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Nachtmusik

by Ghastly Secret

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(Instrumental)
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The Desert harbours Secrets Unpleasant to the Eyes of Man Lurking there, the Witch Cult Eager to obey the Dark Command Prisoners of Darkness Enslavement Eternal Within the Book of Corbis Within the Devil's Journal Creeping through the Colonies Insidious Diabolic Flood Well-respected Pilgrims Had signed their Names in Blood The Coven was Discovered Their Punishment Infernal He-Who-Had-Betrayed Them Now possessed the Journal Displaced Souls Without the Book Centuries of Living... Death Dwelling - Hating in the Desert The Will of CORBIS shall prevail! Few would stand against Them Evil would decimate the Land What could topple Corbis With the Book returned to his Hand? The Orb of Souls - screaming The End to Years of Pain The Orb of Souls - shattered Conjuring the DEVIL'S RAIN! The Devil's Rain dissolved Them, The Evil lived no more... The Flesh of Satan's Legions Now Pools of twitching GORE! And what became of Corbis Within his Master's Wrath? He Lives inside the Mirror, In every Human's Laugh...
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Exham Priory - I took up residence in '23 Cult of Blasphemy - The Ghastly Secret in my family Legendary sins - The portly Captain Norrys filled me in Phantom scurryings - The nightmare infestation now begins Twilit grotto filled with fungous things The Daemon Swineherd leers and grins RATS! Raining from the sky Haunting, killing, eating 'till they die Nigger-Man, my cat - led us to the source of phantom rats The Sub-Cellar below - with its ancient bloody sacrificial stone In Exham's lowest place - Nigger-Man scratched at the Altar's base Beneath the stone we found - a bone-littered stairway leading... down Twilit grotto, sub-humanity That Daemon Swineherd looks like me! RATS! raining from the sky Haunting, killing, eating 'till we die with dread - we descend - ever down - underground Eerie twilight shows the way, We hesitate - We're only men... Is that nightmare grotto real? What waits for us around the bend... NO! ALL IS TRUE SEE! NIGHTMARE REMAINS VAST PILES OF DEATH BONES CANNIBAL HELL! BUTCHERED HUMAN SHEEP HORRID BODY PITS SOMETHING CALLING ME MADNESS! YAWNING PITS Running into darkness, evil hunger in my brain The tainted blood of DeLaPoer is burning in my veins They found me staring in the black beneath the priory Near the half-devoured Captain Norrys - They say that it was me! "...Now they have blown up Exham Priory, taken my Nigger-Man away from me, and shut me into this barred room at Hanwell with fearful whispers about my heredity and experience... When I speak of poor Norrys they accuse me of a hideous thing, but they must know that I did not do it. They must know it was the rats; the slithering scurrying rats whose scampering will never let me sleep; the daemon rats that race behind the padding in this room and beckon me down to greater horrors than I have ever known; the rats they can never hear; the rats, THE RATS IN THE WALLS." - H.P. LOVECRAFT
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Since you are you and I am me, Our love above ground can never be Cold black earth must be our bed; Within the worms we shall be wed For I so loved And you so loved Too much, too well This living... Hell -chorus- I take your trembling hand in mine Feel the chill run down your spine Our future dangles overhead With this ring... I thee dead With you I scaled the heights of pleasure Your soul became my cherished treasure (But) We also plumbed the depths of horror In which did you find solace more? For you are a poison As I am the Plague In my blackest view I can only love you -repeat chorus- For better, for worse Prepare the hearse Here comes the bride The knot is tied -repeat chorus- "A wedding ring binds like a noose", Bear with me as I make this truth We loved, we're lost, we must be brave Each tender kiss deepened our grave Ashes to ashes Dust to dust A kick and a shove Ends - and begins - this love -repeat chorus-
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Elimination of human waste Eternal force behind our eyes Your life of lies creates our hate Your breed spawns flies - Your soul no prize +CHORUS+ Men of honour, beyond your ken Die Übermensch - We are those men The master race we've always been Death lives in us - We are those men None mourn your loss - a comic scene A mission done in black and red Reborn through rot beneath the green Our birth means DEATH! Envy the dead... +CHORUS+ Vengeance made flesh defining fear Darkness congeals to kill again The evil that men do with cheer We laugh - You DIE! We are those men...! +CHORUS+
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"...Of the Shining Trapezohedron, Blake speaks often, calling it a window on all time and space, and tracing its history from the days it was fashioned on Dark Yuggoth, before ever the Old Ones brought it to Earth, to be peered on eons later in Lemoria by the first human beings. It crossed strange lands and stronger seas... The Pharaoh Nephren-Ka built around it a temple with a windowless crypt and there did that which caused his name to be stricken from all monuments and records. Then it slept in the ruins of that evil fane which the priests and the new Pharaoh had destroyed, 'till the delver's spade once more brought it forth to curse mankind..." - H.P. LOVECRAFT To the church two miles away Atop the ancient Federal Hill Blake's attention returned each night and like a fool he ventured forth... Where angels had fled - Where innocents had bled He climbs to his fate - The HAUNTER awaits... Horror sixty years concealed half-glimpsed in stained glass blasphemies Research and dreams had led him here The tower staircase beckoned him... Where all light had fled - Where all Hope was dead He climbs to his fate - The HAUNTER awaits... The 7 Icons behind 7 chairs surrounded a peculiar masterpiece A Pedestal of strange angles on which Blake found the key to his demise A Curious Box in which he found The Legendary Stone of Nephren-Ka The corner hid, thick with cobwebs, The Ladder leading to the Tower's ATTIC... NOISES FROM ABOVE? HYPNOTIC STONE EFFECT? STARE INTO THE BOX - SOMETHING STARING BACK! Blake awoke on the attic ladder the foetid stench and the sound ABOVE Running madly, Nervous Breakdown the light goes out, the THING goes free! Where man lived in peace - Now comes the Beast The Sun rises Black - The HAUNTER IS BACK!!!
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See College Joe, he's politically correct! On weekends he + Buffy march in protests ('till they sweat) This week they love that band that preaches brotherhood and change Jump off that band's wagon and in front of a train! Body pierced faggot tattooed hairspray sissy boy Your cliche' "rebel" fashions only serve to annoy To your surprise you'll find when Daddy's money is all spent You lookalike losers lack the wits to pay the rent +chorus+ Self-righteousness has made you blind, Our 2 step plan for you is plain: If you wanna free your mind, We'll split your skull, kick out your brain! Strike a pose that won't offend, Which "worthy cause" comes next? Your bleeding heart is just a trend - You're Generation X'd Peer pressure poser, doing drugs so you FIT IN Give a try to CYANIDE: Be the first to DIE and win! Tie-dyed retro rat, peace symbol anti-hate, A beaten weakling victimized eternally = your fate! +chorus+ Monster truck redneck sucking courage from a can, Unlike you, I need no help to prove that I'm a man. GANG MEMBER COWARD - A true man stands alone... REAL gangsters died with DILLINGER and AL CAPONE Directionless whiners known as Generation X - Your spineless drivel makes your parents wish they'd never met! "Respect, my brother" and all that other crap that you've been fed... The only respect that you deserve is what we show the DEAD +chorus+
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•I. IN TRANSYLVANIA The Carpathians were sheer and bleak The coachman gathered speed Red Eyed Wolves or Howling Ghosts? On Harker would they feed? Castle gates now loomed unyielding The Coachman passed right through And Thirteen steps led to a doorway That Harker foolishly descended to... "WELCOME" a leering corpse-white face emerged from shadows "I AM DRACULA" the shadows came from him "ENTER..." the Blackness from within was lit by candles "YOU ARE NOW MY GUEST" ...and Harker's soul flickered "LISTEN..." the figure whispered as he seated Harker "CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT" the howling Wolves like Ghosts "EAT, DRINK..." food and wine were laid out in abundance "I NEVER DRINK... WINE" The Contracts were discussed and signed The sale of Carfax Abbey The price was paid with ancient gold England's newest homeowner - DEATH! A Portrait caught the Noble's eye of Harker's promised - Mina She would be His and Harker Damned! The Enslavement began... "OBEY" His eyes burned red, transfixing Harker "I AM DRACULA" the shadows moved and whispered "NOW, SEE" from the shadows came three spectral Women "HERE ARE YOUR NEW BRIDES" the Women bared their Fangs "FAREWELL..." Dracula had turned to leave the crypt "ENJOY YOUR LIVING DEATH" the Fiends surrounded Harker "KNOW THIS..." the sickly pleasure of their teeth in his flesh "MINA'S SOUL IS MINE!" The ship that sailed, the DEMETER, Delivered DEATH to England's shore Caskets filled with Transylvanian soil, RATS, infested with Black Plague One by One, He took the crewmen Cadavers piling in the hold Until the ship arrived in England, Its Deadly Cargo now UNLEASHED! •II. ENGLAND BY NIGHT The Transylvanian was accepted Into polite society He cast his spell of doom on Mina While feeding on her closest friends Into the fray was called Van Helsing With Esoteric Expertise He identified the Vampire's Mark and made his way to Carfax Abbey "MORTAL" The Vampire's Shadow fell across Van Helsing "I AM DRACULA" the Fiend remained unseen "ENTER..." Van Helsing climbed the rotting staircase "PREPARE TO MEET YOUR DOOM!" the Vampire's Face appeared "HUMAN..." an Icy Hand clawed at Van Helsing's throat "YOUR MEDDLING IS THROUGH" the Hunter now the Hunted "NOW - DIE!" Van Helsing fumbled in his jacket pocket "BY THE HAND OF DRACULA" Van Helsing pulled out of his pocket A crucifix of Silver pure The Vampire gasped and covered his Eyes Red Eyes that lured men to their Doom But as Van Helsing poised the Stake, the Vampire dealt a Mighty Blow - Van Helsing crumpled - unconscious, but too soon came.... SUNRISE •III. BATTLE IN CARFAX ABBEY Van Helsing rose, the NIGHT had come The Footsteps echoed from BELOW The Two Combatants met once more Would UNDEATH end or linger on? The Vampire's Lair had been defiled, His Nemesis would DIE IN PAIN! The Struggle carried on throughout the Night Van Helsing's stamina was on the wane and Dracula would soon possess his soul His REIGN of TERROR endless! It would seem... Van Helsing broke the Vampire's death grip and, by the clock, he saw the time had come to play his Final Hand, he leaped upon the table, and he tore the Tapestry to now reveal the Window that the Tapestry concealed The RISING SUN caught DRACULA full force The SUNLIGHT melted flesh off ancient bones... A PILE OF DUST AND SIGNET RING WAS ALL THAT NOW REMAINED OF... HIM "BUT A FOOL IS HE THAT HAS BELIEF THAT DEATH ITSELF CAN... DIE"

credits

released February 29, 1996

Michael Edward Mitchell - guitar, lead vocal, cover artwork, logo, lettering.
Ian Walker - bass & acoustic guitar, backing vocal.
Mighty Tim Wegmeyer - guitar, backing vocal.
Nicholas Mitchell - drums, backing vocal.

Produced by Ghastly Secret and James Butcher.
Recorded August 1995 through January 1996.
Final mix February 1996.
Re-edit to 1/4" open-reel tape at 7-1/2 ips September 1996.
Original digital transfer April 2001.
New digital transfer from 1996 reel at JvSs Studio, October 2009.

A note regarding older copies of this album:
There have been three versions of this on cassette.
CASSETTE VERSION #1: The very first few copies were made from an inferior mix.
CASSETTE VERSION #2: Very soon afterward Michael and I re-mixed everything on my stereo. Much improved, but there were still some anomalies (mainly awkward edit-points) which were corrected about seven months later when I obtained a reel-to-reel machine.
CASSETTE VERSION #3: All copies made since September 1996 were sourced from said reel, with a CrO2 cassette in the chain as well.
REBARBATIVE/NTTR CDR (REB-002), 2001: Sourced directly from the September 1996 reel, yet still a clipped-out "loudness war" casualty.

What you hear here is straight from the reel, but with NO compression. NO hiss-reduction. NO goofy EQ tampering. ALL dynamics restored (TURN IT UP!!!!!!).

This download also includes ALL of the original artwork / notes / lyrics as included with the original home-dubbed cassettes (of which around 1000 were distributed during the late-90s).

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