1. Black Metal b… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least 3 artists with the name SABAOTH:
1. Black Metal band from Paraguay
2. Supreme Occult Dark Ritual band from Italy
3. Breakcore/Gabber/Noise producer Sabaoth (free album download), youtube account
1. Sabaoth were formed in Asuncion, Paraguay, in the end of 1992, with Norrack (drums) and Zethyaz (guitar). A little later, Zethineph joined in to handle vocals and keyboards. They released two demos "Dentro del Culto" (1993) and "Southern Twilight" (1994), with helped to establish their personality, based around an imaginative black metal. The second tape enjoyed a vast distribution worlwide and received excellent reviews.
Such auspicious recording led contract with the Argentina based label Stormsouls, and in November 1995 they recorded the self titled debut CD. Slightly influences from gothic wave and atmospheric passages around the intense black metal core, were the reasons why countless magazines around the world praised "Sabaoth" as one of the masterpieces of the south American gothic/black metal scene.
In May ..96 Sabaoth played in a festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as second band just before the legend Sarcofago. Again, the band received excellent reviews, by both press and audience.
While they started to prepare new song, through the new label Icarus it was released "Shield of Leaves", the debut CD of Eyesight, solo project of Zethyaz, which is constructed around acoustic song, with Zethyaz playing all instruments and singing.
After some line-up changes (Zethineph left temporally the band), the rest decided to continue as a duo, and in 1999 Sabaoth started the recording sessions of the second album.
Free from any styles restriction, "Windjourney" is a melt of gothic and pop-oriented melodies, yet with that black metal vibe. This shows the maturity of both musicians Zethyas (in change of the vocals in this opportunity), and The N (Norrack) playing also Keyboards. Together they have created "Windjourney" as a stimulating journey within the imagination.
Nowadays, after playing with SEPULTURA (DANTE XXI TOUR) and BLOOD PARADE (Argentina), SABAOTH is back, signed one more time for ICARUS MUSIC, and releasing their third album , "LES ILLUMINATIONS", a conceptual and vast work based on the symbolist poetry of the 19th century; taken words from authors such as Baudelaire and Lautréamont. LES ILLUMINATONS is available on www.icarusmusic.com.ar
2. Supreme Occult Dark Ritual band, supposedly from Italy, album called "Iter Interior", lyrics are in Italian and Latin.
songs:
-Ritualis Liber Occultum
-Iter Interior
-Requiem
-In Un Eterno Camminare
-Anatema
-Aleph-Mem-Scim-Sabaoth
-L'Assemblea Delle Ombre
Nothing can be found about that mysterious band which is absolutely fascinating, any data is welcome please help!!!
Distress
Sabaoth Lyrics
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¡O beast!
In whom are the sins of the race, nor to stir
In your foul tresses a mournful tempest
Beneath the fatal boredom my kisses pour.
A heavy sleep without those dreams that creep
Under curtains alien to remorse, i ask of your bed.
Sleep you can savour after your dark deceits,
You who know more of Nothingness than the dead.
For Vice, gnawing this inborn nobleness of mine
Marked me, like you, with its sterility
But shroud-haunted, pale, destroyed, I flee.
While that heart no tooth of any crime
Can wound lives in your breast of stone
Frightened of dying while I sleep alone
The lyrics in Sabaoth's song "Distress" seem to be a plea to a beast-like figure, possibly representing the temptations and vices that the singer is struggling to resist. The singer states that they do not come to conquer the flesh of this creature, but rather to seek solace in their bed, symbolizing a desire for comfort and escape from the burdens of their own guilt and emptiness. The words used to describe the creature, such as "foul tresses" and "breast of stone," paint a vivid picture of its grotesque nature, suggesting that the singer is repelled and yet also drawn to it in some way.
The song goes on to describe the singer's own struggles with vice and the way it has "marked" them with its "sterility," perhaps referring to a sense of spiritual or emotional emptiness that comes with indulging in sinful behavior. The singer contrasts their own shroud-haunted, destroyed state with the beast's apparent contentment and freedom, despite its own sins. The final line, "Frightened of dying while I sleep alone," hints at a fear of isolation and loneliness that underlies the character's struggles.
Overall, the lyrics of "Distress" paint a bleak picture of a person struggling with the weight of their own guilt and struggling to resist the pull of vice and temptation. The beast-figure could represent an external force or an embodied representation of the singer's own vices, adding to the complexity of the song's themes.
Line by Line Meaning
I don't come to conquer your flesh tonight
I am not here to physically overpower you
¡O beast! In whom are the sins of the race, nor to stir
You are a beast who harbors the sins of humanity, and I will not provoke or incite you
In your foul tresses a mournful tempest
I will not cause emotional turmoil or disturbance in your life
Beneath the fatal boredom my kisses pour.
I offer you dullness and monotony, rather than passion or excitement
A heavy sleep without those dreams that creep
I desire a deep slumber without any haunting or disturbing dreams
Under curtains alien to remorse, i ask of your bed.
I seek your bed, which is devoid of any emotional attachment or guilt
Sleep you can savour after your dark deceits,
You can indulge in peaceful sleep after your acts of deceit and wrongdoing
You who know more of Nothingness than the dead.
You have experienced emptiness and meaninglessness more than those who have passed away
For Vice, gnawing this inborn nobleness of mine
The act of indulging in immoral behavior has eroded the innate goodness within me
Marked me, like you, with its sterility
It has left me barren and unproductive, similar to how it has affected you
But shroud-haunted, pale, destroyed, I flee.
I am haunted by my own morality and guilt, and am running away from it all
While that heart no tooth of any crime
My heart remains pure and untainted by any wrongdoing
Can wound lives in your breast of stone
But it cannot penetrate your heart, which is cold and unfeeling
Frightened of dying while I sleep alone
I am scared of dying when I am alone, with my own thoughts and guilt for company
Contributed by Sebastian C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.