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 line-up: Rogga Johansson - guitars & vocals Peter Svensson - bass Lars Demoké - drums |
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CATACOMB – ACANTHOCYTE
I: EMBRACE DECAY
- 2021
 Produced by Catacomb Music by Johansson, lyrics by Svensson Recorded at the Rotpit and Night Wind Studios Mixed and mastered by Svensson at Night Wind Studios Cover art by Marcio Rogga Johansson - guitars & vocals Peter Svensson - bass Lars Demoké - drums Guest solo guitar by Kjetil Lynghaug 1. Necrotized Skin 2. Burn the Mask 3. Corrosion 4. Polycythaemia 5. Nailed to Absurdity 6. Apoptosis 7. Embrace Decay 8. He Sharpens His Knives 9. Sickle Cell Anemia DIGITAL STREAMING on  : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kAzPICN8wcxkolP-AkNufOQkEY2WcJw6YNECROTIZED SKIN Lack of blood and oxygen Induce the fatal process Affecting all cells Watch its terminal progress Mechanistic injuries Or chemical measures Cause the cells to swell Then burst from the pressure Pale looking skin Turning violet and blistered Detrimental to health The pain is persistent Necrotized Skin Necrotized Skin Breakdown within Necrotized Skin Death of living cells Dying one by one Cannot be stopped Once it’s begun Skin discoloration And fluid collection The unbearable odor Of the necrotized section BURN THE MASK From gothic towers of oblivion To the cold pillars of a new world We raise the standard of contempt In the winds of war, watch it unfurl Burn the mask Kill the past Hide behind dead skin Dare not to look within Promises of yesterday See them all fade away Enter a world of deathlike silence Speak not lest to confirm the law A Frankenstein of all living bodies Will not repeat what not all saw CORROSION Corrosion Eating away Dementia Slow decay Fade to black The world around Die alone Without a sound Fingers grip The waiting rope Clutching nothing But empty hope Rotting away Death is waiting All forms of life Disintegrating Corrosion, corrosion of life Corrosion, corrosion of life Obvious and numb There’s nothing left Collapsing structure Constructing death POLYCYTHAEMIA Slow-growing cancer Of blood cells red Bone marrow overload Through the veins it spreads Suffered heart attack Among the complications Polycythaemia Cellular domination Strength in numbers You can’t deny Cancer blood cells Will multiply Death is looming A matter of time Slowly growing Demise by design Thickening your blood Clots will soon appear The fatal, final stroke Is surely drawing near Certain heart attack Your definite destination Polycythaemia Cellular domination The blood inside your veins Will cause your own demise How can you escape When the killer is inside? NAILED TO ABSURDITY Nailed to absurdity Drenched in infamy That no one will forget And you will live to regret Nailed to absurdity Die cast in stupidity Your epitaph is set That you will die to regret Nailed to absurdity Nailed to absurdity Cross the planes of morbid illusion Disperse all of life’s confusion The truth you now comprehend Will serve to complete your end APOPTOSIS Programmed cell death Through nuclear fragmentation Global mRNA decay And chromatin condensation Cellular suicide - Apoptosis Death from inside – Apoptosis Mediated by caspases Inducing immunologic effects Terminating cancer cells Eliminating defects Growth through decay – Apoptosis Withering away – Apoptosis Intrinsic and extrinsic Both pathways bring the end Necrotic form engaged Destruction from within EMBRACE DECAY Tear the tapestry of life Reveal the emptiness inside Alone and dying – there’s no denying This is the ultimate prize Beauty cannot be preserved Your mind was just thoughts and nerves Moldy and rotten – now long forgotten But you’ll get what you deserve Embrace decay Erase dismay Death is the way So embrace decay Rip the fabric of mankind Expose the truth that stands behind There’s no surprise – It’s all just lies Only in death will you live for all time HE SHARPENS HIS KNIVES A lonely light lingers At the end of the street We all know the place Where steel and flesh meet The scraping sound and eerie tone Of rusty steel on whetstone Echoes through the night While he sharpens his knives Lonely people gone How did they disappear? But there is no proof That their lives ended here Ominous black smoke Rises to the sky Drifting into nowhere His victims’ last goodbye Far beyond our understanding An unearthly evil man What is his motivation? What is his masterplan? SICKLE CELL ANEMIA Inherited Erythrocyte condition Malformed Cell shape disposition Disorder Oxygen not distributed To this cause Your demise is attributed A condition Shortening your life Your perdition By deformed erythrocytes It feels I’m being stabbed The blade goes real deep A throbbing in my head Losing my mind and sleep It feels I’m being stabbed The blade twists in deep My head is exploding The end is complete Sick, sick, sickle cells Sick, sick, sickle cells Reducing Your life expectancy Middle-aged Facing your debility Vessels blocked By the sickle cells The pain is real Your body is your hell
All songs by Johansson/Svensson. (c) 2021 |