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The Dark Crusade

by Mordatorium

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1.
Soulshriek 06:25
Now, I am alone Treading this path of agnosia Apathy has made me weak inside As the empty shell grows stronger Hate locks me unto myself Close my ears to those around me I try to look into my mind but it has slipped into the void My spirit is lost, and my soul is shaking Distractions, they comfort me But ultimately they have no value And as time draws on, when the world expires I hope that I can find you then And when time finally comes to an end May you take me home with you Soulshriek Soulshriek! Where are you now? Where the hell am I? If I could reach out from this dark chasm The answers might come unto me I try to look into my mind but it has slipped into the void My spirit is lost, and my soul is shaking Too long since doubt overcame me Wandering faithless while hope is hard to find My soul I have abandoned Now I feel so empty, trapped forever inside myself Drifting closer, to dimensia Please come for me when life is gone
2.
Dead Masses 05:13
You're all the fucking same! Surrounded by flesh but lost in utter darkness My outlook has become so bleak You will bleed forever, you'll make the same mistakes Your lives are total failure, you're all still the fucking same Forever, unchanging Your death everlasting Pathetic, still faces Still rot down through the ages Dead masses, living out their jaded lives Cursed to tread forever on one straight path Perverse, ill-fated, euthenized Your happiness is artificial, it's just a fucking lie Forever, unchanging Your death everlasting Pathetic, still faces Still rot down through the ages You're all dead masses! Living, dead, masses! The ghosts of the past haunt and control you Their tortured spirits sprung from their cold empty tombs The fear is rising up from deep within your soul that you may become Nothing more than this It's time to make a change Or suffer everlasting pain You think everyone is special, you think all are holy The vain are nothing more than worthless dead May you look to the light and free your souls For there is not much time left
3.
Eradicate 02:34
The laws of nature are never wrong You must heed well to what they say Only the strongest species may survive The time has come for the weak to be swept away! Worthless swine, unclean dogs, You are not good enough It's time for your extermination Ascending from the depths The evil one arises With words that cut like sharpened steel He seizes power Worthless swine, unclean dogs, You are the vermin among men, And now you face annihilation Cower in fear, there's nowhere to run All will be crushed beneath the treads of the war machines Worthless swine, unclean dogs, You are not good enough It's time for your eradication
4.
Demon 03:53
Come forth and face me, great hellspawn Arise, and fight, my abomination My warriors, from hell You shall be their leader I now know my goal To bring destruction across the earth I will end the age of man With you my demon I opened up a great hole in the sky Summoned you forth, to feast upon their souls The earth will fall, before my absolute power The army of the serpent is now prepared I now know my goal To bring destruction across the earth I will end the age of man With you my demon
5.
Bloodlust 03:46
Burning sulfur and gnashing of teeth Pales to hell I have planned for you My hatred is strong and my desire is growing To consume you Torture, I wait for you Suffer, I crave your blood Die - I'll end your misery I'll become immortal The hunt for you is gaining pace and my thirst is rising The taste of you is dripping from my teeth I imagine piercing your skin and it feels so good You will satisfy my bloodlust You cannot hide And you cannot run from me Torture, I wait for you Suffer, I crave your blood Die - I'll end your misery I've become immortal There's nowhere to hide And you are hopeless to run from me I crave your blood!
6.
The Whore 06:35
Everywhere I look, I see love all around me But when I look inside myself, all I have is hate Beaten down by the weight of world, I drag on in apathy I don't feel anything anymore Hopeless and dead I see the world, Their drowning in their own despair I look to hold myself above the degradation But nothing is sacred anymore Love has become lust, friendship - adultery, Caring - extortion, the earth has become the great whore Hatred has become the only justice For nothing is sacred anymore I look to hold myself above the degradation No nothing is sacred anymore Everywhere I look, I see love all around me But when I look inside myself, all I have is hate The love they have is rotten and empty, a hollow dance of self-indulgence No! Nothing is sacred!
7.
Hate 03:55
So sick and tired of the human condition Wasting life on hate and hyprocisy Stand up and show me who you really are Prove to me that I'm not wasting my time You don't know us You don't respect us Now is our time Your hate is meaningless Harboring a pointless hatred of all things That are outside your narrow frame of view You are the scum we cleanse from our feet Unaware of your agony, brought from your own despair
8.
Catastrophe 03:14
Master of demons and rapist of souls He travels these lands in service to hell Killer, destroyer, the servant of Satan The earth is put to the flame Once he fought for an Ancient army, Left behind and taken prisoner Betrayed by his captors and put to death A heart of vengeance was born His army now walks the earth Hell is coming here Catastrophe - The devil's Necromancer blinded by hate Thirsty for blood he summons the undead, an evil ritual Flayers of flesh and devourers of life They leave the lands defiled Each and every town in their path Slaughtered and burned in the night There's no time for torture, they all must die His evil desires carries them on His army now walks the earth Hell is coming here Catastrophe - The devil's Necromancer blinded by hate The army of evil, corrupts all the earth But an unlikely hero is rising Inspired by the death of his beloved crusader the Guardian will take his head
9.
Hellfire 02:50
Its time to die! You awaken, to the heat of hells fire Frantic you run, its all burning Everything you love is drowning in flames! Your flesh drips from your bones Agony overtakes you, your entire existence All you know is pain now! Now I laugh as I gaze upon your suffering You worthless human garbage! I have shown you your greatest nightmare! Now you're burning in hellfire! Panic is gripping you, but there's no escape The heat in the air ignites your body Your flesh is dripping from your bones Agony overtakes you, your pathetic existence I laugh at your pain
10.
When the flames free grip on my heart Then the hatred will bloom When the world is torn apart I'll bask in its hellish doom I've been waiting for a reason To be set free I killed man's hope I killed his faith I killed his knowledge of me Invisible, a phantom I've become Now time is here for dark tyranny Hell's Guard's at my feet, demons lead my way Ground turns black beneath my steps Becoming closer to death every day My eyes are saturated in hate My soul, no longer there Man is so foolish... they no longer care. See the nobles scream Hear the warbells ring Oceans run red with their blood The blood pools start to flood All around all we see Are bodies in the mud Marching, endlessly, To consume all of the earth Hopeless, and ignorant Man's hell is finally here Hell's guards at my feet, demons lead my way Ground turns black beneath my steps Becoming closer to death every day My eyes saturated in hate My soul, no longer there Man is so foolish... he screams from despair This is my dark crusade Kill man while he's weak Watch the demons and the devil's parade On our city streets. Man is dead His soul dead His legacy dead This world... dead!

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Recorded in 2011 using one cheap microphone, a 3.5mm adapter, and a drum machine, The Dark Crusade marks Mordatorium's 2nd release and the first full-length featuring all original material. It was a solo effort by Oosterbaan in both writing and recording, and features more melodic material and less overt OSDM influence than later releases.

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released October 11, 2011

Andrew Oosterbaan - All instruments.
Music and lyrics on tracks 1-9 by Andrew Oosterbaan.
Music on track 10 by Andrew Oosterbaan and Michael Moibenko.
Lyrics on track 10 by Michael Moibenko.
Produced by Andrew Oosterbaan.
Artwork and photography by Lauren Gornik.

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Mordatorium is a death metal band from Chicago, originally formed in 2007. Inspired heavily by Swedish and British acts of the early 90's, Mordatorium offers up some dirty, head-bang driven death metal.

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