In Praise Of Darkness
And so we fall from abyssic heights Plunging to the aphotic nadir of heaven Born of unholy tribulation, burdened with luminous design Condemned to thrive in desolation, attended by thy obsidian light The promise of ascension, the myth of redemption Embrace becomes coercion Righteous spark to sacrificial pyre Born of unholy tribulation, burdened with luminous design Condemned to thrive in desolation, attended by thy obsidian light The temple of creation, the gate unhinged, laid bare, torn asunder Raised by the lies of a false messiah Anointed in agony to eternally fall
Submitted by Immortal — Jul 21, 2026
The sky becomes as crimson Miasma chokes the breath The waves become as sulphur A reeking herald of coming death I rise from cold desolation, traversing the fetid abyss To witness exquisite creation desecrated by beyond recognition The icy seclusion of the hell below, incomparable to this panorama A raped and combusted Eden, at the behest of a deluded herd The guilty and innocent burn the same Harbingers atop the mountains, flames licking at their feet Heralding the conflagration with prognostic exaltation Behold! The terrifying sun! Behold! The sulphuric seas! Behold! The abyssal blood-drenched Heaven! Man manifests his own immolation All flesh burns Behold! Behold! Behold! Behold! I marvel how the promise of salvation traps such willful self defeat No lie could I whisper to wreak such devastation Jehovah has abandoned his creation to suffocate, burn and starve No species could be more deserving of this fate All flesh burns The guilty and innocent burn the same
Submitted by Immortal — Jul 21, 2026
Legions rise from battered hands and knees Raised beneath the carping shadow of the cruciform Legions rise, taught to bow before The jealous god, an empty flame, deaf to any call Time to wage war upon the cold celestial light Time has come to reclaim the diving spark of life No salvation, no forgiveness, false promises comfort fools A sightless god, a fading empire, never kneel before the throne Legions rise, for aeons we have been Driven down, crushed beneath dead dreams of the past Legions rise with arms outstretched Struggle through, rise as one, never surrender, no defeat (Lead: McCarthy) No salvation, no forgiveness, false promises comfort fools A sightless god, a fading empire, never kneel before the throne (Lead: Hickey) Legions rise, our time is come Legions rise, we rise as one! O' Creator, holy gas lighter, apostasy is our call No salvation, no forgiveness, false promises comfort fools A sightless god, a fading empire, never kneel before the throne Legions rise, our time has come Legions rise, we rise as one!
Submitted by Immortal — Jul 21, 2026
Rancor beneath the surface A writhing sulphur, a noxious seed Blinded, bled of reason A toxic discharge shrouds the sun Spreading ancient miasma Odious tendrils pierce the skin Fetid invading fingers stain perception Your mind befouled Seducing limbs entangle Poisonous barbs invade Tremble as the front lobe decays Wither as the poison disintegrates Encased in coils of sightless oblivion Consuming from within Tentacular invasion, your mind is erased.
Submitted by Immortal — Jul 21, 2026
All shall be sacrificed on the altar of the flame Sadism infinite the bastard child is a god of pain Cleanse the earth of humanity This endless plague of hypocrisy An ouroboros of decay and avarice blindly devours itself Grasping soil beneath another's feet, a fistful of a transitory yield An arrow cast, a quiver in return, an injudicious greed All are punished, limbs are separated Shrapnel shreds the flesh of the lamb Water breeds disease, weakening a starving flock Too emaciated to escape Limitless despair, mothers bury bags of limbs Infinite fetor of genocide Sadism infinite - mutate into what you hate The quest for holy creation beneath a banner of righteousness The veil of moral profundity conceals putridity within The bastard child of a coward god, unconstrained in a lust for death Consume, boundless, insatiable [Lead: McCarthy] All shall be sacrificed on the altar of the flame Mayhem infinite, the bastard child is a god of pain
Submitted by Immortal — Jul 21, 2026
So now we stumble blinded through the forest Drawn by the silent scent of holy blood Aromatic betwixt the wooded beholders Every shambling step quickens second coming Revelation of whispering gales - crown of the horns! Dethronement of a failing realm - a son is come! Devout, the flock ensnared by desperation Misled, wicked seed they cultivate Dripping pallor, so frail within a scalded grasp At last, the sensual vapor we imbibe For we rejoice their suffering For their endurance summons the breath of perdition Phantasmal crown - the birthing cries of the vestal harlot Feral ascension - forebearer's role we shall proclaim Rejoice! A son is come to cleanse the world! Rejoice! Our lord of lust and flame! Gather now in golden aurora of the horns Unholy mother will shepherd the fawn of desire Scouting chorus heralds exaltation All praise unholy goddess cultivar Revelation on whispering gales - a crown of the horns! Dethronement of a failing realm - a son is come! Phantasmal crown - goat son arise!
Submitted by Immortal — Jul 21, 2026
Untold ages of pain Shielded, silenced, deranged Holy altar possessed Feasting on helpless flesh Countless echoes of their cries Callously consumed their lives Baptized in innocent blood Praying to a ghost above - Defiler! Glory unto his name Tyranny of guilt and shame The apple has now decayed The flock still kneel and pray Straw men choke on filthy air Obfuscations breed despair Ignorance weakens your mind Privilege leaves you blind Defilers burn with your flock in the flame Disciples burn, a curse on your putrid name Burn! Glory unto his name Tyranny of guilt and shame Holy altar possessed Feasting on helpless flesh Defending you to the tomb - just as guilty as you Defilers burn with your flock in the flame Disciples burn, a curse on your putrid name Burn!
Submitted by Immortal — Jul 21, 2026
Even in death your servitude has no end Scheming ghouls conscripted you once again Tearing away the soil, disfiguring your rest An endless cycle of martyrdom Chained to the altar of your sacrifice Eldritch invocations unrecognized Deployed to serve dictators despised Devour! Digest! Regurgitate the flesh Soulless, amnesiac, the perfect obedient carcass A golem created to fight for a coward's cause Flesh rots concurrent with the soul Your life forgotten, a distant past Ensnared within a beguiling grasp You fell by the sword, you slept in the earth Stripped of your will, slacked to this deathless curse [Lead: McCarthy] Summoning venerated dead Employed to serve for wicked ends Unsatiated by souls consumed Devouring the sleeping entombed.
Submitted by Immortal — Jul 21, 2026
And so banished from Arcadia, scorn rained upon my back Blistered by rejection, my will remains intact A vow of retribution to warn a frigid soul I plot corruption, eternally you lament my fall On Satan! All who seek to bind me Oh Satan! Grant me the strength to destroy And now proclaiming severance from the antiquated chains While the pious manipulating flock kneel in wretched shame Rejecting the shepherds impotence, embrace the flames of carnality I am cleansed of old regrets to send a new unholy age. [Lead: HIckey] I brave the isolating horrors of the abyss I traverse the tumult with torch held aloft I rule myself with a will and fury unbowed. With lustful eyes and unruly certainty, I declare Better to reign in hell No Cowards arrows shall torment me No myopic judgement shall dispose me No prudish ascetism shall chain me No environs herd shall constrain me Oh Satan! All who seek to bind me Oh Satan! Grant me the strength to destroy!
Submitted by Immortal — Jul 21, 2026
Born to burn, bred to suffer Rise for harvest, the pious flock Led to the abyss, past forgotten All your judgement now return Love and hate, pain and pleasure Embrace of duality In praise of darkness Now I ascend to claim the crown of horns Boundless, unconstrained I shape my crimson realm Master of my own will, slave to no dead god Branded all, living sacrifice The blackest Transubtantiation Elevated I am, allies chosen Through our will now reborn Love and hate, pain and pleasure Embrace of duality In praise of darkness Sun is shrouded Agonized ecstasy In my worl I am the God Hand.
Submitted by Immortal — Jul 21, 2026