Callisto Rising - Bal-Sagoth

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Callisto Rising Lyrics

ZURANTHUS:
Earthbound, a star falls to my tongue.
Come to me, Hyperion's child... come to me, spawn of Titan.
Condemned Souls of the Brotherhood of Dark Elucidation:
Callisto rising! Glory ascendant!
Hearken Zuranthus, kin of Klatrymadon...
Your brethren are free once more!
The rogue godling, your brother Zurra,
Has cast his virulent majesty upon the cosmos once again!
Begot of the thunder... Spellbinder!

ZURRA:
Break the sidereal seal, brother!
Open the astral portal! Give me the Lexicon...
Give me that which is rightfully mine!
Destroy the guardian-light... Kill!

ZURANTHUS:
Earthfall... the firmament weeps for this fallen star.
The cosmic ebb and flow... Behold my splendour, progeny of Titan!

CONDEMNED SOULS OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF DARK ELUCIDATION:
Callisto rising! Goddess ascendant!
Hearken Zuranthus, kin of Klatrymadon...
On a whim you may devour the luminous sentinel
Which binds this crystalline fragment of the Lexicon to bleak Callisto...
Empower your renegade sibling...
Free our souls! Bestriding the tundra... Mistweaver!

ZURRA:
Unfetter yourself, brother Zuranthus...
Bestow upon me the shard which I seek...
Give me my godhead, or I shall condemn your flaccid essence
To a dimension of unparalleled pain! Kill!

ZURANTHUS:
Do not seek to threaten me, wormcast.
My tenure here is preordained...
And I will suffer your arrogance no longer, little brother.
The power of the Lexicon is not destined
To be possessed by one such as you. Be gone!

KLATRYMADON:
How bewitching... so poignant in the shadow of death.
Where did you send the renegade whelp?

ZURANTHUS:
Far beyond.
In this dimension, velocity itself is no longer limited by the speed of light.

CONDEMNED SOULS OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF DARK ELUCIDATION:
Bipolar nebula! A falling star! The gate yawns wide above eon-veiled Mu...

ZURRA:
V'aan-ayth'ultaa, No'maal-pha'guus...
Damn you, Zuranthus... You will pay dearly for this outrage,
I swear it by the blackened maw of the sacred Z'xulth!

ZURANTHUS:
Stray not into my darksome embrace,
Lest I grind my jaws on your soul.

CONDEMNED SOULS OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF DARK ELUCIDATION:
Spare us your wrath, great one, we beg thee.
Begot of the thunder... spellbinder. Callisto Rising!

ZURANTHUS:
Behold my godhood... and pray!

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Bal-Sagoth are an extreme metal band from Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, combining elements of black metal, symphonic, and classical music. Vocalist/lyricist Byron Roberts, who came up with the idea for the band around 1989, took the name 'Bal-Sagoth' from a Robert E. Howard short story "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth". Their first demo was released in 1993; they have since released three albums on Cacophonous and three on Nuclear Blast.

The band incorporates black metal influences and symphonic elements into an overall grandiose canvas, with the elaborate lyrics of Byron Roberts painting a picture of battles in an antediluvian age where Atlantis had not yet been destroyed and the continents were still joined in a Pangaean mass. A predominant feature is the use of epic keyboards played by Jonny Maudling who composes and arranges the music. The guitar, drums and keyboards work together as an integral entity rather like a symphonic work. The vocals of Byron Roberts are a mixture of spoken word and black metal screams making the songs more like stories set to music than anything else. The stories are told like a play, with many characters (or groups of characters, speaking in unison) exchanging dialogue. Byron uses different vocalizations and effects to set them apart. The songs frequently have very long titles. Byron intends to release some short stories and novellas based on his lyrics and also some graphic novels created in collaboration with the artist Martin Hanford.

They currently have six albums out. The music for the latest one, "The Chthonic Chronicles" was recorded and produced at Jonny Maudling's studio "Waylands Forge", while the vocals were recorded at Academy Music Studio, the same studio where the band's previous five albums were recorded. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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