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NYKTA

by Zemial

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CUBA Thomas- BlackDeathArt®️
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CUBA Thomas- BlackDeathArt®️ Vorskaath is a musical genius, and this album proves it. I get chills every time I listen to this Hellenic masterpiece of Metal. HAILZ Vorskaath, HAILZ ZEMIAL, HAILZ HELLAS!!! Favorite track: Ancient Arcane Scrolls.
Old Leech
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Old Leech An incredible love-letter to heavy music that brings inspiration from Sodom, Celtic Frost, prog and psychedlic rock into an ecstatic whole. Great metal.
Fredrik Carlén
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Fredrik Carlén Vorskaath of Zemial is some kind of phenomenon. Not only has he got a compositional sense and production skills to rival Apollo, but his instrumental execution _and_ vocals on this recording and others make me frequently shiver from my toes to my scalp. The songs could have been recorded with significantly less skill and _still_ be among the best shit I've ever heard.

Also, if you buy anything material from him you'll get prompt delivery and first-class stuff.
Terry The Ancient 1 Cuyler
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Terry The Ancient 1 Cuyler Since I started using Bandcamp I've had a chance to listen to quite a few artists that I might otherwise not had the opportunity to listen to. While some of them have been some real Turkey's Vorksaaths Zemial ain't one . The Nykta album was worth every penny. This album is everything the description says it is. Favorite track: Pharos (i - Dreamer Lost, ii – The Great Dark, iii – Alone, iv - Jewels in the Dust).
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1.
Ancient Arcane Scrolls This cold Night, Moonlight is the only light I see Yet Priests behind me hold the torches ablaze Procession to the top of the (sacred) mountain – Ziggurat The mighty Gods of the silent Night I shall invoke The Ancient abyss yields whispering beckoning voices The sign of the Dark Moon… Their summoning leaves me no choices! Before me the Glory of Their Autocratic Shadow I try to remember… the altar is ever so cold… The darkest, the coldest the distant winds of Sumeria Have mesmerized me, the blazing Dusk is now behind I wish to Call You, my soul to You to Sacrifice Come Gods, hear me, my Life is eternally Yours! The incense still burning, my heart for Ye is yearning The incense still burning, my heart for Ye is yearning I gaze into the cauldron, magical mirror show me I see Them coming, choke the skies with smoke! Dark unfolding Their legacy They Speak to me in my thoughts Paralyzed and in Ecstasy Bathed in Light I Know… “- We know who you are and we know you are One... “ “ - Dare you step to the Side of the Longest Shadows? ” “I know Who You are and I know I am One with Thee You Dream Life Forever and hold out Your hand to me” As certain as the Red Eye of the Sun Crowned in Glory shall circle away… For Moonlight to rise and watch in peace... They shall return and so the scrolls do say. Remember, the Red Eye of the Sun! The Red Eye of the Sun! The Red Eye of the Sun! The Red Eye of the Sun! ARCANUM ARCANORUM…
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Eclipse 06:40
ECLIPSE And the forests of my Dreams are here And the absolute Twilights And the Rituals of Antiquity are here And the Dreamy Starlit Nights And the Red Wine I have drunk and spilled And the deepest of my desires are fulfilled And the sounds still sing in my mind Yet, I am in between - my heart is as black as an Eclipse Black Spells I cast, a catastrophe I summon: "…Sweep through this world like the Winds of War! Ah Immemorial Ocean, drown their sleep with watery walls of Terror!" Eclipse! I strode through the Ages, searching for your Eclipse! In the Shadow of Charon I have followed your distant Eclipse! My Soul forever is yearning for your Eclipse! At the threshold of Death's Dream I have found your Eclipse! When the ring of the Moon possesses me, When the ring of the Moon entraps me, When the ring of the Moon caresses me, Then the ring of the Moon conducts me! Entrapped! I am a slave in your Abyss My eyes are shut, but I can see your Glory What have you done to me? I am a slave to Moon Magic supreme…
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(Persian infantryman) Rusty sword brings a certain death A fatal seed on the summit of my last breath I dread to see – it’s summoned to me For us the shortest straw! Now! (Scythian skirmisher) Fever and Plague on the circle of their death Fever and Plague in the wells of death Fever and Plague and the symbols of death (Persian infantryman) And a waning Moon rests on their soul locked by a demon - tight A battle song - better hold on tight Galloping fast - vindictive souls (Narrator) Absolved of carnage under their mother’s sight (Scythian mother) “Blessed be their magic soul and their magic sight, And Metis’ song is nothing to me I want the throne and no gods over me! And now! (Scythian skirmisher) Fever and blades in the circle of their death Screams from my just sword are soaring Justice of fear this is almost as a Curse! Take a mother’s son – summon the Moon Words sung - in the dark Commanding death! Their souls in a circle of death and no one sees that there’s not enough breath of life With their toy swords coming to me Another failed assault The just sword summoned to me Another scene of blood- with lust I rub it on me The shoal and the Seven does fall And they shall die!
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Black winged demons haunt the dungeons where the moment has no end Unwept you shall be sent into the endless void of Tartarus Below in Cimmerian ancient Temples your fate you will meet – I foresee No warmth of Dawn can ever break the silence of the coldest Nights down there Morpheus the Son of Sleep with mighty wings that make no sound Invades thy Dreams with Memories, Illusions from the House of Hypnos The waters of Black Acheron doth echo through your mind from waters you did come and now you shall go to the waters of Black Acheron! The Seas of Sleep hold you in their depth Distant screams; in Phlegethon there’s only Death Among the Sons of man move forever Strange, silent, shadows… This world, same for all No one of Gods or Men has made It was ever, is now and ever shall be An eternal flame The Seas of Sleep hold you in their depth Distant screams; in Phlegethon there’s only Death Among the Sons of man move forever Strange, silent, shadows… The Foghorn of Charon sings gently to thee Resist not what is Law! Bite hard thy fare and surrender To the Bringer of Woe In the Arms of Hades This world, same for all No one of Gods or Men has made It was ever, is now and ever shall be An ever-living fire The veil of Sleep now gently falls and never you forget… Among your Sons move forever, strange, silent Shadows.
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The Breath of the Pestilence is near By the misuse of black spells beyond all fears The sceptre of power in your hand you clutch The black lotus put you in a deceiving trance Hypergeometry and its codes are now distant words Like dreams forgotten by the sound of singing birds The Devil smiles and the demons at his feet Speak through your mind: "Prepare for true taste of defeat!" The Breath of the Pestilence is here The Reaper's scythe brushes your flesh he is so near Panicking, you blow the ancient dust Of mouldy magic scrolls; to travel far you must Hypergeometry and its codes are distant words Your concentration fails, your key to distant worlds. Now silent shadows in your chamber float Demonic, deathless steel menacing your throat! Blinded he screams in defeat A crystal ball lies misty by his feet Young pride that bears a mark Of inter-dimensional Sorcery Breath of the Pestilence The Breath of the Pestilence is here By the misuse of black spells beyond all fears The scepter of power from your hand you drop The black lotus put you in a deceiving trance…
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Deathspell 04:01
Hear the voices of my vengeance Smash the stillness of the air and stand as Monoliths of Wrath I am become a monstrous Machine of Annihilation To those who would detain me! Messenger of Doom now come Pierce their lungs with stings of venom Reveal my Wrath and punish them for treachery Come forth in the name of Abaddon Bring them to me in shackles The voice of Death to hear “behold my face of evil The bridge to Silent Dark Your Slayer at the scaffold” Stings of scorpions – pierce your heart Waves of nightmares – Witches’ Art Soul filtered through the Prism – brief light of a falling star Broken is your circle – Long lives the King (chorus voices)
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The Small 04:55
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PHAROS ~ Part I – Dreamer Lost Beyond the Pillars of the pale Moonlight My misty Dream doth lead my tired Soul; Amongst the biting stench of old, unfinished graves - I thought I heard sarcastic laughter in the Wind - This land seems cursed why am I here I do not know - and the Lighthouse is now far behind… The answer to my question no, I wish I never found; A pitiful parody of wrinkled human flesh and skinny bones This fiendish host, It leads me by the hand… I am forced to read the symbols of…NUG SOTH! "DAMAMIACH - that made the Mountains shake" "CROM-YHA - Who spoke the Name" No sound succeeded my screams. And my flesh… My flesh, branded with unholy Sorcery - Forever! The Dark, it sweetly comforts me from Their Eyes The Lighthouse is visible now, I might escape soon… ~Part II – The Great Dark Contemplate Dreaming Forever! Nightly you travel to worlds distant yet so near. Helpless you observe and your mind swept from one place to another yet you are always still. You search for a beacon to remember… to return. (Transmission): Galaxy of Fallon to Telepath 1 Amongst dusty moments of small apparent significance lay as gleaming jewels the moments of Truth - the light Within the Great Darkness. Yet in the light of the almighty power of Helios you forget... you lay to the dust “just another dream...” ~Part III – Alone (Mother) “Welcome my Child - I knew it when I first saw you... Come, come with me through the desert sands, to the Serpent of the Deepest Seas. Come along now...” ~Part IV – Jewels in the Dust Transmission. Response. Contact.
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NYKTA - Vorskaath's most ambitious, experimental and technical work to date was released on the 31st of October 2013 and places Zemial firmly in the Avant-garde of Extreme Metal.

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released October 31, 2013

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Zemial Athens, Greece

The meandering path of Zemial encompasses diverse music styles ranging from raw black-thrash & epic heavy metal, to progressive rock, electronic soundscapes and avant-garde art music.

Zemial is the one-man project of multi-instrumentalist Vorskaath.
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