Akercocke The Goat of Mendes 1. Of Menstrual Blood And Semen Goat of a thousand young Goat of mendes divine Under the sigil of bephomet we pray of thee, we invoke thee I orate with due clarity our brutal philosophy Curse the right of the altar and drink of the chalice of ecstacy Satan I drink deep of my sisiters blood Phallic benediction Purify the air with bells unholy steps thirteen of ceremonial darkness Utilize the power of Sheol Satan [solo - Paul Schanlan] I smite the blasting wand to thee unholy steps thirteen In the name of Satan ruler of the Earth Grant me the power Grant me the power Of the forces of darkness I drink deep of my sister's blood Prophecy (Incantation to the Infernal Duke Gomory) Take them down within the pentagram come with me Prince of the north - Belial Eastern Prince - Lucifer Leviathan - Prince of western shores Prince of the south Satan 2. A Skin For Dancing In Sister Cunegonde Novitiate veiled in black Immaculate Pure Devout Hear the melody of the night feel the winter through your robe Regain custody of dead senses and escape into the woods escape into the woods The intimacy of the darkness reveals the spirits strength reveals the twisted horns of the lord Demogorgon, the eldritch goat [Sister Cunegonde:] "Grant me a skin for dancing in Grant me a skin for dancing in dark master" Proceed the path of Agarthi, alone Recite enochian canto, sister [Sister Cunegonde:] "Grant me a skin for dancing in dark master" and receive unholy jism Goat of mendes Ahriman carnal inspirer and lord Infernal prophet The scent of her hymen potent and pure presents temptation beyond heaven and into Hell Shemhamforash The visible melts into the unseen The abyss below Malkuth Embrace vital existence and the dark ones of the pit Beneath the beast the naked soul the visible melts into the unseen between her thighs such sweet delights Rejoice in the fleshly life sweet sister in darkness Rejoice in the fleshly life [solo's Paul Schanlan & Jason Mendonca] Shemhamforash Satan 3. Betwixt Iniquitatis And Prostigiators [Instrumental] 4. Horns Of Baphomet Baphomet I am hostage to your presence captive to your words [Sister Serena :] 'I can hear you calling I can hear you calling me I can hear you calling I can hear you calling me' Baphomet how do you touch me when you are not here [Sister Serena :] 'Look through my eyes see through my eyes' I can hear you calling' The chatter of the Caco-daimones and hooves apon flagstones resound in darkness [Sister Serena :] 'I take that which tempts' (clutch your rosary) all sense of reason lost (clutch your crucifix) Crucifix I call to thee exalted Goat Vivid and vital I find myself enmeshed Hearken and remember... ...me... reverenced by templars worshipped by men Baphomet breathing, dark one breathing next to me ever expected, but never coming My silent vespers in darkness Shadow of fate [Solos- P.S., J.M., P.S., J.M.] Look through my eyes See through my eyes One could lose a lifetime praying in isolation, Hidden from the nature of chaos The beauty of its patterns beguiles Like a falling trail of cold semen apon her face and breasts Between the legs hair shorn to sensitise [Sister Serena :] 'Death is no prison to me...' 5. Masks Of God King of Kings King of Jews, Messiah Seductive pain, delicious pain The drag of the wounds of the nails in his hands Writhe and dance apon the cross... Embracing knowledge of Angels Begotten not made This senseless vanity of the Nazarene - puppet of God, Jesus The agony is beginning To lose its sweetness [solos - P.S., J.M.] Veiled yet revealed Glorious no longer Bought low before his flock Behold the man - Jesus I am the shadow I hear no reflection in the mirror of Angels I have no obligation to reason Submission is sweet Chaste virgin mother Crowned in thorns and nailed to die With no mask of god to hide "I am inside you, angel look at me" Blessed be this cunt of god Blessed be The agony is beginning to lose its sweetness 6. The Serpent The slate grey cloud that harnesses hail Unto the hunter and hunted A haunting chord of longevity sounds like the voice of God in the rain [Sister Redempta :] "Thou who ridest on the wings of the wind deign to commune with me" Essence of innermost arcana Espositor of emblematic death Circle of black evocations and pacts Pentacles and sigils unholy The lance, the nails The cross and diadem Thorned and bloody [Charuch :] "In nomine dei nostri satanus luciferi excelsi" Incensed, the limbless forms of their first hour Sing unto the moon Treacherous rains that encumber her way Soak the habit through to the skin The almadel shudders with the manifest form A serene and angular figure With the taste of menses rich on the lips The horned spirit seduces [Charuch :] "I am the way, the truth and the life" Inchoate vision, Abstruse, Charuch Like a breath captured in the night air Versicles 'pon royalty of spirits of the cardinal points of Hell The bosom of night boasts a rhythm of storms With a vagina wet with lust She dreams without sleeping of a goat faced god and stigmata that drips blood like wine Holy sister I crave your benediction for your indulgence and intimacy But your blessings are lost on an unholy host Willfully damned such as me 7. Fortune My Foe [trad. arr. by Akercocke] 8. Infernal Rites The blanket of stars In the holy lands sky Antichrist, my guiding light I trace your footfalls in the sand Whispered on desert winds Borne on angels wings Dark lord, Oppressor Beguiling progeny of evil Once and future Christ Opposer in divinity The antidote, thy shadow Satanic majesty Revalations, damnation Infernal evocation Thy second coming Baptised in flame I adjure thee Emperor Lucifer Redeem me from bondage Incline unholy power Adonay - Elohim Ariel - Jehovam Thou art my creator Sovereign master Hereunto I serve thee with soul and body with soul and body [Solo- P.S.] Antichrist, naked flame The blanket of stars In the holy lands sky Antichrist, my guiding light 9. He Is Risen [solo- P.S.] Dark Prince Lucifer is risen proclaiming the age of Satan Chanting, divine Enchiridion from the ancient days of Talmud [Lucifer :] "Can this be the fearsome Jehovah? who whispers the great name of God bought low before his flock by the pounding of bone on flesh" [solo- J.M.] witness thornful coronation his disciples cry in derision as nails puncture soft flesh the crowd jeers at the Nazerene Necyomancy, the sign of the flame sever the external cortex of faith in false idols [Lucifer :] "I acquiesce with no idol of yours this king of slaves and the weak" Antichrist quintessence of universal truth like a sandstorm forming in gehenna and the heat of the desert plains gracile diabolus Goatlord angelic, awesome sublime source what was and is to be sours the holyland The cruel heat has cracked the land, it's a full moon over you The wings of Lucifer caress black serge Sarmassation - Osculation The blood is warm and salt Sister I push my evil between your legs Face of an angel twisted and lust 10. Breaking Silence Sisters of the precious blood confined to cloisters know the flesh of your sisters handmaids of christ Find sapphic self Awaken dormant power Between the legs manipulate crucifix to masturbate and penetrate Find sapphic self Awaken dormant power "Mary - sweet mother gentle protectress neverending font of nurturing" God compels the chosen through centuries of silence She sheds like skin when novitiates kiss her breasts Break this oath of silence Stifled desires Resurrect dead senses with tongues that taste and tease cunt [Solo- P.S.] God compells the chosen through centuries of silence 11. Initiation [instrumental] 12. Ceremony Of Nine Angels I speak through mirrored angles Baptized with burning flame A man of sins and lust forbidden pleasures, pain Attend the alter of flesh summon the power infernal Appeal to Satanas the king and the dark ones eternal Appeal to Satanas the king and the dark ones eternal Purify darkened chamber summoning with reverence Asmodeus Mammon Appeal to Satanas the king and the dark ones eternal The lord of the abyss deified, immortal This is the age of fire The morning star from the deepest night creature of ecstatic light The black order have opened the gate they who know keys and angles came with eyes aglow to feast on the weak Judging Jehovah with violence burning down temples of god murdering foolish disciples drowning his chapels in blood The old Gods lie dormant [solo- P.S.] Dominion and thralldom Thy princedom awaits Mighty shadow - Death Amen Flesh without sin world without end justice without mercy Lex Satanicus 13. Infernal Rites