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Rise of the Dethroned

by Shadow of Desolation

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    First full-length album of Shadow of Desolation has now been announced with some reinvigorated tracks from the Shadow of Desolation demo EP and 5 completely new tracks! The digital copy will include album art, and the stories behind every track. The physical copy will have the full booklet, including lyrics, the stories behind every track, my signature behind the booklet, story about making the album, and full credits of the album.
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1.
The time of this war has gone on for too long Innocent lives lost for the cause of nothing We can only gain nothing but pain What is there to reign if all has turned gray? Peace traits which couldn’t be reached Motionless masses hold each other at bay Where does this end? The whole world bleeds on this day Peace traits which couldn’t be reached It’s time to make a stop to what couldn’t be ceased One man against his very own nation Otherwise we’re heading straight towards damnation What have I done to earn all of this? I knew it you fucking betrayer! I loved you I trusted you We’re not done, you’ll get what’s deserved! In the land of corruption Where only death can transcend Betrayed for money and power He shall have his revenge Arise, my brethren and take back what’s ours You betrayed us and now you shall pay with your blood Hatred is all I can feel but now, it’s your turn to die This is the Rise of the Dethroned Death marching through the hallows, castle walls in the horizon The battlefield filled with corpses, each one to raise our strength Prepare yourselves for your atonement is near We shall reconquer what belongs to us At the rise of the dawn you will feel my wrath There’s no escaping us for we will never rest This infection you spread I am the cure Through flames we’ll stand there is no stopping us You have been prevailed, your time has come Our undead odyssey has come to an end The screams of agony as we feast on you The time of your tyranny has been revoked
2.
Abysmal hatred, addicted to sorrow Inhale deceit, concussion World of color, now motionless, clouded by shadows Inject disdain, indoctrination Perception of reality, now gone forever Illusion of life, fall to nihil Harvester of guilt, retribution An illusion of what was supposed to be Hate designing my head Violently continuing to break me Illuminate death's presence In absence of sanity Schitzophrenic hallucinations Excursion through existence Forgive my annihilation Self-destruction to extraction All I've had All I've lost All that's left for me, this Fractured light inside me All I know Drifts away All is fading with this Fractured light beneath me Hate designing my head Violently continuing to break me Illuminate death's presence In absence of sanity Schitzophrenic hallucinations Excursion through existence Forgive my annihilation Self-destruction to extraction I fall into depravity Awakening the beast in me Annihilate the reason to forget The conflict between me and my head In absence of sanity Awakening the beast in me My life slips away as I step into The Fractured Light
3.
Wake up dead but still alive How could I redefine? Dorment mind of black desire Infected matter beyond my eyes Decaying reality of solitude I'm on the road to perdition These cursed remains Definition between life and death Infected with a restless soul Bury me Six Feet Under Condemned to eternal life Enfolding the passive fire Infected with a restless soul Bury me Six Feet Under Condemned to eternal life Desperately I wish to die Infected with a restless soul Bury me Six Feet Under Requiem for a lifeless ghoul Obliterate me on my own Infected with a restless soul Bury me Six Feet Under A sane mind behind lifeless eyes Eternal agony, a life I'll decline Through darkness I wander alone Unrecognized, with no love A lifeless wraith I can't deny Eternal dream yet feels so alive Aberration of human life Bereft of self-control Infected with a restless soul Bury me Six Feet Under Condemned to eternal life Enfolding the passive fire Infected with a restless soul Bury me Six Feet Under Condemned to eternal life Desperately I wish to die Infected with a restless soul Bury me Six Feet Under Requiem for a lifeless ghoul Obliterate me on my own Infected with a restless soul Bury me Six Feet Under Paranormal Dissonance A spawn of Abhorrance Abstention of Interference - Please help me, Hear my cry Help me regain me Clarify Abandon my Eternity Stuck here, between two worlds Left my soul trapped in void Cosmic dreams of eternal sleep Now seem only a footstep away Coffin made of obsidian Dug my grave, now lay me down Release me now from this life Grant me now my pain's demise!
4.
Retribution 06:01
You took everything away from me But I promise I’ll take it back Your imperium will fall down Dystopia, from the dust I rise Despised reflections Show us your obscene nature Unholy revelations You have to confess If I die tonight I’m taking you with me We will see this world burn This is my retribution My eyes deceive me, it’s black and white I can’t forgive, what’s done is done We’re none immortal and I’ll prove it tonight Your defiance, the days are gone Despised reflections Show us your obscene nature Unholy revelations You have to confess If I die tonight I’m taking you with me We will see this world burn This is my retribution Your darkened heart will suffer You’ll face what you’ve done to us You will feel your touch of death This war you just can’t win The blood flowing underneath me This is the day of annihilation Despised reflections Show us your obscene nature Unholy revelations You have to confess If I die tonight I’m taking you with me We will see this world burn This is my retribution
5.
Take a moment to reconsider This fucking harvest of human sorrow You are the man of many faces None of which you stand behind Extermination of all living species Coming is the end of our essence This is your empire of dust As everything else has ceased to exist Machines of life, that deny our existence You think you are a god, but you're not worth shit I am no longer a slave of your own demise Fuck your obsessions and fuck your oppression Your fractured reality corrupted by power I will make a stop to this with my own crusade When the grass turns to ash we know we are facing Impending Doom! Pollution spreads as you take your last breath Think a moment for who made you the king? A future in mud awaits for you now At the gates of hell I'll be laughing They'll break us down! All hope is gone No more lies! Don't break us down Fuck your life!
6.
Dug me up from six feet under Another chance to change things right Gave me life after death Made me serve my debt Acolyte of my demise Preparations for the ritual I adore you, I worship you You divine, unholy goddess The time for our new ruler has come A dark crusader from the underworld Tyrants of the light be defiled Unholy requiem for us all For you I give my life To live immortally As you are the one To eternally set me free! My life shall light the flame Death is my destiny My life shall light the flame Death is my destiny The time for our new ruler has come A dark crusader from the underworld Tyrants of the light be defiled Unholy requiem for us all For you I give my life To live immortally As you are the one To eternally set me free! Reborn, yet not invigorated, why am I forsaken? I don't want to be forgotten, left in this purgatory Chaos, decay, destruction I am to inflict Color fades towards grey, shadow shall overcome The ritual has began, the new rise of death From dust to ashes, degenerate all lifeforms Declaration of defense, our last offense The final act before fall of men Through darkness I am to ascend Endless slaughter, unnatural selection To unearth the false god of this world Creation prevails the fractured evolution From ashes I rise To dethrone the kings Inflamed by hatred To the depths I descend Human race doomed from it's birth In the brink of annihilation Inferno shall rain upon thee A fiery death to whole mankind Where is your god To save you from this fate Death of a martyr To reclaim your dignity An illusion of resurrection A false habit of failure The garden of Eden now Engulfed in flames Reanimated corpses Fill the scenery With eyes of white Flesh they desire The lifeless scourge Answering to the summon A walking nightmare Has entered this world Desperate cries of hopeless mercy All beauty beyond Shall face destruction Beneath my aura Breeding the darkness Despair eternal All existence now leveled with darkness
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8.
The Crusade 11:33
On this dawn the sky weeps blood, frightened soldiers, silently they weep Living in here, it makes you think: how could we know if there was a god Politicians calling the crusade against communism, a massacre unseen The storm won’t stop until the last man drops, no long we fight for our cause, at this point it’s just us or them Deep down I fear I fear that my end is near Death’s lurking everywhere A machine gun firing from afar Bodies pile up on the riverside Pinned down there's no escape All along this was our fate A dark tunnel is what Charlie calls home Dim light my trusty Colt in the other One mistake would be my end A way out it’s all I want to find The crusade to wipe out all evil It turns the good into monsters The horror in the woods I wouldn’t even know it’s there The napalm falling from the sky I can still hear them scream in my head The jungle haunts my mind The morningrise will bring us down Humans tearing up this world Piece by piece tearing it apart Burning the wild break the sight All we can see is the horizon ablaze I can still feel the fear What if I’ll end back there? The war has ended, but I’m still fighting A dark tunnel is what Charlie calls home Dim light my trusty Colt in the other One mistake would be my end A way out it’s all I want to find The crusade to wipe out all evil It turns the good into monsters The horror in the woods I wouldn’t even know it’s there The napalm falling from the sky I can still hear them scream in my head The jungle haunts my mind The morningrise will bring us down
9.
I know I haven't always done right for everyone But at least I've tried the best I can I keep seeing this living nightmare Of which the shadow I am Disconnect myself from emotions Demonic blood runs through my veins I can't control myself Please, stop, before it's too late! I am the servant of chaos my mind is in turmoil Forcefully I continue this crusade of death What have I done to earn this? I descend into desperation I've been obsessed by the Demons Inside! Live images of my victims, they haunt my memories The people who trusted in me, eternal exile; the only solution This is my curse to carry Oh, please, God, make it stop! Disconnect myself from emotions Demonic blood runs through my veins I can't control myself Please, stop, before it's too late! I'm sorry for all the Bad things that I've done in my past life But nothing I've done can justify This hell you put me through A simple fuck you for Everything you've ruined from me All in all I'm forced to watch as All I've loved turns to dust My enemy from within what is it that you want from me? My rapture is awakening I slit my wrists, now set me free! I am the servant of chaos my mind is in turmoil Forcefully I continue this crusade of death What have I done to earn this? I descend into desperation I've been obsessed by the Demons Inside!
10.
Today I stand alone here in the hands of death I keep peeling my skin off as I watch my world collapse From the depths of my heart, this war that I've fought It's finally over, to the noose my road leads The dusk rises as my color fades Anxiety fills my mind, it lights my eyes inside I am suffocating, inner annihilation I'm on the path to my final destination Locked in a prison in the ruins of my mind Fractured pieces of me try to take a look inside What the fuck am I here for? I don't want to be alive If everyone has their time I guess my time is now No-one to mourn for me, the knife cuts in my flesh The blood escapes my veins, now I shall reach my peace Forgive me for what I have done It’s just the only way to get rid of the pain I am becoming my own shadow There’s nothing left for me here My agony unbearable I feel like I’m falling down I am feeling this urge in the depth of the night What could I do? I am losing this fight I push my smokes straight into my bones I can see the pain, but it just ain’t there The smell of burning flesh, this is my favorite stench If I shed a tear would I man up to face it? You think hell is where I’ll end up, but Hell is what I carry with me every single day My flesh opens and the blood runs out I am done with this life but why do I doubt? The rope hangs on a tree next to a cliff I tie it to a noose and place it to my neck On the edge I'm standing and I wonder I try to think of a reason not to step down Reality unknown I’m drowning in my sorrow Destiny foreseen Blackened excursion My life, my curse Death is my rapture Voices from within Mental insurrection Finally, I am released Tonight, my breath has ceased My blood runs cold, I am on my own Oh, my beloved soul just let me go Forgive me for what I have done It’s just the only way to get rid of the pain I am becoming my own shadow I have nothing to retain The dusk rises as my color fades Anxiety fills my mind, it lights my eyes inside I am suffocating, inner annihilation I'm on the path to my final destination The dusk has risen, my colors have faded Anxiety fills my mind, it lights my eyes inside I am suffocating, inner annihilation I have reached my final destination

about

As I love all kinds of metal, I cannot stick to one specific genre. I try to make a variety of genres infused into my songwriting. I started thinking, which song would I set as an example? Then I realized that I should make a brief text of the songs and what genre do they fit in.

1. Rise of the Dethroned: a progressive technical death metal song with lots of changes and both melodic and aggressive parts
2. The Fractured Light: the same song from the EP, re-recorded with improved vocals and sounds; really melodic techdeath
3. In the Shallow Ground: aswell from the EP, fairly basic death metal song with some thrash elements, re-recorded of course
4. Retribution: very melodic track with modern metal elements blended in with fast melodic death metal
5. Impending Doom: REALLY aggressive but almost as melodic at the same time, clocking in at only 3 minutes and 20 seconds, the song pushes it's limits with it's continuous fast riffing and intense drumming
6. Path to Salvation: legendary technical blackened death metal song, The Pain of Being Mortal, renamed and re-recorded from the EP with some minor songwriting improvements
7. Vague Divinity: beautiful instrumental song from the EP, re-recorded and improved with piano and a bit of classical instruments
8. The Crusade: the 11 minutes long prog-monster, The Crusade definetely brings the variety to it's contents; inspired by progressive death metal bands, the riffs keep changing bringing several genres into one song
9. Demons Within: renamed Nimblkorg's (from Shylmagoghnar) favorite track from the EP, (formerly known as The Demons Inside) re-recorded in it's original state; very blackened death metallish song with progressive elements, intense harmonies and a nice story
10. The Final Destination: the final song of the album reaches a bit over 13 minutes in length, offers a lot of modern sounds with a really deep atmosphere; highly progressive, highly melodic, highly recommended.

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released March 15, 2019

Eero Kouvo - Guitars, bass, vocals, drum programming, album art editing
Mikko Haverinen - Piano on track 8

Logo by Pinja Saikko, album art is based on picture by Alexander Andrews.

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A progressive death metal project of Eero Kouvo.

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