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Lepers

by Old Iron King

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MindOverFour
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MindOverFour Reminds me of early Dismember or Asphyx, but nastier, slower, and more primitive. Several of these songs strike me as more "death metal" than their most recent record, which tunnels down in the catacombs of heavy music to unearth some long forgotten horror. These riffs are so scuzzy, they will cause you to involuntarily make a "stank face" and bang your head. Favorite track: The Tyrant.
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lbfortytwo "Evokes Celtic Frost and Obituary", someone wrote. That just about hits the nail on the head. If you're a fan of early 'Frost et al. then you owe it to yourself to put this in your collection now! My album of the year 2014. Favorite track: Vae Victis.
Hand of Doom
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Hand of Doom This rules. Get it. This has been a community service riff announcement from Hand of Doom Radio. Favorite track: Eternal Winter.
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Brazen Bull 03:19
In the court of Agraka There is judgement to be served Sentenced to a traitor’s fate You will get what you deserve With every breath you just die a little more Screaming Choking Burning In the Belly of the Beast Proud stands this brass tormentor Ornate instrument of death Channels your screams into a mighty roar Charred flesh upon its breath With every breath you shall wish you were never born Brazen Bull
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Carried by vermin Out from the catacombs Black Death – Slow Doom Ravaging hearth and home Valley of Defilement A poison rains down From eternally dark skies In mist and gloom – our village ruined And the dead are piling high
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Wielder of this Bastard Sword Scourge of all the land No Masters – No Lords Crypt Black Sword in his hand Bastard Sword - Crypt Black Sword Steeped in dark like his cursed blade No sun has graced his skin Riding forth in a damned crusade Hatred burning deep within
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Vae Victis 03:28
My enemy’s blood – I’m covered in Wildly swinging steel I ride I leave a wake of total dismemberment No one mourns the tears they cried Vae Victis Woe to the conquered Vae Victis Strewn entrails line our fortress walls For all traitors and cowards to see Drag the dead into our hallowed halls Another grotesque victory I stared into the abyss – and it stared back into me
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I gaze out from the castle – survey the land I rule with an Iron Fist – a cruel frigid hand Spit forth a curse that can’t be stopped by those above It slowly spreads devouring all you love Eternal Winter An artic storm The grip of madness Evil’s truest form The fury in my eyes is insanity My mind has snapped – no longer bound; I am free Dark sorcery – in the eye of the storm I stand Tear down this kingdom with my own bare hands Eternal Winter falls on our land Your bones ache from the chill Forsaken by your Gods and Lords Frozen - deathly still Vainly reaching out in hope No salvation to find Only an empire of permafrost It is maddening – these ties forever bind
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Lepers 03:52
Of God’s Grace I am bereft Cast in this pit to rot – just like the rest My stinging eyes search for the sun Another dying day has just begun Sound the bells These lands are cursed Let them be warned It's only getting worse Sound the bells These lands they bleed Devoid of hope, and raped By Humanity Flesh begins to decompose Crawl in futility – on brittle bones My shredded throat cries out for God No divine intervention for the sick and lost Now I can see no light Under corpses full of blight I rip and tear desperately Clawing through the dead to be free Lepers
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The Tyrant 04:29
The echoes Of pain and agony Through the halls Of his sovereignty Morbid Tales The Emperor’s Returned To trample our will To see our bodies burned We are but mortal men Constructs of flesh and bone Through blood-drenched deeds of war Sculpting the Tyrant’s Throne To remain in his grace We do what must be done Our souls strangled with sin Sculpting the Tyrant’s Throne The hallowed Ground of the blessed dead Defiled by Our Lord of Holy dread This divine right To which he tightly grips It must be wrested If the scales are to tip Obey the Tyranny Worship the Heresy All Hail Hypocrisy Long Live Supremacy
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Sea of Worms 03:12
A voyage doomed Right from the start Across the raging seas Dark lands to chart Look to the blood red sky All omens and portents We thought not to turn back Blind in our arrogance There are demons in the deep Tearing away our sanity ...and transforming... Land into rotting flesh Life’s waters into worms Steered headlong into madness By the hand of Lucifer All logic failed me now My men’s souls as sacrifice That I could rule this land Was this my Hell or Paradise? Am I damned? Am I saved? Is this life beyond the grave? I take the sceptre I take the throne I take my rightful place A King among the Worms
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Molten Lord 03:31
Molten seas – blood red sky I lurk beneath this Iron Keep My ancient skin – my ember eyes Wading through magma deep I feel the shifting earth I hear the groaning chains My mighty fortress of emptiness Begins to slip away Silent watchers guard my iron halls This roaring furnace like an igneous heart Seat of my empire – impenetrable walls It aches and cracks and starts to fall apart
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The God Hand 04:05
Torn from my Brothers – torn from myself I bear the brand until the end of days Plagued by the Demon Lords – the Masters of Fate Among them stands he who betrayed Maligned Yet justified Dear God, have you abandoned me? Means and Ends Revenge Taste so bittersweet Taking a Holy name – a blasphemous farce Forsake your kin and curse your land I scale this structure of bleeding rotten flesh Look in my eyes – die by my hand Feel the blade slicing so deep Tear out your heart - your final vision is of me
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"This rules - Dirty riffage to the max."

- Hand of Doom Radio, who also named "Lepers" as one of the best albums of 2014:
handofdoomradio.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/the-beast-of-2014.html

"That guitar tone is thick and has that classic death metal chain saw sound to it. Hell yeah! This is how it should be done, very impressive effort. Cheers!"

- Emmit Fitzhume, WonderRock
Source: wonderock.weebly.com/home/sunday-morning-sermon-with-old-iron-king

"Lepers oozes the same negative mood [as Obituary], and evokes Celtic Frost AND Obituary."

- Gulo Gulo, Slow End
Source (translated from French): www.slowend.com/c/?d=2355

Cover Art is Public Domain. Thanks and Credit to JJ Ying: unsplash.com/photos/YTtDxJPflqk

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released October 24, 2014

Dominic - Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Drum Programming

Glen Houghton - Guest vocals on "Vae Victis", Lead Guitar on "Valley of Defilement" and "The Tyrant"

To hear more of Glen's stuff, please visit gorebastard.newgrounds.com/audio/

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Old Iron King creates dirty, lo-fi Metal with an old school flair.

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