1. FATHER OF SICKNESS

Fetid incense fills the chamber
I dim the candles one by one

Behold me now when I am weakest
At the hour of my demise
Bless me, o father of sickness
Thy realm of rot awaits the chosen

A hollow voice calls to me from the void
Shaken are the foundations of sanity

From the poisoned abyss of my mind
I utter the words of dread

My frail body crumbles from the channeling
I surrender myself to the lord of worms


2. THE WATCHER

The watcher and the blade
The guardian of the law

O watcher of the old world
Voice of the ancient spirits
Speak through thy dormancy
Bless us with twilight wisdom

A thousand millennia have passed
Crooked ideals oozing poison
Corrupting the black matter
Thy slumber still untouched

Verminkind soiling thy kingdom
A congregation of impotence
United under false banners
A symbol for the fall to come

Abominations and horrors, tremble
Iron-clad hand clutching the blade

In the filth the foul will fester
Unworthy of the life essence
A call from beyond the stars
Two worlds melting into one

The awakening of the celestial being
Thy judgement hour has come

A sword to pierce the darkness
Beheading the vile serpent
Balance must be kept
Chaos forced to order
Divine fires purging the heretics

No will to forgive
No will to forget


3. THE GALLOWS' PROMISE

Dawn’s first light drowned in the mist
I gaze into the rain which seems endless
Death uttered my name in the night
This morning she shall come for me

The darkened procession begins their march, always forward
The woods seem to weep as the sinner walks forth

Upon the hill, the crowd stands solemn
Like vultures, here for the flesh
Empty and lifeless are their eyes
So hungry for the song of bone
The rain keeps on pouring down
Oh how I would love to see the sun
Just for that one last time
Rope and hood deny my wish

With one swift move my world turns black
Final dance alone with the northern winds

I told you, here you will die, the gallows’ promise


4. LAST BREATH

(Instrumental)


5. BELOW BLACK WATERS

Below the countless fathoms deep
Drowned in the blackest waters
Primordial hatred in the depths
Slumbering away the fetid dreams

An abundance of starless nights
A breath of stygian unbeing
The world canvas painted grey
A bliss of aeonic desolation

From beneath the cruel tides
A creature as ancient as time
Cracks asunder the ocean floor
All hope lost: blackness, overtake


6. CHASM OF SHATTERED BLOOD

Weep for the vanquisher
Who dares not to look at himself
Reflecting from the bottom
Where the blood stands still
In the chasm of shattered bones

Woe to the wanderer
Unable to halt
Endlessly craving to conquer
Far reaches of his own solitude

Mourn the tyrant
Sadistic in his supremacy
His sword does not burden
Nor does it falter
When the judgement of steel is the law


7. A RAIN OF ASH

Embers begin their flicker
A hypnotic, dread dance
Atlas for the weak world
Cleansing with flames and passion

A funeral pyre for past oaths
The purification of old ideals
Ascend into the clouds
As smoke dissipates
My world is not below, not above

Let the filth awaken you
Embrace the sickening downpour
Mark this as a victory
Hail me as triumphant

Charred bones remain
A rain of ash
Stronger than death itself
A rain of ash
Formless, boundless
A rain of ash
From dust to nothingness
A rain of ash