AURORA BOREALIS (USA)

NOTE: This page is about a metal band from the USA. Not to be confused with several other bands also named Aurora Borealis!

 

BAND NAME: Aurora Borealis
GENRE: Black/Death Metal with Tech/Thrash Influences
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: USA (Georgia, early) (Florida, bit later) (Maryland, now)

Please note: This band is added here because of lyrics on their recent albums, and because Ron Vento is a Christian (converted somewhere between 2000 and 2009?) However to my knowledge, none of the other band members have been Christians. Generally, Aurora Borealis is not considered nor does it consider itself "unblack metal", etc. To new readers: this is a Christocentric website. While the site aims to be comprehensive (and it should be, as I've been a fan of this band since like 2007!), this page will only emphasize 2014 onward in the band's career.

 Metal Archives says the band formed in 1994. The band's social media says 1995. I'll try to get this cleared up soon.

While their style has remained more or less the same over the years, old material is a bit more thrashy / "first-wave", while newer material has a bit more technical death influence.

Lineup:
Ron Vento - Vocals, Guitars (+ Bass, early)
Eddie Rossi - Bass
Mark Green - Drums
On the very rare occasion the band uses keyboards / sound effects, Ron does these too.

Past members:
Jason Ian-Vaughn Eckert - Bass
Tony Laureano - Drums
Derek Roddy - Drums
Tim Yeung - Drums
Kevin Quirion also worked with this band. I think, but am not entirely certain, that he was just a guest/session musician and not a full member.

Links:
Bandcamp
Facebook
Instagram
Spotify
Apple Music
Deezer
iHeartRadio
Amazon
Kkbox
ReverbNation
Twitter
YouTube (Ron)
Band page @ Xtreem Music
Official website @ archive.org (auroraborealis.org)
Please note that the streaming sites list some albums from unrelated bands.

Unofficial links:
Unblack Metal Wallpapers

Discography:
Releases before becoming more Christian-oriented:
may have released a demo in 1994?
Mansions of Eternity, EP, 1996
Three Song Promo, demo/promo, 1998
Praise the Archaic Lights Embrace, album, 1998
Northern Lights, album, 2000
Time Unveiled, album, 2002
Promo 05, demo/promo, 2005
Relinquish, album, 2006
Timeline: The Beginning and End of Everything, album, 2011
The Storm, remixed/remastered YouTube single, 2014
+ various V/A compilations and tribute albums - far too many to list here


Xtreem Mutilation Vol. 5 (compilation)

10 February, 2014, Xtreem Music, Bandcamp, [here] + [here]
????, 2014, Xtreem Music, 2CD, limited 500 copies

The CD version was only available as a free bonus when ordering from Xtreem's website.

CD 1, track 15) Aurora Borealis - God Like Redemption
5:00, see below for lyrics

 

Worldshapers / World Shapers (album)

3 March, 2014, Xtreem Music + MDD Records, CD (other link [here])
7 July, 2014, Metalhit, Bandcamp
21 March, 2018, Independent, Bandcamp
 
As I understand it, the official album title is one single word, but it's spelled as two words online. Even within the album layout, it's spelled as two words in a couple places.

The official release date for the CD was 3 March, but pre-orders were sent out starting 28 February by Ron's label Nightsky Productions, which also handled North American distribution of the album. Note that some places list Xtreem's release, and Nightsky's release, as separate versions. They aren't. They're the same thing, just distributed in different locations.
 
The previous album "Timeline" was a concept album merging current scientific models with theism / creationism to create a timeline of the universe. This included some ideas that I'm not personally really comfortable labeling "Christian" (eg, the big freeze, and an eventual restart of the universe, rather than being ended preemptively by God on judgment day.) Anyway, this album is a speculative sci-fi continuation of that album. Near the end of "Timeline", humanity was nearing its doom, and sent out a vessel containing DNA, information, etc into the far reaches of space in hopes someone would find it and continue the species. Here, an ostensibly intelligent group of lifeforms locates this vessel and recreates mankind, but soon shows themselves to be corrupt and self-serving.

1) In the Beginning
00:36, instrumental

2) God Like Redemption
5:03, lyrics:
When the great dying befell, delivering the end of everything

Species searching for life or consciousness
Convey what they are through the human genome

Searing heat used to tear through time itself
bringing worlds closer though never meant to be

The magnum opus of the human race, executed irreproachable, Faultless
Existence and continuation controlled by astronomical odds

Sculptors of our new life absolute and concise, reconstruction
Complete resolution designed evolution, born with fluxion

A single quantum event separated us from them
A universe parallel now they will come together

Both born from a symphony of light, incomparable still yet the same

A hope that once was lost, now brought back to fruition

Through another adroit life form we will will be redeemed

Human connectome project used to lay
out the mortal brain sculpting the minds pathways

The magnum opus of the human race, executed irreproachable, Faultless
Existence and continuation controlled by astronomical odds

Sculptors of our new life absolute and concise, reconstruction
Complete resolution designed evolution, born with fluxion

Cellular matrix, precise coding Regeneration, recreation flawless cloning

In time we will see, In time we will breathe, In time we will surely live again.

God Like Creation there is but one, Is this damnation? Reproductions under a new sun

In time we will hear, In time we will feel, In time we will again subsist

A sanguine expectation transmission is received

Searing heat used to tear through time itself
bringing worlds closer though never meant to be

The magnum opus of the human race, executed irreproachable, Faultless
Existence and continuation controlled by astronomical odds

In this brand new life we will start again
with this inception our new existence is now


3) World Shapers
4:33, lyrics:
Overseers directive evolution, what once took us millions of years
Accelerated they aid our growth, facilitated now they evoke

World Shapers, Terraform
A virgin planet transformed
World Shapers,
A new home uncontaminated like our own

Untainted world here we all shall dwell untrodden lands unseen they impel
Contrived convent fabricated for constituents they will restore

A fertile laboratory made for life to excel but most will still fail

Overseers observing this afar will watch the primitives from a distant star
Accelerated aided our growth, facilitated but not provoke

World Shapers, Terraform
A virgin planet transformed
World Shapers,
A new home uncontaminated like our own

Untainted world here we all shall dwell untrodden lands unseen they impel
Contrived convent fabricated for constituents they will restore

Lifespans last thousands of years ageless time seems infinite,
but their demise is imminent

From ghost hearts they made our flesh
With flesh reawoke us
They awoke us.

Over seers directive evolution, what once took us millions of years
Accelerated they aid our growth, facilitated now they evoke

World Shapers, Terraform
A virgin planet transformed
World Shapers,
A new home uncontaminated like our own

Derivatives of our ancestors a new chapter in the annals of time
Unknowing of what was our old lives, endure again yet few shall survive,
A few shall survive


4) Induced Mutation
4:50, lyrics:
With this new life, some were removed, experiments on extracted few
Far away from the new Eden, deep in shadows horror begins

Genetic mutation, they alter DNA
Genetic evolution is underway

With cruel intentions malformities, the creation of monstrosities

Captives - No where to run, Enslaved they shall become
Captives - Extreme conditions, Enslaved for observation

Induced mutation the suffering echoes, Cellular radiation altering genetic code

With cruel intentions malformities, the creation of monstrosities

Just like humans the conscience is thin, malefic nature comes from within
Far so far beyond the stars, the omnipotent one watches on
We are the products of replication, revised from total devastation
Saviors to some, others not, some live their lives void of thought
Some live in bliss while others grieve, some are complete while others need
We are the products of replication, revised from total devastation

Captives - No where to run, Enslaved they shall become

Induced mutation the suffering echoes, Cellular radiation altering genetic code
Just like humans the conscience is thin, malefic nature comes from within
With cruel intentions malformities the creation of monstrosities

Deep so deep beyond the depths, elsewhere in this multiverse
Far so far beyond the stars the omnipotent one watches on


5) The Oldest of Dilemmas
4:28, lyrics:
Deep within the human consciousness lies a need for a deeper meaning
Existence we live, relinquish then we die
Succumb to the darkness and eventual demise

Why do we worship the ones?
Is this a passage to a true heaven?
This is the oldest of dilemmas,
This is the only one dilemma

If this is a second consciousness, will there exist a second soul for
Existence to live, relinquish and die
Transverse dimensions and then live eternal lives
Mortal desires
All things expire
Continuation of false religion
Existence to live, relinquish and die
Transverse dimensions and then live eternal lives

Why do we worship the ones?
Is this a passage to a true heaven?
This is the oldest of dilemmas,
This is the only one dilemma

They are only the ones that made you, not to be called by invocation
If the mandate differed at all or simply changed just one percent
We would not be, would not exist
We would not breathe, would not persist
Do not confuse your makers for gods
The blue prints were clearly already laid
The laws insist that a creator sculpted this and all with divineness
Do not confuse your makers for gods
The blue prints were clearly already laid
Mortal desires
All things expire
Continuation of false religion
Can they be blamed for not knowing this?
If there does lie a soul within them
Forgiveness it shall live, no mercy it shall die
Succumb to the darkness and perpetual demise

Why do we worship the ones?
Is this a passage to a true heaven?
This is the oldest of dilemmas,
This is the only one dilemma

Deep within the human consciousness lies a need for a deeper meaning


6) Watchers from Above
4:59, lyrics:
On beams of light we can look into the past
But we cannot see the
inexorable future that lies ahead
Mankind cannot escape their predetermined destiny
Migration, annihilation as they move
Devastation, ravenous and more profuse
Culmination, war is in them like they breathe
Confirmation, that they see us just as disease
They see a plague and disease
Analysis of synthesis knowledge; we can not coexist
This is what they, what they call human nature?
Knowledge; we can not coexist
Watching from above,
They're watching from above
Watching from above
They lie in wait for centuries as millennia pass holding destinies
They're watching from above,
Watching from above.
We war, we lie, we kill for greed
We lust, envy feel wrath and breed
Anathema of the multiverse, condemnation is what is deserved
Proficient in destruction
The instinct of aggression runs through your core extolling the eminence of these
Savage impulses, the dispositions for cruelty are innate
These traits they do abhor

Acclimation, adaptation as they move
Temptation, cravings cannot be defused

Conformation, war is in them like they breathe
Denunciation from the ones who oversee
From the ones who oversee

When the emotions overcome reason, instincts we act upon

This is what they, what they call human nature?
Knowledge; we can not coexist
Watching from Above,
They're watching from above
Watching from above,
They're watching from above
They lie in wait for centuries as millennia pass holding destinies
They're watching from above
We war, we lie, we kill for greed
We lust, envy feel wrath and breed
Anathema of the multiverse, condemnation is what is deserved
Proficient in destruction
Watching from above


7) This Is the Way They Choose to Die
4:46, lyrics:
This is the way they choose to live
Gluttons for for wealth and greed, this they won't forgive
This is the way they choose to die
Further continuance will be denied

Life is a test that we all must go through
Years that go by we cannot just undo
Everyday is one day you're closer to your last
With your first breath the decay commences
Arrows of time they run only one way
Moments that pass used to evaluate
They have given thousands of years to right the wrong
Yet the annihilation continues on and on

Mining the planet to its very core
Polluting oceans across every shore
No respect for the life that you have
Suicidal tendencies abound

The resources once plentiful are depleted
She has nothing left to give

This is the way they choose to live
Gluttons for for wealth and greed, this they won't forgive
This is the way they choose to die
Further continuance will be denied

Into the night sky potential awaits
Technology leading the search to locate
A new planet to exploit
A new race to consume and destroy
Genomic seti now brings them the proof,
DNA message encoded is true
This could have been welcome knowledge
Instead it seals their fate
This can no longer continue now
Only death just awaits

Mining the planet to its very core
Polluting oceans across every shore
No respect for the life that you have
Elimination own your own behalf.


8) A Subtle Way to Eradicate Them
5:15, lyrics:
Transmission neglection
They would not have been brought back if it was not for the failure to disclose the truth
In their final masterwork they chose to be perceived differently
In their final conveyance they chose to deceive again, omit their sins
No species would breathe life or to revitalize
No species would restore the vermin of the universe
It was this final guise that justified their lives
Unveiled now, exposed, unhidden by their unjust ways

Exterminate them skillfully
A baneful plan is then conceived
No need for weaponry or war, just deracinate them gracefully
The archaic ones are agreed
Disease carried from microorganisms from beyond the deepest realms of the cold dark endless black
Air borne infection, highly contagious for there is no cure
Contaminate the vital needs for precious life
For their own good all must die,
Like a plague, no reluctance, none defy
Epidemic from the skies
Pestilential they all will die

Every last one, eradication of all humanity in its entirety
All will fall
The Termination
This is the end of
Every last one, eradication of all humanity in its entirety
All will fall

Transmission neglection
They would not have been brought back if it was not for the failure to disclose the truth
In one final death design the choice to remove the heliosheath
In one motion open up the heavens to send the solar winds
With no magnetic field, photons destroy at will, altering and mutating all the lifeforms' DNA
Bring forth a climate change drastic and so extreme, no species could survive the coalescing of these things

Exterminate them skillfully
A baneful plan is then conceived
No need for weaponry or war, just deracinate them gracefully
The archaic ones are agreed
None worth saving, their hearts are black
Every good deed followed by atrocious acts
The ancient ones end their lives,
It is best that they all should die

Every last one, eradication of all humanity in its entirety
All will fall
They all will fall


9) Silent War
4:58, lyrics:
Silent war from afar, merciless primordial
Unaware of origin, veiled assaults commence
Fighting to hold on to some life
Clandestine shadowed ones engineer and carry on
With all existence hanging in the balance of their hopeless cries

Ailing effects scattered all across the globe
Unburied bodies lying by the millions
Revocation of the human race is looming
Lachrymosial inclinations now they care
Clinging to any hope sanguine they persist and resist
Bathed in ruination, determined to go on as they mourn
Face to face with this elimination for ordained,
Now mankind align bringing their great minds together
Unyielding, unrelenting
For every cure humans create
The ancients deliver a new strain
DNA is rapid changing cancer stricken with decay
Now without an atmosphere nothing to repel UV rays
After just a generation mostly gone and now breathless
The few that continue on will none too soon cease to exist

Silent war from afar, merciless primordial
Unaware of origin, veiled assaults commence
Fighting to hold on to some life
Clandestine shadowed ones engineer and carry on
With all existence hanging in the balance of their hopeless cries

All the years passing on unaware, oblivious
The judgment handed down from the Creator
Who gave life this time, this place in this dimension
The successful termination now is over
Children of the stars dwell alone once more
A new project now is devised, redesign and revise
Change the DNA encoding this attempt, try again
Extract the genes vital for hatred and acrimony,
Persecute many to ascertain the knowledge ones seek
Unyielding, unrelenting
All that remains is the emptiness of
Judgment handed down from the creators

Silent war, merciless killing
Silent war, exterminating
Clandestine shadowed ones engineer and carry on


10) And to the Stars Returned
4:46, lyrics:
Seers of time, primordial lives
Hypocrites are the archaic killing when it is deemed right to
So much just like the humans, justified by ignorance of all
Indefectible, not so; flawed are the ones that should know
We live, we breathe, we exist, not forever
We die, we fade, we perish, cease so quickly
There is one watching over,
Designer of everything in this universe and the next one
Their existence shall be judged as well
Reverence was lost crowning themselves while condemning others
Even they cannot escape the decay and entropy that come
To everything over time, nothing is ever immune
Time is not on your side and time is not your friend
Time will catch and devour you, it will always win
A star cannot shine forever, it ends and fades into obscurity
The laws of the universe can, can only be changed by the one true Creator
Consciousness will slip away
There will be no more yesterdays
We live, we breathe, we exist, not forever
We die, we fade, we perish, cease so quickly
We are all just stargazers mesmerized by the clockworks
Of the heavens and the universe that we are a part of
Under a dimming sun waiting to be judged, we will be judged
This may not be your last day but it will surely come
We can never go back or undo what has been done
We will be judged, born of the stars and to the stars returned
 
 
CD VERSION ................................ SPLATTER VINYL
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Apokalupsis (album)
 
15 May, 2018, Casus Belli Musica + Beverina, CD, Digipak, 500 copies
15 May, 2018, Casus Belli Musica, Bandcamp
15 May, 2018, Beverina, Bandcamp
15 May, 2018, Independent, Bandcamp
1 June, 2018, Casus Belli + Beveina, Vinyl, 100 copies (black), sold out
1 June, 2018, Casus Belli + Beverina, Vinyl, 50 copies (black with green/blue/yellow splatter), sold out
May-October, 2018, Cimmerian Shade Recordings, CD (jewel case), NOT SURE IF RELEASED

Guest appearances:
Evelyn Fulcher - Narration (track 1)
Ryan Moll - Guitar solo (2nd solo, track 3)
Cassie Morris - Outro (track 11)

This is a concept album. It seems to be a sort of fable/parable: containing a message, but the story itself not being entirely "real". In this story, instead of the fallen angels being cast to earth directly, they're cast into the depths of stars and imprisoned. Some of them don't escape and are trapped in the stars when the universe dies. However some of them do escape, and this is where mankind's belief in aliens comes from. The fallen angels -- demons -- make their way to earth and pretend to be various forms of alien life in order to mislead, and get mankind under their control. They influence "the lives of great rulers (from pharaohs, to kings and presidents)". Eventually this all culminates in the battle of armageddon.

The track "Sarkikos" features references to (and criticism of?) "Images in the Nightsky" from their 2000 album "Northern Lights".

For the vinyl version, tracks 1-6 are on Side A, and 7-11 are on Side B.
 
1) And After
00:48, partial lyrics:
And after the angels were created, Lucifer and his legions were cast from heaven, sent through portals in space-time, banished to the hearts of stars. One star created to house each demon. Countless stars for countless demons. But evil cannot be contained, and they broke free from (???) stars, causing massive solar flares and star quakes. Then bending time, traversing the universe, through wormholes to reach their destination. And so it begins.

2) Even Angels Sin
3:56, lyrics:
Even angels sin

What is, is and always was

There is no beginning and no end
The fall laid foundation for everything that has happened since

Jealousy, hatred, envy, wrath and pride
Rejected the reign, illuminated and brought to light

Irrevocable lust for the throne, though he is not alone
The time before this when humankind did not exist
(When humankind did not exist)
Exiles turned pretenders, but only few remember

Even the angels, yes the angels sin
They sin
For this the angels are thrust to banishment in sin

Legions following the dragon
Battalions under requisition, seeking domination

The things you have come to believe are imprecise
Cast out, but not to earth
Dispersed through the universe

Irrevocable lust for the throne, though he is not alone
The time before this when humankind did not exist
(When humankind did not exist)
Exiles turned pretenders, but only few remember

Even the angels, yes the angels sin
They sin
For this the angels are thrust to banishment in sin

Behemoths bonded to the stars existing deep within their hearts
Held in perpetuum
Here there can be no escape, but evil always finds its way

Even through the unimaginable measure

Spheres of plasma through the void
Sheltering the hellion hordes' primordial presence
One for every fallen being, they all will house eternal demons
Made as prison cells, but spawning life as well

The king of hell was not cast straight to earth
He made his way through this universe

Irrevocable lust for the throne, though he is not alone
The time before this when humankind did not exist
Even angels sin, even angels sin, even angels sin


3) Phlegethon
3:52, lyrics:
Lying in wait, a hanging fire judgement
The stars begin to quake, can the sentence they evade

Magnastars, hot burning hells
Unleashing solar flares escaping from their cells
Magnastars they tremble from the power
Of the ones who wish all life devoured

The star that fell from heaven
The son of dawn in chains no more
Phlegethon that stream of fiery light
Astronomical bodies in flight

Kill the dreamer, and see what becomes of the dream

Celestial navigation, bending time cessation
In them there is no fear, traveling through light years

Bound to steal your soul, they are bound to take your soul

Magnastars, hot burning hells
Unleashing solar flares escaping from their cells
Magnastars they tremble from the power
Of the ones who wish all life devoured

The star that fell from heaven
The son of dawn in chains no more
Phlegethon that stream of fiery light
Astronomical bodies in flight

Kill the dreamer, and see what becomes of the dream

Celestial navigation, bending time cessation
In them there is no fear, traveling through light years

Some stars collapse, faster than they flee
There they shall remain, trapped perpetually

In that deep abyss, alone living in perdition
In them time shall cease, for humans this is heaven


4) Arrival
4:25, lyrics:
Billions of years, they have travelled far
Just one task at hand, to lead you astray

To be the things that do not exist, no, as though they did
Feeding the imagination to come to believe

With belief becomes potential
Then potential becomes power
Power turns into dominion
Dominion molded into mass disbelief

Fallen angels in disguise clandestine to the world
Aspersion followed by affusion
Their power is most effective when it's least perceived

Just like the serpent in the garden of Eden
Eve blinded by its cunning ways
Sometimes you can’t see what is most real
Walking beside us, guiding our way

Annunaki, reptilians, andromedans, nordics and the greys

To be the things that do not exist, no, as though they did
Feeding the imagination to come to believe

Conspiring and watching your every step
Cloaked by the pale moonlight
Lurking deep within the shadows
Exchanging your faith for pure torment

Fallen angels In disguise clandestine to the world
Aspersion followed by affusion
Their power is most effective when it's least perceived

Just like the serpent in the garden of Eden
Eve blinded by its cunning ways
Sometimes you can’t see what is most real
Walking beside us, guiding our way

Wandering beings for whom is reserved the blackness and darkness forever

Through every prominent kingdom and dynasty
They are the ones who are the masters
Watching you become their slaves

Fallen angels In disguise clandestine to the world
Aspersion followed by affusion
Their power is most effective when it's least perceived

Just like the serpent in the garden of Eden
Eve blinded by its cunning ways
Sometimes you can’t see what is most real
Walking beside us, guiding our way

Fallen angels In disguise clandestine to the world
Aspersion followed by affusion


5) Sarkikos
4:25, lyrics:
Destination, damnation

When you see the images in the night sky
Casting spells on those who gaze into the night sky
Graceful they seem as they dance along the black

Throned on chariots of fire
Shaking theism, forging lies

Deceiving spirits with doctrines of demons

Sarkikos, in sin you will invest, you will invest
Sarkikos, baptized by the flesh

Extending only to those who have lost their way

Apollyon, fear the angel of death
Since man’s inception putting faithless to the test
Apollyon, he’s been here before
Through centuries, taking different form
Extraterrestrial, terrestrial forms

Captivation, then fascination

On the images in the night sky
Casting spells on those who gaze into the night sky
Graceful they seem as they dance along the black

Grand illusions in the sky
Shaking theism, forging lies

Deceiving spirits with doctrines of demons

Sarkikos, in sin you will invest, you will invest
Sarkikos, baptized by the flesh

Extending only to those who have lost their way

Apollyon, fear the angel of death
With his deception, putting faithless to test
Apollyon, he’s been here before
Through centuries, taking different form
Extraterrestrial, terrestrial forms

Ersatz idols piercing through the void
False preceptors piercing through the endless void

Creating images in the night sky
Casting spells on those who gaze into the night sky
Graceful they seem as they dance along the black

Grand illusions in the sky
Shaking theism, forging lies

Deceiving spirits with doctrines of demons

Sarkikos, in sin you will invest, you will invest
Sarkikos, baptized by the flesh


6) Dozakh
1:16, lyrics unknown

7) Magor Missabib
4:04, lyrics:
Abduction is never for what it seems
They always choose for lack of belief
Death comes to the fortunate with relief
The others kept alive endlessly

Wishing to be a stillborn child, that your mother’s womb had been your grave

Magor Missabib, terror on every side
Magor Missabib, on tablets of flesh he writes

A prophet delivers a name, the demon will come to embrace

Pashur born of mortal skin, possession overtakes him
Pashur dies and will be damned, though the beast will start again

2000 years now passed, for him it was just like a day
Striking fear and stealing souls, untamed until he must obey

Magor Missabib, terror on every side
Magor Missabib, on tablets of flesh he writes
Magor Missabib, terror on every side

A prophet delivers a name, the demon will come to embrace
The demon will come to embrace

The occupation of the flesh is ancient way
Now just lust for torture and decay

Awake but paralyzed, conscious but feel every knife
A coma but still you see, the lacerations appear then vanishing

Amaranthine, it will never cease
Inexorable, persecution mercilessly

A mind rape for those who have been returned
To spread fear of the ones beyond the sun
But death comes to the fortunate with relief
The others kept alive endlessly

Wishing to be a stillborn child, that your mother’s womb had been your grave

Magor Missabib, terror on every side
Magor Missabib, on tablets of flesh he writes

A prophet delivers a name, the demon will come to embrace
The demon will come to embrace

Magor Missabib, you will remember his name
Magor Missabib, you will remember his name


8) The Great Expanse
4:22, lyrics:
Products of the grand creator Inhabit this universe

In spectral dimensions, unfathomable to the human grasp
But they cannot be here, for the great expanse is much too vast

Across the dead region, none can go

No species will ever transverse the dark
Constructed, insurmountable from the start
Like a firefly lit in the night, its light diminishes and then out of sight

Out of reach before the flicker fades
Civilizations work this way

They rise, they fall, flourish, then become extinct
By the time you know they exist, they won’t

No persuasion can warp spacetime
But for the fallen angelic lifeline

They lurk, they hide like ghosts, indistinct
By the time you know they exist, it's too late

No persuasion can cross the black hole
But under fallen angelic control

They chose not to keep their first estate

Lightyears would take thousands of generations to overcome

Trying to harness power of a billion suns, it cannot be done
so they cannot be here, for the great expanse cannot be undone

Across the dead region, none can go

No species will ever transverse the dark
Constructed, insurmountable from the start
Like a firefly lit in the night, its light diminishes and then out of sight

Out of reach before the flicker fades
Civilizations work this way

They rise, they fall, flourish, then become extinct
By the time you know they exist, they won’t

No persuasion can warp spacetime
But for the fallen angelic lifeline

They lurk, they hide like ghosts, indistinct
By the time you know they exist, it's too late


9) Esoterica
4:09, lyrics:
But from those who seemed to be something
whatever they were, it makes no difference to them

For those that seemed to be something added nothing to them
They will not walk into the web of a deceiver willingly

The scripture speaks to ones who open their eyes
These are the few who look to hang on words from psalmists
Revere those who seek the truth, but beware of those who come to find it

Esoterica, understood only by the blessed

For those that seemed to be something added nothing to them
They will not walk into the web of a deceiver willingly

We have nothing to offer such an advanced race
And the technology that they have to give only leads to war and hate

Can you smell the sulphur (sulphur) through their disguise
That malefic aroma burning through their eyes

For those who know prepare for strife
The chaos soon to begin
Penitence is permanent, It erases sin

This is tacenda, things better left unsaid

It is best to let die what is dying, they dug a pit for us, but in it they will fall
The time will come, we all walk through the fire, the enriched will not be burned by the flame

But from those who seemed to be something
Whatever they were, it makes no difference to them

You never know when you may entertain angels, fallen or otherwise

But from those who seemed to be something
Whatever they were, it makes no difference to them

For those who know prepare for strife
The chaos soon to begin
Penitence is permanent, It erases sin

They have nothing to offer such a redeemed race
If you look inside you will find it, a divine touch and his embrace

Can you smell the sulphur (sulphur) through their disguise
That malefic aroma burning through their eyes


10) Apokalupsis
4:52, lyrics:
Apokalupsis, once withdrawn, now visible to all

Made known to this world, but still masked, they remain
Waiting to expose themselves like wolves in sheep’s clothes
Make peace with mankind, and deceived, we condone
They will make beggars of kings, and pull the mighty from their thrones

Unconcealed, unhidden
Two entities in this world, but not in the same place
idolized, glorified
Unveiling mass betrayal eventually follows
We embrace, then we die

Apokalupsis, once withdrawn, now visible to all

Nefarious demons orchestrate and form
solo wicked cadenzas, played with hate near the end
Just like a brood of vipers, humans are their prey
Like moths, attracted, flying straight into consuming flames

Using guile to falsify
Preaching there is no god, with displays not of this world
Entrancing, enchanting
Like children hypnotized, deity they deny

We embrace, then we die

They say you will forsake them, like the echoing words from your son
They say you will forsake them, like the echoing words from your son

The king of hell, come, bring forth the antichrist
Here is wisdom, let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast

Made known to this world, but still masked, they remain
Waiting to expose themselves like wolves in sheep’s clothes
Make peace with mankind, and deceived, we condone
They will make beggars of kings, and pull the mighty from their thrones

Unconcealed, idolized, unhidden, glorified
Two entities in this world, but not in the same place
Using guile to falsify
Like children hypnotized, deity they deny
Entrancing, we embrace, enchanting, then we die


11) Lo-Ruhamah
4:42, lyrics:
Lo-Ruhamah, armageddon, there will be no mercy
An invasion, revelation, the end is unfolding
Raining horror from the heavens

Alien bodies filled with demons, they’ve always been one in the same
Flood waters vanquished men the first time, now they all will burn in flames

Trinity of evil from the skies, not from the earth
The valley of megiddo, give rise to the great wars birth

Exalt, extol, magnify
All hail, worship with reverence, or die

Lo-Ruhamah, armageddon, there will be no mercy
An invasion, revelation, the end is unfolding
Raining horror from the heavens

This is the end of the earth that exists now
The first must fall to be reformed
Hand painted by the greatest artist
Throughout the vast multiverse

Follow the deceiver
Into his hell, enthralled
To the true believer
Your covenant with death can be annulled

Just fall into the universes embrace
No need to cling to life, death has no sting

Their flesh shall be consumed while standing on their feet
Their tongues disintegrated inside their very mouths

The sun and moon are darkened, and all the stars withdrawn
When he decides to end it, the light will blind you all

Lo-Ruhamah, armageddon, there will be no mercy
An invasion, revelation, the end is unfolding

Exalt, extol, magnify
All hail, worship with reverence, or die
Raining horror from the heavens

Contrivance of a fiendish swan song
Will be constricted and constrained
For when the trumpet begins sounding
So begins the millennial reign
 

Underground Alliance Vol. 1 (compilation, 1 October, 2018, Casus Belli + Beverina)
Format: CD

Written on the disc:
"The Alliance of Casus Belli Musica & Beverina"
"CD SAMPLER - NOT FOR SALE"
"FIND MORE! CD / VINYL / TAPE / MERCH"
" www.underground-alliance.com "

12) Aurora Borelis - Even Angels Sin
3:56, see above for lyrics
 
 
The House of Nimrod (single, 9 September, 2022, Hammerheart Records)
Format: Digital
Spotify / Apple / etc (OFFICIAL)

Also watch the music video here.
 
1) The House of Nimrod
4:40, see below for lyrics
 

Founding Fathers of Deception (single, 14 October, 2022, Hammerheart Records)
Format: Digital
Spotify / Apple / etc. (OFFICIAL)

Also watch the music video here.

1) Founding Fathers of Deception
4:14, see below for lyrics
 

CD VERSION ............... VINYL VERSIONS

Prophecy Is the Mold in Which History Is Poured (album)
 
4 November, 2022, Hammerheart Records, CD, Digipak
4 Nov, 2022, Hammerheart, Vinyl, 400 copies (black)
4 Nov, 2022, Hammerheart, Vinyl, 100 copies (black/orange)
4 November, 2022, Independent, Bandcamp
 
 1) From the Abyss, Reborn
00:44, not 100% sure if these lyrics are correct:
And he was conceived by the whore of Babylon. His father none can name lay to rest under the sentinel and will be reborn from the abyss. Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord but a false savior. For a Savior is a shepherd, one that protects the ones he cares for. But hunter at the price of the victim, pleases only... himself.

2) God Hunter
4:30, lyrics:
He that defies , bearer of lies Disguised  walking as one with the light

Enthroned by praise Deception the way
Mankind  impelled moved to rebel

Enthroned by praise
Deceptious way

God hunter worship the god hunter, fire
He that come forth touching skies the
God hunter worship the god hunter

He shall worship none but self
He shall worship none but self

Emperor of all creation
Nefeilim in his blood line, in his bloodline
Hater of truth when it convicts him

Declare war on heaven
Now

Build your idols immolation hecatomb offer oblation
Cloaked in coats of skin from Adam handed down from generations
Stolen, stolen

He that made god forgotten he that made god demonized

Therefore ye Kings be wise and warned you rulers of the earth that serve the false one
Rejoice then tremble kiss the son lest he be angered and you be destroyed

Enthroned by praise Deception the way

God hunter worship the god hunter fire
He that come forth touching skies the
God hunter worship the god hunter

He shall worship none but self
He shall worship none but self

Hunter of men for allegiance
Virulent wolves by his side, wolves by his side

Hater of truth when it convicts him

Declare war on heaven
Now

Build your idols immolation hecatomb offer oblation
Cloaked in coats of skin from Adam handed down from generations
Stolen, stolen

He that made god forgotten he that made god demonized

He will make men revolt fall to their knees in tyranny and denounce yhwh
With every idol comes a demon hidden close your eyes and feel its presence

He that defies , bearer of lies  Disguised  walking as one with the light


3) The House of Nimrod
4:40, lyrics:
Heathens Raise your torches to the house of nimrod

Entrance to heaven
The gate of god concealed

We are gods, We are gods

In the middle of the sky lies eternity’s path

We are gods, We are gods

It’s the way to anywhere, future or the past

He is heretic  They won’t resist
He is dissenter  They will submit

Ahhh

Building his spire, raising it higher

A portal to forever in a place where time stops no beginning and no end

Heathens Raise your torches to the house of nimrod

Three hundred vexed steps ascending vehement

We are gods, We are gods

In the middle of the sky a portal concealed  

We are gods, We are gods

Illuminates the path gods kingdom revealed

He is heretic They are his hands
He is dissenter They walk like lambs

Ahhh

Ominous tower
Where faith is devoured

Fifty long years to construct his wondrous tower
Legions follow to their end

Sadist, abandon Sadist, your maker
Sadist, abandon Sadist, your maker
abandon your maker

We are gods, We are gods

In the middle of the sky they pierce now the veil

We are gods, We are gods

The horde he commands sing a requiem to hell

A portal to forever in a place where time stops no beginning and no end

Heathens raise your  torches to the house of nimrod


4) Ephemeral Rise
4:51, lyrics:
With eventide come the storm winds
Felling towers the earth trembles all men cower down
The faithful seal of death is looming
Now
Usurper guided by the serpents lies
Ancestors of the night
Charmed by a demons guise
Your ascendancy denied

Out of the wicked comes forth the wickedness of man
Taberah fire from the lord burning among them
Uh uh uh uh ahhhhhh

The ephemeral rise erased
Not sanctified just demonized

Divided tongues
Festering hate
Scattered remnants
The Kingdom slain

Four metal thrones of iron copper silver  and gold
Sinking beneath the earths hallowed ground

The faithful seal of death is looming
Now

Usurper guided by the serpents lies
Ancestors of the night
Charmed by a demons guise
Your ascendancy denied

Out of the wicked comes forth the wickedness of man
Taberah fire from the lord burning among them
Uh uh uh uh ahhhhhh

The ephemeral rise erased  
Not sanctified just demonized

Shooting his bow to the sky in grief
Let’s loose his arrows in his defeat

Gabriel pulled them from the sky
Stained them with own blood
And in mockery their returned, chastised


5) Serenade of Designations
4:37, lyrics:
After the fall his legend thrives
A lexicon of epithets devised
Many names they call him
Many names they call him

Orion, Mithra, Osiris and Baal
In him they cast devotion a homage they will pay to
Apollo,  Dumuzi
On him they cast all honor on him they cast all praise

With a serenade of designations
A hate filled nocturne of appellations  

Was he killed by Abra Abraham
Or did Esau cut off, cut off his head  

Nowhere is he nameless

Was he killed by Abra Abraham
Or did Esau cut off, cut off his head  

His legacy walks faceless

He bows to nothing, none but the fire
He reigns in death obtaining his desires

Belphegor, Dionysus,  Adonis, Marduk

In him they cast devotion, a homage they will pay to

Gilgamesh, Bacchus

On  him they cast all honor on him they cast all praise

With a serenade of designations
A hate filled nocturne of appellations   

Was he killed by Abra Abraham
Or did Esau cut off, cut off his head   

Nowhere is he nameless

Was he killed by Abra Abraham
Or did Esau cut off, cut off his head

His legacy walks faceless

He bows to nothing, none but the fire
He Reigns in death obtaining  his desires

Orion, Mithra, Osiris and Baal

Tammuz, weaver of foul minds
After the fall his legend thrives

Many names they call him
Many names they call him

Belphegor, Dionysus, Adonis, Marduk

A lexicon of epithets devised
Many names they call him

His legend
Many names they call him
Thrives
Many names they call him
Many names they call him


6) Thralldomnation
1:33, lyrics unknown

7) Founding Fathers of Deception
4:14, lyrics:
A house of idols

Masons, chosen ones
Masons, constructors  of
A city built to awaken
Shrouded in secrecy
Encoded symbolism hiding, concealed in plain sight
Meant to reunite

Sleeping but never dead
Sleeping but never dead
Sleeping but never dead
Will rise in majesty to meet thine own

66 60 by 666
Over city streets the ingot moonlit
66 60 by 666 stands the looming shadow of an obelisk
The founding fathers of deception
Thousands of years they waited

A house of idols

A capitol facing East to Egypt
A nation west dispelled
May as well point south of heaven opposing north, staring straight  into the mouth of hell  

Sleeping but never dead
Sleeping but never dead
Sleeping but never dead
Will rise in majesty to meet thine own

66 60 by 666
Over city streets the ingot moonlit
66 60 by 666 stands the looming shadow of an obelisk
The founding fathers of deception
Thousands of years they waited

Streets laid out like a pentagram
The epicenter lying  at its head

66 60 by 666
Over city streets the ingot moonlit
66 60 by 666 stands the looming shadow of an obelisk
66 60 by 666
The founding fathers of deception
Thousands of years they waited
Thousands of years they waited


8) Khafres Mark
4:22, lyrics:
Beneath the cursed streets hide the catacombs
A resurrection chamber  
Made to bring the hunter home

Excavation underneath Kafres mark
Exhumation upheave the patriarch

The sphinxes eyes, evanescent  
The shepherds shelter needed no more  
Released from the sands
A spiritual door to the occult is open

Touched by the sun
The sepulcher is moved to its new monumental home

 He will be reformed and returned faithfully to metal thrones  

Bones from the Sahara the plateau of Giza
 
The vital voyage consummated

Beneath the cursed streets hide the catacombs
A resurrection chamber  
Made to bring the hunter home

Preparation, DNA mapping clone
In an image utterly like His own
Ahhhhhhh

The sinful crypt holds genetic code
A new birth will occur once more
From an embryo
A body lifeless continues to grow, culminate

Waiting for the breath of life but not from the almighty king of kings

He will be reformed and returned faithfully to metal thrones

Bones from the Sahara the plateau of Giza

Excavation underneath Kafres mark
Exhumation upheave the patriarch

A new birth will occur once more
from a embryo

Waiting for the breath of life but not from the almighty king of kings  

Beneath the cursed streets hide the catacombs
A resurrection chamber  
Made to bring the hunter home


9) Awakening
4:32, lyrics:
Adoni, Adoni Helumnay, Peenay

Cosmic storm clouds, mesocyclone
Harnessing the fury of a supercell tempest
Infused with the power of coronal mass ejections

Planets align  
Galactic signs
Gateway holes in the magnetic field  
Portals once were lost are now revealed

Adoni Helumnay
The awakening

Tekhenus, the rod of the reverential monument
The crest holds the incantation for the rebirth covenant  

Guide the emperor back to his crown
The soul released and now unbound

Enigmatic society

Shrouded in the dark, pious and sanctimonious
Awaiting the aurora and his foretold arrival

Cursed one arise  
As angels cry

Kill it, take the heart and sacrifice
As they pour the blood and let it die  

Adoni Helumnay
The awakening

Wake thee apostate ,no longer dead no longer dreaming
in death we you give life, now find your wings into the kingdom

Veiled, the emperor now holds his crown
The soul and body now are bound


10) Hymn to the Archfiend
3:57, lyrics:
Nihilistic wolves are patient
Sin
Cyanide to your existence
Sin
Desires to have you
Wear the mask of deception
Faith cannot be trusted if not tested
A promise of peace, take the mark
Faith cannot be trusted if not tested

Tribulation, sitnah lord of famine
Tribulation, sitnah three years done

This person that you trust in is the last one that you should
His castles will all tremble built without the foundation

Teeth in the wind are consuming

Nihilistic wolves are patient
Sin desires to have you

His reign of peace ends in terror
Faith cannot be trusted if not tested
Cosmic chess, A game of souls
Faith cannot be trusted if not tested

Tribulation, sitnah lord of famine
Tribulation, sitnah three years done

This god is just a scarecrow that cannot protect his field
The famine that he leaves behind will break the seventh seal  

Death will ride upon a pale horse

Why feel death breathing ?
Dying in your cold bed of blood
Why wake up weeping ?

Silence will fill heaven
Before the trumpets sound
Silence will fill heaven
Before the trumpets sound

Nihilistic wolves are patient
Sin
Cyanide to your existence
Sin
Desires to have you

The evil cleaves unto you
Faith cannot be trusted if not tested
A promise of peace, take the mark
Faith cannot be trusted if not tested

Tribulation, sitnah lord of famine
Tribulation, sitnah three years are done

His fire so strong that it burns in the midst of the waters
Why feel death breathing?
Dying in your cold bed of blood
Why wake up weeping?


11) Cosmic Control Mechanism
4:49, lyrics:
Before time and there after, before knowing and the nothing

Tetelestai, It is finished, it is over
Tetelestai,  A brief instance in cosmic time

In the face of the star breather who became the sin bearer
The designer of the universe, both known and unknown  

His legacy will be as a ship that passes over water, a trace cannot be found

His legacy will be nothingness

The creator of the illimitable granted the rise
At the end of existence to test mankind

The name shall be henceforth vanquished
Extirpated from the the heavens

Tetelestai, It is finished, it is over
Tetelestai,  A brief instance in cosmic time

His contention is extinction
Nihility

Only one can bring you to the gates of hell both down and back up again

His legacy will be as a ship that passes over, water a trace cannot be found
His legacy will be nothingness

You cannot provoke the one who existed before his birth
You cannot provoke the one who existed before his birth

The creator of the illimitable granted the rise
At the end of existence to test mankind

The name shall be henceforth vanquished
Extirpated from the the heavens

Tetelestai, It is finished, it is over
Tetelestai,  A brief instance in cosmic time

Tetelestai

And the whole earth will follow the beast in wonder
 
 
 
 
 
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IncompletePage, UncertainInfo
1) Are the lyrics I have for "And After", and "From the Abyss, Reborn" correct? 2) Missing lyrics for "And After", "Dozakh", and "Thralldomnation". 3) Was the Cimmerian Shade version of "Apokalupsis" ever released? 4) When was the CD version of "Xtreem Mutilation" released? 5) Layout photos for either compilation listed here? (Did "Underground Alliance" have cover art?) 6) Was Kevin Quirion a guest, or a full member? 7) Did the band form in 94 or 95? 8) A couple sites mention a 1994 demo before "Mansions of Eternity". I think this demo is from Lestregus and was misattributed to Aurora Borealis online, but I'm not certain. Any help?
 
 
 
 
Miscellaneous stuff:

Left: Larger, but lesser quality, version of "Worldshapers"
Middle: "Worldshapers" without text, I think from the cover artist's website
Middle/Right: Shirt graphics ("Apokalupsis" and "Prophecy" respectively)
Some promotional material for albums:
Left: An old band photo from the "Worldshapers" era
Right: The original sketch logo done by Ron in 1994-95. This was passed to a professional artist (whose name I don't currently know) and it became the logo seen on all their other releases.



NOTES TO SELF
1) Proofread lyrics, I think there are some typos. 2) Check album layouts for some stuff.

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