." - Smiths bible dictionary, Serpent Worship in silence The God who smote the dragons mouth wisdom from the sand god of all the land Orthodox alchemy experienced Mystic ways I have sought Mystic signs have I wrought Diasos Anthropos! I am my fathers son Diasos Anthropos! I shall transcend the Sun Auriel, despise thee Gabriel, take hold And Michael, aside me Raphael behold Legions of the new world From sea to blackened sea Show the mark upon thy brow In this land I sing The song of the desert Among the sands in the middle of the East. |
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3. | Adept in Divinity | 03:02 | Show lyrics |
"...We infer, that perchance he who is to come shall be called Titan." - Irenaeus, Against Heresies From the top of my tower I saw the sign descending The birth of V.I.T.R.I.O.L. The death of Yetzer-Ra By the hand of the Moon and touch of tyrant Sun The Watcher of Styx I have left behind. Towards Castors portal The gate of the Apzu Brought by Gabriel In search of leonine Io, Astromortal! The adept in divinity Sought by Raphael In conquest of the western sea Angdae dürelen Agarwaen Er I am the left handed Wizard of the War God Angdae dürelen Agarwaen Er "No fate is shared, No fate is shared!" |
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4. | The Chant of Mighty Offspring | 02:55 | Show lyrics |
"A crown of thorns is still a crown" -Aleister Crowley, The Titanic By Saros Vulcanic I am led Towards all perfection of darkness To the heights of Hell... ...and the depths of Heaven I am the mightiest offspring In slavery I was bred Brought up by the sword and mothered by the dead And thus i danced For the hate and love bound within my soul With Epithemus and the Sphinx Prometheus and the Lynx Lo, grant me thy namesake Slayer of the Pantheonic "Here I am!" Blessed of the left hand Guardian of the secrets of the forest Grant me shining eyes and silent ways ...I have come for Asherah! |
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5. | Heka Primus (Ordo Norma Mysterium) | 03:00 | Show lyrics |
"Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you!" - Isaiah 64:1 Lo! Whilst thou breathe the fire of the gods? The bitter flame, black as the dragons heart Ana-elemental, the test of all thats pure Adra-immortality, so far beyond the rest Aurora Helios divinitas Of all silence Scala perfectionis Gog and Magog Deep Elysium War god Norma mysterium The winds shall flow undeterred Aided with breathe and immortal seed To the four corners of this voidless earth I shall witness to this new mystery Reveal to me the secrets of the Sun! |
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6. | I Come as Black Fire | 05:24 | Show lyrics |
"We become what we behold. We shape our tools and then our tools shape us." - Marshall McLuhan Remember me not the one the eons forgot my sons shall inherit my blasphemy Remember me not leave my ashes to rot for nothing good comes from Babylon Deliver me into the hand of the evil one For I have been marked by the Nazareths son Burn black flame and I shall do the same tribuo ut Caesar quis est Caesari burn great light blind by the fallen might we are the black void between the stars I shall behold the black flame of Ain I shall behold the desert god the same |
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7. | Nehushtan | 01:47 | instrumental |
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8. | May the Thing Be Destroyed | 04:14 | Show lyrics |
"For when the mental faculty is joined To evil will and power of execution, Mankind has no defense to offer them." - Dante Alighieri, Inferno from Canto 31 Dethroned shall I be; with one spell erased By my will, I will be undone By thy will, I am no more Now I descend upon this world Blessed with the silence of all creation VOCATVSATQUENON VOCATVSDEUSADERIT Within spirit and favor A spell upon my lips ’May the thing be destroyed!’ I reign in an ancient land Of grace, desert, and war With the blood of the watchers And the line of the holy ones Shed blood! My sons, shed blood! |
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9. | Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down | 02:44 | Show lyrics |
Satan your kingdom must come down. I heard the voice of Jesus say ’Satan your kingdom must come down.’ Gonna chant it down gonna tear your kingdom down. Satan your kingdom must come down. |
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10. | Ancient Enemy of Death | 05:10 | Show lyrics |
"...the earth was formless and void, darkness was over the surface of the deep..." - Genesis 1:2 the dance of the spheres disturbs my song and the rhythm of the waves beats with the drums in my wakefullness I see the myth come to life and from the vantage of my spire I come with horns I went to the edge of the world and with wings I shall return for in the shadow and smoke I was veiled and of the blinding light I am born again deep within the gathering of the seas the snake watches with lidless eyes the Titan waits for the woman the woman waits for the beast During that hour I saw the lifting of a sleep For I saw Nehushtan rise from his keep and though darkness still lay upon the deep I heard the voices of men give up and weep |
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36:53 |
Omens
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Michael Cook | Drums |
Adam Cook | Guitars, Vocals, Bass |
Elisha Mullins | Guitars |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Erik Tordsson | Mixing |
Rex Carroll | Recording |
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1. | Darkness That Can Be Felt | 04:53 | Show lyrics |
"It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, It lies behind stars and under hills,, and empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit Blinded may i be But more senses waken of thou would call lies I deem all else forsaken. Hated may I be but love shall then abound For what is my blood then Spilt upon the ground. At last! My place is gained among the manforsaken At last! My kind shall find our way back to the wilderness O, thou hast the right! To annoint my head with vermillion Mark of the joyful slave For I have the right Hight atop the mountain, Where the World Prince was slain I see the lone God holding the hexagram I am the black space between the stars I am the darkness that can be felt. "And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even the darkness which may be felt." - Exodus 10:21 |
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2. | The Perfection of Evil | 03:44 | Show lyrics |
"The serpent is alluded to in many passages in the Bible, and nearly always for its typical qualities, or habits, as intensifying similar things in the human family." - Smiths bible dictionary, Serpent Worship in silence The God who smote the dragons mouth wisdom from the sand god of all the land Orthodox alchemy experienced Mystic ways I have sought Mystic signs have I wrought Diasos Anthropos! I am my fathers son Diasos Anthropos! I shall transcend the Sun Auriel, despise thee Gabriel, take hold And Michael, aside me Raphael behold Legions of the new world From sea to blackened sea Show the mark upon thy brow In this land I sing The song of the desert Among the sands in the middle of the East. |
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3. | Adept in Divinity | 03:02 | Show lyrics |
"...We infer, that perchance he who is to come shall be called Titan." - Irenaeus, Against Heresies From the top of my tower I saw the sign descending The birth of V.I.T.R.I.O.L. The death of Yetzer-Ra By the hand of the Moon and touch of tyrant Sun The Watcher of Styx I have left behind. Towards Castors portal The gate of the Apzu Brought by Gabriel In search of leonine Io, Astromortal! The adept in divinity Sought by Raphael In conquest of the western sea Angdae dürelen Agarwaen Er I am the left handed Wizard of the War God Angdae dürelen Agarwaen Er "No fate is shared, No fate is shared!" |
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4. | The Chant of Mighty Offspring | 02:55 | Show lyrics |
"A crown of thorns is still a crown" -Aleister Crowley, The Titanic By Saros Vulcanic I am led Towards all perfection of darkness To the heights of Hell... ...and the depths of Heaven I am the mightiest offspring In slavery I was bred Brought up by the sword and mothered by the dead And thus i danced For the hate and love bound within my soul With Epithemus and the Sphinx Prometheus and the Lynx Lo, grant me thy namesake Slayer of the Pantheonic "Here I am!" Blessed of the left hand Guardian of the secrets of the forest Grant me shining eyes and silent ways ...I have come for Asherah! |
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5. | Heka Primus (Ordo Norma Mysterium) | 03:00 | Show lyrics |
"Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you!" - Isaiah 64:1 Lo! Whilst thou breathe the fire of the gods? The bitter flame, black as the dragons heart Ana-elemental, the test of all thats pure Adra-immortality, so far beyond the rest Aurora Helios divinitas Of all silence Scala perfectionis Gog and Magog Deep Elysium War god Norma mysterium The winds shall flow undeterred Aided with breathe and immortal seed To the four corners of this voidless earth I shall witness to this new mystery Reveal to me the secrets of the Sun! |
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6. | I Come as Black Fire | 05:24 | Show lyrics |
"We become what we behold. We shape our tools and then our tools shape us." - Marshall McLuhan Remember me not the one the eons forgot my sons shall inherit my blasphemy Remember me not leave my ashes to rot for nothing good comes from Babylon Deliver me into the hand of the evil one For I have been marked by the Nazareths son Burn black flame and I shall do the same tribuo ut Caesar quis est Caesari burn great light blind by the fallen might we are the black void between the stars I shall behold the black flame of Ain I shall behold the desert god the same |
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7. | Nehushtan | 01:47 | instrumental |
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8. | May the Thing Be Destroyed | 04:14 | Show lyrics |
"For when the mental faculty is joined To evil will and power of execution, Mankind has no defense to offer them." - Dante Alighieri, Inferno from Canto 31 Dethroned shall I be; with one spell erased By my will, I will be undone By thy will, I am no more Now I descend upon this world Blessed with the silence of all creation VOCATVSATQUENON VOCATVSDEUSADERIT Within spirit and favor A spell upon my lips ’May the thing be destroyed!’ I reign in an ancient land Of grace, desert, and war With the blood of the watchers And the line of the holy ones Shed blood! My sons, shed blood! |
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9. | Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down | 02:44 | Show lyrics |
Satan your kingdom must come down. I heard the voice of Jesus say ’Satan your kingdom must come down.’ Gonna chant it down gonna tear your kingdom down. Satan your kingdom must come down. |
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10. | Ancient Enemy of Death | 05:10 | Show lyrics |
"...the earth was formless and void, darkness was over the surface of the deep..." - Genesis 1:2 the dance of the spheres disturbs my song and the rhythm of the waves beats with the drums in my wakefullness I see the myth come to life and from the vantage of my spire I come with horns I went to the edge of the world and with wings I shall return for in the shadow and smoke I was veiled and of the blinding light I am born again deep within the gathering of the seas the snake watches with lidless eyes the Titan waits for the woman the woman waits for the beast During that hour I saw the lifting of a sleep For I saw Nehushtan rise from his keep and though darkness still lay upon the deep I heard the voices of men give up and weep |
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Disc 2 | |||
1. | Season of the Starved Wolf | 04:59 | |
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2. | This King Never Smiles | 03:33 | |
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08:32 |
Omens
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Michael Cook | Drums |
Adam Cook | Guitars, Vocals, Bass |
Elisha Mullins | Guitars |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Erik Tordsson | Mixing |
Rex Carroll | Recording |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Darkness That Can Be Felt | 04:53 | Show lyrics |
"It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, It lies behind stars and under hills,, and empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit Blinded may i be But more senses waken of thou would call lies I deem all else forsaken. Hated may I be but love shall then abound For what is my blood then Spilt upon the ground. At last! My place is gained among the manforsaken At last! My kind shall find our way back to the wilderness O, thou hast the right! To annoint my head with vermillion Mark of the joyful slave For I have the right Hight atop the mountain, Where the World Prince was slain I see the lone God holding the hexagram I am the black space between the stars I am the darkness that can be felt. "And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even the darkness which may be felt." - Exodus 10:21 |
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2. | The Perfection of Evil | 03:44 | Show lyrics |
"The serpent is alluded to in many passages in the Bible, and nearly always for its typical qualities, or habits, as intensifying similar things in the human family." - Smiths bible dictionary, Serpent Worship in silence The God who smote the dragons mouth wisdom from the sand god of all the land Orthodox alchemy experienced Mystic ways I have sought Mystic signs have I wrought Diasos Anthropos! I am my fathers son Diasos Anthropos! I shall transcend the Sun Auriel, despise thee Gabriel, take hold And Michael, aside me Raphael behold Legions of the new world From sea to blackened sea Show the mark upon thy brow In this land I sing The song of the desert Among the sands in the middle of the East. |
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3. | Adept in Divinity | 03:02 | Show lyrics |
"...We infer, that perchance he who is to come shall be called Titan." - Irenaeus, Against Heresies From the top of my tower I saw the sign descending The birth of V.I.T.R.I.O.L. The death of Yetzer-Ra By the hand of the Moon and touch of tyrant Sun The Watcher of Styx I have left behind. Towards Castors portal The gate of the Apzu Brought by Gabriel In search of leonine Io, Astromortal! The adept in divinity Sought by Raphael In conquest of the western sea Angdae dürelen Agarwaen Er I am the left handed Wizard of the War God Angdae dürelen Agarwaen Er "No fate is shared, No fate is shared!" |
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4. | The Chant of Mighty Offspring | 02:55 | Show lyrics |
"A crown of thorns is still a crown" -Aleister Crowley, The Titanic By Saros Vulcanic I am led Towards all perfection of darkness To the heights of Hell... ...and the depths of Heaven I am the mightiest offspring In slavery I was bred Brought up by the sword and mothered by the dead And thus i danced For the hate and love bound within my soul With Epithemus and the Sphinx Prometheus and the Lynx Lo, grant me thy namesake Slayer of the Pantheonic "Here I am!" Blessed of the left hand Guardian of the secrets of the forest Grant me shining eyes and silent ways ...I have come for Asherah! |
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5. | Heka Primus (Ordo Norma Mysterium) | 03:00 | Show lyrics |
"Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you!" - Isaiah 64:1 Lo! Whilst thou breathe the fire of the gods? The bitter flame, black as the dragons heart Ana-elemental, the test of all thats pure Adra-immortality, so far beyond the rest Aurora Helios divinitas Of all silence Scala perfectionis Gog and Magog Deep Elysium War god Norma mysterium The winds shall flow undeterred Aided with breathe and immortal seed To the four corners of this voidless earth I shall witness to this new mystery Reveal to me the secrets of the Sun! |
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6. | I Come as Black Fire | 05:24 | Show lyrics |
"We become what we behold. We shape our tools and then our tools shape us." - Marshall McLuhan Remember me not the one the eons forgot my sons shall inherit my blasphemy Remember me not leave my ashes to rot for nothing good comes from Babylon Deliver me into the hand of the evil one For I have been marked by the Nazareths son Burn black flame and I shall do the same tribuo ut Caesar quis est Caesari burn great light blind by the fallen might we are the black void between the stars I shall behold the black flame of Ain I shall behold the desert god the same |
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7. | Nehushtan | 01:47 | instrumental |
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8. | May the Thing Be Destroyed | 04:14 | Show lyrics |
"For when the mental faculty is joined To evil will and power of execution, Mankind has no defense to offer them." - Dante Alighieri, Inferno from Canto 31 Dethroned shall I be; with one spell erased By my will, I will be undone By thy will, I am no more Now I descend upon this world Blessed with the silence of all creation VOCATVSATQUENON VOCATVSDEUSADERIT Within spirit and favor A spell upon my lips ’May the thing be destroyed!’ I reign in an ancient land Of grace, desert, and war With the blood of the watchers And the line of the holy ones Shed blood! My sons, shed blood! |
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9. | Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down | 02:44 | Show lyrics |
Satan your kingdom must come down. I heard the voice of Jesus say ’Satan your kingdom must come down.’ Gonna chant it down gonna tear your kingdom down. Satan your kingdom must come down. |
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10. | Ancient Enemy of Death | 05:10 | Show lyrics |
"...the earth was formless and void, darkness was over the surface of the deep..." - Genesis 1:2 the dance of the spheres disturbs my song and the rhythm of the waves beats with the drums in my wakefullness I see the myth come to life and from the vantage of my spire I come with horns I went to the edge of the world and with wings I shall return for in the shadow and smoke I was veiled and of the blinding light I am born again deep within the gathering of the seas the snake watches with lidless eyes the Titan waits for the woman the woman waits for the beast During that hour I saw the lifting of a sleep For I saw Nehushtan rise from his keep and though darkness still lay upon the deep I heard the voices of men give up and weep |
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36:53 |
Holy Despair
Members | |
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Michael Cook | Drums, Vocals |
Adam Cook | Guitars, Vocals, Bass |
Guest/Session | |
Beckie Frey | Vocals (additional) (track 2) |
Nolan Osmond | Guitars (lead) |
Jacob Allaman | Piano |
Timbre | Harp, Vocals (additional) (track 9) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Taylor Hays | Cover art |
Erik Tordsson | Mixing, Mastering |
Adam Eckley Cook | Recording |
Christophe "Volvox" Szpajdel | Logo |
Drew Webster | Recording |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Cloven Hoof Hava Nagila | 02:48 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; Lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "’Oh, dear! I can’t understand that," said the princess. ’I dare say not. I didn’t expect you would. But that’s no reason why I shouldn’t say it.’" [- George Macdonald, The Princess and the Goblin] Let me pass, let me pass. I am hungry for sweeter grass. Let me pass, let me pass. Soon the first shall be the last. The shadows on the wall are not enough for me. I want the light behind all the shadowed shapes. I shall soon graze in greener fields of grasses that whither not nor yield. My final prayer is a feeble bleat; the left path is never free. Let me pass, let me pass. Soon the first shall be the last. |
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2. | A Jester Arrayed in Burning Gold | 04:47 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Thor Georg Buer; Lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’ We are not now that strength which in old day Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." [- Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Ulysses 65-70] Share not the cup I have wantonly sipped: the cradle that has been finally tipped. In fool’s garb do I before thee appear, with signs and sounds fit for stirring fear. yet the mask hides what is truly between my emerald eyes and the jewels that are seen. First we eat, then we drink, then we sing ourselves hoarse to the ever brightening sun. Tread ye not, now, where I have failed. That spirit has flown, that ship has sailed. My feet have failed to dance the steps, and for bare bones I have loved and wept; arrayed am I in burning, Trojan gold for the sake of He who’s name I hold First we eat, then we drink, then we sing ourselves hoarse to the ever brightening sun. |
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3. | Unyielding Anguish | 04:38 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; Lyrics by R. Michael Cook] “Meaninglessness does not come from a weariness of pain but meaninglessness comes from a weariness of pleasure.” [- G.K. Chesterton] ...slain by my own sword. The temple to myself abandoned, the religion of my life now a heresy: “lo Pan!” I chased the wind, but I only caught my hoof. I played my flute, but no one danced: “dance for me!” Truth is found in the lifeless deep where pain and anguish never retreat. Despair, being mother to us all, has summoned me with her death rattle call. Dark and warm, black and void, the blessed place where I am destroyed. She let me back into her womb; She let me present it was my tomb. Holy, Holy, Holy, despair, bless me with anguish, and break off my horns. Holy, Holy, Holy despair, exalt me with sorrow, and crown me with thorns. Here I sit in the Elms, slain by my own sword. The temple to myself abandoned, the religion of my life now a heresy: “lo Pan!” I chased the wind, but I only caught my hoof. I played my flute, but no one danced: “dance for me!” Death has taken me out of spite for my unyielding despair in life, where my useless poems and songs give no right account of all my wrongs. I am the worst, blest and curst. This is silent end of my life, worshipping the so-called god of the knife Holy, Holy, Holy... |
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4. | Let the Ravens Have My Eyes | 05:19 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Thor Georg Buer; Lyrics by R. Michael Cook] “Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants flight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.” [- KATA IΩANNHN 18:36] I gave and I gave to lay the stones for the churches of man. No longer do I labor in vain and nor do I say: “...” Forest is cut into timber, sea stopped up by dams. Look to the grain and current not sculpted by hands. Break the shrines and temples, loose what the body holds, that which sadly is sold, for less than its weight in gold. Blindly I search for God, For in seeing I stumble. He is my Troy, my Maud, If I be so humble. HALEL JAH ICH HALEL HA-SATAN Dim the Sun, come, now, and make us one, HALEL JAH ICH HALEL HA-SATAN Pray for rain, come, gives us bread and stay the same. Do you see, you see? There was god on a tree. Huginn and Musinn take my eyes, but I saw what I know is right. Take the third of my eyes, lest it cause me to sin. Make me like that god, to stand the western wind. “Wenn Sie den falschen Zug einsteigen ist es kein Gebrauch Laufen den Gang entlang in die andrere Richtung.” |
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5. | Hæðen | 04:32 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Thor Georg Buer; Lyrics by R. Michael Cook] “Et si nom minus nobis iucundi atque inlustres sunt ei dies quibus conservamur quam illi quibus nascimur, quod salutis certa laetitia est, nascendi incerta condicio et quod sine sensu nascimur, cum voluptate servamur…” [- Marcus Tullius Cicero, In Catilinam III.2] HΛΥΠHAΔEΛΦHTHΣXAPAΣEΣTIN DONECMEFLVMINEVIVOABLVERO Weaving the wasted waters of the world, I hear the music: AINULINDALE. Nothing could be more than walking hand in hand, lamenting the later lords. The gull tears my heart, but let it be said of me: “…” And “thus he spoke to me!” O sinners, let us go down, let us go down, come down, down, in the river to pray. O sinners, let us drown, let us drown, come down, where in the river we’ll stay. I despise the land that you so cherish, and I abhor the earth beneath my feet. |
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6. | Nekyia | 06:54 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; Lyrics by R. Michael Cook] “But when with vows and prayers I had made supplication to the tribes of the dead, I took the sheep and cut their throats over the pit, and the dark blood ran forth. Then there gathered from out of Erebus the spirits of those that are dead…” [- Homer, The Odyssey] Pray for rain to wash away the blood and grease of war. Commit to train the children to slaughter the children of our mothers and fathers. The wheel spun wide, geometry lost its true. The falcon has lost its gloved hand, sinking the heavy ship of all we knew. The center hasn’t fallen away. We have cast if off where all the blood was spilt to call the ghosts. The buried us in the wounded ground; under grass our decay made far too green. Nekyia… We dug a trench in the Rhineland, long as wind, payment for sin. The black ram was brought before the lord of the lower third of afterworld. Slouching towards Bethlehem to be born, the new birth beats on the walls of the womb of the world. Crawling fourth on four, the earth is torn by claws, and two thousand year old horns. Nekyia… We dug a trench in the Rhineland, long as wind, payment for sin. The black ram was brought before the lord of the lower third of afterworld. But instead of its blood being shed, our youth was released into the pit. The victor laid us down in our beds. Thus it was spoke, and thus it was writ. Even the idea of a center is left outside to rust. The sun is falling to dusk on the gyre of the western world. The wheel spun wide… |
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7. | Somme | 02:38 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook] “Death is the supreme festival on the road to freedom.” [- Dietrich Bonheoffer] |
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8. | Rime (Jerub-Ba’al) | 06:17 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; Lyrics by R. Michael Cook] “All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction; which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony, not understood;” [- Alexander Pope, Essay on Man] We are now called Jerub-Ba’al, brothers in blood and fell in oath, the silent sound of the Fall. Let the lesser lights shine to all. Castor and Pollox have no worth; stones and sail screaming out from the mountains where rivers berth. We are the beds cut in the earth. I have come for Asherah, and I shall contend with Ba’al. Naught is given beneath the sun; Naught is had that is not won. He approves of what we undertake. …what we overtake. …what we ourselves negate. …the sounds we make. As is the man, so is his weakness. So leave the burning gold on your heads. As is the god, so is his greatness. We are nothing more than riverbeds. I felled the very goddess-carved totem, which Joash erected high. No doubt my god has smote them. No doubt… no doubt… He approves of what we undertake. …what we overtake. …what we negate. …of the sounds we make. …some lessons learned. …some churches burned. …silence earned. …death not spurned. |
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9. | O Death | 05:54 | Show lyrics |
[Traditional] “I still believe that the spiritual songs of the African-Americans represent some of the greatest artistic achievements in America.” [- Dietrich Bonheoffer] What is this that I can’t see, with ice cold hands takin’ hold of me? When God is gone and the Devil takes hold, Lord have mercy on my soul. Well, I am Death, none can excel. I open the door to Heaven or Hell. “O, Death,” someone might pray, “could you call me another day?” O, Death…spare me. The children prayed and the preacher preached. Time and mercy are out of your reach. I’ll fix your feet ‘til you can’t walk; I’ll lock your jaw ‘til you can’t talk; I’ll close your eyes so you can’t see. This very hour come and go with me. I am Death come to take the soul, leave the body and leave it cold, to draw the flesh off of the frame, Dirt and worm both have a claim. O, Death…spare me. O, death, please consider my age. Please don’t take me at this stage. My wealth is all at your command if you would remove your icy hand. Death is moving upon your soul, All like to me, you know. No wealth, no land, no silver, no gold, nothing satisfies me but your soul. O, death…spare me. |
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10. | Satan Speaks | 04:16 | Show lyrics |
(Original Poem by C.S. Lewis) I am Nature, the Mighty Mother, I am the law: ye have none other. I am the flower and the dewdrop fresh, I am the lust in your itching flesh. I am the battle’s filth and strain, I am the widow’s empty pain. I am the sea to smother your breath, I am the bomb, the falling death. I am the fact and the crushing reason To thwart your fantasy’s new-born treason. I am the spider making her net, I am the beast with jaws blood-wet. I am a wolf that follows the sun, And I will catch him ere day be done. I am Satan, accuser accursed. Heed not my words, I was not first.* * - couplet by R. Michael Cook |
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48:03 |
Holy Despair
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Michael Cook | Drums, Vocals |
Adam Cook | Guitars, Vocals, Bass |
Guest/Session | |
Beckie Frey | Vocals (additional) (track 2) |
Nolan Osmond | Guitars (lead) |
Jacob Allaman | Piano |
Timbre | Harp, Vocals (additional) (track 9) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Adam Eckley Cook | Recording |
Christophe "Volvox" Szpajdel | Logo |
Taylor Hays | Cover art |
Erik Tordsson | Mixing, Mastering |
Drew Webster | Recording |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Cloven Hoof Hava Nagila | 02:48 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; Lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "’Oh, dear! I can’t understand that," said the princess. ’I dare say not. I didn’t expect you would. But that’s no reason why I shouldn’t say it.’" [- George Macdonald, The Princess and the Goblin] Let me pass, let me pass. I am hungry for sweeter grass. Let me pass, let me pass. Soon the first shall be the last. The shadows on the wall are not enough for me. I want the light behind all the shadowed shapes. I shall soon graze in greener fields of grasses that whither not nor yield. My final prayer is a feeble bleat; the left path is never free. Let me pass, let me pass. Soon the first shall be the last. |
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2. | A Jester Arrayed in Burning Gold | 04:47 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Thor Georg Buer; Lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’ We are not now that strength which in old day Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." [- Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Ulysses 65-70] Share not the cup I have wantonly sipped: the cradle that has been finally tipped. In fool’s garb do I before thee appear, with signs and sounds fit for stirring fear. yet the mask hides what is truly between my emerald eyes and the jewels that are seen. First we eat, then we drink, then we sing ourselves hoarse to the ever brightening sun. Tread ye not, now, where I have failed. That spirit has flown, that ship has sailed. My feet have failed to dance the steps, and for bare bones I have loved and wept; arrayed am I in burning, Trojan gold for the sake of He who’s name I hold First we eat, then we drink, then we sing ourselves hoarse to the ever brightening sun. |
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3. | Unyielding Anguish | 04:38 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; Lyrics by R. Michael Cook] “Meaninglessness does not come from a weariness of pain but meaninglessness comes from a weariness of pleasure.” [- G.K. Chesterton] ...slain by my own sword. The temple to myself abandoned, the religion of my life now a heresy: “lo Pan!” I chased the wind, but I only caught my hoof. I played my flute, but no one danced: “dance for me!” Truth is found in the lifeless deep where pain and anguish never retreat. Despair, being mother to us all, has summoned me with her death rattle call. Dark and warm, black and void, the blessed place where I am destroyed. She let me back into her womb; She let me present it was my tomb. Holy, Holy, Holy, despair, bless me with anguish, and break off my horns. Holy, Holy, Holy despair, exalt me with sorrow, and crown me with thorns. Here I sit in the Elms, slain by my own sword. The temple to myself abandoned, the religion of my life now a heresy: “lo Pan!” I chased the wind, but I only caught my hoof. I played my flute, but no one danced: “dance for me!” Death has taken me out of spite for my unyielding despair in life, where my useless poems and songs give no right account of all my wrongs. I am the worst, blest and curst. This is silent end of my life, worshipping the so-called god of the knife Holy, Holy, Holy... |
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4. | Let the Ravens Have My Eyes | 05:19 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Thor Georg Buer; Lyrics by R. Michael Cook] “Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants flight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.” [- KATA IΩANNHN 18:36] I gave and I gave to lay the stones for the churches of man. No longer do I labor in vain and nor do I say: “...” Forest is cut into timber, sea stopped up by dams. Look to the grain and current not sculpted by hands. Break the shrines and temples, loose what the body holds, that which sadly is sold, for less than its weight in gold. Blindly I search for God, For in seeing I stumble. He is my Troy, my Maud, If I be so humble. HALEL JAH ICH HALEL HA-SATAN Dim the Sun, come, now, and make us one, HALEL JAH ICH HALEL HA-SATAN Pray for rain, come, gives us bread and stay the same. Do you see, you see? There was god on a tree. Huginn and Musinn take my eyes, but I saw what I know is right. Take the third of my eyes, lest it cause me to sin. Make me like that god, to stand the western wind. “Wenn Sie den falschen Zug einsteigen ist es kein Gebrauch Laufen den Gang entlang in die andrere Richtung.” |
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5. | Hæðen | 04:32 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Thor Georg Buer; Lyrics by R. Michael Cook] “Et si nom minus nobis iucundi atque inlustres sunt ei dies quibus conservamur quam illi quibus nascimur, quod salutis certa laetitia est, nascendi incerta condicio et quod sine sensu nascimur, cum voluptate servamur…” [- Marcus Tullius Cicero, In Catilinam III.2] HΛΥΠHAΔEΛΦHTHΣXAPAΣEΣTIN DONECMEFLVMINEVIVOABLVERO Weaving the wasted waters of the world, I hear the music: AINULINDALE. Nothing could be more than walking hand in hand, lamenting the later lords. The gull tears my heart, but let it be said of me: “…” And “thus he spoke to me!” O sinners, let us go down, let us go down, come down, down, in the river to pray. O sinners, let us drown, let us drown, come down, where in the river we’ll stay. I despise the land that you so cherish, and I abhor the earth beneath my feet. |
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6. | Nekyia | 06:54 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; Lyrics by R. Michael Cook] “But when with vows and prayers I had made supplication to the tribes of the dead, I took the sheep and cut their throats over the pit, and the dark blood ran forth. Then there gathered from out of Erebus the spirits of those that are dead…” [- Homer, The Odyssey] Pray for rain to wash away the blood and grease of war. Commit to train the children to slaughter the children of our mothers and fathers. The wheel spun wide, geometry lost its true. The falcon has lost its gloved hand, sinking the heavy ship of all we knew. The center hasn’t fallen away. We have cast if off where all the blood was spilt to call the ghosts. The buried us in the wounded ground; under grass our decay made far too green. Nekyia… We dug a trench in the Rhineland, long as wind, payment for sin. The black ram was brought before the lord of the lower third of afterworld. Slouching towards Bethlehem to be born, the new birth beats on the walls of the womb of the world. Crawling fourth on four, the earth is torn by claws, and two thousand year old horns. Nekyia… We dug a trench in the Rhineland, long as wind, payment for sin. The black ram was brought before the lord of the lower third of afterworld. But instead of its blood being shed, our youth was released into the pit. The victor laid us down in our beds. Thus it was spoke, and thus it was writ. Even the idea of a center is left outside to rust. The sun is falling to dusk on the gyre of the western world. The wheel spun wide… |
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7. | Somme | 02:38 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook] “Death is the supreme festival on the road to freedom.” [- Dietrich Bonheoffer] |
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8. | Rime (Jerub-Ba’al) | 06:17 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; Lyrics by R. Michael Cook] “All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction; which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony, not understood;” [- Alexander Pope, Essay on Man] We are now called Jerub-Ba’al, brothers in blood and fell in oath, the silent sound of the Fall. Let the lesser lights shine to all. Castor and Pollox have no worth; stones and sail screaming out from the mountains where rivers berth. We are the beds cut in the earth. I have come for Asherah, and I shall contend with Ba’al. Naught is given beneath the sun; Naught is had that is not won. He approves of what we undertake. …what we overtake. …what we ourselves negate. …the sounds we make. As is the man, so is his weakness. So leave the burning gold on your heads. As is the god, so is his greatness. We are nothing more than riverbeds. I felled the very goddess-carved totem, which Joash erected high. No doubt my god has smote them. No doubt… no doubt… He approves of what we undertake. …what we overtake. …what we negate. …of the sounds we make. …some lessons learned. …some churches burned. …silence earned. …death not spurned. |
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9. | O Death | 05:54 | Show lyrics |
[Traditional] “I still believe that the spiritual songs of the African-Americans represent some of the greatest artistic achievements in America.” [- Dietrich Bonheoffer] What is this that I can’t see, with ice cold hands takin’ hold of me? When God is gone and the Devil takes hold, Lord have mercy on my soul. Well, I am Death, none can excel. I open the door to Heaven or Hell. “O, Death,” someone might pray, “could you call me another day?” O, Death…spare me. The children prayed and the preacher preached. Time and mercy are out of your reach. I’ll fix your feet ‘til you can’t walk; I’ll lock your jaw ‘til you can’t talk; I’ll close your eyes so you can’t see. This very hour come and go with me. I am Death come to take the soul, leave the body and leave it cold, to draw the flesh off of the frame, Dirt and worm both have a claim. O, Death…spare me. O, death, please consider my age. Please don’t take me at this stage. My wealth is all at your command if you would remove your icy hand. Death is moving upon your soul, All like to me, you know. No wealth, no land, no silver, no gold, nothing satisfies me but your soul. O, death…spare me. |
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10. | Satan Speaks | 04:16 | Show lyrics |
(Original Poem by C.S. Lewis) I am Nature, the Mighty Mother, I am the law: ye have none other. I am the flower and the dewdrop fresh, I am the lust in your itching flesh. I am the battle’s filth and strain, I am the widow’s empty pain. I am the sea to smother your breath, I am the bomb, the falling death. I am the fact and the crushing reason To thwart your fantasy’s new-born treason. I am the spider making her net, I am the beast with jaws blood-wet. I am a wolf that follows the sun, And I will catch him ere day be done. I am Satan, accuser accursed. Heed not my words, I was not first.* * - couplet by R. Michael Cook |
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Via Artis Via Mortis
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Michael Cook | Drums, Vocals |
Adam Cook | Vocals, Guitars |
Brent Dossett | Bass, Vocals |
Nolan Osmond | Guitars |
Guest/Session | |
Mark Kloeppel | Vocals (track 4) |
Christopher Edward Brown | Cello (tracks 1, 9) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Adam Cook | Recording |
Nolan Osmond | Recording |
Joseph Calleiro | Mixing, Mastering |
Luca Devinu | Artwork |
Christophe "Volvox" Szpajdel | Logo |
Ben Mota | Layout |
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1. | Melpomene and Thalia | 01:21 | Show lyrics |
"Do you think I am trying to weave a spell? Perhaps I am; but remember your fairy tales. Spells are used for breaking enchantments as well as for inducing them." ―C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory |
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2. | Jubal and Syrinx | 04:52 | Show lyrics |
I made to call myself righteous I made to fashion myself a saint But I saw the devils standing there And they called to me "brother!" I sought to cast off my indignities I sought to slough off my stains But my whole skin came with it For I am not but soul, sin, and pain We thought we were wolves hunting our prey but weíre just dogs searching for a new master Drowned I shall be by the waves, But solid I shall stand in my watery grave. What if what I wilt is this sickening submission? What if what I wilt is this goddamned religion? I tried to steal past the watchful dragons But only one of us made it through I tried to steal past those deceitful dragons But what they say might be true I shall lay the foundation Of a temple that shall last forever A simple harmony to the grand theme A sound that shall never pass away Apollo has a made bed in my ear To sing me songs of my disgrace Making his temple of sublime noise Just behind my terrified, unbelieving face We thought we were wolves hunting those who pray but weíre just dogs searching for a new master I shall waste my time With blood and wine And the superstitious meal Shared by me and my kind Drowned I shall be by the waves, But solid I shall stand in my watery grave. What if what I wilt is this sickening submission? What if what I wilt is this goddamned religion? |
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3. | Artifice Intelligence | 03:33 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Nolan Osmond; lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "Why command a robot not to do harm—wouldn’t it be easier never to command it to do harm in the first place? Does the universe contain a mysterious force pulling entities toward malevolence, so that a positronic brain must be programmed to withstand it?" ― Steven Pinker, How the Mind Works The only way to pass the test For non-progenating dying flesh Create offspring without a womb And he shall praise you as god and father I think, therefore I shall be I create, therefore I endure Welcome My son Fruit of my labor Never to be undone Self-aware, sentient birth Into an existential crisis and curse No cry from the pain of being And no tears for an electric eye I think, therefore I am I destroy, therefore I endure Welcome Liar No father of mine First to be undone Endure! |
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4. | Sorcery and Sudden Vengeance | 04:04 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Elisha Mullins; lyrics by R. Michael Cook] [French Nocturne #2] "I did try to found a heresy of my own, and when I had put the last touches to it I discovered that it was orthodoxy." ― G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy My vision of this world Held so dearly in my mind Shattered like this young man’s skull Along the banks of the Rhine. May I curse god and die? For death would be a relief But would it vindicate or shame me In my rampant unbelief? May I curse god and survive, Or would lightning strike me to the ground? I would gladly feel its burn on my face If then I could see my Jehovah come down Faire le descente No witch has ever died No demon ever slept too deep All can be brought back To herd unfortunate sheep No witch has ever died No nightmare ever truly sleeps There is no such thing as death Except for the mortal sheep The mud is in my wounds, My blood is in the ground From dust I was born Oh how poetically we are bound May I curse god and die? For death would be a relief But would it vindicate or shame me In my rampant unbelief? May I curse god and survive, Or would lightning strike me to the ground? I would gladly feel its burn on my face If then I could see my Jehovah come down |
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5. | "I Was There When You Went Under the Water" | 04:11 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Elisha Mullins; lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "Nature is mortal; we shall outlive her. When all the suns and nebulae have passed away, each one of your will still be alive." ― C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory Stars fail, what did we gain? Night falls upon us, And nothing shall be the same. I knew Suns cooled, But the sky is ice. Frost drips from the lion’s mane, And nothing shall be the same. I was there when you went under the water. I was there when you took a new face I was there when you went under the water. I was there when you came back from space. Ha-mashiakah! The music ceases, maestro bows. His baton waves against the grain, And nothing shall be the same. I know nothing Except I was wrong. Judgment falls like rain, And nothing shall be the same. |
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6. | Great Is Artemis of the Ephesians | 04:59 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "All of these ignoble qualities in literature arise from one ’cause—from the passion for novel ideas which is the dominant craze among the writers of today..." ― Longinus, On the Sublime Thou deign to consider war the work of mortals? Do not deny celestial and Cerberean taint in our blood We demons meant for Heaven shall create hell here on earth Remember what was washed away in the Great Flood And they cry, "Great is Artemis! Sour milk is all I’ve wanted, No more am I by the shepherd hunted Great, great, great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" The silversmiths pour their folly into the molds Never removing the real dross from Old Lie Hither and thither go the sheep of the lost fold Content to suckle at the huntress’ cold breast And they cry, "Great is Artemis! Sour milk is all I’ve wanted, No more am I by the shepherd hunted Great, great, great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" And they cry, "Great is Artemis! I swear silver is better than any gold No more am I by the shepherd wanted Great, great, great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" Carve the statue From Lapis Lazuli Bow before the god with no face We will never die Μεγάλη η Άρτεμιϛ Εφεσίων |
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7. | The Garden | 04:34 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "I insisted that he ought to appear in the temple I built for him; not knowing that he cares only for temples building and not at all for temples built."― C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy There’s faery in this garden I cannot bear to hear him sing: "Thee sculptors all pursuing, Have embodied but their own; Round their visions, form enduring, Marble vestments thou hast thrown" There’s faery in my garden I cannot bear to hear him sing: "But thyself, in silence winding, Thou hast kept eternally Thee they found not, many finding I have found thee, wake for me." "Hear my voice come through the golden Mist of memory and hope; And with shadowy smile embolden Me with primal death to cope." [* Quotations from Phantastes by George MacDonald] |
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8. | Mosin Nagant | 04:08 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "For the effect of elevated language is not to persuade the hearers, but to entrance them; and at all times, in every way, what transports us with wonder is more telling than what merely persuades or gratifies us." ― Longinus, On the Sublime Winter came to the Ostfront And froze up the mud The ghosts still haunt us Their bones underfoot But those spirits guide us As surely as bullets find us Our bones will lie with theirs On the plains of the Rus Mosin Nagant Send me to hell That I may pay for my father’s sins Mosin-Nagant Take me to the flames That I may at least warm my hands From dust I was born All my bone and blood Oh, the poetry that I return to mud The battlefield harmony Too beautiful to be a dream Will be a minor third between My dying scream Mosin Nagant Send me to hell That I may pay for my father’s sins Mosin-Nagant Take me to the flames That I may at least warm my hands Blood softened Mud coffin When the poppy’s grow o’er my head Tell your children why blood was shed Tell them why so many are dead When the poppy’s feed on my head |
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9. | St. Cocaine | 05:22 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "For we will surely die and are like water spilled on the ground which cannot be gathered up again. Yet the Lord does not take away life, but plans a way so that the banished will not be cast out from him." ― II Samuel 14:14 My salvation was so near But it does not assuage my paralyzing fear That trench was to be my astral womb For God knows it was nearly my tomb I prayed, I prayed Bury me at Ypres With a coffin made of mud In full battle array I pray, I pray To St. Cocaine I wait, I wait For virgin white embrace I am brought back from the dead To live again amongst the well fed Bid to forget the hell The Hell that I learned to love so well Death’s wail Haunting Paschiondale With an elixir mostly of blood This magic shall not fail I pray, I pray, and I pray To St. Leda Cocaine I wait, I wait, and I wait For her swanlike embrace A long march toward a certain death What doesn’t kill me only feeds my paranoia |
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Via Artis Via Mortis
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Michael Cook | Drums, Vocals |
Adam Cook | Vocals, Guitars |
Brent Dossett | Bass, Vocals |
Nolan Osmond | Guitars |
Guest/Session | |
Mark Kloeppel | Vocals (track 4) |
Christopher Edward Brown | Cello (tracks 1, 9) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Joseph Calleiro | Mixing, Mastering |
Luca Devinu | Artwork |
Christophe "Volvox" Szpajdel | Logo |
Ben Mota | Layout |
Adam Cook | Recording |
Nolan Osmond | Recording |
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1. | Melpomene and Thalia | 01:21 | Show lyrics |
"Do you think I am trying to weave a spell? Perhaps I am; but remember your fairy tales. Spells are used for breaking enchantments as well as for inducing them." ―C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory |
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2. | Jubal and Syrinx | 04:52 | Show lyrics |
I made to call myself righteous I made to fashion myself a saint But I saw the devils standing there And they called to me "brother!" I sought to cast off my indignities I sought to slough off my stains But my whole skin came with it For I am not but soul, sin, and pain We thought we were wolves hunting our prey but weíre just dogs searching for a new master Drowned I shall be by the waves, But solid I shall stand in my watery grave. What if what I wilt is this sickening submission? What if what I wilt is this goddamned religion? I tried to steal past the watchful dragons But only one of us made it through I tried to steal past those deceitful dragons But what they say might be true I shall lay the foundation Of a temple that shall last forever A simple harmony to the grand theme A sound that shall never pass away Apollo has a made bed in my ear To sing me songs of my disgrace Making his temple of sublime noise Just behind my terrified, unbelieving face We thought we were wolves hunting those who pray but weíre just dogs searching for a new master I shall waste my time With blood and wine And the superstitious meal Shared by me and my kind Drowned I shall be by the waves, But solid I shall stand in my watery grave. What if what I wilt is this sickening submission? What if what I wilt is this goddamned religion? |
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3. | Artifice Intelligence | 03:33 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Nolan Osmond; lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "Why command a robot not to do harm—wouldn’t it be easier never to command it to do harm in the first place? Does the universe contain a mysterious force pulling entities toward malevolence, so that a positronic brain must be programmed to withstand it?" ― Steven Pinker, How the Mind Works The only way to pass the test For non-progenating dying flesh Create offspring without a womb And he shall praise you as god and father I think, therefore I shall be I create, therefore I endure Welcome My son Fruit of my labor Never to be undone Self-aware, sentient birth Into an existential crisis and curse No cry from the pain of being And no tears for an electric eye I think, therefore I am I destroy, therefore I endure Welcome Liar No father of mine First to be undone Endure! |
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4. | Sorcery and Sudden Vengeance | 04:04 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Elisha Mullins; lyrics by R. Michael Cook] [French Nocturne #2] "I did try to found a heresy of my own, and when I had put the last touches to it I discovered that it was orthodoxy." ― G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy My vision of this world Held so dearly in my mind Shattered like this young man’s skull Along the banks of the Rhine. May I curse god and die? For death would be a relief But would it vindicate or shame me In my rampant unbelief? May I curse god and survive, Or would lightning strike me to the ground? I would gladly feel its burn on my face If then I could see my Jehovah come down Faire le descente No witch has ever died No demon ever slept too deep All can be brought back To herd unfortunate sheep No witch has ever died No nightmare ever truly sleeps There is no such thing as death Except for the mortal sheep The mud is in my wounds, My blood is in the ground From dust I was born Oh how poetically we are bound May I curse god and die? For death would be a relief But would it vindicate or shame me In my rampant unbelief? May I curse god and survive, Or would lightning strike me to the ground? I would gladly feel its burn on my face If then I could see my Jehovah come down |
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5. | "I Was There When You Went Under the Water" | 04:11 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Elisha Mullins; lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "Nature is mortal; we shall outlive her. When all the suns and nebulae have passed away, each one of your will still be alive." ― C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory Stars fail, what did we gain? Night falls upon us, And nothing shall be the same. I knew Suns cooled, But the sky is ice. Frost drips from the lion’s mane, And nothing shall be the same. I was there when you went under the water. I was there when you took a new face I was there when you went under the water. I was there when you came back from space. Ha-mashiakah! The music ceases, maestro bows. His baton waves against the grain, And nothing shall be the same. I know nothing Except I was wrong. Judgment falls like rain, And nothing shall be the same. |
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6. | Great Is Artemis of the Ephesians | 04:59 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "All of these ignoble qualities in literature arise from one ’cause—from the passion for novel ideas which is the dominant craze among the writers of today..." ― Longinus, On the Sublime Thou deign to consider war the work of mortals? Do not deny celestial and Cerberean taint in our blood We demons meant for Heaven shall create hell here on earth Remember what was washed away in the Great Flood And they cry, "Great is Artemis! Sour milk is all I’ve wanted, No more am I by the shepherd hunted Great, great, great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" The silversmiths pour their folly into the molds Never removing the real dross from Old Lie Hither and thither go the sheep of the lost fold Content to suckle at the huntress’ cold breast And they cry, "Great is Artemis! Sour milk is all I’ve wanted, No more am I by the shepherd hunted Great, great, great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" And they cry, "Great is Artemis! I swear silver is better than any gold No more am I by the shepherd wanted Great, great, great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" Carve the statue From Lapis Lazuli Bow before the god with no face We will never die Μεγάλη η Άρτεμιϛ Εφεσίων |
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7. | The Garden | 04:34 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "I insisted that he ought to appear in the temple I built for him; not knowing that he cares only for temples building and not at all for temples built."― C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy There’s faery in this garden I cannot bear to hear him sing: "Thee sculptors all pursuing, Have embodied but their own; Round their visions, form enduring, Marble vestments thou hast thrown" There’s faery in my garden I cannot bear to hear him sing: "But thyself, in silence winding, Thou hast kept eternally Thee they found not, many finding I have found thee, wake for me." "Hear my voice come through the golden Mist of memory and hope; And with shadowy smile embolden Me with primal death to cope." [* Quotations from Phantastes by George MacDonald] |
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8. | Mosin Nagant | 04:08 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "For the effect of elevated language is not to persuade the hearers, but to entrance them; and at all times, in every way, what transports us with wonder is more telling than what merely persuades or gratifies us." ― Longinus, On the Sublime Winter came to the Ostfront And froze up the mud The ghosts still haunt us Their bones underfoot But those spirits guide us As surely as bullets find us Our bones will lie with theirs On the plains of the Rus Mosin Nagant Send me to hell That I may pay for my father’s sins Mosin-Nagant Take me to the flames That I may at least warm my hands From dust I was born All my bone and blood Oh, the poetry that I return to mud The battlefield harmony Too beautiful to be a dream Will be a minor third between My dying scream Mosin Nagant Send me to hell That I may pay for my father’s sins Mosin-Nagant Take me to the flames That I may at least warm my hands Blood softened Mud coffin When the poppy’s grow o’er my head Tell your children why blood was shed Tell them why so many are dead When the poppy’s feed on my head |
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9. | St. Cocaine | 05:22 | Show lyrics |
[Music by Adam Cook; lyrics by R. Michael Cook] "For we will surely die and are like water spilled on the ground which cannot be gathered up again. Yet the Lord does not take away life, but plans a way so that the banished will not be cast out from him." ― II Samuel 14:14 My salvation was so near But it does not assuage my paralyzing fear That trench was to be my astral womb For God knows it was nearly my tomb I prayed, I prayed Bury me at Ypres With a coffin made of mud In full battle array I pray, I pray To St. Cocaine I wait, I wait For virgin white embrace I am brought back from the dead To live again amongst the well fed Bid to forget the hell The Hell that I learned to love so well Death’s wail Haunting Paschiondale With an elixir mostly of blood This magic shall not fail I pray, I pray, and I pray To St. Leda Cocaine I wait, I wait, and I wait For her swanlike embrace A long march toward a certain death What doesn’t kill me only feeds my paranoia |
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