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Sonnets of Ruin

by Nights of Malice

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CCXVI 01:24
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Damnation waits. You are denied at heavens gates. The judges become the judged as they descend into flames. Judgement. Decay. Staring down the black throat of the snake Judgement. Decay. Staring down the black throat of the snake Damnation waits. You are denied at heavens gates. The judges become the judged as they descend into flames. Follow the lost Carry the cross The serpents mouth opens wide to devour the unholy These mortal sins carry with them, torment for eternity You’ve spent your life judging. Above the rest, high and mighty The Dark One spreads his wings. He has you in his sights And now you crawl. “They shall be made to crawl on their bellies to the kingdom of darkness” Your flesh sloughs away. Your bones, black as coal The lake of fire cleanses your treacherous soul. Your holiness is hate. You’ve met your eternal fate. Do you feel closer to God? Do you feel closer to God? He has ignored the cries and prayers and the reprieve you seek From the stygian nightmare you’ve peddled onto the meek. Oh the irony as he feeds while your soul bleeds Your creeds meaning depletes A fate suited for your hypocrisy Make yourself at home, you will never leave Your pleads for forgiveness will never meet the ears of your lord and savior again. “Lasciate ogni speranza voi ch'entrate”
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The heart of humanity collapses into dust A myriad misfortunes still to fall upon us. Behind a curtain of lies is the truth of our apathy We cannot hide forever from this painful reality It’s grim looking forward. Hard to picture a future at all We can’t keep moving forward. We’ve already seen empires fall The fields have all been scorched and all the wells are dry The hourglass is empty. We’re living on borrowed time. There’s always room in the budget for death, but life will break the bank. So many miles left to go in our path but we’re running on an empty tank. The upper echelons hide away, safe behind the walls of their ivory tower While we suffer for their comfort, they sit back laughing and drunk with power. This is the hell we live in. God has abandoned us. Approaching absolute self destruction All we seek is something to blame. We destroy everything in our path All while believing in the prosper we feign. We weren’t always afraid Take us back to the solace that we remember But it was never real It’s just a story for the dreamers and pretenders And who we really are Is all in the hate we try to defend This life is nothing but pain And I just wish it all would fucking end Bleed out these wretched creatures. All of the oceans turn red The void we’ve left fills the air, and there’s no one left to bury the dead This is the hell we live in. God has abandoned us. Approaching absolute self destruction All we seek is something to blame. We destroy everything in our path All while believing in the prosper we feign. We weren’t always afraid Take us back to the solace that we remember But it was never real It’s just a story for the dreamers and pretenders And who we really are Is all in the hate we try to defend This life is nothing but pain And I just wish it all would fucking end And I just wish it all would fucking end.
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Pestilence, we've spread the man made plague. Venomous thoughts of the sick and depraved. Forever haunted by the cries of the dead, They tried to warn us, there was nothing to save. Reckoning, the day of judgement has come. There's nothing left of the cities but dust. Ghosts of the frontline who've perished in vein, Satisfying the empire's bloodlust. Flames of purification in the name of freedom. Bludgeoning to the sound of the war drum. Citizens bow to their sadistic and myopic leaders. Feeding them filth and lies they can bleed for. Pray for resolution that we'll never see 'cause in their eyes, we are nothing and we all deserve to fucking die. False prophets speak for the Father Wearing death like a Medal of Honor Digging graves for your sons and your daughters The blind will lead the blind to the slaughter. All shall soon witness the long awaited end of times As they force our nations down tightropes to their demise Our Father, in heaven, hallowed be thy name Your kingdom's burning as you rest upon your throne of shame. Reckoning, the day of judgement has come. There's nothing left of the cities but dust. Ghosts of the frontline who've perished in vein, Satisfying the empire's bloodlust. Pestilence, we've spread the man made plague. Venomous thoughts of the sick and depraved. Forever haunted by the cries of the dead, They tried to warn us, there was nothing to save. Death, the ravenous merchant, hath no hope or care Grinning as the apocalypse draws near When this bleeding world breathes it's final breath You'll see, even Death, himself will shed a tear. False prophets speak for the Father Wearing death like a Medal of Honor Digging graves for your sons and your daughters The blind will lead the blind to the slaughter. All shall soon witness the long awaited end of times As they force our nations down tightropes to their demise Our Father, in heaven, hallowed be thy name Your kingdom's burning as you rest upon your throne of shame. Flames of purification in the name of freedom, bludgeoning to the sound of the war drum. Citizens bow to their sadistic and myopic leaders. Feeding them filth and lies they can bleed for. Pray for resolution that we'll never see 'cause in their eyes, we are nothing and we all deserve to fucking die. Death, the ravenous merchant, hath no hope or care Grinning as the apocalypse draws near When this bleeding world breathes it's final breath You'll see, even Death, himself will shed a tear.
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Our days are numbered when the glaciers start to weep. The monuments of fools will all be sucked into the deep The water fills our lungs. The flood is here We all will drown in Gaea’s tears The only survivors will burn in the fires or fall to the drought No habitable place left to dwell on this planet. Our time has run out. The water fills our lungs. The flood is here We all will drown in Gaea’s tears When will we realize that we are hollow? When the waves crash in our homes and the shore has been swallowed? All of your possessions now belong to the sea. Humanity is a fucking disease. A thousand year plague emerged from lacerations in the ice. We ignored the warning signs and now we’re paying the price. We just kept pushing and now Mother Nature is taking back her home How can we act surprised when the planet cracks and it’s no ones fault but our own. Tides will swallow us whole, bringing the unforgiving doom By the thoughtless humans living on a planet with no more room. Unrelenting wrath brought to light Crumbling under the storms might. When will we realize that we are hollow? When the waves crash in our homes and the shore has been swallowed? All of your possessions now belong to the sea. Humanity is a fucking disease. It’s not safe to breathe. Choking on the toxic clouds There’s nothing left to build from. No resources to be found A mere shell of what we once were. We’re now left in shrouds The silent cries of Gaea echo through a forest where nothing grows The irreversible damage that we’ve caused is catching up to us now. We will reap what we sow When will we realize that we are hollow? When the waves crash in our homes and the shore has been swallowed? All of your possessions now belong to the sea. Humanity is a fucking disease.
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Crimson Sand 04:03
It's dark and lonely on this unforgiving path you walk To meet your maker with your head upon the chopping block. Your only crime was not being one of them. The oppressors so hungry for malevolence. They’ll stop at nothing ‘til their message is clear. Join them or fall in the name of their god. Don’t play on their mercy, they know no such thing. No man, woman, or child is safe from the butchering. All that they know is their blades remain thirsty. The most insatiable need for... The infidels neck Decapitate This offering of flesh A gift to God Sharpening the blade to send a message to those who disobey. Death, be their sentence Sever the heads, force the damnable sinners to rectify. The stump lay lifeless Life cuts to black with just one swing of the sword. Cold kiss of steel, be thy fate of this weeping world. Don’t play on their mercy, they know no such thing. No man, woman, or child is safe from the butchering. All that they know is their blades remain thirsty. The most insatiable need for... The infidels neck Decapitate This offering of flesh A gift to God Sharpening the blade to send a message to those who disobey. Death, be their sentence Sever the heads, force the damnable sinners to rectify. The stump lay lifeless Truly unfortunate hands have been dealt To go on like this would be hell in itself Dark crimson red thickly paints over the sand Your eyes only see black. Is this the promise land? Familiar sense of nausea, your adrenaline spikes. Your heart is racing faster. Then the headman strikes The crowd gathers with hate in their eyes. Brainwashed by fear and force fed lies They’ve come to see the end of a monster they’ve created. Take their heads Gods command Bloods been shed Crimson sand
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Another day, another life ripped from it’s frail bones as the rations are hardly split. Another night plagued by the tormenting churning, we’re yearning for scraps as our insides are burning. Woe How can they simply sit by, always ready to dine? Out of sight, out of mind. We are nothing to them. We are condemned. Save us from humanity. Kill off this breed Fuck this cruel world run by gluttony and greed The innocent are always the casualties Only in death will they ever be free. With each day we grow weaker. Our bones, brittle and frail. Can we survive with nothing? We try to no avail. Clawing at the scraps and morsels, fighting tooth and nail Our bodies decorate the land where God failed. The selfish pigs have much to spare but our pleas fall on deaf ears. “Think of our families and our loved ones . We’re not so different. We did not ask for such a life, but now our children’s we fear.” Yet they shrug off their disgust with smirks of sadistic glee. The rivers turning red, we’re foraging the streets We’re whispering the words, “when death comes, we will eat.” The moment when we die, God will have food for those in need And when we close our eyes, we’ll see no more children bleed Save us from humanity. Kill off this breed Fuck this cruel world run by gluttony and greed The innocent are always the casualties Only in death will they ever be free. With each day we grow weaker. Our bones, brittle and frail. Can we survive with nothing? We try to no avail. Clawing at the scraps and morsels, fighting tooth and nail Our bodies decorate the land where God failed. The rivers turning red, we’re foraging the streets We’re whispering the words, “when death comes, we will eat.” The moment when we die, God will have food for those in need And when we close our eyes, we’ll see no more children bleed The rivers turning red, we’re foraging the streets We’re whispering the words, “when death comes, we will eat.” The moment when we die, God will have food for those in need And when we close our eyes, we’ll see no more children bleed It would seem fortune favors the bold Do we not deserve it? All they care for are riches and gold One can only dream As we drop like the flies that swarm us, the flying beasts circle in the sky. Once we take our final breaths, the vultures will be fed better than we ever were. Famine spreads like a virus, forever plaguing our land. We collapse one by one. Was this Gods plan?
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Our codes have brought a death wish To this frail existence Our minds are clouded by unnatural means of subsistence. God’s a machine whose gears are turning at a rate that’s faster than we can keep up with. A digital prophet created. A man made anomaly, making us obsolete. The flaws of design reflect the flaws in ourselves. We’ll burn to the ground with it. Dependent, we’re selling our souls and the lack of autonomy renders us incomplete. The pursuit of knowledge steering us further from the truth within The rise and the fall are happening before our own eyes, a life unsustainable. Our own evolution is halted but the wheels of entropy continue to spin. Our codes have brought a death wish To this frail existence Our minds are clouded by unnatural means of subsistence. Slowly the rust and smoke Consumes the blue and green Coerced dehumanization. All hail the god machines. Endeavors, deceiving. Mechanized conceiving. Compassion, receding. Energy, depleting. Deus ex machina Dioses causan lagrimas Rise of the mechanical messiah. Our minds surpassed by our own cybernetic creations. Our codes have brought a death wish To this frail existence Our minds are clouded by unnatural means of subsistence. Slowly the rust and smoke Consumes the blue and green Coerced dehumanization. All hail the god machines. God’s a machine whose gears are turning at a rate that’s faster than we can keep up with. A digital prophet created. A man made anomaly, making us obsolete. The flaws of design reflect the flaws in ourselves. We’ll burn to the ground with it. Dependent, we’re selling our souls and the lack of autonomy renders us incomplete. All the gods we’ve created and killed It was all just a fucking mistake Society and the structures we build It was all just a fucking mistake Dissociation from what we really are It was all just a fucking mistake No turning back, we’ve taken it too far It was all just a fucking mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake
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Decades of damnation, resulting in infection Of a mindless population controlled by hypocrisy. Remnants of a nation, crumble into depression. A massive soul abrasion of a monumental degree. All the subjects are listening The lord says as he sneers "In my hands, I hold your future, Darkness for a thousand years." Fear and false prophecies Faceless totalitarians, corrupted to the core Fear and false prophecies When the last drop of oil's drained from earth, what are you fighting for? Suffer unto thee Callous, unholy greed Bloodstained legacy An abhorrent mess indeed Face your enemy How can they truly believe that God is on their side? Our wise entity Hath shown us the truth that this murder will be justified Ravage violently They stand no chance at all, they have nowhere to hide With bombs, we bring peace We will rewrite history in favor of this genocide All the subjects are listening The lord says as he sneers "In my hands, I hold your future, Darkness for a thousand years." Now what's left to be cherished At the end of this reign? And who shall gather the herd Once the shepherd has been slain? Blessed is this conquest of hate Usurp the throne of this world of decay The conqueror shall be crowned King of Nothing The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away. These empty streets beckon me, forsaken wasteland be thine kingdom. Cast down by storms of vengeance, swallowed whole by the maelstrom. All the subjects are listening The lord says as he sneers "In my hands, I hold your future, Darkness for a thousand years." Now what's left to be cherished At the end of this reign? And who shall gather the herd Once the shepherd has been slain?
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How many days can we waste on the same tired ideas? What would you sacrifice for what you believe? When in the blink of an eye, all we know could disappear. Would it be worth it to know what you’ve achieved? And what if all we fought for, and what if all we built was all gone in a flash leaving a void so empty Would any of it matter? Would anybody care? If only we knew the truth of our impending catastrophe It could all be for nothing Another day closer to suicide We’re singing sonnets of ruin In our final days when planets collide Do you dream of love? Do you dream of being complete? Have you ever known peace? Or is that just another one of your dreams? Now if we could see ourselves, foolishly search for meaning, creating lessons and commandments so arbitrary Could we learn from our mistakes? Or deserve another chance? Are we just doomed to keep repeating history? So many questions left unanswered. So many plans for a future we’ll never see. So many stories never told. We’re left unfulfilled by a life of mediocrity. I wouldn’t care if it all went away This fucking world is dead to me. How many days can we waste on the same tired ideas? What would you sacrifice for what you believe? When in the blink of an eye, all we know could disappear. Would it be worth it to know what you’ve achieved? And what if all we fought for, and what if all we built was all gone in a flash leaving a void so empty Would any of it matter? Would anybody care? If only we knew the truth of our impending catastrophe Emptiness. Just going through the motions, fucking dead inside. Buried and gasping for air inside a shallow grave. We’ve become a distant memory so meaningless in our endless pursuit of wealth. Digging deep to reach a place that still has light. Painful torment creeps from within It could all be for nothing Another day closer to suicide We’re singing sonnets of ruin In our final days when planets collide It could all be for nothing Another day closer to suicide We’re singing sonnets of ruin In our final days when planets collide

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released March 29, 2019

Recorded at Think Loud Studios in York, PA.
Mixed and Mastered by Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland

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Brendan McGrath - Vocals
Xavier Quiles - Guitar
Rick Smith - Bass
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