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Monuments Of Bitterness

by RAPTVRE

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1.
we have been sold to fight the battles that aren’t ours have been enslaved to serve a system of denial to worship machines as hollow as their makers and while day might be their kingdom ours is the night tonight we feast upon their flesh let us feast upon their flesh reset and renew as red fades to black allegiance to none as dark manifests in umbra we wait for balance to come our thirst will be quenched when the moon eclipsed the sun when the mist has settled and the mirrors are gone when the mothers beg the empty sky when all that withers comes back to life the masters will reveal themselves
2.
I will cast a shadow to swallow the grief an idol to cherish born from my loss heavenly choirs redeem the guilt of former days all rust and mold is bleached away doubt will flood every inch of my existence as it hollows me out as it feeds doubt infests every inch of my existence as it grows and it whispers in a thousand tongues until there’s nothing left all I know is just a dream inside a dream a recurring nightmare, a void I cannot flee the more I remember the deeper I fall I live in a coma but now I see it all and it whispers in a thousand tongues until there's nothing left all I know is just a dream inside a dream a recurring nightmare, a void I cannot flee the more I remember the deeper I fall I live in a coma but now I see it all just a faint whisper will start it all over a flick of a finger is all that it needs to smother our mourning with total obedience the moon will soon eclipse the sun
3.
awoken from slumber we follow the masters call through plastic and data we burn our way into the black I summon my brothers emperors of long forgotten days to reclaim what’s never been yours to restore and rebuild the old order lords of statistics and numbers bow to their will and follow their lead make them shiver for spoiling our names countless legions are stomping their feet stomping their feet as the creation outwits the creator a perfect dream outlives the man cults of echoes and mirrors repeat in infinite loops our craving is timeless our hunger untamed let us walk beside you and while day might be their kingdom ours is the night give power and breath to those who remember Let us walk beside you we won’t bow to anyone shrouded in devouring mist reveal yourself in our darkest hour reveal yourself
4.
bury me in a shallow grave let me lie next to the scum forgotten and useless men who yet bow to none as they revel in figments our light grows finally dark and dormancy ends ye sons and daughters of the flame rise to end this wicked game licking flames engulf the throne a king shall fall when morning dawns bound to rot unequal men that praise unable gods like wanderers, lost in fog, Indifferent to our world faith in the blaze we’ll purge what is rightfully ours a king shall fall when morning dawns sons and daughters of the flame rise to end this wicked game crimson skies breathe blazing fire the emperor leaves a bone-dry pyre throne, throne, throne torcher
5.
Shrouded 04:31
a million sparks’ resistance coalesces into one potent flame, of recurring persistence, a blaze to restore and regain… behold and still we hide in shadows of old that shelter our wisdom and craft, but we shall never succumb to the cold as umbra enshrouds their weakening gods shrouded - we wait in silence. yearning - we must burst forth shrouded - we need no guidance, burning - with will and force once and for all reset and renew as red Fades to black allegiance to none as dark manifests shrouded and lurking to end the worship of conquerors and kings, of emperors and leaders all life silenced in our darkest hour awaiting the end of all things, the death of deceivers once and for all as they wallow in the ashes of an empire with nothing left to rule one flame shall ascend like a beacon In an era of ire the tales remain untold the songs unsung the known unknown the deed is done once and for all
6.
Echokammer 06:11
great is their pain, selfless their sacrifice, yet hope echoes forth in the hearts of the meek and the ill who suffer for us, so that we may prevail, facing our darkest hour suffer in chambers of flesh so tranquil morbid chatter floods the night words unravel deafening roar whispers echo on and on whilst they die in their vitreous graves their whispers echo on songs and mantras to strengthen our faith whisper on and on whilst they die in their vitreous graves echoes like mantras to strengthen our faith we’ll merge in eclipse share mind, skin and breath rapture is close whilst our bond holds only death our echoes embrace, we were born to dissever the fetters of fate – not to bow. let them come and hunt us – we wait at the brow…. our echoes embrace, our bond is forever our echoes embrace, we belong together together, apace, we evoke the end. let them come and hunt us disobey their command cause still we know some bonds are stronger than death itself – and lasting longer
7.
and it whispers through woods and fields tales of slaughter and decay and it whispers through woods and fields, churches and halls tales from distant lands of slaughter and decay it will unite us in a vision of renewal we sing our gospel to the empty sky a million candles burning for the help that never came new life is born unnoticed without sound or name my brothers and sisters, awake the deed shall be done the rapture is close arise with ominous strength all life shall flourish in feral and sinister bloom ferocious and deadly as nature dictates find us, we’re here find us, we wait in Umbra find us, we’re close find us, we wait in Umbra find us... when all that withers comes back to life the masters will reveal themselves and while ignorance clouds the mind, the spirit remains untouched a fire burning brighter than a thousand suns hidden in perpetual dark, it lights the way we march this is our gospel for the empty sky
8.
mirrors tear the light apart night is falling a splitting image of the past night is falling vanishes in howl and filth night is falling a home built on ancestral guilt night is falling dusk’s distortion bends the aether night is falling formless shades merge in eclipse night is falling all faith abandoned, all truth dissevered night is falling drought and famine will follow after sunset no tomorrow fair is foul, and foul is fair faint whispers in the filthy air your journey ends you found us here new born kings claim crimson skies reset a cycle of decay an honour to the father’s pride as violence shapes new dawn’s face friends and foes meet at the gallows night’s distortion bends the nether formless shades merge in eclipse faith and truth have been dissevered in Monuments of bitterness your journey ends they have arrived the copy mocks the imitation machines outwit the makers gift old bonds are lost in separation as distrust carves a fatal rift our kingdom come as daylight dims night’s distortion bends the nether formless shades merge in eclipse faith and truth have been dissevered in Monuments of bitterness

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released November 22, 2019

Kirill Gromada: Guitars, Vocals, Programming
Stefan Braunschmidt: Bass, Vocals, Programming
Thorn: Vocals
Johannes Kochs: Drums

saxophone in Echokammer by Hauke Peters
waterphone in Feast Upon Their Flesh by Roland Wiegner

all songs written by Kirill Gromada and Stefan Braunschmidt
lyrics by RAPTVRE
recorded by Jan Engstfeld and RAPTVRE
produced, mixed and mastered by Kirill Gromada and Stefan Braunschmidt at the Mighty Torture Dungeon

artwork: Maxime Taccardi
design & layout: Lars Horstmann
logo design: Dominic Sohor
photography: Florian Bluhm, Sebastian Selg

we would like to thank: Holger Johnen and The Crawling Chaos Records, Jan Engstfeld, Yannik „Bobo“ Bremerich, Lars Horstmann, Florian Bluhm, Sarah Hommen, Hauke Peters, Nadja Stiller, Karine Gromada, Anja Münchrath, Eugen Lyubavskyy, Simon Hawemann, Florian Stolpe, Sebastian Selg and our friends in Ayahuasca, Pripjat, Metasphere, Necrotic Woods and Shitshifter.

Fvck the Kvlt. Hail Satan.

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RAPTVRE Cologne, Germany

RAPTVRE was born in February 2018 as the ugly yet ambitious love child of Kirill Gromada (mastermind of Ayahuasca and frontman of Pripjat) and Stefan Braunschmidt (bassplayer and vocalist of Shitshifter and Nvrvd) and explores the abyssal depths of Black-, Death- and Progressive-Metal with a dissonant and abrasive twist. ... more

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