Behemoth Demigod 1. Sculpting The Throne Ov Seth 2. Demigod 3. Conquer All 4. The Nephilim Rising 5. Towards Babylon 6. Before Aeons Came 7. Mysterium Coniunctionis (Hermanubis) 8. XUL 9. Slaves Shall Serve 10. The Reign Ov Shemsu-Hor 1. Sculpting The Throne Ov Seth [music and lyrics by Nergal; opening acoustic theme by Seth] come forth! from the void beyond the stars from the blackened shores Thee arrive Thou art ov gods yet supreme above them all Thou art mocked and blessed speak ov me not as one speak ov me not as none speak ov me not at all for I am continual crowned and conquering child cast aside the prophets and false gods ov Thy ways from the outer space when TONUAL cross NAGUAL beyond becoming, Thou hast become... speak ov me not as one speak ov me not as none speak ov me not at all for I am continual let me reign as a god among slaves! spirit clad in gold Seraphs incarnate shake loose the shackles ov a million years children ov Seth blast wide the portals unveil the raptures ov Thy kingdom speak ov me not as one speak ov me not as none speak ov me not at all for I am continual let me reign as a god among slaves! Io Khepesh! Io Nubti! Io Akhakh! Io Simai! [lead: Nergal] [lead: Seth] ["Sculpting the Throne ov Seth" is a warlike manifesto. to make its message straight and clear: there are no gods but ourselves. there is more land to be conquered. there are more kingdoms to be ruled. need I say more? I guess not... it's pretty much all I am about these days. no compromise and no surrender I say.] 2. Demigod [music and lyrics by Nergal] behold! children ov Cain all beings not ov reptilian form be upon them! spare none! mercy cast aside! those who feareth not my sacred blade shall be blessed repent not! Thou art man god is no more rise now above the weakness ov flesh come forth! join ye the arsenals ov blasphemy follow the One who spurred Roman warring legions rise up! o power from sea below all seas SIRIUS! DRACONIS! awake from everlasting dream! spirits ov abomination formless Thou hath appeared before me I am before all things chthonic gods! those from beyond the stars commander ov hosts devour the flesh ov man may their weapons melt like wax may their tongues be torn apart may Apophis grind their bones may their ashes be scattered all around... [lead: Nergal] hear me! o vermin! how couldst Thou fall so low? redemption thru denial restriction becomes a sin mankind! so pure... castrate Thy impotent god vomit forth the blasphemy and forever shalt Thee win [oh, how many times I have tried to express my deep inner gate and disgust towards everything that's so stagnated and one dimensional. so I had to create Demigod. being that expresses the most expansive and uncompromising virtues and instincts. I choose chose to take as my own: individuality, life affirmation, ambition, determination and vitality. musically it's just pure stream ov energy, and every time I listen to the opening theme I see the berserking, frienzied, undefeated Roman legions.] ["What is good? - everything augments the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself, in man. What is evil? - whatever springs from weakness. What is happiness? - the feeling that power increases - that resistance is overcome." -Friedrich Nietzsche, The Antichrist] 3. Conquer All [music and lyrics by Nergal] Mightiest Self! cast out ov Thy Elysium with blood ov nazarene I write the story ov man 2000 years is nothing thought it has been enough come forth victorious muting the foul angelic choirs! none ov thy empty gods, shall ever stand above me none ov thy weak brothers, shalt ever share my blood my awareness, catalyst, ov godhate I have spawned in sinister ecstasy eternally I decompose race ov man! the errors ov a wise make Thy rules ye shall see rather than the perfection ov the fool the most divine! I am many! among so very few beyond redemption, beyond the weak thus I beheld the truth! none ov thy empty gods, shall ever stand above me none ov thy weak brothers, shalt ever share my blood my awareness, catalyst, ov godhate I have spawned in sinister ecstasy eternally I'm decomposed [lead: Nergal] I am the pure flame that burns I am (ever shining) Sirius son I am the infinite space I am the most conquering One [Crowley said "I will give you a war-engine. With it ye shall smite the peoples; and none shall stand before you. (...) Conquer! That is enough." and with "Conquer All" I try to extend the meaning ov these mighty words. these lyrics are about life offering me so many opportunities which are at hand. my passions and determination are unbreakable. unrestrained will has brought me to this path I walk. it's the whole world... it's the whole universe I wish to conquer. it's all or nothing. my music and words I speak are unlimited. I see no boundaries for true art. here and now. here and beyond.] 4. The Nephilim Rising [music by Nergal; lyrics by Krzysztof Azarewicz; acoustic outro by Seth] I'm burning like a fucking fire Mysterious Domain, Murdered Apprehension Shemyaza, Lacifarus - glow like the Sun in this final hour ov Dawn ov the Dusk I, heart ov all chthonic hearts vulture eye, fallen one, proclaim: this great world is a mirror ov my small self: striving for infinity, shall I remain? we cannot kill the time: it is the time that kills us and I'm the answer on my questions and blood ov my hopes and all prayers - mark the sunset, the last judgment - and my rainment... - this is the night, just black damn'd night as dethroned so enthroned, attracted... rejected... in this totality is perfection ov Me in Thee freedom ov Nature, delight ov Existence so intoxicate me as I intoxicateth thee slay me as I created thee when reality is nothing more than quantum vortex deep sleep make it lucid dream or hallucinate if you please in exaltations ov All, One, None there Is No Difference we are the First and we are the Last Io Pan! [lead: Nergal] [acoustic lead: Nergal] [on one level ov interpretations these lyrics deal with the nephilim mythos. but there are other meanings which are more subtle and concealed between its verses, these refer to modern history and my personal experiences ov time and space. basically the idea behind this poem is that no one can easily say that some things are "above" or "below" others. who can judge this? history, human evolution, universe and existence itself is something more than a vertical line connecting human with divine. take for example Agrippa's "Three Books of Occult Philosophy": if we look closely at talismans symbolising micro- and macrocosm we will see clear similarities between them and the fact that they aren't connected vertically but more horizontally so to speak. now, everything is clear and right before our eyes...] 5. Towards Babylon [music and lyrics by Nergal] Leviathan! eternally Thy powers rage within I am reborn purified in the burning flames ov Sodom by the powers ov the gods awaken the mighty Will that shalt carry me through eternities Faceless One! avenge my torment materialise my utmost Will beyond all legends and myths Thou art the emmissary ov the beast thwart the realm above spawning might below [backgroud lead: Nergal] "Give us the flesh"! "Give us the will" I command! Dumuzi Lord godhead immaculate! Thou art the sun toward the light feel no shame Ia Asag! forever Thou shalt remain in victory I burn masacrate the enemy in battle that I hath already won Thee I invoke brothers ov Ariman's seed Thou hast aroused all beings in me come All in One resurrected stronger than death Thou hast become revert my death hail to my return tis time to reign as a god among man [background lead: Nergal] "Give us the flesh"! "Give us the will" I command! Dumuzi Lord godhead immaculate! Thou art the sun toward the light feel no shame Ia Asag! forever Thou shalt remain [lead: Nergal] [lead: Seth] Appolyon o resplendant flame begotten ov beyond may I coruscate eternally gods ov all perfection I command - come forth! in company ov Ur all doubts and fears eclipsed [once again the Elder Gods accompany me in yet another one ov life's journeys. the Ancient Ones have always been present in my life. my gods are equal to my tools by which I crush the burdens ov disbelief and ignorance. they are like vipers, who slash with their beaks the weakness ov the flesh and crippled minds. they are guardians ov my mortality, full ov vitality and beauty at the same time being cruel and merciless to all the enemies. they defend me from the plagues ov the world, cleansing it with its knowledge and purity.] 6. Before Aeons Came [music by Nergal; lyrics by Ch. Swinburne] before the beginning of years there came to the making of man time, with a gift of tears grief, with a glass that ran pleasure, with pain for leaven summer, with flowers that fell rememberance fallen from heaven and madness risen from hell strength without hands to smite love that endures for a breath night the shadow of light and life the shadow of death and the high gods took in hand fire and the falling of tears and a measure of sliding sand from under the feet of the years and froth and drift of the sea and dust of the laboring earth and bodies of things to be in the houses of death and of birth and wrought with weeping and laughter and fashioned with loathing and love with life before and after and death beneath and above [these lyrics are extractions from "Atlanta in Calydon" written by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909 e.v.). English lyric poet, and critic. Swinburne was viewed by his contemporary Victorians as blasphemous and depraved, but now is recognized as one ov the greatest English poets. his main topics were liberty, relations between pain and pleasure and the psychology ov sexual passion. he was pagan and in his sympathies and antitheistic. Swinburne was Crowley's primary poetic influence. the title ov this song is our invention but seems to reflect the idea behind the poem very well.] 7. Mysterium Coniunctionis (Hermanubis) [music by Nergal; lyrics by Krzysztof Azarewicz] sounds ov the night are born from the stillness censer scent ov the sun attracts the memories dark shades - eyes moths - green pupils burning echo ov your words appears in the heart ov possibility in extra-real surroundings there are my passions: simplicity ov stars royal Art alkhemy ov Soul, Body, Word and I transport spell ov self-love I weave and I scream in the fumes ov antiquity divine past in solar room filled with midnight hour and midday power inevitable, immovable with names witch are Many with secret meaning: Ko?? Oľ Pa? ON Me?? [background lead: Nergal] and I THINK, FEEL, and LOVE we vibrate light together radiate life on the path to City ov the Sun angel calls out: in mysterium coniunctionis deus est homo and I understand the Burden ov this journey: I know, I will I dare, and keep silence [Iam facit ipse deos mittitque ad sidera numen - Manilus, Astron. IV 934] [this song deals with very personal experiences ov occult nature I can't clearly explain to myself. life seems to be unending initiation into its mysteries and the Four Powers ov the Sphinx are the great and first ov all practical keys which open the gates to the most secret and sacred jewels ov the universe.] 8. XUL [music and lyrics by Nergal] the son ov morn what made me so divine? I, transcending ecstasy through ecstasy I who am eternally defined by my Will [lead: Seth] behold I am the spawn ov downcast Ariman awakened, yet am no longer human kindle me to Thy rapture as I descend into Sheol Hiva! hear my call! transform my flesh into flame Hiya! hear my cry! sustain my being in million-fold forms [background lead: Nergal] our creed: the living flesh our law: trespass all the laws since NUIT is our refuge and HADIT becomes our light [lead: Nergal] all stirs within tis chaos in and above me in the world ov nether-nether "I" infinite space is all-consuming behold! I am unending! the conciousness ov "I" shines universally unbound by wretched dogma I spew my will forth! hell is democracy! [beckground lead: Nergal] all things exist in me I believe in naught save myself my sermon steadfast and proud: there is nothing but god in me! all things stir in me with joy and suffering my sermon steadfast and proud: there is nothing but god in me! [lead: Karl Sanders] [this peace has a strong Lovecraftian approach to it. the term "XUL" comes from Sumerian, and means "evil". but when you read this backwards it will give you the Latin word "LUX", which is "light". in my code "evil" stands for primal forces, the cosmic beings ov unimaginable powers that influence my life, give it another dimension or different level ov reality. it is so unlimited and hard to be defined or to be labeled but it definitely opens new doors ov perception and make me understand what's hidden behind the wall ov ignorance.] 9. Slaves Shall Serve [music by Nergal; lyrics by Krzysztof Azarewicz] Khrevsu tvahyu gradu tore! Khrevsu kvatro midvhu piedhvro! Khrevsu Kristo midhvu? vhradro! Medvro vhtrienn utrah vreghgrho Father ov Terror! Aba ol-Hol enter the pylon thru' the galleys ov past catacombs ov night into the starry womb slay, slay! Asar un-Nefer we have no fear our time had come our will is done dance, dance! O Mighty One in the fields ov Aqert and spit upon slaves ov death War God! trample all weakness this is your day ov pride draw Thy flaming sword cut the umbilical cord to set me free from eternal sleep [lead: Seth] ...step by step Khem: evolution: spiral vibration can you hear? can you touch? can you see? can you really see? we charm all jins - automata, inprinted realities they creep like snakes and all we feel is painful bliss as we burn forth like winged globe like solar disk... ...and penetrate eternity [lead: Nergal] Slaves shall serve! Slaves Shall Serve! Slaves Shall Serve! Slaves Shall Fucking Serve! [the title ov this song is taken from "The Book of the Law". these words invoke powers ov individuality which stands against fear and oppression ov western civilization with all its taboos, fallen religions and political idols, stupid and mad masses - "twisted mob ov Jerusalem". I wrote wrote these verses after my journey across Egypts entirety which I made in April 2004 e.v. but direct inspiration was successful invocation ov God Horus I performed in city ov Cairo on April 8th, exactly 100 years after Crowley received the text ov "The Book of the Law".] 10. The Reign Ov Shemsu-Hor [music and lyrics by Nergal] [Chapter I: The forbidden legacy ov a fallen race] [instrumental] [Chapter II: Invocation ov the watch gods] O Mighty Watcher! Thou art all and all art in Thee free me from mortals intoxicate with Thy self love O Mighty Sentinel! Thou art the concious one break the monotony ov existence that I may illuminate! uncrowned in Tarterean Sulphur elder than the Memphian kings Thy reign so timeless and infinite ever silent watchers, whom mankind yet aches to embrace grand me Thy Promethean rays blacker than light... cunquering lion-headed god by the name ov Legion dost Thou arrive [lead: Nergal] Thou hast seen the prophets in the desert Thou hast bled for the fallen idols from beyond prevailing stregth hath made Thee greater than the god... from amongst the million dead angels army Azazel, begotten not ov human race honour the divinity vision ov victorious sun open wide your glimmering eyes bathe in divinity ov loneliness empowered in self creation shine inward! Shemyaza! the profoundest one spread Thy wings the desolate one Thy disease untamed within the sinister self... O Mighty Watcher! Thou art all and all art in Thee free me from mortals intoxicate with Thy self love O Mighty Sentinel! Thou art the concious one break the monotony ov existence that I may illuminate! [lead: Seth] [Chapter III: The splendorous return] [background lead: Nergal] beyond all cowardness! hast Thou no fear? spit out the blasphemy! strive unto sin... seduce Thyself o mighty seer! the ancient voyager blind me with light the sleepless ones in aimless andering Thou must first fall to reign in blasphemy... ["The Reign ov Shemsu-Hor" was inspired by Andrew Collins book "From the ashes of the angels. The forbidden legacy of a fallen race", where he reveals that fallen angels were flesh and blood members ov a race predating our own. Shemsu-Hor was a sacred society which existed in Egypt before the ancient Egyptians. it is said thay were the founders ov Egyptian culture, built the Sphinx and other megalithic monuments. Collins finds arguments that Shemsu-Hor were equal to biblical nephilims. culture's anti-heroes and fallen gods have always been very attractive to me and by its rebellious nature close to my own ethics. this is my tribute to the Fallen Ones. musically it is an enormous, three-piece epic voyage through centuries in search for a liberty, beauty and wisdom. I believe I managed to bring the Ancient's breath into that song by exporing some unique eastern guitar scales as well as using really precise orchestrations.] Behemoth, the very Voice ov the very Silence is: Nergal - lead and rythm guitars, acoustics, all vocals, invocations Inferno - drums and percussion Orion - bass guitars Seth - session lead, rhythm and acoustic giutars Guest ending lead on "XUL" by Karl Sanders (Nile) Karl Sander appears courtesy of Relapse Records Music by Nergal Arrangments by Behemoth Lyrics by Nergal and Krzysztof Azarewicz All incantations, spells and hieroglyphics by Krzysztof Azarewicz