Blade of Brutus

from The Apotheosis of Death by Exordium Mors

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2014 is an important year for the New Zealand metal scene, especially since seeing the release of the first full-length from the country's premier Blackened Thrash band, EXORDIUM MORS; musically drawing from artists such as BEHEMOTH, VADER and BATHORY, there is something contained within “The Apotheosis of Death” for every extreme metal fan. This band is a testament as to why the NZ metal scene should not be underestimated.

Building on the primordial force from hell that was their previous EP, the full-length is brandishing a fresh kind of grandioseness that I did not expect layered above the brutality; “Axiom” projects this right from the start. Reminding me a little of IMMORTAL, the riffs unfurl with a dark and infernal purpose, contrastingly ordinal in its delivery. “Ascension through Vanquished Flesh” invokes the raw vitriol that we heard on the previous effort; it is arranged in such a way that it progresses through evolutionary stages; a deliberately uneven orbit through periods of unbound chaos, frantic scrapings at unstable, cracking footholds, until the system crashes around it, almost in profound realisation. It is perhaps the band's best testimony to their technical skill, especially to that of the vocal delivery: primeval and erratic snarls, unconfined by structures that I promise are most unlike many extreme Metal bands you have heard.

“Abandone all Hope” is a unique amalgamation of genres, with a strong Thrash Metal presence down to a hypnotic, group chant, layered under the hellishly fast riff deliveries. It features an intriguing duality between two contrasting vocal presences, which works to add a new, unforeseen dimension to the track. The stellar lead guitar work percolates as lava through fissures; one of the strongest, if not my personal favourite, tracks on the record. “Blade of Brutus” is the album's Leviathan, running for over 8 minutes, and sums up the album in all manner of ways. Representing a message of philosophical significance, it simultaneously progressive and bombastic, and gathers together a myriad of soundscapes from the heavy and claustrophobic, to the chest-beating and fire-spitting.

It is no wonder this band can be proud to claim as once sharing a stage with BEHEMOTH; well-established in their home country, Metal of this calibre deserves not to be restricted by geography and communication boundaries, but to be experienced by all the world's lovers of the blackened, the deadly, the thrashing and the downright evil.

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lyrics

"Et tu, Brutus..."

Face me coward
This is my declaration of war
The die hath being cast
The Gates of Janus split open

The Ides of March
Forsaken and bloody
Sink the blade into your tyranny
Cut out your sanctimonious heart

I may be condemned
For all eternity
Banished for treachery
The burden of your existence

I will usher in a new age
At the destruction of my own
Branded and accursed
These temples must burn

I am the vengeance
Amongst opposition
I remain steadfast
Unwavering disposition

Penetrate the flesh
Retribution in hate
No words of mercy
Shall halt your fate

I am a traitor
To life's existence
Hear now these words
Sworn 'sic semper tyrannis'

Chorus:

For I am He....
Blade of Brutus (x2)

In arrogant pride
I relish the deed
Dignity denied
I piss upon your grave

Prostrate before me
And submit to your death
Now the world will see
That a god still bleeds

I am a traitor
To life's existence
Here now these words
Sworn 'sic semper tyrannis'

Chorus

The glory of your kingdom
Crestfallen and defeated as your withered body
23 wounds of cold animosity
With this I submit your life disgorged and disembodied
And I will submit to no god
No man, no master from this wretched existence

Deny you existence
23 bloody curses
Discord amongst the senate
Destruction of the righteous

An undignified death
Summons you to your grave

Adversarial
Your life held in contempt
Denied a burial
No tears shall be wept

(Blade, Blade, Blade of Brutus)

If this divinity means life
Then cast me an apostate
Brand me the conspirator
An enemy of the state

Forsaken actions
But I bear no shame
Unhallowed words
I spit upon your name

The masses may sing
About your graces
Those that presume their king
Shall die by my hand

Although my life
Is soon to end
I remain the knife
That ends all sacrosanct

Sworn 'sic semper tyrannis'
I'll carry this to my grave
Extinguish now my existence
With this accursed blade

At the cost of my own life
And the destruction of an era
No more words can you offer
To stop the wheels of fate

History forever changed
As the plebs cry out in vain
Doomed sceleratus
Set their temples aflame

The die hath being cast
I stand by my convictions
And if I must stand alone
Then I shall prosper in their hatred

One will rise again
To sink the blade
Amongst the dying flames
Of another era condemned to death

My life now forfeit
As I submit to death
I remain a traitor
To all of life's existence

A traitor to life's existence...
(Sworn 'sic semper tyrannis'...)