Текст (слова) песни: Nile - Spawn Of Uamenti

[Music by Karl Sanders]

[Instrumental]

[This instrumental came about in one of those completely impossible-to-plan ways. I had been monkeying [sic] around with detuning some French Horns, Tympani and implausibly overblown subterranean reverb, trying to create something "underworldish", maybe to use as an intro for "Annihilation of the Wicked". When I put that down to work on the lyrics to "Sacrifice Unto Sebek", I decided to search the Internet and see if I could find something relevant revelant on some of the historical type web pages.

I stumbled across a web page that had actual recordings (amongst many reptiles) of several varieties of crocodiles, Nile Monitors and Komodo Dragons, each with labels such as "Nile Monitor - aggressive territorial warning", "Bull Crocodile - mating roar", "African Monitor - slithering sounds", et cetera. So, of course, I grabbed as many as I could, probably about 20 assorted WAV files. I thought, well, now what? Where am I going to use these sounds? With the blast beats and wall of guitars in "Sacrifice Unto Sebek", these sounds would neer be heard if used in that song. Then it dawned on me, why not use them for the other piece I had put aside?

After experimenting with juxtaposing these various reptillian sounds - slithering, crawling, fighting, mating and what-not - against more orchestral-type sounds, the mix featured this evil quality that effectively built tension in such a creepy, eerie way. This reminded me of "The Terrible Monster Reptiles", referred to in the descriptions of the domain of Seker, that crawled around in the mists of the underworld. These horrific, demonic giant lizards and serpents are kept in chains, enslaved to the servants of the god Seker - the name of one of which is "Uamenti".

"Spawn of Uamenti" was not complete until I found some rattling chains sound, which provided a nice compliment to the pieces preternatural atmosphere. I mixed the rattling sounds in, and took the resulting monstrosity to band practice the same evening. Once again, I played it for the guys who gave it a collective horns up!]

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Annihilation Of The Wicked
Barra Edinazzu
Beneath Eternal Oceans Of Sand
Black Seeds Of Vengeance
Cast Down The Heretic
Chapter For Transforming Into A Snake
Chapter Of Obeisance Before Giving Breath To The Inert One In The Presence Of The Cresent Shaped Horns
Churning The Maelstrom
Defiling The Gates Of Ishtar
Der Rache Krieg Lied Der Assyriche
Die Rache Krieg Lied Der Assyriche
Divine Intent
Dusk Falls Upon The Temple Of The Serpent On The Mount Of Sunrise
Execration Text
Extinct
I Whisper In The Ear Of The Dead
Immortality Through Art / Godless
In Their Darkened Shrines I. Hall Of Saurian Entombment
In Their Darkened Shrines II. Invocation To Seditious Heresy
In Their Darkened Shrines III. Destruction Of The Temple Of The Enemies Of Ra
In Their Darkened Shrines IV. Ruins
Kheftiu Asar Butchiu
Khetti Satha Shemsu
Lashed To The Slave Stick
Masturbation The War-God
Multitude Of Foes
Nas Akhu Khan She En Asbiu
Opening Of The Mouth
Pestilence And Iniquity
Ramses - Bringer Of War
Ramses Bringer Of War
Sacrifice Unto Sebek
Sarcophagous
Serpent Headed Mask
Smashing The Antiu
Spawn Of Uamenti
Stones Of Sorrow
The Black Flame
The Black Hand Of Set
The Blessed Dead
The Burning Pits Of The Duat
The Howling Of The Jinn
To Dream Of Ur
Unas Slayer Of The Gods
User-Maat-Re
Von Unaussprechlichen Kulten
Wind Of Hours
Wrought