BAND NAME: Antestor
GENRE: Death Metal / Doom Metal (early); Unblack Metal (later)
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: Jessheim, Viken, Norway
Lineup:
Ronny Hansen - Lead Vocals
Lars Stokstad - Keyboards, Guitars, Clean Vocals
Stig Rolfsen - Guitars
Robert Bordevik - Guitars, Backing Vocals, Bass
Erik Normann Aanonsen - Bass
Jo Henning Børven - Drums
Past Members:
Kjetil Molnes - Vocals
Erling Jørgensen - Guitars
Ole Børud - Guitars
Thor Georg Buer - Guitars, Bass, Programming
Vegard Undal - Bass
Morten Sigmund Magerøy - Keyboards
Nickolas Main Henriksen - Keyboards
Svein Sander - Drums
Links:
Discography:
Despair (demo)
August 1993, Strawberry Records, Limited Edition (Cassette)
1994, Strawberry Records (Cassette)
Plays the same on both sides.
1. Preludium 0:50
2. Demonic Seduction 5:59
The rulers of the darkness of this world
Unmasked bringing their offers to man
A terrible reality is knocking on your door
Threatening to destroy your life forevermore
Personal freedom and independence
Fulfillment of desire, still needing more
Sinning without any feelings of guilt
Emptiness and an exhausted soul
Without God there is no life
Man cannot survive
Blinded by demonic seduction
Led into destruction
Free people with self-determination
Crimes, suicide and apprehension
Living is worthless, nothing to gain
Denying the truth and Satan's existence
3. Message From Hell 3:38
I got through to you
And destroyed you too
I made you all pay
'Cause you did obey
You didn't stop me
I got your key
You cannot turn back
I got you on my track
I fooled you with a lie
And you did not deny
I fooled you with a lie
And you did not deny
I was fooling you
'Cause you never knew
4. Lost Generation 2:30
We were born to get love from above
Selfish, greed and curiosity
Sin burned through our hearts
We lost it all
'Cause it made us fall
Selfish endeavor fails in the end
The safety you had is gone
You are left to be alone
Blinded by fright
Your eyes have lost sight
You do not know what you are doing
The evil that you have done
Have made you all become blind
Your dream is a lie
You live just to die
Trust in the Word of the mighty Lord
Real life is in God's hand
Is it so hard to believe
To Him we must come
He'll give us wisdom
5. Human 4:59
Temptations fill my soul
And pain rises from inside
The devil works from within
Our sinful passions aroused by the law
I know that within
What's good is not at home
I try with all my strength
But still I'm condemned to fall
The law took my life away
The sin put me to death
The fainting human that I am
I cannot understand
I do not practice what I will
But I do what I hate
Who will rescue me
From this body doomed to death
Thanks be to God through Jesus
No condemnation in the Lord
Thank You Jesus for saving me
6. Jesus, Jesus, Ver Du Hjå Meg 3:14
Jesus, Jesus, ver du hjå meg
Jesus, Jesus, ver du hjå meg
Statt ved leiet gå'kje frå meg
No mi avferd stundar til
La'kje Satan meg få gjera
Noko vondt, du meg må bera
Det er heim til deg eg vil
Jesus, gløym I nåde ordi
Som eg I mitt live på jordi
Titt har tala deg imot
Gløym alt vondt eg gjorde, tenkte
Det som titt ditt hjarta krenkte
Læk mi sjuke hjarterot
Alt som vil mitt hjarta tyngja
Tak det bort, så eg kan syngja
Fri og frelst min siste song
Jesus, Jesus, gå'kje frå meg
Statt ved leiet, ver du hjå meg
No eg sovnar siste gong
Northern Lights: Norwegian Metal Compilation (split, 1996, Rowe Productions) (CD)
7. Antestor - Mercy Lord 6:40
Be gracious to me O God
In Thy true love
In the fullness of Thy mercy
Blot out my misdeeds
Create in me a pure heart O God
Give me a new and steadfast spirit
Do not drive me from Thy presence
Or take Thy Holy Spirit from me
Against Thee I have sinned
And done what displeases Thee
Thou hast hidden the truth in darkness
Through this mystery Thou teach me
Create in me a pure heart O God
Give me a new and steadfast spirit
Do not drive me from Thy presence
Or take Thy Holy Spirit from me
8. Antestor - Thoughts 7:09
Living inside restless and wild
Using your mind just like you're blind
Imagination, hallucination
Distortion of the soul
Leaving you out cold
Nowhere to run, there's no more fun
See no solution to your confusion
Don't stay too long
You'll never know what's wrong
Open up wide, let God inside
9. Antestor - Inmost Fear 5:38
Never to feel nothing too real
The place of doom this empty room
Look inside the brain
The unconscious chain
All the time awaiting
Creatures my soul are taking
Who can break these chains
Only death remains
The inmost fear it's all so near
The evil within stored by sin
The dark side forsaken
Ready to be awakened
In my darkest hour
I can feel the power
Running through my vein
Driving me insane
Where am I to go
Still inside my soul
Reaching out from within
Who can forgive my sin
If I could reach the door
All this pain no more
No more...
Kongsblod (demo)
1997, Independent (CD)
April 20, 2018, Nordic Mission (CD, 12" Vinyl)
December 1, 2020, Nordic Mission, Limited Edition (Cassette)
Demo version of the album "The Return Of The Black Death".
1. Vinterferden 1:21
2. A Sovereign Fortress 4:54
3. Svartedauens Gjenkomst 4:42
4. Sorg 6:14
5. The Bridge Of Death 5:31
6. Gamlelandet 6:14
7. Kilden - Lik En Endelös Elv 6:23
8. Kongsblod 5:50
9. Battlefield 5:59
10. Ancient Prophecy 8:00
11. Ildnatten 2:05
The Return Of The Black Death (album)
1998, Cacophonous Records (CD)
???, Cacophonous Records (Digital)
1. Vinterferden 1:21
2. A Sovereign Fortress 4:54
In You I have taken refuge
Never let me be put to shame
As You are righteous, rescue me and save my life
Hear me and set me free
Be a rock of refuge for me
Where I may ever find safety at Your call
For You are my towering crag and stronghold
O Lord, keep my life safe from the wicked
You are my hope, O Lord, my trust, O Lord, since boyhood
From birth I have leaned upon You
My protector since I left my mother's womb
Let all my traducers be shamed and dishonored
Let all who seek my hurt be covered with scorn
But I will wait in continual hope
I will praise You again and again
All day long Your righteousness, Your saving acts
Shall be upon my lips
You shall ever be the theme of my praise
Your righteousness, Yours alone
You are my hope, O Lord, my trust, O Lord, since boyhood
From birth I have leaned upon You
My protector since I left my mother's womb
For You have done great things
Who is like You?
3. Svartedauens Gjenkomst 4:42
Det tordner I norges land
Vinden herjer blant fjell og vann
Tettpakket med tunge skyer
Som ligger tett over norske byer
Svartedauen er på vei igjen
Smitter over på alle vordne menn
Fra vikingid til vår samfunnsstrid
En manndomskamp kjempes med flid
Gjør klar til kamp
Kjemp med svettedamp
Gud vil med deg stride
Nederlag vil du ei lide
Dypt inn I skogens skygge
Ligger mørkets menn så trygge
Men vikingmann har ingen frykt
En hellig mann har gitt ham lykt
Gjør klar til kamp
Kjemp med svettedamp
Gud vil med deg stride
Nederlag vil du ei lide
4. Sorg 6:14
Inn I sjelens dype mørke
Hvor livet svinner hen
Der tomhet har sitt rike
Og intet blir igjen
Hvordan skal jeg kunne leve
Min sjel så høyt forhatt
Sorg er hva jeg føler
Alt så ensomt og forlatt
Av hele min kropp jeg kjemper
Men ingen krefter har
Finnes det håp I mørket
Vise vei til det som var
Har sorgen vunnet sin seier
Hvor kan jeg finne håp
Lyset som glimtet I mørket
Var kun sorgens dåp
5. The Bridge Of Death 5:31
Weakened by the things I've done
Blackened has my soul become
Satan says he'll set me free
But he's a loser just like me
The things I've done in my past
It haunts my soul and kills at last
My life is a path of pain
No light and laid in chains
My effort contains no meaning
The strength I had now weakening
As time passes the soul is screaming
The wall of grief inside increasing
Father, I don't need these emotions
Why won't You just stop the pain
My heart has become hard as stone
I've brought upon myself a wall
Jesus you fought the battle for me
Help me to see that you sets me free
How can I manage to live
I don't receive as much as I give
The dark side of an emotional soul
Will not let this become his goal
A struggle against the evil within
A fight which no man can ever win
Fooled by the lie, of changing my destiny
I fought the truth, never to rest in peace
Is there a way, how can I pay
Jesus You fought the battle for me
Help me to see that You set me free
6. Gamlelandet 6:14
Svake menn uten styrke
Lar seg derfor snarlig lure
Sluker alt som tilbys dem
Landet blir ei dere hjem
Faller for et fremmed folk
Som frister med dødens liv
De vet ikke hva de gjør
Og skaper ulykke bak hver en dør
Satans barn langveis fra
Kommer hit med falske håp
Fordømmelse over den norske mann
Fortærer det ganske land
La blikket ei fra veien vike
Norske menn I det sanne lys
La deg ei fra lyset lure
Da skal ingen kunne deg kue
Der Kristus får regjere
Vil folket stå med styrket sjel
Den mektigste trone står
Og herren folkets hyllest får
7. Kilden - Lik En Endelös Elv 6:23
Vi trenger ikke bruke krefter
For herren har kraft nok lik tusen hester
Nå nærmer vi oss endetiden
Men kampen ble vunnet for lenge siden
Ingenting er vi I oss selv
Faderen er kilden lik en endeløs elv
Sammen vi står med kraft I ånden
Herren gir oss det vi trenger I hånden
Hør du veike hjerte
Vend om og du blir sterk
Herren er større enn alle guder
Hans navn består til evig tid
Herren sørger for alle sine
Ingen skal mangle noe I strid
Ingen skal lenger behøve å lide
Kristus er han som vant oss I tide
Troen er sterk I herren
Selv døden er en seier over verden
Det er ingen som kan oss stoppe
Når det er herren som holder oss oppe
Han styrker oss I denne verden
Fra ham strømmer kraften til hele ferden
Snart er ferden omme
For sent å vende om
8. Kongsblod 5:50
Guds ord fra vår munn, lysets barn, skal runge
De onde, mørkets barn, skal miste sin tunge
Helliget være de ydmykes skarpe sverd
Mørket fryktes ei når vi vandrer på vår vei
Far ydmykt frem lysets barn
Frykt herren, han bringer oss hjem
Guds ord fra vår munn, lysets barn, skal runge
De onde, mørkets barn, skal miste sin tunge
Helliget være de ydmykes skarpe sverd
Mørket fryktes ei når vi vandrer på vår vei
Himmelen skaker, jorden skjelver
Dagen hans vrede flammer opp
Helliget være de ydmykes skarpe sverd
Mørket fryktes ei når vi vandrer på vår vei
Guds mektige vesen, allhærs gud
Legger joden øde og rydder syndere ut
9. Battlefield 5:59
We are God's servants
Armed for war
Our lives are sacrificed
to die for the Lord
Mountains are shaking
We're marching ahead
God uses His servants
To help the mislead
Rejoice in the Lord
Through Him we'll fight
We'll get our reward
When the time is right
The Lord is our Master
O Lord make us win
The Lord is our Master
Our strength is from within
God's Word - our sword
The faith - our shield
In God's people
Truth is revealed
Lift up His name
The battle has begun
Listen you mortal
Obey, no use to run
The Almighty is here
Calling your name
We are God's servants
Armed for war
Our lives are sacrificed
to die for the Lord
Mountains are shaking
We're marching ahead
God uses His servants
To help the mislead
Rejoice in the Lord
Through Him we'll fight
We'll get our reward
When the time is right
The Lord is our Master
O Lord make us win
The Lord is our Master
Our strength is from within
10. Ancient Prophecy 8:00
Too bad you won't live
But then again who does
Christ was dead but now He lives
And they who live, they are dead
It's not a good thing to live in fear
Someone is in fear of living
No one lives without fear
Wake up, it's time to die
Weak is the strong
Strong as they who weep
Sad is the truth
And laughs are for few
Not an easy thing
To meet your maker
Everyone will see Him face-to-face
No escape beyond His dominion
Plain and simple
Skinned to the core
11. Ildnatten 2:05
Martyrium (album)
1995, Independent, Promo (CD-R, Cassette)
1997, Morphine Records, Promo (Cassette)
2000, Endtime Productions (CD, 12" Vinyl)
November 20, 2014, Endtime Productions (Digital)
November 2023, Endtime Productions (CD)
Recorded in 1994, mixed in 1995.
The independent cassette have the songs in a different order and includes a song from "Despair".
PROMO CD TRACK ORDER
1. Spiritual Disease 6:42
2. Materialistic Lie 3:13
3. Depressed 6:43
4. Searching 3:00
5. Inmost Fear 5:38
6. Under The Sun 5:00
7. Thoughts 7:09
8. Martyrium 2:59
9. Mercy Lord 6:40
PROMO CASSETTE TRACK ORDER
Side A:
1. Materialistic Lie 3:13
2. Spiritual Disease 6:42
3. Thoughts 7:09
4. Inmost Fear 5:38
5. Searching 3:00
6. Under The Sun 5:00
Side B:
7. Martyrium 2:59
8. Depressed 6:43
9. Jesus, Jesus, Ver Du Hjå Meg 3:14
10. Mercy Lord 6:40
INITIAL RELEASE TRACK ORDER
1. Spiritual Disease 6:42
Living, just playing the game
Lust for power lies within
Killing is no longer a sin
Striving for a mental illness
And slowly leaving reality
Lost without control
Left within your soul
Subconsciousness, no turning back
Absorbed by their own needs
They cannot see where it leads
Left in an inner world of fantasy
Ending their lives as a human wreck
Playing, just losing the game
Destroyed themselves with hate
Their souls will not be saved
Endless pain tormented forever
God's rage awaits for them to see
Lost without control
Left within your soul
2. Materialistic Lie 3:13
Satisfaction, death reaction
Lifeless being, life deceiving
Materialistic lie, existing till you die
The world cannot give nor let you live
Lustful bodies skinned to the core
Still crying out for so much more
Needing eyes filled with desire
Made to be just another liar
Turn away, it's hell to pay
Not a very nice place to stay
When you die, the needing eyes cry
There's nothing left to consume
All that you've worked for falls through the dust
There's only hell left to pay for your lust
Materialistic lie, existing till you die
The world cannot give nor let you live
3. Depressed 6:43
Fighting seems so in vain
Weakened by my own brain
Mindless torture blackening my thoughts
I'm flying away to my deepest decay
I'm falling through the black hole
I've lost my tears, now I'm cold
Deeper, deeper, deeper I'll fall
I have no strength, hear my call
My soul is screaming, set me free
Take away this pain I see
Descending feelings, where are you leading me
Desires of death rules in my darkness
In the shadows I'll die all alone
Blinding sorrow, there's no tomorrow
There's no place my soul can hide
Slain by the thoughts that lied
Fighting seems so in vain
Weakened by my own brain
See the reason to exist
Jesus help me through this mess
4. Thoughts 7:09
Living inside restless and wild
Using your mind just like you're blind
Imagination, hallucination
Distortion of the soul
Leaving you out cold
Nowhere to run, there's no more fun
See no solution to your confusion
Don't stay too long
You'll never know what's wrong
Open up wide, let God inside
5. Under The Sun 5:00
I started to think of
What I've done with my hands
Worked hard and suffered for
Nothing but emptiness
Want to cry, to die
Under the sun, that's why
Wisdom and foolishness
Nothing but emptiness
Wisdom is better than folly
The wise have got eyes in their head
While fools walk about in the dark
But they meet the same destiny
Want to cry, to die
Can you tell me why?
Then I said in my silent mind
I've the same fate as the fool
Want to cry, to die
Can you tell me why?
Want to cry, to die
Is it all a lie?
How can all my wisdom serve me?
The wise must die like a fool
All man's days full of pain
All he does brings him grief
No comfort, just oppressed
Nothing but emptiness
All his tears, all his fears
Under the sun it breeds
Hopelessness, wickedness
Nothing but emptiness
God has granted man abundance
A gift of God, power to enjoy
He won't dwell upon the passing years
Because God satisfies
6. Inmost Fear 5:38
Never to feel nothing too real
The place of doom this empty room
Look inside the brain
The unconscious chain
All the time awaiting
Creatures my soul are taking
Who can break these chains
Only death remains
The inmost fear it's all so near
The evil within stored by sin
The dark side forsaken
Ready to be awakened
In my darkest hour
I can feel the power
Running through my vein
Driving me insane
Where am I to go
Still inside my soul
Reaching out from within
Who can forgive my sin
If I could reach the door
All this pain no more
No more...
7. Searching 3:00
I'm searching for you, I'm searching for me
For some answers to see
For something to come, for something to go
That's all I want to know
God creates, God destroys
Jesus dies so you could live
Drink the blood of Christ
The Son of Man was sacrificed
I'm searching for good, I'm searching for bad
Where is the faith I had?
For someone to listen, for someone to care
I don't want to be a mayor
I'm searching for love, I'm searching for hate
Can it be too late?
For something true, for something false
There's someone who calls
God creates, God destroys
Jesus dies so you could live
Drink the blood of Christ
The Son of Man was sacrificed
8. Martyrium 2:59
9. Mercy Lord 6:40
Be gracious to me O God
In Thy true love
In the fullness of Thy mercy
Blot out my misdeeds
Create in me a pure heart O God
Give me a new and steadfast spirit
Do not drive me from Thy presence
Or take Thy Holy Spirit from me
Against Thee I have sinned
And done what displeases Thee
Thou hast hidden the truth in darkness
Through this mystery Thou teach me
Create in me a pure heart O God
Give me a new and steadfast spirit
Do not drive me from Thy presence
Or take Thy Holy Spirit from me
The Defeat Of Satan (compilation, April 18, 2003, Momentum Scandinavia) (CD)
A compilation re-release of their first 2 demos.
Tracks 1-6 are from "Despair".
Tracks 7-10 are from "The Defeat Of Satan", produced under the band's original name Crush Satan.
1. Preludium 0:54
2. Demonic Seduction 6:09
3. Message From Hell 3:45
4. Lost Generation 3:24
5. Human 5:03
6. Jesus, Jesus, Ver Du Hjå Meg 3:16
7. The Defeat Of Satan 9:04
8. New Life 7:37
9. Jesus Saves 8:26
10. Knus Ondskapen 1:03
Det Tapte Liv (EP)
October 22, 2004, Endtime Productions (CD)
July 1, 2012, Endtime Productions (Digital)
December 13, 2014, Endtime Productions (Digital)
The album's Bandcamp page says it was released January 3, 2003. Hopefully that can be clarified.
1. Rites Of Death 3:46
Rites of death
Rites of undeath
We're falling
We're falling down
I told you we're into deep
Transfer life into what's dead
The act of humans playing God
Redoing the acts of medieval
Witchcraft and the worship of dead
We're falling, we're falling down
From our throne, so supposedly high
When we confront the power great
The might of our own creator
Transfer life into what's dead
The act of humans playing God
Redoing the acts of medieval
Witchcraft and the worship of dead
The rites of undeath
Is the testament of our own death
2. Grief 3:32
Sometimes I cry in grief
Not for the dead that once surrounded me
Or for the sadness that comes to me
When I am lonely
But I cry
For those who have chosen a life without Christ
There are twelve months
Three hundred and sixty-five days a year
But it takes just one second to answer Him
And receive eternal peace
3. Last Season 3:45
4. Med Hevede Sverd 4:50
Vi kommer tilbake på hvite hester
Med sverdene hevet klare til kamp!
Vi strider med Kristus mot hedningefolket
Som slo seg på brystet og sa
"Gud han er død", de ville ei knele
De ville ei døpes I natt skal de dø!
Hver eneste en de ender med sine, I helvædes rige
Menn uten mot mål og mening
Gud, kan ei blø
I natt skal du dø
Sverdene I våre hender
Frir deg ut fra jordiske bånd
Vi tar våre hester sammen med Kristus
Oppad vi farer mot himmelens hall
Der skal vi I sammen med Herren regjere
Hans styrke består til evige tider
Med frihet og glede I lyset fra tronen
Vår trette sjel vil der finne hvile
Men utenfor skjærer de tenner og gråter
Vær du ei en dåre når du tar ditt valg
Nå ser vi I et speil som I en gåte
Men da skal vi se utilslørt
Himmelen åpenbart!
5. Det Tapte Liv 2:46
Vemod over det tapte liv
Et liv som aldri ble levd
Jeg vet lite av glede
Men Mye av vrede
Vik fra meg
Satan
The Forsaken (album)
October 22, 2004, Endtime Productions, Partially Unofficial, Limited Edition (CD)
January 5, 2005, Endtime Productions (CD)
December 10, 2006, Silent Music Records (CD)
2011, Endtime Productions, Limited Edition (12" Vinyl)
November 20, 2014, Endtime Productions (Digital)
November 2023, Endtime Productions (CD)
1. Rites Of Death 4:14
Rites of death
Rites of undeath
We're falling
We're falling down
I told you we're into deep
Transfer life into what's dead
The act of humans playing God
Redoing the acts of medieval
Witchcraft and the worship of dead
We're falling, we're falling down
From our throne, so supposedly high
When we confront the power great
The might of our own creator
Transfer life into what's dead
The act of humans playing God
Redoing the acts of medieval
Witchcraft and the worship of dead
The rites of undeath
Is the testament of our own death
2. Old Times Cruelty 3:56
Enter the halls of distant memory
Feel your previous actions once again
Your lies and deceit
Your hate and long lost love
Walk through the hallway of your past
Sense evil, like a whip from beyond
The doors keep on forever
Possibility is endless
Wander through one of the bronze-covered doors
And feel the weaves of old times cruelty
Run from the darkness, the endless void
And get yourself cornered by the demons of fear
Funning and screaming through these ancient halls
The presence of something unseen carries on
Of old times cruelty
The past haunts you
Of old times cruelty
Save me
The regrets of all actions that you've done before
Has now turned its way back to you
The demons from the past
Haunts your soul
Walk through the hallway of your past
Sense the evil, like a whip from beyond
The door keep on forever
Possibility is endless
3. Via Dolorosa 5:09
Your ideals are wicked and deceiving
How can you find peace
You seek the righteous, but find the void
Die by the sword or live by the book
Glimpse your death within the scythe
Seek the righteous, find the truth
The book of eternal youth
Of generations
Cold as stone, you wander still
Awaiting your inevitable death
Your quest has ended where it began
But is there really a life for me
Is there a place to dwell
Pleasures of the flesh
Via Dolorosa
Of fear and despair, you've wandered
Of hatred and grief, you've slaughtered
I've seen you in your darkest hour
I know you as myself
But is there really a life for me...
Via Dolorosa, Memento Mori!
In you I've found my nothing
In you I can't hide my pain
In you my love has gone
In you I've kept my cold
Captor of sin, you've stolen my past
Via Dolorosa
I've wasted my life for you
My hate you create
My blood is water
My life means nothing
My warmth has vanished
4. Raade 3:28
5. The Crown I Carry 4:52
The grip no longer holds
When passion abandons
The bonds no longer clutch
And the rope screams your name
A path of daggers
But where to step
A hallway of illusions
Of what was
Duty heavy as a mountain
The battle draws near
Your shoulders carry many
Still death seems remarkably void
You wonder fate in lack of faith
What you consider luck may be God's will
A wanderer of the light will never die
Before God gives his approval
A path of daggers...
The crown I carry as an aura above me
Is the proof of who my Saviour truly is
My mute cries overheard
My blindness is seen
My tears washed away
My feebleness became my strength
Duty heavy as a mountain
The battle draws near
Your shoulders carry many
Still death seems remarkably void
You wonder fate in lack of faith
What you consider luck may be God's will
A wanderer of the light will never die
Before God gives his approval
A path of daggers...
When love is lost, only hate will remain
6. Betrayed 4:21
I am in pain
I am the cursed one
Life isn't what it was meant to be
What I didn't ask for has now turned my way
Somewhere in a garden it all turned wrong
Things I once believed in have now turned evil
Yet I pray, 'deliver me from evil'
But another spell pulled me away
Will suicide break the ring of curse
Or is there just another hell waiting out there?
Will suicide break the ring of curse
Tomorrow I'll be gone, so don't look for me
I am lying on my deathbed, with chaos in my mind
My life took more than it gave
Betrayed and deceived, I will now pass away
And with the gun in my hand, my questions are soon to be answered
Will suicide break the ring of curse
Or is there just another hell waiting out there?
Will suicide break the ring of curse
Tomorrow I'll be gone, so don't look for me
Satan and God, the thought passes my mind
Heaven and Hell, it's not up to me
But if the Christians that I've seen
Represent the true God of Heaven
Then it's not a place that I want to be
But if I'm blinded, please open my eyes
And help me now...
Will suicide break the ring of curse
Tomorrow I'll be gone, then you'll be all alone
7. Vale Of Tears 5:52
The assembler of souls absorbs all within his reach
His seemingly perpetual glance of doom
Would even make the smallest of serenities breach
As he rides the wind being the ghost of doom
Running darkness all around
A knife in her hand
Falling, rising, screaming the name of her beloved
So weak, and so weary
Something blackening her thoughts
A cloud, a force, a weight
Finding her true love lying in red
Is this reality or just a vision in her head
To be the knife as well as the wound
Is all that concerns her
Overwhelmed by a burden, like hordes of fear
The obscurity of the vale of tears
Grasping for safety, which lies all so near
Incresent malice of the vale of tears
Wandering oblivious in the foggy twilight
Shades of an obelisk shines so bright
Incredulous thoughts, bewildering her mind
Is there really a god to find
Halting through the darkest of forests
The obese and extraneous at her tail
This haunting, lingering to the extreme
She is about to quail
Then a formless mass of black, went skyward
Stars began to fade behind a veil of dark blue velvet
She stopped, she listened, nothing
Silence, an eternity passed
The silhouettes of something unseen, a presence
8. The Return 4:47
The art of the Y
Is the excellence of X
Corroding is for autumn
Renewing is for spring
The art of the Y
Is the excellence of X
Corroding is for autumn
Renewing is for spring
Recovering of the dead
Impossible for the living
The making of a copy
Is destruction of mankind
The earth is in its autumn
The leaves have hit the ground
Corroding this earth is dying
Not knowing, you'll face the end
The coming of Christ
Is the return of X
The art of the Y
Is in the new spring
9. As I Die 4:51
My hand in the open wound
The knife clutches near
The blood of my veins spread out
My flesh becomes soiled
This desperate act of loss
The pain of knowing why
My mind slips into a blur
Upcoming questions...as I die
Forever in search of the truth
I find myself puzzled
Don't you feel the urge
The passionate flow
The endless collision
Of purity and evil
Since we're of the flesh
We are to realize
That mankind must end
If purity will prevail
Forever in search of the truth
I find myself puzzled
...As I die
Don't you feel the urge
The passionate flow
The endless collision
Of purity and evil
Since we're of the flesh
We are to realize
That mankind must end
If purity will prevail
Death is my goal; death, set me free
In my living hell I can no longer be
Please bring me back home
Where I can be free
10. Mitt Hjerte 3:18
Omen (album)
November 16, 2012, Bombworks Records (Digital)
December 2012, Bombworks Records (CD)
November 30, 2019 Bombworks Records, Limited Edition (12" Vinyl)
1. Treacherous Domain 5:32
As I whisper gently into sleeping ears
Strange images appear and fill the horizon
Focus seems to be drawn away form me
Whilst colours fade, time ceases to exist
Dreaming, doors opening
Waking, can this be real
Wake up
Fraud
To see what I have foreseen
Fraud
To be what I have become
A treacherous domain
Sing with me this last song
As I lay myself to rest
Unfulfilled promises of change
This is the end
Sing for me this swan-song
Everlasting hope disappearing
Built upon lies upon promises of gold
Makes this deceit tenfold
I have caressed this lie
Forsaken I will die
Sing with me this last song
Before I lay myself to rest
All I've ever been will be gone
Sing for me this manifest
Fraud
2. Unchained 3:57
I was an easy prey for you
Better believe that those days are over now
Naivety of the past
So sick of being abused
Forgiving is not forgetting
My revenge boils inside
Though I try to oppress it
But I cannot deny my newborn freedom
Forgiving is not forgetting
A broken heart mended
No more crying in vain
Regrets, suffer, ignorance
All feelings are dead
Some wounds heal with time
I welcome this new reality
And call it my own
Rage, because of you
Hate, because of you
Fallen, because of you
Reborn, because of you
Forgiven and forgotten
3. In Solitude 4:34
Frantic
I scream in agony of not being able to reach my goals
Wars inside my head
I do my best
I give my all
Still I'm so far away
Trying to keep my hope
I stumble and I fall
As I lay here
Waiting for you beside me
To keep me calm
My head held high
My outside unscathed
No one to ask
No one to help
I'm left here all alone
Battle rages all day long
Bitterness seldom comes alone
Fury becoming my strength and seems to be the only way to survive
All pain that I've ever known
I reap only what my past has sown
No secrets are kept from you as you witness my attempts to ignore
Frantic
I scream in agony of not being able to reach my goals
Wars inside my head
I do my best
I give my all
Still I'm so far away
Trying to keep my hope
I stumble and I fall
I ask for forgiveness but my screams are unheard
My claims misunderstood
Ignorance has won
As I lay here
Waiting for you beside me
To keep me calm
I feel your Spirit comforting me
And within me, I'm saved through grace
4. The Kindling 5:25
No chains needed to keep me still
Strangulation does not keep me from screaming
No poison can deny the truth
Purification has replaced my anger
Outcast, freak
Titles made by those who fear the unknown
Infectious, leper
Lack of wisdom overpowers humanity
Leper in disguise
Injustice has been served for several years
A life ignored by most
Never again will I keep to myself
My actions speak louder than words
Outcast, freak
Titles made by those who fear the unknown
Infectious, leper
Lack of wisdom overpowers humanity
No chains needed to keep me still
Strangulation does not keep me from screaming
No poison can deny the truth
Purification has replaced my anger
My silence has broken
5. Remnants 6:01
Stabbed in the back by the most trusted individual
Leaves mental scars that time will not heal
I will never forget, and I cannot possibly forgive
Locked away in the back of my mind forever
It is like a hibernating cancer
Abandoning my name
Fleeing from an invisible force
Many years have passed
Still the daggers are caressing my skin
Breathe
Feel
Deny
Search
Find
Receive
Animal behavior
These darwinistic thoughts certifies my human nature
Forgiving and forgetting can only be done through divine intervention
Abandoning my name
Fleeing from an invisible force
Many years have passed
Still the daggers are caressing my skin
Breathe
Feel
Deny
Search
Find
Receive
Doors are closed
I hold the key
Will they stay like this for eternity
Searching for what I don't want
To find a hibernating cancer
Hibernating cancer
But I don't want to forget and therefore
I cannot ever forgive
Gazing at the mirror
Trying to find small remnants of my soul
Which have been left behind during childhood
The memories and the shame
All that's left is revenge
All that's real is revenge
Breathe
Feel
Search
Find
Receive
Doors open by the touch of my hand
Hibernating cancer awakens
Euphoria
Redemption
Stabbed in the back by the most trusted individual
It leaves mental scars that only God can heal
I will never forget, and I cannot possibly forgive
Locked away in the back of my mind forever
It is like a hibernating cancer
6. All Towers Must Fall 6:48
Brothers!
Trust not the kings of this world
Trust not the snakes by the crowns on their heads
The scorching of septic flesh
The riddance of the yoke they have lured upon us
Scorching into our flesh
The melting of golden crown into ploughshares
Be not like the princes
Rip not your heart of flesh out in search of a golden one
Glory of this world is but vapour
All towers will tear and fall to the ground
Trust not the kings of this world
For ever to their shackles they us bind
Look for not to their silver for hope, that blind glimmer
Darkness building, destructing
Let not our thoughts be bent to the ways of their greed
For ever like a rabid mongrel
Greed bite the hands that feed it
Let justice be wreaked on the wolves of their thrones
Brothers!
Let us be rid of this curse
Let us be different, let us inverse
The riches of this world are but vapour
Towers ready to fall
In the valley of death we are all beggars
Their castles will crumble
And the waves run them over and grind them to sand
All towers must fall
Throne rooms and gilded halls facing the flood of an unending tide
All tyrants will crawl
Like the snakes they were stealing
Making idols for their own destruction
False flames in the hearts of man
All flesh will rot
All hearts will stop
We will look for embers of humanity in the ashes of the empires brought to justice
7. Torn Apart 4:19
Self-inflicted mental scars
Protected by memories of old
Seeing something from a different view
It could not help less
Broken and beaten I face another day
Unleashed into this cold world
Mistrust and decay
I couldn't care less
Continuing this seemingly hopeless journey
Scars from the past push aside the pain
Alive but not living
The life of the undead
Still you remain and maintain your powers
Trying my best to neglect your ways
Victory seems so far gone
Death just a razor's edge away
Mistrust and decay
I couldn't care less
My life is not worth living
How can I stand this pain
There is no reason to exist
I wasn't asked to join this sick game
Self-inflicted mental scars
Protected by memories of old
Seeing something from a different view
It could not help
Praying for no more than hope
Is the only light in this darkness
Torn apart as I may be
Ready to be rebuilt
8. Tilflukt 3:42
9. Benighted 4:52
Her kisses were like being embraced by life itself
Dressed in a funeral gown
She was more beautiful than I ever could remember
The true source overwhelms me
Embraced by this entity
The fullness of her beauty
Lacks the imperfection of humanity
Like an angel she came
But like a demon she flew away
Joy turned to sadness
Hope turned to hate
Fooled yet again by the lies of mankind
Fooled yet again by the lies
Like an angel she came
But like a demon she flew away
Joy turned to sadness
Hope turned to hate
All alone I wander in the darkness
Lost and dazed I cease to exist
Visions of old comes to mind
I've been through this before
Joy turned to sadness
Hope turned to hate
Will I ever dare to feel again
Or is this my everlasting bitter end
10. Mørkets Grøde 6:00
Smerte, min kjærkomne venn
Du svikter ei når alt annet er ikledd bedrag
Lyset, så ukjent og fjernt
Minner om en gammel kjenning
Som nå fordømmer hvert steg
Og hver tanke jeg tenker
Her er alt jeg eier
Min sorg, min angst, mitt dødsønske
Så ikke kom her og redd meg
Jeg vil heller drepes enn å glemme den sorg jeg har
Jeg forakter alt som glimer av håp
Og mine øyne har lukket seg for godt
Nå ser jeg døden sende roser med mitt navn
Det vermer godt I en utgrått sjel, det fyller opp mitt savn
Se minnene brenner
Se ordene svir
Se blemmene skapt av svikende frender
Se mitt bryst revet opp av kjærlighetens løgn
Her er alt jeg eier
Min sorg, min angst, mitt dødsønske
Så ikke kom her og redd meg
Jeg vil heller drepes enn å glemme den sorg jeg har
Smerte, min kjærkomne venn
Du svikter ei, du har fulgt meg til veis ende
Ser du lyset min gamle kjenning?
Det er tid for å ta farvel
Men vi sees nok atter igjen
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