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Celestial Decadence

by Illusions Dead

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1.
Incursion 03:22
Terror in eyes you pray with faltering faith To a master deaf to your pitiful cries In the span of a frantic heartbeat yours will end forever An instant of elation as I smash your skull I have gazed madness in the eyes I have returned triumphant Perverted persuasion and insultingly shallow faith Your only salvation is oblivion Assumed a liberty to dictate and judge the living and dead Come the day your master will be flayed alive This carrion stench reflecting your rotten minds and dying faith Your collective lies like walking corpses Your end is dawning, the night of the fallen Words have been spoken to me Master's will be done Words have been spoken to me Master's will be done Will be done Words have been spoken to me Master's will be done I have gazed madness in the eyes I have returned triumphant I have returned
2.
We shall cleanse this land of taint All means accepted We shall bring them death The efficient way Prepared for annihilation Pity is sickness when the nation's at war The age-old enemies Of all that is right and just The fires are burning We are devoured by hatred Destroying this pest is a service To the worthy ones Generations to come will sing praise In our bravery today Prepared for annihilation Pity is sickness when the nation's at war The age-old enemies Of all that is right and just The fires are burning We are devoured by hatred We are cleansing this land of taint Desperate means taken We will watch the world burn The efficient way Prepared for annihilation Pity is sickness when the nation's at war The age-old enemies Of all that is right and just The fires are burning We are devoured by hatred
3.
Scourging the light Burning whip of many thongs Fathomless hatred The will to strike the world in flames World in flames Slayer of elven kings In caverns at the roots of the earth Terror of the first age Valraukar, the scourges of fire In shadowy might Corrupted spirit of fire The Maiar of destruction Immortal dread oppressor Spreads his shadowy wings Shadow and flame
4.
To pledge my self to realm of night Lights of dawn are knives on the throat Shadows like a caress on my skin Pay the toll for your damned breed Watch helplessly as the world withers to nothing Come the hour of the raven you will see How wrong you are in your conviction The blackness has come and joined with this world We stand vigil before the adversary Now you'll be surprised of how far these shadows can reach Pay the toll for your damned breed Watch helplessly as the world withers to nothing Come the hour of the raven you will see How wrong you are in your conviction The dusk brings us peace and fullfilment A renewed clarity of mind Not a tear will be shed for the memory of old Come the hour of the raven you will taste The sweet allure of night's advent
5.
To the farthest reaches of the mind Disbelief in reality maintains sanity Why do the doors that remain forever shut Always have the greatest allure The tyranny of false will cannot end As though deserted by thought the wheel turns Our legacy will be written in the blood we shed Never forgotten, the graves will stand in proof Inside, the world begins to shatter Uncertainty seeps, a cemetery of failures Pinned down by the slowing pace of time Above me, the doors are waiting agape In league with the adversary we wait for our judgment A pact of blood and spirit binds us to the world To the furthest reaches of the mind we are forever without a servant's mark To take path of the fallen one is to embrace the night
6.
Blinding light from god Distorting all senses Fanatic in faith Aroused by the stench of blood Mangling and maiming Gutting and raping Holy man does his purging work Exorcism through suffering Bloodstained hands making the sign of the cross Abacination Scalping and castration The guilty will soon confess their crimes Flagellation Flaying and mutilation Confession will be ripped out with their tongue Burn the heretics Hang the blasphemers Rest assured God will spare the innocent from pain I am the wrath god Bringer of judgement upon all Persecutor of the living Incarnation of satan I am the wrath god Bringer of judgement upon all Persecutor of the living Inflictor of pain I am the wrath god Bringer of judgement upon all Persecutor of living Tormentor of the weak
7.
The road to the kingdom high Is paved with corpses Its flagstones fashioned Of the bones of the false Hail to the deceiver Who sends man against his brother Who delights in the death of his children Praised be his madness Hail to the guardians of faith The guardians of filth The texture of a faithful soul Is impure and foul It leeches upon the lives It preaches against Hail to the deceiver Who sends man against his brother Who delights in the death of his children Praised be his madness Hail to the guardians of faith The guardians of taint The way to the kingdom high Is paved with corpses Its flagstones fashioned Of the bones of the false Hail to the guardians of faith The guardians of filth
8.
Awaken to embrace the night The divine aurora ends It was ever merely the knife To sever the arteries of men You serpents have betrayed Your barbarous nature You have been devising Your own dissolution Dynamic divine abstraction Deity progresses into nothingness Only self-conceived, a thorn In the flesh of humanity You serpents have betrayed Your barbarous nature You have been devising Your own dissolution Lies abate and god yields to truth Your conviction turns to shame My heart awash with bile Mind driven for penance May this world broken and weary Be devoured by the night God's presence recedes Your faith turns to disgrace My heart awash with bile Mind driven for penance May this world broken and weary Be devoured by the night

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released February 8, 2016

Johannes Katajamäki: Guitar, Vocals
Jake Lastujoki: Guitar
Mikael Aalto: Bass
Akseli Auralinna: Drums

Cover art: Moonroot art

Recording and editing: Saska Dönges
Mixing and mastering: Nikke Kuki

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Illusions Dead Helsinki, Finland

Finnish black/death metal with influences from bands like Gorgoroth, Anata, Insomnium, Intestine Baalism and more.

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