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Scourge of Lamashtu

by Black Funeral

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1. Kassaptu Lemuttu (Akhtya Nachttoter) (Incantations of Zaqiqu-Demons of the Underworld) Mimma lemnu (“anything evil”), Lamastu, mumitu (curse, oath) Blood poured: Ardat-Lili, Lamastu Zaqiqu (wind demon) from Irkalla Zaqiqu (demons) fly from the grave Vampyric Dead thirsting for blood Emissaries of Chaos Southwinds, Gods of the Night, Annunaki enthroned in the Netherworld Kassaptu Lemuttu, Evil Witch of Eldritch Sorceries Kassapu Lemuttu, Warlock of Udug-Hul! Kassaptu (witch) who augurs doom Malice and demonic spells whispered into darkness The wax figure is named and prepared, Limbs twisted rack him in pain Open the grave and his cursed figure Etemmu emerge as Vampyric ghosts
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2. The Vampyric Rabisu at the Threshold (Akhtya Nachttoter) From below the horizon I rot in the earth Netherworld opens for my return Demonic Etemmu to possess this corpse Udug-hul (‘hul’, ‘evil’) awaken Sedu (‘spirit, aspect of the soul and demon’) Rising from the coffin Slumbering among the thirsty dead, Given the powers of the Southwind Born of Anu and Ki, Spirit and Flesh becomes an Evil God Ahhazu (the seizer), Bel-uri (lord of the roof), Rabisu (Lurker) Lamastu, smeared with blood From the corners we drink your blood, eat your soul Lilitu, the pact of nam-erim, Mamitu (oath, curse) eternal Seven Dimme, Sebitti, Seven Storms of Darkness Among the ruins and desert wilderness Joined by blood thirsting Etemmu, Restless ghosts howling upon the winds Deathly Alu summoned by demons (Lil-Spirits) Drink my fill of blood, as Kasapu (casting witchcraft), I form clouds against my prey (my shadow standing over her) Storm-clouds cannot be scattered haunting and seizing limbs A ghost is sent as a dream, nightmares cling to her flesh. Fly forth upon nocturnal skies, Darkened clouds, phantom form Akhkharu, Alu, Lamastu, Lilitu necromantic Undead
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3. Nergal, Lord Who Prowls by Night (Akhtya Nachttoter) Irkalla (Underworld), deathlike dreaming in a tomb Erra, mighty Usumgallu (Dragon-Serpent) Enthroned in Kutha Nergal, Lord who Prowls by Night Erra stirred by the Seven Sebitti Furious warriors, rebel gods Seven Udug-Hul consuming, destroying Blazing radiance of Terror, Melammu In the West, Utu has shone forth for you Awe-inspiring dais radiating across the abyss Nergal, who can kill and bring life back Holding the keys to the Netherworld In the East, Nergal is imbued with a terrible radiance Lord of War and Destruction, spiller of blood Nergal, dragon covered in gore Drinking the blood of living creatures Usumgallu (Dragon) who is covered in gore Battle-mace drips blood and flesh Nergal whose power has filled heaven and earth Nergal, angry sea, unleash your awe and terror! *Hymn adapted from a late Sumerian hymn to Nergal and the Erra-myth.
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4. Seven Udug-hul (Akhtya Nachttoter) Spawned of Heaven and Earth, rise from the Netherworld Seven malefic stars, blazing across the skies Anu and Ki, rebel-gods, demons free to haunt cosmos Melammu (divine radiance) is lofty of the Seven Billowing clouds causing gloom in Heaven Blast of rising winds, darkness across the sky Seven gods of the broad heavens Seven gods of the Netherworld Udug-hul, Ala-hul, Gidim-hul, Galla-hul, Dimme, Dima, Dimme-Lagab demons Evil gods whirling as chaos-storms, Enter homes to murder Seven demons, forms change Continual nightmare phantoms Enter the house, shadows in the corner Spirits thirsting for blood Evil God, Demon of the Steppe, Utukku of the Mountain, Udug-hul, Ala-hul, Gidim-hul, Galla-hul, Dimme, Dima, Dimme-Lagab demons Demons of the Sea, Udug of the Tomb A Goring-Ox, Ghost raging against life Eating flesh, spilling blood Drinking blood from veins Gallu-demons filled with malevolence, Never cease consuming blood Ala great demon of perversion, night-haunting to possess prey Destroy bodies from the inside, Legion! Udug-hul, Ala-hul, Gidim-hul, Galla-hul, Dimme, Dima, Dimme-Lagab demons Udug-hul slips over the threshold Devouring, destroying, kill the father, kill the son Evil Udug spares no one Etemmu and Utukku ride on winds of evil spells
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5. Scourge of Lamastu (She Who Strangles the Lamb) -Akhtya Nachttoter She is fierce, violent, Lamastu of divine power Terrifying is the Daughter of Anu Lamastu is a she-wolf, claws are the Anzu Her hands are decay, face of a raging lion Bring me your sons, I will nurse them poisoned, Rotten pestilence, black blood Bring me your daughters for I am thirsty In the mouth of the young I shall place my breast She who Strangles the Lamb She comes forth from the marshes Her hair hanging loose, and clothes stripped off Lamastu’s hands, caked in flesh and blood She enters the window, Lamastu! Slithering over the door casing like a snake Long claws, seize the infant seven times She enters and leaves the house in the night Lamastu, cast from the Heavens, crowned as a goddess Prey upon this living world, Drink and feed from the flesh of the living Scourge of Lamastu Kamadme, Spirit of Sumerian ruins Vampyric Goddess whose powers are many Lamastu, Labasu, Ahhazu, Seven times seven shadows Bibitum (a demon of chills) on northern winds you travel Saggastu! Female murderer, the roaming ghost, demoness! Vampyre who haunts the Steppe Hand of the Ghost of a Murderer (Qat Saggasi)! Samana, Jaws of a Lion Teeth of an Usumgal Claws of an Eagle Blood-dripping mouth of Ninisina
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6. Gidim-hul, Blood Thirst of the Dead (Akhtya Nachttoter) Etemmu neglected in funerary rites, The ghosts rise from their graves A blood meal to take souls for eternal life Haunting between the world of living and dead Anzagar, by nightmares! Ahhazu, seizing demon before me! Hajjatu-demons, we drink the blood Shulak, Lilitu, Rabisu! Gidim-hul, blood thirst of the dead Rabisu, hear me! Mimma Lemnu hear me! Sedu hear me! Utukku by Crossroads The grave transformed this ghost, growing thirsty for living blood Feed and prey upon mankind, drink their souls! Arali did not contain me, I rise from the tomb. Dust and darkness are my way, the winds of raven’s flight Some have forgotten, hunger strikes and my spirit twists Etemmu thirst for blood, become as Udug-hul Gidim-hul, haunt and torment, Drink the soul dry, Blood be spilt, may the dead lap up the blood Gidim-hul, blood thirst of the dead Rabisu, hear me! Mimma Lemnu hear me! Sedu hear me! Utukku by Crossroads Pestilence and Plague powers of Namtar Nergal Lord of the Underworld We are of the Netherworld Inflict the living with disease Striking the mortal flesh with blood-shadows
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7. Pazuzu, King of the Lilu-Demons (Akhtya Nachttoter) From Chaos is Order come to be, The Winds haunt the earth Pazuzu, Son of Hanbu, King of the Lilu-Demons Ascend the mighty mountain By the winds towards the west, One by one I broke their wings, Parching winds I command Pazuzu, mighty one, ascending mountains who faces and subdues all winds Pazuzu, angry winds, Who’s rising is terrible Fierce one, raging one, destroys the high mountains Howling at the world regions Pazuzu, parches the marshlands Withering the reeds Thou four-winged god of terrible radiance, Who teared down trees, passing through the Gardens, Withering the fruits fallen Pazuzu, descended to the living turning it to ice Breaking the bones of the men with joy Pazuzu, bestow protection upon that which I deem worthy, Ascend the mountains!

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“Scourge of Lamastu” is a Black Magickial sonic invocation of the Seven Udug-hul, Vampyric Deities and Lil-demons of ancient Babylonia. May our kišpē (witchcraft) call forth acasual and abyss-dreaming powers and the pandemonium of Lamastu, Pazuzu, Nergal, lilû, lilītu, kiskilili and vampyric demonic dead, the eṭemmu. Black Funeral aligns in a underworldly wave of cacophonic disharmony uniting cold black metal with dark ambient soundscapes composed from sounds of desert winds, sands, wilderness, mountains, storms, owls, wolves and ravens to authentically represent the demons, deities and ghostly dead within this album.

Black Funeral opens ancient, sand-worn tombs and reconstructs the rituals of kaššāpūtu (sorcery, black magic), demonology and vampyrism of the Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian and the Ur III (Sumerian) periods of Mesopotamia. The entirety of this recording is centered around malefic demons, rebel-deities and the vampyric ghosts which still haunt this world. Incantations and spells translated from 8th Century B.C.E. Akkadian compose the core of lyrics. The Seven Udug-hul (utukku) Demons and rebel gods are structured in incantations of seven names, interconnected with Lamashtu, Lilith and the malicious types of Udug-hul (translating ‘evil’, ‘hul’ is also formerly spelled as ‘xul’) demons whose number is legion and drinks the blood (and souls) of human prey.

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released July 5, 2020

Babylonian Incantations, Hymns and Howling by Akhtya Nachttoter
Recorded in Australia and USA in 2019.
Produced by Black Funeral

BLACK FUNERAL
Akhtya Nachttoter – Howling, Incantations, Black Ambient Soundscapes
Azgorh Drakenhof – Guitars, Bass, Keyboards
An Unnamed Spirit - Drums

LP/CD Available from IRON BONEHEAD PRODUCTIONS

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Black Funeral Spring, Texas

Black Funeral was founded in 1993 and continues to creates traditional black metal with dark, ghostlike soundscapes, screams and a wide range of demonic utterances to enhance and draw the listener in to the abyss. Black Funeral weaves grim and violent black metal hostility with atmospheres. ... more

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