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01. Cerecloth

Lyrics by Andreas Nilsson
Old shadows rise
And shroud the world in blackest night
In bitter hearts once confined

Trapped deep inside
Since before the dawn of time
Now free to poison mankind

Futility
It feeds the grasp of lethargy
Life slowly comes to a grinding halt
Words of sanctity
Turned into inanities
And faith is naught but dust

The reaper's breath
A crushing weight upon their chest
No reason left to exist

Seek comfort in the blade
In herds they walk along their way
The path towards an early grave

A cancerous plague begot
Spreads dread and spiritual rot
And the stench of cerecloth
Thus follow in its wake
As man succumbs to its dismal fate

A cancerous plague begot
Spreads dread and spiritual rot
And the stench of cerecloth
In this place now resides
As all things slowly die inside

Silence looms
The testament of our demise
A barren tomb forever cursed

Chalice of doom
Poisoning the fountain of life
For none shall walk the earth

02. Horns

Lyrics by Kristoffer W. Olivius
This is what I chose to be
There is a demon inside that is possessing me
It lets me see what you cannot see
Know what you must not know
And be what you can never be

You, children of Satan
The endtime battle is near
For I am here, evil is everywhere
Ring in the new age of war, hate and fear

You will never be free
Sound by your flesh and your morality
Foolish believes in that eternity
Can be achieved if you hold the right key

There will be suffering and tears, hunger years
People led astray, like sheep they follow and obey
Humanity's future holds nothing but loss
As they fight amongst themselves over a god that never was

Hell forevermore
The blood has been spilled
The oath has been sworn
Chime now the cymbals of vengeance
Sound now the horns of war
You stepped into the shadows
Walked into the void
Emptied your mind
Left all reasoning behind
Doomed are the living who follow the blind
Cursed by the demons who hate mankind

03. Like Poison For The Soul

Lyrics by Andreas Nilsson, Kristoffer W. Olivius
So my path is chosen
No more false affinity
The time has come to leave
Your worth are the equivalent of a dead insect to me
Indifference be my name

All hope forever lost
No redemption in this place
I cut your presence away
The outcome of your burdens
Are no longer mine to face
I shun your kind and leave you all behind

To gain some peace of mind

Man is an island
This is what I believe
The absence of other humans
Is what I truly need
So I gradually turn inwards
Treading paths unknown
Through catatonic caverns
A haven I can call my own

So I am going deeper
Down into my own world
Where I can be alone
And your voices go unheard
I can't stand them no more
You're like poison for my soul


I was trapped within a nightmare
My life felt like a lie
Like drowning in plain sight
Your voices overwhelm me
In a cacophonic drone
My cup hath runneth over

A yearning for the silence
And the grace of solitude
Far from this worthless place
So the time has come to exit
To finally fade away
To find reprieve in an unresponsive state

I am going deeper
Down into my own world
Where I can be alone
And your voices go unheard
I can't stand them no more
You're like poison for my soul

04. Vortex Of Negativity

Lyrics by Andreas Nilsson, Marcus E. Norman
I dream of death and the end of everything known
For the greatest of value is found in nothingness
So I go and fall into the gaping maws of darkness
Torn by the silent roar of Charon, it permeates me

In the bleakness of existence I drown
This world was never meant for me
So now I take my leave to finally
Be one with the vortex of negativity

A dream of Death
And the end of all that once was
To be gone and one with insignificance

In the bleakness of existence I drown
This world was never meant for me
So now I take my leave to finally
Be one with the vortex of negativity

I pour gasoline on bridges already burning
And put use of your good intentions
They pave my road to Hell

In the bleakness of existence I drown
This world was never meant for me
So now I take my leave to finally
Be one with the vortex of negativity

05. Cry Of The Serafim

Lyrics by Andreas Nilsson
Pride cometh before the fall
And he fell hard
Into the dark
Into our waiting arms
Our blades have hungered
And lo, the Serafim bleeds

Words of sin
Carved deep into angel skin
Thus the end begins

Gaze upon his father's temples
Now laid to waste
No place of worship
In this forsaken place
His herds are hunted
Behold, the lambs fall prey

And so his cries were heard
All around the world

Blood soaked and torn
Struggling for breath
Upon his battered celestial form
An aura of death
Once bound to the highest of thrones
Flagellate the holy flesh
Six wings shorn away from its bones
Feathers now fall in crimson rain


Unto the night of nights an offering
A divine sacrifice
In his eyes a dying light
Such a wondrous sight
The sinews and flesh are shattered
By the crushing blows
And the tattered remains discarded
To the hungering depths below

06. The Dagger In Creation

Lyrics by Kristoffer W. Olivius
There is no turning back now
All is onwards from here
Forbidden words of rebellion
Are being spoken out here, spoken out clear
Feel it burning inside you
Heed the call from within
Visions are coming through
You realize what you have to do

Break the chains that bind you
Leave the lies of this world behind
Tear the veils that blind you
Reset, re-become, be reborn, clear the mind
Drown deep in its power
Feel the demon inside take hold
This is the devil's hour
There's no return once you've sold your soul

Unholy hateful spirit
You know the hearts of men
The devil's wind
Now usher in the pain
You are the poison in the ether
The warm internal flame
The radiating darkness
Most unclean with thousand names


Feel the warmth of the fire
Bow down before the moaning flames
Perform the secret spell
Breathe in and breathe out then go to Hell

Oh, mighty soul corrupter
You know the hearts of men
Satanic wind
Now usher in your reign
You are the dagger in creation
The scorching hellish flame
Sorrow on this earth
You are wisdom, you are pain

07. A Sanguine Tide Unleashed

Lyrics by Andreas Nilsson, Marcus E. Norman
Men of Isa
Your end is fucking nigh
Like a surging wave we come for you
With murder in our eyes

Vermin filth
Bastard sons of the virgin whore
You're the plague that walk upon this earth
And we are the cure

A sanguine tide unleashed

Deceitful tongues
False words spreading like disease
So I would rather suffocate
Than share the air you breathe

Shameful stains of Adam
Your god was never here
And the shackles of your morals
Were never mine to wear

The sanguine tide unleashed

Invoke the inner beast
Their blood shall be spilled


The cold howling wind
Shall sing through their bleaching bones
A hymn most ethereal
A funereal dirge

So here we are gathered
Upon this charnel ground
To end the line of Abraham
The horns of damnation now sound

A tide of death is now rising
Feel it coursing through our veins
Let loose its glorious power
And let it send you to your graves

Their arms reached towards Heaven
Pleading safety behind the gates
With fervent prayers left unheard
They fall prey to our burning hate

The sanguine tide unleashed
The sanguine tide unleashed
The sanguine tide unleashed

08. Necronaut

Lyrics by Andreas Nilsson
Gateways pierced
And left behind
Transcend the flesh
And cast off the chains of life

To gaze into the void
A vast infinity
The final journey awaits
It beckons and calls on me

09. Last Breath Of Yggdrasil

Lyrics by Andreas Nilsson
Love lies cold and murdered
Followed by winters thrice
The sun and moon devoured
As the firmament collapse and dies

And the mountains are crumbling
With slow resolve they're coming down
The world tree heaves and sighs
As it draws its last breath

And the grey one lies fallen
A broken body marked by wolven claws
Once proud and strong
Now lost in the arms of death

Yggdrasil
Cradle and shelter of life
Your fate shall be denied
Roots engulfed in Surtrs flames
To all of mankind's demise

And the oceans are churning
Untamed and ravenous grave so wild
The serpent writhes
As the crushing waves collide


And Tiwaz, one-handed
Went forth to face the feral Garm
Almighty warrior god
Now reduced to food for dogs

Ashes fall in a world rendered still
The last breath of Yggdrasil

And the eagle is screaming
For he knows that the end is nigh
The world tree heaves and sighs
As it draws its last breath

And the wielder of the hammer
Bane of the Jormungandr
Nine steps of triumph and victory
Then succumbed to misery

And the flaming sword of Surtr
Now cleanses all with fire
The world tree heaves no more
As the world now has expired