BAND NAME: The Arbiter
GENRE: Melodic Doom Metal / Death Metal
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: Budapest, Hungary
Lineup:
Gergely Kovacs - Everything
Discography:
Water From The River Of Life (album)
March 14, 2019, Abran Records (Digital)
April 2019, Abran Records (CD-R)
June 6, 2019, Christian Metal Underground Records (Digital)
June 14, 2019, Christian Metal Underground Records (CD, Digital)
1. Heavenly Lights 2:29
2. Double Mind 4:45
Keep yourself from being
Polluted by this world
Believe and don't doubt
Because the one who doubts is
Like a wave of the sea
Blown and tossed by the wind
Wash your hands, you sinners
And purify your hearts
Humble yourselves before the Lord
And he will lift you up
Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me
What a wretched man I am!
Thanks be to God, who delivers me
Wash your hands, you sinners
And purify your hearts
Humble yourselves before the Lord
And he will lift you up
Submit yourselves, then, to God
Come near to God and
He will come near to you
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you
Resist the devil
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you
Resist the devil
Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me
What a wretched man I am!
Thanks be to God, who delivers me
Wash your hands, you sinners
And purify your hearts
Humble yourselves before the Lord
And he will lift you up
Submit yourselves, then, to God
Come near to God and
He will come near to you
Every good and perfect gift is from above
Coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights
Who does not change like shifting shadows
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth
Submit yourselves, then, to God
Come near to God and
He will come near to you
3. Inner Man 5:54
You're dead to the world
Do not conform
To its ways anymore
Put off your old self
Do not dig up
What has been buried
Walk in the power
Of resurrection
Walk in the new life
Do not lose heart
Be the light
In the dark
We are wasting away
On the outside
But our inner man is being
Renewed day by day
God will strengthen you
With power through his Spirit
In your inner man
Be rooted
And established in love
Have power to grasp how wide
And long and high and deep is
The love of Christ
That surpasses knowledge
Be filled to the measure of
All the fullness of God
I don't understand
What I do
For what I want to do
I do not do
What I hate I do
Sin is living in me
Although I want to do good
Evil is right there with me
My inner man
Delights in God's law
In my mind
I serve God's law
God will strengthen you
With power through his Spirit
In your inner man
Be rooted
And established in love
Have power to grasp how wide
And long and high and deep is
The love of Christ
That surpasses knowledge
Be filled to the measure of
All the fullness of God
May Christ dwell
In your hearts through faith
Let the old man
Be gone forever
God will strengthen you
With power through his Spirit
In your inner man
Be rooted
And established in love
Have power to grasp how wide
And long and high and deep is
The love of Christ
4. Here I Am 8:08
These are the words of him
Who holds the seven stars in his right hand
And walks among the seven
Golden lampstands
These are the words of him
Who is the First and the Last
Who died and came to life again
Who has the sharp, double-edged sword
These are the words of the Son of God
Whose eyes are like blazing fire
And whose feet are like burnished bronze
Who holds the seven spirits of God
These are the words of him
Who is holy and true, who holds the key of David
The faithful and true witness
The ruler of God's creation
I know your deeds
You have persevered and have not grown weary
Yet you've forsaken your first love
Repent and do the things you did at first
He who has an ear to hear
Let them hear what the Spirit says
The one who overcomes
Can eat from the tree of life
He who has an ear to hear
Let them hear what the Spirit says
The one who overcomes
Won't be hurt by the second death
I know your afflictions
Yet you remained true to my name
Don't be afraid, be faithful
And I will give you life
He who has an ear to hear
Let them hear what the Spirit says
The one who overcomes
Will walk with me, dressed in white
He who has an ear to hear
Let them hear what the Spirit says
The one who overcomes
Will sit with me on my throne
You're neither cold nor hot
And because you're lukewarm
I'm about to spit you
Out of my mouth
You're considered to be alive
But you are really dead
Wake up!
Strengthen what remains
Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline
So be earnest and repent
Here I am! I stand at the door and knock
If anyone hears my voice and opens up the door
I will come in
He who has an ear to hear
Let them hear what the Spirit says
The one who overcomes
Will be given the morning star
He who has an ear to hear
Let them hear what the Spirit says
The one who overcomes
I'll write on him my new name
Hold on to what you have until I come
I am coming soon
Hold on to what you have so that
No one will take your crown
Remember, therefore, what you
Have received and heard
Hold it fast
And repent
5. The Number Of A Man 4:38
The dragon stood on the shore of the sea
And I saw a beast coming out of the water
It had ten horns and seven heads
With ten crowns on its horns
On each head
A blasphemous name
People worshiped the dragon
And they also worshiped the beast
If anyone is to go
Into captivity, they will go
If anyone is to be killed
With the sword, they will be killed
Then I saw a second beast
Coming out of the earth
It had two horns like a lamb
But it spoke like a dragon
It performed
Great signs
It deceived the people
And also marked them
If anyone is to go
Into captivity, they will go
If anyone is to be killed
With the sword, they will be killed
Let the person who has insight
Calculate the number of the beast
For it is the number of a man
That number is 666
6. A New Heaven 5:48
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first ones had passed away
And there was no longer any sea
I saw the Holy City coming down out of heaven from God
Prepared as a bride dressed for her husband
And I heard a loud voice
From the throne saying
"Look! God's dwelling place is now
Among the people, and he will dwell with them"
He will wipe every tear from their eyes
There will be no more death or mourning
Or crying or pain
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal
Flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
Down the middle of the great street of the city, on each side of the river
Stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month
And the leaves
Of the tree
Are for the healing of the nations
No longer will there be any curse
The throne of God and of the Lamb
Will be in the city
And his servants will serve him
They will see his face
And his name will be on their foreheads
There will be no more night, for God will give them light
"Look, I am coming soon
The time is near
Let the one who does right
Continue to do right"
I didn't see a temple in the city
Because the Lord God
Almighty and the Lamb are its temple
The city does not need the sun or
The moon to shine on it
For the glory of God gives it light
On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there
Nothing impure will ever enter it, but only those whose names are in the book of life
7. Every Good Path 4:46
Out in the open wisdom calls aloud
She raises her voice in the public square
How long will you who are simple
Stick to your simple ways?
How long will you who are fools
How long will you hate knowledge?
On top of the wall she cries out
At the city gate she makes her speech
Repent at my rebuke!
Then I'll pour out my thoughts to you
Repent at my rebuke!
I'll make known to you my teachings
For the Lord gives wisdom
From his mouth come knowledge and understanding
He holds success in store for the upright
He is a shield to those whose walk is blameless
For he guards the course of the just
And protects the way of his faithful ones
They will live in safety and be at ease
Without fear of harm
They will understand what is right and just
And fair - every good path
Discretion will protect them
And understanding will guard them
But since they refuse to listen when I call
Since they disregard all my advice and do not accept my rebuke
Then they will call to me
But I will not answer
They will look for me
But they will not find me
Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the Lord
Since they would not accept my advice
They will eat the fruit of their ways
And be filled with the fruit of their schemes
For the Lord gives wisdom
From his mouth come knowledge and understanding
He holds success in store for the upright
He is a shield to those whose walk is blameless
For he guards the course of the just
And protects the way of his faithful ones
They will live in safety and be at ease
Without fear of harm
They will understand what is right and just
And fair - every good path
Discretion will protect them
And understanding will guard them
My Messenger (album)
May 8, 2020, Christian Metal Underground Records (CD, Digital)
July 6, 2020, Abran Records (Digital, 7" Vinyl)
It was also released independently by the owners of both Vision Of God and Abran on May 8, 2020.
1. Contempt For My Name 3:00
A son honors his father
And a slave his master
If I am a father
Where is the honor due me?
If I am a master
Where is the respect due me?
It is you priests who show
Contempt for my name
By offering defiled food
On my altar
By saying that the Lord's table
Is contemptible
2. Useless Fires 6:56
When you offer
Blind animals for sacrifice
Is that not wrong?
When you sacrifice
Lame or diseased animals
Is that not wrong?
Now plead with God
To be gracious to us
With such offerings from your hands
Will he accept you?
Oh, that one of you would
Shut the temple doors
So that you would not light
Useless fires on my altar!
I am not pleased with you
And I will accept no offering
From your hands
My name will be great among the nations
From where the sun rises to where it sets
In every place incense and pure offerings
Will be brought to me
Because my name will be great
Among the nations
But you profane it by saying
"The Lord's table is defiled"
And, "Its food is contemptible"
And you say
"What a burden!"
And you sniff at it contemptuously
Cursed is the cheat
For I am a great king
And my name is to be
Feared among the nations
And now, you priests
This warning is for you
If you do not listen
And if you do not resolve
To honor my name
I will send a curse on you
My name will be great among the nations
From where the sun rises to where it sets
In every place incense and pure offerings
Will be brought to me
Because my name will be great
Among the nations
For the lips of a priest
Ought to preserve knowledge
Because he is the messenger
Of the Lord Almighty
But you have turned from the way
And by your teaching have caused many to stumble
So I have caused you to be despised
Because you have not followed my ways
My name will be great among the nations
From where the sun rises to where it sets
In every place incense and pure offerings
Will be brought to me
Because my name will be great
Among the nations
3. A Refiner's Fire 5:15
Do we not all have one Father?
Did not one God create us?
Why do we profane the covenant
By being unfaithful to one another?
So be on your guard
And do not be unfaithful
You have wearied the Lord
With your words by saying
"All who do evil are good
In the eyes of the Lord"
And "He is pleased with them"
Or "Where is the God of justice?"
I will send my messenger
Who will prepare the way before me
Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking
Will come to his temple
The messenger of the covenant
Whom you desire, will come
Suddenly the Lord you are seeking
Will come to his temple
But who can endure
The day of his coming?
Who can stand
When he appears?
For he will be
Like a refiner's fire
He will be
Like a launderer's soap
He will sit as a refiner
And purifier of silver
Then the Lord will have men
Who will bring offerings
In righteousness
Acceptable to the Lord
As in days gone by
As in former years
I will send my messenger
Who will prepare the way before me
Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking
Will come to his temple
The messenger of the covenant
Whom you desire, will come
Suddenly the Lord you are seeking
Will come to his temple
But who can endure
The day of his coming?
Who can stand
When he appears?
I will send my messenger
Who will prepare the way before me
Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking
Will come to his temple
The messenger of the covenant
Whom you desire, will come
Suddenly the Lord you are seeking
Will come to his temple
But who can endure
The day of his coming?
Who can stand
When he appears?
4. A Scroll Of Remembrance 5:22
So I will come to put you on trial
I will be quick to testify
Against sorcerers
Adulterers and perjurers
Against those who defraud laborers
Of their wages
Who oppress the widows and the fatherless
And deprive the foreigners among you
Of justice, but do not fear me"
You have spoken
Arrogantly against me
Yet you ask
"What have we said against you?"
You have said
"It is futile to serve God
What do we gain by
Carrying out his requirements"
"Now we call the arrogant blessed
Certainly evildoers prosper
And even when they put God to the test
They get away with it"
You have spoken
Arrogantly against me
Yet you ask
"What have we said against you?"
Then those who feared the Lord
Talked with each other
And the Lord listened and heard
A scroll of remembrance
Was written in his presence
Concerning those who feared the Lord
And honored his name
And the Lord listened and heard
A scroll of remembrance
Was written in his presence
You have spoken
Arrogantly against me
Yet you ask
"What have we said against you?"
You have said
"It is futile to serve God
What do we gain by
Carrying out his requirements"
5. The Day Is Coming 6:02
On the day when I act
They will be my treasured possession
I will spare them
Just as a father has compassion
And spares his son who serves him
And you will
Again see
The distinction
Between the righteous
And the wicked
Between those who serve God
And those who do not
Surely the day
Is coming
It will burn
Like a furnace
All the arrogant
Will be stubble
And the day that is coming
Will set them on fire
You will see the distinction
Between the righteous
And the wicked
Between those who serve God
And those who do not
Surely the day
Is coming
It will burn
Like a furnace
All the arrogant
Will be stubble
And the day that is coming
Will set them on fire
Not a root or a branch
Will be left to them
6. The Sun Of Righteousness 5:09
For you who revere my name
The sun of righteousness
Will rise with healing in its rays
And you will go out and
Frolic like well-fed calves
Then you will trample on the wicked
They will be ashes under your feet
On the day
When I act
Remember the law
The decrees and laws I gave you
See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you
And you will go out and
Frolic like well-fed calves
Then you will trample on the wicked
They will be ashes under your feet
On the day
When I act
I will send the prophet Elijah to you
Before the great and dreadful day of the Lord comes
He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children
And the hearts of the children to their parents
And you will go out and
Frolic like well-fed calves
Then you will trample on the wicked
They will be ashes under your feet
On the day
When I act
7. Healing In Its Rays 2:22
8. In The Will 4:50
Viable Mutations: An Introduction To Abran Records Vol. 3 (split/compilation)
December 23, 2020, Abran Records (Digital)
2021, Abran Records (CD-R)
9. The Arbiter - A Refiner's Fire 5:13
Do we not all have one Father?
Did not one God create us?
Why do we profane the covenant
By being unfaithful to one another?
So be on your guard
And do not be unfaithful
You have wearied the Lord
With your words by saying
"All who do evil are good
In the eyes of the Lord"
And "He is pleased with them"
Or "Where is the God of justice?"
I will send my messenger
Who will prepare the way before me
Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking
Will come to his temple
The messenger of the covenant
Whom you desire, will come
Suddenly the Lord you are seeking
Will come to his temple
But who can endure
The day of his coming?
Who can stand
When he appears?
For he will be
Like a refiner's fire
He will be
Like a launderer's soap
He will sit as a refiner
And purifier of silver
Then the Lord will have men
Who will bring offerings
In righteousness
Acceptable to the Lord
As in days gone by
As in former years
I will send my messenger
Who will prepare the way before me
Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking
Will come to his temple
The messenger of the covenant
Whom you desire, will come
Suddenly the Lord you are seeking
Will come to his temple
But who can endure
The day of his coming?
Who can stand
When he appears?
I will send my messenger
Who will prepare the way before me
Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking
Will come to his temple
The messenger of the covenant
Whom you desire, will come
Suddenly the Lord you are seeking
Will come to his temple
But who can endure
The day of his coming?
Who can stand
When he appears?
10. The Arbiter - A Time For Everything 4:21
There is a time for everything
And a season
For every activity
Under the heavens
A time to be born and a time to die
A time to plant and a time to uproot
A time to kill and a time to heal
A time to tear down and a time to build
A time to weep and a time to laugh
A time to mourn and a time to dance
A time to love and a time to hate
A time to tear and a time to mend
I have seen the burden God has
Laid on the human race
He has made everything
Beautiful in its time
He has also set eternity
In the human heart
Yet no one can fathom what God has done
From beginning to end
I know that everything God does
Will endure forever
Nothing can be added to it
And nothing taken from it
God does it so that people will fear him
And God will call the past to account
God will bring into judgement
Both the righteous and the wicked
Gather The Exiles (album)
December 29, 2021, Abran Records (Digital)
May 12, 2022, Abran Records (CD-R)
1. The Day Of The Lord's Sacrifice 6:57
I will sweep away everything
From the face of the earth
Declares the Lord
I will sweep away both man and beast
I will sweep away the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea
And the idols that cause the wicked to stumble
When I destroy all mankind on the face of the earth
I will destroy every remnant of Baal worship
The very names of the idolatrous priests
Those who bow down on the roofs
To worship the starry host
Those who bow down and swear by the Lord
And who also swear by Molek
Those who turn back from following the Lord
And neither seek the Lord nor inquire of him
Be silent before the Sovereign Lord
For the day of the Lord is near
The Lord has prepared a sacrifice
He has consecrated those he has invited
On the day of the Lord's sacrifice
I will punish all
Who fill the temple of their gods
With violence and deceit
At that time I will punish those who are complacent
Who are like wine left on its dregs
Who think, "The Lord will do nothing
Either good or bad."
Their wealth will be plundered
Their houses demolished
Though they build houses
They will not live in them
The great day of the Lord is near
Near and coming quickly
The cry on the day of the Lord is bitter
That day will be a day of wrath
A day of distress and anguish
A day of trouble and ruin
A day of darkness and gloom
A day of clouds and blackness
I will bring such distress on all people
That they will grope about like those who are blind
Because they have sinned against the Lord
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them
On the day of the Lord's wrath
In the fire of his jealousy
The whole earth will be consumed
For he will make a sudden end
Of all who live on the earth
2. All You Humble Of The Land 3:20
Gather together
Gather yourselves together
You shameful nation
Before the decree takes effect
And that day passes like windblown chaff
Before the Lord's fierce anger
Comes upon you
Seek the Lord
All you humble of the land
You who do what he commands
Seek righteousness
Seek humility
Perhaps you will
Be sheltered
On the day
Of the Lord's anger
Seek the Lord
All you humble of the land
3. The Remnant 5:30
Then I will purify the lips of the peoples
That all of them may call on the name of the Lord
And serve him shoulder to shoulder
My worshipers, my scattered people will bring me offerings
On that day you will not be put to shame
For all the wrongs you have done to me
Because I will remove from you
Your arrogant boasters
But I will leave within you
The meek and humble
The remnant will trust
In the name of the Lord
They will do no wrong
They will tell no lies
A deceitful tongue
Will not be found in their mouths
Sing, shout aloud!
Be glad and rejoice with all your heart!
The Lord has taken away your punishment
He has turned back your enemy
The Lord is with you
Never again will you fear any harm
The Mighty Warrior who saves
He will take great delight in you
The Lord your God is with you
In his love he will no longer rebuke you
But will rejoice over you with singing
At that time I will deal
With all who oppressed you
I will gather the exiles
I will give them praise and honor
In every land
Where they have suffered shame
At that time I will gather you
I will bring you home
4. The Day I Died (Morphia cover) 5:56
As her eyes opened
By touch of the evening light
I just stood there mesmerized
Embraced by twilight
In the falling dusk nature subsides
Into the silence of the night
Her stunning beauty blinds my eyes
She cries
Was it a dream?
Was it reality?
Was it all inside of me?
Who is she?
And who am I?
She ran away into the night
She looked terrified
I will never forget her sights
And still I die, for her
...For her!
5. The Second Incarnation (Anaemia cover) 4:57
I'm dancing naked on the razor's edge, a subtile balance between life and death
The conflict within tears me apart
As the compromise, successfully is blinding my heart
My freedom, so precious, imprisoning me, becoming a slave of conformity
My mouth speaks words in emptiness that only reveals my heart's content
I renounce your way of dividance of the world in black or white
I deny your simplification that there's only wrong and right
I renounce your way of claiming, the right and absolute truth
Your fanatical intolerance to those who don't think like you
The nature of God, a mystery too true and deep for man to see
The life he gives us, a paradox, never to be understood
I pray for peace and guidance my true potential to be outbrought
I pray for truth in my life for Christ's incarnation in me
6. My Eternal Hunger (Cryptal Darkness cover) 7:22
My hunger for you grows inside me
Like an eternal fire burning inside my soul
I long to taste your flesh
I hunger for your warm blood
Into my darkness you bring light
Can I feel love once more
Or am I damned into emptiness
Where your touch I shall never feel
I am your servant
I would die for you one thousand times
For you no pain is stronger
Than the pain that tears at my heart...
You are all things pure, all things of God
I need you for you are my destiny, everything I desire
I bear not feel your warm blood on my cold flesh
You shall not feel my torment ever...
I am your servant
I would die for you one thousand times
For you no pain is stronger
Than the pain that tears at my heart...
Words can't describe my emotions
I no longer experience fear
Why did it come to this blind in our pain
The events of my life are before me
Birth lay the path towards death
The subsistence of my flesh condemned to rot
Our souls become one
Our pain washed away
In a storm of renewed hope
I feel you inside my mind
Together at last for eternity...
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