Uploaded February 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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"Elaborate Funerals II" from the CRYPTICUS #Mixtape "Chains for Devils"
Available at crypticus.bandcamp.com/album/horror-grind-mixtape-2-chains-for-devils

Modern re-recording of the opening song from CRYPTICUS' rare 2nd album "They Called Me Mad!"
Dedicated to Edgar Allan Poe.

#CRYPTICUS is:
Patrick Bruss - Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Synth, Mix
Brynjar Helgetun - Drums

Music & lyrics by #PatrickBruss

"Lo! I hear my funeral toll,
let those bells be still forever,
Broken now my mortal shell,
my enemies they wished me hell & here in state I'm laid to fester.
How shall my bequest now be read?
My requiem how be sung?
How surprised you all must be to see my face -
The plan has worked, the trap is sprung!
Avaunt, Avaunt! From the crypt below I have emerged from death's embrace.
My experiments have brought me back from hellTo put you down there in my place -
Behold the devil's face."

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