1. |
Avernus
04:53
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Falling from above
like part of a plague
The winged fall from the sky
Mefitis’s vapours rise
Noxious, deadly, cry
In the night chills run through the spine
when you set out to find
the one who has the sight
Fear the song of the one
That waits inside at the gates of Hades
Leaves that foretell of forthcoming
Wars, plague, birth and termination
Awe at the sight of Avernus
Burning in the midnight sky
It draws you in like a fly
Tread lightly or you will die
Hunting amidst the fire
augury you so desire
Pass through the gate
into the sanctuary
Forwards to the threshold
of the dead and living
Pass through the gate
into the sanctuary
Forwards to the future or demise
Seer I come for thee
Seer Listen to me
Tell me what I dear to know
Tell me what waits down below
Doorstep to the temple
of the great diviner
Woman with the arcane eyes
of cryptic guidance
Doorstep to the temple
of the great diviner
Clairvoyance is the key to truth or..
..lies that foretell
set in leaves is your lot
The future is disclosed
Unfolded once was not
Noxious, deadly, shadow
In the night chills run through the spine
when you have finally found
what cannot be forgotten
Fear the song of the one
That waits inside at the gates of Hades
Leaves that foretell of forthcoming
Wars, plague, birth and termination
Awe at the sight of Avernus
Burning in the midnight sky
It draws you in like a fly
Tread lightly or you will die
When you come inside
she sits there on her throne
She knows the past, the future,
what are you to do
Recieve your prophecy
walk back through the gate
Will you live on or is it time to die
Fear the song of the one
That waits inside at the gates of Hades
Leaves that foretell of forthcoming
Wars, plague, birth and termination
Awe at the sight of Avernus
Burning in the midnight sky
It draws you in like a fly
Tread lightly or you will die
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2. |
Beguiled by the Devil
05:08
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Let me tell a tale
of sailing through the ice
A captain stubborn not afraid
set sail to reach the East
Bound to find this treasure
And driven by cupidity
He defied the hellish winterstorms
They nearly froze to death
The fortunes that were promised him
Drove the captain slowly mad
Devoid of common sense he sailed
on and on, he was bold
His last men dead and vessel nailed
Eaten by the freezing cold
Their life snuffed out by freezing chills
Amidst an icecold plain
Not one is left to tell the tale
A lost white grave with
none to gain
It was all a lie
A falsehood set me up to die
That liar was no mortal man
Beguiled by the devil
Frozen for eternity
Beguiled by the devil
Frozen for eternity
As the blighted captain shivered
His life was at an end
In this darkest hour
A common face attends
He who lured him with a tale
A demon from the hells below
Appeared to him with wings and tail
Adressed him as his heartrate slowed
Hundred sailors lost their souls
Remunerate with plenty gold
His armchair turned into a throne
His bicorne hat a jeweled crown
And coins filled up the decks
And diamonds filled the cracks
It filled and filled until it broke
And all was spilled to the sea below
Beguiled by the devil
Frozen for eternity
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3. |
The Drowned
06:38
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The sea has many faces
The sea has many gods
Man tries to rule its boundries
Not possible to tame
A thousand years ago
On the shores of Coloban
A village tried to fight
But was captured by the tide
Stubborn as they where
Some people stayed
Tried to defy
But the spring tides came in fast
And swallowed all
But they did not die
Now they wait in silence
For the tide to turn
In silence
They now live beneath
In silence
As part of the sea
In silence
They look up towards
In silence
To the shores
In silence
Waiting for the time
In silence
To climb towards
The fire
In silence
The drowned they’re wading through the sea
Cursed by the ancient gods they weep
Waiting for the tide
That takes them up at night
The flame that they keep burning
Lights the sea where they now dwell
Part of the curse
Caught in a liquid hell
They keep on drowning
No matter what they try
The world will keep on turning
They will never die
Take the flame
To warm your soul
Take the flame
To the drowned below
In silence
Take the flame below
In silence
To the damned below
In silence
Praying for the time
In silence
When future is past
In silence
Waiting for the time
In silence
To climb towards
The light
In silence
Waiting for the tide
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4. |
Where the Skulls Reside
03:58
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In these desolate forested wetlands
In this eerie and forgotten place
There, a ruinous mansion stands
In death’s and nature’s embrace
In the cold absence of daylight
In the midst of winters night
Deep in this forsaken moor
Faith and hope obscure
Hear their faint unnerving cries
Fear their fiery glowing eyes
There where the skulls reside
Hear their theurgy seal your doom
Fear this moor will be your tomb
There where the skulls reside
Corpseless
Fleshless heads
Waltzing
Beyond their deaths
Into unlife
Spoke their curse
Haunting for eternity
In these godless moors
Now beswayed by their chanting
Frozen in time and place
In the ground, you’re slowly sinking
Feeling death’s and nature’s embrace
Longing for the daylight
Soon there will only be night
Deeper in this dreaded moor
Vision and hope obscure
Hear their faint unnerving cries
Fear their fiery glowing eyes
There where the skulls reside
Hear their theurgy seal your doom
Fear this moor will be your tomb
There where the skulls reside
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5. |
Nine-headed Mare
05:06
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Vicious, chaos, spiral of unlife
hopeless, brain consuming
Prophets of fear, battling time
Ancient spells
A good and an evil combined
To decimate resistance
Treading soundless in gaseous forms
Before it comes to mind
Wretched ghouls
Burrow the skull
Deluding fools
Taunting their soul
Unkindly prevail
forcing their will
Into the darkness
and into the night
your sanity takes on
a feverish ride
Into delusions
and into the mind
the nocturnal terror
of humankind
Groundless facts, overwhelming
Admired in mingled heads
Pestering plague, lacerate,
Sufficient, controllable death
A mindless race that knows not
what’s real and what’s not
Are left with the choice to give in
or wither and slowly rot
Wretched ghouls
Burrow the skull
Deluding fools
Taunting their soul
Into the darkness
and into the night
your sanity takes on
a feverish ride
Into delusions
and into the mind
the nocturnal terror
of humankind
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6. |
Fallen
06:23
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As I wake and open up my eyes
Seeming away from this world
Regain my focus and try crawling up
I sense no sound, no air, no earth
Now the silence slowly fades away
Followed by a shrieking pitch
Save myself from the fire and the flames
Hacked-up corpses in the ditch
War
See a war torn world
Screams and death throws fill my head
War
Blood is pooring out of me
I’m on the brink of death
War
Blinded by the battle smoke
wounded grasping for my leg
War
Strolling aimless through the fields
I think that I am dead
I think that I am dead
As I wake again and open up my eyes
Seeming witnessing my life
As a tale with beauty and with pain
With childhood, friends and wife
The life I led is slowly fading
Leave this world my life is done
Await a place behind the great veil
In silence I drift on
War
Pulled back into this world
Was it worth the blood we shed
War
Defeat or victory
Was it worth the countless dead
War
Blinded by the battle smoke
as the night turns this day black
War
Run to the ruins of my home
But I wished that I was dead
Surrounded by war
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Ensorcelled by emotions
sucked into an escapade
Worship or devotee
to lust or holy faith
Exalted sacrifice
romantic forbiddance
Vowed to a life
of celestial abstinence
Weak was the flesh
hanker of enamourment
Wagering his holy life
for abyssal flame devourment
Dissimilation
acquaintance never meant to be
Holy hypocrite
got intimate in secrecy
Is it Satan who she serves?
Satan who she serves?
You’ll get what you deserve
Whispering words of evil
crawled as a worm inside his ear:
Foul practitioner of witchcraft
the loving damsel you hold so dear
Wandering sleeplessly
obscurity observed
Circle of blasphemy
mutters sorcery unheard
Spellcraft of the devil
morphing to feline
Astounded by this evil
a romance in decline
A romance in decay
entangled by temptation
The faith of god betrayed
there is no place for redemption
Revelation of the truth
preceded by the word
that spoke malificent:
Is it Satan who she serves?
Profanation, thou have sinned my pastor
Adjudication, soul to claim
Damnation, brought before my master
Immolation, feel the flame
My soul besmearched with evil
My broken heart refused to bear
Death wish, the desperation
Drowning in the depth of tears
Sorceress stood trial
execute the water test
Drowning claims denial
and Floating claims her death
Revelation of the truth
soundless spoke assured
through drifting by the water:
Is it Satan who she serves?
Liquid termination
tainted love had drenched
Both fare to the netherworld
pursuing their romance
Wandering restlessly
as will-o-wisp his curse
Amongst the watergate she roams
It’s Satan who she served
It was Satan who she served
It was Satan who she served
Satan who she served
It was Satan who she served
You got what you deserve
You got what you deserve
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8. |
Tainted Soul
05:36
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Too damned for Heaven
Too wicked for Hell
Cast into a half existence
Bound to the grounds of my demise
As centuries pass
My presence infests these grounds
Nothing grows here nor ever will
Life drained from every being
Opgegroeid voor galg en rad
Heel mijn hart zwart als de nacht
Als Hein mij vindt is dat een zegen
Hel verwacht dit godloos wezen
In silence I slumber
Oblivious to the years passing by
Until I am awoken
By unfortunate souls passing by
I rise from the dead soil
As foul gas from a corpse
To once again wreak havoc
To spill the blood on the heath
At the end of days
When the ravens call my name
Bowing down to the darkness
Reincarnated as Dood
Riding through the blackened skies
On the back of my dreaded goat
Terug naar de Mookerheide
Waar de Duivel wacht
Vanwaar wij samen rijden
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Codex Mortis Netherlands
Codex Mortis is a Dutch Black Death metal band with
explosive and hypnotic occult skullcrushing music, that
will haunt you into the afterlife. Gutteral grunts and howling screams that will resurrect dead composers to join the incantation. Drawing influence from the 90s, Codex Mortis delivers intense and fast abysmal arrangements with a devouring sound.
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