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Revelation

by Nick Leonard

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I saw the sky open up And before me He stood That every eye should witness Even those that pierced Him All the people of the earth Will mourn because of Him I am the Beginning and the End His hair was white as snow And His eyes like a flame of fire His feet were like fine brass His voice was the sound of many waters In His right hand were seven stars And out of His mouth came a two-edged sword He was like the sun shining in its strength I fell at his feet as if dead and He said I am the First and the Last Be faithful until death and I will give you A Crown of Life He shall rule them with a rod of iron I have set before you and open door Hold fast to what you have That none shall take your crown
2.
In the midst of the throne were four living creatures With six wings and full of eyes The first, a lion, the second, a calf The third had a face like a man, and the fourth, like a eagle Who is worthy to open the scroll and Loose its seven seals None on earth were able To look at or open it In the midst of the elders Stood a lamb as though it'd been slain Having seven horns and seven eyes You are worthy to open the scroll And loose its seven seals For You were slain And have redeemed us To God by your blood Worthy is the lamb who was slain To receive power and wisdom Strength and honor, glory and blessing Come and see
3.
A Pale Horse 02:30
Behold... A pale horse The rider's name was Death Hades followed him Power was given them To kill with sword and hunger How long, O Lord, until you avenge our blood On those who dwell upon the earth? There was a great earthquake and The sun became black and The moon like blood And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth For the great day of His wrath has come And who shall be able to stand? And the men said to the mountains: 'Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him'
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The first trumpet sounded Hail and fire followed Mingled with blood They were thrown to the earth A great mountain burning with fire is Thrown to the sea Smoke and fire Hail and brimstone A great star fell from heaven Burning like a torch it fell Woe to the inhabitants of the earth A third of the moon was struck The stars were darkened A star fell from heaven To him was given the key To the bottomless pit He opened the pit And smoke arose Like a great furnace The sun and air were dark from the smoke Out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth On their heads were crowns of gold, And their faces like men Breastplates of Iron Teeth like lions' teeth The sound of their wings Like a thousand charioteers Their king was Abaddon Of the bottomless pit In those days Men shall seek death: 'Release me from this torment' And they shall not find it One woe is past Behold, two more are coming
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When He had opened the seventh seal There was silence about the space of half an hour Then I saw the seven angels Which stood before God And to them were given seven trumpets And another angel came and Stood at the altar Having a golden censer And it was given unto him much incense That he should offer it With the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar And the smoke of the incense ascended up Before God out of the angel's hand The angel took the censer and Filled it with fire of the altar and Cast it into the earth There were voices and thunderings Lightnings, and an earthquake And the seven angels with the seven trumpets Prepared themselves to sound
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Now I saw the army of the horsemen Two hundred million And thus I saw them in the vision: Fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow Out of their mouths came smoke But the rest of mankind Who were not killed by these plagues Did not repent of the works of their hands That they should worship demons Idols of gold, silver, brass, and stone I saw another angel coming down from heaven His face was like the sun And his feet – pillars of fire He cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars Seven thunders uttered their voices: 'Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them' The beast that ascends Will make war against them Overcome them, and kill them And their dead bodies will lie in the street Peoples, tongues, tribes, and nations will see Three-and-a-half days Allow not their bodies to be put into graves After three days they stood And great fear fell upon them who saw
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The Accuser 04:25
The One who is, who was, and is to come You've taken Your great power and reigned The nations were angry, Your wrath has come And the time of the dead That they should be judged You will reward Your servants Those who fear Your name You will destroy those who destroy the earth Woe to the people of the earth For Lucifer has come down to you He comes bearing a terrible wrath Now a great sign appeared: A woman clothed with the sun The moon under her feet And a garland of twelve stars on her head Then being with child She cried out to give birth A great, fiery dragon Stood before her to Devour the child The dragon who deceives the world But she bore a male child Who rules with a rod of iron So the dragon was cast out The accuser of our brethren, who accused them Before our God day and night, cast down Woe to the people of the earth For Lucifer has come down to you He comes bearing a terrible wrath
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I saw a beast rising up out of the sea Having seven heads and ten horns And on his horns, ten crowns And on his head, a blasphemous name The beast which I saw was like a leopard His feet were like the feet of a bear His mouth like a lion The dragon gave him his power His throne, and great authority It was granted him to make war with the Saints and overcome them I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, He had two horns, like a lamb And spoke like a dragon He causes all, both small and great To receive a mark on the right hand Let him who has understanding Reckon the number of the beast If anyone worships the beast and his image And receives a mark on his right hand He himself will drink of the cup Of the wine of the wrath of God Which is poured out full strength Into the cup of his indignation He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone And the smoke of their torment ascends And they have no rest day or night Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on
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I looked, and beheld a white cloud And on the cloud sat one like the Son of Man Having on His head a golden crown And in His hand a sharp sickle And another angel came out of the temple Crying with a loud voice: 'Thrust in Your sickle The time to reap is at hand For the harvest of the earth is ripe The hour has come Thrust in your sickle and reap' Then I saw another great sign: Seven angels with the seven plagues For in them, the wrath of God is complete I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire And those who have the victory over the beast Over his mark and his name Go and pour out the bowls of the Wrath of God on the earth So the first poured out his bowl And a foul and loathsome sore came upon them Upon the men who had the mark of the beast And who worshipped his image Then the second poured out his bowl on the sea It became like the blood of a dead man Then the third angel poured his bowl on the Rivers and springs - which became blood Then the fourth poured his bowl on the sun And men were scorched with great heat They blasphemed the name of God Who has power over these plagues Then the fifth angel poured his bowl On the throne of the beast And his kingdom became darkness They gnawed their tongues because of the pain Then the sixth angel poured his bowl On the great river Euphrates, and the river dried up So that the way might be prepared for the kings of the east And I saw three unclean spirits Like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon And out of the mouth of the false prophet The spirits of demons, performing signs They gathered them for battle on that great day In the place called Armageddon And the seventh angel poured his bowl into the air And a loud voice cried: It is done There was a great earthquake Greater than any had occurred on earth And the great city was divided into three parts And the cities and the nations fell And great Babylon was remembered before God To give her a cup of the wine Of the fierceness of His wrath Then every island fled away And the mountains were not found And great hail from heaven fell them
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I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast Full of names of blasphemy With seven heads and ten horns She was arrayed in purple and scarlet and Adorned with gold and precious stones Having in her hand a golden cup Full of abominations and the filth of her fornication On her forehead was written: 'Mystery, Babylon the Great The mother of harlots and the Abominations of the earth' I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the Saints And the blood of martyrs The seven heads are seven mountains On which she sits There are seven kings: five have fallen, one lives And one has yet to come The ten horns which are ten kings With no kingdom yet They receive authority for one hour with the beast They are of one mind These will make war with the Lamb And the Lamb will overcome them For He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords And those who are with Him are called Chosen, and faithful The way of sinners shall He destroy The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits Are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tribes And the ten horns which you saw on the beast these will hate her, make her desolate and naked She will be burned alive with fire and her flesh shall be consumed
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Babylon the Great is fallen And has become the habitation of devils The hold of every foul spirit A cage for every unclean bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine Of the wrath of her fornication, The kings of the earth reveled in her flesh And the merchants rich from her luxury Come out of her, my people Lest you share in her sins And lest you receive of her plagues For her sins have reached to heaven And God has remembered her iniquities Render to her just as she rendered to you And repay her double according to her works In the cup which she mixed, mix double for her In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously In the same measure give her torment and sorrow For she says in her heart: ‘I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’ Therefore her plagues will come in one day Death and mourning and famine And she will be utterly burned with fire
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Logos 03:57
Now I saw heaven opened and behold, a white horse He who sat on him was called Faithful and True In righteousness He judges and makes war His eyes were like a flame of fire On His head were many crowns Written on them a name that no one knew He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood His name is The Logos of God. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen Followed Him on white horses Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword That with it He should strike the nations. He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of God It is written on His robe King of Kings and Lord of Lords
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Come and gather together For the supper of the Great God That you may eat the flesh of kings The flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men The flesh of horses and those who ride upon them And the rest were killed with the sword Which proceeded from the mouth of Him Who sat on the horse And all the birds were filled with their flesh Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven Having the key to the bottomless pit And a great chain in his hand He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old The Devil and Satan And bound him for a thousand years And he cast him into the bottomless pit Set a seal on him, so that he should Deceive the nations no more
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Now when the thousand years have expired Satan will be released from his cage To deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth Gog and Magog, to gather them together for battle Whose number is as the sand of the sea. They went up on the breadth of the earth And surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city And fire came down from God Out of heaven and devoured them The devil, who deceived them Cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are Tormented day and night For all eternity These words are faithful and true Behold, I am coming quickly Blessed is he who keeps the words Of the prophecy of this book
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Do not seal the words of this prophecy For the time is at hand He who is unjust Let him be unjust still He who is unclean Let him be unclean still He who is righteous Let him be righteous still He who is holy, Let him be holy still I am the Alpha and the Omega The Beginning and the End The First and the Last

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"Multi-instrumentalist Nick Leonard’s musical interpretation of the Book of Revelation, his aptly entitled March of 2021 independent fourth solo album Revelation, is refreshing. It paints a picture of the doom-like found in toiling but relentless riffing, profuse low-end heaviness and lower-register vocals to touch upon the somber." -Angelic Warlord

Revelation is a concept album based on the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse). The lyrics are all directly taken from the scripture and cover the prophetic vision in its entirety in chronological order. The music was written to the words, with the goal of expressing the content through the tone and character of the music.

For this album I wanted a big, layered production, all recorded on real instruments – live drums and no keyboards. The album features all clean singing, mostly in two and three part harmony, and parts for a total of eight guitars: 7-string rhythm guitars, clean electric, two acoustics, lead, an e-bow ambient guitar, and bass.

I first got the idea to do this album in the summer of 2019 and started working on it in the fall. I edited together all the lyrics first, then wrote the rhythm guitars and layered everything from there. It was a huge production to do all by myself, especially learning and recording all the drum parts and the vocals which took many iterations to get to their final performances. Even with all the parts recorded, the mix took a few months and many versions to reach its final form. In total, this album is the product of hundreds of hours of work, long tracking days, and late nights. While not much good came of the 2020 pandemic, it did allow me a lot of extra time to work on refining this and gave me plenty to do to prevent boredom, not to mention the theme of the album felt especially relevant. It's been a real labor of love and really pushed me as a musician, writer, and engineer, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I sweated over making it, if that's possible!

Download of the album includes a pdf of the lyrics in artistic blackletter layout with Gustave Dore's illustrations for Revelation

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released March 5, 2021

Music, art, and production by Nick Leonard

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Nick Leonard Washington, D.C.

I am Nick Leonard, and this is my solo project.
I write, record, and produce everything here.
I produce weekly youtube videos all about metal music production:
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