Hear their fervent prayers whispered in veils
And witness the rivers of tears
I will enter beneath shadowed foliage into Eden
On belly, through dust, approaching Your reflection
Enticing their lips to drink from my offering drawn from a wellspring of knowledge
Where I laid the foundations for the first and final revelations
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone as he himself is cast from the cradle of existence
Another son scorned in testament to His righteousness
Cursed and banished as I, you are marked with abomination
My open arms welcome you and close in to tighten around your neck
Constricted by fear
Shaken by wrath
Kill your brother and tarnish the crops with his blood
Wailing to Abba
From this field of bones you shall erect Enoch
Enlightened by the words of unknown fury
Strangle compassion and tear her insides
Relentless, she fanatically gasps, "please, please spare me!"
In acts of domination are you satisfied?
You will die in your own sins
Gnashing of teeth
You will weep
The forbidden fruit and its purity begin to rot
Amidst those truths I sowed
Truth I sowed
You who taste its succulence will succumb to tasteless desire
And all your days become vain pursuits
Vain pursuit
I don't really like black metal much. But... this is pitched far enough from the archetypes of the genre that I can actually enjoy it as the beautiful piece of progressive metal that it is. Lethologica82
I'm not sure bands like Death, Morbid Angel, Mayhem (OLD) or Darkthrone ever quite imagined something like this... Extreme metal has come a very long way, and albums such as this one are not only amazing in and of themselves, but likely also hint at a very strange future for metal indeed... dyingstarsinmyeyes