Nocturnus Thresholds Mike Browning - Drums Mike Davis - Guitar Jeff Estes - Bass Dan Izzo - Vocals Sean McNenney - Guitar Louis Panzer - Keyboards - Aquatica - Subterranian Infiltrator - Alter Reality - Gridzone - Climate Controller - Tribal Vodoun - Nocturne in BM(INST..) - Artic Crypt ***CLIMATE CONTROLLER*** (opening chant) LORD ADDU, MASTER OF THE EARTH AND SKY KAKODAMMU, I CALL TO THEE, HEARKEN AND REMEMBER BRING FORTH THE MIGHTY STORM THAT THIS WORLD SHALL TASTE YOUR FURY LORD GIBIL, KEEPER OF THE FIRE AND FORGE BAALAGNITARRA, I CALL TO THEE, HEARKEN AND REMEMBER MAKE THE SWORDS APPEAR IN THE SKY THAT ALL SHALL FEEL YOUR MIGHT COMMANDER LUGGALDIMMERANKIA, MASTER OF ORDER BANUTUKKU, I CALL TO THEE, HEARKEN AND REMEMBER DELIVER THE LEGIONS OF WIND DEMONS UNTO THIS WORLD THAT THEY MAY SEEK REVENGE ZI DINGIR ANNA KANPAI ZI DINGIR KIA KANPAI I SUMMON THEE, CREATURES OF DARKNESS, BY THE WORKS OF DARKNESS CLIMATE CONTROLLER (the weather dominator) (CHANT) STORMS - manufacturated to destroy FIRE - striking down from the sky WIND - sweeping all rocks and trees aside LAVA - emerging out of volcanoes QUAKES - shake the earth to split DEATH - from the clouds ARMIES - marching in to their doom SPIRITS - plundering their very souls IONS - displaced from deep inside WEAPONS - of the Gods CHORUS: FUSION OF THE ANCIENT WAYS WITH MODERN TECH SUPPORT BRINGING ATMOSPHERIC CHANGE MASTER OF CLIMATE CONTROL CHANTING TO THE ANGRY GODS SEEDING CLOUDS WITH ICE CAUSING SHIFTS IN ETHER PLANES MASTER OF CLIMSTE CONTROL Incantation finished as the armies start to charge Suddenly the air begins to take on many shapes Demons of the Legion swarm to take revenge Sheets of blindness tossing every human fool aside NO THING LEFT TO COUNT NO BODIES BLOOD STAINED EARTH AND STONE LIE SCATTERED CHORUS Aftermath of horror sends a message to the globe Danger to the Empire will result in hells untold Ripping both the flesh and soul of anyone who tries To take with force the Realm of the one who rules the skies NO THING LEFT TO COUNT NO BODIES BLOOD STAINED EARTH AND STONE LIE SCATTERED VERSE 1 Keeping enemy troops in sight high above the fight Armies destroyed watching with delight Waiting patiently for an eye to subdue the sky Counting the dead as they lie in waste ***TRIBAL VODOUN*** From deep inside the islands comes a religious belief of magical fate Necronomic tribes of the secret societies Conducting ceremonies of the Vodoun faith Revenge in store for enemies they hate Soon to die awaiting to arise Doomed to die by a malevolent curse Carnival of chaos Symbolic designs carved in the earth to beckon LEGBA [Rites of the Petro] Reflections of rage and violence Thundering drums echo unforgiving Tribal chants grow louder Dancers travel throughout the fire Deity of fire OGU Protects skin from the flames Divine horsemen arrive mounting the initiation of possession Tearing glass / utter pandemonium spirits indulge in burning torches Spinnig dancers wake to reality Vodoun - cannot be abstracted from the day to day life - of the Believer All is whole - no separation between material and spiritual The Bokor concocts the powder with the poisonous Datura sprinkled upon the way of his victim Body racked with terrible convulsions - Mucus flowered from the nose and mouth shaking horrible The edge of consciousness criteria of poison Lethargic coma Indistinguishable from death Comatose Mentally alive / pronounced phisically dead Nails driven into the coffin buried prematurely Mind slips / disoriented / complete amnesia Three days fermented incarnation of Evil Baron SAMEDI Guardian of the cemetery Preparing the victim's soul for Zombification The fear initiates the victim Psychologically vulnerable Powder does not secure Fate / its the mind Baron unleashes cadaver A soul trapped in a vessel Blood spilt offering Resurrection of zombie Body without character Aimlessly wandering through time Servant to the Bokor Le culte Des morts ***ARTIC CRYPT*** Locked inside the ice below Forgotten long ago An alien object lies in wait Lost beneath the snow Seismic readings from the north Lights above the poles Curious humans drawn to the sight Staking camp in the frozen night CHORUS Legends told of the evil within Still, forewarned, the man came in Seeking knowledge forbidden to man Bringing death unto their land Nocuous emissions alert the team The source is soon revealed A strange capsule scarred by time Covered with a foreign script Anxious to unlock its secrets They crack open the seal Unleaching the beast contained inside The frozen arctic crypt CHORUS 2 Legends told of the horror within An ancient traveller of the stars Left entombed until disturbed by man Bringing death unto their land ***AQUATICA*** In the future year - 2023 Multinational warlords - build an aquatic colony In the struggle for - total domination Corporate powers - move in to take control Stratagem inset Manipulate the opposition Wrath of devastation to reduce life status Martial law declared - surveilance over the colonies Wage and mayhem - put to an end momentarily Resolving confrontations - over territorial disputes Battles break out - when negotiations crumble Charred remains washing to the shore Escaped ones flee to the surface Vessels patrol the ocean floor Maintaining border dominion through eradication of organisms Sea and surface life All is sacrificed In quest for reign of the deep Whosoever masters the seas the last remaining frontier gains the wealth locked in the brine Precious minerals sought - by the surface Hostile takeover of - the mining communities Stormtroopers of technology Careful to maintain nitrogen balance Surgically removing the enemy within New leaders create - order out of chaos A civilization - beneath the depths Arson of power conquering the oceans - Forming imbalance Particles react Expire life from - the precious seas Thresholds mend Sludge chain reaction - melts them down again Depth charge Destabilizing crust - and floor Instructed probes Sear the water from - the toxic veil Weapons system Tear the living - from their glory Vandal masters carving up - the biosystem Submerged deep Fatal dictatorship - of the seas (spoken verse) Surface dwellers tremble from a new superpower Superior intellect choosing Base in the seas Systematically eliminating All who do not take heed Stench of the aftermath confirms Aquatica's victory No longer shall there be any separations between cultures Remaining survivors cast into a melting pot of conglomerate slavery Absolute extinction of the once praised heroic patriot Lands of solid ground turned into a biodegradable human wastleland Pay homage to the ocean where the kingdom now dwells Aquatica, the submerged city **SUBTERRANEAN INFILTRATOR** Release me from the sky onto marsh domains Expose the parachute to Ease - the - vicious fall Unseen by those below Preying on their blindsights shadows dance About - the - jungle bog Agent of espionage Bearing north of the penisula Invitatin to lay clear Think - over - the strategy Advance into forbidden marsh scope all in the infrared Create offensive Resistance - from the - river banks Searching, stalking, Mustard gas released, Enter smokescreen Dodging lasers sailing through the smoke and debris Tracking hidden fortress sighted under ground, entrance found Begin clearing operations Thermal scan revealing activity Entering the concealed passage corridors extend beneath the surface Manoeuvering through the radar - beams - alarm reaction Progression is slow under canister discharge targets locked at the ends of the turns Awaiting any enemy to approach - infrared - identification Once inside the target's range seize the moment by squeezing the trigger Single lead injection intentions to wound - not to kill yet Movement gives away strategic position A regiment responds to the action Trip wire set, suckered into the trap They lay decapitated Explosions under ground send shrapnel throughout the air Metal fragments lodge beneath heavy military uniform Excruciating pain dealt with bandage cuts circulation Limping severely mission must be accomplished Moving quickly towards goal Stealth the key Clear path to achieve lethal detonation Flares of weapons burst in synch Give way delay charge Chemical timers are now set Once on the surface reconnaissance picks him up on the scope Subterranean specialist Looks down below as the mountain lies in rubble ***ALTER REALITY*** YOUR UNIVERSE IS ONLY A PRODUCT OF YOUR MIND No escape once the threshold is crossed Life and death hold no meaning Hidden doors Interdimensional shifts A dreamy state of paralysis Bands of mass convert into energy Forms of light where no light exists Time dilation ad infinitum Linear chaos Internal distortion Once inside a dual state of being exists Nonsequitur Traveller of the continuum ALTERED TIME ALTERED SPACE WAVES OF GRAVITY ALTER REALITY Entropy nonexistent in this place Macrocosm situated in parallel space Constant flux warping all that spins throughout elements sharing outer valence shells Identity blends into waves of shock Haze of reason Shades of deformity Correlation on an atomic level Portal ajar He stumbles into the unknown Overwhelmed by free association Twisted region shown to the journeyman Overload All is dissipated Displayed violently unto the senses CHORUS ALTERED TIME ALTERED SPACE RELATIVE DEFORMITY ALTER REALITY Entering Travelling unwittingly part of it, one with it Lost inside Identity scrambling memory override Entering unravelling Regrettably part of it, one with it Lost inside Infinity Insanity memory override Lost in the mix nonsequitur movemenet is dimensional no escape part of it, one with it ad infinitum part of the whole reduced to nothing ad infinitum Lost in the mix nonsequitur ad infinitum part of the whole time and space perpetual labyrinth memory override Entering Travelling unwittingly part of it, one with it Nonsequitur Ad infinitum part of the whole reduced to nothing ***GRIDZONE*** From the edge of outer regions Far beyond our solar zone Exists an altered sphere of power Earth and metal machine of war Planet's crust pierced by cables Linking networks beneath the surface Titanium plates shield the globe Cohesion of the infrastructure Friction of electromagnets Simulates centrifugal force Massive gyros beginning to turn Enforcing acceleration (PRE CHORUS) Thrusters fire across the region Spewing forth nucleic plasma Worlds consumed - astral threat Perpetual horror - termination GRID ZONE Brutally consructed / designed warfare Perpetuating evil / awaits no more Intruding on / peaceful isolation Conformity crushed / death is near Neutralize - chosen targets Essential - suffering terrorized GRID ZONE Deceptive diversion / blinded satelites cannot trace Mechanical malfunction Deteriorating systems by the interface Initial confrontation sieged by catastrophic annihilation Inferior worlds destruction Laser gouging / penetration From the edge of outer regions Far beyond our solar zone Exists an altered sphere of power Earth and metal machine of war Light years travelled forming an elliptical path Eons of galactic destruction Creating a vacuum crushing the globe Devouring the energy dispersed Seeker of impending doom Completing an eternal cycle Worlds consumed - astral threat Perpetual horror - termination GRID ZONE