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Gehenna Gate
07:22
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A great pyre burns dead flesh and bone
Offerings to rapacious beings
Rituals conceived by past kings
Kingdoms forged within the devils sight
Ancient paths through the valley of screams
The doorway to pain everlasting
Pillars of vile serpents, torment made flesh
Rivers of blood, The stench of death
Solo: Mitch
Through doomed passages that slither in the eternal dark
The abyss awaits, through the mist, in the deep, where they watch
Within the vast circle of ashen moons and dying suns
Through the dark, you will find, the gate to the otherside
Seeds of wrath sewn in blood stained sand
Bathed within malice and greed
Grow the fruit of the forbidden tree
A walking plague will see this world undone
Chains that held beasts jaws once closed
Splinter, unleashing curses of old
Pillars of vile serpents, torment made flesh
Rivers of blood, The stench of death
Solo: Colton
Through doomed passages that slither in the eternal dark
The abyss awaits, through the mist, in the deep, where they watch
Within the vast circle of ashen moons and dying suns
Through the dark, you will find, the gate to the otherside
The abyss awaits within us
Drink from the eternal night
That flows within the heart
Solo: Colton
Solo: Colton
Pillars of vile serpents, torment made flesh
Rivers of blood, The stench of death
Through doomed passages that slither in the eternal dark
The abyss awaits, through the mist, in the deep, where they watch
Within the vast circle of ashen moons and dying suns
Through the dark, you will find, the gate to the otherside
Within gods scriptures
Atonement you wont find
Earths blood runs black stained by the sins of past times
Within the graves beneath the stone
Deaths the only solace you'll find
In this unforgiving world
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2. |
Reflections of the Blind
04:35
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Corridors carved from this planets bone
Thrones built from gold alone
Greed, above all, fuels the hearts of man
Burn forests, poison streams
Collapsing everything
Heartless, wicked, vile beings
Obey the king, who bathes in your blood and need
Pursue the sin, exalted in scripture and hymn
I was once blind to the pillaging and rape of earth
Bleeding it dry, destroying life, abolish rebirth
Solo: Mitch
Blackened gold, fueling the tides of war
Staining the seas and shores
Revel in the riches taken from the poor
Without conflict, theres no peace
Ideals birthed of demons and beasts
Sacrifice the children and weak
Obey the king, who bathes in your blood and need
Pursue the sin, exalted in scripture and hymn
I was once blind to the pillaging and rape of earth
Bleeding it dry, destroying life, abolish rebirth
Solo: Colton
Detain the flame, for it only seeks to feed
Bound sovereign, drag this bloodstained crown to the grave
Condemn false gods, embrace the will of earth
Before it's too late, adhere to the reflections of the blind
Solo: Colton
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3. |
Of Rust and Bone
06:05
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Carrion, to feed the beast that will bleed you dry
Skin the damned, raping the heart and mind
Bow down, embrace the god that consumes your soul
Baptized, in pools of cruor and gold
Guide this world through reclamation
For we are gods among men
Devour the small, the weak, those not adorned in gold
Heartless hymns, echoing through the chapel walls
Altar of bone, praising the obelisk
Still minds, cannot percieve the divine even
before their eyes, remaining blind till death
Guide this world through reclamation
For we are gods among men
Devour the small, the weak, those not adorned in gold
Behind the sun, a voice calls from beyond
"Relinquish your crown of rust and bone"
Solo: Mitch
Shadows now rain from the sky
Solo: Colton
Bow your heads, raise your hands to the sky
Unholy Flames, accept this sacrifice
Solo: Colton
Wretched ones, selfish, drenched in hatred
Desecrating my gift, your deaths within arms length
Damnation, Sentenced to death by ungrateful gods
Altar of bone, bury the obelisk
Still minds, cannot perceive such corruption even
before their eyes, they remain blind till death
Guide this world through reclamation
For we are gods among men
Devour the small, the weak, those not adorned in gold
Behind the sun, a voice calls from beyond
"Relinquish your crown of rust and bone"
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4. |
When Willows Weep
05:08
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Dawn pulls back veils of night
Revealing the aging red sun
I sense the change in the wind
As the rays warm my ancient skin
The comsos once flared in the night
rivers of light so brilliant
All once was pure in this world
Yet all good things must come to an end
Within the depths of my mind
ghosts of long past, swim through the currents of time
A spectral serpentine wave of light, erupts before my eyes
Spires of rust of pierce the sky
torrents of smoke asphyxiating
wastelands of shadow and flame
scar my flesh, never to be the same
The comsos once flared in the night
rivers of light so brilliant
All once was pure in this world
Yet all good things must come to an end
Within the depths of my mind
ghosts of long past, swim through the currents of time
A spectral serpentine wave of light, erupts before my eyes
Feel the sky shatter and tear, the earth as it trembles in pain,
I take the strain for the roots are one with my veins
Death, is death the only escape?
The only path?
This growing plague feeds on the weak
fueled by fear and greed
Solo: Mitch
Cast in the fire to be forgotten
Solo: Colton
None will be forgiven
All will be erased
Numbed by the everlasting blaze
I breath the smoke, I swallow the flame
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5. |
The Oculus
06:52
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Wander the dying land
A quest to find oneself, or what little may be left
Within loss resides fear, a silence none can bare
Sanctum amidst the sands
An ancient oasis, a window to the past
Forged when earths blood was pure, grey lucid waters
Look within your reflection
See yourself, see your sins, see what you truly are
Nights embrace
Eclipsing the sun, consumed by shadows flame
Mirror of ancient stone
Visions of true desire, premonitions now known
Are these the answers I seek? A reason to be?
Look within your reflection
See yourself, see your sins, see what you truly are
Within these veins once flowed the blood of the earth
Nothing but dust remains beneath the skin
Once flesh and bone, now hollow stone
Look within your reflection
See what you truly are
Beneath the skin
Solo: Mitch
Solo: Colton
Within these veins once flowed the blood of the earth
Nothing but dust remains beneath the skin
Once flesh and bone, now hollow stone
Solo: Mitch
Birthed from stars long extuingished
I am sorrow and extinction
Quench the thirst of a dying world
Relinquish your blood and soul
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6. |
Penumbra
04:09
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Solo: Mitch
Condemned to eternal damnation to rid this disease
I yearn for the everlasting salvation only death brings
Peer into nights eyes, extinguish the sanguine flames
Engulfed in the darkness of shadow I relinquish pain
Breath in the darkness which flows on the winds
of the eclipsing penumbra
Stripping all life from that was once flesh, corporeal genesis
Purified in the abysmal depths where light brings pain
Solace I'll find when the auroral ones are draped in cumerian shade
Visions of darkness that flow on the wings
of the eclipsing penumbra
A nebulous void where the lambent once slept
Encasing the light in perpetual black
I swim through oceans of black inferno
Drink the blood of luminous beings
As the astral plains fade, I drift through the amaranthine
To forever endure the emptiness alone
Solo: Colton
I'll forever endure this emptiness alone
Solo: Colton
Blinded by beauty, I find peace among the black flames
Echoing in the distance, I hear the reapers voice calling my name
I swim through oceans of black inferno
Drink the blood of luminous beings
As the astral plains fade, I drift through the amaranthine
To forever endure the emptiness alone
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7. |
Devoid of Light
06:58
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A piercing silence in the wake of the immortal sun
light itself has ruptured within the void, within the void
Omniscient creations erased by the sands of time
An abyssal vortex spewed forth from malicious mouth and eyes
Suffer through hands of malice
Hardened from essence reaping
Existence once had meaning, relinquish life
Solo: Mitch
Baptized in the torrid blood of fading stars
Giving flesh to the hollow specter within my mind
Through the breath of creation I peer beyond the veil
Pain tears my heart as the silence is shattered by millennias wails
Suffer through hands of malice
Hardened from essence reaping
Existence once had meaning, relinquish life
Encased in ethereal shroud
Boreal hands embrace my soul
As the threads of life are severed I gaze into its eyes
Decrepit crown, Skeletal blade of sinew
Dawning the cloak of oblivion
Visionless guide, Traversing lachryma
"Through me, lies the gates of Gehenna"
Solo: Colton
Somber eyes descending, shadows chasing...
The last remaining lights
Longing for rebirth, vile hands grasp and pull me down
Where I'll forever drown
Crushed beneath the weight of all my guilt
I feel sorrow, impure, and hollow
No sun will break everlasting night for me
With dying breath, and last of might
I cleave from perditions chains, devoid of light
Tormented apparitions claw and tear at my skin
A torrent of memories flood the mind with my sin
The boatmans haunting voice peirced through the chasms stifling dark
"Abandon all hope, do not wish to ever see paradise"
Decrepit crown, Skeletal blade of sinew
Dawning the cloak of oblivion
Visionless guide, Traversing lachryma
"Through me, lies the gates of Gehenna"
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Phantom Sun
05:25
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Floating perpetually among the stars
Where no light dare traverse
Where all impurites and black hearts are birthed
Cold dead ancient eyes of aeons past reanimate
Lifes light purifies the iris
Cosmos stained in darkness illuminate
Soul piercing black begins to dissipate
Under the glow of the freezing moon a haunting wind flows through skinned earths veins
Beneath the ashes ghostly hands reach towards the sky
Erupting from the earth a swarm of spirits freed from this curse
Forged in light so distant
Bathed in celelstial falls, reborn
Amidst the phantom sun
A portal birthed of blinding light
Demonic tempests form in the wake of night
Cursed souls ascend up the silver beams
Like candles guiding spirits up the river stream
And when this world is reborn, purged of man
It will flourish again
Solo: Colton
Solo: Colton
Forged in light so distant
Bathed in celestial falls, reborn
Amidst the phantom sun
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9. |
From Dust
05:46
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Revenant, numb and bleeding, cold heart in hand
Oceans of sorrow quell lifes ailing flame
yet never easing the pain
From dust you create the mountains, forge the skies, lay aeons foundation, pull from darkness, light.
Suspended within the void, birthed from within, yearning to never awaken
A pulse once broke the silence, bursting light blinded my eyes
I watched the planets form and stars ignite
as you abolished the night
A perpetual cycle we are destined to repeat
You breath life into this empty world
I grip their lungs and set it free
Shrouded in darkness, obscurity divine
You had given me purpose, I am a harrowing truth
You're a beautiful lie
Is this the harbinger of life?
Broken, brought to tears,
By the actions of flawed design
Is this the way your fire dies?
Smothered by the flickering shards of the sun,
engulfed by a sea of dust
Malice, betrayal, a tempest formed within
A lost soul, never to return, washed away by the rain
Shrouded in darkness, obscurity divine
You had given me purpose, I am a harrowing truth
You're a beautiful lie
Is this the harbinger of life?
Broken, brought to tears,
By the actions of flawed design
Is this the way your fire dies?
Smothered by the flickering shards of the sun,
engulfed by a sea of dust
Alone, drift through shadow
towards the light, learn to breath again
Alone, in the shadows,
Here I'll lay asleep, until the life drains from your eyes
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10. |
Myst
05:15
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Poison fog blankets the earth
obscuring all sight and hindering growth
Foul air asphixiates, setting your lungs ablaze
Cancerous winds burns the skin
A harrowing penance to absolve the sin
Bathing in rivers of guilt when you're not to blame
Myst, burning the eyes, staining the wind
Will you look to the sky for a trace of light?
Or search from within
Behind lifeless eyes a dim flame glows
Shed your skin, come alive, leave all that's past behind
Where is the sun and it's warmth?
A skyline of ash sits atop cold dead earth
Standing before decrepit gates, where it all began
Blinded by a caustic storm
Draped in the darkness encased in my soul
Feel my lungs collapse as the rain overtakes me
Myst, burning the eyes, staining the wind
Will you look to the sky for a trace of light?
Or search from within
Behind lifeless eyes a dim flame glows
Shed your skin, come alive, leave all that's past behind
Behind lifeless eyes a dim flame glows
Shed your skin, come alive, leave it all behind
I still believe there is hope for us
Pray no more for the sunlights return
The rebirth of flame eclipses within me
Know I'll be here, not body but mind, within the suns light
Within oceans of sky, ancient trees, the dawns horizon
Know I'll be here, not of body but mind, within the suns light
Solo: Colton
Solo: Mitch
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11. |
I, Ethereal
07:09
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Gasping for air as the heavens clear
This must be a dream I behold
Yet, I can feel the rain as it strokes my face
A cold heart that grew still awoke
Drowning in waters of self lamentation
I reach for shore as I'm dragged towards the river bed
A great burning black fire had cleansed my skin
The once endless rains brought rebirth
The remains of man were swallowed by the roots
Resurrecting the bones of a dying earth
Drowning in waters of self lamentation
I reach for shore as I'm dragged towards the river bed
Gripping existence
I've seen the world beyond
Felt deaths embrace before it cast me through time and space
The embers within you glow bright
Setting free the ghost
Let go of what life once was
Solo: Colton
At the edge of extinction
Stands a mountain of bone
carved from tides of blood and sorrow
Drowning in waters of self lamentation
I reach for shore ascending the rivers edge
Gripping existence
I've seen the world beyond
Felt deaths embrace before it cast me through time and space
Gripping existence
This world is so quiet now
Warmed by the sun, yet still cold and alone deep within
Lie forever within my hollow shell
though your blood flows through me now
you'll never feel all the pain and anguish time will not heal
Solo: Mitch
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12. |
The Pallid Sea
07:42
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Stars implode as days pass into myth, eternally
Seen the darkest of shadows become one with the night
I've watched this worlds end countless times, longingly
birth, sin, death, resurrection, forever repeat
Waves crash upon the shore
as the heart begins to swell
A feeling I know of no more
Cold winds flow through me now
I am the setting sun
A veiled ghost of bone
I yearn to feel again
As I syphon the life from a will of stone
Solo: Colton
Shadows dance upon the pallid sea, hauntingly
Where ghostly echoes long past sink endlessly
There was a time I felt the warmth upon my skin
Forsaken by time, A martyr for death, I see no end
Waves crash upon the shore
as the heart begins to swell
A feeling I know of no more
Cold winds flow through me now
I am the setting sun
A veiled ghost of bone
I yearn to feel again
As I syphon the life from a will of stone
Empty inside, where once a heart beat now lays ash
Hollow and numb, I wander alone a slave of time
Commit me to the grave
I wish to feel the soil embrace my skin, as though I had no breath within
Solo: Mitch
Ascending beyond this world, be made anew
Leave your sorrow behind, I'll shoulder your pain so I can feel alive
Empty inside, where once a heart beat now lays ash
Hollow and numb, I wander alone a slave of time
Commit me to the grave
I wish to feel the soil embrace my skin, as though I had no breath within
Solo: Colton
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Colton Deem: Vox/Guitar
Mitch Pegg: Guitar
Cody Pegg: Drums
Nick Holderbaum: Bass
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