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Aeterno Elementum

by ArA'KuS

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Overture 02:57
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Slowly burning incense Flicker of the candle's flame Again he sits alone Consoled by his Father's name He feels it deep inside As the darkness eats his eyes Alone and now forsaken To his god he vainly cries Blood for blood Stain the dove The blade he holds Driven by love Plunge beyond the skin Piercing muscle and bone Self crucifiction To save a soul forevermore If god could slay his own kin To save a world of fools Surely one more death Can save a single man Blood for blood Stain the dove The blade he holds Driven by love The cross burned upon his hand Drags him down Like the dead
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Hollow moonlight deepens the shadows of eternal night Endless and evermore to dwell in silence Weep not for death's embrace Light has gone from this fallen place Come thou pure soul and mark the passing of man In darkness dream Gaze back through the mists of time In silence dwell In this dead world Dream here evermore
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A howling wind from the northern spires Cutting through the smoke from this blazing pyre A desperate man, alone with his grief His hearts strings didst death's cruel kiss cleave Succumb to me To the dark My child, my child A swirling inferno of lost hopes and prayers Swallowed into cold, unfeeling night air And arms of purest light reaching towards the sky Extinguished 'fore their time, he sadly sighs The moon's glow so pure and bright Yet his face glows crimson in reflected spite The passion, the fire, the vows, the lies Saint Lucifer's toll doth require a cherished life Succumb to me To the dark My child, my child Unchained daemons and spirits of flame Unyielding embrace of the ages old curse Unholy torment of the damned lay claim To this solitary soul for whom the devils sing verse Succumb to me To the dark My child, my child
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Clinging droplets of icy perspiration On this frigid, cold, breathless creation Yearning he is for something so true Yet fate and his pact to gain life anew Bring unto him this horrific toll Thus here he stands on this watery shoal A lifeless form just under the waves A beauteous angel whom the demon thus claims So sing Of times that have past And the destiny that has claimed ye at long last A sprawling crown of flowing golden locks Surround a perfect white face frozen in shock The call of the abyss undeniably strong Summoned her soul with its incorporeal song Eerily glowing with phosphorescent charm A hand reaching for her lost lover's arm Eternal torpor 'neath Poseidon's abode Where her impassioned majesty shall ne'er erode So sing Of times that have past Sing And the destiny that has claimed ye at long last Together now in a final embrace Lovers parted by death's looming face A passion quickly cooled by a glacial pool One in death's realm one under his rule Can you feel this now, my love? Plunging into seas of black extinction From beyond your watery tomb Show me the path to true contrition Sing! Sing! Sing!
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Falling 06:34
Falling faster in the night The taint of blood across my mind's eye Draws me further away from the light Blinded by the hate, the fear and the rage The howling winds foretell of darkest night Whispering tales of a morbid fate Cast asunder into the depths below The scream of a child and a madman's curse Ensure that none shall see the dawn's light Falling faster into the night I can see the wrath inside your soul Come let your vengeance rule you Through the fading rays of hope's last light We shall weight the fate of the world A plague on the wind Death to the innocent A thousand empty souls to fill the void inside Come to me I will set you free Open your mind And you shall see Come to me I will set you free Open your mind And set me free Falling faster into the night Clouds below are raining sin Flames abound, tear my skin Burning me as I fall I will spill the blood of man I will flay his wretched skin My freedom is now at hand Your soul is mine I will not fall I must not fall I cannot fall I shall not heed your call You will learn his master plan You will join his unholy kin You must let me in Your soul is mine I will not fall I must not fall I cannot fall I shall not heed your call You shall join me I reject you! You can't resist me Demon! Begone! I will spill the blood of man I will flay his wretched skin My freedom is now at hand Your soul is mine I will not fall I must not fall I cannot fall I shall fall! Into the night
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Star of Dawn 02:57
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Abyss 06:00
Lost Alone Afraid Left here to die by a world who knows not Blind Cold Crippled Forgotten in this empty where they laid me down to rot Endless twilight Take my sight In my living tomb The gods laugh at my plight As the days meld with years And the dark takes my mind I envision the day When all this is behind Forsaken by hope Beyond death and fear A place where pain has no meaning And only nothing is real I hear a voice It beckons me Creature of darkness Look upon me Take my hand And leave behind your empty hell Rise from the ashes, Aeterno Elementum From the bowels of the earth to the plague of the sky From the ice of the Abyss to your fiery kiss Rise! Your fiery kiss!
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Sweet night unfolds at the dawn of my rebirth No more a captive now Free to roam the earth The demon's words fade with the wind As my former life draws near Oh tainted one You shall soon see Though loved you were There is now only fear How long I've waited to gaze upon your face To wash away the past in the warmth of your embrace I see a change now in your eyes It quickens my blood's pulse A life apart can change a soul I burn inside for you For you are not the man that I once knew Not the one who gave his heart to be with me My heart now lies within your hands As my words cannot appease your fear My love I cannot look into your eyes But my longing for you! I will not be denied! Can't you see the fear inside my soul? Come away with me It can never be the same I'm still the man you loved Why can't you see? That the man I loved is lost forevermore No, don't abandon me! You don't know of what you speak I know too well The world will tremble at my feet And you will rule alone! You will not leave me! This I swear! I will feast upon the blood of the damned Sheep to the slaughter, feel my wrath one and all In the shadows of twilight you will know I am near By the screams of your loved ones and all those you hold dear
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Come to me Mistress of the cold night Weave for me a tale of salvation In the tapestry of fate Each thread comes to an end The flames shall temper The waters embrace you The air shall guard you on wings of light The earth support you in steadfast resolve Till day has turned to night Come to me Mistress of the cold night Weave for me a tale of salvation In the tapestry of fate Each thread comes to an end The flames consume you The waters deluge you The air turns its back as the darkness has come The earth shall break you and swallow you whole So dawn may come again
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A crimson orb Melting on a place of grey As the mists on the horizon Spin and swirl In an orgy of flame Blessed dance of the fey Feel the hunger deep inside Breathe it in Inhale the night Know the fate for which you died Slay the fear which robbed your sight A deepening pool of shimmering crimson Reflects the hate that burns within Forever hidden from the accursed sun A shattered husk of man's one true sin Feel the hole down deep inside Embrace the black Embrace the fright Know the truth for which you lied A mortal soul for eternal un-life Harbinger of mayhem Angel of the damned Eyes of a serpent Tongue as sweet as blood Violate the sanctity of those blessed by the lamb And feast on the flock as they drown in your flood Feel the power in your hands Fear not the sun Fear not mortal men Rule the night as the hunter of man The accursed child whom they once shunned
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Look upon the cold rays of dawn To the mists on the horizon The riders come, swift and with fury With banners that blot out the sun Stand alone amidst the flames Or be swept away by the tide Into the silent earth Or the embrace of the cold night air Life fades Darkness shall embrace you And ever more the sun shall be Lost within the mists of time Night has come
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Conquered 09:31
The thunder of a thousand hoofbeats Marks the coming of the storm Grown men quake at the sound Of the deathbringers cursed horn Descending from the hill above Spreading chaos, sowing fear A blade is found in every hand Yet each man knows his end is near No where to run The time has arrived Where the weak shall be cleansed And the strong shall survive High upon his steed of night The Conqueror's blade drinks the blood of the damned Where the rivers of red begin to flow None shall stand Fight now with honor Your death is at hand And let the bards of tomorrow Sing of our final stand And as darkness descends o'er our cherished land Unleash the warrior's spirit Inside every man

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released October 28, 2013

Band:
Jeremiah Johnson - Guitar and Lead Vocals
Randy Haines - Guitars and Vocals
Vivian Lee - Lead Soprano
Lauren 'Razz' Palumbi - Violin and Vocals
Terrence Lewis - Bass
Ray Salamon - Bass
Rachel Brunson - Keyboards
Jeremy Veleber - Drums
John Perlic - Cello

Choir:
Ryan Aarestad
Lynn Ceiladh Grandin
Steven Cejka
Brian Davis-Hopkins
Brittany DeMott
Pamela Gwizdak
Josh Johnson
Ashley Selleck
Susan Smith
Deirdre Stinson
Laurel Varner
Yvonne Weyrick

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ArA'KuS Seattle, Washington

Ara'Kus Productions is dedicated to creating atmospheric, story-driven theater that can't be found anywhere else. Using traditional operatic themes and weaving them together with symphonic heavy metal music they create stories that are not only seen and heard, but experienced. ... more

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