Pestilence Testimony of the Ancients Patrick Mameli - Vocals, lead guitar Patrick Uterwijk - Lead guitar Marco Foddis - Drums Tony Choy - Bass (from Cynic) - The secrecies of horror 4:56 - Bitterness 0:30 - Twisted truth 4:02 - Darkening 0:30 - Lost souls 3:40 - Blood 0:29 - Land of tears 4:47 - Free us from temptation 0:31 - Prophetic revelations 5:21 - Impure 1:00 - Testimony 3:51 - Soulless 0:32 - Presence of the dead 5:50 - Mindwarp 0:25 - Stigmatized 5:23 - In sorrow 1:11 The Secrecies of Horror "An unknown dimension revealed to man" Within the realms unseen The missing have returned Deformed beyond recognition Remains of bodies burned When all is lost Swallowed by depths of darkness The gates to the kingdom of horrors You've passed, now dwell in madness Flames of eternity Burn in immortality Skin melts so horribly Revealed surreality Breathing blackend air Within the walls of gore Behold the view of disgust The secrecies of horror Eyes of fear, torture is near Tearful cries, you hear Discovering beyond death Secrets you will find The horror you'll meet Will capture your mind Secrecies of horror Secrecies of horror Bitterness (instrumental) Twisted Truth "Views from a twisted mind" A god before god Summon the demons to enter your body Ceremonies to attain the blessing A faith in secrecy No respect for the weak The victim of hypocrisy The philosophy chosen to live by Has brought you your mortality A reason to die No remission of sins commited When you were fighting the lie Actions begged to be killed A sacrifice chosen Laughter at the sight of blood That has spilled Respond to the inclination within A desire fulfilled Pride, for the slaughter is done While being thrilled Praise who guards your soul And for whom you have killed Fools are the followers of masters they deify Conversion does not save you from death, die Twisted truth Twisted truth A juvenile mind mislead In the name of your lord you lived Serving, your death A life full of sin, good is evil Believing the unholy words you read Commandmends are there to break them Live by your own rules instead Proclaim the salvation you met Darkening (instrumental) Lost Souls "What happens to the soul after it has left a human body" Instinct of immortality Become a part of eternity Spirits of evil into the essence The very creature of a living entity Succeeding lives A black soul's purification A new being on the path of evolution The way to it's destination Cycle of rebirth The spiritual law of continuity Mirages of earthly existence It shall not cease with the body Survival of death From one incarnation into another Reflections of an unknown reality Summons what can't be discovered Fight to release from the cycle To reach the divinity From where it arose, once more descend Into an inner mental unity Birth into a new life Loss of personality The immortal element in man Shall live a real life in infinity Lost souls Lost souls Blood (instrumental) Land of Tears "Fear of all evil that controls mankind" Dark sides of life Unspoken by those in search of the light Darkness they will find Rejecting all evil, taken possession of mankind Fighting what can't be fought Minds penetrated, souls will be taken Days turn into night Bodies are falling, hear death calling Throughout the centuries Attempts for protection, prayers, religion Signs make you aware Of it's mass domination, a divine dispensation Land of tears Indulge in the tempation Your mind will show you the way Ghosts of the damned will guard you In this journey into decay Land of tears Land of tears Free Us from Temptation (instrumental) Prophetic Revelations "Ancient wisdom in present reality" Philosophy of time The knowledge of the unknown Ages in which the future was seen Visions of hell were shown Nightmares foretell the unexpected Gifts from the human minds Mysterious spells, the art of magic Obsessions of a frightened kind Apocalyptic fears Of the course this domain will take Ancient insanity Self-destruction we create Gaze into a blackened void In search of what you will see The emptiness surrounding you Reveals you the things that will be Dominate the mystic powers Through darkened skies they rise Eyes behold the past and future Where damnation lies Revelation Revelation REVELATION! Immortal ones watch chaos prevail Decades of darkness will come Taking over the lives on earth There will be none Truth for the quest Not to reach by the mind of men Prophecies for a dying race Fear of the predictions from then Revelation Revelation Burn! Burn! Burn! Burn! Impure (instrumental) Testimony "Seeking life-answers by using dark powers" The gates to my subconscious, open wide Hear and remember, the incantations I recite Reveal the power, no longer known by man Possess, before the ancients rule the earth once again Beneath the seas and skies of the human mind The abyss yawns wide before me Uncertain what truth of lies I will find Appear and share my wisdom, for I know thee Descend into the foul places of death I fear for my flesh, for I have seen my epitaph The price I pay on this lonely journey Is softened and I hope the gods will have mercy From a time before a time a cold voice has spoken From a land beyond the stars I evoke thee In exchange for wisdom, what evil have I woken What terrible faith shall consume me? I've seen the future I've seen the past I've seen the sight of whom causeth horror I've seen my place of rest I've travelled on spheres, I've seen things Beyond imagination The things I have learned are the most pure revelation Obliterated are the lines of my life My blood cires out as I make my last sacrifice I cannot see, I cannot move, 'cause sight is failing me Knowing that the beasts of the spaces claim my blood My blood turns black but frightened I cannot be The bargain is sealed, the price to pay is to rot Soulless (instrumental) Presence of the Dead "Seances to summon (and communicate with) the dead" Welcome to the realm of the dead Back to where they wish to be Messages from another life No death lasts for eternity Practicers of the sacred science Seek the shapeless company To reveal the secrets hidden in Dimensions we cannot see... we cannot see A language unheard before Undead voices, explore The treshold of death, I have met The presence of the dead You claim to have seen my destiny So tell me what it is gonna be Mislead my desire All evil you admire... Liar! Liar! Unconsciousness, take me to these Places undreamt of awake Face the mysteries Manifestations of the deceased initiate... initiate Hear me, I summon thee From where all souls conspire Speak and appear before me Tell me my deepest desire Mindwarp (instrumental) Stigmatized "Branded, for making the wrong choices in life" Open the book of life To die a second death Burn in the lake of fire Next to the false prophet Face the thrones of judgement Decide who lives who dies Glorify the priests of unholyness Bring forth your lies Die in your sin, weakling End in sight by his might No power over the sacred ones Kings of a thousand years Heavenly fires waste those Who failed to see or hear The words as old as time Written and foretold Marked will be their bodies Their souls they have sold There's no mercy, save me From this purgatory Stigmatized Stigmatized In Sorrow (instrumental)