Ruinous, by Imperial Destruction

Ruinous

by Imperial Destruction

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Ruinous features 7 Tracks and 1 Bonus Single Release (Age of Ra). The Digital Release Includes high quality lyrics and unique content.

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1.	The Witch Hunt 06:24	lyrics	buy track
THE WITCH HUNT BEGINS LEAVING SCREAMS AND FLAMES TORTURED SOULS AND FORGOTTEN NAMES DEVIL OR GOD BREATHING OR NOT HANG THE WITCH BURN THE LOT ACCUSED OF HERESY AND WITCHCRAFT MY FLESH IS SENT TO THE FIRE BURNING FOR THEIR SUSPICIONS SLAUGHTERED WE WILL SHOW NO MERCY WE WILL SHOW NO PAIN FOR IN THE END YOU’LL BURN THE SAME ACCUSED OF HERESY AND WITCHCRAFT MY FLESH IS SENT TO THE FIRE BURNING FOR THEIR SUSPICIONS SLAUGHTERED SEARING FLAMES TEAR ME APART EAT AT MY GUTS AND MELT MY HEART THE SKIES TURN BLACK AS DEATH SWALLOWS ME WHOLE REVENGE BLOOD SHALL BE SHED FORGOTTEN NAMES WILL LIVE AGAIN HANG YOURSELF BY THE NOOSE OF MY SINS
2.	Like Wolves That Bare Their Teeth 02:51	lyrics	buy track
OH PRECIOUS CHILD OF MINE YOUR EYES HAVE BECOME THE OCEAN THAT HAUNT THE DREAMS OF MEN MANKIND CANNOT RESIST SUCH A SIN UNAWARE OF WHAT THE STORM WOULD BRING THEY BURIED HER, DEAD OR ALIVE SHE WOKE AMONG THE VERY BEASTS THAT NO MAN, COULD SURVIVE WICKED TONGUES CARESS HER A SOUL SO PURE AND CLEAN THE DEVILS KIN UNDRESS HER AS THE LIGHT BEGINS TO FADE THE MOONLIGHT REVEALS THEIR TRUE FORM THEIR GRINS, LIKE WOLVES THAT BARE THEIR TEETH LURKING WITHIN THE SHADOWS UNDER WEEPING SKIES A SLAUGHTER OF REVENGE LIKE WOLVES THAT BARE THEIR TEETH TORN APART BENEATH A MOON LIT SKY SHE SWAM WITHIN THEIR BLOOD A GRIN AND GROWL SO SINISTER LIKE WOLVES THAT BARE THEIR TEETH
3.	Sinner 06:17	lyrics	buy track
LIFT ME UP FROM THE GROUND LIFT ME UP FROM BELOW TORTURE, THE INNOCENT DECONSTRUCT, THE LIFELESS BEINGS KILLING WITHOUT MERCY KILLING WITHOUT MERCY KILLING WITHOUT MERCY KILLING WITHOUT MERCY IT IS ONLY BY FATE, THAT ANY LIFE ENDS BUT ONLY BY CHANCE, THAT IT'S MINE AND NOT YOURS I FEEL NO PAIN, NO GAIN I HAVE NO SOUL, FOR IT DIED MANY MOONS AGO A SHADOW, I NO LONGER POSSES STALKING, TALKING, KILLING ME INSIDE I'M A SINNER, YOU'RE A SAINT YOU DON'T KNOW, KNOW WHAT I'VE DONE THE BLOOD ONCE SWIMMING, THROUGH MY VEINS NOW SPLATTERED, UPON CHURCH WINDOW PANES I’VE SINNED FOR TOO LONG KILLING WITHOUT MERCY KILLING WITHOUT MERCY KILLING WITHOUT MERCY KILLING WITHOUT MERCY IT IS ONLY BY FATE, THAT ANY LIFE ENDS BUT ONLY BY CHANCE, THAT IT'S MINE AND NOT YOURS I FEEL NO PAIN, NO GAIN I HAVE NO SOUL, FOR IT DIED MANY MOONS AGO A SHADOW, I NO LONGER POSSES STALKING, TALKING, KILLING ME INSIDE
4.	Lady Dark Page 04:04	lyrics	buy track
COLD AND DARK DECEMBER THE RAIN DANCES FOR ME LEFT IN OBLIGATION, I AM BOUND TO SERVE YOUR HELLISH DEEDS TALES HAD COME AND GONE OF HER ARRIVAL FROM THE BLACK SEAS NONE DARE TO STARE AT HER HOLLOW EYES WORD OF MEN BEING HYPNOTIZED ANGELIC WHISPERS OF A THEBAN TONGUE SHE LED ME TOWARDS HER CHAMBERS LUCID DREAMS OF BEING SWUNG A FUTILE RETALIATION DIABOLICAL DESIRE CONSUMES ME A SHADOW LURKING BENEATH HER BEAUTY THE RAVENS CIRCLE HER MIDNIGHT MANIFEST A CONJURATION OF THE UNDEAD BLOOD DRENCHED I SLEEP BENEATH HER CURSE SLOWLY SLIPPING AWAY OH, LADY DARK PAGE ANGELIC WHISPERS OF A THEBAN TONGUE SHE LED ME TOWARDS HER CHAMBERS LUCID DREAMS OF BEING SWUNG A FUTILE RETALIATION
5.	My Sword Hungers 05:15	lyrics	buy track
MARCHING NORTH, WITH THE RIVER BATTLE READY WE MARCH TOWARDS OUR DOOM, OUR SALVATION A GLORIOUS BATTLE AGAINST THOSE WHO THREATEN, OUR WAY OF LIFE AND WISH TO REPRESS US AND OUR GODS, AID US IN BATTLE IT IS FOR THEM WE FIGHT AND DIE I REFUSE TO BOW TO THESE MEN FOR THEY ARE NOT MEN, THEY ARE COWARDS LIFT MY SWORD ABOVE MY HEAD AND SCREAM, THEN CHARGE MY SWORD HUNGERS FOR CHRISTIAN BLOOD AND IT'S YOURS IT WILL TASTE YOU TRY TO CONVERT MY KIN TO SAVE US FROM THE SNAKE YOU'RE A LIAR AND DECEIVER I MUST CUT YOU DOWN MY SWORD HUNGERS FOR CHRISTIAN BLOOD AND IT'S YOURS IT SHALL TASTE THE GROUND STAINED RED, FROM THE BATTLE FOUGHT THEIR DEATH STILL HANGS IN THE AIR, WITH AXE, SPEAR AND SWORD WE CLAIMED EACH OTHERS LIVES NO MERCY SHOWN, NO HONOUR GIVEN TO THE DEAD NO HONOUR FOR THOSE WHO DIE I REFUSE TO BOW TO THESE MEN FOR THEY ARE NOT MEN, THEY ARE COWARDS LIFT MY SWORD ABOVE MY HEAD AND SCREAM, THEN CHARGE MY SWORD HUNGERS FOR CHRISTIAN BLOOD AND IT'S YOURS IT WILL TASTE YOU TRY TO CONVERT MY KIN TO SAVE US FROM THE SNAKE YOU'RE A LIAR AND DECEIVER I MUST CUT YOU DOWN MY SWORD HUNGERS FOR CHRISTIAN BLOOD AND IT'S YOURS IT SHALL TASTE
6.	The Enemy Within 05:35	lyrics	buy track
THERE IS SOMETHING THAT DWELLS WITHIN MY BEING A DARK FORCE BORN FROM MISCONCEPTIONS AND FALSE REALITIES THAT I HAVE FABRICATED TO ERADICATE ALL DOUBT FOR THE POWER OF MY DOMAIN IS THAT TO RIVAL THE GODS IS MY CAUSE FOR I AM THE LEGEND BORN TO BESTOW THEM MORTALITY DEATH IS MY CREATION MY GIFT UNTO THE COSMOS. I AM! THE ENEMY WITHIN, BORN OF SIN JEALOUSY IS MY CATALYST FOR I AM WORTHY AS RULER OF THE GODS FROM WITHIN I CRUSH THE DIVINITY I CAST DOWN THE TYRANT FOR MY AMBITION I AM FOREVER CURSED USURPER THE NEFILIM THEY ELUDE MY WRATH DOWN TO THE EARTH THEY DESCEND FROM HEAVENLY ABODE OF ANU MY FATHER WHO I MUST HUNT TO CLAIM MY TRIUMPH AND BLOOD NOW ARISE FROM THE CLAY ABOMINATION CREATED IN THE SHADOW OF MARDUK A GREAT PURPOSE, I HAVE A DESIGN. I AM! THE ENEMY WITHIN BORN OF SIN JEALOUSY IS MY CATALYST FOR I AM WORTHY AS RULER OF THE GODS FROM WITHIN I CRUSH THE DIVINITY I CAST DOWN THE TYRANT FOR MY AMBITION I AM FOREVER CURSED USURPER FROM THE BLOOD OF MY FATHER I CREATE LIFE TORE MY MOTHER IN TO PIECES HERS WAS THE WATER THE PURITY OF LIFE NOW KINGU FOREVER WEEPS FOR HIS LOST LOVE ARISE CHILDREN OF MINE MANKIND YOUR OATH IS TO ME NO CREATION STANDS ABOVE IN DESIGN THE DIVINE HAVE FALLEN NOW A NEW ERA HAS BEGUN. I AM! THE ENEMY WITHIN BORN OF SIN JEALOUSY IS MY CATALYST FOR I AM WORTHY AS RULER OF THE GODS FROM WITHIN I CRUSH THE DIVINITY I CAST DOWN THE TYRANT FOR MY AMBITION I AM FOREVER CURSED USURPER
7.	Age of Ra (Bonus Track) 05:09	lyrics	buy track
EYES OF THE UNHOLY IN MY REFLECTION BLACKENED BY THE DEMONIC INFECTION FLAMES OF TORMENT BENEATH MY FLESH IT’S TAKEN CONTROL MY MIND, MY SOUL IT’S MY WILL THAT GODS MUST DIE NO MORE MONOLOGUES IN THE SKY ONLY FLESH, NOT THE DIVINE MAY JOIN ME IN MY QUEST FOR DELIVERANCE FROM THE LIES I LOOK DEEP WITHIN MYSELF, TO BE GREETED BY THE DARKNESS ALL HOPE HAS ABANDONED ME, THE LIGHT TO FAR FROM MY REACH IT SEEMS THAT ALL IS LOST, SLOWLY SLIPPING AWAY THROUGH TIME I WILL NOT TURN BACK, THROUGH THE DARKNESS I SWAY I TREAD UPON THE VALLEY OF DEATH AND DISEASE IN MY FLESH THE VIRUS GROWS, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE HOLLOW SCREAMS FROM BELOW, THE RITUAL HAS BEGUN I MUST FIND THE CAUSE OF MY CURSE, OF MY DECAY I TRAVEL NOW INTO THE NIGHT WITH DEATH AND GLORY IN MY SIGHT BENEDICTION FROM THE GODS I MARCH FORWARD TOWARDS THE LIGHT I FEEL AN UNKNOWN PRESENCE NOW CRAWLING THROUGH MY VEINS CLAWING LIKE RAZORS NOW MY BLOOD BEGINS TO DRAIN

about

Ruinous is Imperial Destruction's Debut Album released on the 30th of January 2016.

"It’s a fuckin dirty, raw and old school sounding album. And it sounds like a fucking truck made of sledgehammers… If you like melodic death metal, there’ll be a song or two for you on the album. It’s diverse." ~ Joshua Barkley (Bassist, Imperial Destruction)

“The visual concept behind the album art revolves around a royal being that is decaying, and wears a cursed crown. This leaves many questions and possibilities as to the being’s death. Unsettling and somewhat alive, it can be assumed that the crown took control of the being, leaving him possessed with promises of fortune and fame to satisfy his greed. Although this is my perspective, I like viewers to imagine their own stories and possibilities.” ~ Jason Modryc (vocals, Imperial Destruction / artist, Writhe Creations)

"Imperial Destruction have firmly established themselves as an identity within the South African metal scene by sheer force of will, hard work, and a captivating sound and style. With two Gauteng tours under the belt by the Western Cape melodic death metal outfit, the band can also claim credit for the Night Of Destruction event series and also having established the Geraas Plaas festival. " ~ Metal4Africa.com