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1. Ornament of pettiness 4:19 1. Ornament of pettiness 4:19 1. Ornament of pettiness 4:19
2. Another dimension 4:02 2. Another dimension 4:02 2. Another dimension 4:02
3. The passage (to the kingdom of no return) 4:57 3. The passage (to the kingdom of no return) 4:57 3. The passage (to the kingdom of no return) 4:57
4. Speak the word of the winds 5:30 4. Speak the word of the winds 5:30 4. Speak the word of the winds 5:30
5. With excellence... 4:11 5. With excellence... 4:11 5. With excellence... 4:11
6. Iron handed 5:08 6. Iron handed 5:08 6. Iron handed 5:08
7. Complexity in vain 5:08 7. Complexity in vain 5:08 7. Complexity in vain 5:08
8. Dance of might 5:02 8. Dance of might 5:02 8. Dance of might 5:02
total time 38:21 total time 38:21 total time 38:21


Ornament of Pettiness

RED FROM Blood you beg for Salvation
I condescend to devour your Femininity
Maudlin Whimpers
reach my Comprehension
The Complexity of Egoism Perspirate
Undivine Pleasure

You are the Ornament of Pettiness
Scapegoat created by Strain of Disbelief

In Solitude I Wander
Admirable Conception
Drain you for life
and Pour it into the fountain
of Death and Decay

Having my Way
with Thy starving Countess
I am crying the Blood of Christ
The Beasts Nature is growing Inside of me
Licking her Fluids
Abhorrence arise

Thy Unsightly Prophets
are slaughtered one by one
And their Powers of light used against you
Mourning Angels Falling from Grace


Another Dimension

OUT FROM another dimension I came
I saw Jesus playing with the Gods
I have seen the World burning - Twice
Reality - so far away

The new-born son, so long awaited
To speak of the New World

FIRE! Gives me a new Desire
I crucified myself to be the one
With blood and Pain - I was the Holy One
With Blasphemy I rise from the Dust
And give the Human trust

I am the Greatest of all Creatures
Master I Am
Failured people to trust in me
Can't they see what a joke I became?
I killed Jesus... I killed Jesus...
The Holy One

Be my guest on this trip
Come with me and share my Throne
In the World of the Unknown
Be my ripper and Drink with the Gods
And see the World in Flames

See all these Stupid Religions
and all these Losers
All this brings you a Fucking Shame


The Passage (to the Kingdom of no Return)

COME TO ME, I've got your Soul
Walk to the Gate of Emptiness

Search and you will find

To the Land of Sorrow
The Passage to the Kingdom of no Return

The Wintermoon is clear,
the Voices are so Strong

The Coat is on his Throne,
the Sixth Throne of Darkness
Beloved by the Whores of the Underworld

I Live in the Shadows, and have my Mortality
Like a Tomb, my Soul burns like an Icon
Far away from Reality, in another Distance

Come to me, I've got your Soul
Walk to the Gate of Emptiness

Search and you will find

To the Land of Sorrow
The Passage to the Kingdom of no Return

Take Lucifer's hand
and follow him to his Kingdom of Pride
The Glorified Throne
with his Six dogs at his Side
Hell is coming so walk by my side
To the Kingdom of no return


Speak the Word of the Winds

SPEAK THE WORD of the Winds
Search the Path of the Screaming
Empty Expressions of Sorrow
Detesting your own Sanity

Devotion, a Quest for Rationality
Redemption, a Pale Slave of Laughter
The Vultures of Jehovah Circling in
On the Prey of Light

Gormandizing the Remnants of our Legacy
Spectacular Sight of Horror
Gazing at the Torment of Individuality
Human - to Rest is not to Conquer
Rape the Silence

Spread your Fear as
The Vultures of Jehovah Circles in
Assassins of the Light with Horrors Rapture
Haunting the Shadows

Speak the Word of the Winds


With Excellence...

Dark Wisdom Profound
A Never ending Maze of Disillusion
Your Excellence is passed down to you
by Thy Elders

With Excellence... Attack!

Conquer the Darkest Void
The Prologue of Hell
as your Forthcoming Illusion

Tremendous Pain brings you to Silence
Let the Transcending Heirs embrace you
Thriving the Ultimate Wisdom

With Excellence - Inhale Aggression
Exhale Anger - with Ecstasy

Experience Norse Brutality
An Ambiguous Vision
of Severe Clinical Massacre
Submit Forthwith
Blacken the Blood of their Descendants

Crush and obliterate your Eternal Enemy
(Your Pride is lost
in the Chambers of Whores)
With the Sweetest Excellence...


Iron Handed

I am the Strong, I am the Powerful
I shall be Reverenced among men
As 1 Possess the Earth
The unfit shall Flee before me,
The Iron Handed

1 am the Nhghty minded
and 1 ride the Whirlwinds
Serve and Suffer

Challenge the Wisdom
The Soul of Envy I hold

I feed my Rage and live on Greed
The Awareness of the Flesh drives me
I take Pride In the Brilliance of Covet
I breed the Death of Thousands

Wander a Bloody Path
You are bewildered by the Stench of Fools
Penitent Fools
Longing for the Prince of Slaves
1 will become Death
Destroyer of the World


Complexity in Vain

RIPPING YOUR Heart and Soul out
Your Existence becomes a Narrow Path
Madness becomes you
Behold the Wicked Torch of Emptiness

Travelling with Sanity
A Fierce Companion
till Death does you apart

Screaming Hatred
Tenfold the Compassion

Scar the Vain of Thickest Blood
Your own Blood that won't prevail

Struggling Aeons
Transforms Ascending Nightglaze
Thy Hellish Eclipse
Dark Art Rabid King
Lupus Origin Raging Deathwish

Behold the Lust and Envy of Man
The Undivine Might of Sadness
Bleeding the Soars of others


Dance of Might

HOLD THE GIFT of Fire
Hold the Gift of Hate
Hold the Nightmares Secret

An Image in your Mind of An Animal
eating you up from the Inside out
Spirit of the Wolf placed inside you
The Wolf Fights my Battles
Feel the Price of Weakness

Out from the Darkness Closing in
All the Pain in the World can't stop me

The Heart you Hear is not your own
Your Heart stopped as Darkness came
And won't start till Dawn of Night
Slaying the Light

1 see the Pain in their Eyes
Before the Soul of Christ is raped
Let them be Tortured by their own Hand
All forms of Evil
from all Corners of this Earth
Fulfill my Destiny

Fight the Battle, don't wait in Silence
Dance with the Devil, the Dance of Might
Living in the Shadows, avoiding the Light


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Line up




Hate Rodvitnesson: Vocals
Ty: Guitars




Forn: Synth & Piano
Gaut: Guitars




Mjolne: Drums
Mefistofeles: Bass





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Info



The Complex Bewitchment was recorded at Akkerhaugen Lydstudio, Norway, October - December 1999

All music & lyrics by Mactätus
Mixed & engineered by Torbjørn Akkerhaugen
Produced by Torbjørn Akkerhaugen and Mactätus
Mastered by Tom Kvålsvoll at Strype Audio

Artwork, design & lettering by Tor Søreide Design
Photography by Petter Hegre
Bandphotos by Trine Mikkelsen
Logo by Riddick Brothers





Review



I don't know why, maybe I just set my expectations too high when I hear a great debut cd like Mactatus' Provenance of Cruelty. But so often the cd after just disappoints me. Just like The Complex Bewitchment. It's still good, well played and great sound, but it's just not as original. There are some good songs on it, but it just doesn't keep interesting for an entire album. And about the artwork: Nothing wrong with naked chicks, but with the weird make-up and the dead black animal on her head she looks more ridiculous than exciting...

Rating: 7 out of 10


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