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Conquest Through Attrition

by Sauron

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    The 3rd full-length album from Michigan's black thrashing horde, The one true Sauron! Now available on traditional black wax from Austenitized Records. Remastered for vinyl in 2017 by Reaper of Crucified Mortals for the best possible sound.

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1.
The dreaming city burns Pride of Melnibone Golden War barges issue forth With support from Dragon Caves The usurper must die Or the slaughter is in vain The white-haired kin slayer metes out doom But will pay the price in pain Blood, blood, blood Blood for the Savage Blade On the hunt for Jagreen Lern Against the wizards of Pan Tang Throughout his quest for the book of dead gods From which nothing was gained On the black blade Elric leaned Hated friend and trusted foe A weapon with its own dark will turning scratch into mortal blow In the albino's hand A rune-engraved black blade Possessing the mind of a morbid demon stormbringer its name The Emperor's red eyes Tell of kin and loved ones slain Still he must keep ever on seeking Blood for the savage blade
2.
There is a battle Screaming in the night A Fight to the death Recalled in a haze The twisting of minds The ringing of steel Discover the truth In pain rejoice Now you need this fucking sound Bury your foes in hateful noise Crush the weak - Shatter the lie! Embrace your twisted Metal Mind In the blink of an eye The flash of a blade One great killing stroke Unleashed on the world Reality Shifts Perspective is focused The power of iron Commanding your blood Now you need this fucking sound Bury your foes in hateful noise You've found the flint to spark a flame inside And forge a Twisted Metal Mind The long night is over Sun glinting on steel Blood drenched and hungry Grim warriors rise Yearning for clamor With barbaric shrieks A storm will erupt soon A black avalanche!
3.
To survive another day can be a hard-fought victory In the face of a faltering will To endure through raging violence in the shadows of the mind As winds whisper suicidal spells Nothing can be trusted, feel the circling vultures' scorn Hope is drained, replaced by mocking ghosts Yearning for the warmth of the scorching flames of hell Reassured by steel pressed in skin Floating through a grey void, only comfort apparitions Shells of humanity, hallow, patronizing A test of your conviction to pursue the chosen path Or the humor of the gods that toy with fools Realize you'll stumble nevermore Once you have ceased to rise Exit seems the only true reward Is not everlasting life just an eternity of pain? Are you held by fear of failure, or unknown? Is perceived power just a closely held delusion? Internal war can't end in victory This hell is absolute Yet still we cling to life Our quest cannot conclude While breath remains To satisfy the self We feed the ego lies But if you seek the truth Join us here in Hell
4.
Mistress of the night - Cloaked in beguiling shadow Heart cold as the grave - Where her resting servants lie Cruel beyond all measure- Beautiful beyond Compare In the grip of her enchantment - I am willingly enslaved Delving into forbidden lore Human eyes were never meant to see To achieve the ultimate power A willing betrayal of humanity Schooled in necromantic arts, astrology, and alchemy Bending souls to impose her will With powerful Black Sorcery Behind her eyes a deadly malice Burning and black She holds life within her frozen grip To conquer death there is no price she would not gladly pay With one gaze all breath is sucked away Blood freezes in veins Her glamour shining brighter than the sun All worship her name Love Pay tribute, obey In terror I'm drawn as a moth to the flame Her shining eyes - Hold the keys to man's undoing Stars lighting a smile - That would trap even the dead Within the shadowed tendrils - Of her long and twisted hair The serpents that drape her shoulders Lose their winding way
5.
Exhausted by the search for some passion, without pride Time to let it rip, let loose some hate, distaste for life Caged animal is bursting out, unleash the beast inside Time to let it fucking rip, taste the sweetness of the night Sweet... Sweet, rotten Rotten and Ready (Ripping) Bogged down in the mire, is it man or a machine? The rusting taste of blood, a rumbling from down below Life will echo through the dark as the pleasure builds to screams At the witching hour's crescendo, artillery erupts Sick... Sick, sweet, rotten Rotten and Ready (Ripping) Rotten and Ready Filthy and Fast Lascivious and Loose Blinded by hatred Guided by Satan Embracing the tightening noose Cold touch of flame caresses my soul My hard steel glistens Her eyes are a void Shadows are flickering Tonight is eternal.. The alcohol cuts both ways, nowhere further to descend Filth and scum will cling for ages, open sores to fester soon No revelation of self-loathing, he will taste the nausea's end Just another fucking nightmare as the avatar of doom Sick... Sick, sweet, rotten Rotten and Ready (Ripping)
6.
Let it be known! The time has arrived to exterminate a verminous plague Of backstabbing parasites and confidence-sapping heretics To swim a river of blood against a rust-foamed, raging current To climb a naked sky and pluck the white-hot stars! With one foot in the grave Two eyes blazing with hatred Though my body is frail My will cannot be shaken With one foot in the grave One fist raised in defiance! One night will change all One man will taste triumph! I've breathed your noxious fumes for far too many years The ringing in my ears will never cease Scorching through the earth, my vengeance will be claimed On twisting agony vultures will fucking feast! With one foot in the grave Two eyes blazing with hatred Though my body is weak My will cannot be shaken With one foot in the grave One fist raised in defiance! One night will change all One man will taste triumph!
7.
On the filthy wings of vultures Flies a fetid black wind Oppressive stench of life's destruction Foretells war's imminent decent Cloaked within the stuff of nightmares Shrieking hatred to the sky With a cursed invocation Warriors Rise! The force that we command Will subjugate the earth We crush all opposition, Grind cities into dust Reduce kingdoms to rubble, Drain emperors of blood Killing! Warfare! We will piss upon your ashes Baptize your children in your blood We will train them to be killers As war rages ever on Never shall quarter be given To us mercy is unknown Even the sun will batter corpses Bleaching bones! See the storm on the horizon, Feel impending doom Soulless black-hearted soldiers, Take your soul The force that we command Will subjugate the earth We crush all opposition, Grind cities into dust Reduce kingdoms to rubble, Drain emperors of blood Bloodthirsty mercenaries, Marching inexorably Vast legions of evil, Conquering eternally

about

Thrash—especially raw, dirty, underproduced thrash—is certainly not as fashionable as other forms of metal at the moment, but this ragtag crop of young bands don’t seem to care. They’re playing metal the way they think it ought to be played, with no regard for commercial success, and no desire to win any cool points or popularity contests. This attitude was crucial in the 1980s during the “first wave”and is just as crucial now. Bands like Michigan’s Sauron, flying the flag of ferocious blackened thrash in the heart of America’s Rust Belt, are what metal is all about. The bass drum on “One Foot in the Grave” sounds like a tennis ball hitting asphalt, and the guitars coil and pounce with wild abandon. With no intentions of “making it big” and thus no reason to follow trends or try to be “cool,” Sauron come from a similar place as early Kreator, Sodom, and Destruction, a cry of fury arising from an industrial wasteland.

—John Cobbett

credits

released November 11, 2017

Sauron Is:
Victor "Lore Lord" Ruiz - Guitar
Mike "Skinthrasher" Hudson - Drums
Doomy G. Blackthrash - Bass, Volcas

This album is dedicated to Lemmy, Jim Sadist, Christ Reaper, and all those who would never give up their quest for power! Special thanks to No One, Fuck Right Off!

All music and lyrics by Sauron
Additional Guitar Lead on Black Sorcery by Sean Cyriis
Vocals on Rotten and Ready provided by Matt War (Wastelander)
and Guitar Solo on Rotten and Ready by Hank Bitchlover (Superchrist)
"Fuck Yeah!" by Chris Zull

Recorded and Mixed by Sean Cyriis at Power Time Studios,
Brocktoon Productions, Detriot Michigan.
Additional Mixing assistance by Joe Cady.
Mastered by Reaper (reaper@crucifiedmortals.com

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