Locust

Track 2 off of the forthcoming full length album "The Haruspex" for release January 15, 2016.

Mixed by Stuart McKillop (Rain City Recorders)
Mastered by Brad Boatright (Audiosiege)
Artwork by Kevin Ellis Moore (Soft Surrogate)

Nine Kings of Sulphur

Bathed in burning kerosene,
lay out the flesh to feed the flies.
Ligament and fractures beneath extravasated skin.
Straw and stick, bound in flesh, the sacred masks of wicked hid.
The circles centre,
transfixed this holy axis of the wheel. 

He, the haruspex, dividing prophecy. 
Among the twisted nails that drip with death the innards forfeit sight.
The moon sits above the lost Moriahan peaks,
before the dawn runs the shadows west.

The wretched vile temptress flashing blade and breast.
The sacrifice lashed with sinew of the elder ones.
Cursing the sky from which their father has fallen. 
The shadows swallow them whole.

And bring the nine Kings.  

Portals and gateways unknown.
Manifest - eternal.  
Perched as vultures to trees.
The stench of sulphur.   

Chant forbidden dialects, the writings of the Gods.
Scrawling symbols, candles lit.
The moon piercing the fog.
A black mass to conjure forth the fallen ones.
Carnage forming the once written letters.

"The Haruspex" - Nine Kings of Sulphur

So the idea behind this is simple, write a song every weekend that I am at home. My output has been slim to none lately, and this has forced me to open up my recording software and push ideas. It's not my favorite way of working, but it's a start. Keep an eye out for almost weekly updates...depending on my schedule.

Locust

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