We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Pictures of the Void

by Despot

supported by
Jimothy Wicked
Jimothy Wicked thumbnail
Jimothy Wicked Despot manages to consistently make INCREDIBLE surreal black metal. Every album is a pleasure to listen to and Pictures of the Void is no exception. Favorite track: Bound Forever.
/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

1.
"I will sing of well-founded Earth, mother of all, eldest of all beings She feeds all creatures that are in the world, all that go upon the goodly land, and all that are in the paths of the seas, and all that fly: all these are fed of her store" And To Earth I'm bound forever and for all that is mundane I hunger Destroyer, creator The scourge of the nihilistic enemies of life Souless, corporeal I have no spirit - I am the spirit The cowards promoted The castration of the strong In a wave of vilification Out of enmity for their masters And all would be justified If they had transcended their condition Alas the weak, resentful Only sought to enslave their oppressors And this is where we're at today Man fears its own emancipation They celebrate the cult of death Where life's a burden - a plight to overcome They celebrate the cult of death Where the Earth is blighted and a prison for the soul And To Earth I'm bound forever and for all that is mundane I hunger I see no truth Without making demands For the world to become An ideal reflection of me The world does not imitate man In darkness I feed Where the void has no colors And I'm not betrayed By projections I make of the world Reality does not imitate man There is not an essence of things Only one's yearning for beauty and order There's no knowledge that is true Only attempts to find purpose in chaos "Through you, O queen, men are blessed in their children and blessed in their harvests, and to you it belongs to give means of life to mortal men and to take it away Happy is the man whom you delight to honor" It has happened: the time of the last man has come
2.
Artifact 07:16
A quest from ruin to ruin Walking blindly through misery Reaching for a soothing light In the wreckage of dismal feelings Reaching for a soothing light It's a ruin they're after A ruin of lies and despondency Anything but what happens back home Crawling as force withers Searching for answers And the path punishes those who dare To ask for meaning Searching, crawling, searching For mere structure Searching, roaming, lurching Defeat is certain Through the ruins, relentless They still march, stubborn Leaving behind all that remains The reality of the ruin of their lives Digging up the wreckage, The remains of tragedy Only to find their own misery The reality of their ruined lives And the barren waste is but a mirror of The misery of their tragic lives Searching, crawling, searching For mere structure Searching, roaming, lurching Defeat is certain Searching, crawling, searching Searching, roaming, lurching No relief Can be found in what was Never Meant to calm the restless Never Never One will find solace in Nether Made to tempt the frail Bereft Never It's a ruin they're after A ruin made of lies and lost hopes Anything but what happens back home There has to be more There has to be more Even that wasn't enough
3.
Bastard Hive 05:42
Death awaits you! So immersed in the idiot’s tale I was blinded by a veil of hope But searching life for meaning and truth Revealed only gloom and emptiness As the world dissolved and became intangible I remained stoic, yet forever I’d changed Now, fully drained of worth and compassion I’m driven only by my will to destroy My fate prevails The void prevails I am a passive witness of the cosmic drama I am a hopeless worker of a bastard hive God is silenced Only chaos remains My fate prevails Yet I revolt I am the unsung hero of futile endeavours I am Sisyphus in his descent I’ve learnt to scorn the lurkers of the beyond And their search for eternal comfort in the dreamworlds of dead gods Formless, inhuman, bereft of sense and purpose The universe, indifferent, provides no consolation Distorted perspectives draw a nicer picture Yet the world remains as alien and indifferent
4.
You know your targets Hunt them down, one by one She has spoken... I have sworn oaths In tongues I do not speak to appease the voice What voice? A voice! All I know is it speaks to me in my dreams My life is a picture drawn by a blind man - means without ends I feel the skulking beast With Her warm and wet breath Approaching me Her words are the sound of colors But the message is clear Blood must be drawn Oh Nameless One I'm Yours to command May Your will be done I live for You Whoever You are The storm dims the sunlight It creates a perfect backdrop A canvas so clean and pristine For Her art sublime The artist The tools The muse And blood as the ink of the gods The works must commence at once Red I'll dye the night I've become the terror of legends Self-proclaimed Antichrist Lucifer Baal Satanas Are the names I'm being called Before the noose breaks my neck And I thought the Beast had forsaken me But she spoke again Though your life is over you still emerge victorious And with these words I die in peace Dead, hanging limp as the crowds applaud I won

about

DESPOT presents "Pictures of the Void", the follow-up to 2013's acclaimed LP "Satan in the Death Row" and the band's first recorded output as a duo.

"Pictures of the Void" brings four blasting hymns that condense many of Marcelo's and Diogo's musical influences into an original slab of Black Metal music. The EP also sets a milestone in Despot's career: this is the first record produced and mixed by Diogo, setting a new sonic signature for the band.

credits

released March 29, 2015

All Music Written by Marcelo Murrer
Lyrics by Marcelo Murrer and Luiza Utsch
Produced by Diogo C.

Written and Recorded at Black Void Studio, 2014-2015
Mixed and Mastered at LCS by Diogo C., March - 2015
Cover Artwork by Andre Persechini

DESPOT
Marcelo Murrer - Guitars, Bass, Keys, Lead and Backing Vocals
Diogo C. - Drums, Percussion, Effects, Backing Vocals

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Despot Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Originally from Belo Horizonte, MG, Despot is a Black Metal duo formed by multi-instrumentalists Marcelo Murrer on guitars, bass, keyboards, lead and backing vocals, and Diogo C. on drums, keyboards and backing vocals.

contact / help

Contact Despot

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

Despot recommends:

If you like Despot, you may also like: