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Forwards to Ruin

by Acheron (UK)

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1.
Exordium 01:32
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2.
Forwards to Ruin 03:34
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Forwards, to Ruin! Push onwards, to Ruin! Even when your nation lies smashed, its forces decimated Ignoring the voices of reason, this is why you’ve failed Forwards, onwards, to Ruin! Forwards, onwards, to our nation’s demise! Agendas, based on lies and corporate(d) studies Campaigns, biased perverted versions of truth Subjects sent forth regardless, of their personal safety Spreading dissent, from your crooked, forked tongued pedestal Forwards, onwards, to Ruin! Forwards, push onwards, to our nation’s demise! Misguided pleas, desperate appeals made unto the masses Would you trust the flock if the shepherds slain? What’s your fucking job then? Who do you govern? Leaders by position only, sycophants by trade. Forwards, onwards, to Ruin! Forwards, onwards, to our nation’s demise! With Ate by your side, stamp down the heads of men Bringing us all closer to ruin with every stride Vultures circle above us in anticipation You remain oblivious to our demise.
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Reborn as Kings 03:53
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Hold your ground to the last, embrace the heat form the blast The destruction in front, echoes the scenes of the past Forsaken and forlorn we stand, Unwavering, and resolute, we demand Stand your ground from the start, all heart! A weakness of the mind will see it taken apart We’re living, at the edge of a dawn, and as the starlight fades, we will be reborn Reborn! As kings. Let go, it’s the end of your plight Just look me straight into the eyes, and you will see that I am right Release, unleash the power of kings, As their bodies get embalmed upon the phoenix wings. As we stare into darkness, visions of a void, cradling life. We’re living, at the edge of a dawn, and as the starlight fades, we will be reborn Reborn, as kings. Take it back, the life they stole Stare the chasm in the face, as the death bell tolls Breathe deep, the acrid fumes Watch the fuel that burns cements the earth that forms their tombs Let go, it’s the end of your plight Just look me straight into the eyes, and you will see that I am right Release, unleash the power of kings, As their bodies get embalmed upon the phoenix wings. We, will be reborn. We, will be reborn Reborn as Kings! As we stare into darkness, visions of a void, cradling life. How the lowly and desolate have fallen, their bloated bodies writhe on upturned swords Stand your ground from the start, all heart! A weakness of the mind will see it taken apart We’re living, at the edge of a dawn, and as the starlight fades, we will be reborn Reborn!
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The Frailty of the Divine 04:44
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Hollow halls built from the ashes of empires, fade like light in dusk the edge of time The Flesh will rot, see the frailty of the divine With every beat of the heart, a pulse that beckons time A ticking timebomb within, a death knell in the design A lingering fire, awaiting the flames to consume the mind With every waking hour, every second it takes Seeking out the signs, the path it might take Each neuron kindling, beckons a fate that’s worse than death Suffer a fate that’s worse than death Hollow halls built from the ashes of empires, fade like light in dusk the edge of time The Flesh will rot, see the frailty of the divine Transcend beyond the mortal realm, hoping for peace in a distant land But there’s no clemency within, perpetually walk on ashen sands.
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Embers of the Pyre 04:45
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Emissaries Blinded by the light Relics of a faith we tried to fight Fallen victims, lords of holy wars From shattered vessels, staking claims on blooded shores Preaching peace, citing phrase from sacred text Capitulate, or your families will be next To burn Ash from the stakes, blotting out the sun Their promise hollow The nameless whores, they will be damned The soulless follow Charred, blistering lungs, in fluid drown Embers of the funeral pyres burn, rising ash, blotting out the sun Charred bodies will fall as rain, revel in our pain Heretics Whose gods ignore their plight Ravens watch the masses take their flight Elders rise, freed from earthen tombs Soils damped by the life blood from our wounds Iconoclasts Men of rule and law Greed, perdition, it’s all that we abhor Now fall Preaching peace, but all you’ve brought is war Their promise hollow The nameless whores, they will be damned The soulless follow Charred, blistering lungs, in fluid drown Their promise hollow The nameless whores, they will be damned The soulless follow Charred, blistering lungs, in fluid drown
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As the Last Standard Falls 04:51
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Silence harks from earthen tombs The fallen reaching from rotten wombs The vanguard are retreating The victors circle, the ravens will be feasting on the freshly dead Leave the rotten meat, from which disease will spread Splintered pikes, see the horse impaled Armour smashed by axe and flail A storm front is approaching, the earth trembles As final lines assemble, their pageantry defiled Despair the call, as the last standard falls The ranks enclosed, death stalks around The bodies piled, upon a burial mound As they prepare to fall, Their finals moments, watched by hungry rats their greedy eyes enthralled, Armour slick with blood, on gods they call, there’s no answer as the last standard falls Amidst the silence of the fallen Among the screaming of the dead As gods watch on their misguides sons Clinging to the false embrace hope Silence harks from earthen tombs The fallen reaching from rotten wombs Despair the call, the last standard falls
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Concordia Capitulate 03:45
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Where humility falters, The sins of the weaker man begin to prosper Devaluing, enveloping the world As the stars begin to fade, a reckoning shall engulf all those Unworthy to remain, their debt sustains Cancer, defiler, breath toxic life into our air Parasite, survivor, either choice sees none of us to care. With withered hands, outstretched to take, you cling to hope Hold tight to principles, but to inept to make them count So frail is your believe in self, with waxy wings you taunt the sun Your bleating call, it lacks command, your arguments so easily undone Cancer, defiler, breath toxic life into our air Parasite, survivor, either choice sees none of us remain When all is said and done, and Concordia can rest upon her throne No-one will take notice of what was said, but how we came undone. You fucking sycophants
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Unto the End... 05:45
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Forwards, start the attack, There’s only one way to go, there’s no turning back Advance, into the firing line, we got one chance at this there’s no second time Choking fumes and shrapnel lead to disarray, The hot lead and wire leave bodies twisted and frayed Mustard gas sears, artillery strikes, 300,000 souls will rest in heaven tonight. Men stood silent as the grave in the dead of the night, None of them cowards, they weren’t afraid of the fight The whistle blows, over the top as planned, Within seconds, the bodies litter no-man’s land In a flash, all hell broke loose, Bullets tear the air and lungs drowning in fumes Stand fast, men, fight for your life, As bullets rain down there’s no end in sight They’ll send it all and well hit them back, Do everything we can to break their counterattack. Over the top fear has left, and terror enters. Would I have enough courage in me to face the rain of lead A Searing heat separates my flesh from bone Pray for me and my brothers in arms Who won’t be coming home
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Every wave that comes will crash harder than the last 03:12
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Crestfallen husks, their withered limbs clamour for the sun Each one benighted, but though their acts they’ve come undone In the last they faltered, lacking the strength to see it though Minds flayed by crystal dreams, On shattered shards, Choke remnants of your screams With every last word you breathe betrayal Every step you take, only leads the frail Every bond you break, every deal you make, it’s just a matter of time Eventually, in solitude, your mind will break, your soul subdued See a future, that condemns your past, Every wave that comes will crash harder than the last. Live out your lies, you try to justify, the hole you dig only deepens As your empire slowly crumbles, the glass castles you’ve built, They’re just a pen to herd your sheep Into the darkest void, a snakes hareem of virtue You will wait with silver coin in palm, but there’s no ferry man who’ll take you With every last word you breathe betrayal Every step you take, only leads the frail Every bond you break, every deal you make, it’s just a matter of time Eventually, in solitude, your soul will break, your mind subdued See a future, that condemns your past, As every wave that comes will crash harder than the last.
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The Wolf that will eat the Sun 04:51
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Visions cast of icy plains A solemn moon, whose shadow wanes Foresight of a point in time Where fire summons, a fight between the divine Fear grips the icy tombs, the ash begins to fade Fenrir, lead your flock, consume the sun at Ragnarök Consume the sun at Ragnarök Loki’s son, three times betrayed Jaws held wide with Viking blade Break forth from the chains that bind Crack the earth, at the end of time Moonlight over misty lands, Ravens caw from darkened skies Odin, lead the charge, fear prophecies of your demise Fenrir, lead your flock, consume the sun at Ragnarök Loose malice, and fear, swallow the moon and sun, as you did the hand of Tyr.
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The Ignorant Beguiled 04:08
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Alone and desolate, cast aside to fight for themselves As times have changed, and judgment cast, eclipsed as shadows of the past They were heroes once, now a stigma detest A product of ever-changing social unrest And I know, that a point in time, Where the actions praised, will be considered malign Forsaken, deeds forgotten, their memory defiled Culture changes, leaders bay, the ignorant beguiled A media frenzy, the nation’s pride Only to drift into the darkness as the sales subside Political pantomime As the hands become retracted when its payment time “Hell is empty, and all the devils are here.” Forsaken, deeds forgotten, their memory defiled Culture changes, leaders bay, the ignorant beguiled As acts there’s none more vile.

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released December 18, 2020

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