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Odal

by The Crypt (DC)

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(Music: Yuggoth/MP/Vh+, Lyrics: Champeau) Broken and gone like never believed I still seek all of it that they showed to me. With only death on my mind in the hell of the brain, I find my way though I’ve gone insane These humans, ao stupid Myself I discount Their quality and character judged As I round them out. Tenacious, courageous, they will not sing Only that I failed to grab hold of my wings Improvising tactics that I’ve never known Just trying to knock the god off his throne Feel I’ll never be again on my feet Declaring I am reborn, I am returned, I am complete Refusing to give ground in this battle for the soul Attempting to stay sane and stay whole Giving up reason for me to be holy I swear I shall be returned, I shall be reborn, I shall be complete Feel it Within you Front and back Head to toe Don’t wait Go forward Dive in Overthrow (Solo: Fischer) Don’t stop Don’t run Give in Let go See it Before you Manifest Power flows (Solo: Fischer) Within you, without you The river of light flows Within you unseen A spark--your heart glows Awaken, yearn for life Go and live with what you know Remember forever You are a pool Like water flow Chorus Gone mad or awakened? I do not know. Running for my life? For sport or for show? Fearing of the prophecy this world is to fall? Ruler of the world? Or nothing at all? Petitioning heaven in words sounding so mad I ask for all that I’ve never had As I arise to meet fate in the blade in my hand I look to my fellows To stay the unplanned. I stay locked away awaiting the day I decree I'm returned, I'm reborn, I’m complete Myself growing stronger Pushing the bounds of thought Realizing power comes from Emotions pulled taught Chorus Trying to make light fly forth from will, With success and failure contained in these pills. I let go of desire for the bounties of Earth And strengthen the skills given to me at birth Forgetting what I was I seven years later now see I am not body with soul I am soul with body I hear no devil in my ear whispering to die I was free from the start to fall or to fly! Chorus Now with day dawning I realize what I am I am awakened though I be man I see the still sleeping I no longer hate them I pity them instead who have not seen this thing grand (Solo: Haste) (Solo: Yuggoth) The darkness takes form challenging body and soul I accept the challenge and demand what it stole I declare its name with clarity reclaimed and smite the shadow and heal what is pained I have found it--the magic lost within me Now whole again spirit with body With new power realized I feel a call Ruler of the world or nothing at all It matters not For now I am free I am returned I am reborn I am complete! (Solo: Haste)
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(Music and Lyrics: Yuggoth) Nightfall takes its wings May the sun set at last Yet slumber eludes On this wretched eve With faith lost forever Mind ablaze and body scorched As names carved in flesh Distant songs deny sleep Chorus: Sirens of the Absu Hear their songs in the night Heed their call to you (Solo: Haste) Tempting voices The Amber Zone's sacred fire Travel without movement In abyssal tides Microdeath rituals Most pleasant suicide May bring truth ever closer Or lead one awry Chorus Imprisoned In the trapezoid Confronting The fear of death Only now This precious moment Liberation Raise Cthulhu to the stars אשת זנונים לפתוח עין אשת זנונים לפתוח קליפות סטרא אחרא Roots into earth סירה אחר Ascending cold light Demand to share their knowledge Bestow carnal gifts Through myriad privations Only then the heart set free There in the North Open the gate of earth Mountains which cover and crush all 'Neath which our mother sleeps Kneel before their altar On the precipice Sacrifice all passions To churning waves below There in the East Open the gate of air Realm of rot and pestilence Storms to cleanse the filth There to the South Open the gate of flames In fire and forge, steel and war Clear a void where dreams take form There to the West Open the gate of seas Whisper secrets of poisoned heart To serpents dreaming dead (Solo: Haste) Behold How it burns Triangle In the north (Solo: Yuggoth) Не двинyтесь, появитесь! Закричитесь! Освободитесь! (Solo: Fischer) As dew in dawn's light Vanish the spirit guides Visions, ferric aftertaste Was it real or mere thought? Blood and dirt dried to skin Lingering scent of dead leaves Brought back from between What is real, what is naught Chorus: Sirens of the Absu Hear their song in the night Heed their call to you Sirens of the Absu Bring the seeds of dreams Sirens of the Absu They are coming for you They're coming for you
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(Music and Lyrics: Yuggoth) This road never ends My feet they burn Eyes drawn to points Below the horizon A frontier crossed A strange bed my refuge Just for a while 'Til I depart anew Guru-gods usurped The crucified mark my way Wolves are gathering At crossroads fires blaze In a maiden's arms Shelter from the storm Our paths may not cross again Cry not upon my leave Chorus: Свобода, свобода Свобода или смерть Ни одного шага назад Одинокости больше нет Свобода, свобода Свобода или смерть Всех наших врагов в гроб Дальше, вперед (Solo: Haste) Chorus
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(Music: Yuggoth/MP/Vh+, Lyrics: Yuggoth) Living for the sake of living Is no way to live Accepting the yoke of slavery False sense of security תוהו בוהו תהום What have you got to say To your wayward children? Those condemned by your wrath Your greed, your arrogance They suffer for your glory And grovel for your love What could you offer As penance for your crimes? The embrace of infected whores? The burden of debts accrued? Chorus: I turn my back To your world of illusion I turn my back To a capricious god I turn my back Welcome what is not I turn my back And enter the void You can't hide your guilty face Behind a web of lies You can't shield your servants' ears From these words of mine (Solo: Haste) Resign as slave to heaven I accept my fall from grace To reach the barren land Where I shall reign Master Liar All the world you offered us Was built upon our bones Every gift you've ever given Came with a heavy toll Any privilege we can gain Once inherent right Sell back what you have stolen At the highest price Creator Betrayer Provider Captor (Solo: Fischer) In a world made by you for you You are god, and I the devil He you teach your children to fear Detractor and savage Who brings shadowless light Which reveals your schemes Which frees your subjects Which destroys your dreams Chorus The golden walls of prison A promise to comfort and protect Nothing could be further from the truth I reject your gift of life I refuse to endure woe I turn my back on you Let your kingdom crumble to dust (Solo: Haste/Fischer & Haste)
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(Music and Lyrics: Yuggoth) Run towards the light At the end of the darkened tunnel Truth erasing lies A rose by any name To each their own paradise A vision cast in time I have been here before Where towers crumble to waves A palace built of dreams Broken long ago There before the gates A figure waiting patiently Arms wide to welcome me Attain treasures earned Reunited with those passed beyond And the one I never met I have seen you before Where dreams and death collide All that we've loved and lost Is waiting inside Chorus: All that we have ever lost And all that we could ever want Lies there just beyond the gates All for which we have pined Yet never known by name Will become ours to claim Take my hand Transcend linear time (Solo: Kamal) Chorus Wait for me I'm coming home Though lost We'll find a way Back to each other I call upon that which I love (Solo: Haste) I call upon that which I fear (Solo: Fischer) I call upon death (Solo: Haste) Destroyer of worlds (Solo: Fischer) ॐ श्री महा कलिकायै नमः
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(Music and Lyrics: Yuggoth) Gales and waves slash the vessel My voyage must go on Set a course through icy waters Unknown to all mankind Under black sails To seek the edge of all Under black sails Alone (Solo: Haste) I've forsaken the familiar And the masses' call No wisdom to be found Nor history made close to shore Under black sails In search of death or glory Under black sails To go where none have been Under black sails Towards uncertain fate Under black sails Into nothing (Solo: Yuggoth) Nothingness Nothing beyond Nothing beyond nothing To forfeit a mundane life I've chose this for myself My disgust as the wind Will carry me through this hell Far beyond the call of the sirens Far beyond the black horizon Far beyond the veil of death Far beyond the nothingness Sailing on through the gloom Hope for landfall at dawn Waves continue to batter Resolve is growing weak Pass over wrecks and the bodies Of those who've failed before Theirs was the voice I'd heeded Theirs were the feats I've exceeded One last furtive glace back A shattered ship with no captain I've passed beyond (Solo: Fischer)
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(Music & Lyrics: Yuggoth) Moonlight A cold wind rakes the trees Bare Shards of light reflecting up Against white snow Back into the void's embrace We can see Silent face behind the light (Solo: Yuggoth) Landscapes Bereft of life can reveal Soul Familiars who never leave us Float by our side Having fled the daylight world They await Where the jealous sun can't reach Here we live Here is where we never died Again Time and time we'll meet again In the moonlight Shadows dance, so eloquent Now it's dark Suspended in limbs clawing towards the Moonlight (Solo: Fischer)

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An experiment in heavy metal forged by dreams in the cold deep, Odal marks a bold step into the unknown for us. No harsh vocals and no blast beats, but still keeping the spirit for which the Crypt is known.

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released August 10, 2019

Aaron Fischer: Lead guitars
Adam Haste: Lead guitars/keyboards/backing vocals
Skyler Champeau: Vocals
Nate Yuggoth: Bass/acoustic guitars/backing vocals

Synthesizers by MP and Vh+

Drums performed by Aaron Fischer and Greg Kiehnau

Rhthym guitars by Nate Yuggoth

Guest lead vocals by Frank Maloney ("Quest Without End" and "I Turn My Back"), Leanne "Leeloo" Greenway ("Sirens of the Absu"), Lacri ("Palace of Broken Dreams"), and Natalia-Spring Shevtsova ("Moonlight")

Additional backing vocals by Leonid Korolev, Tony Witlgen, Bron Cory Robinson, Josh Kaplan, and Christine Champeau

Guest guitar solo on "Palace of Broken Dreams" by Kishan Kamal

Recorded at Fons Tenebris (Fish Creek), Studio Impossible (Sturgeon Bay), and Atelier of Electronic Arts (Montreal), as well as several others abroad.

Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Aaron Fischer

Cover art by Kirsten Logerquist

Logo by Sam Lozoff

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The Crypt was started in Fish Creek in 1998 with the goal of creating obscure metal. Though we typically play some combination of black, death, and thrash, we continually push the boundaries on each album, attempting to tread new ground and find new ways of expression. ... more

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