Obsidian Codex

by Vassafor

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Grimmrobe
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Grimmrobe Filthy fucking blackened death that wraps around your lungs and slowly crushes them.

If you want an endurance run, here it is. Favorite track: B1 Archeonaut's Return.
Matthew Toye
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Matthew Toye Vassafor are the stuff of nightmares. They harness the evil, terror, and monsters turning them into black/death nastiness. I have yet to listen to any other band that can do what they do. Favorite track: A3 Obsidian King.
Tyler Brooks
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Tyler Brooks This album is terrifying. Black/Death that's a little more black than death, Obsidian Codex is one of the best albums in extreme metal released in the last 5 years or more. Favorite track: A3 Obsidian King.
Ippocalyptica
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Ippocalyptica This is an extremely ambitious and well-developed black/death metal hybrid that is comparable in style and execution to the likes of Teitanblood, Antediluvian, Mitochondrion, Diocletian, and their ilk. The difference is that this is 95 fucking minutes in duration, and is the purest in vision in terms of its commitment to aural annihilation, except for perhaps Teitanblood’s Death. This ranks amongst the top 10 most evil-sounding albums that I have ever absorbed. Essential. Favorite track: C1 Nemesis.
Asbestosdeaf
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Asbestosdeaf This is one of the absolute best albums to come out in the genres of either either black, death or doom metal in recent years. Massive, evil and fucking flooring. Total caveman annihilation!
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1.
A1 Initium 02:18
2.
RITES OF ASCENSION Rising from the Tombworld above the restless .......dead passing through immense mortuary temple elaborate facade replicating.... (the) celestial necropolis at the place of ascension take me into thy fold (manifest destiny) lamp of invisible light illuminate the vale....of shadows Celestial...fire....awaits Unto the Sun.....the Fifth Son Dawn of the Ascender Observance of deathcult rites Perversifist of eternal death Ritual sacrifice to the Sun Satiate the Blood....God Obsidian blade, strikes deep ....again & again over & over.... Am I favoured by the Gods? Within a pyramid assembled from rotting flesh I wait
3.
OBSIDIAN KING I am His vengeful wrath, the cleansing flame purging weakened flesh, witchcraft and might .....burn...... Vassaforiac......the path to godhood/is fueled by sacrifice..... Pierce the veil/this night of computing years the ladder shines brightest...when built from their bones (....thy disciple hears....) (....thy disciple sees....) destined to fall, emptiness of shadows you shall taste abject defeat blazing glory of the eternal self my soul burns in heretical flames eternal pride, all enemies will die obsidian soul, a temple in flesh my great art....(a) throne of blood taste armageddon. I am a sword that gleams with righteous hate I am a key, corruption absolute I am the sun, Kali lives in my veins I am lightning, stripping away waste I am entropy, nature's favourite son I am an angel, of extermination the call to war the bringer of change my silver soul has awoken a left hand path guided by prophets inflame Kali, lightning and sun I am a key, corruption absolute I am a prince....VASSAFOR eternal pride/essence transcend flesh demonic reign/begins upon the ruins of man I am His vengeful wrath the cleansing flame witchcraft and might
4.
ARCHEONAUT'S RETURN born from desolate tombs, o Lord of the (nuclear) Wastelands Satanastorms ravage antiquated hearts A Solar Sapien, (genus) satanacus galactica Across the 30th parallel the Test tube archeonaut sits locked in orbit, preter destined all seeing watcher....awaits Thy Exaulted Annihilator, our Immortal Ancestors once Ascended that same Passage into thine flaming chariot. Through a veil of hanging gold dust that the man outside time might once bask in thy glory Let it be so again! that I may be granted but one wish IAK XUL!! great ones of the imperishable star your pantheon endures still....still!! purge the filth what a wretch is man wheels of time turn slow 72 degrees til separation every 52 years comes the opportunity.... ....to strike! Strike arm the weapon! arm the weapon! a missile of mercy, the great equalizer, none to be forgotten, all will be one under the eternal winter scattered dust, swept by cosmic winds as grains of sand on a shore earth shall return to the ether... ....a micron at a time Violence is thy gift, 52 years now is the opportunity.... ....to strike! purge the filth what a wretch is man a missile of mercy, the great equalizer scatters the dust , all shall be one under the eternal winter dismal angel of impurity ravager on the apocalyptic winds reclaim this decaying husk demon of the 4 wings cleanse this earth with righteous flame .....o wretched man .....remake this earth heralding a new age...the rebirth of planet Satan
5.
CRAFT OF DISSOLUTION His abyssal black gaze sees all vacant, infinite He maketh the oceans boil and the air freeze Cosmic hammer of perpetual death the ripening flower of disease & shines in the lepers smile His gift carries a promise of a return to the middle ages Malignant esoterrorist of a perverse orthodoxy Emperor of pestilence, use our bodies as your temples Putrescence ritual, anoint with decay blossoming with your rotted love sacks of abundant flesh bursting with clotted sweetness once bloomed, now withered ......a viral phoenix awaits the fire of rebirth Who can resist the Pestilential King? Thine cold obsidian ways Divine to the unclean Unmerciful to the divine Drowning forever (in seas of boiling blood) Angel of the funeral pyre Infernal Regent of the fiery abyss Shining morning star Thy demonic will is done The next system awaits....
6.
C1 Nemesis 23:34
NEMESIS As darkness falls,  I'm filled with sadness,  haunted by the memories To mourn eternally I am the last of my tribe of all my companions who were taken from me never again will the Victoryants feast  on the sweet flesh our vanquished foes a cold, cloudless night / in the ninth moon of the year. The great Warrior Mars/ has become visible in the firmament;/ his red eye will be my guide  in the name of our ancestors I will have revenge (utu) I will be thy Nemesis......   "Oh hear me Tu, thou that livest in the wind. You were the first murderer; grant me your blessing to destroy those that strikest against me. Let their torment echo from the depths of hell            for eternity as a tohu for others that wouldest raise a mere glimmer of thought against thou servant ..the Nemesis...the Nemesis There is the star glimmering from above; My thoughts are bewildered: I am alone, Tu is still looking to the setting sun; Where are thy brothers, To fill up thy vacant seat? In the memory of my sons, wreak your revenge through me! I am a man, drown me in sorrow, That I may see the foe who sheds their blood; Grant my wish, that of revenge!  Cursed be these dogs who have thus dealt with me! May their heads be used by animals for sport to kick in the dirt; may their bones be cages, and their flesh as the bait; their intestines be twisted into knots; may they be cooked and eaten by slaves!  Come, o bloodlust flow into my eyes, let me guard you, within the pure flame  I shall become the Nemesis & not one shall be spared my wrath DIE I am vengeance. Obsidian cuts deep, their veins now empty, deluge the earth with their blood. the gods teach me to be a man-eater, and to bear malice for ever,  to consume their souls I must gorge on their flesh Hear your vessel   oh Mars, /  / Thy reign is come: Thy will is done. / Here is the offering; here is the Blood. / Bring me through midnight to the Sun! / Deliver me from Evil and from Good! / That Thy one crown of all the Ten / Even now and forever (as your servant).....AMEN     They shall all drown in lakes of tears Now they will learn why they fear the night How my pain burns As a star rages wild  until a blackened void O thou distant mountain peak! Thy chilling frost-tipped head  I am wrapped within thy snow, in a house of death. My memory now is blank, I know not one act Of kindness from the world. The seed of life is rotten now                          A word for you my enemies... Cease crossing my path; cease going on the roads which lead to my home, lest you be left on the roads as food for the birds of the air and for the beasts from the depths, or for me. Because now I have begun to eat human flesh, my throat constantly craves for the flesh of man. I shall not die; I shall not die. When death itself is dead I shall be alive. I shall live forever on the essence of your terror with all these slain spirits as my slaves. These are my faithful words to you all throughout your many regions. I end here. The Nemesis of all that lives....
7.
SUNYA (Void Paradox) Of the empty sky In the space between the stars Alpha to Omega/Lightning & Sun the Selfless Void...is SUNYA From the heart of a star To the depths of the earth All of life….is just dust SUNYA to erase all flesh, in the selfless void a god of entropy return to the stars, the cosmic wheel a lifeless husk SUNYA Purifier...create galactic concord Obliviator...infrasonic monodrone Annihilator...reverential black obeisance Celestial....Exsanguination sweeping through galaxies, extinguishing all stars leaving only Sunya, serene nothingness first....last....always Enigmatic archetype, the Emperor of dissolution From the heart of a star, To the depths of the earth All of life, is just dust Our Inevitable destiny Lightning and Sun will cleanse this fucking world....
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9.
MAKUTU Lay hold oh Death 
Lay hold on this man Makutu 
Rangahua, here thou art 
kneel within, lie stretched out, The blow-flies buzz. The maggots crawl let him be cast out to the place of the glow-worms. Swarm upon him, O spirits from the sky Swarm upon him, O spirits of the earth! 


Let him be / cast to the deepest depths 
to the darkness / for eternity That Death may / gather him up 
Seize the soul / of my victim 
 reduced to nothingness 
He sways and staggers, in the midst of fire and smoke. gripped by demons, then released, shrunken....powerless Cry to your fathers, beg to your gods! Let your lips be drawn back from your teeth, A grinning skull of terror 
your eyes wildly glare! You are cast to the night, into the pit.…
Thrust him down, O Rangi [Sky]! Immerse him in the depths, O Papa [Earth]!
 Let him not appear again in the light of this world 
Darkness of death envelops you! The sun of life shines forth on me Tukua kia mate! Karakia whakamate Makutu Makutu.......
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D4 Exitium 01:14

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released Dec MMXII on double LP via PARASITIC RECORDS

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released December 6, 2012

VASSAFOR is

VK strings/void
BP doom


additional elements evoked by
A - B2
MH - B1
ZT - A3, B1
FNRSSN - Bleak Void Ambience

ritual alchemy VK
external visions HT

ritualism mixed in Temple of Dissolution MMXI

Obsidian Codex manifest between
MCMXCIV - MMXI

...to the death...

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Vassafor New Zealand

Vassafor awakened in MCMXCIV

MMX - Promo MMX tape

MMXII - Obsidian Codex dLP

MMXII - Elegy of the Archeonaut CD/dLP

MMIV - split LP with Sinistrous Diabolus

MMIV - Death Transmission (live in studio) LP

MMV - Call of the Maelstrom (Split LP with Temple Nightside)

MMV - Invocations of Darkness 3CD

MMVII - Malediction CD/LP/MC

MMXX - To the Death dLP/CD/MC
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