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Consort Of The Dying God

by Goat Of Mendes

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    Entitled "CONSORT OF THE DYING GOD", Goat Of Mendes present their first complete concept album with a playing time of nearly 70 minutes.
    Inspired by the annual Gypsy celebration for their saint Sara la Kali in Saintes Maries de la Mer, GOM have woven a fascinating story around ancient gypsy faith and legends, dark secrets of early Christianity and the very essence of being a Pagan.

    GOM have enriched their already unique style by integrating elements of hungarian and romanian folklore and haunting gypsy scales.
    Apart from this, the new record of course still features crunching, yet melodic twin guitar work, thunderous drumming, awesome leads and variable, charismatic vocals.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Consort Of The Dying God via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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1.
Aimless I strolled, my head was weary Rain fell in torrents from the sky The parting fog revealed a shelter A House of God to keep me dry Although I shunned the pomp displayed here Images of Saints with dumbfound stare I still embraced the quiet reclusion Of Saintes Maries de la Mer As I fled the pious splendour Beneath the walls, a cave I found Adorned in flowers humbly blooming A sacred place in earthen ground My eyes were drawn towards a figure Its wooden shape appealed to me A woman dressed in humble garments Her skin as black as ebony Under its wooden gaze I stumbled My heart felt heavy as a boulder As suddenly I sensed a grip A wrinkled hand that touched my shoulder As if from nowhere she appeared A gypsy woman looked at me Her dry bones told of time’s corrosion Her black eyes as deep as the sea “Black Sara wants to tell her story To lift the dust from history I’ll look behind the veil to find What the cards have in store for thee” To a creaking gypsy wagon She led me in this starless night Dense fumes of incense hazed my senses Reality waned in candlelight And on a cloth of velvet fabric The woman placed the central card “The High Priestess reveals her secret She shows from where our journey starts…” Card 1: The High Priestess “This is what crosses what we saw” She uttered in ecstatic chant And placed across the central image The Dogma of the Hierophant…
2.
Queen of the borrowed Light Mistress of the Netherworld, so intricate and fine Head of the Secret Church between the Róm and the Divine Lady Moonlight Tide of the Sea Fertile Earth Duality You venture forth in spirit realms but do not strive for mastery You just reflect the Sun God’s light, full wisdom breeds insanity Earthbound throned Upon an altar garbed in flowers Bride of Ra You’re known as Black Sara Spirit Guide Protect our people, guard our secrets Source of Being Our Mother, Great Kali Guard the child Of the Shaman’s seed Defy the papal creed Queen of borrowed light A cavern suits as earthen palace deep beneath hypocrite splendour As Consort of the Dying God you’ll be true wisdoms sole defender Forever keep your veil of secrets closed from prying pious eyes And grant us intuition to foresee where ancient knowledge lies Papesse la Kali, Nigra sum sed Formosa Our beacon through the Dark along this Via Dolorosa Remind us on the Sun God’s smile as we walk through this endless night Spiritual bride of Man, Queen of borrowed Light A fragile shard of wisdom, swept onshore with the tide A Queen in servant’s garments to act as faithful guide In the gloom A light we need The sun must shine Where shadows breed A Shadowthrone between the pillars of infinite duality To gaze beyond the Mother’s veil means to reach Eternity
3.
Card 2: The Hierophant “We’ve got the source on which it’s founded And what the second card implies Is that all wild, primordial wisdom Was locked within a Book of Lies The card of two clandestine lovers Provides the root we now explore The consort of the dying god Who once was swept upon these shores…”
4.
Curse of Constantine Rome divided, an Empire in turmoil The Banner of the Eagle claimed by Emperors three One Tetrarch on a mission to save the Western Empire Son of Sol Invictus, known as Constantine Upon the battlefield they’ll meet with the usurper The army of Maxentius waits where the Tiber flows Down by the Milvian Bridge, Rome’s fate will be decided Against superior numbers, Constantine’s legions go Sharpen your swords, Warriors of the Wolf breed Ready your shields, for bloody work is nigh The enemy broods within, barbarians at the borders But though we are outnumbered, the Sun God’s on our side The campfires burning high, the troops exhaust and weary The Emperor cast a glance towards the heavens Within his vision rose a multitude of flying shields Bearing the sign of the Christian martyr A sign from Heaven sent, a mission dawned in Constantine The foreign prophet could finally be his saviour His troops were ordered to adopt the Christian heraldry In the Lords name would come the greater glory March! With swords held high! For the greater glory! To battle! To battle! Fear not, for we are blessed This magic icon shall ward from steel and arrow Victoria! Victoria! Today we’ll win the field Maxentius’ men will drown in tears and sorrow Sharpen your swords, Warriors of the Wolf breed Ready your shields, for bloody work is nigh The enemy within, barbarians at the borders Fear not that we’re outnumbered, the Lord is on our side The waters of the Tiber foamed in blood red crimson As Maxentius’ soldiers were pushed towards the shore Inspired by the omen from a foreign saviour Fought Constantine’s men as they never did before Maxentius defeated and drowned beneath the waves Victorious Constantine approached the gates of Rome As Emperor of the West he donned the victor’s laurel Proclaimed a new religion to end all Heathendom People of Rome, sons of Sol Invictus Daughters of Isis, born from the Eastern sands Saved are your souls, for a new god has risen Hail to the Redeemer, born as Son of Man! Solo Thus from an Empire torn, was born the Curse of Constantine A minor cult was sold towards the masses To strengthen policy, suppress individuality As long as people don’t realize their losses Dogmatic views suppressed widespread matriarchy And thus a long dead prophet rose as godlike being Replaced the threefold Goddess with the Holy Trinity A self made Book of Lies installed as mankind’s treaty A servants robe now hides our mothers glory And the sun’s light is shadowed by a crossbeam Thus came the Curse of Constantine!
5.
The Lovers 00:34
Card 3: The Lovers “We now reveal the distant past Deemed lost in time and cobwebbed tomb Earth’s bickering children have forgotten That they’re all born from the same womb Behold the image of the Empress She is what was and what will be Each living being owes its mother Respect and love eternally…”
6.
The Dark Deceit of Man Swept across the raging oceans An ill-fated company Found a refuge In a country by the sea And this vessel, a mere nutshell Bore a much more fragile load The very seed of whom Who should become a man-made god Yet his offspring was denied The entourage forced to flee As myths had to be retained Of man’s superiority A supposed superiority? Refrain: A loyal servant of the mother Wrapped in shame Black her skin And Sara was her name Protector of a precious heirloom Never mentioned by a word The clandestine Daughter of the Lord Black Sara praised be thy secret Until the very end As you stood alone against The Dark Deceit of Man A shamans child, a beloved mother Fertility, love of each other Were all denied and crucified As a sacrifice of man What once was revealed - denied and hidden What once was truth is now forbidden Lost what by nature was foregone As the weak sex usurped the throne What was once our mother’s throne Kali guarded Magdalene From the pursuit of man To protect the sacred womb From what the genitor became A world of wealth and power Was counterfeited from his seed Womanhood was sacrificed Upon an altar of man’s greed We’re Children of the Black Madonna Forever doomed to roam For our secret there’s no place In a world stained by Christendom Eternally we’ll roam
7.
The Empress 00:33
Card 4: The Empress With trembling spidery hands the gypsy Now revealed the fifth card for me Which displayed a frail male figure Dangling helpless from a tree “That’s what presides the situation The image of the Dying God But as this tree is artificial It’s got no roots, thus doomed to rot…”
8.
In Sara’s Tents What happened to you, Mother? Why did the sky turn grey? Your children got molested Lured off the right hand way The Huntress, wild Diana Now roams the concrete vales Fallen are the woods Where deer and fox once played The fairy folk now hides From those who do not see The witch rings in the meadows And glades of mystery Your marvellous natural temples Mankind no longer hails Instead the engines drum And drown our silent wails All mankind’s edifices Unnatural and strange Compared to dense, green forests And mighty mountain ranges We’re meeting by the fires Preserve the ancient lore And keep your mystery sacred As our fathers did before Refrain (female) Protector and Guardian Mother and Bride In Sara’s tents I still hide As long as my children Don’t fail in their strive In Sara’s Tents I’m alive Refrain 2 (male) Praise to our Mother’s grace and glory A spark in the fire, a drop in the sea White clouds high above the mountains and forests Eternal you are and blessed you’ll be! We hide amongst the wolves No place we call our home Except for the wild landscapes Neath the skies starry dome For centuries we were hunted As outcasts we still feel The all-embracing vice Of patriarchal zeal But still the Lord and Lady Rule in our heart’s abode Protected from the wrath of An unforgiving god As long in woodlands gloom the wild flowers still bloom And the spring water sparkles in the light of the moon Despite Crescent and Cross the Powers that Be are alive Peals of laughter will rise to the unbounded skies When the cities will crumble and hypocrisy dies And the young, rightful Lord once more claims his rejuvenate wife Protector and Guardian Mother and Bride In Sara’s Tents I still hide As long as my children Don’t fail in their strive In Sara’s Tents I’m alive Praise to our Mother’s grace and glory A spark in the fire, a drop in the sea White clouds high above the mountains and forests Eternal you are and blessed you’ll be! Protector and Guardian Mother and Bride In Sara’s Tents I still hide As long as my children Don’t fail in their strive In Sara’s Tents I’m alive
9.
Card 5: The Hanged Man “With the sixth card the cross is completed It holds the future, dark and grim Still after years of man’s denial All fate depends on Nature’s whim Mould hidden beneath golden furnish A fruitless effort to beguile A mighty mountain lasts eternal A man-made tower just a while…”
10.
The Dying God For this weary world I’m crying And I wait for all sins to proceed In melancholy I’m dangling Face down from the ill fated tree Watching helpless The slow trickling sands of time Forsaken For you, my daughter, I cry Refrain I’m bound in silence And wait here since two thousand years For my return For I’m the Dying God My child is lost I am the Dying God Left to rot By the ones who tied me to this pole Altered To a man without reach for his goal There’s just Death I’ll be no longer reborn My horns Were twisted to a mere crown of thorns Watch me hanging My sunset lasts two thousand years There’s no return I am the Dying God My sweet child Hidden ‘neath a holy shroud Now see what they have done to me Castrated There’s no use for virility I’m dying Alone In this aftermath of sin Shadows, enshroud me I’ll be some undead deity A Death Cult emerging To drool over my dead body And banish The merry Gods To the Hells they made up just for them! Unlock the gates to chaos spheres And throw away the key You will not miss the sun that shone For light you cannot see Climb the steps to power and greed Forget the one who bore The fragile form that you’ve once been And scorn her as immoral whore Now this weary world Is dying And I mourn it to happen ‘round me Can no longer cry My tears all dried And my eyes no longer will see I’m dangling from the hanging tree And watch the brooding sky The sun that rose one billion times Tomorrow it will die I am the God whose time had passed Two thousand years ago I’ll meet my death, my final fate To feed the worms below
11.
The Tower 00:33
Card 6: The Tower “With the sixth card the cross is completed It holds the future, dark and grim Still after years of man’s denial All fate depends on Nature’s whim Mould hidden beneath golden furnish A fruitless effort to beguile A mighty mountain lasts eternal A man-made tower just a while…”
12.
The Tower It’s coming down! It’s coming down! It’s coming down! A grim monument is towering above them Over its steep walls to heaven they climb Their footholds foul gargoyles, images of terror Whipped on to proceed as the tower bell chimes Deep below the fundaments of ornate walls and lush facades Something much older is gnawing at the crumbling stones High upon the Tower salvation’s seen in fallen stars But deep within the earth remains the power of the ancient ones It’s still awake Hiding in cover To pick out the thorn From the flesh of our Mother I am your father of old, grant me honour and prayers Your witch of a mother lies cold as I strangled and raped her Upon her dead flesh and her blood I have build your salvation As Allah, Jehova and Christ I gave light to the nations Your bricks are deceit, your plaster is fear Your basement is built upon tyranny But the higher you rise, the fiercer the storm And a Tower is just fragile stone given form Born from the sands of the east I erected my temple Twisted the words of the prophets to make the earth tremble Wielding the banner of mercy I came down in fire Romans, Arabs and Jews helped to build my Empire It’s coming down! (3x) They’ve raised their cursed tower to reach for their heavens A Phallus obscene cast its shadow on Earth Penetrated deep, filled her womb with foul semen To spill forth a brood to obey and to serve Deep below the fundaments of ornate walls and lush facades Something much older is gnawing at the crumbling stones High upon the Tower salvation’s seen in fallen stars But deep within the earth remains the power of the ancient ones It’s still awake Hiding in cover To pick out the thorn From the flesh of our Mother I am your father of old, grant me honour and prayers Your witch of a mother lies cold as I strangled and raped her Upon her dead flesh and her blood I have build your salvation As Allah, Jehova and Christ I gave light to the nations You’re coming down!
13.
The Hermit 01:03
Card 7: The Hermit The gypsy paused in contemplation And fixed me with her charcoal eyes “As we now know, what was and will be, Let’s see, what on the inside lies. The headpiece of the fallen Suncross Once held in place by self-esteem The next four cards, your very self They represent this upright beam” “The base on which the cross is founded Is your mind’s eye, your inner vision. Your deep reflections and your thoughts On which you finally make decisions. The Hermit, lost in deep reclusion Hides from the outside world of sin Gains wisdom from his solitude And keeps the Enigma within...”
14.
The Enigma Within My life lies torn and shattered By what I just have seen My faith in divine mercy Has turned to misery Sara’s Voice: Take my hand and let me be your guidance The truth lies ‘neath a fake reality For my people I’m the lantern in the night Let my light also shine for thee Jealousy and greed - What is left, when just power is divine? Pride and vanity - I just can’t treat the world as mine Violence and strife - Can’t teach salvation by the sword Death preferred to life - Can’t call a mangled corpse my Lord Refrain male: From my mind’s sanctuary, the outside world seems wrong to me The wheel of life and death seems twisted to necromancy Cannot comply much longer to the way my life had been For once I know the truth, an Enigma within Sara’s voice: For a gypsies’ eyes a track was lain in secret Disguised to those who’re blinded by their zeal Follow the Black Madonna’s northbound trail Beneath the dark soil secrets will unveil Soon our time will come - Beneath the surface there’s a stir You’re not the only one - Soon faint ripples will occur Those who follow me - Until the rising of the tide Hold faith in secrecy - When all deceit is swept aside Refrain m/f: What you can’t beat in strength, you slowly have to infiltrate Like it was done before, their symbols you assimilate A mask of piety well conceals an ancient origin A silent Enigma, the Enigma within Refrain male: From deepest solitude her voice roused me to wake They might oppress me, but what’s in my mind they cannot take There’s still a way to keep alive the truth what once had been For my still beating heart now keeps the Enigma within A secret to reveal I leave my lonely hermitage The death throes of a god Shall dawn the coming age Refrain m/f: What you can’t beat in strength, you slowly have to infiltrate Like it was done before, their symbols you assimilate A mask of piety well conceals an ancient origin A silent Enigma, the Enigma within
15.
The Fool 00:29
Card 8: The Fool “The next card shows, what outward lies And how by others you’re perceived. People may mock you being a fool But foolishness can bring relief. Careless of all impending danger Logic and rules he does not see He is the most enlightened being His will untied, his mind is free.”
16.
A Leap of Faith I cut off my roots, leave my past life behind And pack all my bags to wander Just like Hans in Luck, a lump of gold on my back Which like the weight of the world drags me under A small figure of wood changed my ideals for good It’s not always the truth what is written What majorities say might encapsulate a lie One must dig deep to unearth what was hidden Refrain A leap of faith is all it takes to leave your past life far behind To jump the cliff might break your back, and pain and suffering you’d find But still a soft spot down below might save you from an early grave Sometimes it’s worth to be a fool and bold and happily take the leap of faith! Men of wealth, might and power in their sky-soaring towers Mock their slave creatures begging to suffer and serve If it’s true that Satan presides life here on Earth Then he had certainly proven a great manager’s worth What is real might be black, what they fear for god’s sake They won’t change it, if they just paint it up white The plain truth remains real, despite of bolt, lock and seal You might not see it, but it still exists in your mind Refrain A leap of faith is all it takes to find the truth for which you crave Tread on the Fool’s path to the unknown, use your mind and take the leap of faith! Solo You poor, little dreamer, you desperate fool In your gambling you forfeit your immortal soul You decline father’s arms for the feminine kin Who, as the holy book cites, are the Mothers of Sin! Give up luxury and mirth for Him of virginal birth To draw your ticket for the Halls of Hereafter Just a strong Father’s arm helps in this world of harm Women cannot be gods, just your servant and mother! Refrain A leap of faith is all it takes to find the truth for which you crave Tread on the Fool’s path to the unknown, use your mind and take the leap of faith! I’ve decided my fate, the Fool’s path has been laid I choose the way of Moon Mother and Sun To understand what is sacred, I have to strip my mind naked Start anew, make my past life undone On my quest for the grail, I’ll follow Black Sara’s trail For the black earth, fertile and nutritious I’ll rediscover the sun, which for millennia was gone And there’s no Lord to cross my ambitions! I cut off my roots, left my past life behind On the path of Old Faith I now follow The Fool’s Gold on my back, I trade for wisdom and luck What means wealth, if your life is just hollow? A small figure of wood changed my ideals for good I will track down the truth that is hidden Of the consort, not servant, of the Dying God That still hides, by the Father forbidden Refrain A leap of faith is all it takes to find the truth for which you crave Tread on the Fool’s path to the unknown, use your mind and take the leap of faith!
17.
The Moon 00:37
Card 9: The Moon “Next we behold our Lady Moon In borrowed light you barely see For moonlights gloom and clouded haze Hides secret fears and mystery Things thought familiar now seem strange When seen in Luna’s witching light And keep in mind, ‘neath its bright face Lies hidden the moon’s darker side...”
18.
Black Earth Of Alesia On a pilgrims path I trod northward bound On my way the idols of the Black One I found Leading straight to a most fertile stretch of land Where proud Vercingetorix once made his last stand The smell of history lies in the breeze, in the stones Lush trees and meadows grew upon ancient bones Refrain: Alesia! Where the faithful in battle once perished Dark Soil Where the fallen spawned new life to flourish The Black Earth Soaked in blood and in tragedies‘ essence Alesia The fallen gods sent me their message Souls long forgotten, their whispers I hear They tell me their tales, in the dark soil they stir My fear of mortality freezes me cold In cold moonlights haze my fate is foretold For a new life to bloom another one is forfeit The Black Earth grows in strength by devouring the dead Their lifes sacrificed, their husks left to rot As frail avatars of the Dying God Refrain The wind carries the song of the carrion crows Death’s eerie minstrels on harvest fields Where men, women and children once died in droves To fertilize dark soil and seed Womb of souls, dreaded life’s destroyer The Black Widow that feeds on her doomed lover By the impassionate face of the moon above I yield to the terrible might of our mother In Darkness On Alesia’s ground my pilgrimage ends Between fear and enlightenment, my energy spent Though my mind screams defiance and my mortal heart bleeds My task nears completion, as I’ve planted my seed On the path of the Black One, I found for what I’ve sought The key to the mystery of the Dying God Refrain
19.
Death 00:48
Card 10: Death The final card, the last conclusion It made me freeze from deep within Displayed on the black velvet cloth Lay the Grim Reaper’s rictus grin “Fear not my son, for the Pale Rider Not always means your own demise!” She said and cackled at the terror She witnessed in my very eyes “The male god dies and leaves his seed, The Earth will bring forth life anew The Sun will rise again in time, Lights fate and destiny for you...”
20.
Duende 07:15
Duende I am the Dying God Born from Flesh as Son of Man Thorncrowned and antlered Lord A glorious sundown seals my end My heart is pounding fast I feel the earth move, Death comes closer But still the passion lasts Like red bloom leaves on withered roses Refrain: Dance with the leaves and sing with a passion And join in the cosmic crescendo Touch the beckoning hand of the Reaper and dance Feel the earth pulse and heave in Duende A red dusk’s fiery boon Last grace for me, my kind, my species Gives way for Lady Moon Our beacon out of godless Heavens So Merry Meet, my friend Join our circle, feel the Craft And mourn with us the end Of a world torn by fatherly love Refrain: Dance with the leaves and sing with a passion And join in the cosmic crescendo Touch the beckoning hand of the Reaper and dance Feel the earth pulse and heave in Duende Our altars are raised around blazing fires Our robes are pale moonlight and star-speckled sky Just witness the enticing dance of the leaves There is beauty in death and there’s sorrow in life Watch the skies Hear the thunder By fire and tidal waves Man will be torn asunder His broken, twisted bones Washed clean by acid rain Hope well that Mother Earth May bear a child again The shades of the ones who had passed Join in our circle in a Dance of the Damned Sweet, yet bitter chill fills my heart I hear the call of the tomb, but its doorway’s still jammed So friend, you call me “strange” Dancing wild in the pale moonlight But even in Death’s stench A sweet scent hides, promising new life To find out who I am Leave behind your moral chains In Death we are the same As our God dies in fading sunlight Child’s voice: You have poured the wine in the grail, my father I’m the fruit, your successor and heir When your time comes to follow the Dying God Like the new risen sun, I’ll be there As Cernunnos and Herne, the mighty Horned Hunter As Horus and Banebdjet I was known to thee Called Pan or Balder or crucified Christ I am the Male God and the Male God is me Mother Earth Hear my calling As clouds obscure the sun And still the leaves are falling Guard well my precious seed In thy womb And joyful I will greet The shelter of my tomb Refrain: Dance with the leaves and sing with a passion And join in the cosmic crescendo Touch the beckoning hand of the Reaper and dance Feel the earth pulse and heave in Duende

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GOM's fifth album, released in February 2011!
Mendes Music / Source Of Deluge

Entitled "CONSORT OF THE DYING GOD", Goat Of Mendes present their first complete concept album with a playing time of nearly 70 minutes.
Inspired by the annual Gypsy celebration for their saint Sara la Kali in Saintes Maries de la Mer, GOM have woven a fascinating story around ancient gypsy faith and legends, dark secrets of early Christianity and the very essence of being a Pagan.

GOM have enriched their already unique style by integrating elements of hungarian and romanian folklore and haunting gypsy scales.
Apart from this, the new record of course still features crunching, yet melodic twin guitar work, thunderous drumming, awesome leads and variable, charismatic vocals.

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released February 1, 2011

Including full 24 pages booklet as pdf file.

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Goat Of Mendes NRW, Germany

Founded in 1994, this German band is probably one of the first in the scene to combine atmospheric Heavy Metal Music with lyrics inspired by Wiccan Paganism.
Over the past 24 years, GOM released six albums and one demo.
GOM always delivered their own unique style of Heavy Metal. Influenced by all styles of true Heavy Metal, be it classic HM, Thrash, Black, Death or Doom!
GOM is Wiccan Metal!
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