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Anthems of Adversity

by ARCANA XXII

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Ädäm This is very hot old school heavy metal blown by the Namibian desert winds. Excellent, not too obtrusive melodies and strong vocal performance, which never let boredom arise! Favorite track: Sacrifice.
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Gehenna 05:11
GEHENNA Far, like a de-javu gagging, the stench of the dead comes Over the canyons and valleys it stalks like a drone fly Sticking like heat on my skin, through the course of the millennia Stacking, the judged and the damned, calls the dead of Gehenna Ever the burning, eternal yearning mass grave of fire, Funeral pyre Scores daily added, Tortured and murdered The source of the fires of hell…Gehenna!!! Beware, Return to Gehenna We aim Return to Gehenna We know the return to Gehenna Its there, its coming, the deeds they dare, the return to Gehenna we share… Far like a prophecy told in the days of the ancients Built on foundations of Rome, fighting for liberation Freedom from laws in old books, fundamental irrelevance Fearless competing to victory in preferred damnation! Ever the burning, eternal yearning mass grave of fire, Funeral pyre Scores daily added, Tortured and murdered The source of the fires of hell…Gehenna!!! Beware, Return to Gehenna We aim Return to Gehenna We know the return to Gehenna Its there, its coming, the deeds they dare, the return to Gehenna we share… (the left-over verses) Abomination of Desolation Returns for the third time (- The final time) Ancient voices, prophecies laid down when generations of mankind fall down Original land, Genesis man’s original Covenant claim, rebuild now But Judas returns, the kiss that burns to throw down Noted since the beginning of time
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The Masque 06:01
THE MASQUE In a line, One by one, Monitored, Expect delays in all ways, the automated answer says Wear a mask, social distance, isolate, vaccinate, indoctrinate Social feed lies multiply, Anger flares, zombie stares, fear at the steer shifting gear in a new year Try It! Trades resume in fake confidence Rumors of war, rumors of a new strain, fresh pain, and pride-revised shame, pain revised pleasure, pain delivered revolt! Like a nightmare we shared and never woke from, damned and incognito Walked the ghosts like dusty memories… muttering Unclean! Severed one from the other, one and all, such nameless prison game By the hundreds fall, and thousands more, and then, and then the fear!…. Private world on my own Its nothing but my eyes shown to a world of chaos Brooding breed, anger seed My face can twist behind a mask as my eyes mislead Hate hordes clash, masks in trash and some will die by this plague when the energies crash Retrain your mind, retrain your promenade Time has come to reveal your masque facade In the safety behind this facial armor plate, privacy sees victory! No forced false smiles and ethics faked….Totally Unseen!!! But freedom always comes with a price indeed… stale air, fight to breathe As newborn anxieties arise within, and then the fear!… CHORUS So then finally arrives the time to return, to let slip the masquerade To hide the skeletons, or seek out grace desperate for redemption What did you reveal in your hidden hour, did it haunt or inspire Which one of the wolves will you feed in the end, the one of peace or the one of fire…
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Sacrifice 06:20
SACRIFICE Unseat the anchors of your solid ground Unbalance the order of Stability The rebel just needing to self-justify De-stabilize de-sanitize; Bring anger to un-victimize Little child do not fear We cannot venture far from here This is where we make our stand Its all we are, and all we have And all the entities unite The need to stand and fight grows higher and higher To be brave, not to be a slave, we rather face the grave For God and kin the last war begin Declare the tools of your corrupt sacrifice Proprietor of Desecration of innocence Identity the truth dies in the flood of lies destroy valor, devalue life Inflict the sick and enflame the Panic Little child do not fear We cannot venture far from here This is where we make our stand Its all we are, and all we have And all the nations shall unite Desperation to stand and fight grows higher and higher To be brave, never to be a slave, we rather face the grave For God and kin the last war destroy the beast Sacrifice earth kingdom Sacrifice earth power Sacrifice earth glory (SACRIFICE!) Sacrifice for the Kingdom Sacrifice for the Power Sacrifice for the Glory And all the nations shall unite Desperation to stand and fight grows higher and higher To be brave, never to be a slave, we rather face the grave For God and kin the last war end the beast Sacrifice earth kingdom Sacrifice earth power Sacrifice earth glory (SACRIFICE!) Sacrifice for the Kingdom Sacrifice for the Power Sacrifice for the Glory And behold, a fourth beast… with huge iron teeth, Devouring, breaking to pieces and trampling under its feet… But news from the East and the North’ll stir trouble So he shall set out with great fury to destroy and annihilate many
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HIGH & MIGHTY How deserted lies Once so full of people A queen reformed Reduced to a slave Such bitter tears No one to comfort her By all betrayed Afflicted Cursed Exiled! Oooh How the mighty is fallen Shiny lives with rotting entrails under their feet Oooh, how the mighty sits high and dry Castles on sand, but a storm is brewing Ripped from their hands in the wake of the Gathering How your splendor departs from Daughter Zion How the enemy laughs at every destruction As the hunger grows In the gravel grovel when a chosen land In the winepress trampled CH So Fallen the world Breaking as directed So staged the pains But the real’s rejected To just float away On a prayer of sorrow Feel the opening eyes in a silent tomorrow… Lamentations 1:1 to…
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Darkland II 05:09
DARKLAND II Time and time again returning the Word The progress of nations to teach Ingest correct the bloodlines prepair, that lead to omega when He Shall Rule x2 Come the kings of the ages The rise and the fall of the ancient nations Come the Babylon, the Persians The Greeks and the feast of the bloodless Romans By principals and demons The metal of blood thirst teeming heathens Fall in the endless mass graves The devil underneath getting drunk on the suffering Now the white horse comes riding with cavalries of warriors descend The beast and his masses curse hatefully till the end Now we’re gathering together Rise with the Risen to end all suffering Battle at the city of Megiddo The knight of the white horse faces the beast king Evil arise in a sick tide Hate, fear, jealousy, rage curse a-ravenous. Faithful and True, comes the Righteous Eyes blaze fire, slays dragon, man and demon One day we’re tripping over ecstasy’s white light A teardrop grows from the bulb of sight The message glows, the power grows the monolith from time has come to cross our line message received… We Shall Rule, We Shall Rule Are we the saved or are we damned Is this the promised land This is the fight for kingdom come The victory will be done Are we the saved or are we damned Is this the promised land This is the fight for kingdom come The victory’s finally done!!!
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FALSE PROPHET Information Intoxication Saturated die like flies Postulating death sentence isolated the plague mask Statistical informatics condemnation bi-popularity Truth persecuted, terminated, ask no answers, Plug and Play While all the false prophets unite They call the end of days Blood cells bubbling microwave-fries There is no end to Lies! Truth suffers Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Justice shrugs undignified Age of Misinformation Social life unrecognized Fear, doubt; day in and day out, Manipulated news reports We, the mess of the masses So Distracted So transformed. So Plug and Play..
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THE NEW PARADE I feel your eyes They stare into my soul The eyes of an infinity I feel it in the here and now I hear they shut a man down To win today I hear they shut a land down Ideal to reign Red carpet stain Ideal to reign Acid on the pain A deal to gain Little death, little blood, little fire Ideal domain To reign Annealed satire hast though been As they got written by… And all the dooms world-enders pray Still breathing at the new parade We walked alone Cursed to distant parts No hands No word don’t touch Then loneliness became too much I hear they beat a man down The streets today I hear they burnt a house down To share the pain To share the pain Not all in vain To make it plain Try break the chain Little death, little blood, little fire To play insane Insane And all the dawn empire says As legends twist today Like sudden soothsayers proclaim The sickness is a death parade…
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Cygnus 06:53
CYGNUS I don’t know why the good die young, stay hungry, fade away Does the dark have victory to call the end of day If love is really attraction like the cosmic gravity Could there be a… secret handshake…that flips this agony!! Bring them, drag them, out of chaos rise Lure em, beckoning, light the darkening skies Hunger, desperate, stumbling till you fall… Got here too late. why did you wait? The spirit calls my name! Chorus: I used to think I have the secret keys To speak the words and have it at my knees To write the letters that break the fetters And walk away like I am owning the day I used to think I have the secret keys To speak the words and have them at my feet To write the letters that speak the headers And walk away like I’m a prophet of a bygone age So step by step the desert stretches, empty wasteland lost Fata Morgana, mirror mirage makes empty promises Tongue to palate stuck as mind seeks to desperately obsess Eyes to the mountains, the helpless cry my life’s worth at cost! Bring them, drag them, out of chaos rise Lure em, beckoning, light the darkening skies Hunger, desperate, stumbling to fall… Got here too late. why did you wait? The spirit calls my name! Chorus: I don’t know how I got to Samaria (Some-area), drawing from the well Do I find these Lonely places, to face what I deserve… A beast of burden burning for some sustenance to find Yet drink from me and thirst again no, Never-Thirst is at hand Bring them, drag them, out of chaos rise Lure em, beckoning, light the darkening skies Hunger, desperate, stumbling to fall… Got here too late. why did you wait? The spirit calls my name! Chorus: ——————————————— Automated segregated dislodged from culture ties Digitized monetized databased and classified Scrutinize, philosophize indoctrinated, confuse all sides Bend the sapling, chain the child, all murdered babies and Chaos reigns! (all the babies murdered chaos reigns) we sing the songs of the ages the the words fall from pages of cycles returning Ever the climax erupting in power corrupting then self destruction we sing the songs of the ages the the words fall from pages of cycles of rise and fall But when a man beholds power, He builds his tower Beware the Ides of March! offended penitented detained indicted incriminated Corrupted
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Blind I 05:28
BLIND I An island in the tides A sight the likes of which there’s none Imprisoned in the night Illumed with sonar sights The echoes of your world show Some kind of darkness animated world You feel the wind You turn, you bump, Its there its not Its here, its gone I can hold you in my hands But impression makes vague my oversight I can hold you in my heart, but love is blinding I can own you in my life, but possession blinds individuality Like a focus extreme in any way but that focus just takes the sight from reality Morning hour arrives Open eyes but darkness reigns Everlast midnight hour Impressions texturized Uninformed imagination A world of graphic image like a super power! You feel the wind You turn, you bump, Its there its not  Its here, its gone I can hold you in my hands But impression makes vague my oversight I can hold you in my heart, but love is blinding I can own you in my life, but possession blinds individuality Like a focus extreme in any way but that focus just takes the sight from reality And thus the blind man lonely a handout from someone requires Invited need proclaims Dry sockets feel the warmth moist fingers sorrow soaking the useless lumps awaken, floods with light the world You see the wind in trees in clouds Its all around The sun, the stars You see sunrise sunset, twilight you turn, there’s more in dark and light… Some say the prison goes into your blood The medicine’s the poison, so they fight to the end in the name of freedom
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Dark Wings 09:13
DARK WINGS Pre-verse: Bring Gjallarhorn, calls the raven and Destiny’s spear Wielders of hammers Align to order, ready to face the wars Justice is fell, they think they’ve beaten it down into the ground Sword, axe and wolf age have come and gone Get ready, ready, ready… Verse: In strangest days of a darkest age the Watchers came The children of man of ancient clan Begotten Their daughters, beautiful to appraise Forgotten heavenly raiments Abomination began! Chorus: Sons of man Rise, Giants aim to destroy us The dark winged blood corrupted us with its curse And in a valiant surge to save all of mankind The evil caught and the reptile swallowed its tail… Pre-verse: (Bring Gjallarhorn…) Verse: The centuries passed, millenium of empires Of giants cleansed, Of watchers purged And multiplied As cities burned and nations enslaved Another dark winged rulership’s rise The evil dead vindicate Chorus: Sons of man Rise, demons aim to destroy us The dark winged curse corrupted us with its hate And in a valiant surge to save all of mankind The dead defeated as the reptile swallowed its tail… Slow section….: Years went by 2000 more Millions cry for deliverance Dark Wing grows, dark horizons Darkness falls, Dark Wings Rise When will it end Pre-verse: (Bring Gjallarhorn…) Verse: The time is nigh Man is proud And chaos rise Knife in hand Offended stand Anger cries When Dark Wing the masses to control Playing god in a broken world The revelation unfolds!!! Chorus: Sons of man Rise, demons aim to control us The dark winged weapons devised to enslave And in a valiant surge to save all of mankind The dead defeat as the reptile swallows its tail… Faith for the children of Eden Forevermore!!!

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This is ARCANA XXII's 4th full length album.
Recorded during the Covid 19 Pandemic in 2021
with originally Namibian musicians now based in
Germany and USA.

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released June 14, 2022

Johan de Jager - Guitars / Instruments
Sven Heussen - Lead Guitar
Johann Smit - Vocals

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