Ancient Ceremony The Third Testament 1. Ex Insula Angelorum Awake and give Ear to what Damnation's Bell as Prophecy has Thee to tell! From the Island of Angels I shall descend to bring Thee the Third Testament An Age then is destined to start in which feeble Religions are torn apart! 2. Al Shaitan Mahrid Choirs bathed in Vengeance, dressed as Sin Perform my Aria of Doom Drunken with Blood I resurrect my Cult The Serpent strikes again Now that the Seals are broken All Heavens live in Mourning "Et aperuit os suum in blasphemias ad deum Blasphemare nomen eius et tabernaculum eius et eos qui in caelo habitant Et datum est illi bellum facere cum sanctis et vincere illos" So do fall down and worship Me! A Feast for the Black Prophet And a greater Feast for Death The eldest Friend of Wisdom The Source of wildest Pride The great seven-headed Beast That's three Names out of a Thousand This World has given Me Oh Earth - now feel the Elements My Air - Thy Taste of a deadly Storm My Water - The Poison of Dragons Fire - see the Flames burn as Symbol of the new Law Daughter Zion I have risen To preach Thee Thy final Day! 3. Litanies In Blood Litanies in Blood I write As Prayers of Supremacy My Paper is the Skin of Mortals Like the Cuts of hundred Needles in their Head My Feather on it is burning When Children are brought to the Altar Grap their Hearts and offer them to me Diabolical Donation To get fed with Perpetuality When Darkside is calling Open the three Books To read and learn Now Flesh becomes My Word And Word becomes My Flesh Ego te baptiso in nomine Satanas! Taste the Devil's Nectar Drink the Serpent Blood Wilt is the dark Flame of the Universe As we pass the fiery Gates Hand in Hand with fallen sixwinged Seraphim In this sinistruous Night Where an Eidolon named "Might" On a Black Throne reigns upright I welcome Thee Walkers in velvet Spheres My Passion's Daughters and Sons Here is Thy deserved Dominion Corpus Sanguinarius Satanicum Hic sapientia est qui habet intellectum conputet numerum bestiae numerus hominim est et numerus eius est - Sescenti Sexaginta Sex! 4. Seed Of Evil See the storm forth like the dancing Flames of immortal Fire Feel them burn Thy Soul Now enter Purgatory! Oh Scorpion in Azazel's haunted Realm with deadly Sting fulfill our Lust May Thou find the beating Hearts in their Breasts Woe to Thee - but where to flee? There is no Place to hide from the Seed of Evil Horned Entity, carry our Sins with Pride as we shall do in that star-filled Night when Babalon's Resurrection is gloriously set to be held Born again from Scarlet Woman's precious Womb as Insignium of Hate Woe to Thee - but where to flee? There is no Place to hide from the Seed of Evil Sand licks the Blood not less than seven Times My damned Children they awake from a Sleep that seemed eternally Whilst Desert's pestilential Winds spread from the East Nine-headed Hydra's Disease to crawl the Holy Lands "Thou shall be Feast for the Worms!" My Breed, these Harbingers of Death on destinuous Wings do ride Captured Souls are a mortal Meal consumed with deepest Delight consumed by the Seed of Evil 5. A Black Requiem Oh fiercest Goddess Darkness dares to invoke Pure Demonic Attraction When Thou were raptured by Elohim's Hand Tears bedimmed Thy ebony Eyes Former Things now passed away No Sorrow, no more Woe In Blackened Moon, in Twilight's Dim Listen to this Bridal Hymn Await my Diabolique Spell Mine art Dark Powers to read the Visions old My Orchestra of Agony performs for Thee The Symphony of Pride Now become One with me Hades and Eden unite Now Thou art One with me In unholy Desire allied Congressus cum Daemonae - See Shadows dance in morbid Rhythm Congressus cum Daemonae - My Black Paradise it thirsts for Thee Revolting Angels gather for Attack Congressus cum Daemonae - Install Thyself next to my Throne Congressus cum Daemonae - Our rival Kingdom never will bow down Pass the Rivers of the Dead A Vision of Elysium tonight flows All Flesh desires Divinity Imprisoned Stars now set free again Ready for Vengeance As I strike the flaming Sword Thee all shalt hear the Master Chord Performed in this Black Requiem of mine Ego vos benedictio in nomine magni Dei nostri Satanas Exaudi meam Dominus Inferus vobiscum! Creatures of the Abyss and in Heavens as well Join our Path under the Sun and join us in crimson Moonlight 6. With Mephistophelic Egotheism Let me introduce myself Mephistopheles my Name I spread Egotheism An Idol of Lust I am To take Thee out of Sadness And Obeydiance my Aim Never wander through spiritual Worlds in Lonelieness Don't wait for Heaven! Mephistopheles - Seduction the Black Way Mephistopheles - True King of this World Allah, Jehova, Father God These worthless Designs do fail Decapitate that Trinity of Falseness In Faustian Conquest I crush their feeble Lies "So ist denn alles, was ihr Sunde, Zerstorung, kurz das Bose nennt, mein eigentliches Element!" My Soul is in Knowledge of the Universe So come to Me And all Treasures of the Earth can be Thine I await in Hell! Mephistopheles - Seduction the Black Way Mephistopheles - True King of this World 7. The Ultimate Nemesis With Hand of Judgement I have whetted my flashing Sword to punish my Adversaries I will make my Arrows drunk with Blood and my evil Soul shall devour Thy feeble Flesh Now I take Vengeance on my hated Enemies The ultimate Nemesis! Awake, Heaven and Earth for the Time of my Plagues has just begun Like Sodom's lovely poisoned Wine all Waters shall turn red with Blood of the Slain I am Her Revelation On my Sceptre gleams the Morningstar and my Curse rapes all Temples of Thine Lux Perpetua - now Thou art mine! As Conductor to this Requiem I write the Score in Blood Reaper plays his Violin feel the sweet Smell of Death Oh, Perfume of these raging Deeds get spread like fiery Breath Hear Lambs in Agony cry see the Slaves slowly die, still kneeling before their God "With Tongue of Wrath I spake the Judge So they now wheep for their slaughtered Idol... Face the ultimate Nemesis and wheep now for Thy God!" Hear Heaven cry, see Heaven die Bleeding Drips rain from the Sky Hear Heaven cry and see Heaven die Thy "God" - I laugh about his Sigh His Sheep from my Wolves do flee A dying Heaven - this is what I see Dead even I love my Enemies! 8. On Khaos Wings No mortal Soul ever shall feel Wisdom-drenched Secrets hidden under my Veil Through the darkest Portal ever built I will guard Thee to the fifteen Stars under Ishtar's Gate For I am all that was, is and shall be Weeping, creeping, Death is sleeping Mysteries of a World beyond Shall bring Thee back to Life As on Khaos Wings we ride In this Black Magick Night Created before all Mankind Fire and Spirit in me unite With the Wilt to Infinity By the Powers from the East And Mysteries of the Deep I command in Anubis' Names: "Thou shalt arise!" Der Tod kommt auf leisen Schwingen In these ancient Funeral Chambers I cast my Spells upon those Seekers of Immortality Now let us dwell in the Land of Shadows As on Khaos Wings we ride In this Black Magick Night Death rides on silent Wings By the Powers from the East And Mysteries of the Deep I command in Anubis' Names: "Thou shalt arise!" Der Tod kommt auf leisen Schwingen Die to arise! Welcome to Spheres Beyond Mirrors of Blackness 9. Salute O Satana Salute O Satana - Deus Vindictae Salute O Satana - Deus Tenebrarum Salute O Satana - Deus Lucis Ecce Corpus Jesu Christi, Dominus Humilim et Rex Servorum Ave Dominus Satanas Deus Potentiae! 10. Under Astral Tyranny Cosmic Chaos designs another Birth of the Luciferian Principle Spawn of Venus in Attack Thou art to the World a raging Storm Aeons end, Aeons begin He is the One to call Mountains drown and Churches fall in Earthquake and Deluge Chained in a Thousand dustfilled Clouds Sun no longer dares to rise A World in Darkness drenched and Silence haunts all Lands... When the Stars are in their Constellation right it's Time to pay Tribute to his Might The Astral Tyranny Earth now is a Widow veiled in Black weeping at Her own Grave Side by Side with Death Widely opened are Gehenna's Gates like a Virus from Ereschkigal Myriads of Dead do march as Army bringing Pain Jehova see Thy Children fall! When Stars in Fear do stop their Dance Not far ahead is that bloody Romance The Oracle-Goddess preached as Astral Tyranny On this bleeding Planet I raise Centuries of Wrath! My Time - now it is near This Widow it may take my Hand When as Messenger of the golden Dawn I ascend This Principle - it's me! 11. Bells Of Damnation I am Bringer of the new Aeon And this is my Revelation: Beyond the Abyss I arose tempted the World in Sin Weak Rules of the spiritually Enslaved my Wisdom has destroyed Sacrifice on my Altar And paint the Graves bloodred Where I was there is Darkness Where I am there is Light In a Palace that shines in more Brightness than even the Sun I gather my Nation to lift up its Swords Drink from the Chalice, Sacred Ones, in Lakes of Secrecy now bath The Witch of Endour, my morbid Concubine, seduces even Angels as we reveal the Words divine: "Another Prophet will arise, bringing new Fevers, killing with Plagues The Lamb will die through his avenging Hand The Serpent will kiss another Woman She spreads Temptation And represents religious Dawn" Await these Messengers of my Eclipse For I am the King of Kings The Spirit who conquers Thy Souls Purple Tears of exiled Angels Drip down like raining Blood And are Wine to me - Wine of Wrath Now listen to the Secrets old Bells of Damnation for Aeons have told: "Eure Seelen sind mein! Eure Seelen sind rein!"