Love is the blackest of all plagues
A soft iron in the blue flame
A dirty needle in the sick vein
A desperate penance for a broken faith
Love is the blackest of all plagues
More white on the blank page
A deep pit in a dark cave
A desperate sermon for the end of days
Call out to me in the darkness
Faith is a torment
But torment won’t save us
Scream that love is a fortress
But it won’t hold in this vacuum of nothingness
In the maw of emptiness
Faith is a torment
In the covenant detritus
God’s gone and nothing’s replaced him
Loss is the rot at the soft place
The give in the vital brace
The brutal end of brutal things
The desperate groping as the light fades
Loss is the rot at the soft place
The still hand on the blank face
The one thing we can’t unmake
The final pillar of a one-way faith
Toiling nights of loneliness
My cure is your pestilence
Desperate nights got me delirious
Yahhh
Call out to me in the darkness
Faith is a torment
But torment won’t save us
Scream that love is a fortress
But it won’t hold in this vacuum of nothingness
In the maw of emptiness
Faith is a torment
In the covenant detritus
God’s gone and nothings replaced him
I was always intrigued by this group's choice of album covers, it isn't every day that you see high quality space photos in this genre despite the rise of "cosmic" black metal. But the music blew me away, this sounds like Austere took the atmospheric spacey route. (I will assume it's a coincidence that both bands are Australian) porcelainheart-
What an album! The only reason the album didn't elevate them straight to stardom is not enough people heard it. Modern classic - from start to finish. c1ch
On the forthcoming Tombs album "All Empires Fall," the band expands their scope and range, balancing brutal riffs with melancholy melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 29, 2016