An Oath Enshrined by Honour and Death

by Ages of Blood

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1.	Knights of the Hermetic Order 09:19	lyrics	buy track
Shadows gather in the feeble glare of torches Slowly, these hazy entities appear in the shape of men Ghostly cataphracts of atavistic scourges Wielding blooded swords once again Reunifying the treaties of cosmic knowledge Bearing black armours sealed with ancient symbols Prepared to fulfill the solemn pledge With spears and shields as fidelity signals The passages of forbidden manuscripts are recited In the flames of tenuous bonfires The keys for ancient dilemmas are provided Enlightening the path of war as purifiers The knights of the hermetic order ride to battle Besieging the fortress of terrified adversaries Annihilating the false doctrines of the chapel While the scent of death drown the lamb's cries Bend thy knee before the cosmic abyss' lords Masters of unknown dimensions filled of chaos and wrath Where mystical incomprehensible psalms are the law Concealing the infinity of wisdom from the human's path As war reigns upon the usurpers thrones Chants of plague echoes through the night The black knights march above their enemies bones As death laughs during the hermetic rite Sulfur and dust from fallen stars impregnate the vast lands As a symbolic act of the alchemic victory A stoic statement from timeless hands Conceded by the alignment of the celestial body
2.	Bestowed by Sepulchral Winds of Mysticism 06:46	lyrics	buy track
Amongst the flames of medieval esotericism I summon the spirits of primitive times For them to reveal to me the secrets With dragon wings, basilisk eyes and bitter wine I'm the emissary of dead stars The exiled wizard of arcane inception Disciple of the ferocious Mars And the master of alchemic deception I rise by myself before the cryptic portals But not alone because I'm legions And through me declare infinity of entities As the aristocrat of different astral regions Bestowed by sepulchral winds of mysticism The codices of immemorial wisdom Commandments of enigmatic elitism Manifestation of the cabalistic marquisdom Stygian visions materialize before me Apocryphal premonitions of ethereal matter While bloody stigmas appear in my flesh My power can't be suppressed or scatter Across the mist of time I wander as a shadow Wizard of sanguine tradition I lost my fragile humanity long time ago I feast upon the fears of those who dwell in perdition I conspire to ascend flesh into divine dimensions Rotten incantation of primordial liturgy Irreligious deeds of sorrowful dissection From the profound inverted diocese of Eparchy Bestowed by sepulchral winds of mysticism The codices of immemorial wisdom Commandments of enigmatic elitism Manifestation of the cabalistic marquisdom
3.	Blooded Hoarfrost of Gnarled Fates 07:31	lyrics	buy track
Marching upon the icy fields, the swordsmen charge Knights ride towards eternity, the halberds scourge The dark woods are awakened from the eternal dream By the piercing and ceaseless death screams The battle unfolds with fervor and savagery A majestic scenery of medieval cruelty No compassion or quarter is given to the adversary The craft of death manifests human tenuity Under the heraldic banners, the crossbowmen hatefully spit Thousand poisonous arrows the clouds lit Blackening the skies over the enemy Victims of the regicide abdication Gruesome ode to suffering and despair Pikemen impale without forgiveness Blood and guts soak the horizon's glare The eviscerated claim for mercy to be given Blooded hoarfrost of gnarled fates Futile existence of the feudal vassals Guarding cautiously the silver gates Of the decrepit absolutist castle After thousand moons of siege Vehement the stronghold resists With enormous casualties, towers are breached The mighty trebuchet devastates with its fist Ravens feast upon the mutilated corpses While the dead hate the living with profound resentment The living implore for forgiveness through spiritual sources Wishing to forget with death the sinister commandment The aftermath of the battle will echo The blooded hoarfrost will disappear by spring But the souls of those who fell will be tied To the day their fates abruptly ended for their King
4.	Relic of Shadows and Plagues 07:55	lyrics	buy track
Across the forests and feudal domains A menace lurks unfazed in the night Below the pale stars with infant's blood and chains A consortium of heretics advance with the moon's light Carrying a purulent ark of fecal litanies Abhorrent manifestation of archaic malevolence Sacrilegious cult of hostilities Against the christian's god omnipotence A vile scent emanates from the congregation The surroundings are corrupted and decay with its pace Leaving behind a trace of damnation Where life will be forever disgraced The demonic vassals levitate and howl blasphemies Disturbing those who belong to the clergy Iconoclasts of hypocrisy and fallacies Depraving them of life with an inverted theurgy The relic of shadows and plagues Antediluvian artifact soaked with Satan's blood The relic of shadows and plagues Profane cult opposed to God Endless darkness engulfs the skies Terror dominates upon the mortal kingdoms Witches gather for the black mass In order to behold heaven's wisdom The purulent ark lies within the church Impregnating the pure with fecal litanies Despicable demonstration of celestial purge Evil acts of pure blasphemy The relic of shadows and plagues Antediluvian artifact soaked with Satan's blood The relic of shadows and plagues Profane cult opposed to God The plague infects and disseminates through every soul Despair and madness pollute with cruelty The innocents rip their veins apart with biblical scrolls And descend into murderous lust
5.	Procession Towards the Pantheon of Forgotten Splendour 06:44	lyrics	buy track
The wolves howl at the distant fullmoon I march through the gates of eternity Tides of cosmic shadows and runes Embrace my path mysteriously A procession of souls advance towards darkness Pale pilgrims under the cloak of melancholy and grief We fall together into the endless blackness Where autumn is eternal and reigns with dead broken leaves I close my eyes and remember my life A brave swordsman fallen in battle Many years of war and strife Now I feel the cold peace of the nocturnal sky I behold a majestic temple Shining amongst the stars Ornamented with silver and gold For those who died by the sword May the wolves howl again And break our chains I feel the void of death I feel the cosmic breath Eons of wisdom and knowledge Are finally revealed to me I seek my eternal rest Above my shield and sword in my chest The procession towards the pantheon of forgotten splendour The pilgrimage towards the eternal autumn
6.	An Oath Enshrined by Honour and Death 07:19	lyrics	buy track
By the might of the primordial hermetic entity I rise my sword as a symbol of eternal fidelity Before the consortium of wise knights And the strength of the endless night I recite the ancient passages of the grimoire To summon the spirits who dwell amidst the stars By the blistering flames of the sacred fire And the secret ritual of lust and desire I embrace the sepulchral mysticism of the grave The legacy of the enlightened and brave I recite the ancient passages of the grimoire To summon the spirits who dwell amidst the stars I stand with honour and pride Before the vastness of the abyss Where the sands of time collide And there is no light or bliss I solemnly pledge my loyalty To the black sacrilegious royalty An oath enshrined by honour and death To concede my life and last breath I recite the ancient passages of the grimoire To summon the spirits who dwell amidst the stars

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Written, recorded & produced between December 2022 and May 2023

The band will enter a period of indefinite hiatus.

For all those who supported the project; my eternal gratitude.
-Beulenpest.

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released December 31, 2023

Ages of Blood is:

Beulenpest - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Lyrics & Songwriting

Session members:
Bafomet - Bass
Raustphell - Drums

Mixing and mastering by J.M and Beulenpest.
Artwork made by Vhan Artworks and Printing

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Ages of Blood Atlanta, Georgia

2019 - 2024

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