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Obsidian Hell

by Elephant

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1.
Storm Of Wrath 04:01
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Blue turns to grey then to black as the storm waits to break on the anxious earth A violent upheaval will soon come to pass - The Enemy grins at destruction The ominous sky is alive with heat, bright as the night of the storm Fierce winds, blinding downpour, lightning tears through the dark veil of clouds And so the war begins, a struggle in the sky Gone is the light from sun, star and moon Like the armies of Mordor in igneous wrath Thunder resounds through this premature night As the crash of a thousand pantheons Great is the release of this supernova Ravaging the land with stones of ice Another cycle - the earth is transformed Marching free of my parched grave Awakened to a form beyond time Tears from above blessing black soil Another cycle - the earth is reborn The trees thrash wildly in the forest's pit Branches get tangled and trunks torn apart Sand turns to mud as it's pelted by rain The wind howls in furious agony The wise take refuge and wait for the dawn Deep in their haven of home and hearth Ride strong all who were caught unprepared After the battle only the mighty remain
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Wanderer Of The Skies 06:00
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With force I blaze the universe, my whispered lies birth fear I lead the rebellion against the Most Ancient, corrupting the promise of Heaven I am the thief that kills and destroys with the flash of time I have Commanding the spirits of the ether, seeking prey to devour I am the dragon spoken of in the tales of old Death on black wings and eyes of blood, revered by the cruelest of spectres and demons I shall infect humanity with a pestilence of hate Aurora in torment, I ravish the first light of dawn With the hammer of evil, I crush the countenance of purity With a rusty, wicked blade I mutilate your flesh Your corpse is now mine to do with as I please Bound in your own web you claw at yourself Riding katabatic winds into the netherworld Where the lunar serpents oppress the shattered rainbow Across the mandrake fields before the labyrinths of Algol I am the cosmos - I am Everlasting O how the lustrous one has fallen A beautiful, tragic fable A sanctuary denied, a punishment for pride Banished for betrayal, father of the false In the slumber of the sages Truth appears as the effulgent sun The legion is vanquished, imprisoned in filth To dwell among the flies, cast into a bottomless pit I am reality, all that exists in this creation, cold and brutal, merciless You are a fantasy - hope for the poor, the weak, the suffering - moral, sanctimonious I am the predator plundering the flock, ripping them breathless, the rule, the alpha dominant Lambs in peril, lost and feeble, slaughtered by the wolves of scorn I am every sin and blasphemy, the source of iniquity, the perversion of mankind I am the thorn in genesis, the salt in the wound, the venom in the ambrosia I took a third of the trusted Host, I crucified the only Son at Golgotha Tongues of Living Fire dancing upon a jade-blue ocean, angry flames will fall Searching for the glory that was blessed unto me, never to rest or sleep again An angel once, now condemned to forever wander the skies
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The Raging Ocean 05:28
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Hear the rhythmic crashing of the waves - the raging ocean breathes A crystal intelligence, the fiddle of the king of sleep Lured by its bewitching song, we cluster unto its shores To bathe in the primordial womb, the blood of the earth Within this ancient vast abyss, the largest creatures dwell Mantas, whales and timeless sharks, fabled kraken and plesiosaurs The hurricane moon rises, whipping the frenzied tides Winds of iron, mariners brace against the coming storm Beneath the water, a vivid cascade of boundless solar light True rapture of the deep Entranced by parallel streaks of white foam Follow the unknown path of the Bimini Road From profoundest heights plunge into its depths Even brilliant Atlantis sank as a stone Ghosts of submerged vessels in the salty haze Those who dared to challenge this indomitable entity For as gulls now rest upon its calm surface Even the most titanic ships unsinkable were swallowed whole
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Omens 04:11
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A conveniently vague prophecy written in blank verse The soothsayer's hyperbole foreseeing the final curse The choice is yours to believe or deny the words of the charlatan A needy shepherd in search of a flock to nourish his conceit State the obvious and they listen in awe to portents of imminent doom Religious theatre the only truth in the opal eyes of a fey child Subjugate yourself to the blood you hold onto The misery of past lives and endless genealogies Superstition and ignorance augment inferiority Eager to please - easy to manipulate In the darkness of the pagan's crypt, the bones were cast and burned The tarot spoke of the sins of the past as they gambled with their lives The torchlight flickered before the icons blind, deaf and mute The centurion dogs of Hades realm bayed for a sacrifice The high priest of the worshippers raised his hands and cried Greedy for the offering from the faithful, witless mob Expecting a reward, bowed heads and folded hands When the frankincense failed, revealed the bitterness of lies The candles all melted, the wax was as rock, the wine it served them well! The ashes of temples, the dust of captivity scattered on the wind 2012, the cosmogenesis, the coming golden age But the thirteenth moon faded, the sun took its place and morning came again Liberty from tyranny and unfounded agony Life remains a mystery, now we comprehend No longer in bondage to the illusion of power We've chosen freewill, the law of the random So many things for mankind to learn again Only this time without fear
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Arise Serpentor Arise 09:31
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Gather the DNA of long dead conquerors Comb the tombs, crypts and mausoleums for the genetic map This unholy experiment shall revive my sinister mind Since the reign of Solomon I've awaited this day Despots and warriors shall quake at my name I shall be worshipped for the monarch I am From my ophidian chariot I shall rule as master Alexander of a new empire Evil - the hallmark of my greatness The ruthlessness of Khan storming the Great Wall The daring of Hannibal leading the charge Of the Carthaginian elephant phalanx Born to rule, destined to conquer With the genius of Napoleon The terror of Ivan, ferocious and cunning Let all those who fear me obey Arise Serpentor Arise Numerous memories all frozen in time Camaraderie of soldiers through the span of my lives The events of today, the legends of the future And the heart of morale still lies in the stomach My eyes have seen the Roman legions herald the downfall of the Gauls and Nervii My ears have heard the rattling armor of French cuirassiers in the streets of Moscow My hands have wielded the weapons of iron upon the blood red hills An echo of triumph beneath the immortal sky Arise Serpentor Arise Vengeance is ours, the victory cry None who defy me shall live Know that I am the one you seek All who oppose me shall die Beneath the shroud I receive the breath of life From the nefarious bender of minds Awareness returns, my spirit reborn The Emperor reclaims his throne The cold winds of battle are blowing again The cobra slithers across the face of the world A thousand years of fire shall be my legacy This I command! Arise Serpentor Arise
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Electric Messiah 04:32
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The cellar door is ajar to my inner sanctum Before the Electric Messiah I'm at home in the dark Watching the drama of life on a glowing stage Colors and hues from the dreams of the blind The adventure begins, the heroes embark on their quest Through the cold moors to make their discovery In the Hall of Shadows the pestle and mortar rest Within a maze of glass the Desolate Queen awaits Beyond the gates of twilight, under the wilting moon By the light of fantasy where the night is my day A voyage of the mind into the stellar expanse to reach the edge of all that is known Past the mutilcentric rings of mythical planets and the eerie shades of collapsing stars The swirling globes of the celestial cataclysm orbit the sun of a distant galaxy Awaken the observer in pristine isolation, to witness the grandeur of eternity's exode At the highest plane of the starlit void I gaze over my black empire from the comfort of my crimson throne Nod lies above my obfuscated eyes Protected by the rods of the Five Wizards The portal yawns, the ivory colonnades crumble I sit alone in visual bliss
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The Neverending Dreams 04:58
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Eyes Of The Beast 04:11
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Behold the abomination - six hundred sixty six The offensive stink of effluvium, red clay in human form Primitive primate, primal pleasure A violent confusion of phallic urges The frothing mouth of an upright dog Civilization divided into predatory packs Hunters on a food chain exploiting the weak Only the strongest and the fittest will survive To succumb to hunger and devour themselves alive Forsaking the eyes of faith - the spark from a greater fire Spirit is transpossessed by the purity of idiocy The soul lies shattered like pitiful trash - the powdered remains of divinity Humanity degenerates, eroding in depravity Debased by their perverted lusts, love is now a memory Hate turns to war, murder is praised, welcome genocide Premeditated evil justified by the pompous prattle of vain philosophy Like putrid swine, bastard children squeal in pain - abandoned Unwanted heirs of a wicked race, emitting their seed in excrement The rabid brute gnaws its own body Lacking awareness, soon to perish In fear, lunacy overcomes illusion The body deteriorates into dirt The animal rages in pain Creators of the planet's industrial technology Destroyers of same, harbingers of our own demise Spiritual progression impeded by dreadful flaws Id conquers Ego, Id conquers All - eyes of the beast
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Obsidian Hell 10:00
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Orpheus lead me deep into Hell, Dagon Sphere in hand Away from the burning mirrors and through the shadow lands Tonight I'll leave the sunless walls, the time is getting short To find my hidden destiny, the only chance I have Twilight over Gorgoroth, forboding gates of bronze Oblivion awaits me there, a sea of blackest night Despair rules my barren heart, frustration in my mind But the lyre charms me sweet and pure, infusing me with hope I see the suffering of broken souls, laughter turns to screaming Naked mangled bodies forever walking the circle of perpetual hunger Merciless, the dragon spreads its plague over the world Blessing the wickedness of its blackened hordes Phantoms of anxiety magnifying fear Cursing in misery the ones with the faith to believe in the Wisdom revealed in the loneliness of solitude When thoughts and memories are the only truth Bathed in silver in the dead of winter Rimed with frost like the skeletal trees The jester strikes me within my lucid nightmare, I'm chosen to stay alive A palace of demons on the blue hill bear witness to my trial Lost in starlight amidst a swarm of enemies, battling every imaginable foe Deserted by seraphs, I call out in rage, is this my fate Entrapped in an ancient war, I reach for the mystic buckler To quell the flaming onslaught of the avernal throng A sacred relic of the knights of the elements A reminder that peace must always prevail Chained to the obelisk by the sovereign killers Waiting for the sight of the robed tormentor Paralyzed and overwhelmed, eyes roll into my skull This is my Crucimentum Molded in the fire of the living forge Hammered for impurity and thrust into the water The process repeats to drive out the porous slag This technique if withstood produces true steel An enigmatic sacrifice before the hooded masses Princes of pain, rituals of blood and death I shall be the one to achieve the heavenly Obsidian Hell - ninth candle of the second plane of seven Caught in this strange place somewhere in the pit From the depths of the chasm I see the tunnel's end The winds change, the storm recedes, spring is in the air Happy for deliverance, I cry Reflecting on the dark maze that consumed me within Grateful for the knowledge gained, wiser now am I Leaving the abyssal realm, Elysian Fields before my eyes A final bridge that I must cross, Janus greets me

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released March 23, 2004

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