Advent of the Damned
S†N† Noc†urnusSTNT Nocturnus
Текст: 2025, Dan Loveschmidt
От албума "Blasphemy 6:66"
(The Three Kings) Under skies of rancid decay, The heavens rot, their light turns gray. Three kings tread where the earth splits wide, Bringing shadows that will not subside. Their crowns are forged from broken bone, In whispers cold, they claim the throne. (Beelzebub) Beelzebub leads with a swarm of flies, A star of rot burns deep in his eyes. The air turns thick, a plague in its wake, Flesh and bone crumble, ready to break. His chalice spills with ruinous gold, Promising riches, eternally cold. (Baal) Baal walks next, the deceiver's grin, His iron crown hides the weight of sin. Whispers follow, twisting the weak, False kings bow to the power they seek. In his hands, a scepter of lies, The earth trembles where his shadow flies. (Belial) Belial strides with chaos in tow, The anarchist’s laughter, cruel and low. His staff of thorns bleeds fiery light, Sowing despair in the dead of night. The winds cry out, a hollow refrain, A hymn to the lawless, bound in pain. (The Damned Unborn) Graves erupt as the earth decays, The kings bow low in unholy praise. A serpent winds through the crimson mire, The sixth day seals the child’s desire. The crypt exhales, the child takes form, A savior of rot, the end is born. (Unholy Star) The kings ascend, their work complete, The star burns high, the dark's heartbeat. No light shall rise, no dawn shall break, The world succumbs for the unborn’s sake. From ruin forged, from sin divine, A throne of ashes, a shattered design.
Advent of the Damned serves as the scorched-earth prologue to Blasphemy 6:66 and marks the first time the S†N† Noc†urnus' vision has been translated into a full-scale video clip. The song initiates a systematic deconstruction of the Nativity, replacing the heralded birth of a "savior" with the arrival of three demonic kings—Beelzebub, Baal, and Belial—who oversee a coronation of rot.
The album version of the track is bookended by a casual dialogue between a Mother and Daughter. This narrative layer anchors the high-concept progressive metal in the reality of the flesh from the very first note. Their commentary provides a grounding human presence that contrasts the grim, atmospheric transitions of the music, suggesting that this entire ritual is being observed and reclaimed by those the Church sought to brainwash and enslave.
Key elements of this opening chapter include:
- The Inversion of Genesis: While the biblical world was built in six days, Advent uses the "sixth day" to seal the arrival of the "Damned Unborn," turning the creation myth on its head.
- The Coronation of Reality: By forging crowns from "broken bone" and replacing grace with "ruinous gold," the song rejects abstract "holy" illusions in favor of something tangible, visceral, and unapologetically earthly.
As the start of the album’s arc, Advent of the Damned clears the wreckage of old myths. It establishes that the "End" being born is actually a beginning—a life lived through Satanic self-will, free from the shadow of the cross.