Lord K. Philipson - Guitars, Guitars (acoustic), Bass, Keyboards, Programming, Vocals (backing)
Jörgen Sandström - Vocals
Dirk Verbeuren - Drums
Ellinor Asp - Vocals (female)
Guests:
Lasse Johansson - Guitars (lead)
Johan Hegg - Vocals (additional) (tracks 2, 4, 5)
Lawrence Mackrory - Vocals (additional) (track 3) |
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Lord K. Philipson - Mixing
Marko Saarelainen - Design, Layout
Dan Swanö - Mixing
Ogino Design - Cover art |
I come back to this Earth for a final time
Reborn Of Chaos And Carnal Pleasures
I’ve become divine
Bringing fire to the masses
Ever charging forward without fear
on through the ashes
Sink my teeth into the flesh
of the depraved and saved
At the edge of the abyss I stare into their graves
Death Ritual Covenant
Onwards to victory,
there is light but it’s not for me
Death on my side - Death Ritual Covenant
Death is my bride - Death Ritual
Death on my side - Death Ritual Covenant
Death on my side - Death Ritual Covenant
All for one and one for none
Sacrifice me, and sacrifice the born to be
None for all and all for none
Sacrifice this tragedy of sanity
I have returned
I have returned to burn this Earth
The ascension of sin
Harlots and whores who serve
Become your darkness within
I have returned to walk among you
The Deceiver in flesh
Like rain my wrath pours down
Today is my last day to live
Tomorrow everything will be gone
And now I have tasted your blood
Your sins and your soul will forever be in me
Soulless, let us be your darkness within
To bid farewell to The Saviour
Creator of mankind depraving The Holy Earth
[ Solo: Lasse Johansson ]
Walk this path to where it all will end
Through storms and plagues I walk
Leave everything behind
Walk this path to where it all will end
Through storms and plagues I walk
And finally I’m blind
I have returned to burn this Earth
The last deliverance
Harlots and whores who serve my cause
Be their enemy
I have returned to burn this Earth
The last temptation
Harlots and whores who serve my cause
You’re the final redemption
Heaven will unite with Hell
Loss of life will serve Him well
So hear the roar of this lion
The sheep are hunted down
By my side, purified
The stench of human sacrifice
Heaven will unite with Hell
Loss of life will serve me well
Blinded by the light of God
You spill your blood in His name
In vain, forever eternal shame
Raped by the light, disgraced by the lies
Darkness falls upon mankind
You shed your blood in thy name
Eternal shame, I Profane
Killed by the light
The end of mankind, the end of everything
The end of everything
The end of everything
The end of everything
My eyes are as a flame of fire
And on my head are many crowns
Lust, grief and harlotry, all is given unto thee
You’re but one of the blind
when there are glorious sights to see
My eyes are as a flame of fire
And on my head are many crowns
My eyes are as a flame of fire
The ending time has begun
I hear the echo of death slowly fading
Echo of death, massive death
The echo of death slowly fading
Echo of death, ritual
Death Ritual Covenant
I hear the echo of death slowly fading
Echo of death, the echo of death
See the Bringer of all fevers and plagues
The one who walks besides thee
He who brings you to your death
As the choirs sing their elegy
Massive Death Ritual Covenant
[ Solo: Lasse Johansson ]
The gods are dead and so am I
For our sins we’re crucified
The gods are blind, carved out eyes
For our sins, immortalized
I have returned to kill the Earth
The icon shall arise
Whoring daughters and their fathers
Hell is by my side
We have returned to plague this world
Your God has fallen
His lying breed who serve my cause
Death Ritual Torment
02. The Eating of the Impure Young
The arrival of the Beast below
He is summoned to be frowned upon
Rise up! Rise up, all of you who speak!
The truth of slavery, the truth of endless slavery
The eating of the impure young
The eating of the impure young
The eating of the impure young
The eating of the impure young
The eating of the impure young
The eating of the impure young
Pray to God
Save me from my disbelief, this harlotry
Burn His eyes as heavens weep
This misery is all that is
As darkness descends, be the core of the Earth
Forsaken is His name
Descend from above, your unholy Lord
And you repent! You repent! You repent!
As darkness arrives there’s no light, no rebirth
Bless the feast, the eating of the impure young
We lust on their flesh and by demons we’re blessed
Praise the feast, the eating of the impure young
Many names, no faces, no regrets
Torn chapels, burnt chapters and no regrets
Thy Saviour, a failure, no regrets
Your Father is a lie
Sins, walk with me through these charred remains
Believe in me and you will see eternity
Walk with me through the void of death
These sights, so glorious
Where is my Saviour when I need Him?
Where is my Father when I need Him?
[ Solo: Lasse Johansson ]
The eating, so deceiving, the eating of the young
The Blood Design of the impure one
The eating, so revealing, deny the Son
The eating of the impure young
My teeth of vengeance will be
sunk into the holy flesh
My mouth of darkness will devour all His holiness
These hands are built for carnage
and the burial of your Father
So let the blood be spilled
and see us celebrate our death
Silence, silence for all those who fear Him
Silence, silence for all those who are Him
Silence, silence for all those who fear Him
Silence, silence for all those who are Him
Why? Why?
Why have you forsaken your own breed?
Why? Why? Why?
I smear your God, The Almighty
I smear your God
These impure young, kill them all! Kill them all!
I smear your God
Drown the child inside His womb of shame
Unspeak their words and forget their names
I smite the dead ones, the ones you love
I smear your God
The burning of His children in all its glory
In Heaven as on Earth, purgatory
I smear your God, I smear your God
Seven, the sins that we depend upon
Become the soul, be the flesh
Walk through the gateways
To where the gallows stand tall
[ Solo: Lasse Johansson ]
Celebrate the burning of the House of God
Become perversion, become His wrath
Walk through the gateways
To where the gallows stand
Crawling, falling, through centuries of carnage
Mass redemption of souls your God has forsaken
Crawling, falling, through centuries of murder
Mass destruction of divinity
and all that He stands for
The arrival of the beast below
He is summoned to be frowned upon
Rise up! Rise up, all of you who speak!
Rise up! Rise up! Rise up! Rise up!
Rise up! Rise up! Rise up! Rise up!
Stand up, rejoice! Become the flames
Repent! Repent! Behold the end
Rise up, rise up! Forget their names
Rejoice! Forgive! Ascend! Deceive!
[ Solo: Lasse Johansson ]
Forgive the weak and their insanity
and for what they’ve done
Forgive their blindness and their worship
of what will never come
Forgive their God for leading them
to a false paradise
Forgive them all for being useless
03. Legions
I am legions
The Lord is not my shepherd for I am not a sheep
The kingdom of the sickening
is where they live and breathe
Arise through the ashes, as Phoenix among men
The kingdom of the crucified,
His followers and His reign
The Lord will be my shepherd
For, yes, you are His sheep
The beauty of His light
n Hell your soul will be
In hope I walk with Him
In death you walk with me
I spread my wings and fly
In Hell for eternity
This time there’s no return
This time everything will burn
If you could see what I have seen
This time there’s no return
This time we all will burn
If you could see what I have seen
There would be no faith in you
No faith in the legions that betrayed me
No faith in the legions that failed me
No faith in the legions that betrayed me
No faith in thee
No faith!
I deny! I deny this horde of parasites
I’m the light! I’m the light! I deny!
I defy! I’m the light! Kill them all!
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill them all!
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill them all!
Serpent Christ, I deny you!
Kill them all, kill them all!
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill them all!
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill them all!
Kill the preachers who have failed you!
Kill them all, kill them all!
These visions in blood foresee the end of your God
I’m the King in this legion of vermin
Death is my name, I bring mankind to its grave
It is carved into my flesh
A liar decrowned in filth and disgust
He is a slave in His legion of snakes
Deceit is His name, he brings His kind
to their graves
I burn my name into His flesh
Awaken from this rapture
Save me from this nightmare
[ Solo: Lasse Johansson ]
Tragedy, it’s such a tragedy
Willing to die for someone
who wouldn’t die for you
Tragedy, it’s such a tragedy
Tragedy to die in vain for His insane reign
Travesty, it’s such a travesty
I will not die for someone who will not die for me
Heresy, the words of heresy
Tongue of the snake, the venomous insane reign
I witness the end of humanity
Coming down as storms through the sky
This is the day when man becomes snakes
All seals are finally broken
And all trumpets are blown
Chaos and fire reign above all
I witness the birth of insanity
Coming down as death through the sky
I spew my venom into His birth
Their hearts painted with blood
Behold their eyes purified with heresy
I am legions, forever to be
The words of the heretic
We are now doomed to destruction
The charm of this serpent’s death
Ascend and destroy, revelation
He speaks of death and sin
We are now one with destruction
The lies that lie within
Descend and destroy, revelation
A beautiful sound from the distance
I wonder who this might be...
I prayed to my Saviour to save me
I think He’s coming for me...
Orchestrated murder, creating symphonies of death
Desecrate the ground where we have burnt His flesh
Orchestrated murder, creating symphonies of death
Desecrate the ground where we have buried you and yours
The sound of total darkness,
this beautiful deafening sound
Orchestrated murder, orchestrated bliss
[ Solo: Lasse Johansson ]
This time there’s no return
This is the time when your Son will burn
If you could see what He has seen
Liar!
This time there’s no return
This time we all must burn
If you could be what I’ve become
There would be no faith in you
There would be no faith in you
There would be no liar
[ Solo: Lasse Johansson ]
I am legions
No faith in the legions that betrayed me
No faith in the legions that failed me
No faith in the legions that enslaved me
No faith, I am legions!
No faith in the legions that betrayed me
No faith in the legions that failed me
No faith in the legions that enslaved me
No faith in me
04. Through Fire There Is Cleansing
As we behold the burning of their souls
The sky is falling down on us
Incinerate their feeble race and what’s to come
Now crown me the new King, The Betrayer
Remove their tongues for they must not speak
Carve out their eyes for they must not see
Remove their ears for they must not hear
Carve out their hearts, carve out their hearts
Consumed by fire as I scream
Through fire there is cleansing
I’m Serpent Christ, I am obscene
When they see, they shall lust
I’m falling further down, I burn
Through fire there is cleansing
I shall forever return through fire
Words of I –The Heretic
Regret all Summon the armies of His Majesty’s downfall
Consumed by fire as I scream
Through fire there is cleansing
I’m Serpent Christ, I am obscene
When they see they shall know
I’m falling further down, I burn
Through fire there is cleansing
I shall forever return through fire
Through fire, through fire
[ Solo: Lasse Johansson ]
Acts of I – The Derelict
His grand fall
See me, I lick His wounds as if they were my own
Words of I – The Heretic
Reject all
Summon the demons of His kingdom’s downfall
See the blood run from the altar
Unholy coronation, the death of your God
Perversed temptation
Your false beliefs are shattered
Hammered into His cross
Feed me the children of your Lord
So let them be my feast
Drink the blood of me, The Beast
A sacrificial mass, the death of your God
Perversion of temptation
All your gods are murdered
Hammered down into His cross
Feed me your guilt
Invoke me! Serve me!
Consumed by fire as I scream
Through fire there is cleansing
I’m Serpent Christ, I’ll intervene
When they burn they shall live
I’m falling further down, I burn
Through fire there is cleansing
I shall forever return through fire
I’m the first of the first and the last of the last
My armor is treason, my sword is regret
In Hell I’m the first of the first
Down here, I finally sleep
And the last of the last
Unsaved, I no longer weep
My shield is disgust
Farewell, through fire I speak
Let none survive!
I travel alone, through fire He arrived
He has returned to bring me back unscathed
Unraveled, alone
I suffer alone, through fire I arrived
I am the unknown, through darkness He arrives
When these words are heard
I’m ashes in your mouth
When all whores are burnt
Like ashes in your mouth
There are no masters
When these words are heard
I’m ashes in your mouth
Where I reside there are no masters
When all whores are burnt
Like ashes in your mouth
When I am done there are no masters
No masters, just graves
Behold the burning of their souls
See the sky in flames
The heir to the Serpent Throne
The new King, The Betrayer
They dwell in the darkness of their graves
The Betrayer, I will betray
Now crown me the new King, The Betrayer
This day, the day of treachery
I will betray, I will betray
Consumed by fire as I scream
Watch them crumble here before me
I’m Serpent Christ, I am obscene
I am the enemy in flesh
I’m falling further down, I burn
The rightful heir to this carnage
I shall forever return
Through fire there is birth
Consume my fire, be with Him
Through fire there is cleansing
I’m Serpent Christ, I’m the Unseen
When they burn they shall live
I’m falling further down to burn
Through fire there is cleansing
I will not ever return
Through fire
05. Inferno
I wake you from your slumber
Servant of whores, your time is now
These ashes are your children
Never again they’ll walk this soil
With heaven torn asunder
Remnants of the Holy Lord
Is what I’ve left behind me
Leave it all unseen
This beauty – Inferno
My loved one – Inferno
This kingdom – Inferno
Victorious – Inferno
Dawn of chaos, Earth turning to black
Dawn of darkness, soil turning to blood
Dawn of anger, man turning to dust
This inferno, dishonor your God
I’ve seen your death become me
As I’ve become the death of you
This treason is upon me
Which I will celebrate eternally
Your Saviour died before me
I bid farewell by His side and celebrated darkness
Our time is now
Inferno! Inferno!
Inferno! Inferno!
Inferno!
You’re saved and you’re forsaken, my child
This bliss of God, this curse of men
The seven seals broken one by one
Kneel!
As I come forth there’ll be no survivors
Lay down your crown and sleep forevermore
Now hear me roar, denying the liars
Reap what I sow in this inferno
Rage and disgust I’ve come to admire
So lay down your crown and sleep forevermore
Reap what I sow, reap what I sow
Reap what I sow and sleep forevermore
Everyone must bow down before me!
Everyone must bow down before me!
Everyone must bow down before me!
Everyone must bow down before me!
So spread your wings of famine and hatred
Descend, Oh Mighty Father of Repentance
On this day I’m going to be sharing my bloodline
On this day I’m going to become this inferno
On this day I’m going to be sharing my bloodline
On this day I’m going to become this inferno
Inferno
You ask, you shall receive
You ask, you will believe
Your lies are not for me
Inferno
You ask, you shall receive
Your lies are not for me
[ Solo: Lasse Johansson ]
All bow down before me
Amen! Amen!
All bow down before me
Amen! Amen!
All bow down before me
Amen! Amen!
All bow down before me
Amen!
[ Solo: Lasse Johansson ]
I am Inferno, I am Inferno
Kneel before me!
I am Inferno, I am Inferno
06. Solemn
Close these eyes, solid darkness inside
Ask for atonement, mourner’s lament is me
Betrayed by the traitors, unblessed by the saviors
Scorned be His sorrows, the end of all times is me
Hear them speak no more
Of their rights to my throne
Their rights died with them,
their glory died with them
For they are all forlorn
Bleed here in my arms, bleed eternally
This crown is yours, my life is yours
My sins are always yours
They don’t ask for sympathy,
they don’t ask for agony
But they ask for purity to secure their bloodline
Seductress of Light, temptress of God
I loathe you!
Seductress of Light, temptress of God
I loathe you!
I repent, I am shame
I regret all this blame
I resent, I am blame I
repent, I am shame
I am shame!
Lord, cast your light upon them so they can see
I’m feared by many but challenged by none
Lord, my words are written in blood for them to read
And they will be spoken for all time to come
Solemn... Solemn... Solemn... Solemn...
Solemn... Solemn... Solemn... Solemn...
[ Solo: Lasse Johansson ]
Depraved, enslaved
Betrayed and slain
You came to make amends
I came to bring the end
[ Solo: Lasse Johansson ]
I say goodbye in this solemn moment we share
Death Ritual Covenant is what we are
[ Solo: Lasse Johansson ]