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I: Nascent
Born of a passion
To avenge a fallen breed
Once craven, once frail
Their extinction was foretold
Stolen
From a brood to the sea
Lightning splits the sail
Her fire’s from the sky
(Ruined on a shore unknown)
Waves of reflection
Seeking solace on the isle
Thoughtless, feral gaze
The dreaded hunter’s eyes
Broken
Crossed the reef to realms of men
His scales disappear
His wings he has forsworn
(A traitor to himself, reborn)
Brought from his shame to salvation,
A heart wreathed in flame;
He watched her burn
Betrayal weeps from the lance of
corruption;
He watched her turn
To the fire,
A vow
Joined in the power of
… the Stygian
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II: Discordant
Squalor
Torment
Upon my throne I slept
Terror
Foment
Bloodied my kingdom wept
Forsaken the truth; in her eyes,
Promised the sky
Nightmare
Carnage
Fury has been uncaged
Now bare
Destroyed
Gazing into the void
Impaler will grant me, companion
that which we both have sought
My fear mirrored in your eyes
for murder we have wrought
Black wings
Take flight
Ascend into the night
Undeath
So pure
Her reign we shall endure
Betrayed is the truth in her eyes,
Sworn to a lie
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III: Ascendant
First light
shining over scale and steel
Thirty-six thousand years of
living death
Our fate is all but sealed
Reigning night
Will the arms of the Goddess
embrace us?
In a stolen promise’s kiss
Haunted by the screaming eyes
I regret
Soar into the sun
Now it is done
We two are one
Lo and behold
As was foretold
So ends their woe
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BLIND GODDESS OF
THE NINE PLAGUES
The sea is dark and cold
As are the gods of old
From the deep She reaches
across time
The sky is blackened by
Her wings a mile across
The age of fire lain low
Shattered tor
Clinging to his aegis
The last deceit of the holy man
The shriveling throne
The shrouded crown
Behold!
Pestilent North wind
Spawn of Gehenna arises
Wretches, vipers: damnation
Woe unto Gaia
The witch queen
And the nine plagues rage
Desolation
Ruin of all
Blind daughter of Tuoni
Split the earth asunder
Her cold embrace before the fall
Visions of hopelessness,
grief and misery
Oh the torment and woe
Our lady of sorrow
Handmaiden of pain
The willing whip awaits
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released July 28, 2017
Recorded by Mike Bond at Wolf Lake Studios, 2015–16
Assistant Engineer: J.P Sadek
Mixed and Mastered at the Bond Cave
J.P. – Drums, percussion, backing vocals
J.D. – Lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitars
Shane Whitbread – Lead guitars, analog synthesizer
Mike Bond – Bass
Lyrics by J.P. Sadek and J.D. Gobeil
Technical Support:
Sleepy Dave, Richard Vernon, Pete Gilroy, Joel Deslauriers,
Drew Allgoewer, Ian Vance, Dave Dudley, Chris Buttera
Design: Travis Gobeil
A&R: Steve Joh
Legal: Byron Pascoe
Publishing: Prosthesis International Music Publishing ASCAP
Media: Becky Laverty -
becky@pioneermusicpress.com
Booking and other inquiries:
contact@loviatardoom.com
loviatardoom.com
producedbybond.com
prostheticrecords.com
wolflakestudios.com
Special thanks to:
Shawn Scallen and Chris Feeney at Spectrasonic
Christina Kasper and Chris Mesner at CHORD
Scott Birdwise
Alejandro Cairncross
Chris Landry
Rolf Klausener
Topon Das
Barbara Sadek
Duncan Dinsdale
Robert Hawara
Colin Mills