Life-taking mist emits from the ancient grimoire 
A shroud of death surrounds him as he treads the floor 
Approaching the cursed area to call them forth 
Spirits from Phantom’s Maw, beings of living gore 
Wind blows with a violent fervor 
It chants, “Dare you go no further” 
Plants bloom to defy their nature 
Awaiting the nomenclature 
Open tome, dark words are spoken 
Orbs will glow on staffs of oak when 
Dead trees grow, the seal is broken 
“Come, I summon thee” 
Ah 
Afterworld evil, hear my call 
Dagger-born people, take it all 
Born of the mountain mist and blessed in falling rain 
The magic followed him through smooth and rough terrain 
The vessel of the flesh that feeds with its decay 
Disciple of the path, a destiny retained 
Sword in hand, the veins are opened 
Land aglow, a crimson ocean 
Magic flows through his devotion 
“Come, I summon thee” 
As his life fades he feels them 
In the blackened dirt 
“Your sacrifice will be rewarded, precious follower” 
The wizard’s purpose now attained 
The summoned ghouls begin their reign 
“Come, I summon thee”

Summoner Of Ghouls

Arise, my beauty from your resting place 
Out from the darkest depths of hell 
And return to kill again 
Here on the land where mortals dwell 
Decades of decomposition decorate your sordid gaze 
Eyes glowing in the haze 
Chanting psalms of the arcane 
Seek revenge 
On all who would ascend 
Render them 
Eternally condemned 
Whoa oh oh 
Princess of a land non-living finalized in frost 
Priestess of the lifeless bodies mummified in moss 
And lust for blood reverberates throughout this haunted swamp 
Necromancer, gain from all the life that must be lost 
Arise her servants from your sullen graves 
And feed the soil human blood 
They scream in agony ‘til their lungs fill up with mud 
Corpses crawl across the kingdom to satisfy her vile feast 
Goddess of heresy 
Bleed them unto me as 
Death fills the sky 
Her lips curl up like the legs of a freshly dead arachnid 
All life shall die 
The dead destroy the villages and feed off all the fragments 
(CHORUS)

Mummified In Moss

There are faces in the lake 
There are voices in the cemetery 
Calling me to be together 
Following my sleep forever 
Calling me 
There’s the one that makes me shake 
There are legs inside the dead black cherry tree 
That swim and flee together 
Following my sleep forever 
Calling me 
I can hear you croon 
Melodies as enchanting as your open eyes 
Only heard amplified under the moon 
Oh, it’s killing me tonight 
Hearts will call 
My body crawls 
I’ve heard and now must see 
You are absolutely the sweetest thing to me 
Songs enthrall when night does fall 
So solemnly I sing 
You are absolutely the sweetest thing to me 
There’s a tongue as black as ice 
Wrapping over me with warm devotion 
Singing to me, “be my only, 
Harmonize with me so closely” 
Follow me 
Swollen lips as blue as eyes 
Knotted hair that binds my every motion 
Out of breath, my words are muffled 
Take me please, I will not struggle 
Swallow me 
I’ll be with you soon 
Creeping closer to do my part in our duet 
The fog will disappear and so will you 
Oh it’s killing me tonight 
I was discovered the next morning, a pair of lungs inside a black jacket and blue jeans. 
A crowd eventually surrounded the lake, appalled and struck with horror 
Hands covering mouths they all cried out, “What has she done to him?” 
You’re the sweetest thing to me

The Crooners Of Lake Askett

I’m not what I seem to be 
You’ve heard me howl alongside the ocean 
But October, last October 
I transformed once again 
I’m a love monster 
Love monster oh oh oh 
Baby, just give me a chance 
I loved you at first glance 
It was just last Halloween 
We kissed goodbye here under the moonlight 
And in your letters, in your letters 
You told me that I was yours forever 
Do you remember? You remember? 
See who I truly am 
I’m a love monster 
Love monster oh oh oh 
Oh I am neither man nor beast 
So our love lives when we’re deceased 
I’m a love monster 
Love monster oh oh oh 
I can be so warm and sweet 
You don’t have to trick-or-treat 
Baby, you don’t need to be lonely 
Some of my friends are fleshy and some are bony 
And some are living dead, but in our hearts there’s something 
I will keep you safe if you join in my pack 
Your kind heart never to be under attack 
My heart howls for you, my moon, my chosen pumpkin 
And in this weather, in this weather 
I’ll keep you warm in my arms forever 
In November and in December 
I’m still who I am today 
I’m a love monster 
Love monster oh oh oh 
With wolf-like form and teeth 
I’m as loyal as can be 
I’m a love monster 
Love monster oh oh oh 
With a coffin for a bed 
Now listen to me shred (Let’s GO!) 
(Get in this with me, ) 
I’m not what I seem to be 
I’m only scary on the outside 
While it still is Halloween 
Will you be my scary bride?

Love Monster

The changing colors of the leaves 
Awakens something deep in me 
(I linger slowly until footsteps snap me out from my sweet daydream) 
The winds that blow to cloak my form 
They chill my body ‘til I’m warm 
(The sight of the undead awakens magic streams) 
How I miss you in the autumn 
I miss you every day 
How it hurts to feel the forgotten 
Who only long to stay 
The sword that cuts through flesh and marrow 
That cuts through everything 
To divide the ghosts from soul 
To save all the mortal 
The one who strikes me like an arrow 
Pierces my heart 
Yet alone I steadfast fight 
Alone I spend each night 
Bodies cover the snow 
It seems this time there are thousands 
Calmly yet determined I follow 
To protect my family, the mountains 
How I miss you in the winter 
I miss you every night 
As the body begins to wither 
I pray they let me die 
If I should 
Perish parrying armies 
Would you still remember me? 
I think of the times by the mammoth tree 
It keeps my soul at ease 
I fought for peace for all here on the peak 
But with you gone there’s none for me 
I have failed my most precious task, my charge 
The goddess still lives, my scourge 
The time has passed for remorse 
For the one who’s taken you, my beauty 
Who took my everything 
Mercilessly I slaughter
A gorgeous massacre 
She eyes me smiling, and lunges 
An action I return 
And as we clash, a flash of blood 
Is that you, my love?

The Mammoth Tree

Wandering through the forest 
Only two feet high 
The proud gnome stands tall 
Only two feet high 
Drifting toward adventure 
Gently treading by 
The kind woods guide him 
Through darkened skies 
We look to you 
A child of darkness who brightened our view 
We feel your warmth 
A mother comes to you from out in the North 
Fear not, beloved gnome 
As foliage grew, so did his beard 
Learning from the woodland dwellers all through his years 
Taking to heart what he’d hear 
“Life is your story” flying fox said 
“Companions are your life,” confided the wolf twins 
“Your story is your own“ spoke the stag 
I shall be what I must become 
Ruthless and gentle, nature’s manifestation 
The sacred forest’s guardian 
Ursa Major said, “I want you, I need you, I feel you” 
“I love you, I miss you, I feel you” 
Beloved creatures, fear not 
We will feed the soil with the hunters’ rot 
They’ll feel the death that they brought 
In the shape of a mother bear 
An age of serenity follows him everywhere 
The savior of the woodland prayers

In The Forest Of The Gnome

Left to die 
A young girl trudges 
Blood beneath her nails 
Flesh between her fangs 
UH 
Vintra, seen by the few chosen 
You grant the child sympathy 
A touch so comforting and frozen 
A song endearing and serene 
How winter dresses somber nights 
How spirits follow you 
My eyeless queen of the moonlight 
They’ve gathered at your tune 
A ritual to unify 
A human with her inner beast 
The plants and creatures chant 
The demon’s rites bequeathed 
I journeyed through the embers 
That burned in every soul 
Preparing to drown me in terror infernal 
The hatred would follow 
I yearned just for a home 
Exiled to the forest to die amongst the cold 
I stand now in the presence 
Of ghosts arboreal 
Their words, kind and soothing, I submit to their call 
Inside, it asks for freedom 
This time I do not fight 
Releasing my true self, a wolf descends into the night 
A pleasure unknown 
To run and leap amongst the snow 
It was fear that they plagued me with 
And fear shall be the last thing that they know 
She returns to her village now 
To satiate a lifetime’s hunger 
Devoured ruthlessly 
A village, prey to her dark anger 
Not one survivor left the carnage 
The blood of the white wolf runs through her 
Her bloody vengeance now accomplished 
She howls the song learned from her savior

Vintra, Eyeless Wolf

Inexpensive lullaby 
That left our sands dissatisfied 
But blessed the hands that once designed 
The animal that slithers slime 
And now it sleeps beneath the bog 
The creature feeding from the fog 
Adorned in mud and graced in blood 
The realm of the eternal slug 
Oh ancient one 
I long to smell your words once more 
Sensations come 
I recollect the shattered lore 
To find the shadow of the gastrogod 
Disguised in an ethereal mirage 
The haze shifts colors 
Yet still I wonder 
Is it still alive? 
I once came to you 
As a dreaming boy 
Now I come a red-eyed dreaming man 
In this tome of hellish poems 
Written by goblins, ghouls, and gnomes 
A fable of a being known 
To suspend life while knowledge grows 
The mystic snail has not been shown 
Created by the boggy pond 
Asleep for eras, ages gone 
Manifest now in my vision 
Oh ancient one 
Devourer of unclean souls 
I lay alone 
Glacially you approach my throne 
Ground dressed in bones 
Demons gnaw the remaining flesh 
Numbers of stone 
Gone mad from decades of unrest 
UH 
Now the air does separate 
A mollusk perforates 
The swirling grounded haze 
My majesty awaits 
A droning humming hymn 
My longing heart gives in 
My withered mouth a grin 
A joyous peace within 
The snail approaches 
A pace so slow, it 
Vibrates to cloak me in its grace 
I sink into a shell 
In peaceful slumber

Is It Still Alive

Cavern of crystallizing ice, 
My domain sings in echoes 
Caressing slitted eyes 
The tales that I have memorized 
Etched in the frost-layered wall 
The stories I devise 
Forsaken to a den to hide 
A creature of great pride 
Of magic mystified 
Ohhhh, power misunderstood 
The realm’s greatest beauty folds her wings for good 
Countless, the funerals she’s painted 
In the name of her loved ones, to rescue them from death 
“Cold, you’re my only home” 
“My only friends, the sunken toads” 
Cursed to remain untold 
“Return to me, oh holy toads” 
The sanctuary sobs in silence 
Her power growing still 
The hatred dulled by sadness 
A lifetime to fulfill 
A natural luminescence glows from every scale 
The target of the heartless, greedy, and the pale 
Cursed never to be home 
“Return to me, my precious toads” 
Because I live they bait me with my gentle friends 
The bastards fuel my rage with dead amphibians 
Emerge 
The skies never looked so beautiful 
Gracefully, a being glides on through 
“Come, I shall be your home” 
“My body and my magic, infinitely strong” 
“They cannot pierce my dragon bones” 
“Return to me, my precious toads”

Return To Me, Toads

Gone away, the secrets in your stare
Yesterday they wrote the ancient language with your hair
I’ll convey - the solitude became me yesterday
You’ve gone away

They found you in the dark
Afraid, weak and cold

In decay, the sweetest love of mine
In your last days, you bled on pictures of me on your shrine
From the window, I saw you crawl like a trapped thing through the snow
Where do you go?

In our bed, now I lay
To caress your remains
Your smell lurks in the caves
You’ll stay; yes you’ll stay

‘Cause you haunt me yes it haunts me
I’m the one who saw what you became
And you laughed at me, you were laughing
When I cried, “This won’t let you escape”
Oh I pleaded and I begged you
To stay with me and leave it behind
‘Cause they’d take you, yes they found you
How you must have suffered that accursed night

Canids