Dawn of the Exultants and the Hunt for the Shepherd

Not East, not West Not North, nor South Time decaying slowly The citadel lies festering Yet deep in the caverns of her great belly A spirit stirs From across the way A screeching engine cries Shattering the ancient frost The Earth bleeds Metals Come unlatched Pulpits rise, hallowed is the foetus Reethed in flame Latspell, harkin' thou prophecy For a second shepherd doth lead them Festering in the abyss Awaiting the rеturn of the bio-mecha-deity In forgеs deep Fires hiss and whirr For a machine so great So holy It erected Bound to the exultants eternally

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 13, 2026

We hail from the open road Ripped open and unimposed The war machines, the pearly gate Me thinks the golden God awaits Betwixt the planet and underground Is where the golden foe found Yonder towards the evergreen To summon back the great machine Cloud, shadow, Earth, flesh (Cloud, shadow, Earth, flesh) Fire, forge, steel, death (Fire, forge, steel, death) Cloud, shadow, Earth, flesh (Cloud, shadow, Earth, flesh) Iron jaw, fire breath (Iron jaw, fire breath) The killing and dredge the loch Raise the church from ancient rock The furnace housed in chambers deep While baby Jesus is fast asleep They walked the chain and crossed the brock And treked the valley and electric foot A castle built in the mountains eye To house the church, the petrol shrine They found the never-forge The anvil strikes the iron fist They'll live forevermore They will traverse the ancient mist Cloud, shadow, Earth, flesh (Cloud, shadow, Earth, flesh) Fire, forge, steel, death (Fire, forge, steel, death) Cloud, shadow, Earth, flesh (Cloud, shadow, Earth, flesh) Iron jaw, fire breath (Iron jaw, fire breath)

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 13, 2026

Liberation of the necro child Taken from the womb Blind and deaf and undefiled He was found in Christ's tomb A second shepard doth lead them well Forgotten by the past Immanuel's next of kin In God, we trust, in gold, we bask In Bethlehem, the exultant's pine For the birth of the son of man Alas, they were given thee You have my word, you have my hand From the cradle to the cross Somewhere along the way The tiеs of blood were lost Now the robots god, for thе robots pray He walks in shadow's grace Beyond the evergreen One of god's mistakes He walks the lands between He holds the serpent's key A golden form awaits The robots found him so Flesh bred with steel I am God A shiny golden God I am Christ The metal shepherd fights I am king The dragon and the ring I am droid Risen from the void Cloud shadow earth and flesh Jesus knew his name Damnatio memoriae Crucified and wreathed in flame Revelation from the squalid depths Nigh is the crimson dawn Divination of the holy texts Now the robots god for the robots born He walks in shadow's grace Beyond the evergreen One of god's mistakes He walks the lands between He holds the serpent's key A golden form awaits The robots found him so Flesh bred with steel I am God A shiny golden God I am Christ The metal shepherd fights I am king The dragon and the ring I am droid Risen from the void Steeple racer Demon chaser Abomination on the open road Petrol taster Dehuminator His brain is filled with endless code I am God A shiny golden God I am Christ The metal shepherd fights I am king The dragon and the ring I am droid Risen from the void

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 13, 2026

Another has risen Deep below the citadel Writhing in the undergrowth A name hath been spoken in ages old A great bug who holds the Earth upon her And guards the Netherworld, with blackened lungs and scorching tusk of shiny gold

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 13, 2026

I am the mud I am the slug I am the mud The Beelzebug King cobra, Meth smoker Betrays the sacred oath Breathes fire Limb slicer Born from the undergrowth Black lungs Eight tongues Tank tracks drive the ancient beast Lair dweller Tanned leather Shall not not stop the task is complete I am the mud I am the slug I am the mud The Beelzebug

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Jun 17, 2026

Fire starter, acid rain Demon bile and wasted grain I am blood, you are death Beating skulls and crystal meth Captured souls Feed the beast to a metal host Thorough bred and trained to kill The blood, to Earth and Hill Machine (Murder murder) Machine (Murder murder) Machine (Murder murder) Machine (Murder murder) Machine (Murder murder) Machine (Murder murder) Chained and leashed Wicked fangs, grind and greased The urging sun Jesus Christ is on thе run Machine (Murder murder) Machinе (Murder murder) Machine (Murder murder) Machine (Murder murder) Machine (Murder murder) Machine (Murder murder) exultants and thou demonic Built to hunt the shepherd and his apostles Their scent upon their snout, reeks the air Their blazing Of iron clad In search of the The sanctum robotus is the one and true master (Murder murder) (Murder murder) (Murder murder) (Murder murder) (Murder murder) (Murder murder) Machine (Murder murder) Machine (Murder murder) Machine (Murder murder) Machine (Murder murder) Machine (Murder murder) Machine (Murder murder)

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 13, 2026

And this it begins The cloud, the shadow, the Earth and the flesh At the foot of , thy hill of Gods The air Thunder growls over distant peaks The silver moon rises Casting pale figures across 's belly It's body bright and gold

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 13, 2026

Swarms of metal wizards Marching holy land Riding petrol lizards With biometric scans Thermal optic pupils Hunting Jesus Christ The robots sound the bugle With Jesus in their sight The golden god is riding His herd of priests behind The lamb of god is rising Chrome and Christ collide The holy war is opened Steel against the dove The motors been awoken He strikes from wings above Serpents and rings Engines and kings Thunder and fire And thus it begins (The Iron Jaw) Sanctum Robotos The Iron Jaw Sanctum Robotos The Holy War Sanctum Robotos The Iron Jaw Sanctum Robotos The Holy War Spells and crucifixes And bloodied sеvered hands The moon and sun еclipses And blinds the holy lands The shepherd spars the driver Hallowed against the sinned Only one survivor It's the robots next of kin Serpents and rings Engines and kings Thunder and fire And thus it begins (The Iron Jaw) Sanctum Robotos The Iron Jaw Sanctum Robotos The Holy War Sanctum Robotos The Iron Jaw Sanctum Robotos The Holy War Sanctum Robotos, I pledge allegiance to Sanctum Bellum, the holy war hath begun Sanctum Gladius, The blade of the son of man Sanctum Dominus, only one can be our true Lord

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Jul 21, 2026

To kingdom come, gold and brave Transformed beyond his mortal vessel And new bastion of hope For the victorious one Ye exultant, the driver of the mighty sanctum His awric figure, poised at the helm

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 13, 2026

I am dependent on the crucifix Cadaver rises on the moons eclipse The dirt the grime and the maggot feed My body rots as the seers convene A heptagram is carved in stone It's where the dead are raised and cloned I am but one of those foul mistakes I am a relic from the fire lake Decomposing abomination A golden river, transformation They hold him under, bionic power The Golden God of the goldеn hour Release mе from this cursed place God scowls at this ill disgrace Baptized in the blood of the lamb Condemned to life beyond the damned Gold frankincense and myrrh His gilded body is free from fur Lathered oil and bathed in soot Metal organs from head to foot Decomposing abomination A golden river, transformation They hold him under, bionic power The Golden God of the golden hour What hath I become? A golden beast? A metal christ? An abomination I am the Sanctum Robotos They gather round the open pit Beseech the shadows of the motor crypt From whence they came upon the dawn of time It's the dragons hollow for which they pine The hoists the chains that raise the abbey Set free upon the open valley It hath no breaks It have naught but speed The Motorsteeple has been freed (It has been freed)

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Jul 21, 2026

Whispers and faded hymns Shroud the empty halls Cracked whips and planet kings Breach the castle walls Across the tundra lies the evergreen Lest the seasons change As it has and ever been Etched in the mountain's eye Where sierra meets the grove Under stars of Gemini The way the river flows Past the oceans the mire eats the wren Greenwood meadows The beginning and the end Shadows creeping up the falls and valley peaks Night falls the castle as the shepherd rests his feet Stars of golden light Gazing through the night The moon it holds the earth A bolt of lightning cracks Storms of fire rain Ancient spires lapse Hoists and rusty chains Rise the steeple high Beyond the valley's end Baby Jesus Christ The golden god ascends Roves the mother earth across the glade The holy engine drives with fire blaze And hear the engine as it howls

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Jul 21, 2026