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The Wealth of Abominations

by Ashen Divinity

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THE ART OF HYPOCRISY High above, beyond the walls Evil dwells Far away from our sight Human snakes Creeping among us Digital nightmares shine Switching things Vicious beings Spurious thoughts Spread spiral blackness Conform or die Obey or fall Decline your will The swallowing system You're nothing but A silent cog That turns inside His dark spiteful engine Towers full of hideous lies And forked tongues To deceive and imitate Truth with their Empty rhetoric Future's just a forgery Of their plans Hide the facts To control The public opinion The piper's here To lead the rats To precipice The promised land they yearn for Hang on his word And cross his sign Feed his machine By means of a ballot box See the shepherd and his herd Following him obsequiously Mindless, blinded crowd The politics of promises The politics of hollow words Put your trust In his hands The gentle art Of hypocrisy Ruleless games of leaders as Puppeteers Their facade hides away From your eyes Dangerous intentions A paper world of laws and acts Legal crimes Lies are told Strings are pulled Last result - breeding disorder The right to vote To choose the one Who'll take you to A far brighter future As promises Of bygone days Will drown into The sea of oblivion See the shepherd and his herd Intertwined in repulsive feasts Fed on ignorance The power orgy has begun Just give your vote and lock your brain Put your trust In his hands The subtle art Of hypocrisy
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CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE Anger bursting deep inside, Frustration grows, Seething rage within my veins, Feeding on my days. Your spree will be my sickness. Winds of chaos bring dictatorship, As the iron fist is hidden beneath the Velvet glove of diplomacy, That beguiles the eyes Of stupidity. See the madness lurk, as it waits to explode Feel the pressure rise, Feel your sanity fall down You can control my acts, You can control my movements, But you can't shape my thoughts, I hold 'em tight. The more you try to smite, The more I'll put resistance, My fortress will stand tall, You just back off! Absurd orders, Absurd commands, Won't contaminate my mind. Are you aware, Of your total lack, Of reason and common sense? Of reason and common sense! Pent up feelings, under pressure Let injustice, Form the rules in name of Demoncracy Pent up feelings, under pressure Let injustice, Form the laws in name of Forged liberty. I don't care For your senseless promises I refuse to be a pawn of your sick games. I don't care, For your hollow, barren words I refuse to absorb your demagogy. ...to absorb your demagogy!
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AUTUMN SHADOWS Awaken By the cold rays of a dying sun Bitterness of a new dawn Fear Echoes of cries from the emptiness Silent tears baptised their world Fiery rivers of rage Flowing on truth's second face There's a dark Shape of a figure whose face's unseen They know that those eyes can see This Unresolved mystery's that's swallowing A merciful chance, a rebirth Body and prison are one Scriptures are shaping their world Shadows in autumn Are joining the dance Through forests of unconsciousness Shadows in autumn Horizons they scan Searching for uncertainty's feeble hands As the riddle's still unsolved The shadows of reason obscured By loneliness Your scream Of rage Unheard As pride Is ripped And torn Apart Life Ruled by authorities that neglect Basic rights of dignity Fear Echoes of cries that are still unheard Caught in a twilight of death Body and prison are one In a life of misery Shadows in autumn Are joining the dance Through forests of unconsciousness Shadows in autumn Horizons they scan Searching for uncertainty's feeble hands As the riddle's still unsolved The shadows of reason obscured By loneliness
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Eternal Evil 04:15
ETERNAL EVIL Stronger than reason Known since the dawn of time Hidden in shadows Of human consciousness It sees no boundaries Inborn in human hearts So self-renewing In Ouroborus forms Coming forth in grim waves To drown lives Flaming darkness ripping through Blackened skies From the cradle to the grave It lives on From the father to his son It won't be gone "One has to be cruel, In order to be kind" said the devious shepherd To his herd so blind Come join the dance of chaos The piper's summoning his choir Eternal Evil, Eternal Evil, There will be evil As long as mankind lives There will be conflicts As long as leaders preach Hatred and violence Wrapped up in peaceful words There's no salvation In this cold, tortured world Like an ever blowing wind Sneaking through Centuries whose pages are Inked in blood From the cradle to the grave Across the land From the father to his son It knows no end...
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SCHADENFREUDE Deadly words Dripping out from mouths that crave for Sanctity through sin Obnoxious ways to show devotion Razor minds Masks that hide the fangs of falsehood Thirst for blood Shares the thirst for holy water Six days a week you act like a whore On Sunday morning just kiss the church door Reset your guilt and start o'er again Follow the Christ and live on people's pain Forgive me father, I have sinned Forgive me father, I'll begin Once again to feel that joy My only god is Schadenfreude Pervert paths Leading to the gates of heaven Trick the rules Let religion be your sideboard Kiss the cross Like you kiss the ass of your boss The house of god Is the laundry for your soul Is this the point of being so pious? To be a follower and such a liar? To be a wolf under the cloak of a sheep The guilt you reject is the guilt that you just need Forgive me father, I have sinned Heal me from my deepest shame Give me peace, let me enjoy The loveliness of Schadenfreude Wash away The faults you've done with no remorse Wash away With nothing more than just a prayer Cleanse your soul, purify your mind Your inner faith, so shallow and blind Reboot your consciousness and cross yourself Build a new heaven on other people's hell Forgive me father, 'nother time Get some quid and turn your head Share my mirth, ignore my sins The golden rule of Schadenfreude

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ASHEN DIVINITY lineup on this record:

Sandi "Ruski" Orbanić - vocals
Enver Jurdana - guitars, bass
Danijel Biloslav - drums

Produced, mixed and mastered by Ashen Divinity
Drums recorded at Triban Studio in November 2011
with producer Lari Šain

All music by Ashen Divinity, except "Eternal Evil" (P. Grižonič/Ashen Divinity) "Civil Disobedience" and "Dismal Existence" (A. Paoletić/Ashen Divinity)

All lyrics by Ashen Divinity
Cover and band photography by Ashen Divinity

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released January 31, 2014

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Ashen Divinity Istria County, Croatia

Ashen Divinity is a death/thrash metal project formed in 2010 by former members of Infernal Tenebra. Nothing innovative. Nothing groundbreaking. No modern influences, cheesy contamination, contemporary bollox or stuff like that. Just pure, straightforward, honest old-school METAL. ... more

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