Cerberus Hunts

When the living make a mess, the old powers are awakened and unleashed to clean the slate. Cerberus Hunts is a dark symphonic death metal track about Cerberus leaving the gates of the underworld to hunt evil souls among the living. Commanded by Hades, the three-headed hound refuses at first—then concedes. This is balance restored through terror. 🎧 Genre: Symphonic death metal / Dark industrial / Cinematic doom 🎤 Vocals: Growled (Cerberus), baritone spoken-sung (Hades), clean mournful (bridge) 🏛️ Ancient Greek phonetic chorus included Created with the help of DEEPSEEK and SUNO. https://suno.com/s/KPp14MYwJzteqIXz Cerberus Hunts (lyrics) [Verse 1 – Cerberus hunts] The moon is a bone the sky has cracked— I taste the fear on the living’s track. Three throats, one hunger, no gate to keep— Hades sent me where the wicked sleep. They breathe. They lie. Their souls still warm. I am the calm before the storm. ________________________________________ [Verse 2 – Hades’ Visit] Hades: "Cerberus, son of Typhon's wrath, State your role and your blood-sworn path." Cerberus: "I guard the gate of the final breath. I lick no wounds. I make no death. The dead stay dead. The living stay out— That is my law, without a doubt." ________________________________________ [Chorus 1 – Hades commands, Cerberus refuses] Hades (Ancient Greek): "Ee-deh, Ker-veh-reh, keh-neen tax-in la-veh!" Hades: "Take the new order, Cerberus!" Cerberus: "No!" Hades: "Then feel the chains of Lethe's tide— Your memory burned, your teeth untied. Obey the crown or rot in stone." Cerberus questions: "...I hunt the living ?. Alone ?. Unknown ?." ________________________________________ [Verse 3 – Hades explains] "The living tip the scale with lies— Evil walks where justice dies. Bring them early, drag them down. Restore the balance, wear the crown. No gate to guard. No leash but mine. Your prey now walks the daylight line." ________________________________________ [Verse 4 – Cerberus explains] Cerberus: "I was made to watch, not chase— To keep the dead in their cold place. The living? Their filth? Their brief, hot breath? I will not be the hound of death—" Hades: "YOU ARE DEATH!" Hades: "I forged your jaws in Stygian fire. Refuse again? I'll drown your sire. You will hunt, or you will cease— No underworld. No bone. No peace." ________________________________________ [Chorus 2 – Cerberus concedes] Hades: "Ee-deh, Ker-veh-reh, keh-neen tax-in la-veh!" Cerberus: "...I take the new order." Hades: "Hunt the wicked. Break the liar. Cerberus walks in living fire." ________________________________________ [Bridge – Cerberus concedes] I was the lock. Now I am the key— The judge, the claw, the dread they'll see. No gate to guard, but a world to cleanse. Hades' will, my teeth, my amends. ________________________________________ [Outro – Cerberus hunts] In the darkness where the evil breed— I am the hunger, the shadow, the speed. No gate. No rest. No heaven's lie. Cerberus hunts… (whispered) …until they die. Of interest, the translation of the ancient greek words in the choros: εἶδε, κερβέρε, κηνὴν τάξιν λάβε (eide, kerbere, kenēn taxin labe). It translates to: "See, Oh Cerberus, take this order".