
Temple of the Damned
[Intro β Gurgling Chalice β 60 BPM] PRIEST!!! COMMANDS!!! DRINK!!! (VIOLENT, CHOPPY) [Sermon 1 β Trochaic Pentameter + Sibilance] SACRED CHALICE PULSES!!! POISONED PURPLE SUBSTANCE!!! ---SUBSTANCE PURPLE!!! POISONED PULSES!!! CHALICE RAISED!!! CONGREGATION KNEELS IN CATACOMBS OF DOCTRINE!!! ---DOCTRINE'S CATACOMBS WHERE CONGREGATION'S CRAZED!!! SUICIDE SALVATION IN THE CYANIDE SERMON!!! ---SERMON CYANIDE!!! SALVATION THROUGH THE HAZE!!! MASS DELUSION MANIFESTS IN MASS DESTRUCTION!!! ---DESTRUCTION MASS!!! DELUSION'S FINAL PHASE!!! TEMPLE OF THE DAMNED!!! (EXPLOSIVE RAGE) [Hook β Call & Response] CHOIR: TEMPLE OF THE DAMNED!!! (SHARP SHOUT) GUTTURAL: DRINK!!! THE BLOOD OF SIN!!! (DEEPEST GROWL) CHOIR: TEMPLE OF THE DAMNED!!! (SHARP SHOUT) GUTTURAL: CHOKE!!! ON DOCTRINE'S DIN!!! (DEEPEST GROWL) [Sermon 2 β Verse-Reverse Descent] ACOLYTES PREPARE THE POISON FOR THE FAITHFUL!!! ---FAITHFUL DRINK THE POISON!!! PREPARED BY ACOLYTE HANDS!!! CHILDREN CRADLE CHALICES OF CYANIDE COMMUNION!!! ---COMMUNION CYANIDE!!! CHALICES THAT CHILDREN COMMAND!!! HIGH PRIEST PREACHES PARADISE THROUGH FINAL PASSAGE!!! ---PASSAGE FINAL LEADS TO PARADISE!!! THE PRIEST'S DEMAND!!! FOLLOWERS SURRENDER CONSCIOUSNESS TO DELUSION!!! ---DELUSION'S CONSCIOUSNESS!!! SURRENDERED TO THE DAMNED!!! TEMPLE OF THE DAMNED!!! (EXPLOSIVE RAGE) [Hook β Intensity Rising] TEMPLE OF THE DAMNED!!! DRINK THE BLOOD OF SIN!!! TEMPLE OF THE DAMNED!!! LET THE END BEGIN!!! (MAXIMUM VOLUME) [Sermon 3 β Multisyllabic Cascade] CYANIDE COMMUNION COURSES THROUGH CONVULSING BODIES!!! ---BODIES CONVULSING!!! COURSING COMMUNION'S CRUEL DESIGN!!! SACRAMENTAL SUICIDE SANCTIFIES THE SLAUGHTER!!! ---SLAUGHTER SANCTIFIED!!! SUICIDE BECOMES DIVINE!!! FAITHFUL FOLLOWERS FORFEIT FUTURE FOR FALSE HEAVEN!!! ---HEAVEN FALSE!!! FORFEIT FUTURE!!! FAITHFUL FALL IN LINE!!! APOCALYPTIC ECSTASY ANNIHILATES AWARENESS!!! ---AWARENESS DIES!!! APOCALYPTIC!!! ECSTASY MALIGN!!! TEMPLE OF THE DAMNED!!! (SHATTERING SCREAM) [Sermon 4 β Hyperrhyme Climax] ONE THOUSAND NEEDLES PENETRATE!!! NO RESURRECTION!!! ---RESURRECTION DIES!!! PENETRATION SEALS THEIR FATE!!! REVOLUTIONARY RHETORIC ROTS INTO RIGOR MORTIS!!! ---MORTIS STIFFENS!!! RHETORIC THAT SEALED THE GATE!!! PARADISE POSTPONED BECOMES PUTREFACTION'S PROMISE!!! ---PROMISE KEPT THROUGH PUTREFACTION!!! PARADISE TOO LATE!!! MASS GRAVE MANIFESTATION!!! HEAVEN'S IMITATION!!! ---IMITATION HEAVEN BUILT ON DEATH'S ESTATE!!! TEMPLE OF THE DAMNED!!! (RAW GROWL) [Bridge β Spondee Ritual + Building Tension] SIP!!! SPASM!!! SEIZE!!! CEASE!!! GASP!!! GRASP!!! RELEASE!!! PEACE!!! (CHOKING SOUNDS/SAMPLES GO HERE) THE PROMISED LAND WAS POISON ALL ALONG!!! SALVATION SOLD AS SUGAR-COATED WRONG!!! THE PROPHET PROFITS WHILE HIS PEOPLE DIE!!! THE TEMPLE BUILT ON SANCTIFIED GOODBYE!!! [Final Chorus β 300 BPM Apocalypse] CHOIR + GUTTURAL: TEMPLE OF THE DAMNED!!! DRINK THE BLOOD OF SIN!!! CHOIR + GUTTURAL: TEMPLE OF THE DAMNED!!! CHOKE ON DOCTRINE'S DIN!!! DRINK!!! DRINK!!! DRINK!!! DRINK!!! (EXPLOSIVE, RAPID-FIRE DELIVERY) THE PROMISED LAND IS A MASS GRAVE!!! WE ARE THE FLIES THAT FEAST AND RAVE!!! DRINK!!! DRINK!!! DRINK!!! DRINK!!! SALVATION IS CINDERS!!! ASH!!! AND BONE!!! THE TEMPLE FALLS!!! THE TRUTH IS KNOWN!!! (FINAL CAESURA/STOP) [Outro β Single Chalice Drop] EMPTIED!!! (SINGLE, SHARP SOUND CUTS THE TRACK)


