VIA CRUCIS (USA)

BAND NAME: Via Crucis
GENRE: Bestial Unblack / War Metal
STATUS: Split up
LOCATION: USA (Cleveland, Ohio)

Formed in early 2022. Split up 5 July 2023.
Announced they were active again on 22 March 2024.

The single and EP also had doom influences. The full-length is in a standard "bestial black" style.

About the lyrics, Alex has said,
"The purpose of the lyric is to express righteous anger against the Antichrist and to illustrate to the listener that the Antichrist is powerless and weak. [. . .] a serious expression to tell the listener (many of which who have found the band aren’t Christian) that the Antichrist is powerless. [. . .] it is purposely there to show distinction and that we’re not messing around."


Lineup:
Alex Goatman - Guitars, Bass, Lyrics (+Vocals, early)
Bloodsucker of Demon Corpse - Vocals, Guitars, Drums

Past members:
Odoacer - Vocals

Links:
Merch
Bandcamp
Facebook
Instagram
iHeartRadio
Apple Music
Pandora
Spotify


Unofficial links:
Unblack Metal Wallpapers

Discography:

Obliterate the Antichrist (single, 9 March, 2022, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
link expired

Teaser for the EP below.

The left cover art is for Bandcamp. The right cover art is for streaming services.

"He Died for Our Sins" is written on the cover art. That was the old / working title.

1) Obliterate the Antichrist
3:59, partial lyrics:
I shit on the corpse of the antichrist

Feeble Antichrist Obliterated (EP)

2 May, 2022, Vampiric Bloodlust Records, CD, limited 100 copies
4 May, 2022, Independent, Bandcamp, link expired

1) Obliterate the Antichrist 3:59
2) Destroying the Legions of Hell
2:48
3) Holy Mary Mother of God
2:00
4) The Sword of Jesus
2:56
5) The Future Return of Christ in Glory
2:43


CD-R LAYOUT ..................... VINYL LAYOUT

PICTURE DISC VERSION:

Satanachrist Decimation (album)

16 September, 2022, Coleiosis Records, CD-R, link expired
16 September, 2022, Coleiosis,, 12'' Vinyl (lathe cut), link expired
16 September, 2022, Coleiosis, Bandcamp,
link expired
10 April, 2023, Coleiosis, 12'' Vinyl (lathe cut) (picture disc)

Click
[here] to check out the vinyl before purchasing.
(For some reason Kunaki puts the vinyl and order form on separate pages.)

Both vinyl versions have the same front/back jacket artwork.

Please note: I, the person who runs Unblack Archives, do not endorse many of these lyrics. I chose to list them because I consulted with other believers, who gave me a majority "yes" vote. But I want this disclaimer here regardless.

1) Firebombing Satanic Shrines
3:28, lyrics:
Gasoline
Inner rage
I feel the need
To torch this place

Satan’s home
Disgraced
False Idols desecrated in place of the Lord

As I shit upon his corpse
The Antichrist made into paste
Occultists burn in holy fire
The Lord never to be disgraced

Burn this infernal filth


2) Powerless Against
3:18, lyrics:
Sinners condemned
To a life below
If you forsake the Lord
You burn in hell

The fires burn
As insects infest your skin
The feeling of doom
As demons live within

Powerless against

Powerless against
In hell your soul is gone
Powerless against
In life you sinned
Powerless against
In death you suffer

Heaven forever closed off
Your infernal fate awaits
Washed in the lake of fire
You cannot resist
Powerless against


3) Consecration
3:08, lyrics:
My inner holy temple
Once degenerate now pure
Vomited my unclean thoughts
Yet another internal schism

As I bleed from my hands
Never to feel physical bliss in life again
I am amongst him
In eternal stigmata

Consecration of the soul
Eternally cleansed
I bear the marks of the Lord
As the skin tears

I see the angel appear to me
Many wings and eyes
The seraph was Crucified
Consecration


4) Thine Sacred Heart
3:36, lyrics:
Flaming Heart
Divine Light
Pierced by the Lance
Surrounded by thorns

Thine Sacred Heart
The Heart of Christ
Thine Sacred Heart
A holy mystery

Joined with the Holy Mary
Her Immaculate Heart
Thine Sacred Heart
Christ the eternal Lord

Thine Sacred Heart
The Heart of Christ
Thine Sacred Heart
A holy mystery


5) Kill the Warlock, Burn the Witch
2:58, lyrics:
Those who preach upon this Earth
The followers of the Antichrist
Once underground
Now above
They wish for the heavens to burn

Satan’s soldiers ripped apart

Those who follow Beelzebub
Lucifer and Baal
Put under the sword
Burned at the stake
By the righteous soldiers of Christ

The granddaughters of the witches
Who could not be killed
Are burned!
Condemned to the fires of hell

Sons who profess in evil
Drawn and quartered
To be displayed to the Antichrist
A fate that he will succumb to

Kill the warlock
Burn the witch
Fires of hell
Claim the bitch


6) Satanachrist Decimation
2:35, lyrics:
Satanachrist
Born in this world
Satanachrist
Soon to die

As I find him
Wallowing in his filth
I raise the hammer
To smash the demon

His skull breaks
With every swing
Bruised and bludgeoned
Decimated Satanachrist

Satanachrist
Never again alive
Satanachrist
It is dead


7) The Mighty Hammer of God
3:18, lyrics:
Under the hammer
The occult will be
Luciferian cross dismayed
Unholy demons destroyed by the Lord

The hammer falls on Satan
As Seraphim rises
The hammer falls on Satan
Evil turning to ashes

Satanists to the hammer
The sentence is read
Occultists to the hammer
Heads are caved in

The hammer falls on Satan
As Seraphim rises
The hammer falls on Satan
Evil turning to ashes

I shit upon the Antichrist


8) Smash the False Idol of the Sabbatic Goat
4:37, lyrics:
Baphomet
I curse thy name
Your foul effigy stands
It awaits my sledgehammer

The Sabbatic Goat
To be smashed
Desecration of Satan
The Sabbatic Goat
To be destroyed
Decimation of Lucifer

As I raise my weapon
Above my head
I strike the false idol
The head topples down
As the body cracks

The Sabbatic Goat
To be smashed
Desecration of Satan
The Sabbatic Goat
To be destroyed
Decimation of Lucifer

The stone becomes dust
A fragment of my righteous anger
Remnants must be burned
In holy fire



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1 comment:

Unknown said...

Found this band on instagram music, vocals need some work but it kicks ass, I love God.