Ceaseless toil of the caged and most human
To finite eternity
Accursed whims of capricious flame
As withering flesh to the constant immaterial
To have been and to be unbeing
In walls of conjecture
For the effigy of the revealed
Embedded be to this neuterous aether
A diad to the finite air and the monad truly whole
Beheld the glory of the bodyless spirit
Gazing upon the one constructed and so rising
To the climax of surround
In cold being it resounds
And so be as all and naught
and naught
The growing of the mastered wane
The presence of the solar deities
From vastness of the darkened pool
Catatonic suspension aligned
Respite of a bastioned want revels in the makings of the great tableau
Ordained in strength
Resolved to greatness
The purging of the pathways with the hopes of the great cold eternal
The blackened core of the eternal star
Martyr of star and fire
A blaze of dust
To be and coalesce
This infernal light
Conscious unmade, unrendered
Cold watcher of the unhonoured abdicant
Observant of the adherent void
Atop the pedestal of wisdom
A shade within the myths of suspended light
As dust to fabric of conscious
Cyclical deaths embodied
In vacuum of planar expanse
Body ablaze and consumed
Spirit discard and honour
To be anew as one
Embrightened shadows the denizens of astral flame
Essence renege and to the call be heeded
Abominant vessel
At call to the great magus
In vestments of the bonded
Motionless and sane
Abominant vessel
At call to the azimuth
Ascend the sphere of madness
All toward as borne
Before them it is wrought
Before them it is known
Before them it is splendour upon the thrones of old
Before them it is wrought
Before them it is known
Before them it eternally remains
Far wrought before conceptual axiom
Whim of Mercy
Oath to severity
Far wrought before
An echo of delusion and the honing of the peak
A chosen wilful supremacy betokened
A voice unheard in the void millennia
To spheres of unreason
Child of the pale curse offered to the chasm
In redemption of the flesh for light
Infinitum O finite and undying
To falter and wither like the closing of the wound
Whim of Mercy
Oath to severity
The divinity of a forgotten god
Told and elect so risen and benign
Great conscient of the endless sun
To be as the eternal wraith
As wrath of time
The essence of the gaze
Through impurity
Through unbeing
Through the mind …
… outwith the mind
In fear did they dwell
and so throwing off a coil of pain
They became as planar force untold
and as one with flame and dust belied
A singular observance whole in part
And did as to be done for the profane journeyman
Whorl of unbeing
Did ye see all their visions
mapped upon the firmament
before the singular observance whole
and renounced for that greater glory of fire?
Monumental release of flame
To lead to the darkest whorl
Cast aside all earthly gain
Fall before the giants
Affliction or affectation assumed and embraced
Licking at the reaches of intricate design
In confronting celestial spirit
Great star beyond is beheld atop the frame and consumed
As choler undying from a flickering world aloft
Outwith the mind
This curse be as constant immaterial
Engulfed in panoptic continuance
An assailment at behest of the enraptured
Ascendent soul releasing to transcendent grace
A whorl unwhole the body uncelestial
Align the stars released among the void
Great maw consume the being beheld
To see the burning vision everlasting
Outwith the mind
In fear did they dwell
and so throwing off a coil of pain
And so be willed outwith the risen mind in singularity
To be reborn and forgot unto the glory of the fire
(The fire to the light)
All are mote before the flame and all shall be and thus released
Great work of fire consume
All are mote before the flame and all shall be and thus released
Great work of fire consume
Great arc encircle all
Great arc encircle all
Great arc encircle all
Great arc encircle all
To works of flame aeonian as to be as all
To works of flame aeonian as to be as all
To works of flame aeonian as to be as all
To works of flame
Great work of fire to light of being
The tierce of flame triadic
In the centre of the arc afire
And none shall know as I become as pure light
To spread beyond quadratic limit
Rectilinear dimensions of achromatic states
To destroy so as to redefine
In sentience that ode to be imbued
Subsumption of the universal attainment
Paean to fear and hymn to unbounded reality
Before the heir infinitesimal
A pure intent
Impassive and sempiternal
The monumental flame
In comprehension of the vast profundity
In finality of the novice mission, sole entity
And none did know as I became as pure light
And none did know as I became as pure light
And none did know as I became as pure light
And none did know as I became as pure light
Whence somatic mastery did wane
and therefore, be as fuel and so as to combust
The flame beknown beyond the sphere
In the shadow of the light, finite and infinite
beyond the sphere
Pure light - A Singular Observance
Pure light - Intercessions of the sordid arc
Pure light - The stars set in bronze
Pure light - beneath the sheltering vapours
As fire
As light
As shadow unbeing
what is known?
I am pure light and as pure light I will remain
Mote and fleck transcend
Soul and spirit discard
O, martyr of star and fire
Disintegration convergent to unbeing
Offered in part for that to be as truly whole
Singularity emergent
To align continual
Supplication for self blessed unbeing
In state become, both static and endless
Finite and infinite, both shade and flame
A great work of fire in the shadow of the light
Finite and infinite, both shade and flame
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Atmospheric Black Metal from Scotland.
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released April 5, 2024
Released by Vendetta Records
Mastered by Resonance Sound Studio
Artwork by Mechanica Dekadent
Vocals recorded by Sonorous Studio
supported by 17 fans who also own “Martyr of Star and Fire”
What an impressive piece of black metal. This one-man hurricane is pure art. Sgah‘gahsowáh creates an haunting atmosphere. He puts so much soul in his music. Sælzer Bub
supported by 16 fans who also own “Martyr of Star and Fire”
Blackbraid quickly followed up their 2022 debut in 2023 with more native folk infused furious black metal. This is by no means a sophomore slump as it is equally excellent, methodical, melodical, and approachable as the first record. 9/10 RJ