NILE LYRICS Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka (1998) 1. Smashing The Antiu 2. Barra Edinazzu 3. Kudurru Maqlu 4. Serpent Headed Mask 5. Ramses Bringer Of War 6. Stones Of Sorrow 7. Die Rache Krieg Lied Der Assyriche 8. The Howling Of the Jinn 9. Pestilence And Iniquity 10. Opening Of The Mouth 11. Beneath Eternal Oceans Of Sand 1. Smashing The Antiu Burning of the Defeated Dragging The fettered Rebels To the Block of Slaughter Decapitated Headless Naked and Bound Captives Adorn my Shield Arms Tied behind their Backs Lying Bound in Agony Fiends Hold them with Ropes Awaiting Beheadment and Mutilation With Contempt for the Vanquished We Exterminate the Dwellers of the Eastern Desert Amenhiu! They are Doomed to Slaughter We stab their bodies with Daggers We Smash their Skulls with Clubs We Crush their Bones And Gash their Faces Their Necks are Broken and Severed Their Bowels are Gored with Spears Yeah ! We Hack off their Limbs And Cast the Phalluses Into Pits of Fire Smashing the Antiu 2. Barra Edinazzu Zi Anna Kanpa Zi Kia Kanpa Gallu Barra Namtar Barra Ashak Barra Gigim Barra Alal Barra Telal Barra Masquim Barra Utukku Barra Idpa Barra Lalartu Barra Lalassu Barra Akhkharu Barra Urukku Barra Kielgalal Barra Lilitu Barra Utuq Xul Edinazzu Alla Xul Edinazzu Gigim Xul Edinazzu Mulla Xul Edinazzu Dinger Xul Edinazzu Masquim Xul Edinazzu Barra Edinazzu Zi Anna Kanpa Zi Kia Kanpa 3. Kudurru Maqlu 4. Serpent Headed Mask Aa-herit Nebu Huit-Ra We come before Thee wearing serpent headed Masks In sanguinary worship we offer the Tcheser-t Senfiu The sacrificial drink of the Gods of Blood in a goblet carved from a human skull Aa-t-aru Fiendish blood drinking reptile Lord of the Ankhit-Thekh rites of bloodfeast We propitiate Thee with our own fluid of life and the freely offered flesh of these ritual prostitutes that Thou mayest copulate with thine self and spill Thy seed upon the Black Earth Aui-f-em-kha-nef Netri nek khefa We don the Abui ames Machta the ceremonial two horned phallus to become as like unto the two horned serpent god Sekhui We besmear ourselves with the bloodseed of the living serpent goddess Arati And with curved blades shed our skin 5. Ramses Bringer Of War Wretched Fallen one of Khatti Rise against the oppressing Sword Encircled Abandoned Alone I Smite the vile Hittite Foe My Father Amon what carest Thee For the Vile and Ignorant of God My Father Amon what carest Thee For these Effeminate ones At millions of whom I groweth not Pale Raging like Menthu like Baal in his Hour Lo the mighty Sekhmet is with Me I enter in among them even as a hawk striketh I slay I hew to pieces and cast to the ground The royal snake upon my brow Spits forth Fire in the face of mine enemies And Burneth their Limbs My Chariot Wheels trample the Fallen Cut to pieces before my Steeds And laying In their own Blood I Crush the Skulls of the Dying And Sever the hands of the Slain I Ramses Builder of Temples Usurper of Monuments Slayer of Hittites Bringer of War 6. Stones Of Sorrow Slaves Whipped to Death In the Hot Sun Drag the Stones of Sorrow Vast Monolithic a Collossus of Stone Greased with the Blood of Abraham Of Human Bondage and Suffering We carve a monument to Megalomania Bleak and Endless is my Sorrow For the chain of Sut Is around my Neck Aperu Heseb Semedet! It is I who lift up the arm of the Inert I have gone out of Khemenu and am no longer a living soul I have been initiated into the hearts of the Baboons And I claim Dominion over the legions of Uninscribed Shabitiu Khunumu Khufu! The God Khnum is my Protector Ushabti Tekenu Ushabti 7. Die Rache Krieg Lied Der Assyriche Ia Namtaru Ia Lammia Ia Asaku Ia Pazuzu Ia Zixul zi Azkak Ia Gula zi Pazu Alal uggae Utukku Xul Ia Ia Pazuzu Ia Ningursu Ia Ia Umduggu Shemti Shebui Nehenkau Addu Nergal Arrallu Nergal dread God of War and Plague Avenge the shades of our Fallen ones Blacken the sun with Fierce Winds Bring forth your Terrible Storms! Yea! Burn the flesh of our Enemies Gash their throats with Weapons of Iron Destroy Them utterly With Locusts and Disease 8. The Howling Of the Jinn Nafs I Ammara Fana Azif I am the Infidel Fiendish Insects encircle Me Howling Wind Wraiths Surround my disembodied Ka Dulcarnon Hideous Unseen Speaking in Tongues Heard only by the Mad Shrieking Insects Swarm over Me Suffocate Me Suffocate my Soul Majnun I am Empty Crawling Reptiles Devour my Soul They utterly and completely Annihilate Me I can hear the Howling of the Djinn Echoing in the mountains of Kaf 9. Pestilence And Iniquity Heralds of Pestilence Blackest Plague Rusheth through the Land Burning Evil Winds Carry Sickness Invoking the Bitter Venom of the Gods Loathsome Sickening Stench of the Defiled A Cesspool Breeding the Unclean Hordes of Locusts Fiends of the South Winds Cleanse the Earth from the Impure The Daemon That Siezeth the Body The Daemon that Rendeth the Body Ruthless and Profane Lord of all Fevers and Plagues Grinning Dark Angel of the four Wings Spawn of Eng Horned God with rotting Genitalia Pazuzu 10. Opening Of The Mouth I split open your Eyes for you I open your mouth for you With the Adze of Iron Which split open the mouths of the Gods The Iron which issueth from Set With the Adze of Iron I did clean your Bones With Iron Hook and Chisel I did scrape your Flesh And separate your Bones for you Sebau Fiends work Evil On the Body Raise yourself Asari Receive your Head Collect your Bones Gather your limbs Together Throw off the Earth from your Flesh Khnemet-Ur cometh to Thee With the Iron of Set I hath Violated Thee With this Phallus of Iron I hath committed Sodomy upon Thee And forced upon thee my Seed 11. Beneath Eternal Oceans Of Sand In the cosmos There is balm as well as bitterness And that balm is Nepenthe. Yet underneath endless oceans of sand I have not forgotten Those who had betrayed me. Silent and unmovable, I am not sorry For I had hated the light. Now I ride with the undead Across the night-sky And play by day Amongst the catacombs of Nephren-Ka In the sealed and unknown Valley of Hadoth by the Nile. I know that light is not for me Save that of the moon over the rock tombs of Neb Nor any debauchery save the unknown feasts of Nitokris Beneath the great pyramid. But in the loneliness of entombment, I welcome the bitterness of alienage. Released 1998, Relapse Records Catalog #: RR 6983 - CD Line-up: Karl Sanders - Guitars/Vocals Chief Spires - Bass/Vocals Pete Hammoura - Drums/Vocals