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Rabid cries howl to acrid moon
Gnashing teeth through the flesh of hearth and home
Ash in the arteries, charcoal heart with no compression
Crimsoned arcs white beneath, rote thought, ingrained obsession
Sweat soaks into leather, self flagellate with dead hand
To never have existed, lash by lash, we understand
Alchemic paths alight once darkened descent in the pitch of night
Ritual besieged, in defiance of natures godless plight
Bind these withered hands, once benign and believed
Tie them tight beneath broken back, among the sweat and grief
This lightless ache shall set ablaze those who will not repent
The bled and blessed to turn to ash of obsolescence
Flames to kiss the now unfettered
Forgiveness licks the tender wound
That seeps beneath the broken rib
The weeping heart, ablaze, impugned
Swirling guitars, furious drums, vocals that at the same time howl from infinite distance and are right up in your head; everything put into dissonant form with the help of unconventional songwriting. This album is my personal key to the icelanding black metal madness that I've ignored for way too long! Lukas Kaufmann