Ragathor Nihlus The Slaughterer (song and lyrics)



Guitar1- Standard tuning
Guitar2- Standard tuning
Guitar3- Drop D
Guitar4- Drop C
Bass Guitar- Standard
Drums
Lead vocals- Deep
2nd lead- High pitched screams
Chorus and choir- variety of ranges
Violin x 20
Trumpets
Piano OR Organ (preferably organ)
Conductor




[Death March beat and drum roll] 0:00-0:20

[Trapdoor noise after the roll stops]0:20-0:23

[Guitar1] Guitar intro 0:23-0:45
[Drums] Support (slight and sporadic) 0:23-0:45

[Guitar3] Heavy chords 0:27-0:45

[Trumpets] Enter slow and rise to a blasting climax 0:30-0:50

Silence 0:50-0:55

[Lead] Deep scream 0:55-1:05
[Organ] Fast reputation pattern, dark 0:55-1:35

[Guitar1 & 2] Harmonize harmonics 1:35-1:50
[Organ] Slows down and continues with variation 1:35-2:40

[Guitar4] Sweeping 2:00-2:40
[Violins] Enter 1:55-2:40

Cruel cesspit of vermin gnash at his flesh [Lead]
Tear at his bones [2nd lead]
Fire incinerates his flesh [lead]
Infected [2nd lead]
Hate breeder
Receiver of Grendel [lead]
Bane of the living [2nd lead]
Devourer of flesh [lead]

[Violins play] 2:40-3:10

[Organ] solo 2:50- 3:30

[Trumpets] Blast creating a bloody and chaotic feel 3:30- 3:50

[Drums] Slow bass pedal 3:45-4:00
[Bass guitar] Plays along with drums (Improv.)

Ragathor Nihlus descends up from his home [Lead (narrates)]
Demons ravage, run rampant and stow their carnage

[Choir] [Trumpets and violins play, organ stands in for bass guitar]
Dread daemon of darkness, vengeance stands tall!
All mighty warriors tremble and fall!
Despair and darkness envelops all!
Ragathor Nihlus, his anger enthralled!

[Guitar1] solo 4:35-5:25
[Guitar4] rhythm
[Guitar3] Sweeping

Innocent families burned into ash [lead 1 and 2]
Crushing the innocent, their lives have past
Consume their children, build structures of bone [lead1]
Mash in their faces! [lead2]
They all die alone [lead]

[Choir] [Trumpets and violins play, organ stands in for bass guitar]
Dread daemon of darkness, vengeance stands tall!
All mighty warriors tremble and fall!
Despair and darkness envelops all!
Ragathor Nihlus, his anger enthralled!

[Trumpets blare] 5:45-6:15
[Drums enter heavy]

Delusions of darkness [lead 2]
Insanity abound!
Step on the dead
Enveloped in doubt
Suffer in agony
Unheard of tragedy!
Feel the Rape of Ragathor Nihlus! [lead]

[Guitar4] solo 6:25-7:00
[Guitar1] Rhythm
[Guitar2] riff
[Guitar3 and drums] Major breakdown

[Choir] [All other instruments stop]
Eating their souls, Ragathor empowered
Crushing the spirits of all mortal men
The end is nigh! Wail fraught with terror!
The ground shakes, nothing stands
Lamentations of the dead go beyond measure!

[Lead] [Guitars harmonize and squeal]
Ragathor Nihlus disgusting by nature
Tears off your limbs and swallows your organs
Slicing bones, skinning alive
Flesh is tasty, rape makes him alive
[Lead 1 and 2]
All consuming slaughter of millions corrupted
Gore of the innocent, sweat on the meat
Crawling on the floor, die at his feet
Eaten alive, never tasted so sweet!
[Lead]
Growing displeasure rises in Ragathor
Misery and pain he feeds on, restore!
His twisted gain fueled by mass loss
Slaughter incarnate, ravage the lost!

[Choir]
Nothing to appease, nothing to learn
Ragathor Nihlus, makes the world burn

[Lead 2] Ragathor Nihlus forces the world to burn!
[lead] Scream

[Organ and drum outro]