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As Fate Draws Near (Dark Death Metal)

by Darkrypt (Mumbai, India)

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1.
Prelude 00:57
2.
Verse 1 In obscurity hinges the balance of nature In a chasm under the ocean ...lies Rapture The vision of one man unleashed Unscathed by the parasites that meander the world… above Verse 2 As the forsaken choose their prophets Through rebellion they seek to control Hordes of men Butcher one another Conquest, their divine will The enemies resent dissidence Their doctrine spells our destruction Chorus Their fangs dig deep Into the flesh of the free They’d rather choke in filth The scourge of the parasites We kneel to no man To no gods, to no kings For a man chooses A slave obeys Interlude The surface threatens with fire Enlightenment under demagogues Our dissidence haunts them restless Their vicious minds unleash the hounds Verse 3 Insurmountable odds triumphed by greatness United by the chain of industry Our intellect lights the eternal flames of glory A mesmerizing marvel of sheer will Absolution forged this sunken paradise Where unforgiven justice is the law !
3.
Verse 1 Perplexing memories riddle my mind Recurring dreams foretell a prophecy It lays bare the beacon To which I must fly As the clock ticks To the opportune moment I awaken…for… it is time! Verse 2 As I bask in the twilight A descent marks my destination My fate starts to unravel As etched in my mind to perfection Overwhelming powers compel me A decisive rage calms my mind An overwhelming voice coerces me Its rhythm… guides my actions Chorus Sand swirls around my ankles As Rapture swarms alive to receive me My steps carve the path To my creator A soothing familiarity As my fate draws… near ! Post-Chorus Hordes of mutants Lurk in the shadows In the dark corridors that bridge this city I find comfort…at home …I feel I belong As I'm obliged to obey To fulfill my destiny Interlude This ocean reeks of life Of vicious creatures that dwell in this labyrinth Defiled and condemned …by genetic desecration Spliced to survive …molded to imperfection Personal pawns resurrected …to fuel… this nightmarish creation !
4.
Verse 1 Blades of impeccable steel Embed the scars to perfection Obsessed by celestial beauty My moral obligation Abandoned in this decaying fortress Martyrs of a fallen generation Slithering dark creatures Laced with a contagious essence Pre-Chorus As I gaze at the horizon I uncover an ancient forest The woods littered with flesh The roots feeding on blood In this serene atmosphere The mist whispers death This nightmare I live On the astral plane Chorus 1 In utter silence A bitter harmony rings in my ears As I relive the battles The echoes… of a sinister past My tender touch brings life To the defiled who seek purpose in lies 
The sinister forces of Rapture That wither… my… mind! Verse 2 My sculptures speak to the goddess I worship in admiration The aesthetics of symmetry Define the cosmos With beauty comes glory In beauty there is horror As my hands reign still In the art of mutilation Pre-Chorus As I gaze at the horizon I uncover an ancient forest The woods littered with flesh The roots feeding on blood In this serene atmosphere The mist whispers death This nightmare I live On the astral plane Chorus 2 In utter silence A bitter harmony rings in my ears As I relive the battles The echoes… of a sinister past I gift beauty to my enemies I seek my purpose in lies 
While the sinister forces of Rapture Wither… my… mind!
5.
Verse 1 Torn between two realities At dusk I wake up On the other side Conscripted into a purgatory To relive the memories in the past Memories in time Memories… that I do not recall Ever… experiencing ! Pre-Chorus As truth and fiction Make the miracles That keep turning my life around I question myself for answers That are all beyond my comprehension Chorus In this corridor of torment I face my darkest fears I search for parts of my soul That lie locked behind these doors I must conquer through this maze That masks my mind from reality But every time I escape The nightmare begins… anew Verse 2 Sometimes… I escape the darkness Quite often… I hide in it Because wherever the light leads The beast awaits The twilight also brings alive The creatures abnormal That paint the ground in red As they leech off my spirit Outro But now… this has gone far enough As my intuition speaks to me I muster the force To step towards him His eyes reflect suffering His constant urge to kill I tremble as my terror manifests As he reveals a familiar… face
6.
The Cabal 07:01
Verse 1 As suspicion clutches the netherworld The inquisition leads the purge For the empire must be built anew From the ruins of the former vassal As the fallen clench their fists In futile attempts to cling on They must fret no more About the conflicts… of…. life ! Verse 2 She treads on fear and hatred As truth becomes her fallible asset Societal warfare rewritten In appalling disregard for life Under the thumb of a messiah Death awaits all dissidents She swiftly brings subjugation Her Iron fists conquer through… suffering Verse 3 Pawns sucked into her fantasy Worship her in mystical reverence Like swarms… of ravens They mark the omens of death As she demands adherence To her doctrine Treason remains the test for sanity She is their tormentor And their inquisitor She is their master Yet, their only friend Verse 4 Screams of mortals echo the frenzied trenches Where mutants trample over The corpses of the many beloved That now exist only in memories Her oligarchs fight a grotesque war A dark aura fills the sombre night While innocents tangled in the crossfires Clamour for mercy !
7.
Verse 1 Trapped… beneath this ocean A cryogenic… prison Tethered… to this nightmare I… hear the freezing waters Taunt me… at crushing depths Cold… lifeless horror I sense its threat A bitter taste of cruel… fate ! Chorus Eclectic eyes Stalk my memories An eerie mind Tames our kind An unreal force Provokes my senses An impending doom Descends upon my… will Verse 2 Blinded… by the shimmer of elusive dreams Enslaved… in a vicious loop of time To escape… perpetual futility This fevered dream… of... mad men Bridge Twisted, the threads of destiny Seal the gates To our salvation
8.
Verse 1 On an ancient seabed In the graveyard of machines The thinker hides from plain sight Beneath a crumbling city As blood taints the ocean Red… from the existential wars From the grotesque realities of Rapture It learns… it evolves ! Pre-Chorus At its core lie the answers A paranormal intelligence At its core lie the powers A diabolic… mind ! Chorus It probes every shadow That dares to displace It hears every voice Every word I utter It knows every face To minute complexion Residing in its den Transcribing life into bits Verse 2 Symbiosis of life In numbers and equations A herald of what is to come Prediction, its ritual divine A machine shall dethrone man To eradicate a sickness A sickness that breeds Within the inferior kind Verse 3 Demented souls speak of a voice That resembles demonic roars The electric rattles of pistons Deafening the ocean around Spoken Words As the greatest minds shall lay marooned For the mechanized beings… … the rivers of time shall stay still
9.
Shackled 07:29
Verse 1 A torrent of violence Followed me into peril With fists clenched in despair I accepted the eventuality Yet always… destiny scurries me away Before death finds me Men cower in my presence As a power harnessed from the void Channels their fears And their inner desires ! Pre-Chorus Atomic ripples Through the particle of god Imbued with the will of man Distort the fabric of time Chorus The cradle of life Lies depleted After aeons of destruction Wracked with ambition Of men who comprehend Barely beyond their frugal emotions Now I understand men For who they are The essence of their mortality I see life as my prison As I lay shackled To this reality of time Verse 2 The forebears of time Conquered the realms of men Their illustrious fire raged Through every reality The fallen gods Preached, their faiths of war Forgotten eclipsed by history They repent in their graves The kinetic nature of time Conceals the portal to a multiverse Restless… without answers I yearn to meet my maker Spoken Words Antithetical to nature as I know My conscience defiles life As this fear of the uncertain I cannot contain

about

Almost seven years since the release of their debut album, guitarists Mihir Gaikwad and Rishabh Ravi return with Darkrypt’s sophomore album titled ‘As Fate Draws Near’.
With the legendary Dan Swanö (Edge of Sanity, Nightingale, Bloodbath, etc.) on mixing & mastering duties, the intent is, once again, to create something original, authentic and unadulterated.

Musically, the band expands upon the sound of ‘Delirious Excursion’, their debut album, with much stronger black metal influences. The inspiration from death metal bands like Sulphur Aeon, Immolation, Malevolent Creation, & Blood Incantation, as well as from black/blackened death metal bands like Carach Angren, Krypts, Akhlys, Nihilism, Anarkhon, & Cosmic Putrefaction is quite evident.
Lyrically, the album deals heavily with themes of fate, destiny and free will, while drawing some sci-fi/horror influences ranging from BioShock to Blade Runner to George Orwell’s 1984. Consequently, the band conceived each song in this album to be a part of something whole, coherent and cohesive.

Finally, the esteemed Turkka G. Rantanen (Demilich, Adramelech, Demigod, etc..) has once again created Darkrypt’s album artwork.

credits

released August 18, 2023

Rishabh Ravi: Vocals, Guitars, Drums
Mihir Gaikwad: Guitars, Bass Guitar, Synths, Backing vocals

Guest Appearances:
Amey Bhole (ex-Darkrypt): Vocals on Track 7 “Subject Delta”

Recorded by Mihir Gaikwad
Mixed & Mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound

Music by Rishabh Ravi & Mihir Gaikwad
Lyrics by Mihir Gaikwad

Artwork, Booklet and Inner Layout by Turkka G. Rantanen

Band photo by Sushant Yadav
Band managed by Sushant Yadav

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Darkrypt Mumbai, India

Darkrypt is a dark death metal band from Mumbai, India.
In 2016, Darkrypt released their debut album - 'Delirious Excursion' - via Transcending Obscurity.
They self-released their second album - 'As Fate Draws Near' - on the 18th August 2023.
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