Walk unpardoned
Walk with guilt
Walk with hate
Through churches, abandoned
Where relics of hope may haunt
And angels may bury their faces for the lust of men
Oh, the bliss of this glorious thought
That my sin, in whole, shall be nailed to flesh to bear forevermore
Oh, praise the Lord!
For He is good
Eli! Eli! Lama sabachthani!
Jesus crying on Golgotha as persona of embedded regrets
Imago Dei, ridden with Thy faults
When You gaze upon me looking into void
Do You remember Your personal plagues?
Those things You could conjure (the wisdoms of good and evil)?
Be still when You rest Your head and haste my departure
Omit my existence as I pass the arches
Where screams are mute of the prodigals that never returned home
Heed not aromas of burning carrion nor evaporating tears from the oceans of fire
They will kindle as effigies for Thy vices
Amen
Conviction hurts as gripping thorns
Sundered via dolorosa
Hallelujah!
Every sound but the crackling, drowned
Every feeling but caressing flame, gone
And it feels as though this always was
The second death is sempiternal
Oh, praise the Lord!
For He is good
Ἡ εἰκών was an impressive debut, but way too short! Luckily, Ψευδομένη arrives to satisfy the urge for more of what made its precedessor hit hard and fast: some atmospheric moments (don't be deterred as this is still brutal, dissonant and disgusting to the core) and at the same time, J.L. is exploring longer tracks - e.g. my personal favourite - and implementing some cavernous lows. If there's one thing we can all agree on, it's most likely that this man refuses to stand still. What a pace! David Fischer
What a BEAST of an album. When it comes to blending black metal and mathcore, these guys and Hoplites are the clear leaders of the pack. This album is sheer annihilation of everything in it's path. Pure chaos and destruction. And it is beautiful. Ryan
Ultime album de Serpent Column, Kathodos est une perle rare de black metal. Ce qui saute aux yeux, c'est le soin apporté à la dimension technique : Theophonos créé un ensemble d'une cohésion parfaite et utilise des jeux d'échos avec des riffs dévastateurs qui vont et reviennent de manière différente ("Kathodos"/"Anodos", première et septième pistes, etc.). Cet album est en somme un moyen de nous enfermer dans un palais des glaces sur lequel Theophonos tire à coups de boulets de canons. Insane ! Jordan Vauvert