ADORNED IN ASH




BAND NAME: Adorned in Ash (AiA)
GENRE: Melodic Death / Unblack Metal
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: South Africa (Pretoria, Gauteng)

Formed 13 December, 2008.[1]

Contact and Booking:
info [AT] adornedinash [DOT] com

Lineup:
Robyn Ferguson - Vocals, Guitars
Leon van Rensburg - Guitars
Marinus Terblanche - Bass
Mark Ivey - Drums

Past members:
Marius Visagie - Vocals (lead)
Christo Visse - Guitars (R.I.P. 2009)
Gideon Jones - Guitars
Jacques du Toit - Guitars
Ryhno von Hagen - Bass
Shane Minne - Bass
Colin Deacon - Bass

Links:
Discography:


The Dead Walk Among Us (album)

1 February, 2014, Independent, CD
21 May, 2014, Independent, Bandcamp

1) Intro
00:51, instrumental

2) Human Torch
2:44, lyrics:
You replaced right or wrong with faith or unbelief.
Predestined I am onto you, but still I’m struck with grief.
Why oh soul so downcast when I know His word is true?
Why oh God so faithful when I constantly doubt you?

But no! Enough! No more!
Lord, give me strength to fight this war.
God set me ablaze with fire above.
A light-bringing torch to those you love.

My heart so tangled in lies; my intentions veiled from light.
Darkened skies hide the path, the only truth, from sight.
Why oh world reject Him when for you He suffered loss?
He a God so loving, that for us He endured the cross.

But you! Your love! Your glory!
Lord, give me courage to tell your story.
God set me ablaze with fire above.
A light-bringing torch to those you love.

No eye has seen,
no ear has heard,
no heart conceived,
what God has prepared,
for those who love...


3) Rendered Innocuous
5:26, lyrics:
Adam first sinned and I have followed.
With tainted blood I walked & wallowed.
Cursed from birth, destined to die.
My body decays before your eyes.
I attempt to fight, but there is no resisting.
Like dung my efforts in stench consisting.
With bleeding hands, with weighty conviction,
He exchanged His life for my affliction.

He first raised and I will follow.
DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?
When in our midst His praises bellow.
DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?
Exalted He stands, the right hand of power.
DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?
His return, the final hour.
DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?

He first raised and I will follow.
Flesh turned dust in 6 feet shallow.
My body replaced; an immaculate prize.
In glory bathed before your eyes.
I ran from grace, but there is no resisting,
like moths to light; boa’s constricting.
His love, His grace, His revelation,
the effect of which; my transformation.

He first raised and I will follow.
DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?
When in our midst His praises bellow.
DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?
Exalted He stands, the right hand of power.
DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?
His return, the final hour.
DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?

Come & get me! Death, take me home!
Move swiftly! Death, take me home!


4) Descent to Hell
4:15, lyrics:
I have felt the flames of Hell and seen them scorching,
the living corpse I would be when sin crushes my soul.
I have knelt down in this line waiting for Lucifer
to capture my existence. I will be tortured forever.

Scream! Hear them die.
Shrieking, “Help me”
Change your life round
Before you go…

DOWN! Death to the world.
DOWN! Plummet in sin.
DOWN! Gates of Hell.
DOWN! Before you go.

I have seen the end times and if you don’t transform
I, God, will destroy you. You will stand that line to
Hell and burn your afterlife, for the sins you’d never repent.

Scream! Hear them die.
Shrieking, “Help me”
Change your life round
Before you go…

DOWN! Death to the world.
DOWN! Plummet in sin.
DOWN! Gates of Hell.
DOWN! Before you go.
 
I have cried out and
you have heard my plea
Lord I am Yours now.
You have saved me
form this life.

Before you go down, down
Before you go down, down, down

5) The Dead Walk Among Us
6:13, lyrics:
I see the dead, as they walk among us.
Erratic they walk, stumbling in speech.
Searching for light that always deceives.

Zombie-like, crawling on all fours.
Eyes lifted up to a dark barren sky.
Murder, rape, demonic civil wars.
In lust-filled sin they begin to die.
An image of hate, painted in sadness.
A portrait of rage, coloured with madness.
Oh brute beasts, what have we become?
Bathe in blood, die in the Son!

I see the dead as they walk among us.
Erratic they walk, stumbling in speech.
Searching for light that always deceives.
I see the dead as they die among us.

Vampiric creatures come to the light.
Come to Christ, come die tonight.
Be born again in second birth.
Cast off these chains that bind to the earth.
Raise your hands, freedom in sight.
Lift your heads, redemption is nigh.
No other way, just one open door.
The sin that binds will hold you no more!

I see the dead as they walk among us.
Erratic they walk, stumbling in speech.
Searching for light that always deceives.
I see the dead as they die among us.

I see the dead as they live among us!
I see the dead as they cry out His praises!


6) To the Slaughter
3:28, lyrics:
Shall famine, distress, tribulation, persecution or sword
separate us from Him who conquered the grave?
When we, like sheep, to the slaughter
Can share in His sorrow, thus heirs to His throne.

Who’ll lay charge, when it’s God who justifies?
Where’s my accuser, when sin remains crucified?
We more than conquerors in Him
be justified, sanctified, glorified!

Death nor life, nor angel or demonic strive,
No past or future, no power dead or alive,
Can change these words once spoken by The One
Like a lam to the slaughter; “It is done.”

Who’ll lay charge, when it’s God who justifies?
Where’s my accuser, when sin remains crucified?
We more than conquerors in Him
be justified, sanctified, glorified!


7) Molested Innocence
6:55, lyrics:
Children, beautiful, innocent,
a soul that believes and dreams.
Innocence stolen, raped and abused,
a world now entered of sin and evil.
Innocence lost forever,
Souls wounded deep.
Beliefs fade and turn into disbelief, distrust,
of everything and everyone!
Dreams remain dreams… Dreams remain dreams…

Sexual abuse, NOT just a physical act.
Sexual abuse, NOT just forgotten about.
Sexual abuse, sick, evil, perverse.
Satanic, pain, hurt, distrust, wounded soul, secrets kept.
Things now hidden… Things now hidden…

A life lived far from God.
Things in life never make sense!
I’m always second best.
Leave me alone.
I’m the king of my world.
I don’t need you or anyone.
I have everything I need right here,
When’s the next drugs, alcohol.
Addiction please…Addiction please…

Sexual abuse, NOT just a physical act.
Sexual abuse, NOT just forgotten about.
Sexual abuse, sick, evil, perverse.
Satanic, pain, hurt, distrust, wounded soul, secrets kept.
Things now hidden… Things now hidden…

God is guiding your life.
It may not seem like it, it may not feel like it.
One day His glory will be shown.
In your life, in your pain.
I pray for this, arrest her heart Lord,
Change her Jesus

The day has come,
I can’t wait any longer to hold my child.
I’m sorry my child,
It was wrong; you’re the innocent one.
I wept over you.
I love you, I watched over you.
Come close, let me embrace you, heal you.
Come talk to me, we have your whole past to catch up,
and a future still to live…


8) Evangelion
2:46, lyrics:
Sword heaved through desert sand.
Strength fade, arm and hand.
Breathe deep, signal trumpet call.
My last act before I fall.

His sacrifice will never fade!
His love for us be evergreen!
The ground is shook by many feet,
of those who’ve heard Evangelion!

My gaze lifts, I look around.
Many heard the trumpet sound.
I sense our hope, my strength return.
Charge the hordes, its time to burn!

His sacrifice will never fade!
His love for us be evergreen!
The ground is shook by many feet,
of those who’ve heard Evangelion!

Evangelion!
Evangelion!
Evangelion!
Evangelion!


9) Blood Hunt Labyrinth
4:15, lyrics:
I wake but yet I dream, No escape from things unseen
Unambiguous route but still I’m blind, trapped in this maze my mind
A creature stalks my blood, my flesh, shadows dance
I feel its breath, my skin, sends shivers down my spine
Blurred choices of path, these wretched demons
My every step they laugh, their eyes pierce my soul
They hunt, tormenting me, these visuals I see
Minotaur stalks my scent, twisting my spirit bent.

We run, we hide,. Our souls grown blind
Cling to deception. We spiral down in darkness

Hope like sand slips through my hands
Time that’s passed, I can’t go back
Blood hunt screams, insanity bleeds
Choking me, severed from God!

I sense it’s presence near, my grasp on life deter
Death stench the only sound, tormented souls surround
Silence, deaf my ears, sanity’s loss I fear
This Labyrinth now my life, this maze a burning knife
Wounded I flee from this, the air thickens mist
My tortured death I see, as thousands pick at me
I cry out in vain, deaf ears hear my pain
Choices regret, I groan, flesh tearing from my bone
I left the path of faith
Ran from my protective rock
I walk now with all I forgot
Hades deceived me
This labyrinth now my lie!


10) Black
4:55, lyrics:
Legions gather from dust and stone
Their numbers are many, flame and bone
(Creatures from Blackened breath)
The dead rise, their time has come
Hell and its slaves will follow again
(From beneath hoods of wicked)
come serpents, beasts of earth, black as night
So are we one of them?

BLACK!
I am a demon
BLACK!
I am a beast
BLACK!
Fallen angel
BLACK!
Let go!

Armies of Heaven blaze and burn
Millions form, my faith return
(Clothed in white, open skies)
Hunt flesh, rip death from eyes
Thousands stand united as one
(The battles rage has just begun)
Earth collides and I am spared
Raised me up
Fall on your knees and praise our God!

BLACK!
I am a demon
BLACK!
I am a beast
BLACK!
Fallen angel
BLACK!
Let go!

Fear I will not for the hunt will stand
My Lord, my God, my faithful hand
War screams but you are there, out ahead but I know you're here
Fight my fight, protect your child
Come down now Holy fire
Come down now Holy fire!!


11) Broken Glass Reflection
5:25, lyrics:
I stare in the mirror, this broken glass reflection.
Am I a man or am I a beast?
To what level have I descended, such utter rejection.
Blistered with sin, hatred and disease.
I claw at my face, the mask peels away.
The leering grin of death is revealed.
I am wretched, naked, pitiful and diseased.
I thought I hid it well. I thought it was concealed!

I am steeped in sin, born in iniquity.
I am covered in shame, dying in conformity.
O wretched man that I am!
Who will save me from this body of death?

I stare in the mirror, this broken glass reflection.
Drops of blood bleed upon the shards of light.
Blood not of my own, but blood of the Son
Pouring through shredded veins for my imperfection.
You hung in my place, murdered my flesh.
Gazed in my eyes, spat in the face of death.
Humbled and fallen, I rise in Your embrace
Shattered and broken, You bled for my disgrace!

I am steeped in sin, born in iniquity
I am covered in shame, dying in conformity
O wretched man that I am!
Who will save me from this body of death?
Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!


United We Skate Benefit Comp - Volume 4 Metal (16 June, 2015, Thumper Punk Records + SkyBurnsBlack Records)
Formats: CD and Bandcamp
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2) Adorned in Ash - Human Torch 2:35, see above for lyrics


All Things Christian Extreme Metal - Volume 1 (compilation, 1 November, 2016, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
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10) Adorned in Ash - Molested Innocence 6:53, see above for lyrics


The Day the Sky Rolls Up (single, 29 January, 2019, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
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1) The Day the Sky Rolls Up 6:02, see below for lyrics

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Apocalyptic Violence (album)

20 December, 2019, Independent, iTunes / Spotify
14 February, 2020, Independent, CD

It appears the CD version was released on 8 March, but I'm not certain.

1) The End Has Begun 1:54

2) The Day the Sky Rolls Up
6:02, lyrics:
A night like no other, the silence is deafening
I hear the roar of the waves and tossing of the sea
The crimson moon glows, dark and menacing
Sulphurous rainfall from the eyes of eternity.
Earth-quakes and famine, pestilence and disease
Deceptive philosophy, false prophets arise
The vile and corrupt all fall to their knees
The heavens rip open as darkness dies!

This is the day the sky rolls up like a scroll
The Son of God adorned in blazing fire
Release the judgements stored in golden bowls
Bow in reverence to the long-awaited Messiah!

The final battle is over before it has begun
Legions of armies sway and fall by the sword
The deceiver vanquished by the light of the Son
His enemies scattered by His spoken word.
Amidst the carnage as the bodies lay silent
My redemption is near, I take my stand
The signs of vengeance in apocalyptic violence
He came back for me…He takes hold of my hand!

This is the day the sky rolls up like a scroll
The Son of God adorned in blazing fire
Release the judgements stored in golden bowls
Bow in reverence to the long-awaited Messiah!

The end has begun…
It's the beginning of the end!


3) Defy Your God
2:56, lyrics:
Savage Cannibal
Look into my soul
I have seen you
You have seen me
Burn
Standing here
I feel your breath upon me
And nothing you shall do will harm me
Blind me
For His name proclaimed
Now get behind me
I defy your god

Bring it
It ends tonight
Bring it

Lord ignite these
Thunder-fists of mine
Power over you
In hell is where you’ll dine
Burn
Gods army stands before me
And nothing you shall do will harm me
Blind me
For His name proclaimed
And He has conquered you
I have conquered you

Bring it
It ends tonight
Bring it


4) Crimson to Dust
3:20, lyrics:
Burn down
Break Down
Suffer
This is the last stand
Damage
Tear down
Spiral
This is the backlash
Crimson, crimson, crimson to dust we fall (x2)
We bleed crimson to dust
Fallen on our knees
We bleed crimson to dust
Forsaken, now alone
We bleed crimson to dust
Fallen on our knees
We bleed
We sow the earth with our dead
A battleground before me
Minds of stone shatter to bone
A revelation before me
I step in dark and battered lives
This consequence now follows me
Dust to dust and ash to ash
Banished walk
No longer free
Innocence through the carnage curls
A life is now unveiled before me
Swirling shades ascend to Heaven
Chains no longer bind me
Ash to insense


5) Gloria in Excelsis Deo
3:32, lyrics:
Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o’er the plains,
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains.

Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heav’nly song?

Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.

Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.

Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Gloria in excelsis Deo.


6) The Mountains in Reply 1:09

7) The God That Bleeds 4:26

8) Blood Grace 6:00

9) The Death of Lucifer 3:22

10) Inner Sanctum 5:39

11) Trees of Righteousness 00:26

12) Beauty for Ashes 6:05

13) Death Is My Embrace I: From a Distant Shore 3:41

14) Death Is My Embrace II: The Call of Evermore 6:34


Power by Injection - Volume 3 (compilation, 30 March, 2020, The Metal Onslaught)
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6) Adorned in Ash - Beauty for Ashes 6:05

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CMS: This Is Our Worship - Volume III (compilation, 1 August, 2020, Christian Metal Source)
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29) Adorned in Ash - Defy Your God
2:56, see above for lyrics





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