Crescendo of Carnage - Warsong of the Singing Swarm (Swarm Wars I)
from Backwards Through Space (Demo) by Old Machines
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lyrics
The Final Cycle has long since begun!
Long after the Destruction of the Preludian Empire.
In the wake, New inhabitants of the Spire have consolidated power
in an era of galactic peace and exploration.
Unaware of the horrors left behind by the last lost Empire;
all traces erased in the cleansing flood of machines.
Buried by Extinction, the Singing Swarm survived the fate of their Destructors.
And Arisen from the ashes of nuclear fire, the Swarm is rallied to the feast.
Awakened by the Ever Watchful
The Pylon stands alight
Illuminating worlds beyond
The Singers Swarm is called
Called by Discordants Hymns
To ravage worlds beyond
The Swarm is rallied to the feast
Answer the infectious call
discordant song of eldritch beasts
Herald the galactic fall
the Crescendo of Carnage is unleashed
Hear the Warsong of the Swarm
Death’s hammer will fall
As Newton dictates
Planetary assault
Asteroids from Space!
Destruction rained across the allied worlds
Their cries for Peace, left unanswered by the relentless tide
For Centuries, the War raged on
Three hundred bloody years
Like fire across the stars
All Hope consumed by Fear
The Swarm spills out in Chaos
Beautiful Unrelenting chaos
Uncontrollable Genocidal chaos
Purge! Purge! Purge each world!
Purge each world of every Race
A crawling mass bred to yearn
And feast upon those in Space!
Purge! Purge! Purge the worlds!
Purge the worlds across known Space
A spreading mass set to yearn
Fueled by Eldritch Hate!
Death’s hammer will fall
As Newton dictates
Planetary assault
Asteroids from Space!
Purge! Purge! Purge each world!
Purge each world of every Race
A crawling mass bred to Yearn
And feast upon those in Space!
The Council bonded together
To form their first Act as a unity
Rise up the mighty ones
Uplift the Irradiated Sons
Warlords are thrown into the Feast
Answer the Spires call
The Roaring horde is Unleashed
Prevent our Galactic Fall
The Sons rise up in Triumph
Beautiful Unrelenting Triumph
uncontrollable genocidal Triumph
Purge! Purge! Purge each world!
Purge each world of the insect Race
A Roaring mass bred to Burn
Unleashed upon bugs in Space!
Purge! Purge! Purge each world!
Purge each world of the insect Race
A Roaring mass bred to Burn
Unleashed upon bugs in Space!
Purge.
Purge.
Purge.
Purge!
Purge! Purge! Purge each world!
Purge each world of the insect Race
A Roaring mass bred to Burn
Unleashed upon bugs in Space!
Silence the portal to forever enclose
The Space from which the Singers arose
Never to have these horrors arise
Peace is achieved when all Insects have died
Silence the portal to forever enclose
The Space from which the Singers Swarm Arose
Long after the Destruction of the Preludian Empire.
In the wake, New inhabitants of the Spire have consolidated power
in an era of galactic peace and exploration.
Unaware of the horrors left behind by the last lost Empire;
all traces erased in the cleansing flood of machines.
Buried by Extinction, the Singing Swarm survived the fate of their Destructors.
And Arisen from the ashes of nuclear fire, the Swarm is rallied to the feast.
Awakened by the Ever Watchful
The Pylon stands alight
Illuminating worlds beyond
The Singers Swarm is called
Called by Discordants Hymns
To ravage worlds beyond
The Swarm is rallied to the feast
Answer the infectious call
discordant song of eldritch beasts
Herald the galactic fall
the Crescendo of Carnage is unleashed
Hear the Warsong of the Swarm
Death’s hammer will fall
As Newton dictates
Planetary assault
Asteroids from Space!
Destruction rained across the allied worlds
Their cries for Peace, left unanswered by the relentless tide
For Centuries, the War raged on
Three hundred bloody years
Like fire across the stars
All Hope consumed by Fear
The Swarm spills out in Chaos
Beautiful Unrelenting chaos
Uncontrollable Genocidal chaos
Purge! Purge! Purge each world!
Purge each world of every Race
A crawling mass bred to yearn
And feast upon those in Space!
Purge! Purge! Purge the worlds!
Purge the worlds across known Space
A spreading mass set to yearn
Fueled by Eldritch Hate!
Death’s hammer will fall
As Newton dictates
Planetary assault
Asteroids from Space!
Purge! Purge! Purge each world!
Purge each world of every Race
A crawling mass bred to Yearn
And feast upon those in Space!
The Council bonded together
To form their first Act as a unity
Rise up the mighty ones
Uplift the Irradiated Sons
Warlords are thrown into the Feast
Answer the Spires call
The Roaring horde is Unleashed
Prevent our Galactic Fall
The Sons rise up in Triumph
Beautiful Unrelenting Triumph
uncontrollable genocidal Triumph
Purge! Purge! Purge each world!
Purge each world of the insect Race
A Roaring mass bred to Burn
Unleashed upon bugs in Space!
Purge! Purge! Purge each world!
Purge each world of the insect Race
A Roaring mass bred to Burn
Unleashed upon bugs in Space!
Purge.
Purge.
Purge.
Purge!
Purge! Purge! Purge each world!
Purge each world of the insect Race
A Roaring mass bred to Burn
Unleashed upon bugs in Space!
Silence the portal to forever enclose
The Space from which the Singers arose
Never to have these horrors arise
Peace is achieved when all Insects have died
Silence the portal to forever enclose
The Space from which the Singers Swarm Arose
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from Backwards Through Space (Demo),
released June 28, 2024
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Old Machines Portland, Oregon
From the depths of galactic time, Leviathans rise as the apex of life.
Domination like the crushing tides;
Ancient gods of the first galactic empire!
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