Katabasis
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Submitted by NecroGod — Jun 08, 2026
…and thus shone the sun For one last time, pale and haggard Till by frothing jaws devoured A fading light sunk into night Behold, darkness falls upon lands well-known Old paths forlorn the night adorns Hark, shadows call from sombre Stygian halls ...swift the fall Deep and far beyond all light To whereabouts unknown To fog-laden grounds so cold A gaping chasm gazes Into my soul, through marrow and bone A numbing voidness embraces Yet in my heart's core I know I must carry on Behold, darkness falls upon lands well-known Old paths forlorn the night adorns Hark, shadows call from sombre Stygian halls The sepulchral stench of buried dreams Doth fill the heavy air, all sorrows lay bare Tomorrow's hope is naught but a waning gleam As hissing voices whisper: Oh, Death won't thou come reap? Yet in the midst of this ghastly night I can feel my blood flaming, a fire burning bright Which I've filled with the remaining light That I've barely kept deep down inside And for all the fears I've watered with tears Remains naught but joy and memories dear For at the far horizon I can now clearly see A dawning sun rising upon me
Submitted by NecroGod — Jun 08, 2026
"...And thou, all-shaking thunder Strike flat the thick roundity of the world! Crack nature's moulds, all germens spill at once, that make ingrateful man." A force insurmountable Embodied in a living god Doth fiercely ride the heavy skies Wielding the great fire of the heavens Come lightning and thunder Sear the cold hearts of men Come, Hardhugaðr! Stir up the violent winds of old Sweep clean all corners of the earth As thou roam the outmost frontiers Never loath nor weary Again and again the hammer falls As hard sinews work where foul creatures lurk Come lightning and thunder Quake the weary limbs of men Come, Alda Bergr! The toiling folk Thy deeds exalt To the red-blooded ones Thy boon bestow As darkness now gathers all around And virulent words of fork-tongued kings resound Caress these lands with heavenly fiery light Bless these hands with divine violent might As the yoke of existence now burdens Let us who ride through this night Always carry with us Thine inextinguishable fire Caress these lands with heavenly fiery light Bless these hands with divine violent might Come lightning and thunder Sear the cold hearts of men Come, Hardhugaðr! With resilience and power Cast back the shadows of the past With perseverance and prowess Keep on marching – never turn back!
Submitted by NecroGod — Jun 08, 2026
"...And thou, all-shaking thunder Strike flat the thick roundity of the world! Crack nature's moulds, all germens spill at once, that make ingrateful man." A force insurmountable Embodied in a living god Doth fiercely ride the heavy skies Wielding the great fire of the heavens Come lightning and thunder Sear the cold hearts of men Come, Hardhugaðr! Stir up the violent winds of old Sweep clean all corners of the earth As thou roam the outmost frontiers Nevеr loath nor weary Again and again the hammer falls As hard sinеws work where foul creatures lurk Come lightning and thunder Quake the weary limbs of men Come, Alda Bergr! The toiling folk Thy deeds exalt To the red-blooded ones Thy boon bestow As darkness now gathers all around And virulent words of fork-tongued kings resound Caress these lands with heavenly fiery light Bless these hands with divine violent might As the yoke of existence now burdens Let us who ride through this night Always carry with us Thine inextinguishable fire Caress these lands with heavenly fiery light Bless these hands with divine violent might Come lightning and thunder Sear the cold hearts of men Come, Hardhugaðr! With resilience and power Cast back the shadows of the past With perseverance and prowess Keep on marching – never turn back!
Submitted by NecroGod — Jun 08, 2026
In the eye of the storm A lone shore beckons In a heart careworn A threnody sounds, dreary and foul As thou set sail upon the gale The battle is lost, but the war remains Praise the fallen, the glorious dead Sleep eternal, unknown halls await In the fires of remembrance… ...an ancient sound Once and for all, tear down these walls That holds the seed to eternity A thousand voices doth call upon thee To break the chains of mortality As the spear pierces the flesh And the hangman's noose wraps thy neck A radiant eye watches all In numinous waves of a new dawn The portal is open Souls of the dead lead the way The circle is broken Into formlessness they ride And so the last chapter has been written With a kadmos soaked in blood and burning tears For the ones who depart from this earthly prison To the mountains beyond, to the stars above
Submitted by NecroGod — Jun 08, 2026
Let us wash away all the putrid remains Of what once was Let us tear open the sky to set heaven on fire And conquer the world Phoibos, bless me with thy silvery bow To pierce through the weary clouds above Live through me, O, Lord of the Sun Proclaim the will of the Ancient Ones With lucent words and beams of gold Wash this earthy mind Scatter thy rays of light Upon these frozen lands wide As thou commence the primeval rite And baptizе the world in fiery might The icy wind did howl For many a long night It brought words of malicе Sung songs of madness And to the wolf's delight It blew both day and night Stirred up strife amongst brothers Forged woe amongst mothers Yet as the old world did fall From its womb a new man crawled And he bore an aegis bright Sword in hand, his eyes alight Phoibos, bless me with thy silvery bow To pierce through the weary clouds above Proclaim the will of the Ancient Ones As thy lyre speaks of the unconquered Sun "I will remember and not be unmindful of Apollo who shoots afar. As he goes through the house of Zeus, the gods tremble before him and all spring up from their seats when he draws near, as he bends his bright bow."
Submitted by NecroGod — Jun 08, 2026
Let us wash away all the putrid remains Of what once was Let us tear open the sky to set heaven on fire And conquer the world Phoibos, bless me with thy silvery bow To pierce through the weary clouds above Live through me, O, Lord of the Sun Proclaim the will of the Ancient Ones With lucent words and beams of gold Wash this earthy mind Scatter thy rays of light Upon these frozen lands wide As thou commence the primeval rite And baptizе the world in fiery might The icy wind did howl For many a long night It brought words of malicе Sung songs of madness And to the wolf's delight It blew both day and night Stirred up strife amongst brothers Forged woe amongst mothers Yet as the old world did fall From its womb a new man crawled And he bore an aegis bright Sword in hand, his eyes alight Phoibos, bless me with thy silvery bow To pierce through the weary clouds above Proclaim the will of the Ancient Ones As thy lyre speaks of the unconquered Sun "I will remember and not be unmindful of Apollo who shoots afar. As he goes through the house of Zeus, the gods tremble before him and all spring up from their seats when he draws near, as he bends his bright bow."
Submitted by NecroGod — Jun 08, 2026