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Rapacious

from In Darkness at Last by Ares Kingdom

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Bass/Vocals - Alex Blume
Drums - Mike Miller
Guitars - Chuck Keller

lyrics

i) Serpents of Laocoon
Agony in icon without redemption
Punishment for wrong and right
Struck by fangs as willed by the gods
Beauty in desperation, terror, and death

Serpents enfold the children of Laocoon
Serpentine, envenomed, constriction
Severe faces frozen in death
Severe faces frozen in time

The gods reject the prayers of the priest
Tame the rapacious prophets before all die

ii) Nyx Velificans
Holy Nyx, born of chaos
At whose feet all sins are laid
Dissolving in a dreamless sleep
Eternal mother of death

Yes, the gods - the dreams of men
Are later than this world
The ground littered with carven idols
Regolith shroud entombs in time

An arrogant king
A tyrant he has now become
Falls into the hands of death
The final conqueror

iii) Resacralize
When darkness fails to bring forth the stars, resacralize ancient hymns
Hoary with the dust of ages
Magnificent desolation - stark and barren

What ends when symbols shatter?
Traditions! Traditions cursed to exile
Ancients ways trod underfoot
And the eagle
Killed by an arrow
Vaned...
...by its own feathers vaned!

iv) In a Time of Plauge
Swords may not fight with fate
Strength stoops unto the grave
The plague full swift goes by
“Come, come!” the bells do cry
Tasteth death’s bitterness
Hell’s executioner, mount we unto the sky

“Come, come, come!” the bells do cry
I am sick, I must die
“Come, come, come!” the bells do cry
I am sick, I must die

credits

from In Darkness at Last, released September 15, 2022
Music and lyrics by Keller
Additional arrangements by Ares Kingdom
Produced by Ares Kingdom
Engineered by Alex Blume

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Ares Kingdom Kansas City, Missouri

Founded in 1996 by Chuck Keller and Mike Miller, Alex Blume and Doug Overbay were recruited in 2000, rounding out a line-up that would remain in place until Overbay stepped away in 2015. The band released four online-only 'best of' EPs during 2018 and 2019, and unleashed 'By the Light of Their Destruction' in May 2019. The feral and unrelenting 'In Darkness at Last' followed in September 2022. ... more

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