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Reborn in Darkness

by Skeptik

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1.
Wings of the Gryphon 04:04
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Oh, the roads that we travel upon Are the journey that paves our path It uncovers truth in the hearts of all As we wander into the dark In the clutches of the unknown Where the odds are a gamble, grim And the changing winds antagonize Our courage we embark Swift, battle ready. Whether axe or sword our hands are steady By the lanterns light we’ll find a way to bring conquest Over an adversary In the heart of the wolf no mercy lies Beneath the moonlight wolven hearts abide No matter how many moons we travel through We know our victory will be absolute Lessons of our failures are worn as battle scars The wisdom of our fallen is written in the stars Fields of every element are obstacles in turn Over water, earth and fire does our journey venture on Never stray. Our will will find a way We’ll meet our enemies eye to eye Into the day, and though our paths may change On the wings of the gryphon we’ll fly Oh, in the wake of the storm we ride Over lands wherein no life dwells To the edge of the world And beyond any point any map could trace or track For the purpose in our blood For the ones that we left behind For the fate that awaits at the end of the road The horizon fades to black Oh, no surrender. Never heel, never genuflect or bend Another field painted red by letting blood Another moment of glory that will be sung And now I can feel the winds again And now again I feel a change grow deep within As the hunger inside for battle fades Into a hunger for carnage and vanity Lessons of our failures are worn as battle scars The wisdom of our fallen is written in the stars Fields of every element are obstacles in turn Over water, earth and fire does our journey venture on Never stray. Our will will find a way We’ll meet our enemies eye to eye Into the day, and though our paths may change On the wings of the gryphon we’ll fly The glory of our ventures has fallen to its parts the demons we have slain now reside within our hearts Blinded by the thrill of the submission of our foes we become the very nemesis we sought once to oppose Never stray. Our will will find a way We’ll meet our enemies eye to eye Into the day, and though our paths may change On the wings of the gryphon we’ll fly
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Battle Hymns (feat. Tiago Costa) 04:28
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I watch the fire grow in spires to the grow in spires to the glowing skies Billowing in brilliant benefaction to the heathen form I watch the webbed wings of dragons touch the heavens Suffocating their eclipse upon the light behind the demon's horns I held my breath amid the presence of the serpentine As towering, the cloud of their enshroudment thickens over me I saw the talons on the mountain tops of snow and ice And rode upon the claws that carry fable into destiny Raise your fists to sky For battle hymns we cry Can you hear all the shrieking creatures All the rhythms and the riffs in cacophony Lullabies for the ancient abominations Listen now as the battle hymns ring out Like symphones of hell Stare into the cosmic plains While perched upon your astral throne Sever all the shackles of This feeble world from metal realms I hear the growling of the thundering inferno A percussive elemental force of power in its primal form The dragons dance across the starless, spacial firmament Syncopating movements, pirouetting through the firestorm Within a moment open portals do erupt And mythic creatures coalesce into the valleys of insanity They come together, slamming, crashing and becoming To an epic fucking mosh pit, spiraling calamity Raise your fists to sky For battle hymns we cry Stand and witness a barbaric ancient ritual Practice of aggression on a devil's night with glasses raised Watch the bolts of lightning strike and feel the Radiating energy that fountains through the atmosphere as music plays Take a step into the fog that covers everything and Join the giants, troglodytes and ogres and the living dead Let your inhibitions go and then succumb Into the influence of heavy metal power and bang your head Can you hear all the shrieking creatures All the rhythms and the riffs in cacophony Lullabies for the ancient abominations Listen now as the battle hymns ring out Like symphones of hell
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Den of the Fallen 04:40
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A parasitic void is hiding parallel realities Subconsciously we all retreat for we can feel the echoes Of a labyrinth, tenebrous, where breathing is a burden For the strain of the indigenous, ubiquitous Demonculi In the realm, where they dwell They can look through the well And the door to our world Lures them to invade Centuries ago, predating documented history The unendurable temptation lead into a battle Which inevitably resulted in embarrassing defeat Now they patiently await the day When they can grow to rise again Deep in the inter-dimensional sanctum Is the den of the fallen Caught in the tides of the passageway Keep an eye for the demonculi There was a contract made upon the victory of humankind Including the unlimited, continuing surveillance Of the province and domain of the iniquitous Demonculi As they returned to their dimension following their failure Over years, memories of the wars seemed to fade Until the world did forget, losing all interest Still the unrelenting planet offered only suffering With rain that fell like splinters, and all liquid tastes like rotting fish Factors that compelled them to continue to rebuild their forces Longing for the day when they are strong enough to rise again Deep in the inter-dimensional sanctum Is the den of the fallen Caught in the tides of the passageway Keep an eye for the demonculi Now the time is nigh as they prepare to cross the barrier Gathered in formation with their weaponry and numbers fair Opening and charging as they entered into foreign air Nothing could stop them from venturing forth Clashing of the titans of a miniature terror squad Humankind alerted to their threatening approach And the borders of their territories came to meet in battlefield Culminating tensions a millennium encroached In the scorching heat of desert climate, confrontation erupted And the dirt & soot became a cloak that covered all the letting blood Hours passed and daylight faded giving into night As the dust began to settle and the silence fell again Deep in the inter-dimensional sanctum Is the den of the fallen Caught in the tides of the passageway Keep an eye for the demonculi
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I Call to the Nameless 05:17
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I need a release, some kind of peace From this ceaseless torment Of humankind's evil, can't find an equal Nothing but abhorrent Why Why must you subject me to this unending trial Try But I can't find solace in a sea of doubt and denial There was never a chance to begin with at all But still I've been cursed with a need for affection When I think about something it's only a hole All signs seem to point in the wrong direction I could give up, But these pangs for another won't go away Love is nothing but an empty cup God there must be some other way Cry They say men should never cry, so I tell you I'll bleed instead Die What is this I'm looking for? I don't know what her name is without her I'm dead There was never a chance to begin with at all But still I've been cursed with a need for affection When I think about something it's only a hole All signs seem to point in the wrong direction Bequeath to me your darkest sins I'm willing to give you mine The truest love begins within But there's nobody like this to find I've said it all before I have everything now But still I need more I need you, yeah only you Only you Perhaps it's all forlorn hope A young man's pathetic dreams A faceless one holds my heart Unaware of my lonely silent screams
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No Regrets 05:28
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3000 years have past These empty plains so vast They call me home To the lands that we once roamed The ancient hillsides cry And make my spirit fly Back through space and time To the lands that once were mine Brothers are gone from battles past Wounds still aching, home is in sight I walk down the roads, forgotten by time To return to my shire, in the greenest hills The deeds of my life lay plain as i pass the ruins along the withered path As night falls, my forefathers spirits will watch my steps from velvet skies ‘twas always my pleasure to serve your treasure And lo’ i hear the bagpipes Face down in the heather No regrets No time left Slain in the glorious fight Morrigan calls me No time left And no regrets I’ve travelled these lands, far and near In search of the tavern with best of beer With the mead and wine and ale we scored With battle hardened folk Within these strangest of days Through an honorless, forsaken maze We cherish the wisdom and years of our elders campfire tales Some of us count the moments 'til end Some of us hope for the world to mend Perhaps it's time for our return into the ways of old My arms like branches reach to the skies My limbs take root in the earthen dirt And i rejoice in the tree of life's splendid embrace Shouts ring through the fog Out on the moors in this day My fortune realized in The company i've made And as the setting sunlight colors Clouds across the sky I find my way back to my home ‘twas always my pleasure to serve your treasure And lo’ i hear the bagpipes Face down in the heather No regrets No time left Slain in the glorious fight Morrigan calls me No time left And no regrets
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Berzerker (feat. Faceless) 04:21
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A journey deep into an animal's mind Will leave a warrior's conscience hollow Into the forest to be drained of humanity And then replenished with the blood of an awakening soul Many solitary nights allow the coming change And the emergence of a savage reborn To leave behind all the shackles of the mortal coil Taken as an apathetic weapon of a reckoning force With the voice of a rabid wolf it howls There is a hunger, a lust for victory But no compassion to be found in the heart of the beast No longer human, no trace of sympathy Half man-half monster: berzerker The battle field is the barbarian's home The blood of enemies- the nourishment to thrive from And the fray of the unfolding carnage Is now the only sanctuary for the predator's heart With the hide of a bear as armor And the ferocity of nature unbreakable Without a trace of fear or mercy Charging into violent confrontation demonstrating his art With the voice of a rabid wolf it howls There is a hunger, a lust for victory But no compassion to be found in the heart of the beast No longer human, no trace of sympathy Half man-half monster: berzerker Bloody fists, boiling skin Now unleashed it the beast within Rip to pieces, crush and tear The scent of warfare fills the air Bite through shields as eyes are crazed The fog of madness behind his face In his eyes a hollow void As all that stands will be destroyed The scent of blood is such a beckoning force The burning tempest of rage is unrelenting With a maniacal and bellowing howl The frenzied warrior's hunt is neverending An unquenchable thirst ever prevails A primal hunger for the fear of an adversary And the barrading attack will not be hindered Frantic and unstoppable until the ground is red as the sky With the voice of a rabid wolf it howls There is a hunger, a lust for victory But no compassion to be found in the heart of the beast No longer human, no trace of sympathy Half man-half monster: berzerker
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Roggchorrath (feat. Nero Cremisi) 05:26
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Creatures of ancient live among hidden, dark worlds Winged Reptilian giants Lifting our eyes up into the stars summoning glow To the point where they soar through the cosmos Cavern of ice on a mountain top where no god dwells Under a surface of tundra A slumber of ages is ending as planets align Oh, roggchorath, what lies beneath the surface Oh, roggchorath, grows even warmer still Reaching their limbs to the heavens, they slowly awake The moon is at peak under starlight Wings of the dragons engulfing the ranges of stone Emblazoning miles through the dark night Dormant for centuries creatures, sardonic in wait In slumber untouched by the sunlight Called by the forces of nature their tomb of ice breaks The kingdoms glow with fire tonight Roggcharath soon will fall The runes of prophecy, portended the engulphing flames The staggering strength of dragon’s breath No fortress can withstand or sustain The leagues of rock and stone, where slept the foul gargantuans The mountain of raggcharath is falling to the crumbling ground Brutal the destruction, harvested by the beasts Casting devastation, shore to shore and between Bitter is the winter, but bitter still is the flame On kingdoms turned to ashes, never to rise again Creatures of ancients live among hidden, dark worlds Dormant they waited for centuries, isolated Deep in expanses that lie beyond human kind's reach Something awakens, disturbed as we hear the stars screech Oh, roggchorath, what lies beneath the surface Oh, roggchorath, grows even warmer still The kingdoms glow with fire tonight Roggchorath soon will fall
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Words are Weapons 03:47
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Get ready for an invocation A revolution, a deliberate attack full on noise pollution Sound waves torn apart like by rocks and bricks and ground down until it crumbles to dust and mist And now we ready to enter to square against an enchanted competitor and enemy within our way Watch what you say, fall beneath the unseen and repulsive Covered by robes and chains but don’t Bite your tongue, there’s magic in the day Now released something wicked is waiting in the rain and It roars with a thundering force underground You can feel it in the rhythm of the wind circling around Syllables are dripping with a sickening poison Moving through the bloodstream channeling the voices Echoing in the cerebellum and inside turning Inside out, no doubt, you can not hide so Run for your life or Run beside us When words are weapons, we'll watch it burn Run for your life or Run beside us When words are weapons, we'll watch it burn There is no shelter, Can be no silence There is no hiding, the time has come Run for your life or Run beside us When words are weapons, we'll watch it burn Serpent sirens are screaming out As dark words summoning and letting demons out To haunt the airwaves, chanting out curses a battle of voodoo black magic enchantment Entrapped and entranced under wicked eyes Up in the belly of the beast out of reach and sight An ancient struggle between good and evil rages on Written in fables we’ll burn the pages now Walk in shadows, and dodge in darkness, advancing now to vanquish the heartless through Conjugation, witchcraft and sorcery, Break down the walls and kick in the doors A match of brutal cacophony, a symphonic apocalypse, Armageddon embedded into the cursed airwaves Our words are weapons they can break and mangle Never see, never hear, never speak again so just Run for your life or Run beside us When words are weapons, we'll watch it burn Run for your life or Run beside us When words are weapons, we'll watch it burn There is no shelter, Can be no silence There is no hiding, the time has come Run for your life or Run beside us When words are weapons, we'll watch it burn Watch it burn Nothing we can lose Time to break another wall down With the cacophony of voices We'll stand and watch it burn Nothing we can lose Time to break another wall down With the cacophony of voices We'll stand and watch it burn Run for your life or Run beside us When words are weapons, we'll watch it burn Run for your life or Run beside us When words are weapons, we'll watch it burn There is no shelter Can be no silence There is no hiding, the time has come Run for your life or Run beside us When words are weapons, we'll watch it burn
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Dreams Made Truth 05:44
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How the sun paints gold your honest eyes Trials will come and pass as years go by I'll hold your passion as a precious gift You'll have my heart to own through thin and thick I wish to show you all your beauty through my eyes To lay with you and watch the stars dance across the skies I want to share with you this journey of our lives Forever and always you will hold this heart of mine All the hours spent apart All the longing in these arms to feel your warm embrace, to taste your kiss, it grows, it stays All the life I have to live All the love I have to give I'll give it all to you: my waking fantasy come true How your porcelain skin glows in the moons light How your spirit guides me to the height of who I am Have I told you lately how you amaze me Have I ever thanked you for the way you help me stand and get through All the hours spent apart All the longing in these arms to feel your warm embrace, to taste your kiss, it grows, it stays All the life I have to live All the love I have to give I'll give it all to you: my waking fantasy come true How can I ever truly show you what you mean to me How can words betray me and fall so short time and time again How do you remain so strong through all that life can put us past How can I thank you, for giving me your everything All the hours spent apart All the longing in these arms to feel your warm embrace, to taste your kiss, it grows, it stays All the life I have to live All the love I have to give I'll give it all to you: my waking fantasy come true I wish to show you all your beauty through my eyes To lay with you and watch the stars dance across the skies I want to share with you this journey of our lives Forever and always you will hold this heart of mine
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Phantom's Pub (feat. Jarlshof) 03:58
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Far past where the barren-branched trees Reach their wooded claws heavenward Over forested paths, crimsoned by fallen leaves A tavern hides, torn, lost in the in-between And in between it’s walls…time is still Where torment, tears and misfortune Are poured in to the bottom of your cup Forget your troubles, and transform your mind into sludge As we raise them up Welcome friends, where your wandering road ends You’ll find a welcoming entrance, but no doors So bring your worries, your troubles and your fears And we’ll replace them all with infinite pints of beer So let’s get wrecked Our spirits are never ending So top me off Our souls rejoice tonight Let’s get fucked up Let’s toast each living braincell Cause we can not leave In Phantom’s Pub you're trapped inside Now the hours grow, longer and louder Emptying the growlers, metal mugs crash In a mindless jollity Caught up in a moment, we heathens- heedless To the fact that the door we entered through is gone Morning fades into twilight But we would never have a solitary sign For no light Of the moon or sun enters into shine And we’re all too fucking drunk to care So let’s get wrecked Our spirits are never ending So top me off Our souls rejoice tonight Let’s get fucked up Let’s toast each living braincell Cause we can not leave In Phantom’s Pub you're trapped inside There’s a bar you may come across in time Where the patrons that await within the walls are a tad bit off A little bit of curiosity will lead you through the en-try And an orc-ish, goblin barkeep will see to it that you’re inebriated Mead, wine, ale, beer, shots, rum, whisky And everything in between and around To intoxicate your mind In the deep enchanted forests, things are mystical and shifty So we might as well get smashed While here stuck here for all time Welcome friends, where your wandering road ends You’ll find a welcoming entrance, but no doors So bring your worries, your troubles and your fears And we’ll replace them all with infinite pints of beer So let’s get wrecked Our spirits are never ending So top me off Our souls rejoice tonight Let’s get fucked up Let’s toast each living braincell Cause we can not leave In Phantom’s Pub you're trapped inside
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Reborn in Darkness 03:59
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Darkness, spreading beneath the glow of the pale moon in the Night sky. Melodies resonate through the barren trees as the Shadows, stretch like fingertips of a skeleton and the Sirens, sing invocations in a haunting refrain Something wicked is scratching from the inside of the Fallen. Creeping in sinister metamorphosis, under Twilight- the catalyst causing transmogrification as Poison enters the blood, the eyes roll to black and now: I am- reborn in echoes of the darkness I am- giving in to something lying dormant I am- reborn in echoes of the darkness Torment- draws a breath of new life through my lungs Darkness spreading beneath the glow of the pale moon in the Night sky. Melodies resonate through the barren trees as the Shadows stretch like fingertips of a skeleton and the Sirens sing invocations in a haunting refrain Toxic - a venomous spirit is awakening from the Dormant, subconscious labyrinth of the in-between and the Hollow- rivers of quiet immorality as the Poison- enters the blood, the eyes roll to black and now I am- reborn in echoes of the darkness I am- giving in to something lying dormant I am- reborn in echoes of the darkness Torment- draws a breath of new life through my lungs

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released October 16, 2020

All songs written and performed by Topher Skeptik Jackson except as noted below:

Additional vocals on 'Battle Hymns' by Tiago Costa, vocalist of Eoten and guitarist of Xeque-Mate

Additional vocals on 'Berzerker' by Anthony Allison (Faceless), extreme metal vocalist found @f8celess on instagram

Additional vocals on 'Roggchorrath' by Nero Cremisi, vocalist of the melodic, blackened, death metal band Eshuna

Additional vocals on 'Phantom's Pub' by Jarlshof, of the one-man, blackened viking metal band by the same name

Additional writing and arrangement on 'I Call to the Nameless' by Austin Vincent and Ben West

Lyrics on 'No Regrets' written by the following members of The Folk Metal Grove on facebook: Chad Lower, Justin Bruce, Skara, Stephanie Falk, Nolan Nernberg, Metallic Joe Cp, Tiago Costa, Dee Hammer & Christopher Beams

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Skeptik is a one man heathen metal band from St. Louis, MO in the USA. Drawing influences metal, hip hop, folk, industrial and everything in between, Skeptik's sound is signatured by rapid fire harsh vocals and a wide array of synth and atmosphere. A frequent musical collaborator, be sure to hit “contact” if interested. ... more

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