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BAND NAME: Sanctifica
GENRE: Death Metal (before first demo), Unblack Metal with Symphonic/Atmospheric Influences (mid), Progressive Extreme Metal (last album)
STATUS: Split-up
LOCATION: Sweden
Formed in summer 1996 as a death metal band. They played a show in November of 1996, and then switched to black metal. They went on hold from July 1998 to early 1999, and then became active again. Most sites say they split up in 2002; Wikipedia says 2003.
About the name, Henrik says[1]
"The name is Latin and it means something like "the blessed" or "blessing". We can't really remember why we chose that name."
Johnathan says[2]
"It came out of bad english and a potty short of the word 'sanctification', i think. At that time all the bands had a name with 'tion' in it, so we removed it, and so it was. And than we did'nt care to change the name, because it's already 'established' "
Lineup:
David Seiving - Vocals
Henrik Georgsson - Guitars, Vocals
Jonathan "Steele" Jansson - Bass, Vocals
Aron Engberg - Keyboards
Daniel Thelin - Drums, Percussion
Past members:
Hubertus Liljegren - Guitars, Vocals
Alexander Orest - Bass (early), Synths (later)
Martin Claesson (Narnia) was a session keyboardist around 1997-1998, but I don't know which, if any, recordings he appeared on.
GENRE: Death Metal (before first demo), Unblack Metal with Symphonic/Atmospheric Influences (mid), Progressive Extreme Metal (last album)
STATUS: Split-up
LOCATION: Sweden
Formed in summer 1996 as a death metal band. They played a show in November of 1996, and then switched to black metal. They went on hold from July 1998 to early 1999, and then became active again. Most sites say they split up in 2002; Wikipedia says 2003.
About the name, Henrik says[1]
"The name is Latin and it means something like "the blessed" or "blessing". We can't really remember why we chose that name."
Johnathan says[2]
"It came out of bad english and a potty short of the word 'sanctification', i think. At that time all the bands had a name with 'tion' in it, so we removed it, and so it was. And than we did'nt care to change the name, because it's already 'established' "
Lineup:
David Seiving - Vocals
Henrik Georgsson - Guitars, Vocals
Jonathan "Steele" Jansson - Bass, Vocals
Aron Engberg - Keyboards
Daniel Thelin - Drums, Percussion
Past members:
Hubertus Liljegren - Guitars, Vocals
Alexander Orest - Bass (early), Synths (later)
Martin Claesson (Narnia) was a session keyboardist around 1997-1998, but I don't know which, if any, recordings he appeared on.
Links:
Spotify
Apple Music
Official site @ archive.org (sanctifica.com)
Official site @ archive.org (swipnet.se)
Official site @ archive.org (unblack-zone.de)
MP3.com @ archive.org
Unofficial links:
Fan site @ archive.org (Deutsch, metal-underground.de)
Fan site @ Myspace (see also archive.org)
Unblack Metal Wallpapers
Discography:
In the Bleak Midwinter (demo, early 1998, Independent)
Format: Cassette
[Metal Archives] says this is single-sided. [This page] says tracks 1-4 are on Side A, and 5-6 are on Side B. I have no idea which one is correct.
1) Intro 00:51
2) Burial of the Grave 5:21
3) Blind for Reality 4:08
4) In the Bleak Midwinter 4:27
5) Sacrifice to Life 3:47
6) King of Kings and Lord of Lords 4:59
In the Shadow of Death (compilation)
13 December, 2014, Endtime Productions, Bandcamp
11) Sanctifica - Riket 4:36, see below for lyrics
Extreme Christian Music (compilation, label unknown, NOT SURE IF OFFICIAL)
Format unknown (presumably CD?)
Supposedly released in 2001. Catalog number is JHP002.
Seems to be a bootleg, presumably from South America, considering the typos.
"Dawl Eternal" should be "Dawn Eternal"
"Nebulom" should be "Nebulon"
"Vardöger" should be "Vardøger"
"Sanctífica" has an accent over the first "i".
16) "Sanctífica" - Riket 4:36, see below for lyrics
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Spirit of Purity (24 March, 2000, Little Rose + C. L. Music & Publishing)
Format: CD
1) Riket
4:35, lyrics:
Seger giv du segerrike.
Konung till din kamp oss vig.
Ingen man må provet svike
När du för ditt rikes krig.
Hys och led vår trängda skara.
Hör, till dig i bön vi fly.
Låt oss snart ur natt och
Fara se din frihetsmorgon gry.
Bryt o Herre, bräck och krossa hela mörkrets våld och makt.
Dödens bojor Du kan lossa. Du som liv til seger bragt.
Ack vår kraft är ganska ringa.
Giv oss herre dag från dag
Mod att ej med världen tinga.
Giv ett bergfast sinnelag.
2) The Dark Desires
3:51, lyrics:
I walk on a path of desolation where screams and tears has a sound of bitterness.
O Almighty, why can't I see the darkness that blinds my view?
Lost in an empty essence where darkness reign night and day.
My yearning to a life of victory drowns in grief and misery.
Why shall my flesh be consumed of this lust of evil that perverts the creation of God?
The seduces that blackens my heart makes my soul to tear apart.
Like the dew of the morning delivers the cold shape of night.
As rays of hope brings a dawn of freedom.
Emperor of universe release my bounds and set me free by the blood of Christ.
3) Released from Pain
4:24, lyrics:
Allene, jag vandrar igenom mörkom dal.
Evinnerligen, jag förnimmen mitt hjärtas svåra kval.
Jag äro omsluten av idel död och sorgtyngd vånda.
Alone, I wander through this dark valley.
Eternally, I feel the pain of my heart.
I am embraced by sheer death and agony weighed down by grief.
Within despair I will remain, until the casket becomes my bed.
This dark embrace of grief, entices me with chains of red.
But listen, hear the cries of another man in pain.
Blood as red as the blood dripping from my chains.
Behold, a Lamb, nailed to a cross, filled with the sins of mankind.
But still His tears are shining of hope, His death is not His end.
Arisen from hades, satan enslaved, the dusk turned to dawn.
Take His hand, reveal His gift, do not fear the death of mourn.
Released by God I am, within his almighty strength I stand.
4) Spirit of Purity
6:38, lyrics:
Like an endless sound You whisper.
Like burning fire You walk through water.
Where water is calm there is my yearning to appeal You.
If danger lie in wait at night I will not fear my destiny
Because You surround me with courage of victory.
Shadows embrace the sorrows of pain.
The dawn reveal the brew of life.
Spirit of purity, my soul You shield.
O You mighty spirit.
Before time You were created.
From the Father You have arised, Your greatness no one can conquer.
O You mighty spirit.
Before time You were created.
You are an essence of power, the timeless universe you embrace.
The demons of darkness cannot fight Him.
His power is eternal.
As a wind He liberates, liberates the curse of hell.
The messenger of purity You are, like a flame of fire You fill my soul.
So fill my soul with purity, purity by the blood of Christ.
5) Allhärskaren
5:19, lyrics:
Din ande sveper över Nordens rike.
Ditt ljus skola lysa för all tid.
Allhärskare över hela universum,
Du är vår konung, vår Far.
Your spirit is sweeping over the nordic realm.
Your light will shine forever.
Master over the whole universe.
You are our emperor, our Father.
Du dog på ett kors och uppstod på tredje dagen.
Evigt liv Du bringe, i evighet vi leve.
Vi skall kämpa mot ondskan.
Vi skall strida för ljus.
Giv oss kraft, som Kristi krigare.
Kristus skall regera för all tid.
Frukta icke ondskan, ty Kristus har vunnit seger.
Frukta dock Gud, konungars konung,
För Han har skapat dig,
Och friköpt dig till evigheten!
6) Landscape
3:14, lyrics:
Cold winds are blowing in the forest of the north.
The night is black, like an essence of the calm.
Embrace my soul, eternal Master.
The stars are your creation. And the
moonlight that shine in my face. Blessed is
the nature that gives me strength.
Autumn leaves falls like a preparation for the winter.
The trees are quiet in its rest.
The quilt of the winter covers the landscape
As Your power embrace our hearts.
Even if the cold tries to drown me, You will still remain.
7) The Dark Embrace of Night
4:57, lyrics:
"Will it find its way back or will it never again shine?"
one may wonder when the sun disappears
and the dark night embraces the land.
But after each night comes the dawn
And the sun again gives life to the forest.
As the nocturnal activities of the forest may
frighten the sons of Adam, the creatures of
the nocturnal forest is to worship the son of God.
And the flower in its magnificence silently worship the Creator.
The Creator of all, the spirit of our lives, the deliverer of mankind;
I welcome Thee deep into the heart of mine.
8) The Wanderer
7:03, lyrics:
Oh this painful path.
I try to walk but am forced to fall.
Again and again lashed by this whip of twisted truth
That perverts the minds of millions.
Master, come with your strength.
Master, come with your empire.
Master, embrace my soul.
This path that I walk has been walked so many times.
And many are those who wander with me.
I don't know them and neither do they know me.
This path is the path of confusion and bitterness.
There will be forks, I know,
Where I must choose which way to go, whom to follow.
I met many who claimed the smaller path to be the better.
Yet most men seem to choose the other.
And who knows whether I will be able to change my mind.
Come with Your strength, with Your empire.
May Your righteousness embrace my soul.
Guide me on my path so I may never fall.
Protect me on my wandering.
Cause darkness has lost its weight by the blood of the holy Son.
For whose is the kingdom?
The power and the glory? Forever and ever,
Amen.
CL MUSIC VERSION
EM VERSION
In the Bleak Midwinter / Songs of Solomon
In the Bleak Midwinter / Even Unto the Ends of the Earth (split)
Top: "... Songs of Solomon", 12 October, 2001, C.L. Music & Publishing, CD
Bottom: "... Ends of the Earth", 2018, EM Label & Distro (RIP-OFF LABEL), CD
Split with Pantokrator.
Sanctifica's songs are remastered.
Sanctifica's songs are the same on both versions, but Pantokrator's songs are different on the 2018 version, hence the different names.
1) Sanctifica - Intro 00:51
2) Sanctifica - Burial of the Grave 5:19
3) Sanctifica - Blind for Reality 4:06
4) Sanctifica - In the Bleak Midwinter 4:25
5) Sanctifica - Sacrifice to Life 3:45
6) Sanctifica - King of Kings and Lord of Lords 4:58
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Spirit of Purity (24 March, 2000, Little Rose + C. L. Music & Publishing)
Format: CD
1) Riket
4:35, lyrics:
Seger giv du segerrike.
Konung till din kamp oss vig.
Ingen man må provet svike
När du för ditt rikes krig.
Hys och led vår trängda skara.
Hör, till dig i bön vi fly.
Låt oss snart ur natt och
Fara se din frihetsmorgon gry.
Bryt o Herre, bräck och krossa hela mörkrets våld och makt.
Dödens bojor Du kan lossa. Du som liv til seger bragt.
Ack vår kraft är ganska ringa.
Giv oss herre dag från dag
Mod att ej med världen tinga.
Giv ett bergfast sinnelag.
2) The Dark Desires
3:51, lyrics:
I walk on a path of desolation where screams and tears has a sound of bitterness.
O Almighty, why can't I see the darkness that blinds my view?
Lost in an empty essence where darkness reign night and day.
My yearning to a life of victory drowns in grief and misery.
Why shall my flesh be consumed of this lust of evil that perverts the creation of God?
The seduces that blackens my heart makes my soul to tear apart.
Like the dew of the morning delivers the cold shape of night.
As rays of hope brings a dawn of freedom.
Emperor of universe release my bounds and set me free by the blood of Christ.
3) Released from Pain
4:24, lyrics:
Allene, jag vandrar igenom mörkom dal.
Evinnerligen, jag förnimmen mitt hjärtas svåra kval.
Jag äro omsluten av idel död och sorgtyngd vånda.
Alone, I wander through this dark valley.
Eternally, I feel the pain of my heart.
I am embraced by sheer death and agony weighed down by grief.
Within despair I will remain, until the casket becomes my bed.
This dark embrace of grief, entices me with chains of red.
But listen, hear the cries of another man in pain.
Blood as red as the blood dripping from my chains.
Behold, a Lamb, nailed to a cross, filled with the sins of mankind.
But still His tears are shining of hope, His death is not His end.
Arisen from hades, satan enslaved, the dusk turned to dawn.
Take His hand, reveal His gift, do not fear the death of mourn.
Released by God I am, within his almighty strength I stand.
4) Spirit of Purity
6:38, lyrics:
Like an endless sound You whisper.
Like burning fire You walk through water.
Where water is calm there is my yearning to appeal You.
If danger lie in wait at night I will not fear my destiny
Because You surround me with courage of victory.
Shadows embrace the sorrows of pain.
The dawn reveal the brew of life.
Spirit of purity, my soul You shield.
O You mighty spirit.
Before time You were created.
From the Father You have arised, Your greatness no one can conquer.
O You mighty spirit.
Before time You were created.
You are an essence of power, the timeless universe you embrace.
The demons of darkness cannot fight Him.
His power is eternal.
As a wind He liberates, liberates the curse of hell.
The messenger of purity You are, like a flame of fire You fill my soul.
So fill my soul with purity, purity by the blood of Christ.
5) Allhärskaren
5:19, lyrics:
Din ande sveper över Nordens rike.
Ditt ljus skola lysa för all tid.
Allhärskare över hela universum,
Du är vår konung, vår Far.
Your spirit is sweeping over the nordic realm.
Your light will shine forever.
Master over the whole universe.
You are our emperor, our Father.
Du dog på ett kors och uppstod på tredje dagen.
Evigt liv Du bringe, i evighet vi leve.
Vi skall kämpa mot ondskan.
Vi skall strida för ljus.
Giv oss kraft, som Kristi krigare.
Kristus skall regera för all tid.
Frukta icke ondskan, ty Kristus har vunnit seger.
Frukta dock Gud, konungars konung,
För Han har skapat dig,
Och friköpt dig till evigheten!
6) Landscape
3:14, lyrics:
Cold winds are blowing in the forest of the north.
The night is black, like an essence of the calm.
Embrace my soul, eternal Master.
The stars are your creation. And the
moonlight that shine in my face. Blessed is
the nature that gives me strength.
Autumn leaves falls like a preparation for the winter.
The trees are quiet in its rest.
The quilt of the winter covers the landscape
As Your power embrace our hearts.
Even if the cold tries to drown me, You will still remain.
7) The Dark Embrace of Night
4:57, lyrics:
"Will it find its way back or will it never again shine?"
one may wonder when the sun disappears
and the dark night embraces the land.
But after each night comes the dawn
And the sun again gives life to the forest.
As the nocturnal activities of the forest may
frighten the sons of Adam, the creatures of
the nocturnal forest is to worship the son of God.
And the flower in its magnificence silently worship the Creator.
The Creator of all, the spirit of our lives, the deliverer of mankind;
I welcome Thee deep into the heart of mine.
8) The Wanderer
7:03, lyrics:
Oh this painful path.
I try to walk but am forced to fall.
Again and again lashed by this whip of twisted truth
That perverts the minds of millions.
Master, come with your strength.
Master, come with your empire.
Master, embrace my soul.
This path that I walk has been walked so many times.
And many are those who wander with me.
I don't know them and neither do they know me.
This path is the path of confusion and bitterness.
There will be forks, I know,
Where I must choose which way to go, whom to follow.
I met many who claimed the smaller path to be the better.
Yet most men seem to choose the other.
And who knows whether I will be able to change my mind.
Come with Your strength, with Your empire.
May Your righteousness embrace my soul.
Guide me on my path so I may never fall.
Protect me on my wandering.
Cause darkness has lost its weight by the blood of the holy Son.
For whose is the kingdom?
The power and the glory? Forever and ever,
Amen.
CL MUSIC VERSION
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EM VERSION
In the Bleak Midwinter / Songs of Solomon
In the Bleak Midwinter / Even Unto the Ends of the Earth (split)
Top: "... Songs of Solomon", 12 October, 2001, C.L. Music & Publishing, CD
Bottom: "... Ends of the Earth", 2018, EM Label & Distro (RIP-OFF LABEL), CD
Split with Pantokrator.
Sanctifica's songs are remastered.
Sanctifica's songs are the same on both versions, but Pantokrator's songs are different on the 2018 version, hence the different names.
1) Sanctifica - Intro 00:51
2) Sanctifica - Burial of the Grave 5:19
3) Sanctifica - Blind for Reality 4:06
4) Sanctifica - In the Bleak Midwinter 4:25
5) Sanctifica - Sacrifice to Life 3:45
6) Sanctifica - King of Kings and Lord of Lords 4:58
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Negative B (album, March, 2002, C. L. Music & Publishing)
Format: CD
Guest appearances:
Carl-Johan Grimmark - Mandolin
1) Labels
5:58, lyrics:
Blend
Faces spawned by dust
Salty taste of fame
Bitter, sweet
Lonely demented soul
Where to go?
In my place a statue frozen numb
In your place a set of numbers
Lonely tormented soul
Where to go?
Rage
Urge to recall
Saltier tastes of hate
Take me back to the day
For my renewal
Let the diversity of my blend
Be seen
Blend to choose again
To distort again
To label again
Wear your brightest of reds
Through the general inspection
Tend to your faith
Tend to your wealth
See through your greed
Blend
Faces spawned by dust
Seize the moment to salute you
We'll seize the moment to salute you
We'll seize each moment to salute you
2) Stardust Inc.
7:28, lyrics:
Venus the first of three
to congratulate me
sincere apology
apples and candy for your wounds
sweets and sugar from the second
of three
Stardust incorporated
gentlemen
hold your grudge
seize the moment
to salute your saviours
Line up you merry ones
one at a time
in the name of monetary union
this is your dream
your orgy
Odin the last of three
to overwhelm me
sincere atrocity
a second go at the marketplace
the strongest to the highest bidder
look pale
show fright
deny
agree
Stardust incorporated
gentlemen
hold your grudge
seize the moment
to salute your saviours
Line up you merry ones
one at a time
in the name of monetary union
this is your dream
your orgy
blend to choose again
to distort again to label again
wear your brightest of reds
through the general inspection
Stardust incorporated
gentlemen
hold your grudge
seize the moment
to salute your saviours
3) Nerve
4:40, lyrics:
Posture son
delay faces twirl
show nerve
show bliss
a daring young mind
to me
that frightened son of yours
what does he do?
I've got the nerve you'll see
Skeletal excuse for a body
who do you scare?
delay bodies blend
much obliged
but there are too few
set adrift for the blissful memory
I've got the nerve you'll see
Blend faces spawned
I've got the nerve you'll see
a daring young is still a label
Posture son
delay faces twirl
show nerve
show bliss
a daring young mind to me
that frightened son of yours
what does he do?
I've got the nerve you'll see
4) Lavender
7:49, lyrics:
Lavender
Returns to my consciousness by stealth
the smell that lured me astray
the paleness of my body
embraces that warmth
that new warmth, from a distant sun
Behind those gates there's no one to tell
my invisible trail
the cleansing sleep is yet to come
It's staring right back at me
the oceans in my eyes lie still
Innocence
silenced
Deceived
cannot grasp what has been poured into me
as they watch me on that screen
as they lure my lips to taste that kiss
I see love in you my sweet
I see love through you
silenced
Lavender
filters through me as I recall
alienation, indifference
This fate that has been laid upon me
I pray for stamina, for guidance
I pray for you my sweet
am I one of the beloved
the wanted, the rejected
the cynics, the pure:
The beggars are the threats
we'll suffer our demands
not yet will the slaves of passion and hunger be set free
As the sun awakes to meet its successor
this work of art, this portrait
of what cannot be imagined
will fade away
Lavender
...returns to my consciousness by stealth
5) Epitaph
7:53, lyrics:
Await my breath
the colours blend to extract
nutrition
from black and white
And off we go
into the colour saturated part of you
count me in
the fraud you're planning
Now the peasant lies still
for he knows the lot
knows why and when and whom to blame
Set the controls for pleasant dreams
speak the liars tongue
to wake the ancient gods
Set the controls for higher grounds
Trust me to fetter my thoughts
Count me in
That epitaph
met my eye through the wilderness
now the crescent lies still
for it covers the lot
sweet saturation
when colours leave no space to fill
I dare you, count me in
count me in the fraud you're planning
That epitaph
met my eye through the wilderness
as a monument of that fraud
colours leave the spaces in shades of grey
and those salty tastes
that labels the dissidents
Morning mist
one freezing night awaits your death
salty taste
lures that child to lick
that child lies still for it knows the lot
Final solution for the colourless
and I'm off
I'll count you all in
That epitaph
one freezing night awaits your death
colours spawned by dust
recall the saltier taste of hate
6) Red Alert
6:32, lyrics:
Shift to warrior mode
lavender fairy in a spell
place your bids
it's a part of tonight's show
welcome to track six my friends
you'll see it's not the end
Shift to warrior mode
that red alert sets the knob anew
shift to warrior mode
Carbon haze returned to my senses by stealth
red alert at the ball
what have we done?
this is the sign now split
Single straws uphold the grounds
craters for a wood ash for a town
this epitaph meets the eye
through the wilderness from which I ran
shivering nostrils and panting anger
cry out to the heavens for mercy
Shift to warrior mode
that red alert sets the knob anew
Negative B
Carbon haze returned to my senses by stealth
Please think of me oh Lord
while you slay
yet you'll stay with us
through the raining day
I pray for stamina, for guidance
for the cleansing sleep to come
see you on the other side
Welcome to the ball my friends
wear you best of whites
a humble mass of men you are
waiting for a sign
Shift to warrior mode
that red alert sets the knob anew
shift to warrior mode
7) Juxtapose Part I - As a Reminder
3:34, lyrics:
Set this knob at eight as a reminder
patience and confidence my friend
courage and all of that
that rugged surface meets my cheek
again
Behind these gates there's no one to tell
no one followed my breath
the cleansing sleep is yet to come
Their candid hearts lie still
don't see an end to what will come
this rugged surface greets my cheek
again
Am I one of the beloved
the wanted, the rejected
the cynics, the pure
now who am I?
I recall that blessing scent
lavender
set the controls anew
as a reminder
Eat that pill as a reminder
patience and confidence my friend
courage and all of that
that rugged surface meets my cheek
again
8) Juxtapose Part II - Confront
6:09, lyrics:
We'll seize this moment to salute you
Raiders come to sign the last of my gifts
I give to thee with honour:
what was given yesterday
spirals down into oblivion
This will be no more you see
I give to thee with joy: and all of that
what was taken yesterday
not yet beyond remedy
My gift a capital offence
the eclipse of beasts and ghosts
Raiding beasts come to sign the last of my gifts
put us all at witness stand
Fear is gone
hope is gone
that rugged surface greets my cheek
again
9) Juxtapose Part III - Summer Sits Here Raining
6:09, lyrics:
Welcome to the fall my friend
sit down by the fire
a seething mass of men you are
united by a thought
a wish
Apart from me you saw it coming
as the first night repelled its dawn
smelled the roses that were painted for me
I let them lie, let them tell me what to see
You're so scarce so hard to find
summer shows no grudge against you
summer sits here raining through the day
You let them lie, let them tell us what to believe
Stares that label you
enables you to hum along
summer sits here raining
in your shed in my shed
we gather behind our labels
and summer sits there raining through the day
Power from the Sky - A New Wave of Swedish Metal! (compilation, 2002, C.L. Music & Publishing)
Format: CD
6) Sanctifica - The Dark Desires 3:51, see above for lyrics
12) Sanctifica - In the Bleak Midwinter 4:27
3) Sanctifica - The Dark Desires
4) Sanctifica - Spirit of Purity
Extreme Music Sampler Volume 5 (compilation, year unknown, Blastbeats)
Format: CD
8) Sanctifica - Sacrifice to Life 3:47
Overcome or Burn Forever in Hell / Arachnid Terror sampler (compilation, 2002, Tarantula)
Format: CD, limited 500 copies
4) Sanctifica - Red Alert 6:30, see above for lyrics
16) Sanctifica - The Dark Desires 3:53, see above for lyrics
MISCELLANEOUS
Released some live recordings for free download on their website, but the links don't work anymore.
Live from Ung Kraft Festival -99
- Riket 4:49
- Allhärskaren 5:16
- Baptised 4:18
- Released from Pain 4:12
- Landscape of Frost 4:23
ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
RIKET (THE EMPIRE)
Bring victory, you victorious.
Consecrate us unto your fight, you sovereign.
None may fail the test when you
Fight the war of your empire.
Cherish and lead our pressed crowd.
Hear, unto you in prayer we flee.
Let us soon from night and danger see
Your dawn of freedom arise.
Break o Lord, surpass and rout the power and dominion of darkness.
The bonds of death you can detach. You who has brought life to victory.
Alas, our force is rather small.
Give us Lord, day by day courage
Not to engage the world.
Bring a disposition solid as the rock.
ALLHÄRSKAREN / THE EMPEROR
Your spirit is sweeping over the nordic realm.
Your light will shine forever.
Master over the whole universe.
You are our emperor, our Father.
You died upon a cross and rose on the third day.
Eternal life You bring, in eternity we live.
We shall fight against evil.
We shall struggle for light.
Give us strength as warriors of Christ.
Christ will reign forever.
Fear not the evil. For Christ have conquered.
Yet, fear God, King of Kings, for He has created you
And freed you to eternity.
______________________________________
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INFO:
1) Lyrics to "In the Bleak Midwinter". 2) More info on Sanctifica's appearances on the "Power from the Sky" VHS. 3) As is often the case with these pages, there are several things released in the same year, but I don't know the order they were released in, during that year. Can anyone clear this up? 4) Would anyone, for some reason, happen to have footage of their material from 1996 when they played death metal? 5) What year did the band split up?
IMAGES:
Several images here are high res, but not high quality. Anyone have versions that are high res AND high quality? Also, that third logo could be better - I sort of threw the image together, by applying a bunch of filters to the "Spirit of Purity" cover art.
Miscellaneous stuff:
Graphics from their old websites:
A bunch of old photos:
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Negative B (album, March, 2002, C. L. Music & Publishing)
Format: CD
Guest appearances:
Carl-Johan Grimmark - Mandolin
1) Labels
5:58, lyrics:
Blend
Faces spawned by dust
Salty taste of fame
Bitter, sweet
Lonely demented soul
Where to go?
In my place a statue frozen numb
In your place a set of numbers
Lonely tormented soul
Where to go?
Rage
Urge to recall
Saltier tastes of hate
Take me back to the day
For my renewal
Let the diversity of my blend
Be seen
Blend to choose again
To distort again
To label again
Wear your brightest of reds
Through the general inspection
Tend to your faith
Tend to your wealth
See through your greed
Blend
Faces spawned by dust
Seize the moment to salute you
We'll seize the moment to salute you
We'll seize each moment to salute you
2) Stardust Inc.
7:28, lyrics:
Venus the first of three
to congratulate me
sincere apology
apples and candy for your wounds
sweets and sugar from the second
of three
Stardust incorporated
gentlemen
hold your grudge
seize the moment
to salute your saviours
Line up you merry ones
one at a time
in the name of monetary union
this is your dream
your orgy
Odin the last of three
to overwhelm me
sincere atrocity
a second go at the marketplace
the strongest to the highest bidder
look pale
show fright
deny
agree
Stardust incorporated
gentlemen
hold your grudge
seize the moment
to salute your saviours
Line up you merry ones
one at a time
in the name of monetary union
this is your dream
your orgy
blend to choose again
to distort again to label again
wear your brightest of reds
through the general inspection
Stardust incorporated
gentlemen
hold your grudge
seize the moment
to salute your saviours
3) Nerve
4:40, lyrics:
Posture son
delay faces twirl
show nerve
show bliss
a daring young mind
to me
that frightened son of yours
what does he do?
I've got the nerve you'll see
Skeletal excuse for a body
who do you scare?
delay bodies blend
much obliged
but there are too few
set adrift for the blissful memory
I've got the nerve you'll see
Blend faces spawned
I've got the nerve you'll see
a daring young is still a label
Posture son
delay faces twirl
show nerve
show bliss
a daring young mind to me
that frightened son of yours
what does he do?
I've got the nerve you'll see
4) Lavender
7:49, lyrics:
Lavender
Returns to my consciousness by stealth
the smell that lured me astray
the paleness of my body
embraces that warmth
that new warmth, from a distant sun
Behind those gates there's no one to tell
my invisible trail
the cleansing sleep is yet to come
It's staring right back at me
the oceans in my eyes lie still
Innocence
silenced
Deceived
cannot grasp what has been poured into me
as they watch me on that screen
as they lure my lips to taste that kiss
I see love in you my sweet
I see love through you
silenced
Lavender
filters through me as I recall
alienation, indifference
This fate that has been laid upon me
I pray for stamina, for guidance
I pray for you my sweet
am I one of the beloved
the wanted, the rejected
the cynics, the pure:
The beggars are the threats
we'll suffer our demands
not yet will the slaves of passion and hunger be set free
As the sun awakes to meet its successor
this work of art, this portrait
of what cannot be imagined
will fade away
Lavender
...returns to my consciousness by stealth
5) Epitaph
7:53, lyrics:
Await my breath
the colours blend to extract
nutrition
from black and white
And off we go
into the colour saturated part of you
count me in
the fraud you're planning
Now the peasant lies still
for he knows the lot
knows why and when and whom to blame
Set the controls for pleasant dreams
speak the liars tongue
to wake the ancient gods
Set the controls for higher grounds
Trust me to fetter my thoughts
Count me in
That epitaph
met my eye through the wilderness
now the crescent lies still
for it covers the lot
sweet saturation
when colours leave no space to fill
I dare you, count me in
count me in the fraud you're planning
That epitaph
met my eye through the wilderness
as a monument of that fraud
colours leave the spaces in shades of grey
and those salty tastes
that labels the dissidents
Morning mist
one freezing night awaits your death
salty taste
lures that child to lick
that child lies still for it knows the lot
Final solution for the colourless
and I'm off
I'll count you all in
That epitaph
one freezing night awaits your death
colours spawned by dust
recall the saltier taste of hate
6) Red Alert
6:32, lyrics:
Shift to warrior mode
lavender fairy in a spell
place your bids
it's a part of tonight's show
welcome to track six my friends
you'll see it's not the end
Shift to warrior mode
that red alert sets the knob anew
shift to warrior mode
Carbon haze returned to my senses by stealth
red alert at the ball
what have we done?
this is the sign now split
Single straws uphold the grounds
craters for a wood ash for a town
this epitaph meets the eye
through the wilderness from which I ran
shivering nostrils and panting anger
cry out to the heavens for mercy
Shift to warrior mode
that red alert sets the knob anew
Negative B
Carbon haze returned to my senses by stealth
Please think of me oh Lord
while you slay
yet you'll stay with us
through the raining day
I pray for stamina, for guidance
for the cleansing sleep to come
see you on the other side
Welcome to the ball my friends
wear you best of whites
a humble mass of men you are
waiting for a sign
Shift to warrior mode
that red alert sets the knob anew
shift to warrior mode
7) Juxtapose Part I - As a Reminder
3:34, lyrics:
Set this knob at eight as a reminder
patience and confidence my friend
courage and all of that
that rugged surface meets my cheek
again
Behind these gates there's no one to tell
no one followed my breath
the cleansing sleep is yet to come
Their candid hearts lie still
don't see an end to what will come
this rugged surface greets my cheek
again
Am I one of the beloved
the wanted, the rejected
the cynics, the pure
now who am I?
I recall that blessing scent
lavender
set the controls anew
as a reminder
Eat that pill as a reminder
patience and confidence my friend
courage and all of that
that rugged surface meets my cheek
again
8) Juxtapose Part II - Confront
6:09, lyrics:
We'll seize this moment to salute you
Raiders come to sign the last of my gifts
I give to thee with honour:
what was given yesterday
spirals down into oblivion
This will be no more you see
I give to thee with joy: and all of that
what was taken yesterday
not yet beyond remedy
My gift a capital offence
the eclipse of beasts and ghosts
Raiding beasts come to sign the last of my gifts
put us all at witness stand
Fear is gone
hope is gone
that rugged surface greets my cheek
again
9) Juxtapose Part III - Summer Sits Here Raining
6:09, lyrics:
Welcome to the fall my friend
sit down by the fire
a seething mass of men you are
united by a thought
a wish
Apart from me you saw it coming
as the first night repelled its dawn
smelled the roses that were painted for me
I let them lie, let them tell me what to see
You're so scarce so hard to find
summer shows no grudge against you
summer sits here raining through the day
You let them lie, let them tell us what to believe
Stares that label you
enables you to hum along
summer sits here raining
in your shed in my shed
we gather behind our labels
and summer sits there raining through the day
Format: CD
6) Sanctifica - The Dark Desires 3:51, see above for lyrics
12) Sanctifica - In the Bleak Midwinter 4:27
Power from the Sky - A New Wave of Swedish Metal! (compilation, 2002, C.L. Music & Publishing)
Format: VHS (PAL)4) Sanctifica - Spirit of Purity
Extreme Music Sampler Volume 5 (compilation, year unknown, Blastbeats)
Format: CD
8) Sanctifica - Sacrifice to Life 3:47
Format: CD, limited 500 copies
4) Sanctifica - Red Alert 6:30, see above for lyrics
Thorns, Horns & Barbwire (compilation, 2008, Bullroser Records)
Format: CD
MISCELLANEOUS
Released some live recordings for free download on their website, but the links don't work anymore.
Live from Ung Kraft Festival -99
- Riket 4:49
- Allhärskaren 5:16
- Baptised 4:18
- Released from Pain 4:12
- Landscape of Frost 4:23
ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
RIKET (THE EMPIRE)
Bring victory, you victorious.
Consecrate us unto your fight, you sovereign.
None may fail the test when you
Fight the war of your empire.
Cherish and lead our pressed crowd.
Hear, unto you in prayer we flee.
Let us soon from night and danger see
Your dawn of freedom arise.
Break o Lord, surpass and rout the power and dominion of darkness.
The bonds of death you can detach. You who has brought life to victory.
Alas, our force is rather small.
Give us Lord, day by day courage
Not to engage the world.
Bring a disposition solid as the rock.
ALLHÄRSKAREN / THE EMPEROR
Your spirit is sweeping over the nordic realm.
Your light will shine forever.
Master over the whole universe.
You are our emperor, our Father.
You died upon a cross and rose on the third day.
Eternal life You bring, in eternity we live.
We shall fight against evil.
We shall struggle for light.
Give us strength as warriors of Christ.
Christ will reign forever.
Fear not the evil. For Christ have conquered.
Yet, fear God, King of Kings, for He has created you
And freed you to eternity.
______________________________________
IncompletePage, CouldUseBetterImages, SimilarTo
INFO:
1) Lyrics to "In the Bleak Midwinter". 2) More info on Sanctifica's appearances on the "Power from the Sky" VHS. 3) As is often the case with these pages, there are several things released in the same year, but I don't know the order they were released in, during that year. Can anyone clear this up? 4) Would anyone, for some reason, happen to have footage of their material from 1996 when they played death metal? 5) What year did the band split up?
IMAGES:
Several images here are high res, but not high quality. Anyone have versions that are high res AND high quality? Also, that third logo could be better - I sort of threw the image together, by applying a bunch of filters to the "Spirit of Purity" cover art.
Miscellaneous stuff:
Graphics from their old websites:
A bunch of old photos:
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