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Sine Qua Non

by Elliott's Keep

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1.
Fearless 08:21
FEARLESS From our castle we ride Across beautiful water Past ruined chapel through bloodiest valley Approaching our certain death Feud of generations I ride with my clansmen Against overwhelming foe Horns sound our coming My heart races My rage swells My wrath Consuming The horde ahead is in shadow They are beyond counting Our shouts echo through the mist Bitter cold burns my face I fear not death I will pass through Imperterritus magnus ultimus Impavitus exitiabilis omnio Fearless Audacter The moment is nigh Frozen rain now falls I drain the scotch from its skin The brave own their fear I ride toward eternity With wind in my face I press my mount forth We gallop through black night Our hooves are thunderous My heart races My rage swells My wrath Consuming Death finds all men The hour of my choosing I think on those I love Remember me in ballad I fear not death I will pass through Imperterritus magnus ultimus Impavitus exitiabilis omnio Fearless Audacter The moment is nigh I face oblivion I storm And fall forever And as I go My spirit visits those I love Copyright 2009 EK Music Partners
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Fate 08:53
FATE In the year of the storms I walk through shadows My face painted with ashes Marks carved deep on my heart Through darkness walk the unfortunate I ask the stars their secrets And again this night They are silent The die is cast From beyond From the eternal Hence these tears What is truth? Stone Wind Sand Fate I come to this place alone To visit an old pain To contemplate My respite, my solitude Through darkness walk the unfortunate In the moonlight The mist curls about my being And beckons the darkness He whom the gods love dies young Death is certain Its hour uncertain Remember that you will die Thus you shall go to the stars Stone Wind Sand Fate Philosophy and prophecy Angels weep and demons laugh Runes and ruins --this pagan opera Ripples in the water I came upon memories From the day beauty died Flame and embers In a careless rain Copyright 2009 EK Music Partners
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SHADES OF DISGRACE I always fell in love in the autumn And it inevitably ended in cold winter days Then she appeared from the mist Goddess gazing down with adoring eyes Joyous weekends entangled Time of wine Time of tenderness Time of healing My love My fear My hollow point I destroyed perfection That it would not be taken from me That the rose would not wither Captured by my destruction She will satisfy for eternity In death she fails not In memory she doth not disappoint I cannot forgive myself I worship romance And would drink deep But love must falter Passion by its nature must end For mortal hearts cannot sustain And one will die In that moment when Light is swallowed by darkness My love My fear My hollow point I destroyed perfection That it would not be taken from me That the rose would not wither Captured by my destruction She will satisfy for eternity In death she fails not In memory she doth not disappoint I cannot forgive myself I find her in my bottle I crave her touch Her breath Her sex Tragedy I could not hold her Forever All you in black on this empty day So pitiful You do not know grief You know not grief You cannot mourn as I I despise you From the depths of my sorrow The sleet and wind Are not so cold as my soul Copyright 2009 EK Music Partners
4.
Witchburning 06:10
WITCHBURNING As black wind changes With torches and curses The mob pursues her Brings her to ground The innocent So helpless So helpless Deep within, they know Their own wickedness Yet they refuse - they ignore Empowered by numbers Hypocrisy enraged -- frenzied Purpose drawn from that evil they fear With the heavens as witness She’s a witch, they shout - burn her The devil’s own, they roar - burn her Satan’s harlot, they cry - burn her, burn her She’s a witch, they shout - burn her The devil’s own, they roar - burn her Satan’s harlot, they cry - burn her, burn her Consequences be damned Rough hands bind her Fastened to the post Pyre bellows acrid smoke She flails Trembling and confused The sacrifice burning The sacrifice burning Deep within, they know Their own wickedness Purposed naiveté For which they will answer Terrified, she sobs Lace and flesh burns She screams And wonders why She’s a witch, they shout - burn her The devil’s own, they roar - burn her Satan’s harlot, they cry - burn her, burn her She’s a witch, they shout - burn her The devil’s own, they roar - burn her Satan’s harlot, they cry - burn her, burn her By consequences they are damned The truth forsaken by the self-righteous Dictating that which they know not At the cost her life At the cost of their souls Intensifying their own Burning beyond Copyright 2009 EK Music Partners
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Damned 05:24
DAMNED Upon going to death I returned to find her waiting My ring draped about her neck Awakened to emptiness I will love her forever Though the forever I would chose is denied me All too soon she will be dead and gone And I will remain Damned I will remain Perhaps she will light the next world Because of her I live in emotional death There is no comfort for my soul Demented, I wander I will love her forever Though the forever I would chose is denied me All too soon she will be dead and gone And I will remain Damned I will remain I am music in the darkness I am a gallows obsession I am the dead buried above ground I am the foul I am the parasite I am the beautiful I remain Copyright 2009 EK Music Partners
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MALEFICAR VALIDUS In blackest night, in highest tower Incense and candles burn Mage in desperate meditation Firelight falls on furrowed brow Head in hands, gray mane draped across ancient tomes Clouds race past the moon Shadows of impending doom In the shadows on the highest point of the hill Solitary figure clad in crimson The enemy swells as a tide The horde relentless Across the field The horned bastard Evil manifest Minutes become hours become days - he casts on In the shadows on the highest point of the hill Solitary figure clad in crimson Symphonic, the attack Battle unceasing Weary arms dispatching one and the next In trance Minutes become hours become days -he casts on The sky becomes crimson Sulfur winds and ash Battalions in flame Bones without flesh Hands rise again Indiscernible phrases Hands rise again Braided intricate spells Hands rise again Arcane incantations Hands rise again Lightening rends the heavens Magenta firmament Fog and frozen gusts Shards of ice rain down Into their carcasses Hands rise again Indiscernible phrases Hands rise again Braided intricate spells Hands rise again Arcane incantations Hands rise again Lightening rends the heavens Body and mana exhausted Sleep refused Overtaken, delusional Hallucinating, faltering Vulnerable Wickedness finds its mark The mage falls His blood pools As hope abandoned The sky explodes Sapphire radiance blinds Resurrection Maleficar Power beyond understanding Fortified by rage Fire rains and flesh flames Acrid, pungent fury Death from afar Maleficar Validus Restored Empowered Relentless Merciless Victorious Copyright 2009 EK Music Partners
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Beloved 07:28
BELOVED In the beyond I wake In deep snow drift Bloodied Without wound Fortis obstinatus destinatus I rise determined to find my way to you I rise determined I will find you Cor unum ab aeterno ad infinitum There are bonds that tie two souls There is music that binds two hearts Ad alta aut viam inveniam aut faciam I summon Deep from within Agony Up the mountain Fortis obstinatus destinatus I rise determined to find my way to you I rise determined I will find you Cor unum ab aeterno ad infinitum There are bonds that tie two souls There is music that binds two hearts Ad alta aut viam inveniam aut faciam I will find you Copyright 2009 EK Music Partners
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DARKEST CORNER Obiit Numb I am numb My soul is empty The one taken from me All is changed by such loss All is changed by loss Nunc est bibendum Ubi sunt Ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt Where are they? Where are they, those who have gone before us? Blood on my face Mud on my boots And here I sit and drink In the darkest corner of this tavern Death and life and pain Bitter I am bitter My heart is shattered The one I love is gone Life is no longer worth living Life is no longer living Nunc est bibendum Ubi sunt Ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt Where are they? Where are they, those who have gone before us? Blood on my face Mud on my boots And here I sit and drink In the darkest corner of this tavern Death and life and pain Suffocating I spit angry curses and stumble through verses Memories rage through me Copyright 2009 EK Music Partners

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"Entitled Sine Qua Non, this the bands sophomore effort and delivers on the promise of the debut! Mountainous riffing, doom wall layers of sound, epic visions, melancholy moments, splashes of angry black metal bursts, thunder cannon drum/bass explosions and more! And I was lucky enough to do one of the guitar solos on the album, which came out rather well I think! Hit the new arrivals section of our catalog to order now! NEW DOOM/EPIC METAL FROM TEXAS! The bands second album on Brainticket Records takes you on a journey of woe inspired tales of doom, melancholy and epic doom riffing! Excellent well thought out HEAVY doom inspired metal that will please all fans of the genre and then some. The band brings other influences to the table (epic viking, touches of symphonic black, old school heavy metal) making this more than just standard doom metal. With featured guest guitar solo from John Perez of Solitude Aeturnus! Get this yee fans of SA, Candlemass, While Heaven Wept, Doomshine, Amon Amarth, etc..."
JOHN PEREZ

“…what Sine Qua Non proves is they’re a band able to offer an individualized interpretation of doom without getting caught up in pretense or sacrificing memorable songwriting. I liked In Medias Res. I like Sine Qua Non better. It’s a more realized album all around, and as the title suggests that 'without this, there is nothing,' I can only respond that Elliott’s Keep’s time is well spent."
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“Fans of Solitude Aeturnus, Candlemass and Grand Magus will get their rocks off to this fine recording and speaking of Solitude, Elliott’s Keep are also from Texas and are quickly becoming the leaders of Texan Doom. The Texan connection is made even stronger on "Sine Qua Non" by the guest appearance of SA's John Perez who is also the chief honcho of Brainticket Records. Elliott’s Keep have arrived big time with this release and if you loved the debut, there is no reason but to adore this one…. Elliott’s Keep are the US Epic Doom masters of the moment.....10/10”
DOOMMANTIA.COMhttp://doommantia.wordpress.com/category/elliotts-keep/

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released September 28, 2010

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