SWORD OF HIS MOUTH


BAND NAME: Sword of His Mouth
GENRE: Raw Unblack Metal (first demo), Harsh Noise (currently)
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: USA

Years active:
Late 2015
2018 - July 2019
October 2019 - present

The name is taken from the song "Mark of the Beast" by White Funeral:
"Refuse the mark or die by the sword of His mouth"
... itself, a reference to Revelation 19:15.

Lineup:
Nocturnal Iridescence - All instruments, Vocals

Discography:


Reh. Demo (10 September, 2018, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

Also stream on YouTube (ARTIST-APPROVED)

Rehearsal demo.
The idea of the lyrics is a wolf reflecting on its surroundings in winter, and criticizing the evil it finds in the world built by mankind. I previously decided not to add lyrics, but I figured I should at least try to pick out some words. The results are below.

1) I (intro)
1:27, instrumental

2) II
5:49, partial lyrics/guesses:
(?) this black forest
With wolven visage
And my soul cold in the wind
(?)
Howling, my breath visible in the wind

Screaming out, howling in the night
(?)
... Of these past 24 years
And still (?)

(?) cold winter (?)
(?) can feel alive
(?) this coldness tearing against me


3) III
6:44, partial lyrics/guesses:
(?) walk up the mountain
My paws (?) in the snow
The mountain travelled
So, so long ago
(?) in the cold wind
(?) in the cold
I wander toward its top
(?) the sky aglow
(?)
I don't relent
I feel a calling
Deep in my, my wolven soul
The wind blowing in my face
(?) the snow
(?) trees (?) the ground
(?) highest mountains in the north
(?) beyond the shores
To where I see beyond
Beyond the trees
To where the (?)
Leads onto (?)
And higher on
My journey goes on to (?)
Evermore clear
Through the snow
Now I know (?)


4) IV
10:21, partial lyrics/guesses:
We told your kind for as long as we can remember
You ignored our call, now your world is burning embers
Disgraced down further, by wasting our time
We tried to save you, and now it's time

This world is going to Hell
All (?)
This wickedness will leave our planet entombed

(?) Though the stars shine
It feels so dark
Though the stars shine
On the mountains and the snow
There seems to be (?)

What have you done, mankind?
You brought us down so far
Your sins will kill us all
Will we live to see the last shining star?

(?) with pollution (?)
You scarred the face of creation by making it your deathbed

There is nowhere left
You killed everything
Even what's left will die
(?) the few that remain

Everything is falling
(?) seen the stars

Mankind, what have you done?
The world you were given charge of is dying
This malice that you brought from your very first
Are killing everything that's walking and flying

Mankind, what have you done?
(?) Where has our world gone?
Now you are going down to Hell


5) V (outro)
4:28, instrumental



Cold Dark Forest (split)

26 September, 2018, Naorg Production, Bandcamp, link expired
October, 2018, Naorg Production, CD-R (sleeve) + CD-R (jewel case)
31 January, 2019, Naorg Production, CD-R

Split with Frostnoise.
The Bandcamp version also features a bonus track from Ambianicnoise.

1) Sword of His Mouth - Cold Dark Forest (Psalm 143:7) 7:53
2) Sword of His Mouth - Snow, Ice, and Wind (Proverbs 18:10) 8:34
3) Sword of His Mouth - Dimness of Winter Dusk (1 Kings 8:12) 2:47
4) Sword of His Mouth - Water of True Life for My Dry Soul (John 4:13-14) 10:00




Rust. Smoke. Machinery. (album)

5 December, 2019, Skull Hill Recordings, CD-R, link expired
6 December, 2019, Skull Hill Recordings, Bandcamp

All songs are instrumental.

Note that at the very beginning of 2023, Skull Hill Recordings rebranded to Skull Hill Publishing. The URL now directs to that instead.

1) And Civilian Factories Began to Produce Weapons (Matthew 24:6) 8:45
2) You Can Still Hear the Noises in the Control Center (Deuteronomy 20:1)
9:40
3) Gears Turn in the Eruption of Utter Chaos (Exodus 19:18)
8:17
4) Peace and Safety (1 Thessalonians 5:2-3) 3:06


Christ, Conqueror of the Dark Night (single/EP, 13 December, 2019, Skull Hill Recordings)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

Note that at the very beginning of 2023, Skull Hill Recordings rebranded to Skull Hill Publishing. The URL now directs to that instead.

1) Christ, Conqueror of the Dark Night
25:00, instrumental



A Noisy Dream of Melancholy (EP, 23 January, 2020, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

The title of track 2 is taken from Psalm 28:1.

1) Wind of Escapism 9:10
2) Or I Will Be like Those That Go Down to the Pit 8:59
3) Abstract Sounds of Yearning 4:39


A Once-Mighty Horde Brought to Shame by the Birth Pangs (single, 20 April, 2020, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

Influenced by Matthew 24 prophecies, combined with many Christians' reckless response to the coronavirus outbreak.

1) A Once-Mighty Horde Brought to Shame by the Birth Pangs
13:18, lyrics:
We deserve everything that's coming to us.

"And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold." - Matthew 24:10-12


"For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live!" - Ezekiel 18:32





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