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Empire of Illusion

by Imperious Vision

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Chlotichilda
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Chlotichilda I've been so keen to see what art would come from the heavy months of 2020, Imperious Vision, unleashed what I consider the best Death Metal album released in South Africa, this year. The darkness on this album is almost tangible. Soothing the darkest pits within us all after such a difficult year. Thank you! Favorite track: Even the Best of Us are Scum.
Metal Zombie
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Metal Zombie Such a killer debut album, “Before The Dawn” and “Haros” are the brutal soundtracks to life that we need 🤘
engemi420
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engemi420 A true masterpiece: dark, brutal and atmospheric. The album sucks you into the void from the Intro and sends you further down the rabbit hole with tracks like Even the Best of Us Are Scum and Before the Dawn. Will definitely recommend this album to metalheads and those getting into extreme metal! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🔨🔨🔨🖤🖤🖤 Favorite track: Even the Best of Us are Scum.
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alchemyne First track I heard and immediately fell in love Favorite track: Haros.
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1.
Intro 01:44
2.
Haros 04:00
Cast the stone And force the ripples Into a sea of black. A golden coin to pay the boatman To ferry my way. Time stands still for no one, As the flesh world fades away, I give up on all belonging to me. Where has it all gone? Nothing remains. Stand upon the images reflecting me. How could I avoid this eternity Laid out before me? Bury your dead, Nothing here remains, Eye for an eye, The laws of man. The underworld replete with souls, Haggard visages stare hollow As I walk into perdition. My form crumbles into dust, As flames consume my bones, To see the burning king Upon his burning throne. The stygian river beckons us, A chiding death knell, The woeful voice of fate Resounds throughout hell. How could I avoid this eternity Laid out before me? Bury your dead, Nothing here remains, Eye for an eye, The grand design. Haros has seen the font of man, And found it wanting. Abominations in the eyes of the gods. Heretics, idolaters, Stand oppressed within the circles The apex of sickness enshrined. An eruption of fury As the gates of hell are opened. The demons let loose, To terrorize the human world. An end to humanity, Fulfilling the prophecy, The burden of Charon Shall never be eased. Bury your dead, Nothing here remains, Damned to wander the shores. Eye for an eye.
3.
Created - disfigured, An idiocracy born of illusion. Corrosive - abhorrent, Elusive reveries of minds Long forgotten. Venturing down a path of destruction, Unbeknownst to weaker minds. Forging ahead without remorse, Consuming, deforming - spread like a plague. Factories spill forth chemical waste, Reducing humanity to a fine paste. Erasing the world one step at a time, Increasing the pace of extinction! There is no tomorrow There is no today The end of humanity Is but seconds away... Vociferous digression, Calamity is our obsession You grind your fingers to the bone And live a life only to die alone. Inherent mistakes within the form Stuck inside this fucking pub! Your life's three choices: Pissed, mullet, lame! Erasing the world one step at a time, Increasing the pace of extinction! There is no tomorrow There is no today The end of humanity Is but moments away... Vociferous digression, Coveting our possessions A slave to objects, liars and thieves Clinging to broken beliefs. There is no tomorrow There is no today The end of humanity Is but seconds away... Vociferous digression, We never learnt our lesson We burnt the world to ashes And dug our children's graves. Vociferous digression, Calamity is our obsession You grind your fingers to the bone And live a life only to die alone.
4.
Confused by the crowd, Gaining no followers, Commit Genocide Suicide! Log in, space out, Fail to feel satisfied Denied! Genocide Suicide! You'll never get what you want Or what you need You are alone in a world of vanity Sacrificing your identity Genocide suicide! You've lost all your hope Consumed by your pain Give in Genocide Suicide! Disintegrate your faith completely Lose yourself Genocide Suicide! I can't stand all this apathy Offering up your innocence Demons walking right beside me Tearing apart my sanity! You'll never get what you want Or what you need You are alone in a world of vanity Sacrificing your humanity Genocide suicide! The rot sets in now it's time to lose We fail Genocide Suicide! Dystopian world Socially outcast Genocide Suicide! Genocide! Suicide!
5.
Ignatius 04:15
Dead inside Numb to all Unprepared For the fall. A dark passage Leading downwards This wretched creature! How can he be my brother? Those foul Saracens Must have imprisoned him here! No! No! Why!? Who has done this to you? Who are your tormentors? Where are they hiding? In the dark! He has become His own aggressor This fragile form A ruined existence! You're sick! You hold the key! Sympathy is lost on you! No! Weep for me! Leave him be Afflicted soul! We must depart The empty hearts Broken daughters and sons Of the fiery one! They are lost to the void! Dead behind the eyes! A twist of fate In a world of hate Downward we spiral Our brother Ignatius In chains! Ignatius in chains! Ignatius in chains! Ignatius in chains!
6.
Strip the flesh - I feel the moon, It's calling me. Embrace it, Transformation in full speed. Justify the hunger, rage Consuming me. End this before the hunt and killing spree. Long to fill the driven rage, Controlling me. How long before the beast consumes me? Hell awaits The demon beast Inside of me. Eternity: cursed to feel the agony! Feel the sway of the cold moon, Bones and flesh shift far too soon. Claw and bite, Rip and shred, Feel the flesh, Ripped from your head. Before the Dawn, All will end. Pray for mercy, End the nightmare. Bloodlust driven to feed the beast within. Cursed till the rising sun, Cleanses me. Urge to kill, All that lays before I see. How long before the thirst Consumes me? Upon the moon, Shedding skin to set me free, Awaken the beast that lies Inside of me. Feel the sway of the cold moon, Bones and flesh shift far too soon. Claw and bite, Rip and shred, Feel the flesh, Ripped from your head. Before the Dawn, All will end. Pray for mercy, End the nightmare. Claw and bite, Rip and shred, Feel the flesh, Ripped from your head. Before the Dawn, All will end. Pray for mercy, End the nightmare. Before the Dawn, All will end. Pray for mercy, End the nightmare.
7.
A damned species, Headed for extinction. Deluded and crippled, A conscious virus. Belief! The refuge of cowards, Marching On towards the end. Now you'll learn the truth: Even the best of us are scum! The weight of your virtue Tips the scales unbalanced Malevolence prevails The lighting of the torches Carried by the worthless To burn non-believers. Humanity's corruption absolute Even the best of us are scum! Look what we've become! A monument to the richest of thieves Even the best of us are scum! Ascend to the throne of sin Drink from a chalice of leper's skin! Witness insurrection An end to your reign Purge the infestation Never begin again Seeing through the eyes of the innocent Guilt consumes your fragile form. Even the best of us are scum! Look what we've become! A tale of futility told by slaves Even the best of us are scum! Catastrophic entities Even the best of us are scum! Regret life forever Worldly things will soon decay Even the best of us are scum! Hopelessly falling into the void.
8.
Too late to learn, Too dumb to care, We've lost Our will Kings amongst the mongrel crowd Their hollow gaze, Their twisted ways, Repent Repair Now we face our darkest day! Burn away the fragile veil Or we will surely fail Depose the monarchs It's an empire of illusion! Now our kingdom will fall! As the palace burns, A tyrant takes his turn, The suffering The reckoning The agony! Rising from the ashes A pale effigy A new age dawning Where none of them can see! Despots rise, warriors fall, In time fate destroys them all It's an empire of illusion Giving way to our delusions! Too late to learn, Too dumb to care, We've lost Our will Kings amongst the mongrel crowd Cowards tip the scales The frail balance fails Every mortal being Is plagued by silent screams As the palace burns, A tyrant takes his turn, The suffering The reckoning The agony! Now our kingdom will fall Despots rise, warriors fall, In time fate destroys them all It's an empire of illusion Giving way to our delusions!

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released August 1, 2020

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Imperious Vision Durban, South Africa

Brutal Death Metal 5-piece hailing from Durban, South Africa. Our debut album 'Empire of Illusion' was released on August 1st 2020.

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