The Triumph of Metal (2025)

I beheld the world
Through a narrow slit
From a dusty floor
That overlooks the scene

I was the misshapen ghost
Whom history shuns
Confined to the shadows
Hidden from the bright suns

But the white star in the prima materia took shape
In the canvas of the cosmos, a divine drape for the lonely souls

Polymorphia
Borrows from the almighty nature
Its original enigma
Its magical structure

Polymorphia
In the laboratory
Feel the magma
That brings forth the majesty

The gales swept over the rafters
The ruins bestowed the sky
Letting the sunrays enter
Making matter volatile

The darkness became a friend
For it no longer bit nor gnawed
The hurting wolf was tamed
Glorious beneath the moon’s laud

Archetypes of ancient scenes
Emerging from my empathy
I understand in you the mysteries
That write the pages of myth

This song is about the imagination and its ability to see what surrounds it in a new way, adopting its attributes. It’s also about the mental and emotional releases that can occur during the alchemical process, and the reciprocity between what happens to the material being worked and the worker.

The funeral carriage
Has stopped by the altar’s side,
You drank your own fears,
And raised the cup with pride

The rays of the sun
Translucent and vibrant
Are filling your grail
Now a new gushing well

For the chaos of the moonmaker,
I praise the heavenly mother,
For the golden sphere of order
I praise the earthly father

‘Cause the scales of Rebis
Order the balance
Of the force of the King
Guided by the Queen’s Hand
‘Cause the scales of Rebis
Order the balance of it all
Formless monsters
Invading, the spirits are
Turning into nothingness
By the scales of the Rebis

Support your gaze,
To the insouciant Chronos,
Who makes our dreams race
Faster than the clock

Borrow from innocence,
Its disarming peace,
It will conquer death,
With the pace of bliss

Between order and chaos
You have freed the pathos
that has chained you, restless,
To the frozen necropolis

‘Cause the scales of Rebis
Order the balance
Of the force of the Queen
Guided by the King’s Hand
‘Cause the scales of Rebis
Order the balance of it all
Formless monsters
Invading, the spirits are
Turning into nothingness
By the scales of the Rebis

The scales of Rebis
Order the balance

The song illustrates the struggle between chaos and order, between creation and the diligence of repetition, to reach for the moon and touch it. It tells about our feminine and masculine polarity, which are a source of power and need to be balanced within us. It echoes the Rebis, the perfect balance of polarity in alchemy to create the philosopher’s stone.

Midnight is ringing
My insight is blind
Tomorrow’s afraid
To unveil its light

Dragons are growling
Above the warm lamp
I grab my blade
Floating in my brain
My breath is fleeting
At the seeker’s shrine
The scythe of death
Threatening my spine

Oh no escape
Find a way
Pierce it now
The fear of the dark
Divine mark
Fire bite just a fight
In the pale moonlight

The flickering halo’s
Scratched by gargoyles
Scattered shadows
Prowl the cathedral

The constant smoke
Escapes from the chimney
The handwritten bird language
Pages are inked
I seek to lift the veil
Of mysteries
For my mind deeper
Than the old sea

Oh no escape find a way
Pierce it now the fear of the dark
Divine mark fire bite just a fight
Oh no escape to make my way
Face it now in the dead of night
No more cries no more lies
No more doubts to leave behind

Rite after rite the lion will rise
Cradle of truth the demise of time
Fathomless cosmos will be my guide
I seek the red stone for a new life
Until it’s right for slags to die

My steps were guided by a single oath
To choose the path leading to the unknown
I transcended my flesh and my own grave
It’s time to slay the nightmare

Oh no escape find a way
Pierce it now the fear of the dark
Divine mark fire bite just a fight
Oh no escape find a way
Fight it now in the red star light
No more cries no more lies
No more doubts
To pass the gate of Midnight

This song is about the fear of facing up to your fears, the moment when you decide to take action and finally see the darkness disappear. It’s also about the apprehension of beginning the alchemical work that will bring about the changes necessary for fulfilment.