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| 1. Goetia | 1:24 | 1. Goetia | 1:24 | 1. Goetia | 1:24 | ||
| 2. Beneath a december twilight | 6:51 | 2. Beneath a december twilight | 6:51 | 2. Beneath a december twilight | 6:51 | ||
| 3. The spell of the winter forest | 6:47 | 3. The spell of the winter forest | 6:47 | 3. The spell of the winter forest | 6:47 | ||
| 4. Aflame in the halls of blasphemy | 5:42 | 4. Aflame in the halls of blasphemy | 5:42 | 4. Aflame in the halls of blasphemy | 5:42 | ||
| 5. A monument for eternal martyrdom | 3:00 | 5. A monument for eternal martyrdom | 3:00 | 5. A monument for eternal martyrdom | 3:00 | ||
| 6. The slaughter of innocence, a requiem for the mighty | 4:49 | 6. The slaughter of innocence, a requiem for the mighty | 4:49 | 6. The slaughter of innocence, a requiem for the mighty | 4:49 | ||
| 7. At the haunted gallows of dawn | 3:38 | 7. At the haunted gallows of dawn | 3:38 | 7. At the haunted gallows of dawn | 3:38 | ||
| 8. Christfire | 4:19 | 8. Christfire | 4:19 | 8. Christfire | 4:19 | ||
| 9. Within the ruins of eden | 5:57 | 9. Within the ruins of eden | 5:57 | 9. Within the ruins of eden | 5:57 | ||
| 10. The danse macabre | 3:42 | 10. The danse macabre | 3:42 | 10. The danse macabre | 3:42 | ||
| 11. The beckoning (an eternity of darkness) | 1:06 | 11. The beckoning (an eternity of darkness) | 1:06 | 11. The beckoning (an eternity of darkness) | 1:06 | ||
| total time | 47:15 | total time | 47:15 | total time | 47:15 | ||
The Slaughter of Innocence, a Requiem for the Mighty
From the darkest kaos from beyond this time
I shall free my wings as our souls align
Mortal barriers are falling in crippling time
In the moonlighting darkness, the garden divine
For invoking the dark, and the blood of its Lord
It shall punish the weak with its bestial sword
The innocent blood sacrificed in the night
Within darkness comes rapture in beautiful sight
Feel the midnight's pull
The answers to darkness and dreams in full
For only as eternity unfolds
Lie the secrets within a funeral toll
Slain by the hand too close to see
Prism in their eyes for eternity
Blessedly fading for all to see
Painting a picture of hypocrisy
Fraying at the edges of sanity
Beneath its surface a part of me
Unleash the tyrant from within
For no face can see beneath this opaque mask of deadened time
Image that emerges through the wrath and pain combined
Silken dreams of Avalon where shadows dwell for all time
As a demon I roar
Within the fabric of thoughts
My purpose an anchor
And exhale my spirit into the night air
Stained as I fall beneath my shroud
And my flesh anointing tribute to the proud
In a breath from an everless nightfalll enshadowed thee
Fore I am forever as eternity chants its chivalty
As a silhouette in the night
Not of this world of within sunlight
Fore only as eternity unfolds
Lie the secret within a funeral toll
Within the Ruins of Eden
Fire of light, the ancients of dark night
Transcending through the war of passions delight
Feeding on the screams, a prelude to eternity's sigh
Shading like the trees, the gods are on their knees
How thouest darkness fills my dreams
I cannot forget the touch of winters breath
With infinity trapped in a sickening vale
Safe in their dark catatombs darkness unveiled
But a silhouette simply just like a shadow
Is shading the monument longing to overthrow
Ruins of Eden, savage of the demon
And shall spread his wings of eternity
Ripping forth through heaven and unto my dark angel
The fortress of this flesh is lonely and possessed
To a place where time and space are death
On a stagnant pool against the shores of Valhalla
In the presence of the shadows of Knell
They shall suffer in the fires of hell
Dark stagik forces and channelling fire
Fore here I am to walk in the garden of desires
Diabolus is rising forth to awaken the undead
Beyond the graves of shadows raging forth where angels fear to tread
Merely in an eye, of unholy sacrifice
Imprisoned for eternity
Lighting up the sky, the infant born to die
In darkening serenity
I am the dark living part of eternity veiled in the darkness
Breathing the chants hereafter
For deep in the woods I shall dwell in the stream of my languid creator
Dancing with fire in the moonlight
Dancing with fire in the moonlight
SATANAS
Fragments of songs...
Face of the goat in a funeral pyre when darkness sings on a priest with fire :
To breathe the secrets from desires in witchcraft, immortal, salvation I bleed the sky,
For he writhes upon the cross bleeding the jewish lies :
As I pledge forth in allegiance to the dark lord for beyond the cause, upon the cross :
As no face can see beneath this opaque mask of deadened time,
Images emerging of wrath and pain combined
Silken dreams of Avalon where shadows dwell for all time :
Leaving a monument for eternal martyrdome :
Within the haunted gallows of dawn :
In a grace of agony dreaming, ancient sacrifice.
The silent winds enchanted isles teemed with ghosts of their elder days assembled in
the madrigal glare of paling pinks and iron greys
CHRISTFIRE, the burning of christ :
Ruins of Eden savage of the demon and shall spread his wings of eternity,
Ripping forth through heaven and unto my dark angel,
For I am the dark living part of eternity,
Veiled in the darkness breathing their chants hereafter,
For deep in the woods, I shall dwell in the stream of my languid creator,
Dancing with fire in the moonlight :
His dream ablazed with accursed fire of regret and eternal virgils,
Hallowing the night, temptation, lust compiled of satanic sigils,
Compiling the DANSE MACABRE.
Lyrics in plain text format
Jon : All Vocals & Satanic Poetry
Paul : Bass Guitar
Robert : Drums
Marc : Guitars
Nigel : Guitars / Acoustic Guitars
Michael : Orchestra & Choir of the Damned
Recorded January 20th to February 3rd 1997 under a full moon.
Enigineered & Produced by Andy Sneap
Mixed by Hecate Enthroned & Andy Sneap
Ambiencs & Mastering by Tin Turan
All lyrics by Jon
All music by Hecate Enthroned
Satanicus symbol & Baphomet / Kaos by Jon & Marc
Christfire art by Paul
Goetia & At the Haunted Gallows of Dawn by Michael
All band photography by Paul Campbell
Cover & Tracklist photography by Simon Marsden
Design & Layout by Hecate Enthroned & Ady @ PHD
With this CD all expectations from "Upon Promeathean Shores" came out. It's a brilliant kind of Melodic Black metal, which puts Hecate Enthroned right in the top of the genre with Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir and bands like that I think. The music is still a brilliant combination of extreme fast and slower parts, of very high and very low grunts, of keyboards and guitars. It's just a great cd, and especially the first few songs are masterpieces I think.
Rating: 7.5 out of 10
