descend through blackened corridors
labyrinthine hallways lead
through cobweb riddled catacombs
where bitter notions breed
twisting and turning
through dark warrens of the mind
here we hunt for answers
none would wish find
scarlet skeins fractured falsehoods entwined and encircling empty hearts
razor-edged, raking furrows, carving into tender flesh
caustic musing pumping noxious bile through blighted burning veins,
acid thoughts fill empty shallows tarnishing what good remains
venomous reverie
hate within this cauldron seethes
questions now assail a mind
harrowed sick with poisoned seed
venomous reverie
into lives our sorrow bleeds
ragged hole left ever after
down bitter pathways it does lead
it does lead
falsehoods unfurling
feed fuel into the flame
fate conspires betraying liars
divulging secret shame
left with nothing
no one else to take the blame
a nest of serpents writhing
all reared and set to strike
sorrow sets our minds
against our friends and foes alike
as time goes by still i think of you
and all the futures that now will never be
not in longing but something like disgust
i revisit this venomous reverie
The eight tracks on the latest from German black metal band pummel and hiss, working occasional atmospheric moments into the din. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 12, 2022