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Following The Steps Of Damnation

by Ontborg

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martijnd A nice mind changer on the album starts semi acoustic accelerates and slows down... a real jewel for my ears! Favorite track: To The North.
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Dylan HM2 Powell Ontborg are the real fucking deal. This album will take you back to the glory years of the early 90’s that wonderful crunching HM2 guitar tone the vocals are savage. Absolutely faultless record from these lads. Get your money out and support these boys too fucking notch! 🤘🏻 Favorite track: Echoes Of Time.
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1.
The bones so fragile The heart old and weak The lungs are breathing heavily the air On some days the mind is sick Life has been draining All of my body Organs are giving up I’m prepared and ready There lies my lifeless body Entering my new reality I look into my grave No angels are waiting to guide me safe I follow the steps of damnation I see the path - my own destination Step by step - a dark deliberation I follow the steps of damnation My soul’s creation - dark as I am My spirit in its determination Backwards I’m falling deep But I feel something is carrying me My torments are forgotten My memories of the old world rotten So my dark life begins I’ll take the first step now The waiting has an end And endless time to spend There lies my lifeless body Entering my new reality I look into my grave No angels are waiting to guide me safe I follow the steps of damnation I see the path - my own destination Step by step - a dark deliberation I follow the steps of damnation My soul’s creation - dark as I am My spirit in its determination In between all darkness Realizing humans fear The fear that time will pass Their fear is just despair I follow the steps of damnation I see the path - my own destination Step by step - a dark deliberation I follow the steps of damnation My soul’s creation - dark as I am My spirit in its determination
2.
Purgatory 04:18
Nailed in a coffin Swallowed by earth Trapped in the dark Between slowly rotting wood Vermin - piercing through my skin They’re knocking - on my bones My tattered soul is dripping From the empty eyes of the skull Into nothingness Darkness breaks over me Silence surrounds me Heat brings me back Foreign dead flesh around my soul In the body of another Mutilated is my hand I stumble through the fire Scream with an unknown voice Like a twitching beast Scratch - the unknown eyes Hit the head against a rock Try to escape from the body - which corpse am I in? Despair breaks over me Scorn surrounds me Heat brings me back Foreign dead flesh around my soul In the body of another Mutilated is my hand Purgatory dance Torments - immense I throw the corpse into fire To die - my last desire Purgatory dance
3.
You - you’re not the chosen one You - you lived your life alone The storm on the horizon The damned soul dominion! Your forgiveness - is dying in the night The moon - a soulless reaper of mankind Your nights are getting colder Your world is getting older Your days are freezing in time There is nothing left behind You will become a ghost And reign in darkest nights The path of destiny This is the time you left behind Your damnation - comes true here today Just another step on your lifeless way Your nights are getting colder Your world is getting older Your days are freezing in time There is nothing left behind Broken and forgotten Are your echoes of time Your nights are getting colder Your world is getting older Your days are freezing in time There is nothing left behind
4.
Nightfall 04:59
This is the nightfall! Rays of the sun Pricked through the trees Repressed the shadows That’s what it seems All this light All this time Something is missing Emptiness inside I sniffed for the dark Digging for dirt Scraped with my fingers Bloody, my skin hurts Nightfall - you’re welcome Darkness - my light Show me the path to A hidden world behind Feed my rage Give me strength Spread your wings And take me with you My anger in flames Release my hatred Light - has gone I enter the dark Evil is waiting Licking its tongue Creatures of night Filling my mind I hear their call Tapping on my skull I wallow in gloom Swallowing the light Nightfall - you’re welcome Darkness - my light Show me the path to A hidden world behind Feed my rage Give me strength Spread your wings And take me with you This is the nightfall
5.
To The North 08:47
The sun shines at my back While voices follow my tracks Thoughts surround my mind Tormenting memories Lonely I draw a trail in the snow Step by step heading the north Cold, frost and winter awaits me Soon I will be there Among the crowns of the forest I disappear in darkness The snow swallows every sound Silence I have found Slowly emptiness returns in me Purifies my body, I become free Further to the north and barren landscapes Moving through rawness Feeling my heartbeat I lay down on a frozen lake Above my eyes the northern lights Stars are dancing on my skin Feeling cold, breathing in White crystals falling down Shivering, but fearless I dissolve with this white realm Among the crowns of the forest I disappear in darkness the snow swallows every sound silence I have found To The North Among the crowns of the forest I disappear in darkness the snow swallows every sound silence I have found To the North
6.
Underneath 04:25
Underneath Darkened clouds above All light is far away Underneath Underneath There is the dark side of us Underneath There is the evil inside of us Alone in the dark I feel them call for the gathering Overgrown stairs Disintegration of the created Deeper down - deeper The way leads down to the damnation This is their world This is our world The demons awake! We cannot enter their realm But we are a part of it We nourish and keep them alive Underneath
7.
As time began There was no light The only thing Was the eternal night Once all in beautiful darkness has been And all things now They can be seen Can you see me? Can you hear me? I’m behind you! I try to reach you! I am the night I am the darkest shadow I follow the light I am the night I am obscure I am despair I am so sweet I am the night An endless path - a path alone in darkness Lightless I spread - I spread only coldness Sleepless my flight Shadows die on my side Time seems to stand still To conquer the light That’s my will I am the night I am the darkest shadow I follow the light I am the night I am obscure I am despair I am so sweet I am the night With stars in my neck I bring the endless darkness back No difference anymore between day and night All now is dark, and gone is all the light
8.
Ending Path 04:35
Seeing the past far away There it comes - the end of the day Something in what we have to believe Time goes by - so we have to leave I feel not bad - for what I’ve done I feel not bad - for what I’ve become Too much time I’ve already spent I reach out for the end! The iron clock stands still That destiny is mine! The bell whispers into my ears My remaining time. I feel it in my hands I feel it in my mind The last steps of my path I’m leaving my life behind Dark clouds on my way Alone in freedom I stay Reflecting - what will come now? Curious - I am somehow I feel not bad - for what I’ve done I feel not bad - for what I’ve become Too much time I’ve already spent I reach out for the end! The iron clock stands still That destiny is mine! The bell whispers into my ears My remaining time. I feel it in my hands I feel it in my mind The last steps of my path I’m leaving my life behind I’m not walking in pain No pain no suffer No suffer no hate I`m passing through the gate I feel not bad - for what I’ve done I feel not bad - for what I’ve become Too much time I’ve already spent I reach out for the end! The iron clock stands still That destiny is mine! The bell whispers into my ears My remaining time I feel it in my hands I feel it in my mind The last steps of my path I’m leaving my life behind
9.
Supremacy of the sun The darkness gone I wait patiently Withdrawn in secret No one longs for me I fall into oblivion Breathing slow and heavy Gathering my strength I blow icy winds Across the barren fields Let snow crystals swirl Wildly in circles Chase away the sun Freezing all life Changing the scene I am the winter queen When the days get shorter I open my sleepy eyes Stretch my body High above the clouds I sit down on the throne The hall is shining white Raising my hand I conquer this land From the top of the mountains I announce myself With wind and snow I draw a trail Sweep towards the valley The world so pale Queen of winter Ruler in white Show us the crown It is our light I blow icy winds Across the barren fields Let snow crystals swirl Wildly in circles Chase away the sun Freezing all life Changing the scene I am the winter queen I lay down my mantle Over the whole land Mine is all the life When I arrive My time is short Fragile my reign Soon I will disappear But I will return again I am the winter queen
10.
The Tower 06:01
Deep in the forest The moonlight bright A path leads Into the night Thorn spikes Bird calls A dark shadow Flies by I lay my ear To a trunk Listen Into the dark The fingers stroke Over moss Smell rottenness Have to go again Turning in circles Cold sweat Stretch out my hand Into no man’s land My voice breaks down Swallowed by fear I lay on the ground Something is near I hear your breath I smell your soul You cannot hide Your inner side Further and further Deep into black I stand before a tower Stretching my neck Tower of night Stone over stone Where is your light In your lonely throne Tower of night Where is your light Through the old gate I enter inside Climb up the stairs all the way to the top I open the door Chamber of fear And see therein The mirror of myself

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All music and lyrics by Ontborg
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Sound Control Studio by Lukas Flarer
Cover Artwork by Juanjo Castellano

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released February 24, 2023

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Ontborg Merano, Italy

After their formation in 2017, the band Ontborg from northern Italy released their debut album "Within The Depths Of Oblivion" in 2019.
At the end of 2022, Ontborg signed a contract with the Black Lion, which released the second album "Following The Steps Of Damnation" in february 2023.

Lukas Flarer (voc., guit.)
Florian Reiner (guit.)
Christoph Gufler (b.)
Christoph Flarer (dr.)
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