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A Vindication of Mortality

by Katabasis

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Perpetual Radiance 04:50
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Forlorn, Void Of Expression Existing Beneath... Realms Unattainable To those who observe from the outside looking in The Longing to feel what what aeons ago seemed Frivilous The ache from within, to relive the illustrious epoch Appeals to the Omnipotent Remain Unanswered Only Through self reflection will you find answers to questions in which you seek To alter the imbalance which lies at the core The Flame That Burns, Within us all Eternally Which brings understanding, a sense of harmony YAHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRGGGHHHH At last liberated from constraints which bound you for so long The burden lifted the soul free The Color Returns to the world which once had abandoned me Vivid Details revealved as darkness loses its hold a life once obscured now gleams radiant Only Through self reflection will you find answers to questions in which you seek To alter the imbalance which lies at the core The Flame That Burns, Within us all Eternally Which brings understanding, a sense of harmony YAHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRGGGHHHH
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Artifice 04:26
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And there She Stood In her insidious majesty in the cinders of a blackened sun in the glow of a frozen moon On this world Lay endless bounty Vast were the steppes And flawless angular cities Gliding upon the ether on a hollow shell they all bore impressive grimaces none noticed as the walls of their world became dust sifted through the obsidian hands of the celestial father from emaciation to pale dust the shallow body becomes a hollow void Her burial went without ceremony Where there once was glory Stood only the shattered remains Of artificial splendor The flawless orb was revealed As a mere spectre A Projection of an idea That cannot exist without Retribution
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A Vindication Of Mortality 05:25
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Observing The Temples Of the Gods Obscured by A Haze Impermeable Lamenting The Vessel Of His being He knows not What fate him I suffer from the Deadliest Ailment To assault my kind She calls herself Mortality I will not tread along The path of the doomed masses I will not meet the Welcoming arms of the White Light I will not suffer The pain of the Mortal coil I will merge my Existence With my legacy I cure the virus Freeing myself Existence is No longer limited By Life Aeons of dying stars Life comes and goes Remembered as but a Fleeting moment In Reality Entropy gains The upper hand I watch as galaxies crumble And all becomes Void and dead Aeons of being I witness as Death itself Meets its end I am the last I am the void I am the omega Immortal I gaze upon My empty domain A blank canvas Never to be Repainted I grasp myself Intent to asphyxiate But to my horror I am invincible... I stand where Existence once stood
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Encephalon ( Remaster) 05:09
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Temporal Solace ( Remaster) 04:08
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At The Mountains Of Madness (Remaster) 04:52
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Verse: In this vast frozen wasteland Where time knows no life Pure malice lies waiting Abomination Masters of time, space and matter Creating vile beings Not of this god, this world We bow to them We bow to them Chorus: At the mountains of madness The ancients, they spoke to me I learn of the beings Composed of pure hate *Solos, Paul and Michael* Breakdown: SHOGGOTH We learn of the beings Of hatred An ancient covenant has been revealed Verse 2: Unmasked secret evils Terror from below Our backwards katabasis We see the unspeakable Note: All lyrics a direct reference to H.P. Lovecraft's novel "At the Mountains Of Madness".

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This demo includes two brand new tracks which we wrote in preparation for our last gig. It also features a new version of one of our tracks Artifice and some remasters or our songs which appeared on the first demo. We put a lot of work into writing and recording this material and we are really proud to release it :)

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released August 12, 2011

Paul Lutostanski- Guitar, Vox, Production
Oyvind Aasum- Bass
Michael Crawford- Guitar
Nick Benincasa- Drums

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