Funeral Mist - Blessed Curse

black metal - Sweden - album: Maranatha - 2009 - - - Arioch (Daniel Rosten) - Vocals, Guitar, Bass - themes: Death, Darkness, Satanism - Maranatha is an Aramaic phrase occurring only once in the New Testament and also in the Didache which is part of the Apostolic Fathers collection. It is transliterated into Greek letters rather than translated, and is found at the end of Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians (1 Cor 16:22) as a farewell. “If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.“ The word ’Maranatha’ translates to “O Lord, come!“, however if separated into ’Maran atha’, it becomes a credal declaration of “Our Lord has come.“ Arioch played all instruments on this album except for the drums which were played by an unknown session drummer. The album was recorded in the Endarker Studio in 2008. - lyrics: Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and cursed shall be the fruit of thy land, Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. And thou shall grope at noon- day, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee. The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low, he shalt be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish, because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.