1. An occult black… Read Full Bio ↴Nightbringer is the name of more than one artist.
1. An occult black metal band formed in 1999 by Nox Corvus and Alcameth in Colorado (and joined by their third member, Ophis, a year later),
In 2000/2001, Nightbringer partook in a Horde of Darkenwood compilation CD with two songs and then recorded another two songs in 2002, “The Void” and “Mors Philosophorum”. These later two tracks were eventually used for the Nightbringer / Temple of Not “Rex Ex Ordine Throni” Split CD released on FMP in 2005, with the addition of two new songs recorded between 2003 and 2004 entitled, “The Dark and the Silence” and Nightbringer's “Vir Sapiens Dominabitur Astris”. Nightbringer's music on the Nightbringer / Temple of Not “Rex Ex Ordine Throni” Split CD has been described as "dark, scathing occult black metal of a higher caliber." Temple of Not is a project of Nightbringer's members and appears on the release with two lengthier tracks of amorphic black ambient. The Nightbringer / Temple of Not “Rex Ex Ordine Throni” split album was also released on gatefold double LP vinyl by Forever Plagued Records, U.S.A.
Nightbringer recorded their debut full-length "Death and the Black Work" late 2008. Nightbringer describe “Death and the Black Work” as a “major undertaking” and a “more complete vision of what we began with ‘Rex ex Ordine Throni'; descent into the corrosive waters of Lethe, falling into the two-fold death.”
The second full-length album titled "Apocalypse Sun" was released May 2010 featuring ten tracks which are comparatively shorter than on previous works.
2. Nightbringer is also a hardcore punk band from Ann Arbor, MI.
(http://www.myspace.com/keepupthefight)
Featuring ex-members of Ruination, Earthmover, and Life Set Struggle. Nightbringer seamlessly blend 70's metal bands such as Black Sabbath, Motörhead, Detroit Garage rock such as the MC5 with newer hardcore bands such as Cursed, Burning Love and The Holy Mountain.
Caput Draconis
Nightbringer Lyrics
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He who weaves the Lethean spirit about the dying hearts of man
He who art the Black Dawn raised to enfold the earth within starless pitch
Concealing the splendors of heaven
Arch- glutton who feasts upon the flesh of infancy with prolicidal hunger
Imperator of beguilement and the unbroken dream whose gramarge hath entangled my being alow the soporic waters
From my somnolence I now stir, for through the pathways of thy hidden vestiges unveiled
Within this sweven underdark, I have gained the Gateway of Dawn, and I awaken
And thy Name with the first first breath of life
At which thy gates are thrown wide, baring me no longer from thy high-sealed sovereignty
Verify I come forth in tempest, crowed with flames and a vest of unyielding night
Betwixt the houses of slumber and awakening, to slay thee with the adamant spears of my tongue
And usurp thy palace of death, sealing myself within thy star-fire throne
Resplendent above
My wings unfurling sable across the blazing heavens
As I consume my brood in bounty
Satiating the hunger of a god
The lyrics of Nightbringer's song "Caput Draconis" are a dark and mesmerizing invocation of a powerful deity who is described as an arch-glutton and the Imperator of beguilement. The song is an ode to this being, who is said to have a ebon nimbus that blots out the face of god, and who weaves the Lethean spirit about the dying hearts of man.
The being is further described as the Black Dawn, raising to enfold the earth within starless pitch, and concealing the splendors of heaven. The singer of the song, who has gained the Gateway of Dawn within a sweven underdark, awakens to behold this being with unveiled eyes and to speak its Name with the first breath of life. The singer proclaims that they will slay the being with the adamant spears of their tongue and usurp their palace of death, sealing themselves within their star-fire throne.
Line by Line Meaning
Behold, he whose ebon nimbus blots out the face of god
Look at the one whose black aura obscures the image of God
He who weaves the Lethean spirit about the dying hearts of man
He causes the dying hearts of humans to forget their past and imbues them with a spirit of forgetfulness
He who art the Black Dawn raised to enfold the earth within starless pitch
He is the dark dawn that covers the earth in a starless night
Concealing the splendors of heaven
He hides the beauty of heaven from sight
Arch- glutton who feasts upon the flesh of infancy with prolicidal hunger
He is the chief glutton who eats the flesh of infants with insatiable hunger
Imperator of beguilement and the unbroken dream whose gramarge hath entangled my being alow the soporic waters
He is the ruler of deceit and the unbroken dream who has ensnared my soul in a spell, deep in the hypnotic waters
From my somnolence I now stir, for through the pathways of thy hidden vestiges unveiled
From my sleepy state I emerge, as if through the revealed clues of your hidden presence
Within this sweven underdark, I have gained the Gateway of Dawn, and I awaken
In this dream-like darkness, I have found the gateway to dawn, and I awaken
Arisen that I may behold thee, O′ puissant lord, with eyes unveiled
I have risen to see you, mighty lord, with my eyes open
And thy Name with the first first breath of life
And I utter your name with the first breath I take
At which thy gates are thrown wide, baring me no longer from thy high-sealed sovereignty
At this, your gates open wide and I no longer stand barred from your supreme power
Verify I come forth in tempest, crowed with flames and a vest of unyielding night
So I emerge, dressed in flames and a cloak of unyielding darkness
Betwixt the houses of slumber and awakening, to slay thee with the adamant spears of my tongue
Between the realms of sleep and wakefulness, I come to kill you with the unbreakable power of my words
And usurp thy palace of death, sealing myself within thy star-fire throne
And take over your palace of death, making my home on your throne of star-fire
Resplendent above
Shining bright above all else
My wings unfurling sable across the blazing heavens
My black wings spread wide across the fiery sky
As I consume my brood in bounty
As I feast upon my offspring with abundance
Satiating the hunger of a god
Satisfying the appetite of a god
Writer(s): Nightbringer
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