The first album featured Lawrence Mackrory, who had a much more death metal influenced voice. After 1998's Rusted Angel, Andreas Sydow was recruited, and handled vocals on the next three albums, Insanity, Expanding Senses, and Layers of Lies. He decided to leave the band in 2007 and Jens Broman (Construcdead, The Defaced) took his place for Demonic Art.
The current lineup consists of Christofer Malmström (guitar], Peter Wildoer (drums), Klas Ideberg (guitar), Jörgen Löfberg (bass) and Lawrence Mackrory (vocals).
Their sixth studio album entitled The Sinister Supremacy.is expected to be released in July 2013.
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Impure Perfection
Darkane Lyrics
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Try to grasp my infinite darkness
Feel the crawling prescience, breed on evil thoughts
In the void around your tortured being
Contemplate the untold curse of my region
Created to suffer the naked cold death
Peeling you layer by layer, skin flesh and bone
Embrace the horror inflicted by me
Cascades of atrocity, emerge from the inner circle
I am the master of my realm
I will decide the pain
Show me your mind
Believe, confess, comply
Evolving to a certain state of perfection
Your soul is my pleasures tool
Unpurified intoxicated structures of creation
Flooding your existence with total despair
By suffering I will restrain the source within
Shaping myself with dissolving remains
Transmutation totally absorbing your life
For the flesh, by the flesh I will fill your void
Between shadows and darkness, denying the light
I am the master of my realm
These lyrics from Darkane's song "Impure Perfection" are filled with dark and disturbing imagery, exploring the concept of one person's complete dominance over another's physical and emotional being. The singer invites their listener to gather their emotions and try to understand the infinite darkness within them. As the listener contemplates this, they are met with visions of evil thoughts crawling around them, infecting them with despair and torture.
The lyrics take a turn towards the horrific as they describe the peeling away of the listener's layers, both physical and emotional, until they are stripped bare and forced to embrace the horror that the singer inflicts upon them. The singer revels in their power, claiming to be the master of their realm and the ultimate decider of the listener's pain. They demand that the listener show them their mind and confess their compliance, all while describing their own evolution towards a state of perfect dominance over the listener's soul.
Taken as a whole, these lyrics paint a harrowing picture of one person's complete control over another, using both physical torture and psychological manipulation to achieve their aims. The imagery is dark and disturbing, reflecting the themes of suffering and submission present throughout the song.
Line by Line Meaning
Gather your emotions in fragile mortality
Collect your emotions, which are delicate and fleeting due to your mortal nature.
Try to grasp my infinite darkness
Attempt to understand the endless abyss of darkness that embodies me.
Feel the crawling prescience, breed on evil thoughts
Experience the creeping sense of knowledge that comes from wicked notions.
In the void around your tortured being
In the emptiness that surrounds your tormented existence.
Contemplate the untold curse of my region
Consider the unspeakable curse that lingers in my domain.
Created to suffer the naked cold death
Born to endure the stark, merciless death that awaits.
Peeling you layer by layer, skin flesh and bone
Slowly removing your outer shell, from skin to flesh to bone.
Embrace the horror inflicted by me
Welcome the terror that I am inflicting upon you.
Cascades of atrocity, emerge from the inner circle
The inner circle is the source of the tremendous waves of horror that I am unleashing.
I am the master of my realm
I am in complete control of the world that I have created.
I will decide the pain
I will determine the level of torment that you experience.
Show me your mind
Reveal your innermost thoughts and desires to me.
Believe, confess, comply
Make a faithful confession and submit to me completely.
Evolving to a certain state of perfection
Progressing towards a particular level of excellence and refinement.
Your soul is my pleasures tool
Your essence is an instrument for my personal enjoyment.
Unpurified intoxicated structures of creation
Unclean, corrupted forms of existence to which you are subjected.
Flooding your existence with total despair
Overwhelming you with an intense and all-consuming sense of hopelessness.
By suffering I will restrain the source within
Through your pain, I will suppress the origin of your innermost strength.
Shaping myself with dissolving remains
Using the decomposing remnants of your being to mold and transform myself.
Transmutation totally absorbing your life
Complete and radical change, consuming your entire existence.
For the flesh, by the flesh I will fill your void
Using the physical body, and my own physical being, to satiate and satisfy the emptiness within you.
Between shadows and darkness, denying the light
In the murky realm between shadows and darkness, rejecting any glimmers of illumination.
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: CHRISTOFER ERIK EINAR MALMSTROEM, JOERGEN CLAES LOEFBERG, PETER KARL WILDOER
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