I am your vessel of demise... And be it spoken through me!
Supreme - God of madness, Hath thou blessed the flesh of man?
Conjure all the horror's and consume the flesh enslave!
Behest, Veiled legions undead, Deep beneath the earth...
I summon thee...
For thou hast written, Upon the sands of the withered earth adverse.
The red grains rumble through seraphic veins decrepit,
Curse! Curse! Mark the gift of flesh! PERDITION! PERDITION!
Wrath of the eleven spears, Pointing inwards...
Unto the blackened heart, Pierce! Let it flow!
For my left hand of sulfur and my right the blade,
The serpent, Yet feasting on the dry heart of the earth!
The great radiant fervor, Possession...
Carry them beneath tides of crimson sand and ash!
Diabolic womb spews forth, Entrails of what once was,
Never revealed - Condemned - To inhale the dusts of the earth...
The flesh of man, Bathed in sin and torment!
I ask! Ascend your voice, From the caverns of the earth...
Sent forth in curse, Sent forth in spiritual torment.
Hark! The great radiant fervor, Possession...
Carry them beneath tides of crimson sand and ash!
Divine lord! Infinite vessel of death!
Quench the insatiable hunger, Malediction...
To ruin... To decay... I am your vessel of demise...
And be it spoken through me!
Wrath of the eleven spears, Pointing inwards...
Unto the blackened heart, Pierce! Let it flow!
For my left hand of sulfur and my right the blade,
The serpent, Yet feasting on the dry heart of the earth!
Nearly a decade after their last LP, the Chicago post-metal trio resurface with a punishing concept album set in an apocalyptic wasteland. Bandcamp New & Notable May 5, 2024
The metal’s band revelatory new record crosses genres and styles, effortlessly combining seemingly incompatible subgenres. Bandcamp Album of the Day Apr 26, 2024
supported by 6 fans who also own “Radiant Behest of Excessum”
Swirling guitars, furious drums, vocals that at the same time howl from infinite distance and are right up in your head; everything put into dissonant form with the help of unconventional songwriting. This album is my personal key to the icelanding black metal madness that I've ignored for way too long! Lukas Kaufmann