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01. Unchain My Soul

Music by Lord Ahriman, Dominator
Lyrics by Heljarmadr
From the tombs of forgotten times,
I summon thee from thy sleep
Across the river, ferocious and wild,
From the graves and the vaults of my thoughts

I call for you my brother let me leave this awful life
And drift away beyond the borders of this realm
You wandered off before me, now come back and pick me up
Unchain my soul and bring me where all light will fade
I cannot stay, I will not wait, I have to leave
This world forever, I swear not to return
Behind their masks there stand but slaves and servitude
Was not our trade so rise and set me free and bring me home

So rise from the dead
Release me from this pain
I raise the dead
To unfold the gates of Hell

I summon all the forces from the darkness that gave birth
To our existence and lit the hellish flames
We shall stand tall and wander
Where the heavens can not reach
Us as the path will lead into the dark and cold
We can not stay and wait, the passage has been cleared
The gates are open, there is no turning back
Those left behind, shall die as slaves, as servants of
Their humble ways and Satan will be laughing from his throne

So rise from the dead
Release me from this pain
I raise the dead
To unfold the gates of Hell

And before the rise of dawn, my soul will be free

I call for you my brother let me leave this awful life
And drift away beyond the borders of this realm
You wandered off before me,
Now come back and pick me up
Unchain my soul and bring me where all light will fade
I cannot stay, I will not wait, I have to leave
This world forever, I swear not to return
Behind their masks there stand but slaves
And servitude was not our trade so rise
And set me free and bring me home

So rise from the dead
Release me from this pain
I raise the dead
To unfold the gates of Hell

So rise from the dead
Release me from this pain
I raise the dead
To unfold the gates of Hell

02. As One We Shall Conquer

Music by Lord Ahriman, Dominator
Lyrics by Heljarmadr
Spears of fire speak of death
Enchantress of Hell, reborn!

I will have you on your knees
And the beast I hold within
Shall be fed with your hungering screams

For we shall own the night
And destroy the remains of their one "god"
And cast down to Hell?his soul

The fires grow over the barricades,
And the heavens are crying with disgrace.
All the creatures of the light hide in fear,
For the night has come and will last eternally.

We've conquered the light and the pyres are burning
The moon and the stars shine no more
Goddess come forth and stand by my side
As one we shall conquer them all

The fires grow over the barricades,
And the heavens are crying with disgrace.
All the creatures of the light hide in fear,
For the night has come and will last eternally.

We've covered the sun and the ashes are dancing
We came for the end of the world
Goddess rejoice! Stand bare by my side
As one we shall watch as they fall!

For we shall own the night
And destroy the remains of their one "god"
And cast down to Hell?his soul

The fires grow over the barricades,
And the heavens are crying with disgrace.
All the creatures of the light hide in fear,
For the night has come and will last eternally.

The fires grow over the barricades,
And the heavens are crying with disgrace.
All the creatures of the light hide in fear,
For the night has come and will last eternally.

03. Beast Above Man

Music by Lord Ahriman
Lyrics by Heljarmadr
With my razor sharp and shiny claws
I'm reaching out to tear your soul apart
I'll suck your eyes and ear your flesh
A cannibal they call me
But I'm more than human fucking waste

I'll tear your soul
Tear it down
To the ground

As my hunger grows I slit your wrists
I am the wolf and you've been fucking warned
No pigs are safe when I'm around
I'll turn your crosses upside down
And burn your temple to the ground

To the ground
Burn it down
To the ground!

The burden of life shall be carried no more
For me all your flesh to the Devil your soul

Condemned from this realm as your last sun shall set
The maker of shadows collecting your debt
A feast for the wolf, for the beast above man
I shall ravage and murder, till nothing is left!

When you least expect me i'll be there
For I am death and you're my whining whore
I'll cut your throat and spill your blood
I am the force from the abyss and I will take your

Worthless soul
Tear it down
Slit your throat
Bleed you dry
And I will bring you down with me to Hell

04. As I Ascend

Music by Lord Ahriman
Lyrics by Heljarmadr, Lord Ahriman
I roamed the night and winding shadows led me home
And as I ran into the depths,
There was no light to guide me on my path

And the night devoured my screams
And preyed on my soul
I faded away

On how I fell and the demons laughed
As they were filled with bloodlust and spitefulness
Oh how I crawled through the dirt
And I could feel my life and will being drained and
Dissolved

I was submerged into the endless gaping void
No air to breathe, no heart that beats,
There was no life to carry me along

Then the flares, they turned into flames
And they carried my soul
Through endless pain, I ascend

Then the flames, they turned into flesh
And they're making me while
As I ascend

I was submerged into the endless gaping void
No air to breathe, no heart that beats,
There was no life to carry me no more

And the night devoured my screams
And preyed my soul
I faded away

As the great fires of the deepest tracts of Hell
Consumed all my weakness and traces of humanity
I arose with a grandeur without equal,
With a darkness in my eyes and with a plague
To wield upon the world

I rise as the flares are turning to flames
And they carry my soul
Through endless pain
I rise as the flames are turning to flesh
And they're making me whole
As I ascend

Dominus Satanas
I am the spear
Dominus Lucifer
I am the fire

May our black light blind the world
May the serpent eat the world
May your black flame burn the world
May our darkness never end

05. Temple Of Ahriman

Music by Lord Ahriman
Lyrics by Heljarmadr, Lord Ahriman
We summon thee through Jahi ? Angra Mainyu
The whore shall bring impurity ? Angra Mainyu
We will destroy for you ? Angra Mainyu
In the name of the serpent ? Angra Mainyu

Welcome to the Temple of Ahriman
The infernal torture chamber no one survives
Retaliation and sacrifice
And the thirst for blood and to end more Christian lives

I eat your eye to fuel my fire
I rip your flesh to make you scream

Vultures await at the tower of silence to
Eat the flesh from your bones
The moon shall be painted red by blood
And eternal darkness shall follow

I rape your soul so bad no god will ever come near
I crack your bones as I'm watching you mumble your prayers

Welcome to the Temple of Ahriman
The infernal torture chamber no one survives
Retaliation and sacrifice
And the thirst for blood and to end all human life

We summon thee through Jahi ? Angra Mainyu
The whore shall bring impurity ? Angra Mainyu
We will destroy for you ? Angra Mainyu
In the name of the serpent ? Angra Mainyu

Welcome to the Temple of Ahriman
The infernal torture chamber no one survives
Retaliation and sacrifice
And the thirst for blood and to end all living?

Welcome to the Temple of Ahriman
The infernal torture chamber no one survives
Retaliation and sacrifice
And the thirst for blood and to end all human?

Welcome to the Temple of Ahriman
The infernal torture chamber no one survives
Retaliation and sacrifice
And the thirst for blood and to end all Christian life?

06. The Eternal Eclipse

Music by Lord Ahriman
Lyrics by Heljarmadr
And since the day I left
The burning field of the abyss
I've been alone
And wandering through the world in darkness
I've never thought of turning back
And every step I take
Is leading me towards my final breath of air
I was alive to see the world
Erupt in flames and brimstone
As the judgement day swept clean all the lands
Humanity was doomed to die
And the remnants that were left,
They would forever hide in shame

Towards the end
The world will again
Deform and transcend
The eternal eclipse

As we reach the end
No man will again
Reform or amend
For the Apocalypse

And when the sun turned black all water froze to ice
And all remaining life was sent into the great unknown
I was alone, the king of kings but nothing was left there
To rule and nothing was there to destroy
I saw that day, that joyful day I conquered all
Then walked away and now I'm waiting for my demise
Oh soon to come my glorious death
And I will be the last to leave
For the world will be returned to the night

Towards the end
The world will again
Deform and transcend
The eternal eclipse

As we reach the end, no man will again
Reform or amend for the Apocalypse

The world will again
Deform and transcend
The world will again?

The eternal eclipse

07. To Carve Another Wound

Music by Lord Ahriman
Lyrics by Heljarmadr
This ritual must never end
The blood runs warm from the sacrificial shrine
Inflicting open wounds
As dirty claws grab her trembling fucking neck

This ritual must never end
The cuts run deep as we feast upon her cries
Her punctured bleeding heart
Pounding with fear

Her painful screams echo through the night
Her blood shall flow and cover
The remnants of her severed flesh
Her struggling hands only trigger more
The rest will follow, in death and chaos as I drive

The nail in her coffin
A spear through her heart

The ceremony has just begun
The blood runs warm down her sanctimonious thighs
We carve another wound
Our blood stained hands rip her dirty little dress

We sacrifice this dying earth
Her lying God is waiting naked on the ground
He wants her open wounds
Just like a well trained dog he's waiting for his turn

Her violent screams make the world convulse
As we arrange a shallow grave

This ritual must never end
The blood runs warm from the sacrificial shrine
We open up her beating chest
As dirty claws grab her trembling fucking neck

Her painful screams echo through the night
Her blood shall flow and cover
The remnants of her severed flesh
Her struggling hands only trigger more
The rest will follow, in death and chaos as I drive

The nail in her coffin
A spear through her heart

Mother of life
Deceased and erased
Forgotten and buried
Forever

08. Nail Them To The Cross

Music by Lord Ahriman, Dominator
Lyrics by Heljarmadr
Rise in glory

Rise from the flames and come out from the shadows
And let your dead eyes glow wherever your roam
A dark millennium of evil and sin
Amass the black arts as the tide is turning

Rivers of poison, oceans of depravity
By the hands of the antagonist
Winds of fire, storms of the apocalypse
To proclaim the relentless return of Satan

Crush all morality and bring forth the Beast
Hunt down the weaklings and abase all that is holy

Nail them to the cross
Thorns shall carve
Nail them to the cross
Angels weep

Nail them to the cross
Eradicate God
Nail them to the cross
Divinity is me

Now set aflame their sanctuaries of light
In masses they burn and the flame reach higher

The winds keep howling
As we reinstate the unholy art of human sacrifice

Let them be heard, all the trumpets of glory
And let the sound of doom deafen their cries
For we shall strike as one with victory in hand
To conquer all, to reinstate the unholy

Rivers of poison, oceans of depravity
By the hands of the antagonist
Winds of fire, storms of the apocalypse
To proclaim the relentless return of Satan

Crush all morality and bring forth the Beast
Hunt down the weaklings and abase all that is holy

Nail them to the cross
Thorns shall carve
Nail them to the cross
Angels weep

Nail them to the cross
Eradicate God
Nail them to the cross
Divinity is me

09. Where Shadows Forever Reign

Music by Lord Ahriman
Lyrics by Heljarmadr
I walk through the night
And haunting voices echo through my head
Torturing me as I enter the hallways
Of the ancient realm forlorn and cold

Rulers of the majestic night, I sacrifice myself
I summon the one with horns and the fire
As I throw myself right into the dark

I open the doors to the other side,
Where everything is so old
I'm leaving my body and enter the void
To where all shadows must return

Infernal beasts of Hell,
Gather around my hungering heart
Burn my flesh as you cleanse my soul,
I shall forever roam in obscurity

Eternally doomed
Forever to yearn
Eternally doomed
Forever to burn

Rulers of the majestic night, I sacrifice myself
I summon the one with horns and the fire
As I throw myself right into the dark

I open the doors to the other side,
Where everything is so old
I'm leaving my body and enter the void
Where the shadows forever reign

I walk through the night
And haunting voices echo through my mind
Torturing me as I enter the hallways
Of the ancient realm forlorn and cold

Rulers of the majestic night,
I sacrifice myself
I summon the one with horns and the fire
As I throw myself right into the dark

And through the night I must walk
As the opposer of the light
While the perpetual darkness
Prevails in my heart