The first original track composed by Scythian, when they were a two-piece rehearsal room band circa 2005. The track appeared on the "Suffering to the Conquered" demo, as the opener.
lyrics
Deep in the vortex... Scattered is life
Visage of emptiness... Darkness is rife
Celestial corpses lie still, overthrown
Shrines to their greatness are wastelands of stone
Deposed, defiled by the splendour of fools
Entombed with the flesh they had ruled
Fallen, makers by their children were doomed
Trampled limp in time-ravaged ruins
Slaves, driven mad with envy of gods
Shades in the dead of the stars
Here perished aeons of the glory untold
Now a tale only told by its scars
Deep in the vortex... Scattered is life
Visage of emptiness... Darkness is rife
Flawed by creation, Summoned the will to destroy
Chained to the ages, burn in the gaze of the stars
Cold is the vortex, scattered is life
Gods broken, erased and entombed
Once reigned a power so ageless and cruel
Now their pitiless thrones are destroyed
Beasts, they wrought from dead of the rift
Now slaves to the makers of old
Heaven and hell shall be crushed in their wake
The fate of the universe ridden with scars
To know is to murder
To speak is to fight
And woe is the moment
When lore becomes might
Floating distortions
Of decadent past
The mighty have fallen before
Like echoes of battle... on dissident planes
The tides had devoured their shores
Omnipotents fallen by knowledge alone
Forgotten and dead is their reign
No spoils for the victor but desolate void
The knowledge of ancients now dead and destroyed
No purpose
No masters
They perish and fall
The tides had devoured their shores
credits
from To Those Who Stand Against Us...,
released September 9, 2009
Written by A. Von Moller / J.C. Volgard in 2005
Lyrics by A. Von Moller
supported by 32 fans who also own “Astral Assassins”
never been a big death metal fan but this is actually super accessible for the genre, has fun concepts, and personally i'm always a fan of albums with short tracklists and huge runtimes (for individual songs) Great time, good jumping on point for newbies too. alienasu
supported by 28 fans who also own “Astral Assassins”
Greek Epic / Pagan / Black Metal. These guys kick serious butt & there are some fantastic melodies here as well as some great riffs. All with that distinctive triumphant & exclusively Greek edge. There is a clear Rotting Christ influence but these guys are much more subtle in their onslaught! I would be happy to wage war with giants to the sound of this & I am just a weakling nobody... :) Highly recommended!!! bmurator