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Into the Great Sea
04:26
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Begone, preaching pretender!
I cast thee out from the sight of my temple
I banish your blackened utterances
From my inner sanctum
Ye fools who bicker over the names of your tools
And so no work is done...
Now let us ride the Chariot to the heights
Fly to fill the Cup that taketh and giveth All
Garments falling from our shoulders
Gaze upon the naked Star
All without, All within
Disappear
Born again
Know thy Self
Know thy Way
Do what thou wilt!
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Shamed by Thanatophobia
05:31
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Daggers of jagged bone pierce my scalp
On the doorstep of death and dreams
Obsequious I fall
Yet defiantly I claw
In vain, against the terror and the truth
The transience of flesh
And the ticking on the wall
The shifting of seasons
And movements of tides
Watching them wither beneath the sun
Sirens that shriek in the void
The Earth will take what is hers
The Wind will swallow up my breath
Sentient soil
Devoid of the spark
All traces devoured by time
I will See
Or I will Dissolve
If "I" even came to "be"
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Their Gods and Their Men
04:39
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And I beheld in awe and horror
The vastness of the machine...
Blood and bone
Fuel and woe
Feasting on the heart
Of our brother
Chained beneath the fathoms
Naught but shadows left in the wake
And it was this night that hope receded
The Sun grew dim below
And naiveté was illumined
And the daunting task...
The Great Work unfinished
Rose as a behemoth
And devoured my spirit
And it was revealed to me
That they love their bonds
They adore their blindness
Ghosts and dust
Go forth into the wilderness and await the day of Wrath
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Embrace of Nuit
04:24
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Void calling
Right here
Climb up and disappear
Back to where it ends
Swallowed back to sleep
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Horus Auspicium
04:16
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Silence and Strength
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All Else Is a Curse
10:23
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Anomaly in Effigy Chestertown, Maryland
Obscure independent metal. No trends, just self-expression.
Established 2005. Atmospheric black
metal, sometimes blackened doom. Songs about alienation, depression, occult philosophy, mysticism, personal autonomy, dissolution, and decline.
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