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Frostcrown
08:05
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By the glory of his majesty
We purify the savages
by the power of his burning light
To justify the bloodlust
Relinquish your blades
Kneel down all you slaves!
Lest ye shall taste
The blood that runs through your veins!
Pray to me!
Stay or flee, now!
For you shall see,
I prey on the weak!
Don't you see the consequence
Of blindly following
The unknown deities
In rebellion of sin
Against the desolate tides,
Against the forsaken ones
He drove back the blight into the catacombs of sin
But oh brighter it burns
Out from the blackened flame
Arise again the prophets of unholy reign!
The twisted branches splinter beneath the raging mouth of war
As this crimson path leads our legions of the battle-torn
Onwards our brothers! Now, come to arms! Death to the false King!
For this tyranny, it ends tonight, under the new ruler of all mankind
Slaughter the guilty and innocent alike
From the depths of this blackness
We will continue, that's just the price
This reign will bathe in wretched sacrifice
A single tear I shed for the blood of the fallen ones
Children dead, family gone, I have failed them
A thousand years I would suffer to undo their fate
But left I am to rot, consumed by odium
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2. |
Imprisoned
07:32
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I see no future
I must reap what I have sown
Hatred painted amongst the masses
Exit this dismal world
Flow into the putrid blackness
Onwards into oblivion
Onwards into Infinitum
Ave Odium
Ave Daemonium
Unleash the universe and defile the seventh sphere
Beyond the ethereal
Beyond the nagual
Maledictus solis
Maledictus animus
Perdition of the mind, a cage that burns on all sides
Unlock the hatred that cannot die
Silence the mind who holds the mask over your fears
As I wither in imprisonment
I can hear the sirens call
Betrothed to the accursed usurper
Reviled, the throne of untold ages
Her serpentine tongue brings mournful bliss
Soothsayer to my golden dreams of death
Betrayer of the dark and light
Deceiver of man and gods alike
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3. |
Where Lions Go to Die
02:17
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4. |
Shadows of the Underdark
05:44
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An opening appears now
in the side of the mountain
A ghastly light shines through
I fear of what it could be
A furious gust of wind howls
forcing my hand into action
The warning could not be more clear
But lust cannot be quelled by fate
There lies a mist beneath the shadows
My choking breath threatens to cease
There is an evil that exists here
I will unveil this persistence
My mind races with apprehension
Is this the path or have I been lead astray
Turning back would spell death for mortals
Something pulls me further in
My body begins to transcend
Earthly senses I leave behind
A vision flashes of my ascendance
Before dropping cold to my knees
Always it’s the same dream
Soft flesh is more than my reward
The scarlet moon as my viewpoint
As kingdoms fall at my command
Serpents guide my path
Scrolls materialize in my hand
My future laid out in an ancient tongue
Ritual is left before the dawn
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5. |
Intrinsic Frost
08:12
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Deep within these woodlands the wind is not found,
gone too are all manner of creatures and thus, no sound.
This deathlike silence is unlike any that I have endured,
I find my thoughts clouded and my vision obscured.
My breath is slowed with hypothermia setting in,
stinging cold rime besets my frostbitten skin.
This creeping numbness does nothing to subside my agony,
not that this event could be construed as a tragedy.
Aspirations of untold magic and might
bring me to this place of murderous blight.
Prophetic scrolls told of a force that no mortal should seek,
I thought the warning more fitting for the moral and meek.
Rising in the sky I see the fruits of my labor take flight,
a stirring sea of celestial dissonance erupts into the night.
This mountain before me, cut nearly in twain,
spilling all the wonders that lie in the agape domain.
Though the air is riddled with this bloodied ascension,
the chaos unfolding is not what holds my attention.
Aspirations of untold magic and might
bring me to this place of murderous blight.
Prophetic scrolls told of a force that no mortal should seek,
I thought the warning more fitting for the moral and meek.
It's unclear if it's just me growing delusional with death at bay,
but I find my self staring at the trees around me, unable to look away.
A crystalline glaze covers everything in sight, soon to be lost.
With the last breath I will take, my eyes set upon this intrinsic frost
Deep within these woodlands the wind is not found,
gone too are all manner of creatures and thus, no sound.
This deathlike silence is unlike any that I have endured,
I find my thoughts clouded, and my vision obscured.
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6. |
Occam's Razor
06:39
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Severed from second sight, the blind man that sees
Simplicity, not always what it seems
The Anointed will fall
ceaselessly by night
Glory to those who bow
Bow before my might
Rage and disgust
Coarse through my mind
Dreams of an empire shattered..
Woe to the traitor
Sow their seed in blood
Vengeance will soon be mine…
Out from my fingertips
Energy dark flowing cold from the sky
Nothing escapes from my gaze
Visions from the infinite: the end is nigh
Humanity slips away—my fear has been dissolved
Psychic vibrations of outer dimensions
Judgment of the ice—emotionless and frozen
Peering eyes reveal that I was made, not born
Fragments of the universal mind
Pulls my soul outside of time
As I confront a new awareness of reality
Endless thoughts not of my own
Sacred knowledge overflown
The veil is lifted and reveals my wretched destiny
I can feel the icy breath - consuming me now
Its blissful sting lures me - into the abyss
A wintry kiss of hatred - fills my entirety
Eyes frozen in rage - a nocturnal void
Streets painted by the crimson flow
The stygian waters cold in my veins
Forsaken the memory of a merciless king
Throne defiled by an unholy deity
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7. |
Fear of my Vengeance
05:26
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The blind preoccupation
of oaths, morals, and creeds
Soiled by the conviction
of man, weapon, and steed
Following the order
of shrouded implication
The time has now come
to release justification
Heavy is the hand
that wields the blade
Heavy is the heart
that casts the first stone
Steel forges man's weapons
Iron staves man's fears
Blood dawns man's hatred
Flesh bears all man's sins
A bitter prediction
A vile benediction
The path to regaining a life one once led
demands more than equal weight in sacrifice
Lust for days that we have long since sanctified
commands the soul that still ventures out for blood
Follow the keeper to all man's sin
Erase the order your heart lives in
Cast out vengeance on those who wronged you
Create the hell they will belong to
A serpentile depiction
A cold dereliction
This bloodlust needs to be sated
What better land than the one where I'm hated
Entombed no longer inside me
My vengeance will not incite thee
Don't plead for my forgiveness
Just stand and bear witness
To a shadow that's long been lurking
Pray you'll live to salute your new king
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8. |
Ignis
05:17
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The air itself reeks of the dead
But you came out alive
The vile and sick coated in red
There was no mercy this night
The fog of war dissipates
Leaving just the moonlight
To light the path of burning hate
You feel nothing inside
This global creation
It comes with a price
This dark incantation
Becomes only a vice
Ouroboros turns in the sky
Ignis dreams this night
Suddenly filled with a sense of dread
There's no escaping this tide
The path of war is what lies ahead
With no sense of what's right
You gaze upon the decapitated
Their eyes open in spite
Your sword has reaped the ill-fated
Spare the reaper his scythe
What becomes of consequence
When you hold the reigns to unholy terror
Pushing the lines of ascendance
Fall into line with the standard bearer
Rise! Amongst the dead
Rise! To the long path ahead
Rise! Your fate awaits
Rise! We arrive at the gates
Wings flap against a starless sky
Orange flames burn into your mind
Over the fields rings a battle cry
The Grand Orator narrates his vision
You are here to march against the weak and those who conspire
Ignis lights the flame of burning madness and desire
You are here to serve your king in courtship with his mistress, fire
Those with stolen souls will awake amongst the funeral pyre
Ignis dreams
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9. |
Deadhand
07:30
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A blackened layer coats the earth
Far beyond this land of decay
Withered trees among a shattered world
In dust, this empire shall remain
Behold the blinding light
Harvesting the life
Born of the dead hand
Malice of the gods
Purge the waters dry
Ashes of the dead
Extinguish the flames
Only ashes remain
The liberated dead
Sing a somber hymn of dust
Under the blackened fog
A fragile world scorched by bloodlust
Only I stand as god
to be worshipped by none
Disciple of the void
Harbinger of the eschaton
Graves among the cosmos
Uprooted by the cold
Morbid fragments of agony
Whisper cries like rusted knives
Scraping across this dreamscape
The timeless ones arrive
Beneath the blackened sky
of eternal majesty
We praise oblivion
as the stars fall into the sea
Chaos has been reborn
from ashen cold hands
Visions from beyond the void
Ye shall dance among the dead
Broken my will
A god in the sky
My blind revenge
Has stabbed my eyes
These bitter thoughts
Freeze my mind
Ashes spread from sea to sea
Malice I cannot retain
Blind redemption in the flames
Misery for eternity
Broken my will
A god in the sky
My blind revenge
Has stabbed my eyes
These bitter thoughts
Freeze my mind
Sever this hand
This dead hand is mine
Ashes spread from sea to sea
Malice I cannot retain
Blind redemption in the flames
Misery for eternity
Behold the blinding light
Harvesting the life
Born of the dead hand
Malice of the gods
Purge the waters dry
Ashes of the dead
Extinguish the flames
Only ashes remain
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10. |
Redemption
07:17
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Awakened by fire
Brought forth by the storm
All forms risen of earth
Crumble with my legacy
Final moments of reality
Shattered by insanity
Incomprehensible forms take shape
Unfolding madness in its wake
Into which will become hell
A drink of my wine
Bleeds into the chalice
For my last drink
Before I am dragged below
Deception, none left to deceive
Redemption, I cannot receive
Temptation, Lost to my greed
Revelation, the emptiness that I feed
Sorrow becomes a sickness
One that worsens with forgiveness
No mercy exists in darkness
Leaving you to stand out
Unleashed a can of worms
Feeding off the remnants
Decaying face of matter
Unending energy
Demoness of dawn
Powerless over me
A sacrificial oath
Existence shall flee
My eyes now wide open
Bearing witness to the blackened flame
Fear scattered into the depths below
Drowning in the light above
Fixated on the last remnants of life
A slave to absolution
Fleeting chaotic elements
At last a moment of serenity
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Gravespell San Diego, California
Formed August 2011, Gravespell holds a unique style of Blackened/Death Metal. Gravespell captures a melodic and atmospheric sound which blends the brutality of death metal and the raw power of black metal.
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