Grimoire of Ruin (Remixed)

by Shadow Demon

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truthB4orthodoxy 13-year old me would have worshiped this album. It’s old school yet creative, with blasting riffs and well-mixed drums to destroy your car stereo. The art is chefs kiss, too. Loving this album, and would def recommend! 7.5/10

	A Dream of Dreams 00:00 / 08:46

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1.	A Dream of Dreams 08:46	lyrics
Nightfall is dawning The last dream lies failing A star rises never To sleep now and ever Awakened from dreaming From that horrid seeming Alone with my nightmare, alone Eyes turn from sunrise And recall the shadow Remember the day You entered the dream In emptiness, sorrow, Those demons lie waiting So angry they always cry out But among those voices The near silent whisper Urgently crying Listen to me! In the womb of life We live inside the dream In death, we’ll find Entwined a fantasy And though you hide There's no reality You know We all are in a dream of dreams In your blackness You're still sleeping Open up your broken mind Leave your room Of pain and anguish Open up the door and Leave this dream Falling sand slips Through the fingers Each one fades Away to black Can we not save Even one? Not when I’m too weak To save my self Transport myself Past this curtain of lies I twist the course of my dream Shatter this prison My mind is set free I become one with the dream In the womb of life We live inside the dream In death, we’ll find Entwined a fantasy And though you hide There's no reality You know We all are in a dream... In the womb of life We live inside the dream In death, we’ll find Entwined a fantasy And though you hide There's no reality You know We all are in a dream of dreams
2.	Drums of War 05:14	lyrics
Hear of The People When Stoneheart he came Consumed with ambition Devouring our lives The drums of war They speak now their deadly song Bury your fathers in madness Drums of war They pierce to the very soul Birthright of those who have died Will survive The land lies in agony Great One lies slain Our hope now exhausted And soon, too, are we The drums of war They speak now their deadly song Bury your fathers in madness Drums of war They pierce to the very soul Birthright of those who have died Will survive Take up arms and they'll destroy you Follow me and be devoured Can't you see there's no solution Soon I will obliviate Hear them calling Pounding, tempting Now we feel the lure of power Hail to thee now serve or die Empire demands subjugation With failing light we now arrive Enshrined in shadow We'll take our right From our lips we seem divine But in our chest pounds the heart of a demon Hear us our fathers We stand now unfailing Our lives are forfeit The old ways are dying Wolf grants his heart And the Eagle his valor Bear grant your strength Oh I hear it...the end is here
3.	The Dark Citadel: Part I (The Shifter) 05:55	lyrics
Gloom, sporadic chaos twines Crystallized black ice Escape into the netherworld Where the day is night The power, gift at birth Battle of the mind The brink of insanity Is pushed onto the undivine There Evil in the air There The plane shifter hides in Darkhaven Sirens blare into the night The mission almost failed He creates the darkness shroud The hunter will not be assailed Gunshots ring out through the air The bullets hit the wall The shifter, he is no place at all He is arriving... There Evil in the air There The plane shifter Finds solace in Darkhaven Here I find myself again Trapped in ruined lands A maze Which I must find the end (Hunter is now hunted) Watching eyes lurk everywhere I have to find my way with care The native beasts seek to ensnare (Hunter is now the hunted) Here I am... My life in my own hands Journey now Through the shadow lands Hasten through this ashen hell To make it to the citadel Doubt creeps in my mind to tell... (In the end you will die) I can feel when they are near Instill my mind with fear Their voices bellow in my ears (When we get you, you will die) Iron words Echo in my head Telling me That I'll soon be dead My life in my own hands Journey now Through the shadow lands The shifter dashes for the gates His predators give chase Dark ones dive from towers high And demon factions clash in haste Fields soon soaked in blackened blood The prophecy is unfulfilled The city won't be breached until The shifter's killed He's safe for now in... There Evil in the air There The plane shifter hides in Darkhaven
4.	...And the Meek 05:06	lyrics
And when the Raven beckons When time drifts beyond us See now all that failed And what, then, is left behind Our legacy is woven Demons now awake What laughter What beauty What Sadness Empires always crumble Nothing more to take The future is written The meek will seize all the world When building dreams immortal No noble intent Bow down to the smallest shadow now Your life is spent Our legacy is woven Past or a mistake What laughter What beauty What Sadness Empires always tumble Nothing more to take The future is binding The meek will seize all the world Our lives weaken The Raven screams What will you leave of your self? Tyranny crushed A new world ensues Legacy fades...meaningless Time will end the pain Nothing more the same Time will end the pain Nothing more the same Now Time stands before us Pathway to The Right Pride will soon be broken Kingdomless are justified Our legacy is woven Demons now awake What laughter What beauty What Sadness Empires always crumble Nothing more to take The future is written The meek will seize... Our legacy is woven Past or a mistake What laughter What beauty What Sadness Empires always tumble Nothing more to take The future is binding The meek will seize all the world
5.	Brave Murder Day 05:33	lyrics
[Part 1: Summoning] What have you done? A casting out Now this vengeance is all that is known Feed the flame, filled with rage Let the summoning now begin Nightmare is called, demon seed Dream Shadow, become the very need Harvester he knows the way Where will you stand on your Brave murder day? Cold is the dark, Wrapped in hate This obsession begins to devour Thoughts ablaze which number their days Bend the one to make the amends Nightmare is called, demon seed Dream Shadow, become the very need Harvester he knows the way Where will you stand on your Brave murder day? [Part 2: Lament] A dream...I had a dream of all my yesterdays... How could you bring me this way? I am near... A fate... This fate has stolen all my dreams away... Why must I be used this way? I am fear... [Part 3: Murder] Darkness creeps inside the dream Now the emptiness cools the heart Deep inside filled with pain You scream at the end crying Murder! Murder! True malice, treason Murder! Murder! Death without reason Murder! Murder! Cruel heartbreak rend Murder! Murder! Endless torment Death upon his throne And the pyre Flames, flying high, damn the soul Deep inside filled with grief Dark hand, why are you crying? Murder! Murder! True malice, treason Murder! Murder! Death without reason Murder! Murder! Cruel heartbreak rend Murder! Murder! Endless torment
6.	Waking Among the Dead 05:19	lyrics
Risen from emptiness Shadows surround Mocking of life Rends my eyes Callous deceit is all we are given To be, to be In nothing is hid Mimic of life’s flame Blindly betrayed Demons of spite Sear my mind My god, Stability, crush out the life In me, in me. Unflinching I cry: I am alive! Decay surrounding me Can you see me? Rise from your death Sleep not in agony Am I breathing? No We feed the machine Unceasingly It's time to be In fire we find Redemption I know Life of the dead Tears my heart Seize now the choices We are not given To be, to be As one now alive I am alive! Decay surrounding me Can you see me? Rise from your death Sleep not in agony Am I breathing? I am alive! Decay surrounding me Can you see me? Rise from your death Sleep not in agony Am I breathing? No
7.	Umbris Mortis 04:17	lyrics
In silence and night They feast their sweet victory We cut, we fall Silently scream One lives, one dies Who can say why? In fear we live Oh we live Winter's embrace You'll know The raven's black gaze To try, to fail So many lies They lust, they grasp To slaughter we go Our lamb is slain We are slain Lost is the innocent world We knew as a child We suffer, we grow And the fair smile is gone For the rest of our days As we feel it draw near Let us walk side by side With a fire in our hearts Oh, what will become When it's our time to leave And never return I wander, I wonder Yesterday's child A long lost dream Hear them sing "Never fade away" Of terror they sing And scream The shadow unknown Deceit or truth You'll never know Believe, deny This ends just the same In anger and hate The demon smiles Lost is the innocent world We knew as a child We suffer, we grow And the fair smile is gone For the rest of our days As we feel it draw near Let us walk side by side With a fire in our hearts
8.	Sea of Oblivion 06:03	lyrics
Wrapped in the darkness of our mind Trapped underneath the blackened sky Reliving shadows of the past Condemned to nothingness... So it has come to this The meeting of the end We co-existed our whole life We each walked separate paths Which have all lead us here And now there is no turning back Demons spread their wings One by one they take us away Our final destination Sea of oblivion Demons spread their wings One by one they take us away The evil child He takes the life of his own mother He has no tongue But holds the power to deceive He seeks to wipe out all Who dwell within this chasm Cognitive holocaust Leaving no remains Nowhere we can hide We all are trapped inside There's no after... An ancient burial ground The last stand of the soulless The child will end them all Just to rule over one He will become the puppeteer To the outside world The dying disappear Into oblivion Under starless sky To nothingness we fly There's no afterlife
9.	Red 06:06	lyrics
Dawn bleeds screaming Madness crawling Wolf eyes Staring The beast it laughs The beast is red In the time of agony The red beast takes my mind It feeds again I hide my eyes Its rending jaws won't take me Through the cries of agony Those voices call my name Though I pray for it to end Again there will be red One lies broken Two are mocking Eyes accusing Red surrounds It covers me In the time of agony The red beast takes my mind It feeds again I hide my eyes Its rending jaws won't take me Through the cries of agony Those voices call my name Though I pray for it to end Again there will be red Where was I? I do not know Something echoes in my mind Someone help me Please explain As I wait a shadow covers me I glide across the carnal room I feel that demon now. I lift my gaze to see the truth The mirror shows my deepest fear I am fading to red...

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Originally released on CD October 27th, 2006.
Remixed 2024.

Download includes 2 bonus tracks.*

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released May 22, 2024

Album line-up:
Jay Davidson - drums
Ryan Gallagher - lead guitars
Blaine Hammond - vocals
Jeff Helm - rhythm guitars
James Rinker - bass

Recorded, produced and mixed by James Rinker
Remixed (2024) by James Rinker

*Bonus tracks from the Shadow Demon EP
Remixed (2024) by James Rinker

Artwork, logo and design by Mattias Norén.

All lyrics and music written by Shadow Demon.
©2006 Shadow Demon and Darkhaven Records
©2024 Shadow Demon