Terminal Orbit (2026)
In this cosmic dance we find our place
Celestial bodies spin
lost in deep space
Gravity's grip, a relentless force
Pulling us closer, our souls feel its course
Lost in the darkness, the event horizon's call
Struggling with the horrors as we start to fall
Consumed by the void
Caught
My spirit's falling
Forever
Trapped in an endless night
Gravity's
Pulling my eternal descent
Lost in time
Like a slithering serpent it grips our minds
Crawling through thoughts, a torment that binds
The universe expands, yet we feel so small
Caught in this orbit where shadows befall
Lost in the darkness, the event horizon's call
Struggling with the horrors as we start to fall
Consumed by the void
Caught
My spirit's falling
Forever
Trapped in an endless night
Gravity's
Pulling my eternal descent
Lost in time
Swallowed by the darkness
souls dissolve minds are gone
In the depths of despair
Universe implodes
Bound by its gravity
It is ripping apart, tearing our bodies up
The weight of the world
A burden for infinity
A scene plays before my eyes
A vision of a bright future
The darkness can't pierce my mind
I'll make this into reality
But a darkness seeps in
The seed of doubt will begin
All of the pain becomes clear
And the extinction is near
The scene that plays
Before my eyes
Our world is burning
We shattered the skies
We die with guilt in our eyes
Endless night
Pulling my eternal descent
Lost in time
released March 20, 2026
Marius Skarsem Pedersen: Guitars/vocals/synths
Bjørn Tore Erlandsen: Drums/backing vocals
Torgeir Lyby Vegge: Bass/backing vocals
Morten Ranger Nielsen: Guitars
Produced by Pedersen & Erlandsen
Music by Pedersen & Erlandsen
Lyrics by Pedersen
Artwork by Pedersen
Mixed by Marius Skarsem Pedersen at Skarsem Audio
Mastered by Magnus Guldbransen at Jeløy Sound Studio
The Silence Replies (2026)
Lost in the darkness
Can’t find my way out
Trapped inside my own mind
Searching for answers
But the walls won’t break
Drowning in sorrow
There’s no escape
Lost in this nightmare as death awaits
I am screaming for help, but the silence replies
Grudge
Flowing tide in my mind
Crawling
Through it
Surrounded by an invisible force
Fighting for survival
Trapped in this war where I don’t belong
Drowning in sorrow
There’s no escape
Lost in this nightmare as death awaits
I am screaming for help, but the silence replies
The world is spinning
and I’m caught in the storm
I’m consumed by the darkness
and my heart feels torn
How do we move on when we can’t go beyond?
The tomb inside traps my mind
The hibernation turned me blind
Nocturnal haze stuck in place
But in the end can I find my way?
The sigh of doom from beyond your grave
Your own thoughts stabbing your heart with eternal rage
With my soul’s demise
I gaze at the darkened skies
The dark heavens weep
And my pain runs deep
In shadows I stand
My spirit confined
A broken enclosure
A helpless mind
released January 16, 2026
Marius Skarsem Pedersen: Guitars/vocals/synths
Bjørn Tore Erlandsen: Drums/percussion/backing vocals
Torgeir Lyby Vegge: Bass/backing vocals
Morten Ranger Nielsen: Guitars
Produced by Pedersen & Erlandsen
Baglama and ethnic violin by Ali Karahanli
Music by Pedersen & Erlandsen
Lyrics by Pedersen
Artwork by Pedersen
Mixed by Marius Skarsem Pedersen at Skarsem Audio
Mastered by Magnus Guldbransen at Jeløy Sound Studio
Architects of the Hollowed (2024)
In shadows cast by towering steel
A dance of progress, a double-edged zeal
Mankind's ascent, a relentless parade
Yet Mother Earth weeps, burdened and frayed
The plague of progress, a subtle demise
Unveiling its might through ambitious eyes
A tangled web woven by our own hand
Shall we awaken, before we're condemned?
Machine soul
Bleeding the earth dry
Machine eyes
Scorching the sky
Burn it down
Never mind the consequences
For our kind
Now we die
Architects of the Hollowed
Witness the final demise
Each stride brings debts that burden our core
Nature's harmony fractured, the price we ignore
Progress's realm, what's the true gain?
The gleaming towers reach for heavens untold
While ancient forests die, their stories unfold
Architects of the Hollowed
Be my witness
Tear me down
Break your vow
Annihilate
Open up, reveal your true self
Let the verses echo, through hearts worn and torn
A plea for harmony, a chance to be reborn
Take me there
The nature's green, the blue skies
Take me there
Where beauty thrived, where nature died
In the labyrinth of progress reaching for the sky
For all we could have done we have been living a lie
Selfish decisions to which we are bound
Neglecting solutions, now none are to be found
A choice to save or leave no life behind
Always pretending that we are blind
Hiding behind mirrors painted with lies
Hiding doubt and regret in our eyes
Here I stand tonight
And look towards the sky
A shattered scene in misery
Within the grey I stand
And you were there, but unaware
of all the faded souls
Tear me down to the ground
Scrape my soul
Tear me down to the ground
Stand beyond
It's the final scene in my dreams
No one's there
Everything is not as it seems
A nightmare
As shadows descend
The nightmare
Is the true reality
Under the burning sky
The fire now descending
Blackened lives
Dead staring eyes
See the conflagration
Feel the burn
The searing flesh
The world
Withers away
Behold
The coming wave
We did
Nothing and now it is too late
released August 9, 2024
Marius Skarsem Pedersen: Guitars/vocals
Bjørn Tore Erlandsen: Drums/backing vocals
Torgeir Lyby Vegge: Bass/backing vocals
Morten Ranger Nielsen: Guitars
Produced by Pedersen & Erlandsen
Music by Pedersen & Erlandsen
Lyrics by Pedersen
Artwork by Pedersen
Mixed by Marius Skarsem Pedersen at Skarsem Audio
Mastered by Magnus Guldbransen at Jeløy Sound Studio
Breaking the Gloomhammer (2021)
Why can't you stay here?
Save me from my despair
Grudge comes crawling back
Stare me down
Struck by the Gloomhammer
Punished by my own dark mind
Growing darkness from behind
Stay here and keep me sane
Help me now
Struck by the Gloomhammer
This fight you'll lose
Make no mistake
I was your strength
But now you'll break
You're all alone
You're nothing now
I'll tear you down
That is my vow
The storm is drawing you in
Take my hand
It will never let you leave
Take my hand
Find strength within the disorder
Grab faith from deep within
Crawl through the chaos and the noise
Mania has seeped to far
Define the light that paves the way
Push back and take control
Revive the hope inside
The strength will rise
I will wipe away the tears
I will get back on my feet
Nothing else can keep my down
I will rise and stand my ground
A cloud has lifted from my mind
A fever left my soul
The misery that filled my life
Now I can let it go
Strength pumping through my veins
Truce within myself
Shedding the lies that conquered me
Rising up
Breaking the Gloomhammer
See life for what it is
Learn to deal with it
Chance to live again
Now I am
Breaking the Gloomhammer
released September 24, 2021
Marius Skarsem Pedersen: Guitars/vocals
Bjørn Tore Erlandsen: Drums/backing vocals
Torgeir Lyby Vegge: Bass/backing vocals
Morten Ranger Nielsen: Guitars
Produced by Pedersen & Erlandsen
Music by Pedersen
Artwork by Pedersen
Mixed and mastered by Simone Pietroforte
The Embers of Eternity (2019)
The Embers of Eternity
A broken gear inside the human clockwork
A shining thought that has fallen from grace
A shallow pool leaking darkness
A deadly shadow is showing its face
Seeping in through fear and insecurity
A manifest of ritual and misery
Machinations of hate replacing
Gears with incisions of pain
Reach inside and break through
To the complex, shapeless void
Floating forever in the vast beyond
Rage, fear, anger and sorrow
Clouding the mind
Trapped inside
A need to break through the lies and inhale
Feel the fire that burns
Stand beside me and
Rise above the hate
Reach inside and exhale
That which will burn forever more
The strength inside
The shining light in the darkness
Fire burning, coursing through my veins
Drowning down in the well of despair
Breathe in the hate, the cowardly fear
A crooked branch reaching over the wall
Rage, fear, anger and sorrow
Clouding the mind
Trapped inside
A need to break through the lies and inhale
Feel the fire that burns
Stand beside me and
Reach inside
Fire burning, coursing through my veins
Lies
Suffocate
Breeding hate
Fear
Desecrate
Dawning fate
Throw all your fears in the fire
And cast down the fear that you know
Feel all the embers that fuel you
Forever they glow deep inside
Gather the power within you
And know you won't be denied
I see that which you are
I can see right through you
I see hatred and lies
Your fear is burning through you
I see that which you are
I can see right through you
I see hatred and lies
Your fear is burning through you
I see lies in your eyes
Break through the lies that blind you
I see fear in your cry
Break through the fear that binds you
Raindrops of terror
In blood we now stand
We will not obey
Screams coming closer
The wicked at hand
The coming dismay
The silence that burns right through you
The raging regret
The sorrow that tear through your heart
Can not be undone
See the world
The suffering
The war
And the terror
We must stand against
Feel the ember glowing
Feel fire
Feel the truth
Together we stand
As We Walk Through the Ashes
Gaze upon the devastation
Look beyond the despair
Break on through the night
With strength we stand
World in chaos
Looking for forgiveness
Searching for a scapegoat
To betray
Deception
Fear of
Affliction
The fear
That hides inside
The vengeance
That clouds your mind
Scourge
The raging chaos
Rain
The tears of sorrow
The coming blizzard that tears off your halo
The soothing silence that see through your lies
Reign of terror
Of lies
Of hatred
See us stand together
And move beyond
Draped in shrouded darkness
And hiding from the light
On this night of deception
The fear
That hides inside
The vengeance
That clouds your mind
The coming blizzard that tears off your halo
The soothing silence that see through your lies
Reign of terror
Of lies
Of hatred
See us stand together
And move beyond
Trapped inside
A broken mind
A dire sign
Uncloak the darkness
And be gone
As we speak
The moonlight
Illuminates this night of misery
Pale faces of guilt shrouded in shadow
But the truth comes forth
Acts of war precede this act of terror
This night we will see the truth unveiled
Fading away
The faces of time
Hidden there
Inside the lies
Bleeding truth
Layers of fear
Resting now
Forever cry
And a feeling comes to me
As I watch the mind go free
Will the feeling go away?
If I choose to stay?
See this world is ending
See the chaos and despair
The weight of the lies
Is crushing the world
And the hatred remains
The coming blizzard that tears off your halo
The soothing silence that see through your lies
Gaze upon the throne
And see it is empty
The king of lies
Is no more
The well of sorrows
Leaking into the world
The throne of shadows undone
Carry the torch of the ages
A calling of what has been done
Relight the hope
Beyond the bounds of infinity
All of our fears cast down
Look to the sky
See the world
Revolve
The sun shines through
The clouds
The mist
The sun is you
The stars
The galaxy
We will break through
The lies
We make
The bonds we break
A Fallen Monument
Sacred winds
A blinding light
Cloak of autumn
A dawning blight
The wake of dawn
The creeping mist
The barren moor
The silent scorn
Rain
Chaos
Storms raging on
Pale
Faces
In the storm's embrace
Dawn
Rising
Look to the sky
Blight
Coming
Shrouded in its gaze
Cold winds of pain
A lonely path remains
Walking to the light
Memories of might
The forest that once was
Reminder of the loss
I see a monument arise to the sky
Aeons of harmony
Now left in flame
Rain
Chaos
Storms raging on
Pale
Faces
In the storm's embrace
Dawn
Rising
Look to the sky
Blight
Coming
In the storm's embrace
I see a monument arise to the sky
Waiting to see the end
Escape from this lie
Deep in the minds
The hallowing pain
The shallow side
Broken and lost
Our own undoing
Our own enemy
New vision rising
New horizon
Shed the old
Never forgotten
Past mistakes
Memories
I see a monument arise to the sky
Waiting to see the end
Escape from this lie
A Voice For the Silenced
The end you make to set us free
The crumbling fate of humanity
See all the failures brought
The innocent suffering what you wrought
Stifling fear to make their minds bend
We oppose hatred until the end
I
Look within for the strength to break free
from the shackles
The power remains
I
Stand up to face the darkness coming for us every day
Until the end
Sever the burning hand
Grabbing at your wrist
Witness the violation
That never should exist
Acts of defiance
Face the truth and see
Seeping into the world
The reason for all to
I
Look within for the strength to break free
from the shackles
The power remains
I
Stand up to face the darkness coming for us every day
The shattered sphere
Wounds that never heal
Be the fear you feel
Eyes wide open still
Defy what you stand for
I
Look within for the strength to break free
from the shackles
The power remains
I
Stand up to face the darkness coming for us every day
Until the end
The Shadows of Creation
Touched by that which lingered here
Entranced by a vision of rapture
The sight
The reach of the unbroken
The truth
The broken mind inside
Weak and lost
Betraying all that we have lived for
The sight
The reach of the unbroken
The truth
The broken cast aside
Speak
A chance still remains
Rise
And break the cursed chains.
Beyond the wall
The weakness that caused the fall
A swift flurry of failures
Their echoes are all that remain
Seeping through
From your inner demons
The fear inside
Drowning you
Gaze into the demon's eye
And reach outwards
And take your power back
Still here tonight
Saved by the sacrifice
All that's been lost
The memories still I see
Raining down again
Deep in the echoes
The buried chaos
Never to return
Seeing the burning horizon coming
Echoes of A Lost World
Beating hearts mourning loss
Glowing embers of stories past
The fear hidden deep within
The pain of those lost to the void
The fear deep within my mind
The pain bottled up inside
What once was lost inside
Hidden by the fading mind
And it comes pouring through these screams
These are the echoes of my dreams
Venting the darkness that hides within
Seeping through the cracked skin
The fear hidden deep within
The pain of those lost to the void
The fear deep within my mind
The pain bottled up inside
What once was lost inside
Hidden by the fading mind
And it comes pouring through these screams
These are the echoes of my dreams
In a dreamscape I run
Towards a bright horizon
A future ahead
Never hurt, never abandoned
Alone no more
Share the troubles of the world
Stabbed in the back
By the knife that brought you together
Sever the memories of the dark days
Inhale the power to set you free
The fear that giveth and taketh away
The pain of those lost to the void
The fear deep within my mind
The pain bottled up inside
What once was lost inside
Hidden by the fading mind
And it comes pouring through these screams
These are the echoes of my dreams
The Beckoning Spire
Can't walk away from that
Which dwells deep within
Creeping inside itself
Draining, conquering
Slowly taking over
Beneath life itself
Visions of a stranger
Controlling from within
See
Be
Breathe
Calm
Inside
Ravaging pain consumed
And strengthening the lie
Pushing to free the mind
Bound faith pulsing
To find its way inside
I have seen the serpent
Slither towards demise
I have seen it rising
To bring down the skies
Now to face the fury of those who have fallen
A burning body squirming and writhing in pain
What was lost has all but faded away
Beyond the path an uncertain future remains
Reaching for grace
Fury lies under the skin
Wait for the end to begin
Stranger inside my own mind
Reach for the halo inside
Burning inside my own skin
Gather the strength to now shed it all
Scraping and turning inside
I have the strength to now cast it away
The weight upon my shoulders
The passage of time now begins
The pain is all but a whisper
A shattered self is all that remains
Beneath the Shattered Sky
Waking from the eternal and restless slumber
The dripping rain of a tortured soul
Ripped and torn by deceiving reaching hands
The cold face of deception
The long silent dark
In solitude I wait
The suffering received from a pale embrace
Though, now I stand tall
Gaze upon the wound on the wretched world
The shattered remnants of man
Pieces of a memory lost to the wind
Floating to the shattered sky
The long silent dark
In solitude I wait
The suffering received from a pale embrace
Though, now I stand
Fading from my time in sorrows embrace
Veil the mind
Now close your eyes
Waking inside the spiraling eye
Faded sigh
The shadow side
In the rising tower
I will reach the sky
The forgotten power
Will be mine
In the falling tower
Falling from the sky
The forgotten power
Fate denied
I Walk in the wake of destruction
I See beyond the lie
On borrowed time we're counting
Reach towards the shattered soul inside
Now behold the king of corruption
See beneath a throne of lies
Be given deeper insight
I can see that which you are
Fading from my time in sorrows embrace
Veil the mind
Now close your eyes
Waking inside the spiraling eye
Faded sigh
The shadow side
Faithless
Indifferent
The shallow
Malignant
Vultures
Are feeding
Upon
The innocents
Disorder Infection
Human eyes Realize
Betrayal Cynical
Purity Flourishing
Recreate
Fall to the earth
Reach for the stars
Forgotten
The day we lost the world
Today we will stand side by side
The silence inside
Take me to the sky
Until the Embers Fade
The memories of embers eve
The day that all would be lost
The fateful standing by my side
Gazing down on the betrayal of man
Receding to the end of time
Hiding from the values given
Kneeling for a pale embrace
The path towards the oncoming storm
Be the change
Be what we need
To become what
We are destined to be
To set us free
Stand up for the
Weak, the defenseless
The innocent, the free
You're trapped in your own insecurity
The unwanted seed
Gather the leaves of fate
The light that battles hate
Then gaze upon the sea
Of lies and misery
Fear what you've become
The winds of fate all undone
Rising tide
And now we're out of time
The falling leaves
The wind takes hold
And guides me there
Gaze upon the sea
Of lies and misery
Fear what you've become
The winds of fate all undone
The freezing gaze
Of those from beyond are upon us
Grasping for that which you know
To be true
Chaos striking down all the heroes who rise
Banding together with strength towards this demise
The sleeping souls of those who cower in shadows
Deep betrayal from many who turns a blind eye to hate
Beyond the dark
The great divide
Reach out to
The other side
Now I see them walking away
Onwards to eternity
The embers are all that remain
The chilling shadow stays the same
Beyond the dark
The great divide
Reach out to
The other side
Behold the revolving world
And grab hold of reality
We will stand united here
Until the embers fade
released September 23, 2019
Marius Skarsem Pedersen: Guitars/vocals/keys
Bjørn Tore Erlandsen: Drums/percussion/backing vocals/keys
Torgeir Lyby Vegge: Bass/backing vocals
Morten Ranger Nielsen: Guitars/backing vocals
Music by Pedersen/Erlandsen/Nielsen in various configurations
Lyrics by Pedersen
Artwork by Tobias Roetsch
Mixed by Linus Corneliusson at Fascination Street Studios. Mastered by Tony Lindgren at Fascination Street Studios.
Drums recorded with Marius Strand at Strand Studio.
The Fall of Therenia (2014)
The Fall of Therenia
Count the stars as I observe the horizon
A distant shockwave distorting the view
Two full moons as I stand in the twilight blinded.
I see all these dark objects coming down from
the apex of our world.
Numbers obscuring the view of the sky.
Will this be the fall of Therenia?
Please forgive me for doubting.
Revenant approaching from a shattered sky.
Ship setting down in a cloud of fumes.
How can we have what is theirs?
This is our first contact.
Tall figure
draped in black
Burning eyes
Beckons me
The Revenant are here.
For what you have taken.
Foh'r yovh grah'l.
Isah' nath'rakah.
Prepare for harvest.
Of all of your blood.
Foh'r yovh grah'l.
Isah' nath'rakah.
We will not concede
To this misery
You speak all but lies
I see all these dark figures growing
down in the abyss of my mind.
Revenant searching my mind for the truth.
Rampage through the heart of Therenia.
Please believe our innocence.
Counting the Revenant ships coming down.
Shockwaves distoring my view.
Two full moons obscured by a wall of warships.
Stand and behold all that you know
They'll strike us down
What have we done?
All can be lost, that is the cost.
Is this the fall of our world?
The Revenant
Revenant rampaging throughout the town
Burning it all to the ground
Claiming demands we do not understand
Epic scale battle at hand
What does our own future hold?
Beaten and broken down cold
I will search for answers
What are they doing here
I will find a reason
That will defy you
Now the sky is bleeding
And shedding off it's soul
I hear distant screaming
And the sound of thunder
I will move through the fear
And I will step beyond
That which lies ahead
Imminent danger
I will find a way
To gather up a team
And find a way to defeat this
Invasion
Watch your cities burn
We will burn down your empire
Cities bleeding
Raining down
People screaming
Haunted sound
Nation burning
To the ground
Revenant yearning
I seek thee
I deceive
I will feast upon your souls
And I will have my harvest
But I'm still alive
I look to the sky
I search for a truth
Asking why
Fire raining down
Fear running through my mind
Fearing what I will find
Am I the only one?
Where are the others?
Searching for someone
Searching in vain
Searching my mind
Finding nothingness
Hoping that this is a dream
A nightmare that will fade away
The darknessthat rises is real
It tears at my soul
But it won't bring me down
Broken Beauty
Climbing through remains
Of what was once a place of peace
Dripping wet with blood of my brethren
I can barely breathe
Bleed me the truth
And stop their arrival
I must come to terms with this
And find a way to stop the slaughtering
Stop annihilation
Running onwards towards my fate
Searching for someone alive
Broken beauty beyond disgrace
All we can do is survive
Hearing the cry of survivors
Leading me towards a hideout
Everyone broken and helpless
But back in the distance
I see a familiar face
Searing above us all
Screaming
We will burn you with skyfire
The smell of burning flesh
Endless cries for help
Running onwards towards my fate
But I am no longer alone
Broken beauty beyond disgrace
Another objective beyond
The search for the catalyst
That can end this thing once and for all
Hidden deep underground
This can prevent our fall
And save us all
Guardians of The Gates
We are on the search for the Catalyst
Lost for countless ages
Stories claim it can render the
Revenant each one cold and lifeless
Deception beyond
What we must go through
Itís not who we are
But it may be our only choice
Power to attack specific
DNA strands just found
in Revenant
The Catalyst to save us
once and for all
All against what we live for
Deception beyond
What we must go through
Itís not who we are
But here we all stand to face the
Guardians of the gates
Standing through the age of time
Guardians of the gates
Staring into
We will step forth and claim
the right to enter
We must prove to be
Thereniaís defenders
The time has come for
the gates to once more open
This place has slumbered for
a thousand years
Guardians of the gates
Standing through the age of time
Guardians of the gates
Staring into my mind
Every step we take
I feel someone watching
I sense someone
watching our every move
The scientists canít be here anymore
All dead and turned to dust
Guardians of the gates
Standing through the age of time
Guardians of the gates
Staring into my mind
Deception beyond
What we must go through
Itís not who we are
But it may be our only choice
Something wants us to leave
A deep rumble trembles the room
I feel the ground giving in
I close my eyes as we all fall
City of Stone
Crawling through the piles of scattered debris
Fragmented remains in the palm of my hand
A brilliant flash of light reveals this to me
In the distance thereís an ancient city
Rise and behold
An ancient wall
We approach the unknown
ìNothing changes in the City of Stoneî
Advancing on the road towards our last hope
This device built by Exteria Serene
Weíre counting on the fact that this thing is real
The Catalyst of legend
A rumble from the darkness
A red light of appears
The city awakens
ìThrone of shame
Ancient evil remains
Here I sit on my throne
Nothing changes in the City of Stoneî
Who dares disturb this ancient monument?
Who interrupts my sleep?
I was to slumber for eternity
To never be of need
I will strike down upon your heresy
I will inhale your souls
I will torment you forever
And you will be with me
An ancient a.i. in rampancy
Stands between us and what we seek
It will destroy us and consume our minds
To never be alone again
We only seek the ancient Catalyst
To defend us all
We are just fighting for Therenia
The Revenant must fall
I have consumed both Therenian and Revenant
Your innocence is a lie
I have observed you for a thousand years
I know all your lies and all of your fears
I will bring this cave down upon you
and I will watch you die
The a.i. disappears
And then we see our goal
A massive active portal
The stone ceiling cracks and falls
And as I reach the portal
I turn to help the others and realize
The other members of my team,
my love and my friends are gone
The portal takes me away
Regret and eternal sorrow
Where are they now?
Those I left behind?
Why didn't you listen?
I don't know how to return
My heart is in darkness
My structural weakness
There must be a reason
Will this be the end?
Traversing this wasteland
Why was I brought here?
No sign of significance
No sign of purpose
My heart is in darkness
My structural weakness
There must be a reson
Will this be the end?
No life here
No saviour
A light in the distance
Now I gather my strength
We'll meet again
I'll find a way
A flickering light
Illuminates my resolve
My heart is in darkness
My structural weakness
There must be a reason
Will this be the end?
Some hope here
Truth out there
Approaching a structure
Of unknown design
We'll meet again
I'll find a way
A flickering light
Illuminates my resolve
Warden of Eons
I am on the steps of the doorway
Leading to the truth
Can this madness be made into sense?
Can I find an answer?
The weight of my world on my shoulders
I'm the only one
The sacrifice of the loved ones
will never be forgotten
And so I will step forth
Now
I see the the truth within my reach
I can sense it in my bones
The answer is hidden here
(I reach out to grab it)
Now
On the threshold of knowledge
To save my kind
I need to find a solution
A way to survive
Standing in silence
My will is taken away from me
Standing in silence
Sensing an interloper stalking me
Revive me now
Revive my senses
Revive me now
Revive my senses
Searching in my head
For a truth that was once shed
That truth does not reside
Within the corners of my mind
Now just let me go
I will tell you what I know
A revenant in my mind?
Or an a.i. I will find?
Standing in silence
Feeling the life draining out of me
Standing in silence
And here I stand here in darkness
Revive me now
Revive my senses
Revive me now
Revive my senses
Iíve run this facility
For countless eons now
I know everything the universe will share
Therenia was but a speck of dust to us
But you posed a threat when you went forth
And drew first blood
Revive me now
Revive my senses
Revive me now
Revive my senses
Now Iíll let you go
I have seen you did not know
But still a threat you hold
Our technology you stole
Landfall
As I exit the portal
Blinded by fright
My world's infected
by Revenant might
Is it too late
To restore our fate
Shattered harmonies
From the city of Theron Serene
The Revenant Blight
Must end in this night
Exteria Serene
We were deceived
Must all of us pay
For the sins of the few
Therenia burned and scraped
Oncoming drones
Stealthy approach
Scared and defenseless
Raising my senses
Revenant Reigns
Shattered Remains
Hide in plain sight
As a structure falls
down from the sky.
The ground starts to rumble
as a massive mothership sets down
Engines fills the air with acid
Lungs burn with every breath
I must run into the city
Find the members of my team
Did anyone survive this
No one alive is to be seen
What if I'm the only one left
All alone against them all
I don't know how to defeat them
I can't do this by my self
All alone in darkness
Withering
All engulfed by sadness
Staring at my shadow
Into darkness I fade
Acidic air comes creeping from behind
I can't escape.
My vision getting darker
Hurting more with every breath
As I stumble and fall down
I look up towards the sky
My last vision is a
Therenian starship above
As I come to myself
I'm blinded by a bright white light
Is this what death is like?
Is there no more Therenia?
My eyes adjust and I can see a figure by my side
Neither a demon or a pale death
This figure holds my hand
The Revenant Blight
Must end in this night
Exteria Serene
We were deceived
Must all of us pay
For the sins of the few
Staring at my love
Into her eyes I fade
Not alone in darkness
Withering
All engulfed by hope
As We Light Up The Sky
See the city laid to waste on the horizon
Power weapons and prepare to engage
And then we light up the sky
A vision haunting my mind
A future of our world in fire
Troubling future ahead
Firing blasts of hot molten plasma
Throwing at them everything weíve got
Revenant mothership rises through the smoke.
Rising to the sky without a scratch.
And then they turn to attack
Powering weapons to strike back
I feel the energy rising
Brace yourselves for the impact
Breaching the hull
Unknown energy sear through the ship
A rapid blast of endings
Streaming through my mind
Searching for a solution
Lost inside
And then she touches my hand
And brings me back to this land
A blazing vision of dream
The Catalyst here itís real
We lack their dna strand
The standard attack will force cells to expand
And turn their ship into ashes
When their mothership crashes
Bleed for Therenia
Crash to your doom
Now just leave us alone
And we will watch the sun rise again
Reality Unfolds
Searching the remains
Of a Revenant site
Crashed to the ground
In a fury of light
Weíre stepping through
All the blood and the flesh
Of the Revenant
Seeing the bloodbath beyond
Sharing their death in their bond
Sensing some movement
There up ahead
Someone still alive?
No all must be dead
No one can survive that
Catalyst blast
I see a draped figure
Screaming
I am beyond you all
I am the endless one
I will consume your souls
As you wither
Tearing
I am the pinnacle
Of evolution
Your race is the subject of
my retribution
Beyond bone and flesh
Your very own flesh
Infused with our dna
The Catalyst will destroy
All of you along with me
Load up the Catalyst
Enter genetic strand
Itís true
Weíll destroy ourselves
We must find another way
As reality unfolds
In front of our feet
I must do whatís right
Gather and be safe
go forth and journey through life
Iíll make the sacrifice
As I journey through the void
Towards the unknown
Iíll still be right here
We will meet again somehow
You will all prevail
But Iím leaving now
Weíll meet again in another cycle
Weíll meet again in another lifetime
Take me away and regain your Therenia
As I journey to the void
Towards the unknown
Iíll set all things right
We will meet again somehow
You will all prevail
But Iím leaving now
Your blind arrogance will be your undoing
Iíll blast away your very soul in this field of fire
And the end is nigh
As I look to the sky
Itís my own demise
A worthwhile sacrifice
released September 5, 2014
Marius Skarsem Pedersen: Guitars/vocals/keys
Bjørn Tore Erlandsen: Drums/percussion/keys
Torgeir Lyby Vegge: Bass/backing vocals
Morten Ranger Nielsen: Guitars
Music by Pedersen/Erlandsen/Nielsen in various configurations
Lyrics by Pedersen
Artwork by Tobias Roetsch
Mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios.
The Veil of Serenity (2011)
The Veil of Serenity
A crack in the mirror of our perfect world
Painted a picture we thought we deserved
Caught in this image we thought of as life
The truth is unveiled...
Our lives
Were all lies
Now we stare
The truth in the eye
Lost all hope
Lost all strength
No relief
No escape
A path through the forest of all our lost minds
Wandering wraiths in the vacuum of time
Bleeding the truth through a crack in the sky
Trapped in a prison world in our own minds
Our world
Revolving
Circling
A dying star
All lost. consumed by serenity
The truth unveiled the true misery
Deceived by an image of a perfect world
Deceived by the veil
All our minds wiped away by the rain
Lost inside with nothing to gain
Standing in line at tranquility lane
Fighting the light while exhaling the pain
Soothing sunset
Calming silence
Witness the revelation
Inhale the dust from the real world
Rising From the Shadows
The time has come for me to rise
Natures blood has been shed
Flaming detonations of war
Thou scorch me with raining fire
Thou mock me and violate me
Scavenge my blood from my veins
Leave me to wither and die
Under the sky
Those whom speaketh of redemption
Their lies are venomous
Those whom speaketh of deliverance
They hide their lies
Those whom speaketh of forgiveness
They slither away
I will rise from the shadows
I see your lies
Corrupted and jaded abysmal human kind
Stop all your lies
Or I'll engulf the world in
My abyss of scorching flames
Now I despise
These vultures crafted in
The void of nothingness
I will arise
To yet again be restored to purity
I am the giver and sustainer of life
I will striketh down with terrible vengeance
Thou will all perish at my will
And I shall be reborn. whilst humanity
Will forever be forgotten
Those whom speaketh of redemption
Their lies are venomous
I will rise
Earth and soil
Suffocating. draining the essence of human life
Wind will destroy
Your pitiful existence that you call life
Fire will burn
And consume the entirety of the human race
Water will flood
And wash all of your filthy sins away
I am the giver and sustainer of life
I will striketh down with terrible vengeance
Thou will all perish at my will
And I shall be reborn. whilst humanity
Will forever be forgotten
Await the rebirth
The new beginning
No lament for humanity
The Revelator
Deformed by eons of despair
Enslaved by the great unknown
Who ignited the flame of our end?
The revelation of humanity
Crawling through the desolation
Instant apparent annihilation
Suffer through ages of conflagration
Look towards the sky
Bleed out the fury. bleed out the hate
Bleed out the knowledge of our fate
Lost in serenity. blinded by hope
Trapped in a dream
See through the darkness
A single somber spark
A pure drop of hope
Seize this darkened day
And journey to the sacred skies
Seasons of decay
Escaping to a higher state of mind
Stare
Into the eye of nothingness
Rip
Apart the impossible
Open up your mind and evolve
The fall of your sovereign conciousness
Layers of lies and distrust
Entwined by webs in this contingency
This is how the world ends
Absolve me of my sins
Repentance and redemption
Imprisoned by memories of our own undoing
Beaten down by the hammer of eons
Answer to the spirit of silence
Rising up towards the enhancement
We re cast down. betrayed and rejected
Dawn of Apocalypse Rising
Devastating bleak prophecies
In a vision of haze
A burning image of a world engulfed in death and decay
This voice of warning, still ring in my head
These words will linger
Human kind consumed by everlasting flames
A sphere with souls of sinners
Crushing earthly life
The time has come for the great cleansing of mankind
In this world of chaos
Darkness descends
Upon a rising sun we ll never see again
This desolate atmosphere
Obliterates hope
Devoid of life
Human kind consumed by everlasting flames
A sphere with souls of sinners crushing earthly life
The time has come for the great cleansing of man
The truth is dawning on mankind
Gazing endlessly towards the sun
A blazing wind of reality
Removes the blindfold from our eyes
This end is only a new beginning
Eradicate disharmony
Within the realm of possibility
Escape from the void of dissent
Another sun will light the way
A rising day
Human kind evading everlasting flames
Escaping from the void
Of non-existing life
The time has come for the great aeon of mankind
As we Slither
Stuck in my mind
A vision of truth appears in front of me
A disturbing image awakens me
Reaching out for what once was real
Craving daylight
As I lay
Under a blackening sky
Raining sorrow
No tomorrow
Forces of war gathering
Creeping darkness taking control of our minds
Seeking to create insurgence
Aiming to reveal the truth
Now open your mind
Soulless worthless humans
Sicken me
Death reaching out for me
Shed serenity
Shed humanity
As we slither through the fire and rain
Our humanity meets its end
We're crushed by the weight of our world
Suffocation of our souls
Hordes of swarming locust
Dehumanized, feasting on ourselves
Burning our world to ashes
Violating our own sanctuary
This
Is
The
Cycle of extinction
Now
We
All
Slither away
As we slither through the fire and rain
Our humanity meets its end
We re crushed by the weight of our world
Suffocation of our souls
Hordes of swarming locust
Entering my deepest dreams
Our world is burnt to ashes
Violating our sanctuary
Soulless worthless humans
Sicken me
Death reaching out for me
This
Is
The
Cycle of extinction
Now
We
All
Slither away
Blackpoint Millennium
Under a burning moon we stand
Endless rain of fire
Walking upon this shattered Earth
Chaos at the center of everything
Blinding the eyes of the innocent
(Embrace infinity)
Weeping in solitude
(Embrace infinity)
Under a blackened sky we stand
(Embrace infinity)
Draining souls of hope
Empowered misanthrope
Blank dead eyes
Feeding upon the demise
And so we rise, to be once more betrayed
Witness this barren wasteland
And move towards the unknown
Empty laughs from the darkness
Of the utter hopelessness
Find a way to gain strength
A need for hope
If we re to sacrifice ourselves
Would it be better in the end?
Blood draped infinity horizon
Erased to find a new beginning
I'm walking through infinity
My body is withered by dust
The soothing sight of daylight
Emerging from the void
Beyond the veil is there a better world?
Disharmony revealed
We re drowning in despair
We stand under a cursed sky now
In mindful isolation
Are we all but lost?
Lost?
Destroy our world as we know it
Sacrifices made the new beginning
And the cries fell silent
All the spheres shattered into one another
And the world as we know it
Was unmade
As it was before creation
Vanguard of the Great Journey
Imprinted in stone for millennia
Constructed in shadows eons ago
All remembrance of man
Gone for eternity
Our creations. bodies and minds
Turned into dust
Blowing peaceful winds
No destruction
Only serenity
Obliterated
Burning fields of misery
Laid to rest by sickening vermin
The wretched that burned our living skin
Obliterated
The cleansing of the virus
That plagued the Earth
Trapped inside the fear
For a thousand years
Walk into this light
Follow the path
All will be forgiven
Follow the great journey
No
I will find a way
No
To save ourselves. rebuild this place
No
Be one with Earth again
No
A new beginning
I see a vast and boundless dimness
I will engage in dreams of light
I will repel your filthy sickness
Know
The journey is a lie
Now we stand before eternity
Unknowing of our fate
Falling tears from the sky
We will rise again
So here I stand again in solitude
Withered by despair
Contemplating tomorrow
The cold soothing fog enters my mind
Visions of hope and serenity
Dreams of light
No longer an escape from reality
So here I stand
Only my mind
The dawn is approaching
Silence is nearing
The power of our minds in harmony
What is written in our future
We will rise again
Between the Fire and the Rain
The fallen monument of man
Utopia transformed into a wasteland
Piercing cries from the wretched
A world turned into ashes
Stuck in between reality and dream
Hollow inside, struck by the light
Empty now, we broke our vow
Soiled minds and broken inside
Wandering the forests of fire
Discordant streams of lost hope
Cast aside the human desire
Standing your ground
Refuse and resist
Now beaten by flame
Cities turned to ashes and dust
Is there still hope?
Can we be saved by the rain?
Look in your mind
Look in your soul
Searching for a seed of hope
To grow all new life
This fire engulfs all living
Lost in conflagration
Between the fire and the rain
Fury of the Flesh
Breaking down the conscious mind
Surfacing rage from the whispers inside
Dealing with the venom within
Struggling to defeat my demons of sin
The blood on your hands
Will never wash away
I defy the malignance
I am the voice of the tattered souls
You revel with the senseless transgression
Tearing apart your soul
The blood on your hands
Dripping down to the Earth
The blood on your hands
Will never wash away
Witness a soulless defiler
Witness desecration of the purity
Entrance of the reconciler
Escape from the body and open your mind
The blood on your hands
Raining down on the Earth
The blood in your soul
Will never wash away
Drowning in an ocean of blood
Suffocating under the weight of your sins
As the daylight fades
I wither as I stand
All my demons exhaled
I will prevail
Gazing upon the shattered sky
Scars of purity pouring down
I'll let my sorrows drown
Rip out your filthy spine
Now shed your sins and scream in sorrow
Grow your new skin, open your mind
And start anew
Escape the fury of your flesh
Escape the certainty of death
Escape corruption of your soul
Escape more powerful than all
Echoes of a boundless soul
Cleansing of the wicked in all
Blinded by ethereal dreams
Blinded by this beautiful horror
The blood on your hands
Is fading
The lifeblood of this world. ..
Casting down the chains of injustice
Casting down the monument to all of your sins
Penitent in silent serenity
Disturbed by an eternal shrilling lament
The scars of purity
Are fading away
The shattered sky
Is calling my name
Looking up to the sky
All is well in my head
Rain of purity pouring down
Washing blood and scars away
Dawning day
Rising sun
Cleansed soul
Cleansed mind
These scars are pure
Blood washed away
We've shed our sins
And cleansed our souls
released November 11, 2011
Marius Skarsem Pedersen: Guitars/vocals
Bjørn Tore Erlandsen: Drums/percussion
Torgeir Lyby Vegge: Bass
Morten Ranger Nielsen: Guitars
Music by Pedersen/Erlandsen except Fury by Pedersen/Erlandsen/Vegge
Lyrics by Pedersen
Artwork by Arne Wormdal
Mixed and mastered by Marius Strand at Strand Studio.