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Ouroboros from the other side of life
On Earth it seems you will never fly, but still
A raven of ash and blackened eyes of thine
It stares right through the looking glass, of time  

A swirling of salt and star anise, on fire
Still I can't see the pelican, just light
Unchained chaos and vibration, of flesh
Writhes across unclean surfaces, of stone

I have eyes but see not light
Blind I seek not dirt but night
Buried beneath the cypress tree, the saturnalian cloth
Agents of grief and majesty, and conjuration of moths

The neptunian dream weaver
Meets us in the raven's hour
Drenched in blood and sulphur cloak
To raise us with the moss of oak

Quickening x8

Ancient orbs of solar flight
Imparting wisdom of their sign
Forever cast upon our stone
Our ability to fashion time

Accursed and damned of lavish limb
Cathedral smoke it fans within
Hexagram in sight and sound
Pentacles lay on the ground

Quickening x8

Divination, smoke and awe
The spirit rises from the valley maw
Cast your space upon the earth
With blazing stars above the hearth

Quickening

But seek not to comprehend
Nerolian force from which we bend

Seek out - Inkstand - Conjure - Samekh
Atrament - The Blackening

With galbanum claws we consecrate, menoran arms of Baal
Three gifts of hidden knowledge, presented to the owl
Washed through with bluest light and raised, with bark and word of Thoth

The unnerving sight of flesh awakened
Energised by the weight of tomes below  
So above the story goes, our Jovian gods expand
Our superconscious understanding of birds

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from Call of the Burning One, released March 6, 2019

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Swan Messiah Melbourne, Australia

Swan Messiah emerged from the elysian depths of Port Philip Bay in the winter of 2010.
Wielding antipodean styled doom and dystopian drones, taking respectful cues from its misanthropic metal ancestry and dark folk traditions, Swan Messiah spent the ensuing winters conjuring its layered sound to wash upon the shore on which it currently rests. ... more

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