SERPENT'S BREATH (Serpents Breath)

BAND NAME: Serpent's Breath

GENRE: Death / Unblack Metal with Symphonic Influences

STATUS: Split up

LOCATION: Canada (Caronport, Saskatchewan)

Side project of Sympathy.

Formed as Carcharoth. Later changed name to Serpent's Breath before splitting up altogether.

Lineup:
Angel - Vocals
Dharok - Vocals, Lead+Rhythm Guitars, Bass, Keyboards
Jeff Lewis - Lead Guitars
Jim Austin - Drums

Links:

Official Website

Spotify

Promo video (label)

Discography:

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Dark Hymns for the End Times (compilation)

Left: October, 2017, Endtime Productions, CD

Right: 19 Febraury, 2020, Endtime Productions, Bandcamp

"Not for sale - promotional use only"

2) Serpent's Breath - Bastard Gods

3:20, lyrics:
Once born we were pawns
Placed within a cosmic drama
Then the day did appear
When mankind killed their gods

Now we’ve become
Ourselves our deity
Cast off the cords
That have bound us for so long

Now arises a new age
Marked by the rule of man
We have become
Heirs to the throne of our dead gods

Subdue the heretic
Who refuses to worship himself

Now we’ve become
Ourselves our deity
Cast off the cords
That have bound us for so long

Now all people stand
Beyond the old concepts
Of good or evil
We are uber menschen

Cast down the apostate
Who takes not what isn’t his

Now we’ve become
Ourselves our deity
Cast off the cords
That bound us for so long

Subdue the heretic
Who refuses to worship himself

Tasting the fruit
Of a forbidden tree
Taking the crown
That must be ours

Cast down the apostate
Who takes not what is not his

Tasting the fruit
Of a forbidden tree
Taking the crown
That must be ours
Taking the crown
We are enthroned
Now reign
We bastard gods

Birth of the Apocalypse (album)

- Carcharoth: 2009-20??, UNRELEASED
- Sympathy: 22 February, 2022, Independent, Bandcamp
Right:
- Serpent's Breath: 20??, Endtime Productions, UNRELEASED

Sympathy had started a side project called Carcharoth, and recorded their debut album from 2008-2009. "Carcharoth" was later changed to "Serpent's Breath", they got signed to a label, and planned to release the debut under that name. However, it never ended up happening. (Hoping we'll eventually get more backstory on that?) Years later, they decided to release it themselves, but under their main band, not as a side project anymore.

Although the Carcharoth artwork is used for the 2022 version, the band still considers it a Sympathy release.

1) Futures Past 4:38
2) The Frozen Earth 5:36
3) Call Forth the Cursed Dead 5:23
4) We Are Legion 5:21
5) Bastard Gods 3:21
6) Like Shadows of Untimely Night 4:47
7) The Horror and the Glory 5:39
8) Funerary Eclipse 5:02
9) A Grave Abandoned 5:03
10) Into the Eternal Past of Forever 3:08

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Miscellaneous stuff:

Left: Website header

Middle: YouTube thumbnail

Right: Header from Endtime's website. I guess the album was planned for 2017?
"THE DESTRUCTION HAS BEGUN. THIS IS THE FINAL AWAKENING."

 

Here's a detail of the (unused) artwork from the Serpent's Breath version of the album. It was done by the artist Necrolord. Unfortunately it seems the full picture was never posted online, only this small bit of it.