1. PHANEROS (COMING TO LIGHT)

(Instrumental)


2. SERPENT BRIDE

Breathing life to the immovable sun
Shaping the ever living waters from the desolate void
Radiating grace from the celestial grove
In his likeness, man surged from the womb of the Earth and throve

God made flesh to drink from the cup of immortality
Proscribed from the Tree of Knowledge, Axis Mundi
Unchained by the sin to thread in the paths of the pure
Beguiled by the treacherous bread to a fate obscure

Betraying the Covenant with the timeless Lawgiver
Lusting for the unknowable
Eve to the Son
Of the abyss betroth

For dust you are... and to dust you shall return

Their nakedness unveiled
Their innocence forlorn
Procreating the transgressions of the unborn

Clothed by shame
Unshackled and untamed
Under the blade of the flaming sword, forever to slave and toil

Baited by pride and greed, fathering the demon seed
Besieging man for eternity, Peccatis Nostris
Harbingers of the fall, condemned to beg and crawl
Defiling purity, banished with indignity

Bringing solace to the despondent keeper
Soothing his wishes and his stupor
The Serpent Bride arose


3. THE BANISHMENT

And then unto Adam he said:
"Because you have heeded the voice of Eve your wife
And eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying,
"You shall not eat of it":

"Cursed is the ground for your sake;
In toil you shall eat of it
For all the days of your life

In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground
For out of it you were taken
For dust you are and to dust you shall return"

(Genesis 3: 17,19)


4. PRIMAL WOUND

Brother against brother
Sin crouches at the firstborn's door
The king of the Martyrs
The pearl of great price to be avenged sevenfold

Borne from primal desires
The adversary raises his kingdom
From the innocent's blood
Sprinkled over the dirt of the once fertile earth

Judge of souls seated at the throne of the divine light
The heavenly scribe by your side
Segregating the pure from the unrighteous
Exiling trespassers to the throes of scorn and spite

Bringer of perdition
The sun sets upon Cain's Wrath
Vanquished from the garden of delight
To wander in the land of Nod

Negating hierarchy
The Apostate raises his kingdom
Preying on the failings of man
Quelling his God-given

Judge of souls seated at the throne of the divine light
The heavenly scribe by your side
Segregating the pure from the unrighteous
Exiling trespassers to the throes of scorn and spite


5. THE DOVE AND THE RAVEN

The stench of fetid carrion
Plagues the assuaging waters
Fouling its blood soaked wings
Its claws impure and unclean

For forty days the black raven hovers
Yearning for putrid flesh
Feeding on the cries of the forsaken
And the anguish of the unseen

As the fire-seas of purification rise
Over the pits of perdition
To the crest of the mountains of Ararat
The white dove glides

Ill fated, the damned are destined to consort with the damned
And the meek seek refuge in the Father's hands
Fearful and blessed, the gracious spared from the devouring mire
Disdainful and wretched, the voracious shall burn in eternal hell's pyres

When the dawn wanes and dies
It ascends to the windows of heaven
Where the Ark of Salvation rests
Afar from the purging tides

Dissonant fortunes with discordant hues
Answering to the call of the son of Lamech
The dove is spared from the crimson flood
That bled the accursed earth

For the raven, there is no such fate
Thirsting for the torment of wandering souls
As it perishes in the consuming blackness
Where the great deep howls

Ill fated, the damned are destined to consort with the damned
And the meek seek refuge in the Father's hands
Fearful and blessed, the gracious spared from the devouring mire
Disdainful and wretched, the voracious shall burn in eternal hell's pyres

The eternal hell's pyres
The eternal fire
Fire!!


6. DECALOGUE

Echoing the voice of the Panopticon
The all-seeing eye
Heralding the rise of the Leviticon
The call to the Vicars of Levi

Forged by the thunder
Hammered in stone

His name Yahweh, forever, sacred to hold
Forsake all graven idols or damnation you will know

Sealed by the Martyr
Searing the unknown
The pathway from the house of bondage
To his unearthly throne

His name Yahweh, forever, sacred to hold
Forsake all graven idols or damnation you will know

Dissevered from the Nubian
Shielding the plains of Horeb
The Tomb of Amalek

As pure as the blackest obsidian
Delivered to the Priest of Midian
The eternal beacon

His name Yahweh, forever, sacred to hold
Forsake all graven idols or his scorn you will know
Tread the narrow road; covet not thy neighbour's keep
For his talion will know no reprieve or sleep

...In the Pits of Perdition, you will whimper and weep


7. SABAOTH (THE LAW GIVER)

All knowing, omnipotent
King of Glory, King of hosts
All embracing, omnipresent
Jehovah, Sabaoth

Holy and reverent is his name
Rebuking the slanderer's lies
Breathing life to the sunless seas
Jehovah, Abonai

Crushing the seeds of abomination
Father of Mercy, Father of Light
Ending the days of our desolation
He is the dawn born from the night (repeat)

Divine Warrior, Divine Rock
Hallowed be Thee Sabaoth
Unchanging and absolute
You are the cleansing wind

Holy of holies, Restorer of Souls
Possessor of heaven an' Earth
The only Master that we serve
Jehovah, Elohim

Crushing the seeds of abomination
Father of Mercy, Father of Light
Ending the days of our desolation
He is the dawn born from the night (repeat)

Creator, Saviour, Judge, Sustainer
Under Your banner, we raise our sword
Archon, Victor, healer, Peacemaker
Majestic Power, Pantokrator
You rise beyond the bitter seas of Marah
Exorcising the demoniacs of Cadara

Crushing the seeds of abomination
Father of Mercy, Father of Light
Ending the days of our desolation
He is the dawn born from the night (repeat)

Sabaoth, he is the Law Giver


8. APOCRYPHAL WINDS

Part 1. Journey To Kadesh

Riding forth through the Arnon Crossing
Under cloud by day and with fire by night
The Sons of Horeb descend
To their Father's Lord-sworn lands

Decimating the armies of the Amorites and Bashan Kings
Marching on from the Seir to the land of Moab

Their name feared by all nations
Awakening to anguish and bread
From the city of the Ravine to Gilead
Delivered by God to their blood drenched hands

Yet they forsake, the God that favoured them
Scorning the rock of his salvation
Espousing the ways of aberration
Idolizing the soothsayer and the golden demon

Part 2. The God of Wrath

Of the God that begot you, you are unmindful
And forgotten the Lord that fathered you
He will spurn and hide his face from you
Generations and children of no fate

A fire has kindled his anger and wrath
Burning to the pits of the lowest hell
Consuming the Earth with hatred and spite
For the iniquities, that the prophets foretell

Ingrates, a nation void of counsel
No compassion, truth or wisdom
Had they been wise, they would understand
That this is their latter end

I will heap disasters on them
And they shall be wasted with hunger
Devoured by pestilence
Milled by bitter destruction

I will send them the gnarling teeth of beasts
The poison of the Serpent's dust
I will unleash untold terror and crush
The hearts and minds of all... Old, Virgin and Young

Ingrates, a nation void of counsel
No compassion, truth or wisdom
Had they been wise, they would understand
That this is their latter end

Part 3. The Dawn Of Retribution

I will make my arrows drunk with blood
My sword shall devour flesh
Stained with the blood of the slain and my captives
And the heads of my adversaries

Vengeance is mine, and recompense
I will gouge the eyes of my enemies
And repay those who hate me
For I will avenge the blood of my servants

Now see that I, I am he
And there is no God beside me
I kill and I make alive
I wound and I heal

Nor is there any who can escape my hand
Let all the Angels worship me
For I reign over the heavens and Earth
I live Forever