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Collatus

by Valyria

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1.
Praeludium 01:24
Instrumental...
2.
Polaris 04:39
A pale and indignant heart Perched upon the roofs of Providence Drawing tales of terror dire From worlds beyond the walls of sleep Prideful demon in the skin of man Cursed with boundless ignorance Crafting Shoggoths of suspicion Always the eternal outsider He is the horror Of Old Gods My existence is hollow My spirit soars above this empty realm Tear me from this ever fading sorrow And set me free to roam my dream-lands Eldritch, your heart beats with the blood of Aeons Scion of Providence Your voice will be heard Polaris Star of glittering fire Polaris Set me free From this world which I despise Blind all their vacant eyes Cleanse my soul and Lead me astray Chronicler of unseen worlds Gambling with finite time Paralyzed by his own fear He observes our decline Towers soar above the blackened plain Of a mind not bound by earthly chains Limpid nightmares of crawling forms Bleed from dreams of splendours unforeseen Polaris Star of glittering fire Polaris Set me free From this world which I despise Put out their hateful eyes Cleanse my soul and Lead me astray
3.
Karbala 05:09
No man, under God, Shall live in tyranny Better to die on our feet Than live on bended knee Foul blood fills the streets And soaks the clean white sands No more will we retreat A martyr’s fate at hand Autocracy of thieves Hides behind the Prophet’s words False Caliphs Craven, vile, usurpers Thousand years Of broken promise Sectarian divide Larceny of divine right Husayn Ali The Prophet’s living blood Refused to pay homage To the Umayyads Betrayed by his own He marched through the wastes Seventy men by his side A grim fate a waits Karbala The ground rent with hate An act of treason To echo for an age The saint'sthroat cut As he wept for the weak Rally the people Out on to the streets Battle Bloodshed Karbala Hear their dying cry Thewinds of the desert Carried away The saint's throat cut As he wept for the weak Rally the people Out on to the streets One byone He cut them down Time to face The crescent blade Asign of hope Vain hope that's fading Even the Gods mustdie In the Caliph's endless hordes None would kill thesaint But no man alive Can escape his fate As he kneeleddown to pray He found Mecca and his grave Impaled through thechest By a coward as he rest Holy blood's been spilled theschism is fulfilled Murdered innocence the price ofarrogance Holy blood's been spilled the schism isfulfilled Murdered innocence Vengeance never rests
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Strange sound of rapping bones Spirit force moves Beneath the table Whispers of a poltergeist To hear it Few are able Driven from the Church’s hand He was Too radical Convinced of Holy Illusion Man-made God no more delusion New Motive Power Supernatural architecture Grand Electricizers Make me your prophet Communication from Beyond the Grave Decayed elders Transmit me your plan to save Man I will build a God From Scrap metal and refuse The New Man A divine age of steam A sacrifice to die for my dream Come from the shadows My Mother of Machines Stoke the bellows of My God’s waiting heart A pulsing light Beats in time With each labored breath Gift of new birth Crowns the king over death Whirring buzz Pneumatic reeling Echoes off The wooden ceiling Invisible spirit rising Techno-priest His eyes are smiling Virgin corpse falls to the floor Twisted wires drip with gore Incantation is complete Steam-Powered heart Starts to beat Staggering The wooden frame Cracking Eyes opening slowly Hydraulics flare Rushing black blood Acolytes bow to their knees The MachineChrist arrives this eve Realization near Not a god Something else Something worse No more false idols Physical Deity Small voice, silent warning Satanic reality High priest tears his robes Aware of his mistake As the voices fade Cut down blade by blade Triumphal slaughter A new taste of life Perfect shape of rage defined He ran to warn the town Of what they had unleashed But they would not heed The mad heretic Too late, the alarm raised As the beast descends from above Torches flicker In the grey sky Dreams betrayed by Hubris of the worst kind To tamper with the divine Only fire can cleanse this crime Ecclesiastic arson Cast down the Crown Of Creation
5.
Feel the rotting wind Flying through the warm night Leave me here In the cage of moon-light Down this river to hell we’re sailing Deep into this ancient land The jungle’s whispers call me Their taunts can break the hardest heart A hunt for wealth and the spoils of ivory Plundered at the cost of slave’s blood Liars trade for souls of men At the barrels of their guns A demigod by his own hand Tyrant from a foreign land Visionary’s white fire Lighting the blinded torch Alone with his own madness Even a hero falls Prey to the nagging weakness Within this darkened heart This river carries the blood of injustice Through the veins of Earth’s heart “The Horror, the horror..” Even the genius must Face the terror Hiding in the forest of his mind The true savage waits Within the ego Your own truth Becomes lies Grab your rifles men And take a swig of the last rum Gallantly we charge To reclaim our outpost Shrunken heads on wooden poles Their gazes blank and empty No longer of our kind The visionary’s gone blind Even the genius must Face the terror Hiding in the forest of his mind The true savage waits Within the ego Your own truth Becomes lies You die a coward But you’re a braver man than I All wounds never heal Here in this heart of darkness
6.
Starborn 09:49
Singularity foretold A blink in time Carved on ancient stone The gods divined Charts and astrolabes Aimed at the sky Contingency plan For the end of man Message received Confirming our worst fears Earth shall rend And boil away the seas Telluric demise Continental suicide Eschaton verified Solar sails And stellar drives Calculate our lives Scouring the stars For gods long lost Celestial salvation nigh A voice calls out From the void A sign of life Beyond our Minds Red moon dust and solar winds Stoke the engines The search begins Terminal voyage To the ends of space Enter the lands Of the Starborn Entering The darkened Nebulae Caught in snares Of black geometry Time is running out No air to breath Echo rings Coordinates reached Elysia New world – Fresh born Paradise promised By greater minds Rebirth of Man At hand The dropships fall down Through open skies Confronting terror The dream a lie Divine deception Of alien minds Genetic aberration Of parasitic flesh This world is but an anvil For the hammer of the gods We travelled So far We crossed The stars Cleans Man A failed experiment Abandoned abortion Of creation Defective recombinant genetics Consciousness a mere side-effect We were the vessels You were lost souls Victims of your creations We usurp your throne A voice called out From the void Promising A Paradise Red moon dust and solar winds Cut the engines The journey’s at end Terminal voyage Has reached its end We have become The Starborn

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All music written between 2010 and 2013.

Recorded in Winter 2013 and Spring 2014 at Valhalla Studios by Mike Burton, Morgan Szucs, and Brandon Reddecliff.

Mastered by Mike Burton.

© Valyria 2014

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released June 18, 2014

Valyria is...

Cam Dakus - Bass/Vocals
Andrew Traynor - Guitar
Jeremy Puffer - Guitar
Mitchell Stykalo - Drums

2nd Solo on 'Crown of Creation' by Mike Burton.
Keyboard Solo on 'Starborn' by Morgan Szucs.
Piano Solo on 'Starborn' by Michael Van Hoof.

Artwork by Sara Laage-Petersen/WargusEstor. Her portfolio can be viewed online at wargusestor.deviantart.com.

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Valyria St. Albert, Alberta

- Hailing from the northern lands of Alberta, Valyria has crafted a brand of power-infused progressive death metal. With memorable lyrics based on film, literature, and history, Valyria's music is a blistering and exhilarating listening experience whether live or in your headphones. ... more

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