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“Before the Cataclysm“ is the first offering from WATAIN's upcoming live album “Die in Fire – Live in Hell” out via Nuclear Blast on November 3, 2023. Pre-order here: “Die in Fire – Live in Hell” is a very personal release dedicated to all those who have joined WATAIN on their path of lawless black metal darkness during the past 25 years. Recorded by Jamie Elton and mastered by Tore Stjerna at Necromorbus Studio, it allows you to experience WATAIN’s raw power and fiery precision captured perfectly on this recording from a sold-out show at Stockholm’s Fållan on October 7th, 2022. Director: JOHAN BÅÅTH. Pre-order “Die in Fire – Live in Hell“: Watain Merch Store: Watain Instagram: Watain Facebook: Watain Youtube: @OfficialWatain BEFORE THE CATACLYSM Ready or not It will come to be known by us all Where leads the winding path Over tar fields aflame since eden's fall Cross hidden cracks and furrows Where fiery currents surge Restlessly, like mercury Spilling forth through the ruins of a barren world Thus you shall stand A naked child before the cataclysm For ready or not, come it will Dark is the deep that you fall into Endless the void that expands from under you Now the gods claim their sacrifice And the Devil his due Strange glows the night, but fear not its shadows They've come to awaken the flame that's asleep within you A cross has been carved in the place where we go to die There they await to draw every secret from you ...and the blood of thy heart Then you shall see it clear at last As the mist unveils the moor Here ends the charted lands And the path beyond is made visible The time has come to dare the dunes Of the endless oceans vast No guiding stars to lead you now Through the labyrinth of all pasts An edgeless map, a naveless space Such is the province of our demise Yet on it goes this eternal voyage Above a sunken paradise Yet many more kingdoms must fall before You may find your rest there on the other shore Fare for the furthest beacon Fare for the glow Bright like the light that you go into Life is a dream that is fading away from you Fare now to what's real, fare now to what's true Yours is the night, yours is the shadow Yours is the star that forever shall burn in the dark A cross has been carved in the place where we go to die And for all those that go there with fire in heart we shall kneel And bless their journey Sail on, sail on - Into the night Sail on, sail on - Into the light Sail to the souls that shine there Tonight I stood out by the sea And saw the seventh lighthouse glare The yonder beckons, the twilight calls And one day I'll meet you there Where unchained spirits rampant soar In starless heavens, like before the cataclysm, in timeless time When god was not, forevermore
