Susperia Predominance Nuclear Blast, March 2001 This album was recorded in Abyss Studios A&C Through October 2000 Engineering & recorded by Lars Szöke Mixed & Supervised by Peter Tägtgren Mastered at Cutting Room, Stockholm by Peter In De Betou Produced by Susperia Band photos by: Chris Holter-Kolonihaven Cover artwork/Design& Additional photos by Rune Tyvold Through Edgerunner Records Design Cover Concept by Rune Tyvold & Athera All music written & arranged by Cyrus - Except "Illusions of Evil" by Cyrus and Tjodalv All Lyrics written & arranged by Athera - Except "Specimen" lyrics written by Athera and Memnock - & "Of Hate We Breed" Lyrics written by Athera & Gonde. Arranged by Tjodalv All music performed by Susperia Lineup on this recording: Tjodalv: Drums Cyrus: Guitars Memnock: Bass Athera: Vocals Elvorn: Guitar BLOOD ON MY HANDS This is your life You`ll never wake up It`s not a dream Wellcome to the end of your destiny Your last warning has reached you now Oppose me again and I will hurt again I don`t need to accept your mourning Your face just disgust me So take my hand I wanna kill you now Blood on my hands My sister of the night I want to drink your blood I need to feed of your life to keep from killing you When I`m not there you dream of a saviour That`ll come to set you free This will never happen my love As I keep you in another dimension So take my hand I wanna kill you now Blood on my hands My sister of the night I want to drink your blood I need to feed of your life to keep from killing you Do you know me… Do you know who I am I speak with… Speak with the Devil at night I trust him… Trust him in every word He tells me… Tells me in which way to judge You for your crimes to mankind As weak as you are I hate you for leaving me I will see your blood on my hands I do not forgive easily When I`m not there you dream of a saviour That`ll come to set you free This will never happen my love As I keep you in another dimension Sister in life What have you done Enemy in death I now let you go Music: Cyrus | Lyrics: Athera | October 2000 I AM PAIN As for pain come to me As for pleasure leave me Legendary suffering you shall see Is it not enough for you to see the torture Must you still put your life on trial So take a look at yourself lying cold and stiff And then ask yourself is it worth worshipping some higher creator When was the last time you bowed down to me and kissed my feet Unless you forever obey me, I`ll put you to sleep The fear of dying tears your mind apart Hiding now from yourself And so we walk into the night Together to find excistence inside oblivion As for pain come to me As for pleasure leave me Legendary suffering you shall see Is it not enough for you to see the torture Must you still put your life on trial The fear of dying tears your mind apart Hiding now from yourself And so we walk into the night Together to find excistence inside oblivion So take a look at yourself lying cold and stiff And then ask yourself is it worth worshipping some higher creator When was the last time you bowed down to me and kissed my feet Unless you forever obey me, I`ll put you to sleep Music: Cyrus | Lyrics: Athera | April 2000 ILLUSIONS OF EVIL From the dark pits of hell Rises a new breed of warriors Prepared after 2000 years of sleep The last battle was lost and the book of lies was written See now finally what you have created Illusions of good was evil After many times trying to find the door You realize the key was destroyed So majestically to watch As they again invade this pathetic world For this time to write the book of truth Namely, the book of death See now finally what you have created Illusions of good was evil After many times trying to find the door You realize the key was destroyed *Illusions of evil For time is mearly now You die among us Finally to gain wisdom Illusions of evil Time has met its master Burn in hell Salvation is never again to be found Repeat * For death is no place and no time It`s unholy and it`s dark When you die you fall, you do not rise to some height This is the work of illusions See now finally what you have created Illusions of good was evil After many times trying to find the door You realize the key was destroyed Damnation fills the room as the first of worshippers go Leave no trace of glory This was meant to be, behold the children crying But the weak must og See now finally what you have created Illusions of good was in fact pure evil Music: Cyrus and Tjodalv | Lyrics: Athera | December 1998 JOURNEY INTO BLACK The wind blows the falling leaves As we wonder where do they blow I stand on a hill gazing to the black skies Wishing to follow the wind where it blows To see what`s beyond Beyond the color of night I see a face in the horizon I close my eyes and take the dive Into unknown depths I fall When I wake up it`s like I`m everywhere I see everything, understand it all I look around at so many souls I feel the stench of the tears and the fright Yet it fills me with power And I grow stronger I suddenly feel the need to take control I am before you were The hurting inside, in it am I And still they come to my palace of doom Mortal equals mourn As their loved ones become my eternal slaves Counting hours, servants in infinity Breeding for one purpose The pleasing of me You can`t imagine what suffering you have coming if you refuse Every season I expand My vision, my creation, my domain I have become the ruler of the afterlife Challenge my being and you`ll eventually see That the eyes watching you die, is me… Music: Cyrus | Lyrics: Athera | October 2000 OBJECTS OF DESIRE An ancient evil centuries old has awakened in the form of the wicked They use their beauty and their insatiable lust as a potent lifeforce They become the objects of insane desire But their kisses yield torture and violence as their suitors discover Only I am strong enough to end their quest for total domain And only I am strong enough to test them in a grand test of will I was never more dangerous than with the night angels, mistresses of hell -REPEAT- Music: Cyrus | Lyrics: Athera | April 2000 OF HATE WE BREED One thought, needless to say The action do repay Someone out there filthyminded is digging up graves of the hated To strike them again Blow away the funeral dust Souls forlorn From darkness born Diabolical seed Of hate we breed Never be at one with yourself Cry out the pain For feared was he Utmost cause for not taking you Hunted are we for reasons told A story of disbelief was written The run, the running of man Come with me, run Hated all these years What a waste of time Was I the one you really wanted What do they want The searching ones Of hate they came And in hate they die So tell me what is your quest Of times never spoken of You tell a tale of rewarded times In time you`ll learn the truth about me Someone out there filthyminded is digging up graves of the hated To strike them again Blow away the funeral dust Souls forlorn From darkness born Diabolical seed Of hate we breed For what am I if not as others What am I if anything Music: Cyrus | Lyrics: Athera & Gonde SPECIMEN A sculpture constructed for the perfect system Not knowing your true origin You wander through life as instructed Not knowing the end of it all The entity has written your life Showed you your path but not how to walk it I know now the reason Why these visions from beyond Haunted me through life As a supposed guidance So this is your way Of showing me the truth I`m tired of this game Playing with my mind Hands that cannot move Eyes that cannot see Mouth that cannot speak And a body that cannot feel Lifeless, limbless, speachless No gestures of my own will Soulless, mindless, feeling less Even death wont greet me still Entrapment is all that`s real My mind is wired to yours How long will you test my strength What follows when I am dead How long will you test my strength What follows once I am gone Wired to you Encagement is all I feel So this is your way Of showing me the truth I`m tired of this game Playing with my mind Music: Cyrus | Lyrics: Athera & Memnock | October 2000 THE COMING OF A DARKER TIME Every given time is a gift Use it well Your sporadic venture (is due to loss) Awakening pressure roams the surface End of the line It renders down to nothingness Hymn to the sacred as far as it goes Behold the coming Of a darker time Presence of evil Endless life Given the right to speak the truth Elite of the trusted must bow Down in the surface Which opens and swallows In dignity and in pride Your lost In eternitys quest for life Hear the blessed souls lie Watch the sickening souls die Music: Cyrus | Lyrics: Athera | November 1999 THE HELLCHILD A vow to he who is the maker The father of Candarian demons The father of sins and sinners Guardian of dense forests And we as his children will obey every word With chains around feet and hands So long since I`ve seen the light My eyes hurt As they are stitched together Tung cut out and fingers crushed A vow to he who is the maker The father of Candarian demons The father of sins and sinners Guardian of dense forests And we as his children will obey every word With chains around feet and hands We slave on through the night So long since I`ve seen the light My eyes hurt stitched together Tung cut out and fingers crushed Freedom is not an option Escape you can but you`re always to be found The light gives you away Escape you can but you`re always to be found The light gives you away Some descend into darkness Some will be forgotten Your fate is sealed Forever silent Music: Cyrus | Lyrics: Athera | October 1999 VAINGLORY My time is near I will rule again So what is your defence this time You will try to defeat me once again But your precious words will ricochet off of me You`re going blind as I lurk around you Your mighty being will fall down hard Take a closer look at your built up horde You wil lsee they are following me When my time again comes Order and darkness shall reign Without the smoke of your holy pipe We will again create clarity as a whole Damn you for thinking your so supreme I will end your vaingloryness Step down from your throne it`s no longer yours Give me your crown it`s rightfully mine Take with you your poor possetions For what I care burn them alive And again I have to listen to your prayers Take your supremacy anywhere but here I nee some time to rebuild what you have destroyed So do your wheaping elsewhere, not here I will never forgive you my brother For letting me rot in your pits of doom This time it`s final my friend Our bloodline ends now right here Music: Cyrus | Lyrics: Athera | October 2000