DARK FUNERAL LYRICS

1. Ravenna Strigoi Mortii

[Music by Lord Ahriman. Lyrics by Emperor Magus Caligula]

AS THE NIGHT OPENS, I SEE YOUR FACE IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON.
I SEE YOUR GLIMMERING EYES, REFLECTED BY THE GLITTERING SNOW.
FROZEN WINDS, WHINES OVER THE SILENT LANDSCAPE.
THE ONLY SOUND I HEAR, ARE THE STROKES OF YOUR WINGS.
RAVENNA, STRIGOI MORTII.
OH, COUNTESS IN BLACK, YOU WHO RIDES ON STORMY WINDS.
PRIMEVAL GODDESS, WHO'S NAME IS SPOKEN WITH FEAR.

THUNDER ROAR, LIGHTING STRIKES.
UNLOCK YOUR DEMON GATE.
COME FORTH, THE SERPENT'S QUEEN.
TORTURE BE THY NAME.

I GIVE TO YOU THIS SACRIFICE, TAKE THIS CHILD.
LEND ME ONE OF YOUR SERPENT EYES, TO SEE BEYOND THE DEMON GATES!!!

I INVOKE THE FLYING GODDESS, COME OUT FROM THE GORGE OF NIGHT.
SPREAD YOUR DARKENED WINGS, AND SOAR ABOVE THE GROUND.
RAVENNA, STRIGOI MORTII.
CAST THY SHADOW OVER EARTH, IN ANSWER OF MY CALLS.

DEMONIC BEAUTY, I SUMMON THEE.
THE INFERNAL MISTRESS OF THE UNDER WORLD.
FROM THE DARKEST DEPTHS OF THE ABYSS,
THAT HOLDS LIEGE ONLY FOR YOU.
WITH YOUR MALICE, AND YOUR SPITE.
WE COMMAND THE UTTER DESTRUCTION OF LIGHT.
SO COME FORTH, SERPENT QUEEN.
LEND ME YOUR FLAME OF HATE.

2. Enriched By Evil

[Music by Lord Ahriman & Typhos. Lyrics by Emperor Magus Caligula]

SATAN - ANGEL OF DARKNESS CARRY ME
THROUGH THE SEVENTH GATE.
TAKE ME TO THE REGIONS OF EVIL, LET YOUR
FLAMES SURROUND MY SOUL.

I HAVE GIVEN YOU MY MORTAL LIFE I WEAR
YOUR MARKS WITH PRIDE.
YOU WERE THE RAZOR IN MY FLESH NOW TAKE
MY BLACKENED SOUL.
ENRICH ME WITH THE POWERS OF EVIL.
LET ME STAND BY YOUR THRONE.
LET ME BECOME A SOLDIER OF DARKNESS.
FOR YOU I'LL RAISE MY SWORD.

IN MY HEART YOUR BLACK FLAME BURNS.
MY EYES ARE COLD AS DEATH MY BLOOD IS RIVERS OF HATE.
I AM THE VERY ESSENCE OF EVIL!!!!
EVIL!!!
YOUR WINGS WILL CARRY ME THROUGH THE DARKENED SKIES.
FAR BEYOND THE REALMS WHERE LIGHT NO MORE SHINES.
MY EYES REFLECT YOUR FLAME.
FOREVER I WILL REMAIN.

I AM THE ONE, LET ME BE YOUR SON A PRINCE OF EVIL, FATHER.
I AM THE ONE, LET ME BE YOUR SON A PRICE OF EVIL, SATAN.

3. Thy Legions Come

[Music by Lord Ahriman. Lyrics by Emperor Magus Caligula.]

MY WORD WILL SET THIS WORLD AFLAME.
HAIL ME!!!

WAR, WAR, WAR...
THE EARTH TREMBLES, BENEATH THE ALL-CONQUERING
CLOVEN HOOVES OF THE BLACK HORDE FOR A THOUSAND YEARS,
THE HORDE HAS BEEN DENIED THE THRONE.
AND THE WINGS WERE TAKEN FROM OUR LORD!
HE WAS CAST DOWN, INTO THE NETHERWORLD FOREVER.
BUT NOW IT'S TIME FOR US, TO RECLAIM HIS REALM.
AND BRING THIS WORLD INTO, ETERNAL DARKNESS.

[LUCIFER] LORD OF THE EAST, GATHER YOUR BEWINGED LEGIONS OF
THE WIND AND PREPARE TO DEFEND OUR LORD ABOVE THE GROUND.
[SATAN] LORD OF THE SOUTH, SPREAD YOUR INFERNAL FLAMES ACROSS
THE LAND AND GATHER YOUR STRENGTH TO FIGHT FOR THE THRONE.

OH, TYRANNOUS MASTER, BRING HELLISH STORM UPON THE CELESTIAL
KINGDOM SET THE VAULT OF HEAVE, INTO FLAMES
WAR!!!

SET THE LEGIONS FREE, OPEN WIDE YOUR GATES LET THEM STRIKE THE
EARTH, WITH YOUR WRATHFUL HATE LET ME SEE, YOUR MAJESTIC KINGDOM.
RISE BEFORE MY EYES, THE ABODE OF THE DAMNED
LET THE WEAK BE HURLED, INTO YOUR ETERNAL FIRE.
TO PERISH FOREVER MORE.

LISTEN TO ME INFERNAL LEGIONS OH, MIGHTY HORDES OF NIGHTFLYING
DEMONS THROUGHOUT THE DARKNESS THOU SHALLT RIDE JOIN MY WARLORDS
AND FIGHT THE WAR WITH PRIDE.

[LEVIATHAN] LORD OF THE WEST, COMMAND YOUR APOCALYPTIC WAVE TO
BREAK THROUGH THE BARRIER OF THE WEAK.
[BELIAL] LORD OF THE NORTH, MAKE THE EARTH STRONG FOR OUR LEGIONS AND
DO NOT DENY THEM TO TREAD FORBIDDEN LAND.

4. Evil Prevail

[Music by Lord Ahriman & Typhos. Lyrics by Emperor Magus Caligula]

WE COME THROUGH THE DAMPENED FOG FILLED NIGHT.
OUR ARMOUR SHOOK IN MEASURED BEATS.
OUR WEAPONS ARE CARVED WITH THE SYMBOLS OF THE
GREAT DEMON GOD.
WE ARE INLAID WITH GORE AND GRIME.
FROM UNCOUNTED BATTLEFIELDS.
IN THE DISTANT LAND.
THE SMOKE WITNESSES OUR MURDEROUS PATH.

I SUMMON THE FORCE, OF GEBURAH.
LET GO OF YOUR HATE, SO LONG BEEN SEALED.
I NEED YOUR STRENGTH, THAT DWELLS WITHIN YOU.
LEND ME YOUR FLAME, SO THE SINNERS CAN BURN.

CHRISTIAN SOULS CRY, THE SWEET SOUND OF TORMENT.
SURROUNDED BY FLAMES, FOREVER THEY'LL BURN.
ANGELS STRUCK DOWN, EVIL PREVAIL.

LIKE A COLD HATRED STORM, DESCENDED FROM HELL.
WE STRIKE THE EARTH, WITH OUR LORDS FURIOUS HATE.

I SUMMON THE FORCE, OF GEBURAH.
LEND ME YOUR FLAME, SO THE SINNERS CAN BURN.
BURN!!!

5. Slava Satan

[Music by Lord Ahriman. Lyrics by Emperor Magus Caligula]

IN THE NAME, OF HE WHO REIGNS IN THE KINGDOM
OF FIRE AND ICE ARISE YE CREATURE OF SATAN - LORD.
ASCEND YOUR STORMS ACROSS THIS WORLD, AND
ANSWER TO OUR SUMMONING OH, SATAN - LORD.
I AM A CREATURE OF THY CREATION, SPAWN OF
THY FLAME, INFLAME OF THY MIND CARRIER OF THE
ALTERATION LET LIGHTING STORMS HAIL THE
APPROACH OF THY ARRIVAL OH, MIGHTY SATAN - LORD.

EVIL LORD OF THE DARKEST FLAME.
ARISE FROM YOUR GRAVE.
OH, IMMORTAL GOD.
SLAVA SATAN!!!

FLY OUT OVER HOLY DOMINION.
OVER THEIR TEEMING LANDS.
THROUGHOUT THE DARKENED NIGHTSKY.
CARRIED BY YOUR BLIZZARD STORM.
BRING WITH YOU THEIR WORLDS DESTRUCTION.
THAT ABIDE WITHIN THE ABYSS.
ALL-CONQUERING FLYING DEMON.
YOU ARE UNDER MY DOMINATION.

EVIL LORD OF THE DARKEST FLAME.
ARISE FROM YOUR GRAVE.
OH, IMMORTAL GOD.
SLAVA SATAN!!!

EVIL LORD OF THE DARKEST FLAME.
ARISE FROM YOUR GRAVE.
OH, IMMORTAL GOD.
HAIL SATAN!!!

6. The Black Winged Horde

[Music by Lord Ahriman & Typhos. Lyrics by Emperor Magus Caligula.]

OPEN YOUR PORTALS, INFERNAL LORD.
OH, GREAT OPENER OF THE WAY COME FORTH HEAR MY CALLS,
BLAST YE FORTH THROUGH THE GATES UNHOLY MASTER
SPREAD YOUR WINGS FLY THEN HIGH, INTO THE BLOOD RED SKIES.
IT'S TIME TO CLAIM YOUR RIGHTFUL DOMAIN.

SEND OUT YOUR BLACK WINGED HORDE, THROUGH THE NIGHT.
DEFEND THEIR LORD, WHEN ANGELS STRIKE.
UNHOLY WAR, THUNDER ROAR ANGELS BLOOD FALLS TO THE GROUND.

SATAN LORD - THROUGH THE NIGHT HE FLIES HOLDING HIGH
THEIR IMPALED NAZARENE SON COVERED IN BLOOD, AND HIS
JAWS AGAPE HIS EYES AGLOW WITH THE FIRES OF HATE.
SATAN LORD - THROUGH THE NIGHT HE FLIES.
HOLDING HIGH THEIR IMPALED NAZARENE SON.
COVERD IN BLOOD, AND HIS JAWS AGAPE.
HIS EYES AGLOW WITH THE FIRES OF HATE.

ONCE AGAIN, THE DARK AGE WILL RISE WORLDS SET AFLAME,
BY YOUR HELLISH HATE NO MORE FEEBLE CHRISTIANS EVER
WILL REIGN BURNED INTO ETERNAL FIRE, IN YOUR DARKENED DOMAIN.

SATAN LORD - THROUGH THE NIGHT HE FLIES.
HOLDING HIGH THEIR IMPALED NAZARENE SON.
COVERED IN BLOOD, AND HIS JAWS AGAPE.
HIS EYES AGLOW WITH THE FIRES OF HATE.
SATAN LORD - THROUGH THE NIGHT HE FLIES.
HOLDING HIGH THEIR IMPALED NAZARENE SON.
COVERD IN BLOOD, AND HIS JAWS AGAPE.
HIS EYES AGLOW WITH THE FIRES OF HATE.

7. Vobiscum Satanas

[Music by Lord Ahriman. Lyrics by Emperor Magus Caligula.]

VOBISCUM SATANAS.
CURSED NAZARENE, IMPOTENT KING.
BEHOLD GREAT SATANAS.
AS HE DRIVES HIS NAILS DEEPER
INTO THY HANDS.

THE WEAK FUGITIVE GOD EYES,
CRIES HOLY TEARS OF BLOOD.
AS THE EVIL ONE, PRESS DOWN
HIS CROWN OF THORN.

EGO VOS BENEDICTIO.
IN NOMINE MAGNI DEI NOSTRI SATANAS.
AVE SATANAS.
AVE DOMINI INFERNI.

OH, CRUSIFIED NAZARENE,
WHERE ARE YOUR POWERS NOW.
WHEN YOU ARE FACEING, THE GREATER FORCE.
CURSED NAZARENE, IMPOTENT KING.
BEHOLD THEE, GREAT SATANAS.

8. Ineffable King Of Darkness

[Music by Lord Ahriman & Typhos. Lyrics by Emperor Magus Caligula & Lord Ahriman.]

I AM ONE WITH SATAN.
I AM THE HORNED BEAST.
I AM THY MIGHTY EMPEROR.
RULER OF THE DARK DOMAIN.
MY BODY IS A TEMPLE.
WHEREIN ALL DEMONS DWELL.
A PANTHEON OF FLESH AM I.
AM I.

HAIL ME THE HORNED ONE I AM THE BEAST.

I AM THE TRUTH.
I AM EVERYTHING.
WHEREVER LIFE IS BORN. I AM THE FLAME.
WHEREVER DEATH WILL STRIKE.
I AM THE KNIFE. WHEREVER EVIL DWELLS.
I AM THE ONE BEHIND.

INFRONT OF THE INEFFABLE KING OF DARKNESS.
YOU SHALL DIE !!!

I AM ONE WITH SATAN.
I AM THE HORNED BEAST.
I AM THY MIGHTY EMPEROR, RULER OF THE DARK DOMAIN.
MY BODY IS A TEMPLE.
WHEREIN ALL DEMONS DWELL A PANTHEON OF FLESH AM I.

HAIL ME THE HORNED ONE I AM THE BEAST.

REGE SATANAS, AVE SATANAS, HAIL SATAN !
REGE SATANAS, AVE SATANAS, HAIL SATAN !

* Ego Vos Benedicto *
* In Nomine Magni Dei Nostri Satanas *
* Ave Satanas *
* Ave Domini Inferi *

Dark Funeral line-up:

Lord Ahriman - Guitars
Emperor Magus Caligula - Bass/Vocals
Typhos - Guitars
Alzazmon - Drums

Recorded & Mixed at Studio Abyss * Produced by Dark Funeral & Peter Tägtgren
Anno Satanas 97.09.01 - 97.09.21 * Cover by Guerilla Art

Band Contact: Dark Funeral, P.o. Box 4288
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DARK FUNERAL LYRICS