[Chapter I: The forbidden legacy ov a fallen race]
[instrumental]
[Chapter II: Invocation ov the watch gods]
O Mighty Watcher! Thou art all and all art in Thee free me from mortals intoxicate with Thy self love O Mighty Sentinel! Thou art the concious one break the monotony ov existence that I may illuminate!
uncrowned in Tarterean Sulphur elder than the Memphian kings Thy reign so timeless and infinite ever silent watchers, whom mankind yet aches to embrace grand me Thy Promethean rays blacker than light... cunquering lion-headed god by the name ov Legion dost Thou arrive
[lead: Nergal]
Thou hast seen the prophets in the desert Thou hast bled for the fallen idols from beyond prevailing stregth hath made Thee greater than the god... from amongst the million dead angels army Azazel, begotten not ov human race honour the divinity vision ov victorious sun open wide your glimmering eyes bathe in divinity ov loneliness empowered in self creation shine inward! Shemyaza! the profoundest one spread Thy wings the desolate one Thy disease untamed within the sinister self...
O Mighty Watcher! Thou art all and all art in Thee free me from mortals intoxicate with Thy self love O Mighty Sentinel! Thou art the concious one break the monotony ov existence that I may illuminate!
[lead: Seth]
[Chapter III: The splendorous return]
[background lead: Nergal]
beyond all cowardness! hast Thou no fear? spit out the blasphemy! strive unto sin...
seduce Thyself o mighty seer! the ancient voyager blind me with light
the sleepless ones in aimless andering Thou must first fall to reign in blasphemy...
["The Reign ov Shemsu-Hor" was inspired by Andrew Collins book "From the ashes of the angels. The forbidden legacy of a fallen race", where he reveals that fallen angels were flesh and blood members ov a race predating our own. Shemsu-Hor was a sacred society which existed in Egypt before the ancient Egyptians. it is said thay were the founders ov Egyptian culture, built the Sphinx and other megalithic monuments. Collins finds arguments that Shemsu-Hor were equal to biblical nephilims. culture's anti-heroes and fallen gods have always been very attractive to me and by its rebellious nature close to my own ethics. this is my tribute to the Fallen Ones. musically it is an enormous, three-piece epic voyage through centuries in search for a liberty, beauty and wisdom. I believe I managed to bring the Ancient's breath into that song by exporing some unique eastern guitar scales as well as using really precise orchestrations.]
Behemoth, the very Voice ov the very Silence is:
Nergal - lead and rythm guitars, acoustics, all vocals, invocations Inferno - drums and percussion Orion - bass guitars
Seth - session lead, rhythm and acoustic giutars
Guest ending lead on "XUL" by Karl Sanders (Nile) Karl Sander appears courtesy of Relapse Records
Music by Nergal Arrangments by Behemoth Lyrics by Nergal and Krzysztof Azarewicz All incantations, spells and hieroglyphics by Krzysztof Azarewicz