BLOODGOD LYRICS

1. Valar Morghulis

Valar morghulis
death will come for all
No craft, no artifice
can stop the destined pall

Death brings deliverance
mercy to the slave
It restores the balance
no masters in the grave

The faceless men
their names forsaken
a chthonic cult of assassins
devoted to death's transformation

Valar dohaeris
serve the many-faced god
Killing as catharsis
worshiping through blood
Bestow the gift of death
a fatal sacrament
To expel one's breath
is benevolent

The faceless men
their names forsaken
a chthonic cult of assassins
devoted to death's transformation

Valar morghulis
All men must die
Valar dohaeris
All men must serve

Every death, every cut
every welling of blood
is an act of worship
to Him of Many Faces

Only death can pay for life.

[Inspired by George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, and the TV series Game of Thrones, in particular the mysterious cult of assassins known as the Faceless Men, who worship Death.]

2. Catharsis

Now, with your eyes adjusted to the dim light in the club
You perceive the bar, get a drink, check the merch, hope the sound guy will speed up

This is your life, it's ending one moment at a time
Pogo, skank, or stage dive – all dancing is sublime
Circle pit and wall of death, you get knocked off your feet
The taste of blood and sweat, catharsis is complete

Ear-splitting and hot as hell
The toxic waltz is fierce
Moshing and slamming and breaking necks
while cries of rage through heavy riffs pierce

Raise your horns and scream along
Forget about all daily shit
Full of adrenaline and testosterone, you're ready to join the pit

This is your life, it's ending one moment at a time
Pogo, skank, or stage dive – all dancing is sublime
Circle pit and wall of death, you get knocked off your feet
The taste of blood and sweat, catharsis is complete

Dive in and mosh it up
Fuck bullies with their flying kicks
When someone's down you lift him up
No need for dirty tricks

This is good clean violent fun
the best you've ever had
If you ain't been there, you won't understand
Bonding by thrashing like mad

This is your life, it's ending one moment at a time
Pogo, skank, or stage dive – all dancing is sublime
Circle pit and wall of death, you get knocked off your feet
The taste of blood and sweat, catharsis is complete

This is your life, it's ending one moment at a time
Pogo, skank, or stage dive – all dancing is sublime
Circle pit and wall of death, you get knocked off your feet
The taste of blood and sweat, catharsis is complete

[Entering the mosh pit is good clean violent fun and a great outlet for energetic stress release that may even bring spiritual renewal in the process.]

3. Hammerite

This is a periodic tale
of strength and stainless glory
at war with time and entropy
forged from flames to prevail

Blood-coloured corrosion
Compounds intrude like a Trojan

These reactionary elements
must come to a grinding halt
Their covert assault
is a ceaseless imminence

The united forces of water and air
infiltrate the army of zinc phosphate to impair

Resist the rust
Hammerite
The alkyd arms convert decay
Hammerite
It shields from harms

The tables have turned,
advantage now reversed

Blood-coloured corrosion
Compounds intrude like a Trojan
Now an idle feat

This is not about metalcore
Hammerite
It's all about metalcare
Hammerite

[A humble attempt to write an epic metal song about rust. The equivalent of watching paint dry...]

4. 't Schrickelik Tempeest

Zie hoe de dom tot de hemel reikt
onaantastbaar over het volk uitkijkt

Duizend jaar fundering
het trotse symbool van vrome verering

Gegeseld door het schrickelik tempeest

Tot die fatale dag, als hitte broeit
een zomerbries tot tornado uitgroeit

Het godshuis in minuten geveld
door het meedogenloze stormgeweld

De doden verpletterd, de domkerk vernield, Utrecht ontzield

Gegeseld door het schrickelik tempeest
straffe gods of teken van het beest?

Gegeseld door het schrickelik tempeest
straffe gods of teken van het beest?

Anderhalve eeuw stilte na de storm
de desolate puinhoop is enorm

['t Schrickelik Tempeest, meaning 'the horrible tempest' in old Dutch, is about the violent storm of August 1, 1674 that hit the episcopal cathedral in Utrecht and turned the nave of the church into ruins. The rubble then remained for over 150 years.]

5. Satan's Smile

Progress fades
The end of the line
A new creed
Cruelty enshrined

Infidels and gentiles
Make bulging graves
When limbs dissolve
Stack 'em on piles

Reason stands trial
In the new Dark Ages
And shining bright
Is Satan's smile

Kill, maim, and burn
A bloodgod glorified
See the smirk of saints
Dialogue denied

Pungent fumes
Scorched earth policy
Heartless horrors
Epitome of doom

Reason stands trial
In the new Dark Ages
And shining bright
Is Satan's smile

Kill, maim, and burn
A bloodgod glorified

[The most heinous and the most cruel crimes of which history has record, have been committed under the cover of religion. Crusades, jihads, fanatical sect violence, the inquisition, faith-driven terrorist attacks, countless bloody wars – religion has been spreading dogmas of hatred as well as practicing bigotry, discrimination and judgement since the beginning of mankind.]







BLOODGOD LYRICS