Sulphur Aeon Swallowed by the Ocean's Tide 1. Cthulhu Rites 2. Incantation From the stars above From the sea below I am calling upon thee The ones who were before The ones who will rise once more Hear me, guardian of the gate Teeming being Yog Sototh Let me know his time to rise Spawn of Yuggoth, emerge from cosmos Abhorrent beings from the stars Bearing aeons of sulphur and chaos Feasting on earth, leaving scars Hear me, fearless one, pharaoh of black I summon thy name: Nyarlathotep Crawling chaos emerging Soul of old ones, the ultimate gods Allegory and symbols of chaos Cosmic knowledge implanted in our hearts Writhing in death, evolving all wars Starspawn awake, builder of his shrine His nautic temple's architects Drown our future, this planet is thine Crush humankind like insects Hear me, oh titan of the sea Great Cthulhu, dreamer in the deep Rise from thine aqueous grave Cthulhu rising from R'lyeh Marking the return of the great old ones 3. Inexorable Spirits Seven they are, unknown to man Neither heaven knows nor earth In darkness they lurk beyond And beneath dimension's gates They are falling like rain Rising like smoke from the ground Conquering the towers And strongholds of mankind Still unknown to man and god Yet trampling their cities to dust Consummate the rites Foundations of chaos align Seven impure spirits rise Idra, intruding through their heads Namtar, intruding through their hearts Utuk, intruding through their brows Alal, intruding through their chests They are falling like rain Rising like smoke from the ground Conquering the towers And strongholds of mankind Still unknown to man and god Yet trampling their cities to dust Inexorable spirits of doom They are falling like rain Rising like smoke from the ground Conquering the towers And strongholds of mankind Still unknown to man and god Yet trampling their cities to dust Gigim, grasping through their bowels Telal, taking their hands Uruku, ghosts of the dead, drinking their blood 4. The Devil's Gorge Shun the swamp, shun the dark Don't walk astray The friar's lanterns flickering lights Will lead you off your way The souls of the departed At night they haunt the moor Wail like wraiths in the woods Sepulchral chant obscure The devil's gorge, fathomless black pit The devil's gorge, sanctum God forbid Mires of no life, dwellers with no soul Tumble through the white dead trees Towards the baneful hole Morass of lurking horrors Place that must not be Cries of anguish echo Horrors unforeseen The devil's gorge, fathomless black pit The devil's gorge, sanctum God forbid The gaping orifice reveals the pathaway to the womb Stare into the abyss and it gazes into you Skin as pale as moonlight Teeth as sharp as diamond shards Creatures from beyond Blackest minds and vilest hearts Shuddering you turn away Too late to close your eyes A glimpse into sheer direness Unleash your own demise The devil's gorge, fathomless black pit The devil's gorge, sanctum God forbid 5. Where Black Ships Sail Setting the pitchblack sails Onward into the unknown Across the ocean of souls Where creeping chaos dwells To forbidden shores I set my course Under a starless sky As the clouds disperse Unveiling the unexpressible Evocation of the ancients The sea shall be my altar I call thy names Liberate me from sanity Where black ships sail Eerie sound the waves Voices from the deep Guide me into the abyss With the black ships I will sail On the darkest of all paths The oceans shall consume my soul As creeping chaos I'll be reborn Traveller between the worlds Of dream and death forever more Where black ships sail Eerie sound the waves Voices from the deep Long forgotten songs As if drowning sirens call 6. Swallowed by the Ocean's Tide Swallowed by the ocean's tide Salty is the taste of death Drawn down by the undertow Into depths unseen before In undead slumber with eyes open wide Blasphemous iconoclasm to behold As madness erupts in drowning cries Sinking into that moisty grave below Chaos! Visions plague the dying mind Ancient temples on the bottom of the sea Shunned and mystified by humankind Where He dwells in breathless sleep Blurred and obscured is the sight Asphyxiation, snapping of bones Ruins rise as madness unfolds Nameless shapes, rising tides Seeing their temples and towers rise Water drowns the final breath Further down the water's swirl Drawn into and endless abyss 7. Monolithic Buried under a shroud of ice In undead sleep they dwell Waiting for their time to rise Unseen, untouched, unclean Monolithic ascension, strongholds of the unknown Impaling the sky Nameless architecture, monuments in black From the deepest of all depths Frozen temples, defying the claws of time Cryptic choirs Echoing winds, in unearthly tongues Again they shall be The stench of death and decay Arousing their hunger Emerging from their icy tomb By night they come... Buried under a shroud of ice In undead sleep they dwell Those who were before Subterranean creatures Crawling through the shadows From unlight they arise... Once again... they will reign In Inferno 8. From the Stars to the Sea cephalopodian race enslaving amorphous life kozmik konquerors from the stars to the sea beyond the frontiers of space wormholes engorging time secrets entombed beneath the stars locked in dimensions of dread cephalopodian race enslaved amorphous life kozmik konquerors from the stars to the sea within the minds of the unsane out of the mouths of the undead sailing the atmospheric waves to conquer silurian soil tentacles to slay the gods tentacles to rule them all tyrants from the infinite coldness of space tyrants from the abyss of the deepest sea tentacles to rise again tentacles to build HIS realm tentacles to rise again cephalopodian race enslaved amorphous life kozmik konquerors from the stars to the sea sunken into ancient depths silently ruling the palaeozoic sea mollusced spawn from above dreaming down in the deep 9. Those Who Dwell in Stellar Void a place in permanent darkness total absence of light eyes degenerated for nothing left to see unkown senses intensified touching the depths obscure creation bizarre beyond imagination silent chantings in tongueless speech fomulas forgotten, forbidden... unwritten the ancient gate is opened the unseen longing the emerge those who dwell in stellar void awakened now what should not be... those who never should have been! from eroded realms where even time has dies nocturnal eternal dimension unexplored the cataclysm lurks unexpected wrath on devastation path blasphemy reborn... in nonhuman form as the sun breaks through the clouds from the oceans they will rise in pulsating slime reborn from slime reborn torn from blackened feverish dreams the ancient gate's wide open from Yuggoth they descend those who dwell in stellar void awake are those who should not be... this world will fall... this will be the end of it all as the sea unveils what never should have been what never should be seen by human eyes silent chantings in tongueless speech formulas forgotten, forbidden... unwritten 10. Beneath. Below. Beyond. Above. no spawn so fierce as of those who sleeo deep withing their watery resting place no weapon would harm their skin no man shall be left on what has once been theirs the trial of time congregates in ancient spores wisdom of the ages, forgotten and entombed not to be witnessed by any mortal's eye chaos drips from every step of the time beheath. below. beyond. above. the fusion of dimensions ignites when sulphur rapes the atmosphere our crimes resound in bleeding skies caressed by fouling arms aroused by tentacle kiss bestowed upon mankind the inheritance of those who lurk beyond the doors of space and time not to be witnessed by any mortal's eye chaos drips from every step of time beheath. below. beyond. above. the fusion of dimensions ignites when sulphur rapes the atmosphere our crimes resound in bleeding skies ascending from the sea descending from the sky arranging the lines of chaos levitating - coming adrift from beyond beheath. below. beyond. above. the fusion of dimensions ignites when sulphur rapes the atmosphere our crimes resound in bleeding skies chaos, destruction seizing mankind evil, disturbance rising up high 11. Zombi (Fabio Frizzi cover)