Absu Absu 1. Between The Absu Of Eridu & Erech An empty void will always enlarge itself It stretches from the nether waters inside As the chaos lives again: vapors condense Ushum-Gal allots the beasts to the chantry Eridu! Erech! The waters twist and turn The malign sprite dances The natural fiend strikes The bottom of the sea How deep the engulfment sleeps? And the chasm, how deep? How deep the engrossment haunts? And the gulch, how deep? The bedlam is always wide awake And the chaos alive Between The Absu of Eridu: It will call the temples The bedlam is always wide awake And the chaos alive Between The Absu of Erech: It will call the mountains The bedlam is always wide awake And the chaos alive Between The Absu of Eridu: It will call the temples The bedlam is always wide awake And the chaos alive Between The Absu of Erech: It will call the mountains An empty void will always enlarge itself It stretches from the nether waters inside As the chaos lives again: vapors condense Ushum-Gal allots the beasts to the chantry 2. Night Fire Canonization Remember! Remember the drift of the night's fire? Where the flames run around with desire Blazes spread to the fore charring the foe Granting the competence and burning all The headmaster of magicians is The serpent -king and the slayer The possessor of the torches speaks To the night with desire The night's fire dances to a song of fall and wonder The sultry weapon that calls you here now The majesty is the power Which corrupts the offspring (the paltry) That shall never transpire And always be denied That shall never transpire And always be denied (be declined) The sun is sable The moon is weeping The planets are failing As the earth starts to shake The flames look secure Within all the chaos The fire sounds safe Like a voice from the sky The keys to hereafter The flaxen-crimson embers The symbols and the signals of Destruction and withering A night's fire is The portrait of what was Of what is Of what is to come So we shall singe them and We shall burn them and We will destroy them to Remember the pith of the night's fire The night's fire torches hatred to stone As the sun turns cold The stars fall fast and The earth turns black 3. Amy Many became the victim of the hunt and attack Inside the Order was a ruse for the fall A greater key was used to open the portals Afterwards, mages were allocated underneath He practiced his knacks and skills of trickery Most malicious, he became revolting Spirits were locked inside the mirrored vestibule The Circle was ambushed by cornered, lined frontiers Grabbing a staff, he waited for the practical Dressed in the robe, he adjured the Circle (Faultless seal, a greater key, ascendancy) "O' Amy, you're the foremost of sphere and space" "O' Amy, you're the foremost of fortune and splendour" He saw and aloof principle as one being Most sharp-eyed, he watched day transfigure to the night (from the fire, combustion) The mages self-sustained the beckon (summoning) Studying bleak matter tied to obscured strings A morph-genetic field of imps disturbed then And the lesson was a ruse for the fall (combustion, ascendancy) 4. Nunbarshegunu The old woman of Nippur Instructs Ninlil to walk the banks of Idnunbirdu She thrusts he magic (k) To harvest the mind of the great mountain-lord Enlil The bright-eyed king will fall to your anguish His soul lures the hexagonal room He who decrees fates - his spirit is caught His soul lured to the hexagonal room Nunbarshegunu A silk veil strewn over you Your face is the cosmos You hide it in shame The lord of fates enthralled He's bound to Ninlil The lord of fates enthralled He's bound to Ninlil Your daughter, your weapon You want to be the cosmos! No shame, no limits Mother of Ninlil acts Lord of the fates deluded To Kurnugi, Enlil is cast Sin is conceived in the monarchy of death The dynasty persists: the lunar god comes to life! Nunbarshegunu A silk veil strewn over you Your face is the cosmos You hide it in shame 5. 13 Globes Within upheaval I am filed between them A dark cloud: evident Apparent: parasite-hoards Contained by ancient tongues Aghast in aspect On momentous days I teach validities Of the sea and the secrets The crux: "The Primeval Source" In the planes of the shining lodes Za-ab: return to the source Elemental! Flanked by the sixth and seventh The spheres which make the signs Vual and Scor I'm Zagan of 13 Globes Flanked by the sixth and seventh The spheres which make the signs Vual and Scor I'm Zagan of 13 Globes You shall ascend: Durson MA.GUR.NU.AB.ZU Aid me minder: Durson MA.GUR.NU.AB.ZU 22 33 legions bow before me now 22 Fundamental! Flanked by the sixth and seventh The spheres which make the signs Vual and Scor I'm Zagan of 13 Globes Flanked by the sixth and seventh The spheres which make the signs Vual and Scor I'm Zagan of 13 Globes You shall ascend: Durson MA.GUR.NU.AB.ZU Aid me minder: Durson MA.GUR.NU.AB.ZU 22 33 legions bow before me now 22 6. ...Of The Dead Who Never Rest In Their Tombs Are The Attendance Of Familiar Spirits [A. Diversified Signs Inscribed / B. Our Earth of Black / C.] Voor Our Earth of black blemishes with a curse Conclaves of spirits evoke and call forth One grand night follows by a lone cold night As the seven grottos head to the bowels of Earth The dead shall know there is never peace to make the first sign of Voor Flouting through the gates of astral planes to the second sign of Kish Dwelling in the outlines of wraiths to the third sign of Koth The dead shall nosh upon passageways of ye Elder Ones Diversified signs inscribe a reminder for the shade of spirits It protects those who would evoke ye powers by night Serpentine lamias and ravage-clawed harpies Liquefy and eat into the gifts of decay Every dream of man and woman coils by the worm As the ghouls race to the world of the living The dead shall know there is never peace to make the first sign of Voor Flouting through the gates of astral planes to the second sign of Kish Dwelling in the outlines of wraiths to the third sign of Koth The dead shall nosh upon passageways of ye Elder Ones Diversified signs inscribe a reminder for the shade of spirits It protects those who would evoke ye powers by night Serpentine lamias and ravage-clawed harpies Liquefy and eat into the gifts of decay Every dream of man and woman coils by the worm As the ghouls race to the world of the living 7. Magic(k) Square Cipher The balance emergence The strict ardour Loshu is expecting The first of the six The essence of Saturn Yesod and Moon There is not a square to close the system Five breaks silence The stabilization The lamp courier Three Wands and Three Adepts Six equates strife Tripareth and Yî King Scorpio: Son of Sun Gratify master keys to two gates of initiation 24th Hexagram 4th line formed: Sacrament Binah drawn, harmonized to six times: 24th Hexagram All planets are arranged Tripareth reaffirmed Six concentric in the cube Lunar path? The hits of the Swords inside the magic(k) square Represents the cosmos and energy The temper of the inquisitor Represents the Phallus and the prince-priest The six of Swords is the symbol of the Sun Showing the full establishment Their points touch the hedge of the cipher TO META OHPION! The six of Swords is the symbol of the Sun Showing the full establishment Their points touch the hedge of the cipher TO META OHPION! Their points touch the hedge of the cipher TO META OHPION! 8. In the Name Of Auebothiabathabaithobeuee In the name I give the powers to the spell In the name True visions of time are forthcoming In the name I confer brawn to incantations In the name Gray vapors begin to clamber high The great scimitar of Barzai Alabaster statuette of Yebsu The representation of Koth Cobalt flames light the blaze of Laurel In the day Mars and Saturn make collision In the day Place the ewer upon the fire In the day All the secrets are deaf in silence In the day I am the Lord of every Spectre In the light Grant equal parts of rune and weapon In the light Place the green glass onto the seal In the light Four winds cry the words of control In the light Seven nights will unchain the soul In the name I give uproar to the Great Abyss In the name I give the powers to the spell In the name Of the unction inside the sigil In the name Vaporous smoke shall arise 9. Girra's Temple This is for you Temple in the earth A beacon of fire A shrine for Eridu The moon's bright trace A pathway to your vault Your spell is close Its light holds a face The Sun still sleeps While the ancient ones return Here stands the mighty chantry Inlaid with black-blue lapis You're seized by the Ushum-Gal Enclosed in Girra's Temple Sirrush is flying over Storming over Neti's gates Ea awaits your arrival Inside... The seeds have been planted A long, long time ago Early, utopian visions You can only fantasize One abyss: one temple One mind: one design In course of the setting Sun You can only realize Bashmu! Sirrush! Ea! Narr Marratu! Narr Marratu! Ea! Kingu! Lakhmu! Lakhamu! Lakhmu! Lakhamu! Here stands the mighty chantry Inlaid with black-blue lapis You're seized by the Ushum-Gal Enclosed in Girra's Temple Sirrush is flying over Storming over Neti's gates Ea awaits your arrival Inside... 10. Those Of The Void Will Re-Enter Thousand after thousand The years of tradition linger For the wisdom of magic(k) The supra catalyst swells Servants of the arcane order The hypnotized beings Can you commemorate? The burden of ignorance Clad in robes imprinted with spells Regress time - degenerate Founders of mankind, Come lay your claim Revert - Annunaki Those of the void will re-enter Clad in robes imprinted with spells Regress time - degenerate Founders of mankind... Regress time - Regress time Those of the void have re-entered! 11. Sceptre Command Namtar, you're the Hyle of plague-ness A watchman: bound and bound My staff is the answer (for elucidation) We shall not climb to the origin of elements We must examine the base of Gudua In order to harvest a benthos existence I call upon the backing of Gugalanna I paint the bow at the gold crown Three arrows spear the heart of the staff The placement of Mars must be equal Enrapture within Sceptre Command! The Cylinder seal projects the spell of triangular silhouettes of Irra Hear me, Namtar Descending by the stages Gugalanna Circules of this great dwelling Gugalanna O' breathing, flowing orb - you're in place O' formless, lifeless mock - your gray place The Cylinder seal projects the spell of triangular silhouettes of Irra Hear me, Namtar Descending by the stages Gugalanna Circules of this great dwelling Gugalanna O' breathing, flowing orb - you're in place O' formless, lifeless mock - your gray place THOSE ABOVE... THOSE BELOW... FIRST ORDER! I paint the bow at the gold crown Three arrows spear the heart of the staff The placement of Mars must be equal Enrapture within Sceptre Command! The Cylinder seal projects the spell of triangular silhouettes of Irra Hear me, Namtar Descending by the stages Gugalanna Circules of this great dwelling Gugalanna O' breathing, flowing orb - you're in place O' formless, lifeless mock - your gray place Thank you, O' Great Ones Now, Kuta's repressed My solar cantrip... My fourteen afreets... Anon, Gudua's placed [Narrator:] Three embraced each other Namtar, Nergal and Mars The truncheon gripped the light Command - the bolts were shot 12. Ye Uttuku Spells ANNIHILATE - the seeds of real ABANDON - the standard dimension feel ASSIMILATE - the logic of chaos ABSU - Balance the serpent At nightfall, burgundy eyes arise Beginning of the cosmic dances Surrealistic, the serpent's command Ugallu, obey the magus' rule ANNIHILATE - the seeds of real ABANDON - the standard dimension feel ASSIMILATE - the logic of chaos ABSU - Balance the serpent A frenzied rupture opens the stone Out pours the beam and the shaft of light Point it straight to the mountain's zenith Ye Utukku awake, Utukku ANNIHILATE - the seeds of real ABANDON - the standard dimension feel ASSIMILATE - the logic of chaos ABSU - Balance the serpent Unrestrained, the light razes the night Savage, causer of the mystical Bring the Ginyaatlie of lava Achieve theory from the mythical Nisir - Tedloonetaa of salvation Nisir - Mountain of elevation Kukhwa - Burn over the dome Ye Utukku awake, ye Absu rage ANNIHILATE - the seeds of real ABANDON - the standard dimension feel ASSIMILATE - the logic of chaos ABSU - Balance the serpent ANNIHILATE - the seeds of real ABANDON - the standard dimension feel ASSIMILATE - the logic of chaos ABSU - Balance the serpent 13. Twix Yesterday, The Day & The Morrow [Instrumental] The album is dedicated to Benjamin Marshall Cooksey (1973-2008). Guest Musicians: Blasphemer (Mayhem, Ava Inferi) - Guitar solos on "Night Fire Canonization" and "Girra's Temple" Michael Harris (Darkology, Michael Harris) - Guitar solos on "In The Name Of Auebothiabathabaithobeuee" and "Those Of The Void Will Re-Enter" David Harbour (King Diamond, David Harbour) - Synthesizer solo on "Our Earth of Black" Mindwalker (The Firstborn) - Backing Vocals and ceremonial Tibetan horn on "13 Globes" Nornagest (Enthroned) - Backing Vocals on "Amy" and "Night Fire Canonization" Vorskaath (Zemial) - Backing Vocals, Brake Disc Gates, Greek Bell and Vibraslap on "Amy" and "Diversified Signs Inscribed" Ashmedi (Melechesh) - Lyrics for "Nunbarshegunu," "Those of the Void Will Re-Enter," and "Ye Uttuku Spells" Equitant - Programming on "Twix Yesterday, The Day & The Morrow" European release on February 16, 2009 US release on February 24, 2009 Recorded and mixed April-July 2008 at Nomad Recording Studios, Carrollton, Texas. Line-up : Proscriptor McGovern - Vocals, Drums, Mellotron Aethyris MacKay - Guitars, Bass, Synthesizers Zawicizuz - Guitars, Synthesizers All music composed/written by Aethyris, Shaftiel, Vastator and Zawicizuz from 2002-2007. Produced by Absu. Executive Production: Candlelight Records Pre-production by Zawicizuz. Engineered by Absu. Drum engineering by Gary Long and Sterling Winfield. Mixed by J.T. Longoria. Mastered and edited by Proscriptor. Cover illustration and artwork by Kris Verwimp. LP cover illustration by Michael Riddick. Logo theory and illustration by Equitant. Inlay arrangements by Adrian Wear. Photography by Gina E. Greenwood and Mavro Asteri. Photograph manipulation by Marcelo HVC.