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The Reaper's Spiral

by Terminus

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    Nine tracks of Epic Heavy Metal from Belfast's finest, released June 2015 on CD (Stormspell Records, US) & MC (Horror Records, DK). Vinyl release coming September 2015 on Horror Records.

    For fans of Attacker, King Diamond, Twisted Tower Dire, Slough Feg, Warlord, Solstice and Iron Maiden.
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  • Black Vinyl Edition on Horror Records
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Comes in heavy sleeve with cardboard insert and custom made silk screened PVC outer sleeve - subsequent pressings will not come with this PVC sleeve!
    Limited edition of 500 copies on black vinyl.

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  • Blue Vinyl Edition on Horror Records
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Comes in heavy sleeve with cardboard insert and custom made silk screened PVC outer sleeve - subsequent pressings will not come with this PVC sleeve!
    Limited edition of 200 copies on translucent blue vinyl.

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  • Cassette edition on Horror Records
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  • CD edition on Stormspell Records
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

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1.
I stand on this hill I await the coming tempest Shades becloud the horizon A flood of chthonic flesh I stand on this hill I recall the wanton slaughter Of my kith and their children My blood burns for their due I will stand in deadly combat To strike, to slay, to fall Descend the Reaper's Spiral A pox upon my soul These bitter twisted memories Implanted and obscene Now awake I question What the mind’s eye sees Enthralled Dark seeds are sown Mark of cain placed on my brow Down the reapers spiral I fall In the realm of Hypnos My hands unthinking weapons Bladed limbs bite through bone This soil befouled by death
2.
Day by day, our empire rots away From Crystal Logic to societal decay Our achievements will wither, will die Unless we stem the tide Unless we turn the tide Fifty scholars, one hundred thousand more Fight the anarchy, fight the endless war Into exile, to Terminus we fly And with us all mankind Psychohistory, hounded into exile Seldon holds the key His story must be told We will show the way Prophet of Foundation Will return again When reason’s taken hold
3.
Shining through the darkness There’s a message borne through time Our time will come again some day Seldon, show me the way It won’t be long until these savage tribes invade The empire left us here, abandoned us to die We’ll only hold on for so long Based on my atomic lie Three months wasted Now running out of time Surrounded by the kingdoms four And an empire An empire in decline Idiocy, bureaucracy, have trapped us in this prison Abject fools who could not understand his vision Ridiculed by men not half his equal I, Salvor Hardin, the prophet’s lone disciple Deny the warning The ultimatum in your hands We cannot hope to make a stand Summoned here by greed, by war For an empire An empire in decline We are the guardians astride this citadel A human vault to save all knowledge at the knell And living on his path Our very lives his epitaph A story to be told throughout the centuries until Our empire rise again Seldon, my guardian, my liege Has your prophecy foretold this bitter siege? What price my actions, what price our mutiny? What price my gamble To swear this oath of fealty The path of time has broken the seal Now our purpose here is finally revealed Waiting for their time to strike At an empire An empire in decline Shining through the darkness There’s a message borne through time
4.
The Mayors 05:40
From within, without The wolves are at my door Since those barbarians found That ancient weapon of war We taught them to believe A holy empire we conceived To bind them, to Anacreon confine them The temple priests have taken hold On Seldon’s track there can be no turning back Onward into the unknown Our magic holds in rapture The weak of mind Theocracy gives solace, refuge From the regent monarch’s tyranny A bloody tyrant Bent on conquest of our kind We will show no clemency for his crimes Against science and mankind Our temple priests have taken hold Artillery, his weapon and his creed We hold the loyal hearts of all those who believe Within the lifetime of your children the cycle falls again Every thirty years a crisis, will this ever end? We gave them power, still they thirst for more Technology their prize Now the god-king comes of age There is one path to take They find themselves defenseless Forces fallen to their knees Against the throne, revolting Men of faith and piety We taught them to believe A holy empire we achieved We bind them, with Foundation we align them Our temple priests are in control Taught them to fear, that our vengeance always near Crisis averted Hari Seldon’s ghost again appears Foundation’s near
5.
The Traders 02:43
Gorov, The fool He strayed beyond the boundary They hate, they fear The echoes of theocracy Burning golden light Alchemy transforming steel Trading now, technology To spread throughout the galaxy A toll, paid in gold Their master has demanded We trap him by his greed And he will be our pawn Sign our trade agreement or we’ll Expose your crime for all to see In time, we’ll bind you with Foundation And we will share our legacy As on the journey here So on the journey home Save with the hostage, loyalty Won from Askone Burning golden light Alchemy transforming steel Trading now, technology To spread throughout this land
6.
A bountied legion, risen from the light They lay us under siege, avarice and might In an armour forged of guile and of deceit They will find no shelter here Trade is a sword A mighty weapon of war The Merchant Princes call And they wield Trade as a sword Fly to Korell - watcher, enemy Dull the tyrant’s blade, prove your loyalty Spread our conquest not by glory but by gain Building iron atomic reign Son of Smyrno, heed my plight Bless my atomic steel this night Son of Korrell, now behold Iron and coal will turn to gold Sons of Smyrno sacrificed Hostage now to greed and vice Sons of Korell, honour sold In Foundation's stranglehold
7.
Running silent, running deep From the enemy elite Wed to vengeance, bloody whore Son of science, son of war Through perdition’s flame From hell’s heart I stab at thee Through the maelstrom maze From hell’s heart I stab at thee Genesis, genocide Devastation's vengeful tide Bound to carnage, crimson brine Poseidon’s children flayed alive Abomination, metal womb Now become their bitter tomb Tooth and nail, skin and bone Poseidon's Children summoned home
8.
For fifteen centuries We’ve waited for this day Vengeance wrought upon Our enemies mistakes Swarming out of the sky Battleships our sceptred might Screaming through nitrogen We strafe their blackened spires Our cannon vomit death Forging funeral pyres The heavens ripped asunder A vortex cracks the sky Our brethren pour into the night Battle hardened, ready to strike And Fortress Titan is our prize Swarming out of the sky Avenging angels, beacons of hope For usurped exiles Your house shall fall The molten shell of death Flows streams into a sea Of boiling steel and fire And bloody human debris
9.
Centaurean 06:45
Vagrant, itinerant He roams throughout the stars Hauling worthless cargo, to near and to far Progeny of prostitute, born of a spaceport queen Running from his destiny, responsibility Chosen to hide, chosen to run He can’t escape the things he’s seen And everything he’s done Centaurean Annie’s bastard son Stronger than fate He is the key Protecting the gate Vanished into nowhere Gone without a trace To the anonymity of Federation space Hunted by great leaders By law, by anarchy Running from his blood’s command And from their treachery Scalpels pierce into his mortal form Augmentation, a window to his soul Running to the light From law from anarchy The Openers provide As he’s seeking sanctuary Nowhere to hide, nowhere to run The new Centaurean, Annie’s bastard son Chosen to stand, chosen to fight The new Centaurean Blessed, Sacred, Right

about

Drums recorded by Johnny Kerr at Dead Dog Studios
Guitars, Bass & Vocals recorded by Freeman Lowell aboard the Valley Forge
Mixed & Mastered by Paulo Vieira

Cover artwork by Paul McCarroll
Layout & Design by Rich Walker (Vinyl & Cassette Releases) & Mumintroll (CD version)


Thanks to our patient womenfolk and children, Iordan Kanev, Azter von Ghoul, Helmut Müller, Enrico Leccese, Paul McCarroll, Rich Walker, our brothers in arms Nuno Mordred, Rick Thor, Zé Rockhard and F, Ustumallagam, Lisa Ærenlund, Martin Jörgenson, Manolis Karazeris, Richard Whitaker, Danny Angus, Dónal McBrien, Our practice roommates (War Iron, Slomatics and Zlatanera), Michael Koch, Manuel Trummer, Luís Ruivo, Flav Monier, Helen Rae, James Ashbey, David and Christine at No Compromise festival, Oliver Weinsheimer, Jeff Black, Jason Tarpey and all people who still favour physical formats!

We Hail the following bands: Solstice, Ravensire, Argus, Denial of God, Evil Spirit, Atlantean Kodex, Wrathblade, Outcast, Deceptor, Eliminator, Dexter Ward, Herzel, Malthusian, Wild Rocket, Vircolac, Darkest Era, Gatekeeper and Eternal Champion.

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released July 1, 2015

James Beattie - Vocals
David McCallum - Bass
Gavin Coulter - Guitar
Paul Duffy - Guitar
David Gillespie - Drums

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