[Genre: Blackened Funeral Doom / Death-Doom Metal Tempo: Glacially Slow (40-60 BPM) Key/Feel: Dissonant, low, crushing. Vocal Style: Deep guttural Death growls and high-pitched Black Metal shrieks. I. Overture: The Great Atrophy (Instrumental Intro)] [(Slow, heavily distorted, repetitive single-note riffing over slow double-kick drumming and atmospheric, chilling synth pads.)] [II. Verse 1: The Withered Cradle (Death Growls)] From the Womb of Clay where all things draw their breath, We carved the first betrayal, a slow descent to death. The Cradle is Withered, choked by the exhaust stain, A trillion souls in frenzy, driven by the hunger of the vein. We built the towers skyward, blind to the foundation's crack, A poisoned seed of progress, there is no turning back. The Oil Slicks shimmer in the eyes of a dead sun. [III. Chorus: The Ash Crown (Shrieks & Growls) (Shriek) HAIL! The EPITAPH OF ASH!] The Final Harvest where the planet turns to dust. [(Growl)]We are the virus, the terminal infection!!! We are the virus, the terminal infection!!! A monument to ruin, devoid of all redemption. SOON, THE SILENCE WILL BE THE ONLY LAW! Crushing the fragile bone beneath the weight of our flaw. [IV. Verse 2: Scourge of Concrete (Death Growls)] The forests fall in silence, their screams absorbed by steel, Beneath the concrete scab, the Earth forgot how to heal. We made the rivers bile, a stagnant, black embrace, Watching the last whale beach, lost in a desolate space. The ozone shears above us, a hole that lets the sickness in, Worshiping the dollar sign, committing the original sin. The ghost of pure water weeps on a parched plain. [V. Bridge: The Reflection (Black Metal Shrieks) (Shriek, building intensity)] Gaze into the mirror! See the architect of pain! The sentient plague that sought nothing but to gain! We ARE the JUDGMENT! We fashioned the fatal blow! Savor the toxic breath of the Hell that we let grow! No god will save you now, no phantom hand will rise! Only the endless void reflecting in your dying eyes! [VI. Chorus: The Ash Crown (Shrieks & Growls)] [(Shriek) ]HAIL! The EPITAPH OF ASH! The Final Harvest where the planet turns to dust. [(Growl)]We are the virus, the terminal infection,!!! We are the virus, the terminal infection,!!! A monument to ruin, devoid of all redemption. SOON, THE SILENCE WILL BE THE ONLY LAW! Crushing the fragile bone beneath the weight of our flaw. [VII. Outro: Global Cessation (Slow Fade) (The tempo slows even further, the drums almost stopping. The final riff is a sustained, dissonant, feedback-laden chord. The vocals end with a drawn-out, distorted GASP followed by silence.)] ...Nothing remains... only the cold... [(Silence/Feedback until the final abrupt cut)]

Epitaph of Ash