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The Necropolis
04:48
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City of the dead,
Throne of the necromancer,
Temples built to dead gods.
Graves unearthed,
the dead walk about through silent streets
The tomb of souls has opened
and the wraiths of the damned come screaming forth
The necropolis, city of the damned
Grey dead lands once ruled by petty lords
are darkened now by vampyric wings
seeking blood and stealing life.
Crypts left by sorcerers of old:
liches who sought to cheat death.
A hall stands upon a hill
from within the dread knights wait
cowardly princes, cursed in life
bound to this earth by black magic.
A wooden vault in hewn stone
holds the darkest secret of them all
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Ritual of the Eclipse
03:07
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When the moon's transit engulfs the sun's light,
And a dark shadow falls upon the land
stand within a spell circle, look to the sky
begin the ritual of the eclipse
darkness eternal whose power I glimpse
grant to your servant abyssal black magicks
crops wither and die, a rot in the roots
men bleed from their eyes and feebly gasp for air.
Mothers smother their own babes in their cribs
flocks of birds drop dead out of the air
It is the power of the eclipse
when darkness seizes the light of day
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Spell of Undeath
05:56
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I have cast away my mortal flesh
Free from that rotting prison
I recite these words:
“Grant to me the power over death
To preserve my essence for all time”
The sacrifice has been made
Call forth armies of dusty bone,
corpses fresh and old,
wraiths in tattered cloth,
liches whose fate - not unlike your own
the long dead, noble and pauper both
the greatest warriors of aeons past
Command them to take the thrones of mortal men,
have them tithe unto you the life-essence of the slain,
and unto the abyss you shall tithe your share.
This is the accord to know the spell of undeath.
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A Wretched Grave
04:08
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The bones of children without names whose bodies were never found,
whose souls were never mourned - lost from memory, lost to entropy
I turn a blind eye to escape that existential terror
that I too will be forgotten: nothing but dust among the stars
There is no honor, no glory - only the horror of a life not lived
In the end I shall find myself buried in a wretched grave
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Nihtwintre Seattle, Washington
Nihtwintre was a black metal solo project based in the urban heart of gloomy Cascadia.
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