In 2001 S.V.E.S.T. included the track ‘The Alpha Wolf’s Anger’ onto the infamous Sombre Records four way split EP ‘Black Metal Endsieg I’ shared with Black Witchery, Katharsis and Warloghe. A further split offering surfaced the following year, the track ‘Death To Macrocosm’ included on a 7” shared with Germany’s Azaxul, once again through Sombre Records. S.V.E.S.T. issued the ‘Urfaust’ offering through End All Life Productions in January of 2003.
The band's latest new release is currently Veritas diaboli manet in aeternum: Le Diable est ma raison, released on CD as an EP and on vinyl as the B-side of a split with Deathspell Omega (Veritas diaboli manet in aeternum). Urfaust was reissued on vinyl and CD by End All Life Productions in 2017.
Death To Macrocosm
S.V.E.S.T. Lyrics
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And she became more conscious than me.
On an altar for sepulture,
The world called me back beyond
The thresholds of cosmos.
I realise now i'm into a mystic death,
And near the gates there is no lightness.
There are ways where other things can be.
Forever the mortal condition will be assumed,
And the suffering curse of our essence.
My desperate eyes, reflected my soul suicide,
Am i dying like all those men?
A moment of eternity,
The passage into macrocosm... began on my altar.
Phantomatic minds which comes to me are from depths.
Cries of funeral souls are melancholic odes to pain,
Which makes me remember mine.
(priest: ) to thee, o satan, glory be!
The liberation of my dark energies. i've made
A temple of my spirit; were wide branches spreads.
Thou art the instigator of my own destruction,
Thou art my master guide lift.
To thee my remains will be,
Until my dreams will forever be.
Into astral circles even you, death, are mortal
Beyond the unholy astral demons plan, the sphere
I'm in transcends those realities
And near the gate there is no lightness,
Every time i live this mystic death.
Death is not only an act, but a thought
Which abscesses me, dark, o death!
Life is a way but other things can be,
Into astral circles even you death are mortal.
Dead on my altar, i'm far beyond the thresholds
Of the ethereal cosmos.
The lyrics to S.V.E.S.T.'s "Death to Macrocosm" are a meditation on death and the afterlife, couched in the language of Satanism and the occult. The song opens with the singer describing a feeling of coldness invading their body and a sense of losing consciousness. They find themselves on an altar for burial, and the world calls them back beyond the thresholds of our known cosmos. They realize that they are entering a mystic death and that near the gates, there is no lightness. The singer is sinking into emptiness and is forever assuming the mortal condition and the suffering curse of our essence. Their eyes reflect their soul's suicide, and they question whether they are dying like other men. The passage into macrocosm has begun on their altar.
The middle of the song recites a prayer to Satan, praising the liberation of the singer's dark energies. The singer has made a temple of their spirit, and Satan is their instigator of their destruction and their master guide. Like the mystic death at the beginning of the song, the lyrics continue to explore themes of death, the afterlife, and the limits of our known reality. Death is not just an act, but a thought, which plagues the singer like a dark abscess. Even death is mortal in the astral circles that the singer's consciousness travels. Ultimately, the lyrics suggest that the singer has transcended beyond our known cosmos and exists beyond the thresholds of the ethereal.
Line by Line Meaning
A frozen dark invaded my flesh,
I feel cold and empty inside
And she became more conscious than me.
Someone else is more aware of themselves and their surroundings than I am
On an altar for sepulture,
On a raised platform for burial
The world called me back beyond
The world is summoning me to something beyond my current existence
The thresholds of cosmos.
The limits of the universe
I realise now i'm into a mystic death,
I am experiencing a spiritual or symbolic death
And near the gates there is no lightness.
It is dark and bleak near the gates of this symbolized death
There are ways where other things can be.
There are alternative paths to take
Out of the distant i sink into emptiness,
I am distancing myself and falling into a state of emptiness
Forever the mortal condition will be assumed,
Our mortality is an inherent part of our existence
And the suffering curse of our essence.
Our suffering is an inescapable aspect of our nature
My desperate eyes, reflected my soul suicide,
My eyes show my own spiritual destruction
Am i dying like all those men?
I am unsure if my death will be like everyone else's
A moment of eternity,
A timeless moment
The passage into macrocosm... began on my altar.
I am embarking on a mystical journey beyond the limits of the universe
Phantomatic minds which comes to me are from depths.
Ghostly thoughts and ideas that haunt me are from a deep, subconscious place
Cries of funeral souls are melancholic odes to pain,
Funeral cries are sad, musical expressions of pain
Which makes me remember mine.
Hearing these cries reminds me of my own pain
(priest: ) to thee, o satan, glory be!
The priest is giving glory to Satan
The liberation of my dark energies. i've made
I have freed my own negative energy
A temple of my spirit; were wide branches spreads.
I have created a spiritual temple for myself, where my spirituality can grow
Thou art the instigator of my own destruction,
Satan is the one who caused my destruction
Thou art my master guide lift.
Satan is my guide and master
To thee my remains will be,
When I die, Satan will have control over my remains
Until my dreams will forever be.
Satan will always have control over my dreams
Into astral circles even you, death, are mortal
Even death is not eternal, as it is subject to the limits of the universe
Beyond the unholy astral demons plan, the sphere
Transcending the plans of evil spirit beings, in the cosmic dimension
I'm in transcends those realities
I am above and beyond those forms of reality
And near the gate there is no lightness,
There is no hope or happiness near the gate to this higher existence
Every time i live this mystic death.
Each time I experience this symbolic death
Death is not only an act, but a thought
Death is more than just a physical event, but also a mental concept
Which abscesses me, dark, o death!
The thought of death is haunting and causes me pain
Life is a way but other things can be,
Life is just one possible path, other options exist
Into astral circles even you death are mortal.
Even death is subject to the limits of the cosmic realm
Dead on my altar, i'm far beyond the thresholds
Dead on my symbolic burial place, I am beyond the limits of existence
Of the ethereal cosmos.
The limits of the intangible universe
Contributed by Levi W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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