I ain’t the greatest Dimmu Borgin fan out there neither I ever liked all their eras but the Serpentine Offering is a masterpiece. From progressive to black metal, both clean and brutal vocals and a superb video clip. The atmosphere rising out of the drumming and keyboarding is simply brilliant, plus one of the most impressive bridges the band ever wrote and the most anti-Christian provocative clips ever filmed and you got the whole idea. What you believe to be true is false. What you thought right, wrong...
Composer: Dimmu Borgir }{ Year: 2007
Lyrics:
...My descent is the story of everyman
I am hatred, darkness and despair
My descent is the story of everyman
I am hatred, darkness and despair
Evoked and entertained through centuries
Wrathful and sullen -- Dormant still
The ferocity pervades everywhere
Waiting to be released at last
Hear my offering
Ye bastard sons and daughters
Share my sacrifice
Share my sacrifice.
My descent is the story of everyman
I am hatred, darkness and despair
My descent is the story of everyman
I am hatred, darkness and despair
Reconcile not with the fear of the snake
But embrace it as your own
Inject its venom into your veins
And replant the seed that gives growth
Still shrouded in mystery
Until you arise above perception
A veil of ignorance is in motion
Continuing throughout generations
(A veil of ignorance is in motion
Continuing throughout multiple generations
Let me be the one that deliver you from the deceit
And back into perfect accordance with the laws of nature)
The snake is notoriously tempting
But the snake is fair
What is worse than not knowing
to live or disappear?
The ferocity pervades everywhere
Waiting to be released at last
Hear my offering
Ye bastard sons and daughters
Share my sacrifice
Share my sacrifice
