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Legacy of The Opium Eater (Remastered Edition)

by Monolith

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1.
Full night sky, endless twilight broken by winter winds Running chills, a cold that pierces temples Eyes return to the room, dark emptiness in bloom My paintings, no longer visible upon the wall Black drink in hand, opium infused ecstasy I need to forget this place, my years in isolation begin to haunt me As does this old crooked monolith of debauchery The liquid now taking hold, my sight begins to bare the aura A gaze meets mine, that of the goat man within the painting upon the wall The eyes are alive, slowly turning to point at the rooms corner Now lifeless, frozen again in this pose I look where the two walls meet A light appears and is inverted Filtering dark haze in the moonlight
2.
Countless images flicker, gateways peering fourth Stars aligned, universal stairway, embodied reversal , Physical form a possibility for those dormant and wondering Upon my knees I can but stare into the void, stars aligned Time and space all presented in a moment Far beyond my comprehension he stares back at me His energy moving towards mine Within a second he is presented Staring down the silhouette in the doorway, now growing larger Until it is the only presence, I am paralyzed It sighs a moan into eternity, vanishing My thoughts disturbed, was the night before a dream Hazy memories of the eyes that pierced my soul Distracted, light snow fall past my window Wind catching the pines, slowly swaying it eases me
3.
My painting, differ from the night before The goat, the rat has moved within the canvas His figure presented within the doorway Horned silhouette, living shadow It’s here I can feel its filthy gaze Putrid stench fills my home Down the stairs, they are never ending Lights guiding them down In the mist, another world is waiting My black drink presented at the bottom Peering down into the cup My reflection slowly disappears into the blackness It absorbs me, I consume it My beloved haze returns How I’ve missed feeling weightless, unburdened The mist thickens, tall roots creeping up the walls Where do I truly reside She calls out to me, a melody from heaven Resonating all around, absolute purity I cannot help myself, I must find her She is mine and I hers She whispers it to me in my dreams So familiar without any recollection Come and be with me Together we’ll receive our ascension By the fountain is where she waits In the water nude Long black hair covers her, she turns to me May I heal you? I cannot form words, she moves closer Gasping for air I struggle to breathe She is beautiful, I feel frightened and calm All in one instance She now stands before me Her skin cold as ice My thoughts escape me My soul is torn My consciousness fades
4.
Dull afternoon sky The sun is setting I awake to the grey, heavy mist The wind howling through I feel ill Convulsing I spew black vomit onto the floor I see her disfigured face in the reflection for a moment Was she real Staggering away to the farthest corner A room I’ve long forgotten bares the aura Dark crimson silhouettes there in black Cauldron hot My Sabbath My Witches Sabbath He orchestrates them Howling chants to the wind Without thought nor purpose I enter what lies within Bones broken and bent over I lie within A last glimpse of my fragile body disappearing down The room has gone quiet, the witches and the goat no longer here There she is, she has risen where I died Still so beautiful, is she mine? I hold her once Endless ecstasy in the wake of each still moment Collective soul mistress of my dreams Her beauty my everything I’ll go peacefully knowing she’s mine In a dream I once thought life to be the fantasy Memories of space and time So weightless I am walking upon the clouds of a dense forest How high to ascend, enormous imperial eagles sear through the sky Reaching the highest temple, tall golden statues glisten in the radiant sun Where the eternal souls truly reside Ripped back down through the clouds, I brace for impact
5.
Screaming as I wake, back inside my empty prison So thin and weak, my mind a maze of hazy memories The darkness of old lights, barely burning into the ever expansive black mist So thin and weak, brittle bones straining to stand As my mind is slowly fading I see it, my saviour There all alone The blackest drink all mine Black streams running as I gulp it down Unconquerable again A cheerful laugh echoes throughout She has returned for me A fleeting glimpse I follow down the never ending stairs The house shrinking behind me with every step She leaves out the door I must follow into the cold night My vision blurred White snow before me There it waits the bringer of my eternal night The rat faced goat, master manipulator Eyes that pierce, false liberator Falling down huddled amidst the cold snow All weight removed, my soul exhumed Thrust into never ending dark night As my body withers and dies Transcendence of the reversed soul into faded light Reality and dream a never ending cycle of confusion So begins The Legacy of The Opium Eater

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Almost half a decade since it's spawning, the pummeling Monolith debut EP "Legacy of The Opium Eater" has returned on the fringe of a new decade, with a blistering fresh look & remastered sound. Amazing new 2019 reworks courtesy of Kelsey Mastering, along with some fresh esoteric eye candy provided by Nick Erasmus w/a Sjoerd Leistra. A must have for anyone a fan of the serious Avantguard Brutal Death Metal sound.

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released December 10, 2019

Monolith is:
Christopher Paterson - Guitars & Vocals
Andrew Viviers - Guitar & Vocals
Coburn Green - Bass and Vocals
David Mills - Drums

All Tracks W&P by Christopher Paterson & David Mills
Mixed by Christopher Paterson at Crescent Recording
Mastered by Rogan Kelsey at Kelsey Mastering
Artwork by Sjoerd Leistra
Graphic Design by Nick Erasmus

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