VALE OF PNATH LYRICS

1. Blacker Than

Atop gleaming stone pillars, sanguine refractions of light
Crimson wound skies caress the jagged earth
And the wind beckons me
A darker landscape shrouds my mind, calling me closer
The dreamscape defies time, a distant rumor

A land forgotten

History is this place
Wretched visions beset tortured thoughts
Towards the blackened fog I wander

With my last glance I wield a smirk
The voice fades, as does the sun
Into the dreamscapes unknown
Following shadows and visions that I've been shown

History is this place
Wretched visions beset tortured thoughts
Towards the blackened fog

Caverns of moss in the distance
Shrieks echo and distort movement of shadows

All the ever present inhabitants gather, like ash to flame
Leading me closer to what I desire
Greeted with purrs of remorse and endless gloom
A faction long lost and sheltered by vines
A ritual in place, stone stacked side by side

2. A Nightmare Phantasm

At long last, alone with the one that i adore
Surrounded by a forest impenetrable with ominous allure
Calming fog
Deafening silence cascades through the air
Whisper touches my ear
I scream for the last time

Loss of eyesight
Darkness shrouded in red
Motor function removed
Nerves and tissue dead

My mind intact
Sealed deep inside my captive body
Yet again i hear a whisper
Join us, my lover must die

A scream echoing
The sound of shattering glass
Visions of blood shake my mind
I can feel her presence within the woods

Terror reveals itself
A pale and rotten husk
Unrecognizable, her eyes drip with blood
And her skin as dead as her stare

Knocked down and forced to fight back
Her head removed
The shovel used to execute
Will dig her shallow grave

This must be an illusion
Her corpse dancing, laughing
Showing me what i have done

This must be an illusion
Her corpse mocking
Showing me what i've become

Her teeth gnawing at my hand
Flesh turns black
Destroy the skull to release her soul
Disavow her memory (x2)

3. Klendathu

A planet infested with doom
Gorging, swarming, writhing
An attack on the world we reside
And yet we think we are supreme, that we are gods
A menace lurking in space will prove us wrong
War is upon us

Kill them all, remove their limbs, destroy the brain stem

The first encounter approaches
Ruined nerves meet adrenaline
Deployed unto a ruined world, the frenzy begins
Nuclear attacks hold them back for a time
A horde emerges, a panic inducing sight
Load, engage, fight
Reload, engage, die
Kill them all

Divide them we must start anew
War is upon us

Again they strike from above and below
Removing our brains, learning our ways

Scorched flesh, broken will and revenge

An overlord is all that remains, its foresight daunting
Kill it, remove its limbs, destroy the brain
And yet they think they are supreme, that they are gods
A huge mistake for they are wrong

War is upon us

My enemy has me in their grasp
Prodding my mind, seeking my knowledge
Torturous tools, hacking, stabbing
They are the ones in the prophecy

4. The Horror In Clay

Flesh removed, an attempt to lure its prey
Birds and maggots feast
Whispering reveals of an untold evil
Invisible through the trees
Earth spread upon flesh, a trap of the mind
Spikes of the earth he will rise
A man against an unknown hunter - a master of disguise

The hunt will end
Lured by trickery, a colossal entity
A creature, a body he will rend
A creature, a life he will end

Track the scent of blood
A nightmare so vicious
While wandering from rock to rock
Sharp instincts for the hunt
Lurking through lost land
Luring prey into their death
As the bones are piled high
Age old stories told once more

Covert entity
Veiled in treachery

5. Reaver

Biological intruder secluded, torn away
Awaiting rebirth, frozen - no decay

Upon this earth a new species is spawned
Conjoined monstrosity, an abomination reborn
Fooled into its grasp, you shall not be heard
Replication, imposition
Tissue liquefied and repurposed
Humanity removed

A veil of human skin - its putrid guise, time to feed
An unfortunate discovery, a vile, repulsive seed

Cast upon this earth to conceive a new breed
One without free will, without instinct
Shaped in our image to spread like a disease
A vile, repulsive seed, no hope for recovery

Exterminate the interloper
Scorch the earth, destroy the growth
Eradicate the clandestine reaver

Flesh burned to ash
Writhing, sweltering, immolation
Death comes to pass
Writhing, sweltering, devastation

Spiked appendages writhe - bonding with flesh
Mutated defenses improvising, forming new bone
Genetic reconstruction of mortal man
This deception rivaling creation itself

Upon this earth a new species is spawned
Conjoined monstrosity
An abomination reborn
Fooled into its grasp, you shall not be heard
Replication, imposition
Tissue liquefied and repurposed
Humanity removed

6. Heart Of Darkness

Terror shrouded in smoke.
Searching for the one who will bring meaning to it's haunting.
Grip their flesh, pull it off, gnaw the muscle
Latch on to the weakened soul and feed

Torturous symbiosis, attuned for a select breed.
Swallow light and joy
When the victim searches for meaning it shall be skewed
Their essence – their life force, removed
The heart will bleed as the veins deplete
And they fade to black with a morbid sense of attachment.

Store the meal and reveal your true form. You will bring many deaths.
Darkness entwined within a fire filled husk. You will bring death [2x]

Lure them in with lavish gestures of deceit
Court them, your charm radiant
Glazed with spirits fine, their blood will satisfy
Indulge upon the nectar – that which gives them life
Gathering of gilded saps reduced to a lavish feast
Trophies and fresh meat adorn my walls and entrails pave the street. Bones used as tools, their skulls have been removed.
Now you see my for what I am. The heart of darkness, a wretch long lost.

7. The Serpent's Lair

Befouled swine fill a narrow musty drift, leading deeper into earth drenched with death.

Flocks of carrion, fat and foul - dispose of the dead, obey the mort.
Machinations falling in place. Closer to my purpose…

His heartbeat rumbles through stone and moss, cascading fear upon my regiment.
He can see through our eyes, yet he will not see his demise.

An ophidian god, it’s blood the cure for death.
One single drought from it’s veins bestows immortal breath.

Descend into the mouth of hell as one.
Granite turns to onyx, darker than a lifeless star. The air is dense with sulphur.
The walls they pulse with life, an unknown blight stricken by darkness.
We wield thy kin as trophies to put fear in his heart - for it will be removed.
Enter his lair.
Cadavers decorate his vault - trophies of his own. A hideous roar brings down earth and stone. Crushed and added to his collection. A feverish nightmare cast in shadow. Eyes glow with corruption. Look into our minds. Reflections of scorn.
Lurking beneath the earth, buried within these walls - Confined and forgotten.

An ophidian god, it’s blood the cure for death.
One single drought from it’s veins bestows immortal breath.

Descend into the mouth of hell as one.
Granite turns to onyx, darker than a lifeless star. The air is dense with sulphur.
The walls they pulse with life, an unknown blight stricken by darkness.
We wield thy kin as trophies to put fear in his heart - for it will be removed.
Yet he will not see his demise.

8. Unburied

Burial, disintegrated and defiled
Fiends scurry atop the tombs of gods
Rustling their bones
An eternity delayed, rise again
Wrought with dismay - their new fate

Unbound by duty, rampant with purpose
A horde released upon darkened shade
No longer bound by death - aimless lurking on horizon
Tear open the veil - let loose vile treachery
Aeons of oppressed souls pursue revenge
A loyal mindless swarm

Absorb their spirit, devour their plague
Consume the essence of madness
Condensed by hatred - imbued by malice
An infinite torrent of power leeching off my slaves

Disruption caused by unfilled graves
Eruption of eternal hatred

A realm above, cast in light
Extinguished it shall be, cerulean night
Break through the earth, the reign begins
Destruction and disruption caused by undead slaves
Eruption of eternal hatred

A realm above, cast in light
Extinguished it shall be, cerulean night
Break through the earth, the reign begins
Destruction of life feeds my scheme

Pour thy blood, in turn you will be free
A minion left to bleed, tear open the veil
Wound the fabric of life, a banshee born from deceit
The product of a hideous plight







VALE OF PNATH LYRICS