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Shallow Graves
03:14
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For glory they fought and died – On fields of mud and blood - inviting vermin to a feast
as their flesh begins to rot - A cloud of flies – The promise of disease
Rats and crows are fighting – for every piece
--- !Bury the Dead! ---
In shallow graves they bury the dead - Robbed and piled naked - no swords on their chest
No names no tombstones - we want to forget -The weak - losers of war
The rain quenched the fires – so they could not burn
sickening stench spread across the lands
So in shallow graves they buried the dead - Rotting to dust - so we can forget
But heavy rains kept pouring washing away the soil uncovering limbs and bodies
– exposing their gruesome skulls -
And still the rain kept pouring – exposing revolting slaughter
The creation by hatred of men.
Life ceased to exist – on this defiled lands - A part of our world fell into the devils hands
A vortex of slaughter had opened the gate - Here comes the demons – now it’s too late!
In shallow graves they buried the dead - Before the dawn they will come to regret
From shallow graves now they will arise
The wretched army from beyond – guided by the vengeful spirits of the sacrificed
Engulfing the future in darkness – All Life must end!
For glory they fought and died – for vengeance they will return
Now watch your world burn
The Weak - the Fallen - Now are Arisen
Deaf ears for pleads of mercy - blind rage will break down the gates
None shall be spared the undead plague – from shallow graves
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Born from slaughter – In the dead of night the spawn from hell now set to fight
In a shell of guts with blades of bone breaking the silence with an undead moan
Tireless feet march onwards veiled by a black night
Surrounding the homes of the living – in a quest to destroy all of mankind
The night birds ceased their songs – the guards know something’s wrong
Nobody expected this – no way to be prepared for what’s to come
In the shadows the dark army marches – The dreadful warriors from the burning deep
Masked with the Skulls of the Fallen – The awoken evil that never sleeps
Glowing eyes, glaring from the darkness – the warning bells they toll too late
An unhuman eerie war cry – the last thing they’ll hear before their gruesome fate
No mercy – just cruelty – the pleasure after the kill
What a pity, that this feeble mankind can only die once
Mutilate the dead to further satisfy our bloodlust
The feast goes on until the first light of the wretched sun
The dawn exposes the carnage done – in the morning the hell-spawn marches on
The evil never sleeps – the demons from the burning deep
Masked with the skulls of the fallen
Masked with the skulls of the fallen
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Fields of Bloodshed
03:37
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One wounded man had made it out - to the tell the tale before he bled out
Like fire the word spread through the land – a whole town crushed by a demon hand
Summon the fearless – send them out to investigate
Expose the demons – that only live in old wife’s tales
Follow the crows, down the road to the east
Through fields of bloodshed, into the lair of the unnamed beast
All are soon to believe – That monsters can be very real
They leave a revolting trail – a river of blood - severed heads on spikes – Mutilated!
the sickening stench of human debris - The courage starts to quaver
Bones snap underneath their feet – step into the demons lair
They come from all around – like a wretched swarm – most men drop to the ground
Cowering - Frozen by fear – those who fight see demons pierced by many spears
Never falling down – they cannot be defeated!
Covered in the bloody grime of his companions – One man escaped the claws of death
Follow the crows, down the road to the east
Through fields of bloodshed, into the lair of the unnamed beast
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One single candle lid the chapel at the witching hour
The king pleads a desperate prayer – God grant us your power
The wicked are amongst us – soldiers from Hell
Send us down your angels – we need your help!
Venefica – Consult the Banished One!
At times like these, my faith it sways – truly our lord he works in most mysterious ways Another quest into the darkness – beware her lies and poisonous kiss
Condemned to solitude in a vast desolation in the grim northern moors
Amongst her own - the vermin that feeds of decay
Beyond the northern border – They leave all hope behind
Engulfed by a fog of rot - Putrid Suffocation
A narrow path of bones – lead them through the eternal night
To the mouth of an ominous cave – Lid by a faint light
There she laid on a bed of bones – a pale beauty in the naked flesh
A taunting smile on her green lips – her black eyes seemed to hypnotize them
She read the inquiry from their eyes – and she could help if they paid the prize
One man would lay with her in carnal embrace
Sacrificed - as he paid for her pleasure with pain
At Times like these my faith it sways –
Venifica
God failed to save you – so you came to me instead
If you restore my power – I can stop the march of the dead
Renounce your faith – This pitiful inanity
and pray to the one true saviour ! deify me!
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Incantations
04:00
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I felt it’s presence drawing nearer everyday
It grows in strength with every human life they slay
The demon lord - yet without form
The master of malice pulling the strings
Deceiving the dead – now doomed to obey
in their rotting shell they suffer - eternal misery
To cut the strings – and release the spirits suffering
Embody the Master – in a vessel pure and young
He is immortal – what cannot die should be contained
There is a way – Magic -
Incantations – the ancient words written in blood
Many will suffer – So others may live
Incantations – on the old dark cistern walls
It will contain the beast and the dead army will fall
It will be written in Blood – on the old dark cistern walls
A fitting tomb for the malicious one
Open the gates when they arrive – Let them have their bloody feast
Present them with a beautiful child – The demon can’t resist – Tainting the purity
Lure it into the Cisterns – the vessel shall be possessed
My incantations will take care of all the rest
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Cistern of Souls
03:10
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Out of the Darkness they’ve arrived - Ready for slaughter
Since its inception twice in size - The army of the Vengeful Dead
They found the gates wide open – and smelled the life inside
Flesh blood still pumping through thousands of still-beating hearts
It doesn’t take them long to find the cowards hiding underground
Screams of agony fills the air – a bone chilling sound
The demon is pleased with this feast of morbid agony
He yearns to join the carnage – so he needs a host of flesh
A body young and pure a vessel for the lord from the abyss
Then she appeared before him – a pale pubescent beauty
Filling the demon with lust – to taste the purity
She ran from the horrid sight – with a fatal terror in her eyes
Through many doors down many steps – she could run but never hide
These halls they reek of mold and blood – Fresh cadavers strewn all around
In the Cistern of souls – she drank from a cup of blood
Tears pouring from her eyes – She knew it had arrived – terrified yet ready to die
Then the lights ignited – As he slipped inside the child
now Incarcerated within – she had poison in her mouth
you cannot steal live from a dying soul - behold my magic on the walls
Confined forever – In the Cistern of Souls
Venefica - You have betrayed me – These spells won’t hold forever
Don’t close that door on me
The dead fall to the ground – The spirits leave the battleground
The gore and carnal remains – will be buried in shallow graves
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Malfested Kortrijk, Belgium
Malfested was created in Kortrijk (Belgium) in 2020, the year of the great plague and brings you a mix of old- and newschool deathmetal.
Biggest influences are deathmetal bands like Edge of Sanity, Bloodbath, Deicide, ...
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