Holy Damnation and Determination of the Undead King

Lyrics

[Intro - distant industrial rumble, ominous dark synth pads, ghostly cinematic choir, metallic echoes]

In the black beneath the altar
Where the candlelight decays
I was crowned by ash and silence
Born to rule the end of days
Every prayer became a hammer
Every hymn a chain of bone
Now the dead all kneel in fear
When they hear me take the throne

[Verse 1 - glitchy low-end pulses, distorted baritone vocals, harsh machine percussion, haunted strings creeping underneath]

I wore the grave like a kingdom
I drank the frost from every tomb
With a crown of rust and thorns
I rose from the catacomb
No redemption left to bury
No salvation in my name
I am mercy turned to iron
I am the serpent in the flame

[Pre-Chorus - tension rising, layered choir, snarling guitars, widening synths]

Hear the bells of ruin ringing
Hear the marrow split in two
Every tyrant feeds the darkness
Now the darkness feeds on you
I have walked through hell unshaken
I have torn the veil apart
And the dead, they sing my doctrine
As they stitch me to their heart

[Chorus - explosive industrial nu metal surge, crushing guitars, massive drums, sinister choir chants, soaring dark synth lead]

I am the undead king
Crowned in holy damnation
I will never break, never kneel
I am the final revelation
With a fist of rot and steel
I will carve my name in stone
Let the heavens learn to tremble
I was made to rule the throne

I am the undead king
And my will is an infection
Every soul I touch will burn
In the fire of resurrection
When the world is torn to ash
I will stand where angels fall
I am death with determination
I am the end of all

[Verse 2 - half-time groove, mechanical kick pattern, whispered vocals, dissonant strings, glitch stutters]

I have seen the sun go blind
Behind a curtain of black rain
Watched the saints dissolve to static
Watched the prophets choke on shame
In the vaults of broken kingdoms
I found meaning in the grave
For the only truth that matters
Is the power to stay awake

I don't bow to fate or mercy
I don't beg the void for grace
I was forged in holy ruin
With a curse upon my face
Every wound became a sermon
Every scar a sacred brand
Now the living call me nightmare
But the dead understand

[Pre-Chorus - building with choir swells, tom rolls, rising distortion, tense string harmonics]

Hear me speak the name of endings
Hear me summon midnight fire
I am hunger made of scripture
I am wrath made of desire
All your empires are dust now
All your banners ripped and torn
I was buried with your lies once
Now I wear them like a crown reborn

[Chorus - full-force return, thicker guitars, choir in octaves, pounding industrial drums, massive bass]

I am the undead king
Crowned in holy damnation
I will never break, never kneel
I am the final revelation
With a fist of rot and steel
I will carve my name in stone
Let the heavens learn to tremble
I was made to rule the throne

I am the undead king
And my will is an infection
Every soul I touch will burn
In the fire of resurrection
When the world is torn to ash
I will stand where angels fall
I am death with determination
I am the end of all

[Bridge - stripped-down, eerie choir, distant piano hits, bowed strings, whispered baritone turning to a roar]

And if the stars go dark forever
I will wear that night like skin
If the gates of heaven close
I will break the bloodlock from within
I am not the curse they feared
I am the blade they never saw
I am the hand that drags the dawn
Back into the maw

[Final Chorus - maximal industrial assault, layered screams, thunderous drums, choir crescendo, synths screaming high]

I am the undead king
Crowned in holy damnation
I will never break, never kneel
I am the final revelation
With a fist of rot and steel
I will carve my name in stone
Let the heavens learn to tremble
I was made to rule the throne

I am the undead king
And my will is an infection
Every soul I touch will burn
In the fire of resurrection
When the world is torn to ash
I will stand where angels fall
I am death with determination
I am the end of all

[Outro - fading choir, collapsing distortion, cold synth drones, echoing whispers]

Bow before the silence
Kneel to what remains
For I Am The Undead King....