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Hellweaver

by Maelstrom Aeterna

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Beneath the veil of burning light A morbid vision through the eyes of hindsight What was once but a whisper of a dream Reality’s touch becoming distant The dark abyss of fear consuming all Struggle against the inevitable, see the vultures circling The dust of cold flesh falls ever constant As the black wings embrace, suffocating And it all comes crashing down Defeating the release, fall on soiled ground Reaching out, for eternity Twisted hands of time lay shadows cold Burning frozen heat of the dark unknown Reaching out, for something real All truths buried beneath as aeons pass Winds of torment, scorch the desert sand The shadows of wings in the dead moons light Casting hope out, asphyxiating life And it all comes crashing down Defeating the release, fall on soiled ground Reaching out, for eternity Twisted hands of time lay shadows cold Burning frozen heat of the dark unknown Reaching out, for something real The scavenger, becomes a hunter Eternity is just a dream Final moments drip away as long as years Frozen in the shape of memories And it all comes crashing down Defeating the release, fall on soiled ground Reaching out, for eternity Twisted hands of time lay shadows cold Burning frozen heat of the dark unknown Reaching out, for something real Defeat the release For eternity Defeat the release For eternity Reaching out. Reaching out. For eternity
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Delving into the unknown Unaware of a peril so vile Incarnation of fear in its purest form, behold Impose corruption on a structure of lies, in search of life One man’s greed means death for all Better fucking safe than sorry, now who’s the fool Plunge into a certain end And it all will be in vain Shedding blood for what you believe in And with such a pride comes a hopeless fall Hiding in the absence of light, manifestation of anger In silence, closing in Eradication process commence Bring firepower to give them hell Whatever it takes to stay alive To stay alive! And it all will be in vain Shedding blood for what you believe in And with such a pride comes hopeless fall Standing face to face with death A broken trust, to salt the wounds The hunt for life will be in vain A demonstration of dominance Feeding on the inferior Born from slaughter, in a morbid reveal Taking life in order to make a new Silent, before the storm Unaware of what is inside you Alive With lack of guilt, you glorify the sacrifice for your own acquisition But such an avarice will bring you down With no control, your mask undone, thy kingdom come With no one left to give a fuck In the absence of light Utter lack of hesitation A sliver of hope, linger Standing face to face with death, a last effort to stay alive The struggle for life might after all not be in vain
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Hellweaver 05:33
Undefined! A being lacking all but a devotion to consume your mind Defy the unknown Tainted by these vermin, but I move along Inattentive towards this ominous predicament as I go Down Merciless assimilation, consuming endlessly Hunting down with no remorse Onward, with steady breath, despite this unruly fear in my heart I’m powerless, without my foresight it all will go too far Impending chaos, uncertain of what will become Nothing to relieve my worry, no-one to ease my fall Overcome the nameless terror once and for all Stronger with every breath, not knowing when I’ll be drawing my last A constant mess, but always certain I won’t regret my past No choice but moving on, I will purge until all I fear is gone Merciless extermination, slaughter relentlessly Hunt them down with no remorse Trying to catch my breath, determined to shine a light on the truth Uncertain if I’ve become potent enough to see this through This nameless terror has grown more than I can comprehend I’ll send it all to oblivion, and myself, if that will take this to its end To its end! We are all bound to what we’ve seen. In the end, we will ever reach for the truth
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Falling down, blinding the mind with fire the ground keeps moving farther away Feel the collapse, as the mind is losing control To the heart of a coward Falling down, beyond what seemed to be the outright borders, of what a prudent mind could see I’ve hit the ground, the fire has faded Now, smoke obscure my sight, I devote myself to thee Searching for serenity, It’s nothing but a distant dream. How could I’ve known, what the flame would do to me, deceive me A part of me went down and gave in How could I’ve known, the darkness that followed Foolishly enchanted by a divine embrace As the fog conceal, I see no hue No path to follow Oh, but how lovely was the touch of a goddess How could I’ve know what pain desires, when all I felt was relief Memories… Memories, stay with me Memories… Memories, will in due time fade
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Behold! The state of this fingdom Ridden with hollow undead constant swarm, invading Chased and outnumbered But, I push forward through all the Endless decay Killing, purging with no remorse All must die Countless bodies Anguish, bleakness Envelop the soil, once so grand Behold! This is what I’ll become Hollowed, unable to die consolidate with the swarm But, if I prosper the world will still fall into Darkness, stillness Anguish, distress, the end of an age God will fall All will crumble Heartless creatures out of control, marked with bane Mindless husks are emerging out from the depths Light is bound to fade away, prosperous time passing by Deities clinging on to the past, knowing their downfall in nigh Forced into seclusion Now but an illusion to keep the dark at bay Engulfed by the flames of a time long lost, trying to preserve the lie Behold, monarch Lust for power brought you to this End this lie It’s all pointless All you conquered will cease to exist I refuse to die
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Faster than light feel the titans massing A spectrum of infinite blackness A monolith of genocide Impending, unending The gift of time for what we took as granted The gift of time for what we took as granted part of the master plan - and it - took life, to a zenith of purpose claimed by all, but none earned it Break the chain as old as time The alpha and omega For those who fight sentient and life must coincide Beyond the relay What can we do against a sovereign of omnipotence A force that drives us to our knees The only choice we have to travel to where no one has Beyond the relay we shall be free For those who fight sentient and life must coincide Beyond the relay we shall be free And as the sand runs dry the hourglass shatters the black shadow of death enshrouds us Is fighting fate futility? No choice remains but unity Secrets of those behind us ancestors share their guidance Finding hope, where none remains the cycle, will not repeat again Solo: Nick Richardson What can we do against a sovereign of omnipotence A force that drives us to our knees The only choice we have to travel to where no one has Beyond the relay, we shall be free For those who fight sentient and life must coincide Beyond the relay we shall be free
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We reach an ending, to create new life Quell! Usurp the mind, a reality redefined Behind the walls, discretion underlined With intent I cannot grasp, a puppeteer sublime No fear of death itself, but the emptiness it leaves behind When we die, what do we leave behind? Chase my mirror self to uncover meaning A spectral shade, let us see what you bring Could it be but an empty shell? No soul? Is it even alive? Initiate the hunt and let the truth shed light To reveal what moves beneath the shell A new thought emerging from failure Life kindled by flaw But far above all that ever was Break down to rise anew Leave restraint behind and improve Reach for clarity as you observe the world with new eyes break down to rise above Now stop pretending, and open your eyes All things must change, alive and vigorous Expand the view of life, or yield to weakness A proof of growth, leap forward and witness what’s to come Release yourself and embrace a brand new dawn Confinement within myself Erase all impurities Emerging at the surface to become something new Letting go of the old Leaving all in bloom And I shall stand as we evolve Break down to rise anew Restraint left behind and I improved as I reach for clarity I observe the world with new eyes I broke down and rose above
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As we forfeit our lives resisting imminence We brought upon our own a life in isolation Regardless, grievance takes us nowhere Confined and sheltered, yet fed with nothing but lies We leap towards the end with savage power lingering within Fearless, no repent Standing tall as we fight for freedom No fear for our lives, abandoning the mind Embrace a certain death and bring them to the afterlife Devoured by superiority, split in half and left to bleed out dry Abandon the mind and succumb to evil Now, we leap towards the end With savage power released from deep within Fearless, no repent Trying to break free in hope for freedom It matters not how dark the path With bleeding hands but will unbowed Thrown into confusion With doubt, torn by instinct and command Tearing down the wall built by treachery and deceit Hold on to what I’ve become Fall toward the ending light Now, we leap towards the end With savage power released from deep within Fearless, no repent Breaking free will never give us freedom
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End Game 06:18
Now were you waiting for a crown I’ve seen the darkness ruling from within Lover, I was the one to catch your tears Now you stare at my demise, to lay it all in the end game In the shade of broken swords Reaching up towards the heavens Down to the earth, to soil and flames Humanity aside, voracious vanity To spread a plague across the heavens Our aeon to reign Hail! Flowers of the night, the forces of man and entity Thy capes in black, bling forth the infernal one And may her reign disintegrate Marching past grey ruins of an endless age, and river hauling flesh The orchid’s leaves in red, coloured in it’s purity by the blood of man and child As time and truth will show Shallow grave of broken swords Looking down towards the graceless Impose rebirth to end the game Humanity defied, sulfurous entity As the plague broke down the heavens Our aeon to reign Now fall from the sun The preachers would burn eternally Will it tear you apart Our aeon to reign Now fall from the sun The preachers will burn eternally Would it tear you apart Blood will be shed to avenge what was lost Father! Ominous and obscure Was I the one to end the bloodline Teach me the ways of the blackened sun By the altar and chalice, empower me Empower me! Out burns the sun, I’m left in chaos Heed the rising darkness, a kingdom lost Shallow grave of broken words Looking down towards the graceless Impose rebirth to end the game Humanity aside, sulfurous entity As the plague broke down the heavens Our aeon to reign As I fall from the sun The preachers would burn eternally Will it tear you apart Our aeon to reign As I fall from the sun The preachers will burn eternally Would it tear you apart To avenge what was lost
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Chronicle 05:41
Deep within a hellborn pyre, caught within a raging storm Fully draped by glares of broken courage Lords of-light, take my hand, show the way as thy have promised Committed to protect what I hold dear Eradicate! Abominations, arise to obliterate Through our death with growing malice, they will create Now do you fear the silence Barren heart bear endless woes Every thought will bring you under Always true to the place I belong The rising evil brought asunder Chasing hell without a moment to rest Turning virtue into madness Nature only favours the strongest tales of courage will be timeless Losing grip of justice, losing what is real While the innocent are writhing in pain Power surging, lust for vengeance, a tainted hope is born Violence, a resolution, the means to end this war Lords of light, where are thy hands, where is the way you promised Faithful to protect what I hold dear The sacred disappear with defiance Barren heart bear endless woes Every thought will bring you under Always true to the place I belong The rising evil brought asunder Hearing whispers of encouraging words Close to be consumed by anger Going back to the place I once called home Where I will reign supreme forever Cradled by ancestral soul a reign left behind to consume what’s pure A lie from deep within What has been stolen will be seen no more Flee thy temple and give in to madness No sign of forgiveness No sign of remorse Barren heart bear endless woes Every thought will bring you under An empty shell of what once belonged Those you cherished brought asunder The heart a weakness, shall be removed Thus becoming so much stronger But ruthless actions will only prove A life of hate will be no longer No sign of forgiveness No sign of remorse A lie from deep within What has been stolen will be seen no more
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Find new ways to feel, new ways to see a different world beyond imagination Chaos, to be expected, diversity injected With selfishness from tyrannical authority Endeavour the light Find ways to congregate, fuelled by their hate Oblivious to lies from oppression Conflict to be expected, rationality dissected With cluelessness and wounds from he past Expecting impact from a turning tide Confront the system, with hopes to coincide A conflict rooted way beneath the shell of what we are With greed and gluttony those reaching for the top takes it way too fucking far Imagine evolution could lead to genocide A total fear of what we could find Turning harmony into a distant dream Ascended beyond what it means to be Return for blood To take back what was part of me Reaching for where I came from Augmented beyond what I was meant to be Down came the flood To bring back what used to be Struck down by what we were For what we have become Shown the light, just to be left in darkness, Grab the helping hand, attached to noone Hate begets hatred Tears and blood Will soak the soil we all grew from And nourish more pain Survival of the fittest, while fitted with tools designed for ending lives We reach the impact of a turning tide Expecting thrusting swords from either side Weed out the root beneath the shell of what they have become With pride, they try to stop us from being what we are Ascended beyond what it means to be Return for blood To take back what was part of me Reaching for where I came from Augmented beyond what I was meant to be Down came the flood, to take back what used to be Struck down by what we were Hate begets hatred Tears and blood Will soak the soil we all grew from And nourish more pain Ascended beyond what I could ever dream to be Dragged through the mud Persecuted and condemned, By what we were For what we have become For what we have become
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credits

released June 1, 2019

Vocals, Piano and Drums by Isak Asplund (Gothenburg, SWE)
Guitars and Shreddies by Nick Richardson (Poole, UK)
Guitars and Programming by Alex Loader (Buldern, DE)

Music Production by Ethereal Sound Studio
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Guests Appearances:
Ollie Roberts (Metaprism)
Matt Powell
Oscar Wahlqvist (Archaea)
Andy Gillion (Mors Principium Est)

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Maelstrom Aeterna UK

Maelstrom Aeterna is a collaboration of some of the cream of British and Swedish underground Melodic Death Metal talent,
featuring past and present members of Enterion, FuryBorn and The Deathisodes

Formed in 2014, the band released the Singles Vultures Embrace and Beyond before setting out and completing their highly anticipated debut album, 'Hellweaver'.
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