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The Shadow of the Undertaker

from The Dissolution Orphans by Sons of Perdition

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This is the full version of the Undertaker's theme from the animated film, The Backwater Gospel. I didn't have time to record it for the film, knowing it wouldn't have been used anyways. Simon Broke plays bass on this one.

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The shadow of the Undertaker creeps across your floor. Go lock up all your children and paint blood upon your door. These hills are filled with whispers of a man all dressed in black. At the toll of death's knell, he climbs from Hell to drag some poor soul back. The Bible speaks of angels doing service unto the LORD. The Undertaker knows no master. He drinks from any cup poured. Just as banshees wail their warnings that someone that day will die, the Undertaker states the same and I'll be goddamned if he tells a lie. Some falsely say that whippoorwills are the harbingers of death. It's the Undertaker's murder of crows that'll seize your living breath. You'll see him riding into town all dressed up like a tomb. When you see him that eve on the outbound street, you know some poor soul met their doom. The Undertaker raises no hand but all fear him just the same. His presence foretells both blood and death yet he shoulders not the blame. Like the shadow of the vulture circling blackly overhead, the Undertaker's drawn to death like a knife is drawn to red.

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from The Dissolution Orphans, released March 21, 2014
Simon Broke - Double bass

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Sons of Perdition Glasgow, UK

Sons of Perdition make weird, dark music. Their seventh release, Heathen Hof, is available May 1, 2022.

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