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The Curse of Akkade

from The Awakening by Gilgamesh

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    On their debut album, Gilgamesh picks up the heritage of the great Mesopotamian civilisation, vanished since millennia. Named after the Sumerian godlike King from the eponymous heroic epic, they open a new chapter of Oriental extreme music: In a world where society is submitted to the vengeful Gods, The Awakening addresses epic, myths and occultism from a bygone era. The 8 songs lead the listener into legendary battles, obscure ceremonies and mystical cults of gods. Driven by blastbeat-oriented drums, they build a bridge between pounding Death Metal and melodic Black Metal. Gloomy riffs encounter an epic roar. Filled with oriental elements, Gilgamesh’s music introduces the listener to a multi-faceted blackened Death Metal. The album’s sound comes from the Woodshedstudios of V. Santura (Triptykon, Dark Fortress) and blends together the limits of both genres. Fans of Keep of Kalessin, Behemoth and Hate will get their money’s worth with this newcomer.


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    Auf ihrem Debutalbum greifen Gilgamesh das Erbe der seit langem untergegangenen mesopotamischen Hochzivilisation auf. Benannt nach dem gottgleichen sumerischen König aus dem gleichnamigen Heldenepos, schlagen sie ein weiteres Kapitel des orientalischen Extreme Metal auf: In einer Welt, in der sich die Gesellschaft den rächenden Göttern unterwirft, thematisiert The Awakening Epik, Mythik und Okkultismus eines längst vergangenen Zeitalters. Dabei führen die 8 Songs den Zuhörer durch sagenumwobene Schlachten, obskure Zeremonien und mystische Götterkulte.
    Getrieben von blastbeatorientierten Drums schlagen sie die Brücke zwischen stampfendem Death Metal und melodischem Black Metal. - Düsteres Riffing trifft auf epische Soundwand. Verpackt im orientalischen Gewand präsentieren Gilgamesh dem Zuhörer auf diese Weise vielseitigen blackened Deathmetal. Der Albumsound entstammt den Woodshedstudios von V. Santura (Triptykon, Dark Fortress) und lässt die Grenzen der beiden Genres fließend verschmelzen. Liebhaber von Keep of Kalessin, Behemoth und Hate werden bei diesem Newcomer voll auf ihre Kosten kommen.

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lyrics

feel the embrace of my fury

our mighty horns crack the sacred walls

like a sandstorm quick and deadly

our sounds declare war unto enlils realms


burn the priests, devastate the halls

let the fire kill and embrace destruction

for blood and gold


since ancient times

we´ve been your slaves

resolution is complete

enslaved by the gods

we´ll never loose our dignity

reign shall be mine


so stand strong

sons of akkad

wipe the ashes away

and hoist the banners of blood and glory


defilement

a god on his knees

Akkades towers of might

shall be cursed till his reckoning


the sun darkens as I stand on the Ekur

and in one moment of stillness

I touch the sky and renounce the gods

I´m Naram Sin

king over the the bridges of eden


since ancient times

we´ve been your slaves

resolution is complete

and on the throne of time

I shall reign for eternity


so stand strong

sons of akkad

wipe the ashes away

and hoist the banners of blood and glory


defilement

a god on his knees

Akkades towers of might

shall be cursed till his reckoning


you who dared to assault the Ekur - it is Enlil whom you assaulted,

Akkade, you who dared assault the Ekur - it is Enlil whom you assaulted

may your grain return to its furrows, cursed by Ashnan,

(may famine kill the people of that city,)

may your butcher, butcher his child instead,

(you who dared aussault the Ekur)

may the poor hurl their precious children into the water,

(Akkad, it is Enlil whom you assaulted)

may famine kill the people of that city,

Naram Sin, face the curse of Akkade


so what you preach is what you get

eternal fire for the tyrants and the wicked ones

behold the blackened sun



when you follow the path up to the forbidden secrets of your life.... why do we exist? who are we? Nothing more but a shallow whisper in the cycles of time

cycles


thy overbearance shall not reign

neither offspring nor the seed from a god of man

I am the void in you


behold the blackened sun

soars above your mundane corpse

stars arise on the burning firmament

when one is all and we are one


so stand strong

sons of akkad

wipe the ashes away

and hoist the banners of blood and glory


defilement

a god on his knees

Akkades towers of might

shall be cursed till his reckoning

credits

from The Awakening, released September 6, 2014

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