Claws
What's that noise, admits the shadows? Hoots and growls from sundry creatures asleep Now one by one - helpless they stir Specimens exotic - afraid to die Deadly ruse! Talons rend! Rows of cages, a dark menagerie. This proud collection, it has no equal on earth Weird predators, uncanny symbionts The latest addiction, is yet to hatch Deadly ruse! Needle-like talons rend its carapace! Plucking out its prey, with impunity it kills Plucking out its prey, with impunity it kills Something lies - patient hides its time Camouflage - with the gossamer shell telescopic claws Eyes aglow - dreadful Claws On this most fatal of nights, somehow the compound's door has been left slightly ajar Strange gurgling sounds, and the faintest ticks and clacks and little pops can be heard from beyond its threshold! Albeit stroked with fear, the greasy wealthy magnate tentatively steps through the door, so overcome by greed. His gaze peers on the dim shapes of his immeasurably costly menagerie, now turned into a grim charnel house. His life-long pursuit, those unique pets, all dead now. The eyes focus on that weird egg of monstrous proportions, the one of mysterious origins. See how its surface is now lined by hair-thin yet so regular cracks. In those last moments before his demise, his curiosity is still pigged by such a marvelous phenomenon: no strange malady, no dangerous pest behind their demise! Just look at the shell as it blooms open, like the unfolding vestigial wings of a translucent moth! And from within the cage, cruel limbs now dart forth. Bars can't hold the bar head proboscis, the filthy sinewy claw now closing in upon the hapless magnate! And as he's been dragged off his feet, towards that multi-mandibles maw, the slavering orifice sprouting festering probes, he realized he's about to be inoculated with voracious larvae. The other confirmed creatures were mere nourishment, fair game it thrived upon. This last victim becomes its nest... For the beast is trapped - yet the brood is free The brood is now free now to roam!
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 18, 2026
Trudging through the moors And the fields of marred glory Didn't have a choice Rumors spread around That the empire has finally fallen Besieged on all sides Lead your pack, a pride of wolves Among the jackals that hungry throng When the splendors collapse and wane Treading where legions fear to march Onwards, to battle, Pillage and slay Steadfast ascendancy, until that hoary wisdom fades High 'King Raptured Vanguard High 'King You only want to fall asleep Brumal lands of you're The ancestral home forsaken Abandoned mirage To carve a realm anew In your wake a stream of gore Ephemeral dream Descendants betray your might They say that blessed are the meek Fuel their souls with lies of a false rebirth Embrace a whole new faith of denial To worship pain and fear, just to kneel before the pope High 'King All but forgotten your pernicious name Transcend the threshold You only want to fall asleep Useful tools of fools Tangled in a game that's for the grown-ups! Devious powers confound Pledging their swords - blades ominous When you crossed that river of fate And brought your children to the slaughter Southbound to the ruinous lands Raptured vanguard, in oblivion scions fall Sire of a frail kingdom Rule the horde, a warrior tribe Stepped in the dark and wanton game Won't they meddle with the divine Lords and tower-builders A purpled menace, to benight High 'King Raptured Vanguard High 'King You only want to fall asleep... ...and lead your children to the slaughter
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 18, 2026
I've been circling in your orbit Now I'm alive, coming to the fore The void was cold and numbing... Shake off the fright - two worlds collide - and merge Always longing for an alignment Gravity pulls, we're unable to resist From parsecs far - I spied on all your wonders... Just stop the whine - chronic pleasures unfurl Wait till my comet dawns Zenith of lust Your pretty satellites - I will gorge them whole Wasting the night The hyper-architect, the stars are set, we plummet Headlong to bang hard, my axis tilts and shifts Fecund and Lush - the gulf will soon be spreading I won't come around, for eons more, take care
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 18, 2026
From the darkness - she comes smiling Nothing you can - do She's black terror - teach you hate You will feel it too Mortal potions - crystal ball She will drive you insane Words and rhymes - from - evil books You will loose the game Wraith, your kind- whore - Hades' bride Old visions - send a message She chants toil - while - all ignites Will I save - my soul She calls thunder - rips and mends Even the black clouds wither Philters dire - a dance in flames Demons beyond her gaze Manic trysts - come -from her womb When debauchers mourn Fallen angel - makes you cry When she whispers - die We're in league with the devil - you're just forgot your pain You try to call her pet names - and tease her core in win The weakest link is failing - in fire she breeds You try to call for mercy - the weaver pulls the strings Crawling down - oh ohhh Crawling down - oh ohhh Gripping fear - sign of evil pleas She stands and leers - from a disowned bier Bestride the vault - true pantherine ghost That seeps in your life - ardor grows in her spires You're just a slave - I am the night You wander by - like the living dead A ferrous wand - now the ghouls they slither inside You'll burn tonight - I am the night The will to live that you will ever know No faith can save you - but she'll destroy your weak pride You're just too blind - I am the...
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 18, 2026
Woe betides you the die is cast Banners will fly - against the winds that vent forth pure hate Strife - never ending gloom we proclaim - blood to shed And tears, till this harrowing is through Lend me strength - fortify my soul And let me lie - Rest in the grave Grant no respite - Muster all forces Daubed in bile - join the forlorn hope Rage and guile! Tremble before these weapons arrayed! Watching until at last you sway and founder You and I are sentenced to feud in vain - just you and I And no promises of truce Oh, spent my time in misery Till it came to a boil Heed, once reviled, oh despised! A grim resolve, execrate! Hear ye! Unyielding decree A Declaration of woe Lace a garland with the sighs Tip the scales of the balance Watching until at last you sway and founder The hounds are on the loose Wrench the serpent's tongue Implacable, I turn a Deaf ear to your laments - scheme of your disgrace Gloat, when your dreams do curled sour Grant no respite - Muster all forces You and I, I'm afraid, will duel to the bitter end Declaration fo woe Unjust/Righteous...Endless Circle Declaration of Woe
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 18, 2026