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Altered Beast

by Perpetratör

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1.
Altar of the Skull -- In a landscape in a place unknown to us all Beyond doorways to the void, unconscious travel I plummet like a shooting star, wakened as I fall And plunge into the heart of a riddle to unravel Psychologic struggle, psychopathic war Night without end, a fear that I must face Trepanator chisel into my skull I bore Searching what awaits me, release or disgrace On the altar of the skull burns the fire of sacrifice Power of my will as the gods roll the dice If every man's indeed a star let me burn the night away Kindled by the fury of a just man led astray Degenerate, now an incubus, tempted by a snake Once dormant now awake, untethered to the stake Psychologic surge, I retaliate Dark might I wield, a fire burns strong State of true aggression beyond love and hate Doubtful what is right, subjective what is wrong On the altar of the skull I'm sacrificed unto my mind I'll leave myself behind and follow on, no longer blind Energy that slithers up my spinal cord Had! Aiwass dictates as he holds Damocles' sword Opening the pages of the wrathful book of the Lord Cardinal points greeted clockwise, the circle is complete Summoning my inner powers, a task that's no mean feat Facing inner struggles and demons that I meet On the altar of the skull burns the fire of sacrifice Power of my will as the gods roll the dice On the altar of the skull I'm sacrificed unto my mind I'll leave myself behind and follow on, no longer blind
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Extreme Barbarity Savage rituals held under the light of the full moon Bloody sacrifices before black stones roughly hewn Boneclad sorcerers howling imprecations dire Skulls on wooden posts standing all around the fire Evil eyes - masks of wrath Obscene cries Muscled limbs dragging victims to the sacrifice Dreadful pleads for mercy met by cold unflinching eyes Nameless gods of death and war invoked in the night By hoarse and booming voices overpowering screams of fright Horrid fate in the dark - a cold shining blade Thundering drums - time to die - crushed by fear and hate Forest filled with the noise of vile revelry Fire and blades - bloodshed - extreme barbarity Eaten still alive, flesh consumed by tribal men Hecatomb where victims meet their tragic gruesome end Human skin used as garment by the evil priests Flayed cadavers are now trophies for these human beasts Evil priests Morbid fate Fatal terror Evil
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Rituals from the dawn of time are whispered to my ears Disembodied voices speaking of my hopes and fears Wise old men, palaeolithic knowledge they impart On to a quest to worlds beyond I know I must depart I must now depart I swallow the food of the gods and go beyond the gates And leave behind concrete reality that dissipates A landscape that cannot be seen appears before my eyes And there's no end to all the things that I now realise Hallucinations may be just naked reality Through the leaves I behold the light of eternity Shackles of the mind Now I leave behind Scenes unparalleled Vistas unbeheld Avoiding traps that might cast me into insanity The truth is that never before I had seen with clarity Back in the world where always I have felt rather estranged I'll find some peace in knowing how I am forever changed
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Lethal Manhunt Blue lights flashing I'm hunted by the law I feel my veins bulging In my hands a bloody saw They draw nearer Black dogs bark Perpetrator I've left my mark Tonight I kill Tonight I die The lethal manhunt goes on I'm still hiding And ready to kill again The law enforcers Are still searching for their man Some will fall Under my blade To meet the Reaper Through rivers of blood I wade The lethal manhunt goes on Tonight, to die The killer soon to be gone Taken dead, not alive Forever his memory condemned They draw nearer Black dogs bark Perpetrator I've left my mark At last I now have lost my grip on sanity Their bullets will release me And in death I'll be set free
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I know as I walk through this Hell That sanctity is a sham That the moment we are born is the moment we are damned in this valley of death Evil lurks on Gehenna Ubiquitous Love means pain on Gehenna Pain for us No justice on Gehenna Anywhere Suffering on Gehenna Take your share When we see the light we expect that we'll live A rich and fruitful life But this is but a fleeting passage through Hell Where we deal with loss and strife Enjoy while you can the good things that you have Everything passes away All will be gone tomorrow Or maybe even gone today Open your eyes on Gehenna Enjoy the tour Don't care much on Gehenna Only death is sure Life's a bitch on Gehenna But live somehow The we die on Gehenna Where to now? When the burden of affliction weighs Remember all will be lost Everything you try to grasp Will eventually charge the cost Look at the sky change forever Relentless, day follows night Such is the shift in your life Between the ends of black and white Hell is real on Earth What you take from this life can't be kept in a vault And very soon you will be gone Learn what to attach to and what to detach from For dusk follows the dawn Endure life on Gehenna Maybe learn Will you be wise on Gehenna Dismiss concern To live and die on Gehenna An episode No blessing on Gehenna But a curse bestowed
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I fell prey to possession The day that followed a Metal mass The demon that lurks in liquid form Unannounced appeared, to possess At the den of no compromise I could have been a bit more wise After farewells and goodbyes I couldn't board that fucking metal thing that flies what's it called Looking in my eyes Evil in disguise Along the road, I might have guessed My brain subdued, I felt possessed In order to free me from the beast Perhaps we should be driving to an exorcist Yeah... call for the exorcist! Stricken with convulsions and speaking in tongues But I couldn't blame Christianity (for once) The classics far better suit my taste And the spirit of Bacchus was mocking me On the ground at Zaventem There I found I couldn't give a damn Life's a passage through an earthly plane And earthly I was bound to remain So I have come to decide To turn my care towards the lofty sky Do not let it bite your pride When others pronounce you not fit to fly!
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Jungle War 03:51
Hear the screams of terror as the bombs fall all around Soldiers panic, shooting every ammunition round Explosions mixed with screams are most terrible a sound Brothers fall forever and their blood spills on the ground Death at war Brother killing brother Maddening war Die by superior command Blood and gore Man destroying man Massive roar Meeting their untimely end Defy your death Your blood is spilled Psychotic path You order children to be killed All crimes are allowed in the scenario of war Such will be forever as it's always been before In the heart Of the dark Living green hell Where many fell Leaves are tinged with blood, gunpowder's smell so strong Keep on killing, never wondering what is right or wrong Some were dying wounded, left behind for dead A state easily solved with a machete to their head Death at war Brother killing brother Maddening war Die by superior command Blood and gore Man destroying man Massive roar Meeting their untimely end To defy death Is it a sin A desperate game In the end you never win All crimes are allowed in the scenario of war But you could never be prepared for what you had in store Death at war Jungle war
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An echo from the past Whispering, it calls From ancient depths it comes The dark plutonian halls Once the roving beasts Struck terror in the night Foaming at the mouth With red eyes shining bright Mind your words Beware! Let sleeping dogs lie In the night of times Old relics lie buried Under sand and dust Derelict, passed on Metal dark and stained By decay and rust Dark fade, grim shade Black earth we tread Under the glade Cracked mirror hidden deep Beautiful the beasts When they are asleep Let us bless The sleep of beasts Dreamless May they rest in peace Your gaze settled On the frost And you longed For what was lost Let the buried rest And hope it's for the best Chance that bloomed before Quoth the raven, nevermore In the night Beware Let sleeping dogs lie In the night of times Old relics lie buried Under sand and dust Derelict, passed on Metal dark and stained By decay and rust Dark fade, grim shade Black earth we tread Under the glade Cracked mirror hidden deep Beautiful the beasts When they are asleep Legacy of terror
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HellThrasher 04:13
In a stormy night He fell from the sky More than just a man But maybe also not divine Long hair in the wind Skulls and tattoos Forearms filled with spikes He lives to win though born to lose Defiant raging power Impossible to tame He knows no remorse No regrets and no shame He just cares about the vinyls that fill up his shelves And if you think he's rude and vicious You can actually just go fuck yourselves Lo and behold The Hellthrasher 20th century demigod A planet gone bleaker Deity of thunder That booms from an electric speaker Archetype Rebellious and strong Enemy born against A western world gone wrong Hedonist and wild He follows no law but his own Playing on eleven He's Metal to the bone When the night comes down To raise Hell he arrives WHen Metal starts to pound Repent for your lives Hellthrasher Lo and behold The Hellthrasher
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"Coming January 2018, Caverna Abismal Records shall release the highly anticipated second album of Perpetratör. Comprised of veterans of the Portuguese metal underground, Perpetratör features current members of Filii Nigrantium Infernalium, Ravensire, as well as ex-members of The Firstborn and Omission. Their sound is a departure from their other bands, however, specializing in an absolutely blistering iteration of old-school Teutonic thrash metal. If you heard their unrelenting 2014 debut album, "Thermonuclear Epiphany," then expect nothing but pure fist-in-the-face diabolism and debauchery - prepare for Perpetratör's second strike!"

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released January 31, 2018

PERPETRATÖR lineup
Rick - vocals, bass
Paulão - guitars
Marouco - guitars
Ãngelo Sexo - drums (session)

All music by Paulão and all lyrics by Rick except for :Black Sacristy," originally by the band Pontius Prophet, who kicked major ass.
Guitar solos by Marouco.
Guest vocals on "Black Sacristy," "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie," and "The Doors of Perception," by Flávio Lino.
Screams on "Lethal Manhunt" by Marouco.
Intro to "Hellthrasher" by Zé Rockhard.
Intro to "Terminal Possession" obtained from a recording of Rick's voice by Nuno Mordred at the Medical Assistance of Brussels Airport.
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Paulão between 2013 and 2017.

Album artwork and layout by André Coelho

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Perpetratör Lisbon, Portugal

Perpetratör came to be in 2008 as a Thrash Metal project, having the ball really started rolling in 2012. The debut album, ‘Thermonuclear Epiphany’, was recorded and released by Stormspell Records in January 2014. A split 7" with Hellbastard was released the same year. As of January 2018, the sophomore 'Altered Beast' is unleashed upon the world via Caverna Abismal Records. ... more

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