---------------------------------------------------------------------- [DIMMU BORGIR - ENTHRONE DARKNESS TRIUMPHANT] MOURNING PALACE Daylight has finally reached it´s end as evenfall strikes unto the sky Far away in the dark glimpsing moonlight sickening souls cry out in pain Whispering voices, summoring screams Waiting for Satan to bless their sins Blackhearted angels fallen from grace possessed by the search utter darkness Hear the cries from the Mourning Palace Feel the gloom of restless spirits Hear the screams from the Mourning Palace Feel the doom of haunting chants Eternal is their lives in misery Eternal is their live in griet Abandoned in void of nothingness A chain of anger, a lletter of despair In this garden of depraved beings this unsacred place of helpless ones Satan blessed the creatures unswathed them in endless night Whispering voices, summoring screams Waiting for Satan to bless their sins Blackhearted angels fallen from grace possessed by the search utter darkness SPELLBOUND (by the Devil) You have returned to the torture-chambers to find peace among the rotting corpses You have returned to the execution place to inhale the smell of blood Death and terror rules the land we have been spellbound By the Devil You have returned to the hidden graves only you know about You have returned to face your victims and feel the sensation of violence once again Death and terror rules the soul You have been spellbound By the Devil Murderer, you have returned to create fear and sorrow Death and terror rules the land we have been spellbound By the Devil IN DEATH EMBRACE By the light of the moon and the beings of the night A curse has been laid upon us To seek and tear celestial gloss to pieces By the power of death and the shadow of the Reaper A call has been brought upon us To complete the infinite fall of heaven Without the wit or will to end this journey we continue traveling toward our faith Harvesting helpless Christian spirits raping the sanctity of saints The heavenly father is streching his hand pathetically begging to mercy We spit and piss on his sacred flesh as we breathe the breath on the unholy For with the sign of the pentagram Hellfire rage is for us to come as we shall wander the pit Unhallowed by the infernal one we are forever captured by the embrace of death RELINQUISHEMENT OF SPIRIT AND FLESH King of tempest and storms lord of innumerable figures and forms Blessed with Thy cold I am as I upon the shoulders of mine bear the burden of Thine Once I got touched by fire from beyond an invitation to darkness of which I could not resist Beholding Thy commotion Caressed by the feathers of the fallen I took the fate in my hand My raging Commander My constant Shade My soul´s Persecutor My eternal Divinity Revealing Thy powers in visions and dreams Invoking Your magic at night Honored I am to mission Thy word within a creed is sworn of majestic might An infernal allegiance in which I pay my share An unholy awakening inside of which I intend to bear I entreat You with devotion I subsume Your might with strenght I will carry on with You as my guardian against the lambs of the light Possessed by the true god of earth I am Possessed by eternity THE NIGHT MASQUERADE A scarlet sunset the threshold to nightplay A sinful oath is to be sworn A becoming bloodlust among to seekers Tyrranic hunger yearns A gathering in flames and fires- Devil´s daughters dance Scourged in filth, obscene and lewd- Longing for a dark desires The nocturnal beast appears in an evil despotic shape Expectant watching gracelessy before demanding the sluts of lust (the Beast: ) "Come forth harlots, let´s begin!" (the Beast approaches: ) "Rise and give praise in front of Me and receive eternal life from Me! Welcome my spirit in honor of Me! So drink of the blood I provide you and you shall all forever wander in the shadows of death ... !" (the chanting whores: ) "Oh yes, Master! Let us receive Thine offer and drink with Thee! And become a part of Thy realm with lust, sex and sodomy - for we are those who seek life eternally ... ! (the Beast: ) "Blood is life and it shall be all ours!" TORMENTOR OF CHRISTIAN SOULS ??? ENTRANCE Soul(s) on depature six six six onward unto another existence A trip far beyond all plesant dreams A voyage through desolation sights Inner transformation Subconcious flight In the glance fields of fires In the distance meadows of mists Where minds being enshrouded in complete night The fading of love, life and light Wandering an endless journey Dead within a trance Entering a lost dominion soulless and free Visiting a foreign place but yet so known Another dimension opens for me to see Heaven sure ain´t made for me to be Soul(s) on arrival six six six one short step from unhallowed ground The ground of Kingdom Come Dead spirits communion Unorthodox profane void Gardens, temples, palaces I have seen them all In search for insanity, sanity slowly drowns - In trance MASTER OF DISHARMONY Master of disharmony welcome my tained soul Take me from the hordes of the living into the blessed darkness Master of disorder take my impure flesh Lead me unto the path of temptation save me from the cowardness Save me from the cawardness Master of sin take my cursed heart Bring me where I can find salvation for I am the damned Master of death take my pitiful life I am enslaved I shall never forget the pain Master of sin take my cursed heart Bring me where I can find salvation for I am the damned Master of death take my pitiful life I am enslaved I shall never forget the pain PRUDENCE´S FALL He became the swarm, indeed a pitiful imitation to the verge of a quiet glance, an oracle without eyes Darkness ... My precious companion, even thou canst see His face Salvation, turned to bleed despair, compassion fled ... Sadistic delight flowed, like Hell burned brighter existence woven into darkness, prudence did fall ... In Satan´s beauty, Life was found ... A flow of orgasmic fire, swept through the cosmic night I enthroned darkness triumphant, with the searing trident of the Inferno "Gaze towards the Heavens, and you might catch a glimpse of Me ..." A SUCCUBUS IN RAPTURE Illness and plagues, torture and blight is what she brings Mocking holy standards, deceiving feeble fools is what she loves Granted with powers, gifted with magic Watching the world through ravens eyes Damned woman Mischievous whore Heretic prinzess Devil´s own Her seductive elegance excites your weak flesh Her diabolical beauty enchants your bewildered mind You damn woman You mischievous whore You heretic prinzess You are Devil´s own (performing an ecstatic dance: ) A serenade made out of black magic She has learned to set souls afire and makes sure that yours never will leave it´s trance Her diabolical beauty enchants your bewildered mind BONUS TRACK: RAABJORN SPEILER DRAUGHEIMENS SKODDE ???