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Hymns of the Dead

by Sykelig Englen

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1.
Cold weeping sadly into the scars I created  Darkness envelopes all I see clearly  Blindness takes over as I am medicated  Evil is all I see and happiness is faded  GO TO SLEEP, NO HOPE IN YOUR HEART  WAKE UP, FEARING THE DAY AHEAD  WALK, WITH PARANOIA AND FEAR  BREATHE, HOPING IT'S YOUR LAST BREATH!  THIS IS THE FUNERAL OF HAPPINESS!  Woe in my heart and death on my side  Wishing for my final rest  Sanity walk away from me as I lose everything  My world is torn apart  GO TO SLEEP, NO HOPE IN YOUR HEART  WAKE UP, FEARING THE DAY AHEAD  WALK, WITH PARANOIA AND FEAR  BREATHE, HOPING IT'S YOUR LAST BREATH!  THIS IS THE FUNERAL OF HAPPINESS!  Depression finds me when Im down  It puts me in a dark place where I am content  Happiness is a drug with a horrific comedown  Sadness is a place where I am safe  Your life means nothing, you drift away  I laugh as the light leaves your eyes  Just a shell left so weak and fragile  I spit on your grave and fuck your soul
2.
We are infected by the disease that is humanity. For we are as shit! We can cure this with self destruction! Fight your survival instincts, Tear apart your immune system. Take your life slowly and making others do the same! For we are as shit! Recognize your worthlessness, Tempt fate, play with madness! Decay your health, Play with your sanity! Happiness, the weak feelings of our heart. Eradicate this weakness. Eradicate all hope. Eradicate your life. Cleave the spirit from your body. Recognize your worthlessness, Tempt fate, play with madness! Decay your health, Play with your sanity! Touch evil, reach for it. I am waiting for you! I am hiding in the dark corners, Of what you fear most! Depression awaits! Recognize your worthlessness, Tempt fate, play with madness! Decay your health, Play with your sanity!
3.
WE ARE BORN TO LOSE LEARN TO TIE OUR OWN NOOSE WE ARE FED LIES  SO WE CAN HIDE FROM THE TRUTH NOTHING IS WORKING NO DRUGS TO HELP I CANNOT FUNTION WITHOUT  MY FIX OF GRIEF (ALL LIFE, A KICK IN THE TEETH) I LOOK AT MY LIFE I HAVE FAILED IT ALL NOTHING TO ASPIRE TO NOTHING TO BECOME NOTHING IS WORKING NO DRUGS TO HELP I CANNOT FUNTION WITHOUT  MY FIX OF GRIEF (ALL LIFE, A KICK IN THE TEETH) I LOOK BACK NOW I AM DEAD I REALISE THAT IT WAS ALL POINTLESS END YOUR LIFE TO END DISSAPOINTMENT FOR WE ARE BORN TO PERFECT OUR FAILURE
4.
I am alone, I am cold, It is dark, I am growing tired... Why father why, did you leave me behind? Why can I not also die? I hate this life and the humans around me, Now I visit your ashes under the willow tree. Your absence has made my mental illnesses Far Worse. Your absence has made my life A curse. I will join you...
5.
Life, fuck me! Give me pain, Fuck me again! Alone in a dead world. Humanity destroyed everything good! So I destroy you and me, Nobody will ever be happy! Life is a game, We all play. We destroy Earth, How is that OK? How can we destroy our home?
6.
I can't live anymore, people disgust me so much and I am ashamed to be one of them. This life has brought me so much pain I can barely look upon anyone without feeling sick. You digust me and I cant help but wanting to kill you. Why am I alive? I serve no purpose or good! I want to die more than I feel alive, I will end my life, And enter eternal sleep... I see my final resting place before my eyes, There is nothing I want to live for... I hate myself even more than I hate all of you. I feel futile and I dont know why I try and survive. My last breath will be my greatest moment. I release my depression onto you! I want to die more than I feel alive, I will end my life, And enter eternal sleep... I see my final resting place before my eyes, There is nothing I want to live for... End it all. Nothing to live for. My life meant nothing anyway... Goodbye...
7.
BURNING, MY SKIN FEELS TIGHT. I CANNOT ESCAPE, ANXIETY KICKS IN! LEAVE ME ALONE! VOICES AND FACES, SURROUNDING ME ARE EVIL BEINGS, THEY TORTURE MY MIND WITH UNSPEAKABLE DEEDS LEAVE ME BE, I BEG YOU! FUCK OFF, PSYCHOLOGICAL TORMENT, MY LIFE A PIT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA, DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY! I AM HERE, THEY SAY TO ME,  COLD PAIN IN MY DREAMS, BURNING SCARS AND TIDES OF SICKNESS AND AN ENDLESS SENSE OF LONELINESS, KILL ME HERE, I CANT LIVE ANYWAY, BARELY BREATHING, MAKE MY FEELINGS STAY AWAY! LET ME BE, COMPANIONS OF MINE, GET OUT OF MY HEAD YOU FUCKING SWINE!
8.
We... Sleep... In... Our... Tombs... Scoulding burns, Icy wounds, Carved by me, Fighting myself, Embracing my insanity! Delusions of safety, Reality escaping! Take me away, To a safe place! Will I ever be alive? Am I anything? I've always know, I'm not worth saving!
9.
Give Up 02:07
Give up, This life has failed me. In turn I failed you. Nothing left but darkness. Why can't I see the truth? Nothing good is happening. Just another shit day! Hope is fading, all light lost! I thought it mattered. Some things worthwhile, Evidently I was wrong, This has shown me the light! I must live in the dark. You have taught me true hatred, For that I owe you my heart. Burn me, Cut me open. I cannot feel a thing, But the sorrow I always feel!
10.
Scream for me! I am insanity! I have lost all who are close. Well, they left me! Do you not even care? I am in utter despair! I am always alone... Loneliness is where I am loved! Leave, I need nobody! I am better alone! I am disgusted by humanity, They all let me down!
11.
As my life falls away I realise, I did nothing to save myself. I could have asked you for help, And I would still be here. I hate myself, I hate everything And Everyone! I only cared for you alone! But I left without saying goodbye! I slip away from sadness, I try but I cling to you. One thread of hope left, Don't leave me... hate myself, I hate everything And Everyone! I only cared for you alone! But I left without saying goodbye! All I see scares me, I try to run away, I run into the arms of depression, You are the only one who can Pull me to safety!
12.
Where am I? This is not my realm... Suffering is what I am used to, Now I see beautiful things. This is my safe place, Without Human Beings! I still remember the pain, But it cannot touch me here! I still have the memories, Of my past life! My Utopia, My dead world, My Misanthropy, My life perished!

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Debut full length by Sykelig Englen! The beginning of the project and a truly depressive yet loathing release, fuelled by misanthropy and a grievous main drive, unrelenting and esoterically strange.

ID Number: AHPN#01
Originally released on Mjølnir Records, then pressed on cassette tape by Slime Citadel, CD and digital versions have been taken over by AHPN Records. AHPN Records are also now pressing a 2 track single from Hymns of the Dead on vinyl.

MUSIC VIDEO: youtu.be/gBGAfqgm5pQ

REVIEWS:

-BENEATH THE SURFACE ZINE (N/A): "The songs are nicely varied with plenty of aggression mixed in with the depressive elements"

-INFIDEL AMSTERDAM: "Really good stuff."

-HEAVY METAL ENTERTAINMENT: "This is Black Metal, pretty well done Black Metal, it definitely deserves to be there. (Song of the week)."

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released December 10, 2015

Nattskog - All Guitars, Bass, Vocals, Piano, Lyrics and Songwriting.
Grief - Drum Tracks.
Antonella Berschorner - Artwork.
Lord Hellfire Art - Logos.
J Hadley Design - CD Layout.
Grievous Arts - Photography.

Recorded & Produced at Nihil Studios by K Nihil.

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