This starry wisdom at the place of crossing
Will start the profound change of ego
Succumb to the mood of hopelessness
Esoteric orders will come forth at the place of descent
Pass and repass at the foot of night
The unconscious anatomy of overwhelming depression
As you lay yourself down in the gaping tomb
Lonesome you listen to the sacred sounds
Bright shining mental sun will fade
Into candlelight and blackened anima
Resist your darkened self
Like a spider poisoning its own creation
Hollow echoes reach your tormented ears
I'll hear no more of these ungracious sounds
These rushing winds sweep these endless graveyards
The ego will crumble at your touch
Sucked up deeper in the marsh
Self-loathing, self-hatred, reach delusional proportions
True nature will turn you into silence and sleep
At this place of contact, where growth and decay touch
The she-goat will colour your temple blood red
You will bathe in the darkest colour
Loss of warmth, hope and love
Paths of joy lead to the nethermost caverns
You fat yourself for the empire of maggots
This is the predicament of the spiritus and anima
The corpus fares no better
Passing the crossing
Body filled with rank poison
Mortal inflation of the veins
Below the place of descent
Tortured by the boar's tusk
Racked by the pains of abortive birth
Intestines turned to stone
Dark are these long extended realms and wastes
Never changing twilight
Names once named are now forgotten
Night gaunts
Buried midst the wreck of things that were
In the greyness where this thundering silence reigns
In the cofin of eternal life
My floating self
I am the illustrus dead
supported by 18 fans who also own “AARD. The fermentation of sol and luna in the black foliated earth.”
it feels like something of great meaning broke and now there are pieces scattered all around. smoke and dust everywhere. there is a certain bitter beauty to this chaos that you can experience here.
this album is something i often deeply feel and can access through these tunes. thank you so much for that. coo__hoolio
supported by 14 fans who also own “AARD. The fermentation of sol and luna in the black foliated earth.”
With the first half epitomizing the full realization of loss after the fact and the second epitomizing the first wave of grief that follows, this LP acts as a continuation of Hell I, with the first act near identical in theme and composition as MSW's previous album and the second act marking the transition in MSW's sound to one that is a bit more emotional in nature and melodic at times. This album bridges the gap between Hell I and Hell III in terms of stylistic differences. MSW fans, buy this. Camelus Dromedarius
Dark electronic music gets warped and clobbered on the latest from Author & Punisher. Brooding, cutting, and claustrophobic. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 18, 2017
An ambitious, yet tightly executed, death metal debut that trades in crushing riffs, funereal effects, and even the odd Shakespeare quote. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 25, 2023