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Panspermic Warlords

by WYRGHER

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Laid to rest in space eternal Captive to cryonic trance Vessels strewn to sever paths Scourges of terrestrial cells
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I walk beneath the signs left in arrogance I crawl through the mud of stars carved in nothingness Praise to the path for its glory is plain to see Praise to the fruit of divine vanity Once there was fire Once there was a flame When hubris befell the great And gloam yielded to the light Malfeitor of highest spheres I shall smite creation I shall deprave the soul for I am the Destroyer of the promethean Path The well has ceased to give the cosmic silence… Gone what was laid bare Withdrawn the gift of gods A veil to shroud the light The walls have risen high
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Englobing a star To gorge on its radiance Everlasting energy Our civilisation forever secured Mine light eternally altered Mine powers concealed in slumber Habitually feasting Through a swarm of orbital constructs A sphere gorging on radiance Illuminate oblivion Mass unyielding Bending to our will Will enslaved as tribute To our dominion of light I hath risen from gargantuan slumber! I lay to waste thine harvest, perished in my light Flares abound! Reaping death! Speaking through a storm of embers Decreeing the end of solar harvest Blinding beams of ruin Breaking the celestial seal Blinding beams of ruin Binding flesh to steel
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Ravenous lust – unbound Inhaling the dust – eternities devoured Remains of a blooming life defeated by rays of gold Tethered in will Generations bound by design A bond to suffer as one A bond cursed to fail As suns collide Brilliance decays A mind once divine Shattered by solar oblivion Solar Oblivion! Solar Oblivion! These crumbling Walls of reverence This Shell which holds his light These pillars of galactic force Collapsing upon the stellar throne Supreme Leader of a Dying Star
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Through skies of ancient barren cold The weeping of a blazing rock wails Zodiacal Clouds circling the shrine of a past devoid of life The light a blinding stream scorching waves piercing the air Obliterating grace – wondrous, mystical wrath Monumental form – fading, fading to dust Twilight descends as ashes shroud the skies in haze Oh harbinger of the ice! The light a blinding stream scorching waves piercing the air with spears of stone The prophecy A wisdom lost to time Had spoken of The ancient projectile
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The howling of the wretched horde vibrating through the outer sphere Slave to none, enslaving all By the might of the phallic cult You are the ones Sworn to spread The seed of life The seed benign You carry forth the rotten spawn The seed of ruin The seed accursed by the gods Primordial cells left upon the arid plains Abandoned to evolve Marooned to suffer aeons vast Oh lords of sulfur and acidic seas Return to your realm Lead us Lead us through this sacred hell Give meaning to this life Panspermic Warlords Yield to the triumph of life Panspermic Warlords Yield to the heralds of chaos

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Part of the Helvetic Underground Committee and led by multi-instrumentalist Menetekel (Ungfell, Ateiggär and many other Swiss bands), WYRGHER are back 8 years after the debut album with their sophomore release, "Panspermic Warlords", a fascinating fresco of cosmic black metal dense with atmospheric nuances. Alongside Menetekel, the excellent drummer Voidgaunt, fundamental in giving the album the necessary energy to hurl it into the deepest space, as the concept requires.

The foundation of "Panspermic Warlords" is based on the theory of Panspermia, which itself has no scientific basis. The theory assumes that all life in the universe comes from the same origin. As such, life has been spread throughout the universe via stardust, meteorites, or even spaceships. Within living memory, these are concepts that in the past only the legendary Robert Calvert of Hawkwind had set to music (the splendid ballad of "Fable Of A Failed Race", 1977), but in "Panspermic Warlords" WYRGHER tell their darkest and least romantic aspects, imagining alien plots of galactic proportions.

"This album addresses the idea that all life was intentionally spread throughout the universe by an alien species," Menetekel further explains. “The war caste of the aforementioned species have traversed space for millions of years in giant spaceships, while lying dormant in cryogenic sleep. These 'panspermic warlords' plant their seed of life on uninhabited planets, an act not conducted with noble intentions, but rather for the sole purpose of inhabiting as much of the universe as possible with their seed. In this way, the creation of life is equated to an act of war. People and civilizations that arise from this process are thus exposed to an existence that is inherently futile."

While some tracks on "Panspermic Warlords" explore this concept, in others WYRGHER directly or indirectly describe the associated themes. As a result, the album deals not only with the subject of interstellar warfare, but also with various attempts by humanoid life to overcome the burden of futility associated with involuntarily creating its own existence.

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released July 28, 2023

Menetekel - vocals, guitars, bass, synths
Voidgaunt - drums

Mixed by Karapan Darvish and Menetekel. Mastered by Greg Chandler at Priory Recording Studios. Lyrics and guest vocals on "Solar Harvest" by Karapan Darvish. Lyrics on "Supreme Leader of a Dying Star" and "Panspermic Warlords" by Voidgaunt and Menetekel.

Cover art by Dungeoncinth
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Cat. Nr. IVR204

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