deathrashed: Absu - Tara (2001)

Information

Artist – Absu

Album – Tara

Label – Osmose Productions

Released – May 23rd, 2001

Type – Full-length

Genre – Thrash Metal; Black Metal

Additional

The album is separated in two chapters.
Phase One: Ioldánach's Pedagogy: Tracks 1-7.
Phase Two: The Cythraul Klan's Scrutiny: Tracks 8-13.

The band had planned to record and release the album in 2000, but King Diamond was already recording their album "House of God" in the same studio that Absu was going to record "Tara", so Absu's album would be delayed until 2001. In this situation is where Proscriptor took the opportunity to ask King Diamond for a collaboration on the album, which King accepted. However, due to label issues, King Diamond could not appear in the album credits with his stage name, so he had to appear under the name "Masthema Mazziqim", the same pseudonym used by Francis Richard Sleavin, who was the vocalist of Dolmen, the first name of Absu.

"Manannán" is a re-recorded version of the song of same name which originally appeared on the EP "In the Eyes of Ioldánach" (1998).

Warning - Osmose Productions CD presses may contain a copy-protection method which renders the CD completely unreadable in PCs and certain modern Hi-Fi systems. This isn't indicated anywhere on the packaging.

Recording

Recorded between September-December 2000 at Nomad Recording Studios, Carrollton, Texas.
Co-produced by Absu.

Identifiers

Barcode: 4 001617 082027
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Tracklist

1. Tara – 01:56 >

[Instrumental]

(Included in the Tara booklet is "Poetick Magick" written by Proscriptor:
Ioldánach's Accepted Wisdom, In Prefaced Tense:
In the great strategy of bout, there will be three thousand score
They will do as they see fit
They are neither younger nor older
Than them, in their klans;
A triumph declared: three tyrants will conquer
Surmounting for undying candor
As one and three will stand as one;
Their swords blemish with crimson clots
That's a great honor, killing one by one, and
"A great incentive," according to them
If they go to where the king is killed, then
They will compose (he shall decompose)-
They will compile a final victory for his fortitude
Posed within his mind)

2. Pillars of Mercy – 04:21 >

[Verse 1]
I still admire the flow of echoing horns
Mimicking blows so boldly, I hear
I stand visibly, high, on this splendid bastion
To remember a High King, a tyrant of no fear

I am the first son, a commander with no father
"Fortuitous doom," the last of his predictions
I'll take advantage by igniting the balusters
Preparing enraged flames with sweltering speed

[Chorus 1A]
These are the Pillars of Mercy!
Today, I am callous
Tomorrow, I am king
Immortal, strong, exultant
And conquering

[Chorus 1B]
Pillars of Mercy!
My song and my word are iniquitous
Gathering assemblies in days gone by!

[Chorus 1C]
Fire burns with the Pillars of Mercy!
My chariot races through saw-toothed hills
And hurls through every valley and mere

[Chorus 1D]
Pillars of Mercy!
Watchtowers collapse before the lift of the twilight
I am swift in battle, my voice is heard
Pillars of Mercy!

[Verse 2]
Frost, fire, and wind are pelting all the columns
There is no dilution for them to fight again
Only three chariots are seen on charred plains
Through all the throngs and clusters, lambs and stallions

If you should speak to me now
Then I will clamber Tara's pinnacle
Why my father? Another damning scuffle?
I still admire the sound of echoing horns

[Chorus 2A]
Those were the Pillars of Mercy!
Frenzied vultures gnawed the necks of dead men
As the sturdy, gilded columns had seethed

[Chorus 2B]
Pillars of Mercy!
Enemies' blood spurted like volley sprigs
The blustery fight was planned, then fought

[Chorus 2C]
Flames flayed on the Pillars of Mercy!
Their vapid minds were troubled and sides were pierced
And warlike deeds had been fulfilled

[Chorus 2D]
Pillars of Mercy!
We saluted chieftains on the regal Tara
We hailed the tyrants that governed our waters
Pillars of Mercy!
Ah!

Strike!

[Verse 3]
There shall be no lack of dignity
For those who oppose them!

There shall be no lack of dignity
For those who oppose them!

There will be!

There will be
Pillars of Mercy!

3. A Shield with an Iron Face – 03:22 >

[MongÂ¡n:]
A Cairn warrior dressed in his harness feeling fury and frenzy
His silky top had blood stained gauze stretched across his pecks
His tartan had lines of symmetry running east and west
An embellished shield with an iron face was embraced in his left hand

[Bridge - Eremon (Chieftain of Cairn):]
"I welcome thee, o' victorious, I'm skirmishing...at the lift!"
"I welcome thee, o' victorious, I'm skirmishing...by the dark!"

[MongÂ¡n:]
He rushed to feed the fire
As honor gained him a home -
He veered beyond the pyres
The Son of Cairn sat enthroned
An iron shield gaped toward the sky
With oak wood and leather backing;
Reprisal lead the way to his mind
And so it did

[Cairn Warrior's Question of Vindication:]
"CÂ¡ bhfuilimid ag dul amarach?" ("Where are we marching tomorrow?")

[Chorus - IoldÂ¡nach:]
A shield with an iron face gapes towards the sky
The death of a man is never going to die
A resolute falcon gawks back at the armor -
On the wing, yet on the lifting hour

[Repeat Bridge - Eremon (Chieftain of Cairn)]

4. Manannán – 06:39 >

I am a wave: on the rapt Cythrául
I am a flood: across the croggy plain
I am a wind: of seven gales
I am a tear: the Sun lets fall

I am
Manannán
Mac Lir
Noble warrior of lycanthropy
I am
Fachtna
High King
To shake thy cloak shall bring outbreak

I am a tide: that drags to engulfment
I am a current: a compass towards Visnech
I am a tempest: the onslaught of outburst
I am a zephyr: theirs is second pain

I am Manannán
Mac Lir
Avatar from sail to sea
Thy horse
Aonbharr
Grand Steed
Chariots forever lead

I am an ocean's womb: of all abysms
I am a blaze: for every burning bathym
I am a lure: of the plumbless benthos
I am a breaker: bottomlessness doom

I am
Manannán
Mac Lir
Shape-changer; Lar of deep
Thy sword
Fragarch
"The Answerer..."

Remember me, thou art all wind
And back with gusts thou shalt return

I'm the hawk: above this cliff, behind the waves
I'm the thorn: exude this rose, yet fleece the sky
...FLEECE THE SKY
I'm the hill: where poets walk and Tara lies
I'm the throne: from a tantalizing glimpse
...FROM A TANTALIZING GLIMPSE

Hear the thunder roll
I am
Manannán
And fear the sky shall fall

5. The Cognate House of Courtly Witches Lies West of County Meath – 04:19 >

(Cairn Warrior's Appetency of Invultuation:)
I am the one to seek the courtly witch -
She is the one to find me
I am the one to yearn the dazzling bitch -
She is the one to bind me
So I say, the spell has begun!
(Tea (Courtly Witch):)
"The darkness is starting and control is done..."
(Cairn Warrior:)
Stones of power inside this sphere
Are stark stones of magick -
I am joining the mystic ring
With this woman, as we implore
We do implore
I am aiding the mystic writ;
I am gifted knowledge from deep wells!
(Chorus - Cairn Warrior's First Myaltic Rite:)
Candle of fire, candle of might
Create my desires here on this night -
This candles stream is suddenly flaming higher!
Bring to me my heart's desire
My words of strength are suddenly hung
So I proudly state this spell has begun!
(Cairn Warrior:)
Stones of power within ire
Are strong stones of cabal
I am joined in the magick round
With this bitch, as we implore
We shall explore
With Paralda by my side
I am granted sylphs and zephyrs!
(Cairn Warrior's Second Myaltic Rite:)
Show me the rings of your cosmic fire
Make my pathway carved and clear
Give me a code that's no will of mine
To show me your presence is here!
(Repeat Cairn Warrior's Second Myaltic Rite)
(Chorus II - Cairn Warrior's Last Myaltic Rite:)
Courtly witch of the beast -
Courtly bitch of the daring arm
I am your tyro, yet never alarmed!
A dash of thistle, and in my dreams -
Give me the silver-gilt key
That will unlock the spell...
Courtly witch, assist me!

6. She Cries the Quiet Lake – 04:10 >

(Cairn Warrior in Advocated Manner:)
Stones of power
Stillness of her spawn
Gems of symbols
Re-illuminating
Dawn
She cries the quiet lake

Weeping waters
Taciturnity
Found
She cries the quiet lake

Dripping ruptures
Immortality
Bound

Enduring: death is mine to keep
Timelessness: unborn in timely shape
Balancing: between stone and sky
Promulgate: lamentations

Continually: she wails and she whines
Nonetheless: linking stone to sky
Leveling: the tarns to the tides
Circulate: limpid-forming tears

(Tea's Diktat:)
"The darkness is starting and control is done:
The cosmic light is fading, as the shadow's won."

(Chorus - Cairn Warrior in Encouraged Mode:)
It's the lake of your liquid, glass heart
It's bringing your writ; it's bringing you tears
It's filling your thirst and never with fears
It's the tears of my liquid, glass heart

(Repeat Chorus - Cairn Warrior in Encouraged Mode)

7. Yrp Lluyddawc – 01:51

8. From Ancient Times (Starless Skies Burn to Ash) – 03:53 >

Blazing to their pikes
Turning to dust
Gusting with the wind
They (still) dream of an older delusion

Reigning, raining
Dampening the empire
Their excursion burns with the ashes

Calm lakes mirrored
Glistening everywhere
They rove through the waters and fires

Silent seas paused
Enlightening low light
Their visions for imperishability

The weakened flesh
Expecting downfall
Their ashes spread through lightless, starless skies

The Eminence
Not expecting wind
They (now) think of a newer illusion

[Chorus:]
PRAISE - The ancient times
AS EARTH - Equates their end
COMMAND - The ancient times
LIKE TARA - Shall never pretend
DIES - Irae, dies illa
QUIDQUID - Latet adparebit
NIL - Inultum remanebit
DEPOSE - Towards ancient times

[Repeat Chorus]

[Repeat All Verses In Reversed Order Excluding The First &amp; Last]

9. Four Crossed Wands (Spell 181) – 04:46 >

[Chorus I:]
I'm the Knight of Wands-
Yodh is in the name
I'm swift and violent:
TRANSIENT!
The fiery part of Fire-
I'm a lightning flash
Between the symbol
And the natal force

[Chorus II:]
She's the Queen of Wands-
HÂ© is in the name
She's fermenting, yet
TRANSMITTING!
The watery part of Fire-
She's quick to receive
Between the surface
And the process of (pro) creation

Kan! King!
51st Hexagram
A warrior in complete armor
With wand in the left hand and torch in the right. (181)

SuÂ­! Queen!
17th Hexagram
Her crown is topped with a winged sphere
And rayed with flames. (181)

[Chorus III:]
He's the Prince of Wands-
Vau is in the name
He's manifesting, but
TRANSCENDING!
The airy part of Fire-
He's the "Dying God!"
Between the virtue
And the Leader of his caste

YÂ® King! YÂ® King!
42nd Hexagram
A shrouded warrior in full-scale armour-
On his chest, he bears the sigil "TO MEGA QHRION."

[Chorus IA:]
FOUR CROSSED WANDS!

Å½ Queen! Å½ Queen!
27th Hexagram
Her crown is surged with a disque of the Sun
And once again, rayed with fire

[Repeat Chorus IA]
"They observe no regular rule in the ordering of their hearts."

[Repeat Chorus IA]

[Chorus IV:]
She's the Princess of Wands-
HÂ© is in the name
She's crystallizing, yet
TRANSPOSING!
The earthy part of Fire-
She's absorbing
Between the Silence
And the 10th of May

10. Vorago (Spell 182) – 05:45 >

I am not limited to this Underworld
I am settled in this Barrenness
I am kept in this Emptiness
I am not restricted to this Underworld. (182)

I travel Earth in the train of You
I offer Earth to reach the field of You
I walk Earth to see the mark of You
I proffer Earth to feel the lure of You. (182) (FOREKNOWLEDGE)

Hail to you, prime mover of the Deep
Sun of the heart: possessor of Voids
The awe of whom created This
The thirst of this revered Abyss. (182) (ADAEOT)

[Pre-Chorus:]
BEINGS, BY-COMINGS, THOUGHTS...
MONADS, ATOMS, WAVES...
APERTURES, GULFS, CHASMS...
RESULTS AMONGST RESULTS!

[Chorus:]
I have made, for myself, a space within Time
I mutely descend to the cavity of my Cell
I am the furtive seeker ensnared Underneath
Vorago!

[Chorus II:]
My gray wand is your Bout
Your grandeur is my Time
My sunray si your Beam
Your splendor is my Turn
My circlet is your Crown
Your allure is my Shape
My pattern is your Kind
Your extent is my Scope

My seat is your Center
Your merit is my Dint
My throne is your Rule
Your misdeed is my Sin
My void is your Stone
Your retort is my Key
My stone is Yourself
Your result is my Fate

[Post-Chorus:]
VORAGO! [x4]

[Repeat Chorus]

[Pre-Chorus II:]
SEEING THROUGH ILLUSIONS!
NAUGHT = MANY = TWO!
SEEING THROUGH ILLUSIONS!
ONE = ALL = EIGHT!

[Repeat Chorus II]
"O' you abyssic essence who is before me and who follows after my heart
Usher me in at your usherings
For you are the one who guides me
Who escorts my anima under the Earth
As I am a soul who is stark in Vorago."

11. Bron (Of the Waves) – 01:32 >

(Instrumental)
Though this track is never sung or spoken, in the cd
Booklet they have something wrote down for it, so here it is

"Son of Lir and chief of the Tuatha de Danan; this name comes from the ancient Celtic word "bronnos," which is defined as a "crow" or "raven." It was quite instinctive that the Welsh should have changed the name Bron, whom Irish legend had given them as the brother of Manannán, into Bran, that they might canonize him."
(Manannán mac Lir, Études Celtiques, VI, p.253)
---Proscriptor McGovеrn---

12. Stone of Destiny (...for Magh Slecht and Ard Righ) – 07:46 >

[Verse 1]
We are three high kings in honor
And we are the midst of Dagda's spell
We are three armored forces and
We are the gold-torqued leaders
Three wild horsemen
Three fearless in combat
Three gold-crowned conjurers of clash, yet
Three clannish chiefs from the Kingdom of Túath Mide

[Verse 2]
The leading, foremost tyrant
The subsequent tormentor
And past intimidator of Cythraul
Are impending
Has there ever been a better idol than Dagda?
Will there ever be a better icon than myself?

[Verse 3]
In the eyes of myself, I fervently speak
The trio goes out at dawn
Fiercely, we plan to fight our assailants
Three of us versus three thousand complete

In the eyes of myself, I adroitly scream

[Chorus]
We will arrive at the Stone of Destiny (Tara!)
We will reach the perdition of Ibid (Cythraul!)

[Verse 4]
Invincible we are to their spears
Intrepidly we occupy our posts
A forecast of destiny now
Invisible they are to their hands
Insolently they amuse their own pride
Interchangeability, interchangeability

[Repeat Verse]
With the sway of myself, weather means disaster
I affirm each day for the men of the brave...

[Repeat Verse]
With the sway of myself, weather means disaster
I affirm each day for the men of the brave...

[Verse 5: King Diamond]
As our swords of steel, their mead, and courage are fused
Is it not the throne for our Master of the Gulch?
On its trim are rings of pearls, polished
One seat remains near the jaded citadel!

[Spoken]
The plains of adoration do lie somewhere below Tara, way below Tara, as a matter of fact
Sometimes give as Moyslaught and as always, Crom Cruach is welcomed

[Repeat Verse]
With the sway of myself, weather means disaster
I affirm each day for the men of the brave...

[Spoken]
The notorious Klan stands by the ramparts at Tara where all enemies are approaching
Being bound by a geis, the three have no choice but to stand against the feeble units
Enveloping in an opaque mist, they suddenly find themselves in a magical place where they are received by the deity Manannán and a courtly witch
Finally, they begin to walk up the steep grassland of Tara, with wand and sword, which enables them to distinguish the truth from the...

[Verse 6: King Diamond]
Lies!

It is the chair for our Master of the Tor
It is embellished with bullion, marked
It remains on top of the lofty mound
It streams gray and silver lining
It will be an accolade given to us
That is, by the third of the last king

13. Tara (Recapitulation) – 01:45 >

[Instrumental]

(Included in the Tara booklet is "Poetick Magick" written by Proscriptor:
The Cythrául Klan's Inherited Perception in Decisive Tense:
We are not the ones who will sing without any hesitation
Of our crusade, although we are almighty;
We will sing of a battle from the hill
Paying homage to the first two leaders: Dagda and Manannán
We are guardians of the swiftest gales-
Masters of many lands and seas are in attendance
The waters are likе unexpected tеars that fall from the sky-
That is, to the depths of the supreme Cythrául
On the heights of Tara, in County Meath
We are now signs of intention
We are now vipers in quiet lakes
We are merciful pillars, yet
We are significance of a legend-
We are masters of the Hall.)

Total length: 52:05