1. NEFERTUM - YE ENTRANCEMPERIUM

Drawn towards these lands again
Seeking death and sacred soil
I ride the longing winds of my blackened soul
Growing stronger once I enter my empire beyond

Emperium
Behold my coming

The full moon rise above me
Enlightening my realm in a silvery glow
Yet the shadows crawl beneath my storming sky
Guarding treasures from forbidden light

I still remember, though ages ago it seems
The first time I entered the gates
The revelation of ritual death
By which I became divine
Sacrifice of the life I had among the flesh of the light

And now I enter again
Even stronger, yet amazed by what I see
In ecstasy I mock the world

Suddenly I memorize
Asking what I left behind
Nothing

Can I ever comprehend?
Will my longing ever end?

Never

Drawn towards these lands again
Seeking death and sacred soil
I ride the longing winds of my blackened soul
Eternally


2. NEFERTUM - BENEATH THE ASHES

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3. DARKENHÖLD - ANCIENT QUEEN

The Ancient Queen.
Deadly hate, deadly love.
Dark under the shadow.
Death has been resisted.
The Ancient Queen,
ruler of the domain.
Keeper of the fury,
the Queen dwells in shadow.

Dark rivers run though me.
Darkness follows everwhere.
Kingdoms falling again and again.

Crawl to thee over again.
The Ancient Queen, the darkest woman.
Stepping through her shadow.
She who sees the soul.
Black is her blood.
Keeper of the fury.

Stepping through her shadow.
Do you see her soul?
Black is her blood.
Keeper of the fury.

Dark under the shadow.
Thy destiny lies with her.
The Ancient Queen,
ruler of the domain.
Keeper of the fury.
In shadow... shadow.


4. DARKENHÖLD - MARBLE BESTIARY

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5. ARTEFACT - THE LOSS AND CURSE OF REVERENCE

Memories of torment strikes me
Attempts were made to suffocate me at birth
Fools
I was already ancient
Thou can not kill what breeds within Thee

Alas, this agony
The emptiness of earthborn pride
Hath stirred my faithful heart
Which guided me to darker paths
Far away from their pestilent ways
Cleansed was I from deceitful grace
Yet put to scorn was I
By those unclean
Enslaved by ignorance
They blindly spat upon the deity of hate
Awake is the darkest fiend

By the fallen one I shall arise

Upon bewildered masses
To whom the indulgence of my soul
Portray as sin made god
I shall revile and quell the source
Whence mockery of my kind derive
This I know
Facile shalt my quest not come to pass
Deathwish be my gift to all at last

Honour
Commended no linger as virtue
Yet, shalt be extolled by light's demise

By the fallen one I shall arise

Believer
Speak not to me of justice
For none have I ever seen
By God, I shall give as I receive
Betrayer
Speak not to me at all
You and this world ripped my fucking heart out

Again... and again... and again...


6. AORLHAC - WITH STRENGTH I BURN

Deep Green Dark Chaos
Blinded I run down these paths
By heart I know them
They lead to the searing cliffs
Stout they stand above the water's edge
Lifeless

And this is my foundation
Cold stone
Formed only by winds and time
How invulnerable
Lifeless

Ahh...
I have longed to be at one with this
Yet, the waters call my name

For once I wish to see
The entity behind the voice
The face of this seduction
The beauty of my pain

Am I blessed or am I cursed by thy presence...
What is my crime...
What is my deed...
Is this life my redemption
Shall I repent or proceed

I hate my flesh
Its dimension poisoned my soul with doubt
It made me question the essence of...
The "I"

Slaves are those of this world
Given freedom to lay chains upon The Master
The wolf is no longer free
Release the chains and come for me

[The Elder:]
"Suddenly, his mournful cries were stunned. Out of the cold mist
came three enthralling ships. Sails torn by many a storm, and the
bows adorned by the most fierce gargoyles he'd ever laid eyes upon.
Yet, the crew they bore... Three times twelve in numbers. They stood
motionless, wrapped in grey, worn gowns. And from behind their
shadowed faces the seductive chanting. Bidding him on board.
Without hesitation, he accepted. And away they sailed..."

Upon these seas
Wherein I drowned so many times
I scatter the ashes of destiny
Still my flames are in hunger

With fire in my heart
Shall I greet the shores ahead
Though, I know not what will burn

Desire...
Ahh...
In the distance
I hear the waves wash over solid ground
And in this moment I am struck blind

Grant me sight so I can see
That which lies ahead of me
Cursed be my mortal eyes
For dying in the realm of death

Hear my call...

I return to the soaring cliffs
They truly shine of strength
Even though, I nothing learned
With strength I burn...


7. AORLHAC - LE MIROIR DES PÉCHÉS

Au sommet d’une colline contournée à sa base par la Loire
Gisent les ruines du château de Montsuc
Dont les sombres tours reflètent les atrocités commises jadis.
Voici ce que racontent les vieilles femmes le soir à la veillée.

Le dernier des seigneurs rançonnait voyageurs et marchands.
Il battait les paysans et les faisait pendre.
Enlevant les jeunes filles pour les martyriser.
Il faisait placer dans le feu les pieds des enfants
Qui braconnaient en ses terres.
Il laissa mourir une belle jeune noble
Dans une lente agonie pour la punir de sa résistance
Mais un beau jour, le baron de Montsuc disparut.

Des voyageurs affirment qu’un animal
Dont les yeux lançaient des éclairs et la gueule des flammes
Dévorait hommes et animaux avec la vitesse du vent
S’acharnait sur les femmes et enfants
Enlevant les jeunes filles qui gardaient leurs troupeaux.

Ont eut recours aux neuvaines et aux prières pour ses débarrasser de ce fléau
Aucun chasseur n’osait affronter l’animal surnaturel
On trouvait des membres d’enfants disséminés sous les arbres.

Un soir, le monstre tentait d’emporter une jeune fille
Entendant les cris désespérés, un bûcheron
D’un coup de cognée brise les reins de l’animal.
La bête blessée se métamorphosa
En la personne du baron expirant tous ses pêchés.

La légende conserve le souvenir des méfaits des seigneurs
Dont un grand nombre seront punis aux Grands-jours d’Auvergne.


8. THE SECT - COSMIC KEYS TO MY CREATIONS AND TIMES

The heavens are lit by the stars
Where years of secrets of universal forces lay hid.
They shine so bright, but yet
They have seen more evil than time itself.
Reflected in the deepless lakes
(They are drowning in black elements).

They are the planetary keys to unlimited wisdom
And power for the Emperor to obtain.
(They) being the gods of the wolves
Whom upon they bark at night,

Requesting their next victim in thirst of blood.
I enjoy those moments I may haunt with these beasts of the night.

What kinds of beings are existing at the deeps of my lakes?
They surely must be of an evil race,
For no friendly thing can live
In such depressive waters.

(Here is also a planet similar to the Moon, but its phases is only one
And it is in its most powerful for all and ever...
There passes no light without the barking of the wolves.)

All these landscapes are timeless,
And this is all just a part of cosmos,
(But) all is mine and past and future is yet to discover...
Much have been discovered, but tomorrow
I will realise I existed before myself.

I will be reborn
Before I die.

I will realise planets ages old,
Created by a ruler with a crown of dragon claws,
Arrived with a stargate...
A king among the wolves in the night...
An observer of the stars.

I will realise planets ages old,
Created by a ruler with a crown of dragon claws,
Arrived with a stargate...
A king among the wolves in the night...
An observer of the stars.

An observer of the stars.
An observer of the stars.


9. MINDGRINDER - I AM THE BLACK WIZARDS

Mightiest am I,
But I am not alone in this cosmos of mine.
For the black hills consists of black souls,
Souls that already dies one thousand deaths.
Behind the stone walls (of centuries) they breed their black art.
Boiling their spells in cauldrons of black gold.

Far up in the mountains,
Where the rain fall not far,
Yet the Sun cannot reach.
The wizards, my servants,

Summon the souls of macrocosm.
No age will escape my wrath.
I travel through time and I return to the future.
I gather wisdom now lost.
I visit again the eternally ancient caves,
Before a mighty Emperor thereupon came.
Watching the mortals "discovering" my chronicles, guarded
By the old demons, even unknown to me.

Once destroyed their souls are being summoned
To my timeless prison of hate.
It is delightful to feast upon the screaming souls
That were destroyed in my future.

How many wizards that serve me with evil, I know not.
My empires has no limits.

From the never ending mountains black, to the bottomless lakes.
I am the ruler and has been for eternities long.
I am them.

(I am them.)
(I am them.)

From the never ending mountains black, to the bottomless lakes.
I am the ruler and has been for eternities long.
My wizards are many, but their essence is mine.
Forever they are in the hills in their stone homes of grief.
Because I am the spirit of their existence.
I am them.

I am them.
I am them.


10. MINDGRINDER - HELLFIRE

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11. BOUND BY ENTRAILS - UNDER THE MIDNIGHT SUN

Pale blue silence
Over the winds of time
The breeze wraps its embrace
and speaks to me.
Of this foundation
Of this marvel.

Arise!
This night's disguise,
a pretense unlike your inner self.
Light encrusted and blazing
The darkness seeping through

To the end, I enter from below.
In the end shall I fall.
Although in this mystic dawn.
I know not when to cease.

Arise!
I've seen this all before
as we gathered on the shores
Waiting, breathing with anger.
Our thoughts fueled by the power of light

Confused and eyesore,
we wander aimlessly.
Undiscovered and awaiting demise.
In our travels we have returned to find
That within our lands lies the key.

Arise!
With victory, I am filled with pride.
Filled with ardent vainglory
our final sunrise ahead.

Burning outside, the flames surround
the vestige of an unsung eternity.
Bleeding the blood of our fathers before
fulfilling thier destiny!

And as we dredge on,
We know not what we'll find.


12. BOUND BY ENTRAILS - INNO A SATANA

O' mighty Lord of the Night
Master of beasts
Bringer of awe and derision
Thou whose spirit lieth upon every act of oppression, hatred and strife
Thou whose presence dweleth in every shadow Thou who strengthen the power of every quietus Thou who sway every plague and storm
Harkee. Thou art the Emperor of Darkness
Thou art the king of howling wolves
Thou hath the power to force any light in wane
Sans mercy. Sans compassion nor will to answer whosoever asketh the why
Thy path is capricious but yet so wide
With no such thing as an impediment too strong Every time thou consecrate me to another secret of Thine
I take another step towards Thy Pantheon
Forever wilt I bleed for Thee
Forever wilt I praise Thy dreaded name
Forever wilt I serve Thee
Thou shalt shalt forever prevail.


13. SMOHALLA - VARIATIONS ON THE WANDERER THEME

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14. FARSTAD - YE ENTRANCEMPERIUM

(See lyrics on track 1)