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Madness and Blood

by A Dance In Yellow

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1.
Work is done, and lights are gone Behind closed doors, by candles gloom Don the robes, exfoil the scrolls Smells of wax and sounds of chant Upon this table by humanities hand A summoning The minds of man paint pictures yet Of things unreal, of gods Of blood and death Of spirit and madness
2.
Torn Apart 03:38
Mankind tries to stop decline A rush into hedonistic lives Brighter colours, capital increase Rushing towards disaster A bubble of life about to burst Fabric of reality stretched out to exhaustion New ideas, ever breaking norms Aspiration to change the world Faster ever faster seeking out life Life and death beyond their wildest dreams Opening the gates Two-faced progress Possibilities unfold A rift it manifests The world torn apart In the name of mankind And in the name of Doom Two Worlds They drift apart Above, these radiant men And below, terror By every inch of progress Despair shall increase A tower, ever higher built Its collapse will tear the world apart The year is 1927 Anticipating the despair of the masses Occult powers construct a monolith fed by fear Readying the way for powers beyond Defiled and denied The most broken souls, their stars align Their minds fueled by despair Emptying their hearts Into the void They shall not rest The gates shall open Distortion of reality This bubble it will burst And it will spill insanity The gates shall open The end of our reality The world, as it had been known Will be torn apart
3.
Osmotic penetration Filling emptniess Close to human warmth Beckoned into this world Diverse menagerie of Nightstalking beasts Neverfathomed star-eyed titans Their offspring in search for blood Tearing at the rifts of reality Boring their claws into this world Inside the walls Monsters lurk Pressing hard Forcing their way Inside our world To cause dismay To kill and maim And to prepare the Bloodfeast We are cattle Sustenance For nightmares Skittering tarsi Feet and claws Your wall cavities Fill up with mass Don't you smell it? The sweetness of rot? The safety of your home gone They are inside the walls! Borders of reality now so weak Can't you hear them scratching? Not much longer now, not much longer You need to get out, get out! In corners your lights never saw The corners of your eyes They come from inside the walls To devour you All
4.
This gun rack stacked with power Gleaming wood and rifled shafts Mundane weaponry of mankind Conscripted to a higher cause To fend off otherworldy Terrifying monstrosities Penetrate extraterrestial hide Bless these fiends with lead Pierce the seams of Demonic organs Smash into their skulls Projectiles gleam with fire The fire of Humanities redemption Blade of ancient origin Well kept and well shined Sharpened by The blood of a hundred men Insignia of polished gold Conducting the current of will Finally, a worthy occasion Penetrate extraterrestial hide Bless these fiends with anguish Cut the seams of Demonic organs Slice into their skulls Edges gleam with fire The fire of Humanities redemption Fire and Steel
5.
Take the shot Buy the lot Wipe it down Never frown Genuine smile Cunning guile Be prepared Caffeine, cocaine, Stay awake and Supress the way you fingers shake Double Check Reinspect Firmly grasp Just make sure Reread Rewrite Erase again Absolutely crucial That you Search your bags Count your mags Reload Take more ammunition than you need Absolute control Eyes everywhere If you ever trusted a friend Be prepared for their betrayal No matter how much time you spend You will fail No matter the strength of your will No matter if you cry and wail No matter how many monsters you kill You will fail Pick the lock Throw the rock Cut the rope Never ever start to think about hope Crack the ice Wipe your eyes Disinfect Take every key and mark your tracks Lock the door once, twice Ignore their roar Shoot into their head Once, twice Keep your knife in hand just in case And kill everyone who might've seen your face Absolute control Eyes everywhere If you ever trusted a friend Be prepared for their betrayal No matter how much time you spend You will fail No matter the strength of your will No matter if you cry and wail No matter how many monsters you kill You will fail Sooner or later you will fail Ultimately you will fail
6.
Staying above the tides of pain In this careening boat made of flesh Swim, ever on swim, hold on and cling To a hope spelled out by distant lights Destiny, fate, predetermination Bars of steel set in place by Astronomical entities Why Do not ask Do not cry Just accept and live our lie Seek no out Seek no escape Just give in to your fate My role predestined How can I break these chains Reality bends to their will Shifts our path and stead So close, so close to success Yet arbitrary chance defies us In the end we are nothing but slaves To Constellations of blazing light Why Do not ask Do not cry Just accept and live our lie Seek no out Seek no escape Just give in to your fate There is no escape for us Just pawns in this game of dice Predestined (Is it just a word) This world of terror (Destined by whom) Or are we just afraid to face our own Responsibility in this insanity
7.
Fumbling this little coin Down the drain it goes And with it my last hope Of ever leaving this place Their back turned to me They say: "It is too much" Behind them the door it shuts Leaving me alone Broken and weary My hands scarred and stained red Dried out, eyes and mind At last, I embrace oblivion A single drop of blood At terminal velocity Crashes into my heart And shatters my last dream This last undue punishment Neurons finally unravel Illusions and specters come to life One million pieces, once my mind Broken and weary My hands scarred and bleeding Dried out, eyes and mind At last, I embrace oblivion Broken and weary My hands scarred and bleeding Dried out, eyes and mind At last, I embrace it This My final rest
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9.
Expedition team: Kane, Anderson, Hayes No payment overbore fears in local guides Nontheless they delve Beneath All their hopes despaired long ago The way back collapsed by the weight of fear So they go into the dark and below Futile flashlights, chemlights, torches None can quench the boundless dark That strechtes out towards Their faces, drenched in sweats, in smells Ideal targets for blind hunters made of teeth Though armed these targets are And willing to commit They delve Delve deeper Delve And find your reward Piercing rays against the eldritch hordes Flesh boils away against Blazing heat Blessed by technology ageless Weapon forged of cosmic diamond Away the foulness melts The first to fall is Anderson Blinded by a wish for knowledge Torn to pieces by lurking limbs beyond count Rounds of lead tear holes in inhuman, twisted bodies beyond discernment A vast cavern lights up In the fiery blaze Behold Upon this blessed throne Armaments beyond Human recognition Kane extends his hand A glimmer of hope in his eyes Hayes, at point blank range Fires at his atlas Piercing rays against the eldritch hordes Flesh boils away under Blazing heat Blessed by technology ageless Weapon forged of cosmic diamond Away the foulness melts Hayes has felt the universe And all its recognition Shall belong To her alone
10.
Neuron activity light transmits Eyes, black holes Grasp your reality Engulf embrace omnipresence Every mind fills up with the black waters Of a consciousness unlike their own Madness Madness arisen Madness R'lyeh has arisen Horizon is full A shape most inhuman Stars extinguish as wings spread Light fails as does warmth In the presence of this Blood like the ocean A mind like the sun Limbs made of atmosphere Sonic sublimial tremors All of this world All of this world Dust in the storm of a breath Madness Madness arisen Madness R'lyeh has arisen Ultimate extinction event looms Rebirth of a being unfathomed Now it is its will against ours
11.
Reveal this last card The game will end either way Roll the last die The game will end either way Beat the odds and win The game will end either way Find your promised end The game will end either way Did you save humanity The game will end either way Did madness consume you The game will end either way

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"Madness and Blood" is a melodic death metal concept album about the board game Eldritch Horror . It leads through the different stages of gameplay while trying to capture the densely atmospheric spirit of the game. It tells the story of a world torn apart by reality-bending horrors, humanity fighting to survive, and them almost certainly failing to do so.
Rhytmic guitars, melodic lead lines, a bit of choir and orchestration, black metal screams and death metal growls.

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released June 3, 2022

All music by Jonas Werling except track #07
All lyrics by Jonas Werling
Songwriting on track #07 by Fabian Welch
Guitars, bass, vocals, drum programming, additional programming by Jonas Werling
Recording, production, mixing by Jonas Werling
Album art by Alex Steacy
Mastering and mix advice by Angel Marcloid at Angel Hair Audio (angelhairaudio.com)

Samples used:
Track #07
"glitching-vinyl-record-player-a.wav" by inspectorj from freesound.org, edited.
"wood-break-stress.wav" by audioninja001 from freesound.org

Track #08
"windy-autumn-forest-soundscape-2" by porphyr from freesound.org, edited.

Track #10
"20101121.wind.howl.furious.02.wav" by dobroide from freesound.org, edited.
"earthquake-1-big.wav" by OGsoundFX from freesound.org, edited.

Track #11
"Chaos.mp3" by turonkusu from freesound.org, edited.

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A Dance In Yellow RP, Germany

Jonas Werling, self-thaught metal composer, guitarist, vocalist from germany. Inspired by the board game Eldritch Horror and the Lovecraftian/Eldritch mythos - with a healthy amount of distance from it. Putting fear and anger about being afraid in music. ... more

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