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Mortal Sword of Hood 08:56
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"๐•ฟ๐–๐–Š ๐–‰๐–Š๐–†๐–‰ ๐–‰๐–” ๐–“๐–”๐–™ ๐–˜๐–‘๐–Š๐–Š๐–• ๐–œ๐–๐–Ž๐–‘๐–Š ๐–™๐–๐–Š ๐–‘๐–Ž๐–›๐–Ž๐–“๐–Œ ๐–‰๐–” ๐–“๐–”๐–™ ๐–‘๐–Ž๐–›๐–Š." ๐•ณ๐–Š๐–Š๐–‰ ๐–’๐–ž ๐–•๐–—๐–†๐–ž๐–Š๐–— ๐•ฒ๐–”๐–‰ ๐–”๐–‹ ๐–‰๐–Š๐–†๐–™๐– ๐•พ๐–•๐–†๐–—๐–Š ๐–๐–Š๐–— ๐–˜๐–”๐–š๐–‘ ๐•ด ๐–ˆ๐–†๐–—๐–—๐–ž ๐–ž๐–”๐–š๐–— ๐–œ๐–Ž๐–‘๐–‘ ๐•บ๐–š๐–™ ๐–Ž๐–“ ๐–™๐–๐–Š ๐–‘๐–†๐–“๐–‰ ๐–”๐–‹ ๐–™๐–๐–Š ๐–‘๐–Ž๐–›๐–Ž๐–“๐–Œ ๐•น๐–” ๐–˜๐–”๐–š๐–‘ ๐–Š๐–˜๐–ˆ๐–†๐–•๐–Š๐–˜ ๐–™๐–๐–Š๐–Ž๐–— ๐–‹๐–†๐–™๐–Š ๐•น๐–”, ๐–™๐–๐–Š๐–Ž๐–— ๐–‹๐–†๐–™๐–Š ๐–™๐–๐–Š ๐–ˆ๐–”๐–‘๐–‰ ๐–Š๐–’๐–‡๐–—๐–†๐–ˆ๐–Š ๐–”๐–‹ ๐–‰๐–Š๐–†๐–™๐– ๐•ฟ๐–†๐–๐–Š ๐–๐–Š๐–— ๐–˜๐–”๐–š๐–‘ ๐–™๐–” ๐–™๐–๐–Š ๐•ฏ๐–Š๐–†๐–‰๐–๐–”๐–š๐–˜๐–Š ๐–Œ๐–†๐–™๐–Š๐–˜ ๐•พ๐–๐–Š ๐–‰๐–Š๐–˜๐–Š๐–—๐–›๐–Š๐–˜ ๐–“๐–”๐–™ ๐–‰๐–Š๐–†๐–™๐– ๐–Ž๐–“ ๐–›๐–†๐–Ž๐–“ ๐•ท๐–Š๐–™ ๐–™๐–๐–Š ๐–Œ๐–”๐–‰๐–˜ ๐–‰๐–Š๐–ˆ๐–Ž๐–‰๐–Š ๐–๐–Š๐–— ๐–‹๐–†๐–™๐–Š ๐•ฌ๐–“๐–‰ ๐–•๐–—๐–†๐–ž ๐–™๐–๐–Š๐–ž ๐–“๐–”๐–™ ๐–‡๐–Š๐–™๐–—๐–†๐–ž ๐•ป๐–—๐–†๐–ž ๐–™๐–๐–Š๐–ž ๐–“๐–”๐–™ ๐–‡๐–Š๐–™๐–—๐–†๐–ž
2.
First Sword of Empire (Siege of Y'ghatan: 1154 Burn's Sleep) 08:22
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๐•ณ๐–Š๐–†๐–›๐–ž ๐–๐–Š๐–†๐–—๐–™ ๐–™๐–—๐–Š๐–†๐–‰๐–˜ ๐–™๐–๐–Š ๐–˜๐–†๐–“๐–‰๐–˜ ๐•ฟ๐–๐–Š ๐–‘๐–”๐–ž๐–†๐–‘ ๐•พ๐–œ๐–”๐–—๐–‰ ๐–˜๐–™๐–†๐–“๐–‰ ๐–Œ๐–š๐–†๐–—๐–‰ ๐•ฌ๐–“๐–ˆ๐–Ž๐–Š๐–“๐–™ ๐–œ๐–†๐–‘๐–‘๐–˜ ๐–˜๐–š๐–—๐–—๐–”๐–š๐–“๐–‰ ๐–๐–Ž๐–˜ ๐–•๐–—๐–Ž๐–Ÿ๐–Š ๐•ฟ๐–๐–Š ๐•ณ๐–”๐–‘๐–ž ๐•ฑ๐–†๐–‘๐–†๐–'๐–‰ ๐–˜๐–๐–†๐–‘๐–‘ ๐–‰๐–Ž๐–Š ๐•ฟ๐–๐–Š ๐•ณ๐–”๐–‘๐–ž ๐•ฏ๐–Š๐–˜๐–Š๐–—๐–™ ๐–๐–”๐–‘๐–‰๐–˜ ๐–Ž๐–™๐–˜ ๐–‡๐–—๐–Š๐–†๐–™๐– ๐•ฟ๐–๐–Š ๐–˜๐–†๐–“๐–‰๐–˜ ๐–™๐–”๐–‰๐–†๐–ž ๐–˜๐–๐–†๐–‘๐–‘ ๐–‰๐–—๐–Ž๐–“๐– ๐–‡๐–‘๐–”๐–”๐–‰ ๐•ญ๐–—๐–Ž๐–ˆ๐–, ๐–’๐–”๐–—๐–™๐–†๐–—, ๐–˜๐–”๐–š๐–‘๐–˜ ๐•ฌ๐–‘๐–‘ ๐–œ๐–Ž๐–‘๐–‘ ๐–‡๐–—๐–Š๐–†๐– ๐•ฑ๐–”๐–— ๐–™๐–๐–Š ๐•ฑ๐–Ž๐–—๐–˜๐–™ ๐•พ๐–œ๐–”๐–—๐–‰ ๐–”๐–‹ ๐•ฐ๐–’๐–•๐–Ž๐–—๐–Š ๐–Ž๐–˜ ๐–ˆ๐–”๐–’๐–Š ๐•ฑ๐–Ž๐–›๐–Š ๐–˜๐–ˆ๐–”๐–—๐–Š ๐–‰๐–Š๐–‹๐–Š๐–“๐–‰๐–Š๐–—๐–˜ ๐•ฏ๐–†๐–˜๐–˜๐–Š๐–’ ๐–†๐–“๐–‰ ๐–๐–Ž๐–˜ ๐–‹๐–Ž๐–›๐–Š ๐•บ๐–‰๐–‰๐–˜ ๐–‰๐–Ž๐–‰ ๐–“๐–”๐–™ ๐–‹๐–†๐–›๐–”๐–— ๐–„๐–†๐–Œ๐–†๐–—๐–†๐–™๐–๐–†๐–“ ๐•ธ๐–†๐–‘๐–†๐–Ÿ๐–†๐–“ ๐–‡๐–‘๐–†๐–‰๐–Š๐–˜ ๐–˜๐–†๐–“๐–Œ ๐–˜๐–”๐–“๐–Œ๐–˜ ๐–”๐–‹ ๐–‡๐–‘๐–”๐–”๐–‰ ๐–€๐–“๐–™๐–Ž๐–‘ ๐–™๐–๐–Š ๐•ท๐–”๐–—๐–‰ ๐–•๐–š๐–˜๐–๐–Š๐–‰ ๐–†๐–“๐–‰ ๐–˜๐–’๐–Ž๐–‘๐–Š๐–‰ ๐•ฌ ๐–’๐–Ž๐–˜๐–˜๐–Ž๐–‘๐–Š ๐–‹๐–‘๐–Š๐–œ ๐–†๐–“๐–‰ ๐–๐–Ž๐–™ ๐•ฏ๐–†๐–˜๐–˜๐–Š๐–’'๐–˜ ๐–‡๐–†๐–ˆ๐– ๐•ฑ๐–—๐–”๐–’ ๐–™๐–๐–Š๐–Ž๐–— ๐–›๐–Š๐–—๐–ž ๐–”๐–œ๐–“ ๐•ธ๐–†๐–‘๐–†๐–Ÿ๐–†๐–“ ๐–—๐–†๐–“๐–๐–˜ ๐•น๐–” ๐–™๐–Ž๐–’๐–Š ๐–‹๐–”๐–— ๐–•๐–”๐–Ž๐–“๐–™๐–Ž๐–“๐–Œ ๐–‹๐–Ž๐–“๐–Œ๐–Š๐–—๐–˜ ๐•ธ๐–š๐–˜๐–™ ๐–‹๐–†๐–‘๐–‘ ๐–‡๐–†๐–ˆ๐–, ๐–˜๐–†๐–›๐–Š ๐–™๐–๐–Š ๐•ฑ๐–Ž๐–—๐–˜๐–™ ๐•พ๐–œ๐–”๐–—๐–‰'๐–˜ ๐–‘๐–Ž๐–‹๐–Š ๐–€๐–“๐–ˆ๐–”๐–“๐–˜๐–ˆ๐–Ž๐–”๐–š๐–˜ ๐–‹๐–—๐–”๐–’ ๐–‘๐–”๐–˜๐–˜ ๐–”๐–‹ ๐–‡๐–‘๐–”๐–”๐–‰ ๐•ฏ๐–†๐–˜๐–˜๐–Š๐–’ ๐–‹๐–Š๐–‘๐–‘, ๐–‰๐–Š๐–˜๐–Š๐–—๐–™ ๐–œ๐–”๐–‘๐–›๐–Š๐–˜ ๐–†๐–™๐–™๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Š๐–‰ ๐•บ๐–‹ ๐–™๐–๐–Š ๐•พ๐–œ๐–”๐–—๐–‰ ๐–”๐–“๐–‘๐–ž ๐–™๐–๐–—๐–Š๐–Š ๐–Š๐–˜๐–ˆ๐–†๐–•๐–Š๐–‰ ๐•ฟ๐–†๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Œ ๐–œ๐–Ž๐–™๐– ๐–™๐–๐–Š๐–’ ๐•ฏ๐–†๐–˜๐–˜๐–Š๐–’'๐–˜ ๐–๐–Ž๐–‰๐–Š ๐•ณ๐–Š ๐–‰๐–Š๐–˜๐–Š๐–—๐–™๐–Š๐–‰, ๐•ฏ๐–†๐–˜๐–˜๐–Š๐–’'๐–˜ ๐–‰๐–Š๐–†๐–‰ ๐•ณ๐–Š ๐–‰๐–Š๐–˜๐–Š๐–—๐–™๐–Š๐–‰, ๐•ฏ๐–†๐–˜๐–˜๐–Š๐–’ ๐–‘๐–Ž๐–›๐–Š๐–˜
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Lord of Tragedy 06:47
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๐•ฏ๐–Š๐–˜๐–˜๐–Š๐–’๐–‡๐–—๐–†๐–Š ๐–๐–“๐–”๐–œ๐–˜ ๐–™๐–๐–Š ๐–˜๐–”๐–—๐–—๐–”๐–œ๐–˜ ๐–”๐–‹ ๐–˜๐–”๐–š๐–‘๐–˜ ๐•ณ๐–Š ๐–œ๐–†๐–‘๐–๐–˜ ๐–†๐–™ ๐–™๐–๐–Š ๐–˜๐–Ž๐–‰๐–Š ๐–”๐–‹ ๐–Š๐–†๐–ˆ๐– ๐–’๐–”๐–—๐–™๐–†๐–‘ ๐•ฌ ๐–›๐–Š๐–˜๐–˜๐–Š๐–‘ ๐–”๐–‹ ๐–—๐–Š๐–Œ๐–—๐–Š๐–™ ๐–”๐–“ ๐–‹๐–Ž๐–—๐–Š๐–˜ ๐–”๐–‹ ๐–›๐–Š๐–“๐–Œ๐–Š๐–†๐–“๐–ˆ๐–Š ๐•พ๐–”๐–—๐–—๐–”๐–œ๐–˜ ๐–Ž๐–“ ๐–”๐–š๐–— ๐–˜๐–”๐–š๐–‘๐–˜ ๐•ฏ๐–Š๐–˜๐–˜๐–Š๐–’๐–‡๐–—๐–†๐–Š ๐–๐–“๐–”๐–œ๐–˜ ๐–™๐–๐–Š ๐–˜๐–”๐–—๐–—๐–”๐–œ๐–˜ ๐–Ž๐–“ ๐–”๐–š๐–— ๐–˜๐–”๐–š๐–‘๐–˜ ๐•ณ๐–Š ๐–œ๐–”๐–š๐–‘๐–‰ ๐–“๐–”๐–œ ๐–˜๐–๐–†๐–—๐–Š ๐•พ๐–๐–†๐–—๐–Š ๐–™๐–๐–Š๐–’ ๐–œ๐–Ž๐–™๐– ๐–š๐–˜ ๐–†๐–‘๐–‘
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Traveler 09:26
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๐•ฌ ๐–’๐–†๐–“ ๐–œ๐–Ž๐–™๐– ๐–“๐–” ๐–•๐–†๐–˜๐–™ ๐•ฌ ๐–Œ๐–”๐–‰ ๐–œ๐–Ž๐–™๐– ๐–“๐–” ๐–‹๐–š๐–™๐–š๐–—๐–Š ๐•ฌ ๐–’๐–†๐–“ ๐–œ๐–Ž๐–™๐–๐–”๐–š๐–™ ๐–“๐–†๐–’๐–Š ๐•ฌ ๐–Œ๐–”๐–‰ ๐–”๐–‹ ๐–“๐–” ๐–™๐–Š๐–’๐–•๐–‘๐–Š ๐•บ๐–“๐–Š ๐–‹๐–”๐–”๐–™ ๐–Ž๐–“ ๐–‹๐–—๐–”๐–“๐–™ ๐–”๐–‹ ๐–™๐–๐–Š ๐–”๐–™๐–๐–Š๐–— ๐–๐–Š ๐–œ๐–†๐–‘๐–๐–˜ ๐•บ๐–“๐–Š ๐–™๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Œ ๐–”๐–“ ๐–๐–Ž๐–˜ ๐–’๐–Ž๐–“๐–‰ ๐•ฏ๐–Š๐–†๐–™๐– ๐–†๐–“๐–‰ ๐–๐–Ž๐–˜ ๐–—๐–Š๐–Ž๐–Œ๐–“ ๐–’๐–š๐–˜๐–™ ๐–ˆ๐–”๐–’๐–Š ๐–™๐–” ๐–†๐–“ ๐–Š๐–“๐–‰ ๐•ฏ๐–Š๐–‘๐–Ž๐–›๐–Š๐–—๐–Š๐–‰ ๐–‡๐–ž ๐–๐–Ž๐–˜ ๐–๐–†๐–“๐–‰ ๐•ฟ๐–๐–—๐–”๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ ๐–’๐–Š๐–†๐–“ ๐–“๐–”๐–™๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Œ ๐•ณ๐–Ž๐–˜ ๐–‘๐–Ž๐–‹๐–Š ๐–๐–Ž๐–˜ ๐–”๐–œ๐–“ ๐•ด๐–“๐–™๐–” ๐•พ๐–๐–†๐–‰๐–”๐–œ ๐–๐–Š ๐–ˆ๐–†๐–’๐–Š ๐–‚๐–Ž๐–™๐–“๐–Š๐–˜๐–˜๐–Š๐–‰ ๐•ฌ๐–“๐–‰๐–†๐–—๐–Ž๐–˜๐–™'๐–˜ ๐–‰๐–”๐–”๐–’ ๐•พ๐–œ๐–”๐–—๐–‰ ๐–“๐–†๐–’๐–Š๐–‰ ๐–๐–Š๐–“๐–Œ๐–Š๐–†๐–“๐–ˆ๐–Š ๐•ฟ๐–๐–Š๐–“ ๐–“๐–†๐–’๐–Š๐–‰ ๐•ฒ๐–—๐–Ž๐–Š๐–‹ ๐•น๐–”๐–œ ๐–Ž๐–“ ๐•ฟ๐–—๐–†๐–›๐–Š๐–‘๐–Š๐–—'๐–˜ ๐–๐–†๐–“๐–‰ ๐•ฟ๐–๐–Š ๐–Œ๐–”๐–‰๐–˜ ๐–˜๐–๐–†๐–‘๐–‘ ๐–œ๐–Š๐–Š๐–• ๐•ฏ๐–Š๐–†๐–™๐– ๐–‰๐–Ž๐–‰ ๐–‡๐–Š๐–™๐–—๐–†๐–ž ๐–™๐–๐–Š ๐•ธ๐–”๐–—๐–™๐–†๐–‘ ๐•พ๐–œ๐–”๐–—๐–‰ ๐–”๐–‹ ๐•ณ๐–”๐–”๐–‰ ๐•ณ๐–”๐–”๐–‰ ๐–™๐–”๐–”๐– ๐•ฏ๐–†๐–˜๐–˜๐–Š๐–’'๐–˜ ๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–‘๐–‰ ๐–™๐–” ๐–ˆ๐–”๐–‘๐–‘๐–Š๐–ˆ๐–™ ๐–œ๐–๐–†๐–™ ๐–๐–Š ๐–œ๐–†๐–˜ ๐–”๐–œ๐–Š๐–‰ ๐•ฏ๐–†๐–˜๐–˜๐–Š๐–’ ๐–œ๐–†๐–˜ ๐–™๐–” ๐–Š๐–“๐–‰ ๐–Ž๐–’๐–’๐–”๐–—๐–™๐–†๐–‘๐–˜ ๐–”๐–‹ ๐–‰๐–š๐–˜๐–™ ๐–†๐–“๐–‰ ๐–‡๐–”๐–“๐–Š ๐•ญ๐–š๐–™ ๐–๐–Š ๐–‡๐–Š๐–ˆ๐–†๐–’๐–Š ๐–Œ๐–—๐–Ž๐–Š๐–‹ ๐•น๐–”๐–œ ๐–™๐–—๐–†๐–Œ๐–Š๐–‰๐–ž ๐–ˆ๐–”๐–’๐–Š๐–˜ ๐–‹๐–”๐–— ๐–ž๐–”๐–š ๐•ฟ๐–—๐–†๐–›๐–Š๐–‘๐–Š๐–— ๐–œ๐–†๐–‘๐–๐–˜ ๐–™๐–๐–Š ๐–ˆ๐–Ž๐–™๐–ž ๐–”๐–‹ ๐–†๐–Ÿ๐–š๐–—๐–Š ๐–‹๐–Ž๐–—๐–Š ๐•ฑ๐–”๐–— ๐–™๐–๐–Š ๐–˜๐–™๐–Š๐–“๐–ˆ๐– ๐–”๐–‹ ๐–‰๐–Š๐–†๐–™๐–, ๐–”๐–‹ ๐•ณ๐–”๐–”๐–‰, ๐–Ž๐–˜ ๐–Ž๐–“ ๐–™๐–๐–Š ๐–†๐–Ž๐–— ๐–™๐–”๐–“๐–Ž๐–Œ๐–๐–™ ๐•ธ๐–†๐–“๐–Š ๐–”๐–‹ ๐•ฎ๐–๐–†๐–”๐–˜, ๐–˜๐–™๐–Š๐–• ๐–†๐–˜๐–Ž๐–‰๐–Š, ๐–Ž๐–™'๐–˜ ๐–“๐–”๐–™ ๐–ž๐–”๐–š ๐–œ๐–๐–” ๐•ฟ๐–—๐–†๐–›๐–Š๐–‘๐–Š๐–— ๐–œ๐–†๐–“๐–™๐–˜ ๐–‚๐–Ž๐–™๐– ๐–›๐–Š๐–“๐–Œ๐–Š๐–†๐–“๐–ˆ๐–Š ๐–Ž๐–“ ๐–๐–†๐–“๐–‰, ๐•ฟ๐–—๐–†๐–›๐–Š๐–‘๐–Š๐–— ๐–œ๐–†๐–‘๐–๐–˜ ๐–”๐–“ ๐–‡๐–ž

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Debut album inspired by tales from the books of Steven Erikson (Malazan Book of the Fallen) and Ian C. Esslemont (Novels of the Malazan Empire, Path to Ascendancy)

Four songs of doom, death, and despair, told from the perspective of the Malazan Imperial Historian

An aural assault of epic blackened doom for fans of Darkthrone and Caladan Brood

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released April 15, 2023

Credits to Steven Erikson and Ian C. Esslemont for their works
Malazan Book of the Fallen (Erikson)
Novels of the Malazan Empire; Path to Ascendancy (Esslemont)

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Doom metal from the horrors witnessed during the time of the Malazan Empire

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