Lich Emperor, by Mort Phantasm

Lich Emperor

by Mort Phantasm

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1.	Sumu-La-El 03:18	lyrics	buy track
Angel of the Abyss the ultimate Nihilist ascended to divinity feed his all-consuming hunger souls trapped between life and death his presence alone blurs the frontiers between the Dreaming and the Waking crafted to punish the sins of mortals worshipped by millions of beings a malevolent deity one of the progenitors an army of mindless drones hours of torture and mutilation all aspects of personality erased locusts and swarm lords arise a single crimson eye corrupted dreams of power war against the sky from the Nihil Spire
2.	Artifacts Of Power 04:13	lyrics	buy track
Verse Lich maniac Emperor Hordes of Undead under their command Sorcery powered by sinews and bones Growing armies of tombstones Wicked spells dissolved in cordial blood Evil concoctions to poison a god Magic stronger than a mind can bear Destruction and Chaos unleashed Chorus From the throne of the Emperor Granted by Him to the children of Hate Feed upon souls and are strengthened by pain Artifacts of Power Verse Shedding life, as it's their weakness Their cultists operate in secret Gnawing at the pillars of societies Their efforts bearing fruit over centuries The power to raise the dead The wish to break the living The will to become a god The tools to burn the world Verse A temple on an icy crest A beachhead in the mortal realm The cries of a thousand souls sacrificed The peasants quite simply overwhelmed Terror emanates from the mountain Comes down like a torrent and makes the land freeze Doomed are the land and all creatures within This is where the reign of the dead will begin Chorus From the throne of the Emperor Granted by Him to the children of Hate Feed upon souls and are strengthened by pain Artifacts of Power
3.	Sanguine Maker 03:55	lyrics	buy track
Verse Descendant of the scaly Empress Overflown with hatred, thirst for revenge Plotting the downfall of the cult Carefully planning to act from within Twisting geometry Arcane arts Ancient astronomy Eldritch craft Knowledge and power Forbidden paths Baleful magic Frenetic wrath Chorus Red bindings, red robes, red blood, red hate Foolish - Masters - Feeble - Lambs The unruly child is contained by its fate Scheming - Plans - Gaining - Ranks Bridge Soon the day will come The masters overthrown The lambs are sacrificed The masters’ schemes are blown Mingling with the scum Traitor to the throne The traps are put in place A prison made of stone Chorus Red bindings, red robes, red blood, red hate Foolish - Masters - Feeble - Lambs The unruly child is contained by its fate Scheming - Plans - Gaining - Ranks
4.	The Armed Men March 04:26	lyrics	buy track
Verse At dawn, we break off the tents Oil the weapons, soon we move out The captain called us to line up The cavalry is already on its way Fasten the belts, nothing shall slip Count your arrows and sharpen your spears One last breakfast, then put out the fires By nightfall the boots will be full of blood Chorus Soldiers - left right left right left We are moving - left right left right left To the warzone - left right left right left We are marching - left right left right left With our swords drawn - left right left right left We are charging - left right left right left With our life gone - left right left right left We are parting - left right left right left Verse The battlefield lies before us in the mists The enemy lurks behind the hills Only a few minutes left to the attack Prepare the bows and be on guard Hold the formation and wait for the signal The slaughtering and dying are about to begin Only a few more steps to victory Today is a great day for us humans Bones will break and skulls will shatter We salute the gods of war Skin will tear and blood will splatter Mankind is worth dying for Chorus Soldiers - left right left right left We are moving - left right left right left To the warzone - left right left right left We are marching - left right left right left With our swords drawn - left right left right left We are charging - left right left right left With our life gone - left right left right left We are parting - left right left right left
5.	Thousand Skeletons 03:58	lyrics	buy track
Chorus I Humans - butcher them Helpless - butcher them Running - butcher them Crawling - butcher them Rich ones - butcher them Poor ones - butcher them Living - butcher them Dying - butcher them Nobles - butcher them Beggars - butcher them Crying - butcher them Screaming - butcher them Brothers - butcher them Sisters - butcher them Fathers - butcher them Mothers - butcher them Verse Boundless hunger drives us forward What lives must pass away, death is redemption Killing is our resurrection What’s born must be undone, life is deception Chorus II Thousand skeletons approaching Aching to commit a murder Every spark must be extinguished Silence itself will die Chorus I (as above) Verse No way will ever lead us back What lives must pass away, death is redemption We are final, without mercy What’s born must be undone, life is deception Chorus II (as above)
6.	The Men March Again 04:31	lyrics	buy track
Face me, Death Face me today Show your hungry face Meet me in melee Face me, Pain Face me today Bring the enemy Let us end the play Warfare Fields are burning Warfare Pikemen marching Archers swarming Warfare The dead returning Warfare Humans starving Undead shambling To death we ride An iron caravan We're sworn to end What we began

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I started this album after I re-discovered Death Metal back in 2018. I wanted to make up for what I missed in the years since I lost touch with that wonderful music. Back then, I listened to it mostly when I prepared my D&D campaign, so I decided that in this album I tell the story of what happened in the world and what the characters of my gaming group went through.

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released March 20, 2020

All music written, programmed, recorded, and mastered by Benjamin Eisenhofer
Cover Art by the incredibly talented Kelly Coleman: grosskelly.carrd.co
You can also listen to the album at YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXe05bCTKvk&list=PL9-ZCVjRJ0eA67s3kUfyPawjd-KuYJTlI

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Mort Phantasm Bielefeld, Germany

Since the age of 10 Benjamin Eisenhofer is a metal enthusiast. Mort Phantasm is a Death Metal project to follow his visions of a brutal Metal tone.

You can find me on Mastodon @dereisenhofer@metalhead.club

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