Hollenthon
Opus Magnum
1. On The Wings Of A Dove
2. To Fabled Lands
3. Son Of Perdition
4. Ars Moriendi
5. Once We Were Kings
6. Of Splendid Worlds
7. Dying Embers
8. Misterium Babel
9. The Bazaar
1. On The Wings Of A Dove
Ravishing children in perilous times
Mother of harlots recanting her vice
Maelstroms...On the wings of a dove
Innocence lost
In for the kill'
Galloping thunder waving its sword
Brother to Death in darkness is born
Perish...In the bludgeoned presence of foes
Innocence lost
In for the kill
No glory for sorrows
No solace in harlots
No sunlight in shadows
No comfort embracing the dead
Fiery red fury unleashing its might
Drowning the laughter of ages to come
Silence...As the megatons fall
Ashes to ash
Dust turns to dust
Nuclear winters yearning for dawn
Stealing the life out of every last breath
Vanish...In the mist of a gangrenous gaze
Ashes to ash
Dust turns to dust
No whispering sorrows
Find comfort in harlots
Unveiling the horrors
Consumed by conflict and strife
And now as the trees start to tremble
Deepening damnation, the rolling bell
Running with wolves, moribund conscripts are waiting to die
Lest cowards may horde the sunset that fades in the west
Ashes, ashes, ashes
Dust turn to dust
2. To Fabled Lands
In the path of good fortune
Yet another leads astray
In the midst of abundance
Woeful songs sung in vain
On a hill fervid cavalier
Spills no blood upon his scales
Weighs the flesh of my brother
Weighs the flesh of my foe
Hearts cursed with hunger
And the hollow gaze of fear
Grieving souls this dreadful hour
Barren lands spread to the north
Blind as the vulture that its final feast awaits
Judgement passed deliverance lies morose
Futile demise, thirsting swallows are singing my praise
Singing my praise
Death throes escaping the silence of untimely death
Judgement passed, deliverance etched in stone
Carry my corpse far beyond to fabled lands
To fabled lands
In fields of famine
In fields of dread
Forsaken reapers
Harvest emptiness
Flight takes the swallow
To journey's end
Singing their last dirges
To immortal stars flying high
Children
Shadows of their graves
Watch them die
Wistful
Winds of staid regrets
Hear their cries
Brethren
Fleeing memories
Pass them by
Sullen
Darkness blinds the sky
Darkened soul
In the path of good fortune
Yet another leads astray
In the midst of abundance
Woeful songs sung in vain
On a hill fervid cavalier
Spills no blood upon his scales
Weighs the flesh of my brother
Weighs the flesh of my foe
Hearts cursed with hunger
And the hollow gaze of fear
Grieving souls this dreadful hour
Barren lands spread to the north
3. Son Of Perdition
Dreadful visions
Of seas turning black
Silent conquests masked
In mortal white
Rolling thunder
Mountains of brass
Marching one by one
To steal the light
Howling mongrels
Forewarning doom
Seeping poisons
From the serpent's kiss
One-eyed liars
Spewing at the mouth
False pretences linger
Hiding in the clouds
The deceiver
Sowing seeds of death
The apocrypha
The deceiver
Digging endless graves
Reaping fallacies
Dying embers
Burning at both ends
Blind indifference
Gorging promises
Fragrant sorrows
Weeping to the wind
Blissful ignorance
Until time stands still
Lonesome solace
Riding out the storm
Fearless paupers
Stand on shallow ground
Fading shimmer
Dueling beasts of vice
Stoic hopefuls battle
Scrambling at dawn
The deceiver
Digging endless graves
Reaping fallacies
The destroyer
Rising in the East
For the last crusade
Light is fading
Worlds collide
In the last hour
As words become lies
In darkly worlds
With wielding swords
Wild beasts await Remorse and Sin
Death's angels freed
From Hades' dark side
Damned be the children, cursed the land
Between two worlds
Where Death lurks near
A wailing song to Fate's last breath
A valiant steed
A crown and bow
Son of perdition and false pretence
From blackened seas
Ascending dead
In chains their souls
In flight their pride
(Death lurks the corners of the earth)
And one by one
In endless demise
Relive their death with no reprise
(Son of perdition and false pretence)
4. Ars Moriendi
Eerie calling
In the pale moonlight
Carrying darts of death with Hades at his side
Wretched conquest
A rogue's delight
Stealing dawn's first kiss, craven thief of night
Pallid slaughter
Riding storms
Hungry oceans gain on kingly shores
Reaping angel
In grim delight
Greenish tinge upon his countenance
Stealing the life from our eyes
Standing still black as the night
Eternal companion of kings
Reaping rewards of our sins
Pallid slaughter
Riding storms
Hungry oceans gain on kingly shores
Reaping angel
In grim delight
Stealing dawn's first kiss, craven thief of night
Stealing the life from our eyes
Standing still black as the night
Eternal companion of kings
Reaping rewards of our sins
Death seeks Life
Through seas of blood
He rides
King of dire
Flames and pyres
Dawn in pieces
Night closes in on the morn
Bells toll ice-cold
Lost souls forlorn
Damning bells, spirits dwell
Earthly hell, farewell
5. Once We Were Kings
Fire...I hold the mythic flame within my palm
Fire...Wildly dancing in the still of night
This dream that fades before it soars
A frozen lake of blood and guilt
Abandon hope, who enter here
My love has died so long ago
Cowards...You preached from temples made of flesh and bone
Envy...She was the poison torturing your souls
Gorging...Devouring killer gnawing at our scars
Fury...A beast in bondage rotting in the ground
And my heart and my soul flee with the flames
Once we were kings
Before your throne
We tasted death
For promised stars in skies we longed
Yet stars don't shine, where darkness reigns
May fiery hope deliver us
And my heart and my soul flee with the flames
Once we were kings
And the wind gently sings
Of the lives we have lost
But once we were kings
And as the fire sears our weary flesh
The seven rays have lost their hold
The slaves of yore rise with the smoke
This reign shall fall and rise no more
Your wrath remains, your pleasure wretched
A wayward child lost in the storm
Forgotten feats return to haunt your doom
I will not be the last to go
And my heart and my soul flee with the flames
Once we were kings
And the wind gently sings
Of the lives we have lost
But once we were kings...
6. Of Splendid Worlds
The secrets of cities fade
The wail of cretins cease
Enveloped by waves of shadows
As armies of locusts charge
Devouring our hell
Fateful days lay twisted and in ruins
Morning dew, a dying soul
As flowers fade to black
Forget-me-not's remember well
The call of darkness brought by the lonesome wind
Fatal whispers and tears of death
Void, formless, fear-breathing
Ill fury
Will damn you
To never see the light
While the souls of martyrs mourned
As the cries of chaos plagued a dying world
We stooped down into the depths
Of a splendid world
Blinded by the haunting depths
Hand in hand with sinners
Until soon all was lost
7. Dying Embers
I drown in ashes
As demons thrive
Unsightly faces behind the mask
Sweet embers hide my dying eyes
The smell of amber
And weary lies
Evoke the ages
Of humbly times
To cloak the sorrow in virgin white
Few fought back the darkness
The eternal black
In the midst of the terror
As the tyrants reigned
In ensuing violence
And pandemic rage
Taking their wrath home
With the words of a prince
On the brink of destruction
Most vile race
When the sound of the trumpets
Never found their way
Drowned out by laughter
Now the cross is ablaze
Hell-bent and hellbound
Hallowed downpour of plague
Damnation unleashed
On desolate plains
On oceans of sadness
The tempest howls
As time stands still
And torment takes shape
In the wake of doom
With open arms
Lorn saving grace
For pest and friend
In darkness dwell
Fire...Deliverance
8. Misterium Babel
Wistful temptress
Scarlet-clad and decked in gold
Baneful muse
Fallen whore
Moaning siren
Drunken with the blood of saints
Reign of vice
Nevermore
Within these walls of naked hare
The beast awaits to consume her flesh
The waters tremble in fearful disdain
While she burns in her fiery bed
Within these walls
No music sounds
Misterium Babel
Her luscious charm...Unveiled
Unfolds
Recoils
Fades
Wistful temptress
Scarlet-clad and decked in gold
Baneful muse
Fallen whore
Moaning siren
Drunken with the blood of saints
Reign of vice
Nevermore
Within these walls
Of naked hate
The beast awaits to consume her flesh
The waters tremble in fearful disdain
While she burns in her fiery bed
Within these walls
You led a stray
With sweet caress
Your magic spell...Unveiled
Unfolds
Recoils
Fades
Within these walls
No light will shine
Your naked flesh
In darkness dwells
9. The Bazaar
[Bonus track]
[The Tea Party Cover]
Silence swimming in a pool of dreams
Beneath its depths the forgotten streams
Above, the city of the evening star
Behind its walls, the grand bazaar
As she walks through its endless maze
Cursing those who mistrust her ways
Please my friend no matter what she sees
Tell my lover come back to me
Doorways spilling out their sombre light
Casting shadows that will raid the night
Along the alleys of her ruling fears
Walk the visions that will cause her tears
Lying still as she wills her glance
Through the eyes of a charmers trance
Please my friend no matter what she sees
Tell my lover come back to me
And on the walls
Shadows play
Twilight souls
Anguished ways
Lost adrift
Severed seas
I await you
Come to me
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