Abbath Outstrider 1. Calm in Ire of Hurricane Perish the dead mesh stripped from our bones Stark is the carcass cursing our wake Whipped core corrupt, crack'd self destruct! Shed our shell corrosion hatch in burst of shame A thousand lashes cuts us to our core We find calm twist and burn dervishes spun whole Sever the neck of bare throat stretched before us Drink from jugulars, asphyxiate thy mind Swallow lost spirit that pines for inhalation Mute shrieking sirens rife with tongues to bind Crotch-deep, drenched in gut-floods' acid rush In womb-burst of birth-scum, drown like rats in cage We paw the ion bars as nailless fingers scrape for flaws Scratched they erupt in gash of glans of necrophage Calm in ire of hurricane Whipped core corrupt, crack'd self destruct! Shed our shell corrosion hatch in burst of shame Spitegeist reflects death's mnemonics's tool Echo-chamber pitched to hells subsonic howl In twinkle of anemic vein Coughing like a rusty chain Fate squats within a mangled skein Exuding calm in ire of hurricane 2. Bridge of Spasms With fist on hilt I wade thru guilt towards the Bridge of Spasms A flailing limb cast across the yawning Maul of Chasms Hooked to ledge at sanity's edge steel convict clamped in irons It undulates squirms like bait hung 'bove pit of lions That fickle whore Fate forced my gait to tread this skyward path On skeletal thread blind man led by echoes of strangled laugh With every step terrors swept fears like flies in rift of mind I crawled, cracked nails clawed the creaking boards of crooked spine Torpid Styx twist viscid fist through bowels of howling Deep My demons spare not one nightmare ever rode plague-ridden sleep Nailed to the mast! Flee pox of past! Ignore the sirens' shrieking hearts Sail the flux! Ride upheavals! Dive beyond immortal charts In lee of Bridge of Spasms I split among the atoms In lee of Bridge of Spasms I split among the atoms Like oroboros I swallow tale like oroboros I swallow tale A Raw nerve stretches ganglion curve till ventricles erupt I flow like blood through floating vein's arterial aqueduct Crest the arch, gaze aghast, upon Oblique of Great Divide It mirrors morass, life-spans' collapse, loop of ego's pride 3. The Artifex Reclined in swathe of bedlam's grimoires Sheathes of ancient vellum cradle skull Sigils scour sallow skin, copper veins Drip gnosis, draw mind from mortal lull I pluck the stitches, stun the senses Milk the pain I graze I storm the portals of dead immortals Trapped in yesterdaze I dive to new depths, plunder sunk wrecks In culp of fetid drain I seek the artifex, disenchant hex To lift this curse of Cain! Artifex absorb a corpus Alchemy in limbic vortex Archetype bequeath a gene To murder Eden, dismember dream Beyond arc of reaper's lethal grace The shade of Cain shrives guilt in mud And golems raised all display his slain Brother's bludgeoned face 4. Harvest Pyre I am the ruin of all a squint can dim survey I am the dearth of hopes' dystopic cowl dismay I cast the baubles through rapine my fortune ill-acquired Upon the flames rent the night deny the trinkets vice desired I squander riches lay the bitches lust a jaded spray I dream of nightmares conjure monsters sip decay From breast of goddess milk the darkness blood a dulling wine I angle sideways path a blind maze defy the scythe of time Tap the jugular bleed the vampire Tar the slime pit surf quagmire Heal cadaver harvest pyre Raw Wound! I trawled the aether sweating reefer Sole belief I'm beneath her Glow decrease her in abyss deep I unsheath her like a reaper Tap the jugular bleed the vampire Tar the slime pit surf quagmire Heal cadaver harvest pyre Reap Ripe Raw Wound! 5. Land of Khem Through blasted waste in land of Khem Bleak gods cough dark rivers of phlegm Vile priests excrete their masters' dreams To writhe in minds where madness breeds The monsters upon which art must fester Beauty's beast reaps sweet investure The grinning skull cut from finest gem A void divides in land of Khem We seek the gods concealed Within wounds never healed In sanity's cracks where trauma treads The twisting stretch inside our heads We seek the heart beating still Within the flesh of über-kill In shadows black with blood of druid In rage constrained where time is fluid We smoke an abyss in land of Khem Carve crystal myth in neural stem Drip eclipse in cleft of bliss Agaric flight of nemecyst In towers of ice all flesh will melt Before the throne Behemoth knelt In fetid flux let fate condemn Our frozen ghosts in land of Khem 6. Outstrider War gods steadfast by my side Wake of entrails stream behind Where Ordnung rules I divide No curse or threat will break my stride Cerberus snaps at my heels Chased outta Hades' blighted fields Rebel don't beg freak never yields What Mammon won't give the outlaw steals Eons do not age my frame Immutable as pouring rain Scars evolve but never change A mind removed from all but rage Keep your chains Your barricades Keep your cage World ablaze Wanted scum in hell banished bedlam banned Bloodied, broke, unbowed death denies me now Charybdis guards the threshold where sanity unfolds The curse of Behemoth mutates me in the shadows Life despised me then death denies me now From womb I burst, sharp of claw Shipwrecked my life and swam for shore From red-dyed sea I struck the beach Bled my enemies dry my knife a leech Arc of reaper's scythe Seraphim's demise Chaos deviant thrive Neither dead or alive Too debauched for hell Scorned by heaven's crown Heretics rebel Death denies me now 7. Scythewinder Tear the veins from ivory limb Smooth as shards of porcelain Slip between the talons Raking guts across the coals Clamp teeth 'pon burnished knuckles Bite down hard! Don't let go! They owe you what you are! Pay in blood for every scar! Bathe in spray of überflow In Maestrobator's afterblow Bind your wounds with crimson wires Knot your bone quench desires They owe you each last drop! Of ejaculate crotch shot! The damned will dance on every grave Chastity shall misbehave Slip between the talons Raking guts across the coals Clamp teeth 'pon burnished knuckles Bite down hard! Don't let go! Laterigrade's the way to grow Claim the stage—the realm I know Striving high—swooping low Stride out wide enslave the show! 8. Hecate Ochre dust coats a thousand paths Arachnid web of twisting guts Uncoil in hub flayed to shreds Shriveled heart torn from withered breast Hecate awaits where crossroads split Like entrails burst from belly slit In nexus stark a widow's nest Silent as stone, still as death Deep in shadows cast by gallows Crown a shroud of crows and arrows Curses drip off swollen tongue Exhaling gasp of blistered lung Night's bride sighs a gift of scythes Devours doubt to feed the hives Beneath the loll of broken necks Cracked jaws cackle last regrets She squats in clot of putrid copse Disease breathes a kiss which rots