Obscenity Shall Be

by Somat

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1.	Whispers From Beyond 05:02	lyrics	buy track
Trigger/Content Warning: Child Abuse / Murder I hear the tone of father's commands Beckoning sternly inside my head Cracking his whip upon my back Showering me with his love The voice so close to my father's Gives me my duties, to refuse is pain The youngest of mine of about three Is to meet with my father once again Water filling to the brim An ocean of God's will No time to take a deep breath Father's will shall be done Arms flail in madness To refuse is pain I take a stronger grip Of my son of three Are you happy with me, father? Do I make thee proud? To take up these laws of yours Without hesitation at all I perform these acts of loyalty Will you gift me a reprieve? From beyond, I heard your whispers Now your will is done As each bubble pops, hear the fainted cries Tears roll down my cheeks in despair To enact is sad, but to refuse is pain I know he shall kiss his grandfather again
2.	Roots of Suffering 08:50	lyrics	buy track
Here our home is in the center of a black hole A tree of unrepentant gravity Its roots spread across the universe Sapping the life from stars Our race has no name Ones who faces made of slime Teeth line our pores, tendrils from our tongues We create faces in order to be understood We create new faces I have seen you, with your unshaken faith To do as I have whispered to thee One whose love is clearly so devoted Shall provide for me sustenance Only your kind are so devoted And only from you shall I splendor Once you pass, we shall take you to the roots of suffering And spend an eternity outside of time embraced To create this new face and become one of you I must find the surrogate to give birth anew Then we may speak face to face in flesh You shall take of me my blood and give unto your congregation I shall give thee your eternal rest
3.	Chrysalis 06:55	lyrics	buy track
Born of a dream, reproduce by thought A larvae forms, settles in the nest Deep in the womb of a chosen surrogate Her name is Mary, she births a god From this cacoon I whisper again Unto thee, my most devoted servant To the past you shall go and meet me in the flesh You shall witness the torture they had me endure And lick from me my wounds and take my love And spread it to your beloved, to take in my glory From this cacoon I whisper again Unto thee, my most devoted servant I will open a portal for thee, a gesture, a gift For unwavering faith, it shall be rewarded now Walk through this swirling vortex back two thousand years And watch me die I see the light of your sun shine upon me for the first time Washing and bathing me in its glorified shine My Mary bleeds upon my new face, I do not scream The wisemen look upon me with love, gifts for their king I shall become the martyr
4.	Thine Thorns Adorned 07:34	lyrics	buy track
Twist and turn down the purple haze The portal swirls eternal back two thousand years The devout finds himself upon the fated hill Behold Golgotha, where blood shall run They approach with their spikes Driven through the hands of Christ Crimson seeps into the sands below And time begins to slow Excruciating pain, a devil's pleasure Upon sight of the crucifix, he did come Here for thee, a king! A crown to pierce your skin The crown of agony donned in sardonic fashion The ichor oozes from his skull to this toes torn "Partake", sayeth the whispers once more Beneath the disciple's tongue did a bulge grow A vial materialized from nothing And partake the disciple did To seal this act, the eyes of God set upon his child And the disciple kissed from his father's lips Drinking the blood that pooled in his mouth His cup overfloweth "Go now", it sang "back to where you belong, in the time of your Lord 2022" Tears began to flow on the disciple's face To lay eyes upon creation itself And so soon must he depart With a final union, he came again He walked into the purple haze once more
5.	Obscenity Shall Be 05:23	lyrics	buy track
I witness from this time Hoisted upon the cross Far into the future where my Beloved who took of me And is giving to his flock He speaks with excitement "Drink of me, this is my blood Eat of me, this is my flesh" With the imbibing of my fluids They shall become a part of me And I a part of them, one in the same Soon a journey we shall embark They're dressed in white, laughter rings Throughout the museum they're held The laughter is broken by cries A small one pleads to leave It matters not The elders approach with nails As they should for those Who defy their lord More voices dissent, this cannot be so! My most devoted, time is running out Those who will not submit before their lord Must be forced into my light, do not fail me! And so he approached them with my blood in one hand And nails in the other, and gave them their choice The children cry, their tears fall short Screams interrupted by sacred silence Oh sweet, sacred silence Take them, my children! One by one, they all fall, overtaken by my flesh or force We embark for the roots of suffering once more The twilight bells toll for thee Obscenity always was and shall always be
6.	Gaze Upon My Light 08:15	lyrics	buy track
Welcome one without sin Into the kingdom of Heaven Amidst the clouds of blue and white Come to me, gaze upon the light Come, my child, into my arms Feel my most warm embrace Soothe your fears and gentle soul Gaze upon the glory of God You, who hath willingly submitted your soul to me Only from you may we have the pleasure to see We will take to the tree from where we were born And lovingly embrace as parent and child Look upon my face, my child, and feel my warmth From here you will feel pure joy and the last flicker of life My loving brood who hath gazed upon my light Hear my name, it is Jesus Christ Welcome one without sin Into the kingdom of Heaven Amidst the clouds of blue and white Come to me, gaze upon the light The final words of the lord will ring through you Your body will be sapped of its blood His face will sever into its true form And the lights in his gullet will hypnotize you There is no kingdom of heaven where you live in peace Only planets of human bodies where all traces of life have ceased You, who hath willingly submitted your soul to me Only from you may we have the pleasure to feed This cycle never ends For an eternity Obscenity Shall Be

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Our sophomore album, Obscenity Shall Be, is a concept album that asks a simple question: what if Jesus Christ was an eldritch abomination who feasted off the souls of his followers? Open your ears to the truth as we paint this morbid portrait involving faith, sanity, and death.
We create new faces...

Trigger/Content Warning: Child Abuse / Murder
The lyrical content of this album deal with the content described. If these topics disturb / trigger you, you may want to sit this out or at least not read the lyrics.

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released October 31, 2022

Goblin - Vocals
Velda - Guitars / Keys
Faraoh - Bass
Helmont - Drums

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Somat South Carolina

We are Somat, the void made flesh! We paint nightmarish soundscapes through our own take on black/death metal with equal emphasis on riffs and atmosphere. Come, join our cult, and light a candle or two...