The woman screamed to the rhythm of the writhing creature
a parturient chaos befell her milky figure
The room was still but for the spasmodic human
and the man with goat's feet hung around his neck
"Save my boy and spare me I plead"
"For what is my life if he were born dead"
The sweat beaded and rushed over her face
and the man gave her an offer
"A life of true sight without health"
grimacing as he held her gripping hand
The room fell, swallowed into a vortex
In her final breath she nodded, and he sliced her stomach
In that moment a demon opened its eyes
then stared into the babe's future
it bittered everything he would come to love
and showed him its vision
Aged he tread the earth bestowed
The calls and the visions imbued his soul
The flowers burned at his feet
Nightmarish beings surrounded him
He forever asked for peace
It pelted him with anguish and fear
The man with the goat's feet was by his side
guiding over him in expectation
The demon's will filtered through his body
It ate at him and crusted his being
for he was a child of curse
and death followed his every step
He remained nameless and he would not speak
but motioned in a slumberous dance
a beggingness that penetrated
and united all around him
We are a Melbourne-based duo of musicians who play a unique blend of doom metal that draws influence from sludge, funeral doom, drone and numerous genres outside of metal.
When I found Batushka and discovered that they split, I was definitely broken hearted. Then I found this. I can truly see who is the heart of the original Batushka and Drabikowski is that. The whole entire album is great from start to finish. Listen to it in one sitting in the dark or with your eyes closed. Top notch! Lanna E
“Iris” is one of those albums that pulls out all the stops and when it isn’t blurring the lines of multiple genres, it’s setting down stalwart ramparts firmly within one or another. An album that plays out like The Heroes Journey- an arc of inner turmoil, exterior conflict, a test of mettle on all fronts as you make your way in the world toward your one true destiny and stand at the gates with an open heart and all of the world at your back. justanoldgod
A foreboding black-doom metal dirge, meditating on a dark world caked in ash, resulting from all the Earth’s nuclear arsenal detonating at once. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jun 14, 2018
Oakland, CA quartet LYCUS return with a new album on Relapse Records. Heavy, epic, mournful, and replete with art by Paolo Girardi. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 5, 2016