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Under the tomb skies
06:07
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The moon hanging lifeless
Aboove my ancient tomb
When I end my slumber
I wake to a cold world
Amid the desolation
How many centuries
Did I sleep in the cradle of darkness?
I remember the ritual
The candles in circle
Stones flowing with blood
And I beheld the grave
The grave
Bottomless and hollow
A gate has been opened
At the schism
Immemorial corpses
Come forth to welcome me
Paleness above
Pouring tears amid the mist
Vast and dead landscape
A merciless sight
Despair in a starless winter
Devoid of existence
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Sacrifice in the depths
08:17
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Under nocturnal shroud
They walk the path (revealed only by the moon)
Worship the will that dwells in the depths
In chains and blood upon the stained altar
The calling inside the dark
Through the portal to the mist
Nine is their number
Death is their goal
Amid the skeletal grounds
Yearning for the beyond
Vast halls of pain
They pass through by the light of the flames
There by crimson blade
Life meets the unmerciful end
In these ruined grounds
Rotting with wastes of human scraps
Flesh is opened in agony
The waills travel across the air
Laments of horror
Souls in misery
And he, at the end of the pit
Malevolent spirit, centuries old
He who crawled from the pits
Beyond the stars
A dimension of suffering
He delights by horror in display
Souls in misery
Those who have been chosen
Their deaths will feed
An evil beyond the understanding of men
The voice, speaking in unknown tongue
Calls for sacrifice
Eternally (unsatisfied)
The sacrifice is consummated
At the depths of this hell
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The spires of Alcorath
08:33
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Encoffined in ice
Beyond the horizons
Follow the trail of misery
Towards the prison of life
Beyond the reach of mortal eyes
There stood the spires of Alcorath
Their heads extended to the heavens
Testimony to a once horrid kingdom
Where smoke as black as coal
Scorched life
Dungeon of iniquities
Under forgotten skies
Where once flesh suffered
Now freezing fog extends
Countless times
Hope has vanished
Under the burden
Of the hammer
In halls of black stone
There was no mercy
Death surrounds the castle
Wherein the tyrant commands his opression
Centuries in bloodshed
The bane of all light
Talling over the dead landscape
Denying oblivion
Whispering echoes from the cells
Remembrances of horror
How many souls broken?
By the yoke of his curse?
Frozen memories
The tyrant still above his throne
Watches with empty eyes
His kingdom sunk into silence
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From the shadow lands
08:14
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Beyond the vast vegetation
Exists a valley amid fog and cold
In times before memory
A fetid swamp
In the deepest region
A land in black
Its shadows never stirred
No moon or stars at sight
For light never reaches this dank valley
Creatures from the blackest pits of existence
Gather around the mist
Answering a voiceless call
That beats inside the darkness
For in the first lights (of this age)
The stars wept above the dried earth
In ethereal black cry
Primeval skies stood to attest
The caught of nothingness
Upon the land
And many were attracted
The shapeless beasts
And the eye of men
For the caller inside
Never ceases to beckon
Like a web above the skies
By the shores of
Deep bottomless waters
Pale figures dance
By the hills
Macabre rituals are performed
The worship of shadows
Gathering of beasts
In obscene mass
Inside the darkest fantasies
Hidden from light
The call grows stronger
The land in the valley of night
Blooms with decadence
And in sempiternal twilight
The shadows are ever walking
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Behind dying lights
08:11
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Freezing winds blowing
From every corner of this valley
I climb and reach the highest peak
From where I see the sun dying
Pitch black silence
Unending ritual
The skies are lost
Behind black clouds
No more warmth
The cold hand of the night
Descending upon the land
No more sun
Hidden by the tides of time
The shadows grow
To engulf every inch of this sight
Pitch black silence
Unending ritual
The stillness around
The mist surrounds me
Majestic and hollow
In arms of sorrow
No sun on my path
Towards the dead hills
Piercing winds of frost
They howl intensely
For the hour has arrived
I shall enter the dark
And once inside I'll see
The light forever banished
And there, at the center
Surrounded by the beigns
That prowl in the night
I beheld the face
Eyes emptied and gaunt
And for me
The night became eternal
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Arrival of the void
05:09
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The omens were written
Laid there for those who want to see
Whispers across the air
The earth thunders under its advance
Clouds gathered in ominous portent
A night of freezing touch
Beheld the arrival of the void
Those who refused to see
Were blinded forever
The wind howling, the skies broke
And the soul of men was stolen
From that dread, under sulfur clouds
Those of us who still had eyes
Escaped from ruin
As the skies wept at our backs
Upon the spirit of men
A suffocating shroud
Without battle or resistance
Freedom was taken away
And the shackles perpetuate
In the blackness of days
Through paths in thorns
We walked
The grip of spiritual death
We refused
But still we ran away
And heard the voice
The calling from the stars
Whispering:
"Here be the sons of destiny"
We are alive!
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Through paths forgotten
08:39
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Standing in front of a starry sky
I stand amid these mountains
Walking roads of old
Alone in everlasting cosmos
Voices from beyond
Voices of wisdom
They guide my spirit
To enter the paths of old
To enter paths forgotten
Forever they shalt be praised
Their names inscribed in time
Underneath a lake in darkness
Above the tallest trees
Beneath a starry sky
I stand amid these mountains of old
Wisdom of times past
And ever present
They are reborn inside
In me they will endure
Our nature will linger on
Remembrance
The battles and strenght that were
The century of changes approaching
I will stand as stone to attest
The revival of what is ours
Remebrance
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Ancient Gate Argentina
Coming from the Southern wastes, Ancient Gate was given birth to play black metal in the style of Blut Aus Nord (old),
Darkthrone, Judas Iscariot, etc.
This gate to forgotten worlds is opened by Ildrac, who performs all instruments and vocals.
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