[Intro: majestic, slow, ominous]
Drums of fire, thunder in the skies,
The ground shakes, as darkness will rise.
[Verse 1]
From the ashes of fallen kings,
The lord of night spreads his wings.
Chains of fate cannot restrain,
The master returns, to reign again.
[Pre-Chorus: chanting, building intensity]
Whispers of the damned, they call,
To the throne of shadows, he ascends all.
[Chorus: anthemic, choir + growl]
Reditus Domini Tenebrarum!
Infernum tremit, regnum meum restituetur!
Flames and shadows, heaven quakes,
The throne is mine, the earth shall break.
[Verse 2]
Eyes like embers, burning through time,
Every soul, every crime.
Legions rise at his command,
Hell awakens, by his hand.
[Bridge: epic, layered vocals, Latin chants]
Omnes gentes cadent, omnes servient!
Gloria tenebrarum in aeternum!
[Guitar Solo]
[Final Chorus: full power, all instruments, choir, growls]
Reditus Domini Tenebrarum! Reditus Domini Tenebrarum!
Kings and kingdoms, shadows and fire,
All bow before the infernal sire!
[Outro: slow, echoing, choir fading]
The throne stands, eternal,
The abyss obeys, unbroken…
The world has fallen… and he reigns.