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Suidakra
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Current | |
Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Vocals, Guitars (1994-present), Keyboards (2000-present) |
Member(bands): Realms of Odoric, Arkadius Antonik, Fall of Carthage | |
Sebastian Jensen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) (2009-2010, 2018-present) |
Member(bands): Human Debris, Fall of Carthage (live) | |
Tim Siebrecht | Bass, Vocals (backing) (2012-2016, 2019-present) |
Member(bands): Sleeping Gods | |
Ken Jentzen | Bass (2018-2019), Drums (2019-present) |
Member(bands): Exit Smashed, Human Debris, Only Death Decides, Whoreship | |
Past | |
Christoph Zacharowski | Bass (1994-1998) |
Member(bands): Brutal Unrest | |
Stefan Möller | Drums, Vocals (1994-2000) |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards, Vocals (1994-2000) |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) (1996-2000, 2005-2007) |
Nills Bross | Bass (1998-1999) |
F.T. | Bass (1999-2001) |
Member(bands): Sabiendas, Goat of Mendes, Zarathustra, Irmingot (live) | |
Lars Wehner | Drums, Percussion, Vocals (backing) (2001-2018) |
Member(bands): Autumn Nostrum | |
Marcus Riewaldt | Bass (2002-2012) |
Member(bands): Arath, Autumn Nostrum, Deathtruction, Dysterwald, Equilibrium | |
Matthias Kupka | Guitars, Vocals (clean) (2004-2005) |
Member(bands): Emergency Gate, StormHammer, Still It Cries, Pussy Patrol, Sinnestäter, Wilde Jungs | |
Marius "Jussi" Pesch | Guitars, Vocals (backing) (2012-2018) |
Member(bands): Kingdom of Salvation, Ravage (live) | |
Jan Jansohn | Bass (2016-2018) |
Member(bands): All Will Know, Nothgard, Adorned Brood, Agathodaimon, Parasite Inc. (live), Opalessence | |
Past (Live) | |
Germano Sanna | Guitars (2001-2003) |
Member(bands): Elmsfire | |
Tim Siebrecht | Guitars, Vocals (clean) (2008-2009), Bass (2012) |
Member(bands): Sleeping Gods | |
Sebastian "Seeb" Levermann | Guitars, Vocals (clean) (2009) |
Member(bands): Orden Ogan, Nüpfelgard | |
Marius "Jussi" Pesch | Guitars, Vocals (backing) (2010-2012) |
Member(bands): Kingdom of Salvation, Ravage (live) | |
Sebastian Jensen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) (2011-2017), Bass (2017) |
Member(bands): Human Debris, Fall of Carthage (live) | |
Shir-Ran Yinon | Violin (2019) |
Member(bands): Ingrimm (live), New Model Army (live), The Eden House (live), Eluveitie (live), Cellar Darling (live) |
# | Discography | Type | Year | |
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1 | Dawn | Demo | 1995 | Show album |
2 | Lupine Essence | Full-length | 1997 | Show album |
3 | Auld Lang Syne | Full-length | 1998 | Show album |
4 | Lays from Afar | Full-length | 1999 | Show album |
5 | The Arcanum | Full-length | 2000 | Show album |
6 | Emprise to Avalon | Full-length | 2002 | Show album |
7 | Signs for the Fallen | Full-length | 2003 | Show album |
8 | Command to Charge | Full-length | 2005 | Show album |
9 | Caledonia | Full-length | 2006 | Show album |
10 | 13 Years of Celtic Wartunes | Video | 2008 | Show album |
11 | Crógacht | Full-length | 2009 | Show album |
12 | Book of Dowth | Full-length | 2011 | Show album |
13 | The Eternal Chronicles | EP | 2013 | Show album |
14 | Eternal Defiance | Full-length | 2013 | Show album |
15 | Realms of Odoric | Full-length | 2016 | Show album |
16 | Cimbric Yarns | Full-length | 2018 | Show album |
17 | Echoes of Yore | Full-length | 2019 | Show album |
Dawn
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Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Vocals, Guitars |
Christoph Zacharowski | Bass |
Stefan Möller | Drums |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Carlos Plachetta | Recording |
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1. | Sadness | ||
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2. | Hate to Love | ||
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3. | Dawn | ||
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4. | Temple of Sadness | ||
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5. | Funeral of the Beauty | ||
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6. | Internal Epidemic | ||
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7. | Sorrowful Season | ||
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Lupine Essence
Album versions
Release date | Label | Catalog ID | Format | Description |
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June 1997 | Independent | CD 01 | CD | |
2004 (Unofficial) | A.G.C. | MC 0040 | Cassette | |
November 20th, 2020 | MDD Records | CD | Remastered | |
November 20th, 2020 | MDD Records | Vinyl | Remastered |
Members | |
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Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Christoph Zacharowski | Bass |
Stefan Möller | Drums |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards, Vocals (female) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Torsten Pätzold | Recording |
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1. | Banshee | 04:39 | Show lyrics |
That is not dead which can eternal lie yet with strage aeons even death may lie (H.P. Lovecraft) I bewail my destiny a foible of mine but her voice tortures my mind I yearn for her bosom I fear her sway my eternal blemish is her embrace She whispers: chose a realm - these two are the preferred ones: Hell - where your soul reduces to ashes Heaven - where you’ll be drowned |
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2. | Dragon Tribe | 04:19 | Show lyrics |
Another dry mornin’ A summon song awakes The tribe of the dragon So desolate... He lurks on the hill with outstretched wings Watching for every false step The dragon tribe... Delusion of delight The little ones look up Dazed of the might The envy in their eyes See the all - mighty flight Grab a slice darkness When time is ripe The envy in their eyes See the all - mighty fight |
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3. | Heresy | 03:49 | Show lyrics |
Like the holy scripture said Satan fled from his prison He twisted the minds In the garment of the holy church Every fairy-tale has a wiff of truth Our scaffold is build on this I for one, a wife, the original sin sentenced me Depressed by a dogma, without a will In a land of cold, a princess of drearyness Flames are licking on my flesh, but I chill With their flesh so strong And a mind so weak A crusade for their god With a fond full of blood A silent enigma’s still untouched The gleam inside fades more and more Don’t fear the darkness, nor the scythe Then reason comes to fore Only darkness beared the light Incredulity bears the truth |
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4. | Sheltering Dreams | 03:19 | Show lyrics |
I felt asleep, with the raising moon Found myself born anew All my grief and all my pain Turns into glee (in another dream) Low whispering voices say Everything is a dream So sheltering dreams keep me alive I try to leave, I try to hide Can’t they hear my silent cry I cannot breathe in their light But a low voice whispers to me Nothing’s as it seems to be |
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5. | Havoc | 04:01 | Show lyrics |
Woe... when fear is our bridle Lost in the claws of decay Oh, Tomorrow’s a grinning skull That leads our way Sweet oblivion rocks us In a cradle of darkness Reel to the first tune In the crescendo of death Each delight becomes a jeering guilt Our mohters viscera sticks bleedin’ in our throat So we grunt and we belch without any dread Prelude the eventide of the tellural breed Just like a desease Our race increase Just like a noctural dream We’ll fade away one day Oh father tell me why The last flower died in my hands For castles in the air They burned down the ground And a hand full of dust For my life Hark! To our mothers scolding Discord is the harvest of greed Trust no pray into the emptiness Still havoc feasts ... on mankind |
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6. | Warpipes Call Me | 04:16 | Show lyrics |
So long he is gone With a pale servile face His way led right through A cold bloody haze His yell pierced the cold frosty mornin’ As he erased someone wicked with evil Chorus: So like millions before He died in his gore And those who survived Died in their minds But those who does not care Were dead before Who loves his sword Even loves war Four children he left behind With a mournin’ mother All their dreams return nevermore This hope is lost - killed in war Bridge Chorus |
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7. | ...and a Minstrel Left the Mourning Valley | 02:02 | instrumental |
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8. | Internal Epidemic | 03:15 | |
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29:40 |
Auld Lang Syne
Album versions
Release date | Label | Catalog ID | Format | Description |
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April 6th, 1998 | Last Episode | LEP 022 | CD | |
April 6th, 1998 | Last Episode | 007360 2 LEP | CD | |
1998 | Rocris Disc | ROC 007-10 | Cassette | |
2003 | Neon Knights | NK 152 | CD | |
2004 (Unofficial) | A.G.C. | MC 0038 | Cassette |
Members | |
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Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Christoph Zacharowski | Bass |
Stefan Möller | Drums |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards, Vocals (female) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Jörg Scheibner | Cover art |
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1. | Auld Lang Syne | 01:39 | instrumental |
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2. | Hall of Tales | 05:30 | Show lyrics |
There’’s darkness everywhere in the hall of time but a low glowing fire shines on lonly silhouettes nigh colums of chilliads with runes of fate scalds, bards and minstrels stare into the flames Their lonly voices soar into the silence like a glint into the feeble light some runes start to shine in silvery letters forgotten stories of ruins and never ending blight: Far away from now in sunken times a fair young maiden followed the wind a will - o’’- the - wisp led her astray into a vale of bleakness and grief Thousands of men - struck the marching tune so they died and she greets seeding tears and waiting for harvest Far away from now in sunken times a travelling lad followed an old path his thoughts stray constantly to the sky where elfs and wyverns fly his colleen by his side with so bright eyes shillelagh won’’t ever fly again Far away from now in sunken times an old bard sung with the wind the trees on an old path told him of a place his thoughts still long for A hall of ancient wisdom and lore in the eclipse of abandoned time: There’’s darkness ... |
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3. | A Menhirs Clay | 04:32 | Show lyrics |
For thousand aeons abiding the time so silent and mute the wind murmurs a tale The wise of yore evoked the spirits to see the arcanum but ay they failed A witness of wyverns elfs and sylvan glory a petrified story of ... ancient realms Lead: Arkadius Thy mind of stone a secret that accelerates The tides of time awaken by moonlight when a bard reminds a tale A fresh gale defeats my enchanted mind farewell to my delight but when the moon rises again in my dreams, I will fight Oh can you see the dancing shadows ? the fairy - ring right there behind the trees ? close your eyes ... |
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4. | And Another Cist Looms | 05:23 | Show lyrics |
So I reel away to a vale of cists in front of me endless buried names of forlorn games wilting I fall to the ground unable to reach the gate the stones on which he lain all knew his name Fare you well my mother I shall search your flames in the four winds of the land Fare you well my dear son Never forget the end I awake by moonlight under a lorn tree a forgotten might forces me to the sea By a lonly seashore a fair young naiad beholds me the spray whispers my name I laud her embrace, my wild young sea So In desperate longing I take my path unable to turn around a forgotten might lames my will But in my dreams I can hear her voice a flame in the dark a forgotten might makes me chill By a lonly tree a fair maiden beholds me Eyes of soil, a sylvan goddess her beauty lames my forlorn heart silently the stones whisper a name I laud her embrace like a fuddled bard So In desperate... By a bleak ghastly champaign a gibbous moon illuminates staring eyes in the wind burning like infernal blazes I will never laud her cold embrace But her flames calls my name |
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5. | An Dùdlachd | 02:31 | Show lyrics |
When the moon shines bright all leaves delight is to dance with the wind is to whisper in silence is to cover the world with a hint Low lie the fields of fright enchanted by the moon embosomed by night Our sillouhetles flow in the wind The wind calls a secret name and pale licking flames deride the rising night |
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6. | Tuatha dè Danaan | 04:43 | Show lyrics |
close all doors each eve when night descends never call their names there might be one attend Like changelings in the cradle of mundane reason they still roam at night so sure as the change of seasons Each morn silken mist asphyxiates this green deserted land the sea calls my name with its imperious voice each eve the roaring wind howls : you won’’t resist my sway this meagre soil derides me day by day Where is it , this sweet Mag Mell with its luscious laughter the sidhe in their hills sing of and embitters my life each story which gone astray on the wings of the wind rips my soul and my mind slowly apart Still there’’s a silver throne standing under each hill of the land it reigns over the realm of the night the kingdom in my mind |
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7. | Jeremiad | 01:38 | instrumental |
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8. | The Fall of Tara | 04:13 | Show lyrics |
I heard it from the coldest gale perpetually the kingdoms fail I tried to smile on this rebirth Oh purile sons of mother earth Shining pikes on a foggy brae the morning dew waits to shroud each tear in their bloody eyes when the foe of the land dies Clarion pipes, proudly marching men thousands hum to the battle drum (Forward! For the king and the crown!) A legend for each men who falls to the ground for each standing one a low lullaby desperation wields the sword, under a gonfalon of fear a glimpse of glorious days shine in a widowed tear I’’ve been called to fight for my royalty for my king at his right hand be a matter to my country I spill my blood out on this land And if I should die in this battle it’’s a noble thing I do And if I should be a hero then I will return to you The grace gave me my kingdom my only royalty now to raise my sword against a lord to protect my family So I’’ll fight for them tomorrow march in the name of Tara to see their children - parished by an enthralled soldiers sword |
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9. | Enticing Slumber | 06:21 | Show lyrics |
Emperious Mountains breathing pure frost Icewinds in pale crowns woodays into the... Melancolic realms cradle of soulless horde Howling in league with them a pact sealed wirh... Nocturnal ways - don’’t dare to follow Carnal prey on untrodden path... Lead: Arkadius Eye to eye surrounded by fear Enduring their breath eternal is the dark... Swirling black shapes in the unlight Unfold empyrium their traces are yours... |
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10. | Calm... | 02:33 | instrumental |
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Lays from Afar
Album versions
Release date | Label | Catalog ID | Format | Description |
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December 4th, 1999 | Last Episode | LEP 042 | CD | |
December 4th, 1999 | Last Episode | 5.7042.20.561 LEP | CD | Limited edition, Digipak |
December 9th, 2002 | Neon Knights | NK 006 | CD | |
2004 (Unofficial) | A.G.C. | MC 0039 | Cassette |
Members | |
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Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Guitars (lead, rhythm), Bass, Vocals (harsh) |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars (rhythm, acoustic), Vocals (clean), Tin whistle |
Stefan Möller | Drums, Vocals (backing) |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards, Vocals (female) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Andreas Schulz | Mastering |
Andy Classen | Producer, Mixing, Pre-mastering |
Gisela Schmidt | Photography |
Heinz Schuster | Layout, Design |
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1. | A Darksome Path | 04:35 | Show lyrics |
In a time of forgotten realms and whilom truth Noble kings and valiant men In a land where shades lurked in the dark Where at night tales began to rouse It was the dawn of the thousand fires When he stepped into the night Swearing to face all dusmay To dare the ancient mights Enthralled by a flickering glint That allured him to follow To a place where the realms entwine A gate to the other side (adistant light) Faint singing called him to step inside His eyes strayed aloft Willing to go towards his fate A last look to the sky When he passed the gate For ever and ay (for a year and a day) A wanderer lost in nowhere Never found a place to dwell Withersoever he fared Twilight shapes begged him to stay But the glinting stars Drowned all leathe Restless he hied afar |
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2. | Chants of Lethe | 04:31 | Show lyrics |
Oh, How well I remember the day Encircled by trees I was Grabbing Boughs and whispering fays Forced to walk on their elfin pathways Until they led me to a fount at last I watched into the starlit water And the lights began to whirl around Weird eyes glared at me My mind sabk into the fount Dark it was there on the ground But bright and graceful was the light Of the dancing water sprites Mute voices sang their songs profound Tunes frail as their wavy guise Enswathed me like a silken shine A glance on the flight of time To distant realms and stars Low laid the land of mine And their everlasting scars In the deepest depth there was fire and source entwined In days of yore and before It burned and flowed in our mind With eyes on the wings of time I saw the flames increase The fount fell down into lethe And within the silken shine Again I heard the singing fays Through the mist of time There is no believe Frail is the Pathway of dreams For all is drowned in chants of lethe Aye, I will remember the day Encircled by Trees I was Grabbing Boughs and whispering fays Forced to walk on their elfin path ways Here I saw how the days would last |
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3. | The Well of Might | 04:03 | Show lyrics |
So the days went by And only the wind and the rain were my companions A lot of stones laid on my path to the palace of snow and the king of fire... Majestic hights with flaming banners So giantly the king seemed to be forever lost A chilling audience for a man of noone Kneel to the king and his endless melting throne Under his crown a million creatures crawled A twisted tongue for a gesture of kindness Each glimpse made them turn to stone Their eyes like snow long for blindness ...so long in blindness For there is no way to change their chosen lot No chain of steel could bind them more My well of might is your well of sorrow give me your sight and leave behind tomorrow My son, he said, it`s better to reign in hell (Live`s a path of sorrow) Than to serve in heaven Woe betide him and his bleak eyes Words of truth from a head full of lies So my quest took me onward to a brighter way I wouldn`t rest here for frozen tears nor melting fears |
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4. | The Hidden Quest | 03:52 | Show lyrics |
Sudden the morn came Slowly the curtain rose Awe shone in his eyes Another light was born to rove With pinions of sorrow On winds of despair The beast appeared Some say it would never go away With eyes of morrow On stars of guidance He faced all fright His way a neverending night So he defied the lively waves Betrayed himself And the restless hieing winds Strong is the blade of hatred The desire of our desperate hope The serpent of grief Feeds virtue to it`s sateless breed High aloft the dragon flies The falcon has gone astray So nigh but also far away A cry above - the wyvern dies Blind eyes have broken the oath So far away but also close The awaited even came Slowly the curtain fell Awe shone in his eyes Another light still yearns to dwell His eyes full of sorrow And wounds of despair Bled immortal dreams Whispering of days of yore The guise in the mirror No more stars to guide It`s the beast he feared Now he knew it would never go away So he defied the eternal rock Buried himself Into the everlasting flame Strong is the blade of hatred The desire of our desperate hope The serpant of grief Feeds virtue to it`s sateless breed High aloft the dragon flies The falcon has gone astray So nigh but also far away A cry above - the wyvern dies Blind eyes have broken the oath So far away but also close |
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5. | Morrigan | 03:49 | Show lyrics |
Once, on another weary day of mine Just when the sun began to fondle mother earth On a hill I stood to behold this crimson embrace A stricken field to my feet (under bloody mist) Myriad hollow staring eyes Wrapped in red clouds The corvine goddess appeared Emptiness filled my mind Fervid thoughts crawled suddenly into me... Morrigan - three faced goddess dark and wild For thee I`ll raise my sword and shield Morrigan - grimest crow beneath the sky May the eyes of thousands please thy raging greed Come forth now grimest crow Thou cry shall shatter earth and sky ...Like a shrieking carnyce... In thy shadow I shall stand forevermore I send thee hail and eternal troth... Night descended and the stars within my eyes Cleared my mind and aflamed my heart I flee thy corvine ire Morrigan - three faced goddes dark and wild For thee they rose their swords and shields Morrigan - grimest crow beneath the sky May the eyes of thousands please thy raging greed - but not mine... |
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6. | Peregrin | 01:24 | Show lyrics |
Fly aloft Leave All Ground behind Your cradle below the winds of Life will be in days to come your grave |
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7. | Wasted Lands | 04:35 | Show lyrics |
Tireless I faced my way The flames still burned To see the stars and dales My heart still yearned for Surrounded by bleakness Osseous trees seemen to Seize the silence A plain of ruins winds of dust tried to enshroud All Remembrance A doleful figure cowered At the heart of this wasted lands his bowed head a mere skull the yield of dust in his hands " I dwell beyond all fear and here in my liefeless claw shall grow your given seed the everlasting flaw " On the ground of his eyes I saw a child drowned in fear In the deep he beheld the airy play Of those who can fly while fear turned into hate Woe betide him and his tainted eyes Seeds of despair won`t grow with tears of dust So I left this wilted man and his vale of woe To Resume my own path of dole |
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8. | Strayed in Nowhere | 04:19 | Show lyrics |
The moon passed his realm oh many times Restless he hied to the caress of the sea Sylphlike lights in the dark with alluring voices So many stars I`ve never seen So I cursed each day And it`s joyful sneer And in nights of fear I saw their darksome shapes of light I hied with the wind Won`t ever dree my weard Endless width of splendour But my thoughts stood dear Strayed in nowhere Some inner tide Made me long afar To an aim beyond all sight (Is there no one to guide me) Through this endless maze Where are the stars and dales ? Where is my way home ? Oh where am I ? Strayed in nowhere... To and fro I went in my sleep But each step brought me closer to my last Standing stones glared at me with fathomless eyes Assuring me that I am lost Sylphlike lights in the dark with alluring voices So many stars I`ve never seen Each a one called me to rest Until I hear the banshees lonely caoine |
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9. | Airne | 01:08 | instrumental |
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10. | Lays from Afar | 04:35 | Show lyrics |
Countless seemed to be the days Until his return Ceaseless semmed to be his way But still the thousand fires burn So he beheld one day His long - desired journeys end Still the singing called him to stay Oh, it was the place where it all began Strange eyes looked up As he stepped into the light All friends were gone ( he`s still alone ) Betrayed by the course of time ( He`s lost in time ) "From afar I come - in place ans in time I saw the strongholds of the old ones Once I sat here by a fire My heart in flames but now they`re waned and gone" Calm spread out it`s wings and his hoar voice Pierced the night and the light inside of them Deep were his words, the songs to sang And long his story to tell But each a word would be carved deep in their minds Now the alst words are said And slowly dawns a new day The guise of the wise fades away Aye, they should remind the words And the things they saw As a stranger sang for them his lays from afar |
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11. | Foggy Dew (Irish traditional cover) | 01:18 | Show lyrics |
As down the glen one Easter morn to a city fair rode I There Armed lines of marching men in squadrons passed me by No pipe did hum, no battle drum did sound its dread tattoo But the Angelus Bell o’er the Liffey’s swell rang out in the foggy dew |
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The Arcanum
Album versions
Release date | Label | Catalog ID | Format | Description |
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September 4th, 2000 | Last Episode | LEP 056 | CD | |
2001 | Irond Records | IROND CD 01-40 | CD | |
2002 | Moon Records | IROND CD 01-40 | Cassette | |
2003 | Neon Knights | NK 153 | CD | |
July 29th, 2011 | AFM Records | AFM 379-2 | CD | Remastered |
Members | |
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Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards |
F.T. | Bass |
Stefan Möller | Drums |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Andreas Schulz | Mastering |
Gisela Schmitz | Photography |
Andy Classen | Producer, Recording, Mixing |
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1. | Wartunes | 04:50 | Show lyrics |
Cold and lifeless lay the plains of lore Until finally silently a spirit evoke And timeless clansmen rose By the sound of the old Celtic tunes of war Rise... And feel the deadly breeze The scent of burning flesh For my blade thirsts for Another war Curse of the might to take Oh it`s a human bane To fan the fires To cause an higher aim Here we stand Brothers in war From the four Winds of the land High on the hills We stay proud and brave For Freedom is a right And serfdom a grave Death to our foes... War!!! Legions of greed Of fire and light A thousand pikes Fight as one man Stormlike enraged They fight `till they die The one to enthrall The other to survive |
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2. | To Rest in Silence | 05:35 | Show lyrics |
Fear his words creating worlds for now and ever a living memory Holding the crown he reigns all alone one man, one will but no destiny Straight through the memories of woe into the fields of buried glee here the wilting dreams below source and ending of this story Fall down to your knees to adore the lie Fill the power and right to reign in violence time and failure have sharpened our mind disarmed and voicless it finally has to rest in silence Hear the tales of thousands and one death of revange and wreath see the veils which cover our mind silently making us blind Silentium est aurum step back to where it once began silentium est aurum the adornment in our requiem So die in lies... He`s creeping through the dephts of living holding out until the end no remorse and no forgiving all he learned is to pretend |
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3. | Dragonbreed | 03:58 | Show lyrics |
Somewhere in time along the trace Of decay to a darker land Exchange the mystery with human tragedy A regal path to an dead end Streams of fire from the eldest time They merge right here To pour the seeds of Death Their sight and breath An anthem to the kill To finally pass the crown To the emptiness Oh here it lies, veiled in madness On the edge of sanitys precipice Oh here they fly, on shadow wings Eternity echoes of their cries Worship the tempest Feel the rapture of almightness To burn out and fall For their triumphal call Here is the darkest creature Reality ever beared Full of hate and wrath An herold of death For the dragonbreed Has grown in ashes They bear the evil seeds To fulefill the curs ...To ravage the earth |
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4. | Rise of Taliesin | 05:51 | Show lyrics |
See the winter is coming Falling leaves dance to a silent tune I`ll take their hands I`ll make them stand When they`re all alone Years passed and the dawn of light Spread through time to leave tales behind The Queen of witches Gathered the wisdom For a year and a day Gwion takes care of the cauldron The spell is broken Flown into the youth They`re hunting and chasing Through the hills and braes The queen of witches swallowed the young lad So in year and a day Taliesin the wise rose from the dead [Chorus:] Praise the one who breaks the circle The one who dyes all grey away Laud the army of dwarves and elves Companions for the final day Now see the man in legends veiled A wise, a brave, of fortune hailed Now hear the man and his flaming rhyme Divinely anthems for glorious times The king of mortal And the source of wisdom For a year and a day Taliesin`s the guard of the cauldron [Chorus] |
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5. | Last Fortress | 04:08 | Show lyrics |
A petrified spell here where the stormwinds yell the crown of the reef and the land it defies High and statly the claw of the sea reach for the stars to distant skies Rising worlds behind my closed eyes a kingdom an island in an ocean of decay falling through ages my curse and delight to escape for a while the bleak neon light Taste of life is bitter sometimes so take your heart and your mind to bury it somewhere tear your soul apart sometimes when the main is roaring hear them moan to fall awake fighting with persistant power the joy of someone is the otherones sake |
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6. | Gates of Nevermore | 04:18 | Show lyrics |
Time changes while we forge our fate passing the gates We set fire betrayed our past in the Illusion that nothing will last [Chorus] See, the night is alight with our stateless flames we killed our gods buried their names Thousands of years filled up our lore while we`re marching through the gates of nevermore A heir to the crown roams all alone the blade of enlightment banished the shades lost in a maze, in a dreamless embrace oblivion - the tomb of our three fates All glittering wonders are finally shrouded lying wasted under a brocken spell our gods at the sky only fire and rock all beauty must die - wecome to hell [Chorus] |
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7. | Serenade to a Dream | 02:40 | instrumental |
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8. | The Arcane Spell | 04:53 | Show lyrics |
Enter the circle Banish all fright - of the night Shadows whirl around Hunting and chasing the remained light Fall into the darkness Severed of reality Sable spirits dance around Laughing at your velleity They arouse all secret fears The innermost blemish Another phantom born in light Changes to the other side And through a maze Of howling images Through times of old Lies the arcanum unfold Attacked by discord Which devours your heart Crawl in despair To follow the light Aberrant mind Paralysed by fear Another soul is struck With the burden of sight Seasons of fire and ice Rise from the past into life Companions of reality Guardian of our time Memories of misery Shall be our sword and shield [Lead: Arkadius] |
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9. | The One Piece Puzzle (Skyclad cover) | 05:15 | Show lyrics |
Pick up the fragments and piece them together Tell me do you like what you’ve found? Are your thoughts like the earth spinning round? Existence is pure pantomime Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Trapped in a world I no longer feel part of Each day is a thorn in my side Though I’ve carried my cross - worn my heart on my sleeve Still deep inside something has died. If men have a sell-by-date I’ve just reached mine Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Well I just can’t believe that it’s happened again Always knew that it would - just a matter of when A lie was the last straw on this camels back And just like Lot’s wife I could never look back. So maybe the reason I act so estranged Is you still dream of him, it’s you that has changed. No method to madness - no raeson to rhyme Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Well I just can’t believe that it’s happened again Always knew that it would - just a matter of when A lie was the last straw on this camels back And just like Lot’s wife I could never look back. So maybe the reason I act so estranged Is you still dream of him, it’s you that has changed. If men have a sell-by-date I’ve just reached mine Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? |
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41:28 |
Emprise to Avalon
Album versions
Release date | Label | Catalog ID | Format | Description |
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July 26th, 2002 | Century Media Records | 77316-2 | CD | |
July 26th, 2002 | Scarecrow Records | SC02051 | CD | Digipak |
March 19th, 2003 | M&I Company Ltd. | MYCP-30187 | CD | Japan |
2004 | Fono Ltd. | FO430CD | CD | |
2010 | Wacken Records | SAOL 037 | CD | |
2014 | Fono Ltd. | FO1088CD | CD | Remastered |
July 25th, 2014 | AFM Records | AFM 513-2 | CD | Remastered |
Unknown (Unofficial) | Limited Edition | 77316-2 | CD |
Members | |
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Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars (lead, rhythm, acoustic), Bass, Keyboards, Songwriting (tracks 1-4, 6-9) |
Lars Wehner | Drums, Percussion, Songwriting (tracks 1, 4, 8) |
Guest/Session | |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars (electric, acoustic), Tin whistle, Vocals (clean), Lyrics, Songwriting (tracks 1, 3-6, 8, 9) |
Tim Siebrecht | Vocals (backing) (tracks 1, 4) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Schösch Classen | Producer, Engineering |
Ulf Horbelt | Mastering |
Torsten Reitmeier | Photography |
Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Co-producer |
Marcel Schoenen | Co-producer |
Sven Nawrath | Songwriting (track 5) |
Andy Classen | Producer, Engineering |
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1. | Darkane Times | 05:47 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Now the seal is broken which captured all misery while dark hands of fate fulfilled the augury The script of this tragedy Now lies in my hands I read the lines, realize the signs how the story ends The High King is dead struck by his vision greater than men It`ll spread out through time... an eternal rhyme - sic transit gloria mundi - A challenge between darkness and light Medraut and his clansmen of terror A discordant soul burnt the seed with voices of blight Take my hand I`ll be your guide On the battlefield of wrath Read my mind I´ll show you the light Birth of a vision sealed by your death I am Taliesin with swordlike words the rhyme for reason and truth against the world Solo: Arkadius I am Merlin a fiction with chanting spells a herold of fate I am Myrddin the link to reality a sage, a wizard an everlasting mystery A threefold existence in a darkane time I am now and forever A futile persistance between me and life Lasting since auld lang syne... |
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2. | Dinas Emrys | 01:53 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Hear my words Earl of Gwent I am the fatherless one Drain the lake and rouse the dragons Take my blood Yon stronghold will never stand For the hour of doom is rung See the dragons rise into the air They`ll be figting sore and long For a wise man will come to take the crown When even the house Of romulus fell His final fate No seer can foretell There`s a greater place Beyond the realms of lethe There`s a flaming trace in our heart When a memory becomes myth |
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3. | Pendragon’s Fall | 05:31 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Oh, remembering the words The vision of the sage He summoned all the heathen breed A black hearts dream of a new age Taint and vicious life he cried Strongest of his kind Shattered by a fateful might A carnal spell devoured his fiery mind Distrust and treason The strong will survive Is no virtue of reason While the whole land is moaning Oh, who`s worth to be king Revange! Hunt the king of Cornwall down The troops will march For they adore the cauldron All is fading to ashes, turning to war Oh, all you woeful warriors For yon weakness`ll never be strength Cold and fearless you adore The lies of a madman right till the end And in a night of roaming shadows With a spell on his face He seduced the unaware widow Oh what murderous embrace So fate took its course With less rhyme than reason War and hate Will bear brighter days The night passed Its crown to the king of dawn This dream will last Till the day This new kingdom will come |
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4. | The Highking | 04:00 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: I am the boar I took the head of bran Which kept the land so secure So hunt the godless Heathen host And dignity improves our valor Rise all you honest warriors Close the lines - fight with one hand Life is short and memories`ll last Fate itself cast us into war Years and tears of war have passed Camelot grew out of blood Truth and virtue reign side by side The night passed into light But not in my mind... Medrawt: I am the shadow of discord The void of lust Unaware begot in sin The nameless lord of distrust The shades`ll grow stronger Tainting all your joyful minds A coward creeping enemy Silently strikes you blind Arthur: Dark Lord of Orkney, scourge of lot My song of doom is also thine Caliburn`s my strength, Gwynhwyvar my shield My fate and task lays beyond time |
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5. | The Spoils of Annwn | 01:48 | Show lyrics |
Through the unnatural silence rose a moan, As if from the very Earth itself. As it rose in volume it also rose in pitch, Until it was clear that it issued from the Standing stones of Salisbury plain. Inoxarably the sounds crescendoed into the Shrieking wail of the druids. While they turned to stone... |
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6. | The Quest | 05:19 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: Still the giants dance at salisbury plain Still my spirit wanders to reach this higher aim Straight to foreign shores of distance we call the gods for a quest of truth and wisdom As long as you see the giants dance My spirit wanders through the land Gwalchmei: Led by the strength of bran and the timeless kings of Avalon The four winds of the land I will strive for the caldron Bedwyr: Led by the swiftness of winds I will wander through the farest glens My sentence is my deed Is there a view of sense unknown? Arthur: Craving for some armament to outlast this cold royal path I can hear them call The king must fall Strayed by the four winds Over the land and far away through the dark and cold Hear my song of grief but there`s a tune that gone astray while the world grow old Menw: Each tone that ever met the wind finally reaches Math and so me sight and breathless I am believe and trust is a value for the weak |
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7. | And the Giants Dance... | 05:13 | Show lyrics |
Am I not worthy of fame and song for ever, In the four-cprnerend castle in the island of the strong door, Where twighlight and pitchy darkness meet together, And bright wine is the drink of the host ? Thrice enough to fill Arthur`s ship we crossed the waters. None but seven returned from the castle of the rulers, None but seven returned from Caer Rigor. I allow the kings of the story little honour That beyond the glass castle saw not the prowess of Arthur. Three-score hundrets arrayed along those ramparts With their watchmen we could scarce confer. Thrice enough to fill Prydwen we went with Arthur. None but seven returned from the castle of treasure, None but seven returned from Caer Colur I will not allow much praise to those of drooping courage. They know not on what day the ruler arose, Nor in what hour of the serene day the owner was born, Nor of what kind was his silver-headed beast. Ah, when we went with Arthur, mournful the memory, None but seven returned from Caer Ochren |
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8. | Song of the Graves | 05:12 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: "Shades`ll grow stronger" a dark voice calls out of the past Minds too weak to with stand to divide higher thoughts from barren lies Here I stand on the plain while dark forces gather around me hear the lament of the corvine goddess a sullen croon of my destiny The air resounds a song of doom all is lost only cairns will last Oh they`ll remain as a mute testemony to the valor of men who proudly defied the will of fate led by a vision to a bitter end Come on - you creatures of war and hate leader of the weak taste the steel of my blade Stouthearted I stand face to face with the darker side of mine well aware of my decline M y r d d i n: So here the story ends with trembly letters On this fateful script the kings herald brought to me Misery is a child of bliss and so the circles close to finally vanish into a haze of mystery All this I witnessed and even more as time passed by I saw the sons of romolns fall the one god rise and coldness survive ANOETH BID BET Y ARTHUR (A secret The Grave Of Arthur) |
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9. | Still the Pipes Are Calling | 05:17 | Show lyrics |
A nameless warrior: So long he is gone With a pale servile face His way led him through A cold bloody haze His yell pierced the cold ghastly morning As he raised his sword to fight evil So like millions before He died in his gore And those who survived Died in their minds For those who failed to care Were dead before Who loves his sword even loves war Four children he left behind With a mournin`mother All their dreams return nevermore Their world got lost - killed in war There on the field, with dew on his eyes His empty face stared up to the sky One final breath curses his foes No blessing for his beloved ones |
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40:00 |
Signs for the Fallen
Album versions
Release date | Label | Catalog ID | Format | Description |
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July 28th, 2003 | Century Media Records | 77435-2 | CD | |
2003 | Fono Ltd. | FO278CD | CD |
Members | |
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Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars, Keyboards |
Marcus Riewaldt | Bass |
Lars Wehner | Drums |
Guest/Session | |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Mike Bohatch | Cover art |
Andy Classen | Producer |
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1. | Revenant | 05:05 | Show lyrics |
I’m back again With wounds still fresh Though lacking blood I’ll walk, I’ll reign this World again I’m back once more With no fear but the scar Of a craven arrow Your years are mine: A brotherly alliance involves countless things Sometimes even the treason and the tragedy Your eyes still mirror The same thought of ignorance That’s why I’m here And what I bring to you Is just a bitter consequence That was called for By the voice of deceit A slight wind calls For a thunderstorm Called from within The hands of betrayal lead by a sightless eye Causing a clash of spaces and times Bow and arrow - a unit torn apart Forcing asunder spirit, body and heart No sharp eye sees through bone Better break it up to know that is inside Crack it up and stare inside To detect, to understand And feel what is behind it all Causes that lie behind In the end With no fear but the scar Of a broken arrow These years were mine: For I resolved a higher wish The sweetest consequence That one is to draw And one has to bear Like two sides Of shadows and glows Call for the twilight Called from within |
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2. | Crown the Lost | 04:36 | Show lyrics |
True belief in fiction Dominate the weak Free to choose the way of death Fall on your knees and creep Die with no remorse Blind to different views For all your reasons To die for and to kill Ain’t strong enough To be in a lifetime fulfilled Paralysed and broken Cries out of the dust Out of new-born ruins Shrouded under pain and tears Crown the lost Enthrone the dead Run in circles Through the curse of revenge Do you see that matters change? If there’s a god - out there A cause of chaos - and beauty If we stand face to grace - naked and bare Like a beast of pain and cruelty If there’s a higher state - anywhere I am the ground: What is a tree without roots No more than a thought without any doubts True belief in fiction Dominate the weak Free to choose the way of death One last breath for the divinity Die with no remorse Blind to different views If there’s a way to seek Fall on your knees and creep |
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3. | Threnody | 01:42 | instrumental |
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4. | Trails of Gore | 04:35 | Show lyrics |
On wings as black as madness’ veil A spark bursts Into flames of wasting rage Trembling voices spread the word Revenge! Strength and honour Will guide me through Darker days And noble ways Prevail to lead Through darker hours Of strength and honour An error in the web of fate Aftershock A curse, a prayer bears the storm Afterlife Oh vengeance will be mine Oh a memory in a thoughtless time Limbs that turn in secret signs Whip the night - and seek their prayer And a voice of steel Calling so bright and so cold Peeling rotten souls - out of their flesh Hate break loose! Free my soul Death is no more when Peace is forged in bleeding fire Breeding winter of the heart Grim blood roars in feathered veins Leaves me to fading reign of ashes Crowed with soil and pain A cry of war, beyond the grave Trails of gore lead my way For a crimson leaf we paid In countless thorns And a new age is born |
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5. | The Ember Deid | 00:21 | Show lyrics |
Sae the mindin In yer heid Unrowes afore yer een Frea hours o’sweet yestreen Aye the ember deid In monie a heid Fare ye well I’m pertin away |
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6. | When Eternity Echoes | 02:02 | Show lyrics |
So all becomes one In a reel of disharmony The cause and the witness At least a memory Truly life is a weaving of misery Only drawn by single threads Of fortune |
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7. | Signs for the Fallen | 05:37 | Show lyrics |
Blessed by the blind For their conscience won’t collide With cruelty of sanity And the prophetic signs In the book of life For the threat of fortune Is to lose it all In the arms of Morpheus Close your eyes - never awake Stand in line for your chance Do you see the signs for the fallen It’s a human bane The highest tribute to advance For the threat of fortune Is to lose it all A cannon thunder Cracks in the air Widows weep for The fallen ones War and plunder Becomes the legal force Of a new age To set a sign for freedom War and failed words Entwine in inhumanity No blood stains my hand But the land is covered With broken trust And impaled enemies No hordes from hell But lurking madness The army of the damned Under the sign of kindness Here is your golden age With high aims and twisted words Forming a new dimension Beyond right and wrong Blessed be the blind For their conscience won’t collide |
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8. | Dimorphic | 04:20 | Show lyrics |
To heal the state of dimness I cast the blame To the burden of life It’s perpetuation - all the same To unfold the splendour And within the stain To replicate myself I succeed to fail Lies and chains Are a part of the machine Perception changes To fall apart from me Like a hydra in a maze Decisions are doomed to fail Demented and depraved I bite our own trail Our tellural ground - infested Even disease - lay wasted No place for wonders - insatiate Child of fire - kin of fate Now swallow the light Oblivion has the clearest conscience Take all your fright For serenity is a life sentence |
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9. | Bound in Changes | 08:50 | Show lyrics |
No prophet of doom For a world in decline Separate my will from my dead No legend of fate For the flight of time But a lost horizon beneath my feet I am here but absent A mask behind my face Time passes by Leaving faint and hollow days At strife with my fate I try to roll my stone Up to a mount of higher gains Where’s the void I’m spinning around Fate itself amounts it all To the same thing Lost in the toils of life Content and depraved Another phantom rises To fill the void with lies I can hear the voices gather A roundelay of decadence Increase to battle cries Lost in a void of lies And darkness rises In the end of all craving There’s no golden age For misery and hope severs a thin line That strives for the unknown truth and lie combines To reveal the final cost Rise to fall again Bound in changes The burden of life Is to curse the ages unborn Born to plough A lonely furrow There’s no ground I’m forced to be bound Might and darkness Mourning in silence Careworn souls Are falling through time Blind and mindless Longing for guidance Careworn souls Are caught in their mind |
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10. | A Vision’s Demise | 05:09 | Show lyrics |
Drown the last discord To afford a sense of satisfaction Dissecting the past To avoid yourself For a next injection Of a faked life My vision’s demise Confusing images Of lust and frustration A collapse of taste And imagination Where’s the matter Of being enslaved Life was his prison The moments his grave My mind is caught but gone astray In a white noise melody Dazed by the reflecting stars But chased by the changes which never come Cry for the moon Shed a tear For what you’ve become Lament and croon Of all your fears For all changes undone Hollow words Of a broken mind Curse your mind For a mental burn out For me I am The cause and witness With reflecting eyes A harlequin of sadness Drown the last discord To afford a sense of satisfaction Dissecting the past To avoid yourself For a next injection Of a faked life For a last injection Of my faked life |
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42:17 |
Command to Charge
Album versions
Release date | Label | Catalog ID | Format | Description |
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April 25th, 2005 | Armageddon Music | AMG 018-0 | CD | Digipak, Enhanced |
April 25th, 2005 | Locomotive Records | LM 337 | CD | Digipak, Enhanced |
2005 | Irond Records | IROND CD 05-1030 | CD | Enhanced |
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Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars |
Lars Wehner | Drums, Percussion |
Marcus Riewaldt | Bass, Lyrics (tracks 1, 2) |
Matthias Kupka | Vocals (clean) |
Guest/Session | |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean), Lyrics, Songwriting (tracks 5, 8) |
Axel Römer | Highland bagpipes |
Sandro Martinez | Guitars (lead) (tracks 1, 2, 4, 12) |
Tina Stabel | Vocals (lead) (track 12) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kai Swillus | Cover art |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing |
Michael Schwabe | Mastering |
Friedrun Reinhold | Photography |
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1. | Decibel Dance | 04:15 | Show lyrics |
If you take a modest look at us You’ll never see what we see A tragedy that’s still unseen We will always do what we want to It ain’t a monophonic world Never hear what we hear Wartunes from a past decade Try to dance to the sound of today The future holds a silence yet Do you dare take the next step? Trapped in deaf frequencies Better dance to the sound of today The decibel dance demands bleeding feet A broken neck, scarred back Familiar voice with a decent tone But the words we speak burn Even more than the sun There’s a difference Between what we say And what you understand In your own way Just like you We’re not going with the flow For the wild river Is changing it’s course For no one knows For ourselves and nothing more That’s what we are standing for Don’t you try to prove us wrong This is the sound of today The decibel dance demands bleeding feet A broken neck, scarred back Familiar voice with a decent tone But the words we speak burn Even more than the sun Nothing exists Until it’s discovered and classified Experience the whole as one |
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2. | C14_Measured by Infinity | 05:17 | Show lyrics |
Like a white desert Crying out her noise I see myself diving into the hills I’ll show you my toxic void One step behind, I live my lie The golden decade just passed by Will I ever seize the day? When infinity is left beyond all borders And neither all nor nothing is gone Who is there to guide my hand? ’Cos mine is always clenched in a fist When it starts again I’ll keep my eyes shut When infinity is left beyond all borders And neither all nor nothing is gone What should I expect to come, When my view is so obscured? To join the essence To set my soul free To break down Into my sea of dead passions I see myself diving into the hills Of a white desert I’ll show you my toxic void One step behind, I live my lie The golden decade just passed by Will I ever seize the day? When divinity refused to obey my order In the end all and nothing was gone Who was there to guide my hand? ’Cos mine is always clenched in a fist When it starts again I’ll keep my eyes shut What should I expect to come, When my view is so obscured? To join the essence To set my soul free To break down |
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3. | Haughs of Cromdale | 00:28 | instrumental |
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4. | The Alliance | 04:14 | Show lyrics |
Demons to some angels to other Embrace the crimson nightwinged sea Mortality we left behind Pierced on a column of frozen blood Brought forth by humble gliding fingers We break the seal, inflame your soul A needle waits for every pore We can’t escape this anymore Blinded hollow eyes alone Cast out so violently sweet Can you see the fondling light That howls within the veins of hell Deities of pain we are A chain of mortal fate Bearing promises on skinless tongues Deities of pain we are A wrath you can’t escape Hearing promises but it won’t change The alliance By chain and thorn we lead your path Which you will crawl on bleeding knees With fear and pain bare existence Whatever might be left of you Demons to some angels to other Embrace the crimson nightwinged sea Mortality we left behind Pierced on a column of frozen blood Deities of pain we are A chain of mortal fate Bearing promises on skinless tongues Deities of pain we are A wrath you can’t escape Hearing promises but it won’t change The alliance And so eternally we lurk In a faceless, breeding scenery And wait for the spawn in your veins A sore heart is to be strained |
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5. | A Runic Rhyme | 01:49 | Show lyrics |
Faded words once building So silent woeful memories They gather their dreams so pale In a runic rhyme Could time tell a story of cold nights And mystic tales Which shone so bright Could time tell of feelings Which soared to heights And fell to forlorn visions |
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6. | Second Skin | 04:50 | Show lyrics |
Hide the door There’s no place beyond Who will follow Until all is gone Along the floor Of carpet flames There lies the truth The silent name of all Cold eyes staring Into my innermost fears Shadows glaring Into sweet oblivion A place so black With shades of white A stronghold where I can hide Where all reins of life - fall from my grasp - This clarion call makes me shiver in fear - it seals my curse - The candle fades In a lapse of light It flickers bright Denying the darkness Will it ever change? Weak and frail Like wilting memories We cry for the first light And silently die in fear Cold eyes staring Into my innermost fears Shadows glaring Into sweet oblivion A place so black With shades of white Where all reins of life - fall from my grasp - This clarion call makes me shiver in fear The candle fades In a lapse of light It flickers bright Denying the darkness |
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7. | Reap the Storm | 04:26 | Show lyrics |
Still it stands With roots anywhere In the soil of time At the bottom of my life Accursed to suffer Obliged to pain I’m falling deeper Imperious and final I’ll take you with me When I hit the ground There’s no deeper consequence No higher destiny We walked this path so many times Again and again Oh I can’t deny it There’s no deeper consequence No higher destiny In the end It testifies my strength My power to sustain this suffering Die by my hand For the sons you’ve killed before I’m the scourge of thunder The harvester of storms Welcome the end In an embrace of fire In the end It testifies my strength My power to sustain this suffering Accursed to suffer Obliged to pain I’m falling deeper Imperious and final I’ll take you with me When I hit the ground There’s no deeper consequence No higher destiny Still it stands With roots anywhere In the soil of time At the bottom of my life We walked this path so many times Again and again Oh I can’t deny it There’s no darker seed No brighter fate Than the ways of time In the circles of hate |
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8. | Gathered in Fear | 04:33 | Show lyrics |
Distant is the time Of which I speak Open was my heart On that wild day For all has come to pass away When the haze dares the wind And the sand the rising tide Just a castaway in your dream All alone we’re gathered in fear Moments so precious in their pain They rush through my heart I was facing the end full of fear And it tore a part of me (A voice said) Welcome to the night To grief and sorrow Where the fire of life shines so bright And we crave for the morning Farewell to the light Where oblivion reigns The streams of time Peer through this cold haze While it battles this gale Where a moment so pale Gives a glance over this maze A glowing spark in the night Just a castaway in your dreams All alone we’re gathered in fear Moments so precious in their pain They rush through my heart I was facing the end full of fear And it tore a part of me (A voice said) Welcome to the night To grief and sorrow Where the fire of life shines so bright And we crave for the morning Farewell to the light Where oblivion reigns The streams of time |
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9. | Strange Perfection | 05:26 | Show lyrics |
Oh this can’t be me Who’s falling, who’s drowning Calling for direction In this current of fiction In a moment so true Full of fading chances When it comes to face my mind I turn to go away In this round of pleasure I’m in the middle Dazed by sorrow Tricked by life Stained by hate I’m here for the fight Creating my own right Like fire creates the light I’m rising to a strange perfection - of inferior correction - Clarity is the key to unlock the beast - of cognition - Fear the shades of my vision I’m here within the lie A slave of my own life Societies dream failed for me Now only the strong survive I’m rising to a strange perfection - of inferior correction - Clarity is the key to unlock the beast Stained by hate I’m here for the taking Creating my own right Like fire creates the light I’m rising to a strange perfection - of inferior correction - Clarity is the key to unlock the beast Can anyone tell On this zenith of mankind If heaven or hell Is just joyful thinking |
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10. | Dead Man’s Reel | 04:16 | instrumental |
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11. | The End Beyond Me | 05:42 | Show lyrics |
I’m not the one who fell But the final aim Of what men can find In loss of all betrayal In loss of all self-denial - lost sight Suffering so essential An existential colossus Of will and power Feelings so depraved A betrayed answer to all Of sanity and devour Join this - You’ll miss everything Even things you didn’t know Join the shadow-ring I’m here above I can see you creeping Breathing, melting in my light Can you feel the might Of what men can reach? You’ll miss everything I’m not the one who fell But the final aim Of what men can find In loss of all betrayal In loss of all self-denial - lost sight Suffering so essential An existential colossus Of will and power Join this - You’ll miss everything Even things you didn’t know Join the shadow-ring I’m here above I can see you creeping Breathing, melting in my light Where are you my forlorn one Never found, never gone A missing part to fulfill this all Reaching out to the end and beyond My second face (no mirror) I’ve never seen it (no reflection) No mirror, no reflection I beg to see it My vision is so clear Will I ever reach it No mirror, no reflection Where are you? |
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12. | Moonlight Shadow (Mike Oldfield cover) | 03:34 | Show lyrics |
The last that ever she saw him, carried away by a moonlight shadow, He passed on worried and warning, carried away by a moonlight shadow, Lost in a riddle that Saturday night, far away on the other side, he was caught in the middle of a desperate fight, and she couldn’t find how to push through. The trees that whisper in the evening, carried away by a moonlight shadow, Sing the song of sorrow and grieving, carried away by a moonlight shadow, All she saw was a silhouette of a gun, far away on the other side, He was shot six times by a man on the run, and she couldn’t find how to push through. I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven far away, I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven one day. Four a.m. in the morning, carried away by a moonlight shadow, I watched your vision forming, carried away by a moonlight shadow, Star was glowin’ in a silvery night, far away on the other side, Will you come to talk to me this night, but she couldn’t find how to push through. I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven far away, I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven one day |
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48:50 |
Caledonia
Album versions
Release date | Label | Catalog ID | Format | Description |
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November 17th, 2006 | Armageddon Music | AMG 053-2 | CD | |
2006 | Dynamo Records | DYN0470-2 | CD | |
2007 | Irond Records | IROND CD 07-1231 | CD | |
May 22nd, 2007 | Locomotive Records | LM 446 | CD |
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Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars, Keyboards |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Marcus Riewaldt | Bass |
Lars Wehner | Drums |
Guest/Session | |
Axel Römer | Bagpipes |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing |
Michael Schwabe | Mastering |
Kai Swillus | Layout, Design |
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1. | Highland Hills | 08:01 | Show lyrics |
I must leave ye now For peace and glory I’d wish to tell ye I’d soon be back I must leave ye now To weep and worry Fare ye well I won’t come back Fare ye well Don’t say haste ye back Roaming through the graveyard alleys On a plain of standing stones I hear them whisper to the fallen ones “Oh, not again” they groan A cry of the land is out To breathe and soar Through heathen hills From days of yore Where the wild winds roar I hear the storm clouds thunder They reap and plunder on once green land So here we stand – for freedoms sake Like rocks on the shore And we truely know – for freedoms sake There is no escape In the end we stand and fall Not for glory Nor for the king and crown We shed our blood We’re here - we’re free And we’ll fight to survive Fate will test our will Here on the Highland hills Slowly it comes off the earth Gasping for daylight Entirely entwined with weed Feeding its breath With soiled air It screams out To the brooding storm clouds Following the call For freedom to come |
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2. | A Blackened Shield | 05:15 | Show lyrics |
A Druids Vision: I see a hammer smashed upon A burning shield... Nightfall came to join me And with it a nameless fear I ran away through woods of stone I never felt so alone Always looking behind A fear undefined But I was feeling strong as I see It’s slowly coming into sight I prepared to fight With giant leaps it came upon me To chain my body To blaze a trail Through my valour To take my gods and my freedom away When eve was fallin’ I was almost crawlin’ - my fate was sealed Desperately I was fighting and untiringly I stroke back I stood my ground with a blackened shield Nothing would beat me Nothing would withstand my grim attack With my beckoning spear - And a blackened shield Death is all around me But at least I am free Chain my body And blaze a trail Through my valour You won’t take my freedom away Then in the distance o’ times tae come I saw a mon on the Hieland shore Gaitherin’ troops, beatin’ drums Fer freedom tae come |
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3. | The Ember Deid (Part II) | 03:15 | Show lyrics |
Travail´s turn brang me tae many a place An´ all this wimplen´ way Yont the lee lang nicht Oh I mind on the days lang begane Sae the mindin´ in yer heid Unrowes afore yer een Frae hours o´ sweet yestreen Aye the ember deid in monie a heid Fare ye well I´m pertin away Aye the wind blaws our weird Right amang yer staur Yer een ance glancin´ Are noo doolfu´ and tired O´ the wanderin´ hours I say farewell tae the warld Mind me weel I say farewell tae the warld Aye, it´s lane an´ cauld |
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4. | Evoke the Demon | 05:27 | Show lyrics |
Calgacus: We, the most distant dwellers upon the earth, the last of the free, have been shielded by our remoteness and by the obscurity which has shrouded our name. Beyond us lies no nation, nothing but waves and rocks... Take courage, let us prove at the first clash of arms what heroes Caledonia has been holding in reserve, the Roman army is held together by success and will be broken up by disaster! A cold wind is blowing from the shore Through glens and hills The end is near and nothing will last Take the wind and turn it to a blast Caledonia unite A cold wind is foreboding war I hear the words Which were never carved In stone, never given On solid ground - just sound I hear the words An ancient spell that Will ignite the fire of defiance Ascending voices intonate To evoke the demon Welcoming the fifth season Of the demon I see a line of fires Creeping through the land Bleeding light into the night For all that was good and glorious For all the ones that were and will be Face the incoming flood of men Ten for each pike and hand Face the enemy! |
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5. | Forth-Clyde | 05:31 | Show lyrics |
Days are so dark I can’t see it dawning I can’t feel my hands anymore I see the night and preach them courage Even when hope is in vain There’s no choice, for strength and honour Is accompanied by pain Hunt them down Back on to the shore Hunt them down Where deep waters roar The human blade of equation will Divide the fire from the smoke History will tell who prevailed Since ever blood sealed the times of old I call on Taranaich For to give us strength The wind blows cold When night descends Predicting war The night unfolds Fires of marching men Like an open scar See the fires burn Here at Forth-Clyde Crawling forward Oh at Forth-Clyde There in the darkness At the edge of the world In the shadow of the empire The wind blows cold Calling the words “Cohorts - Regather...” |
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6. | Ramble | 02:57 | instrumental |
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7. | Dawning Tempest | 05:13 | Show lyrics |
Cohorts! – Regather! Blood is running down my tiring hands Falling as pure red dew on the ground A pulse of drums fills the air Death is all around me Dea Tacita a grim companion For roman glory A deafening calm Is screaming “forward” And again we face the hordes Painted beasts - in boiling rage Deeply staring into the eyes of inevitable fate Hell’s unleashed in screams of agony When first I raised the tempest I call on Mars to guide us Nothing here, nothing else To save us from the storm Sacrifice the world and its Progress to salvation Quirites, sons of Rome Ruins of mankind must be overthrown This is the dawning tempest Now, I am becoming death A destroyer of worlds and A lost soul on a path through ruins Condemned to grow and cursed to follow Ten thousand men on my command Hordes of tribesmen wild and furious Painted beasts – rage amongst us Colliding worlds so fierce and cold A feast of flesh in the eyes of a crow And again we face the hordes Deeply staring into the eyes of fate A taste of doom sealed with blood Sacrificing the world to hate |
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8. | The Distant Call | 03:34 | Show lyrics |
One day in Fall I headed to the coast My back to the wind, My hairs flowed almost Like the waves on the sea My eyes strayed, free... Carry me over, carry me over Into the distance, far far away Carry me over, carry me over Thinkin’ back of the good old times when we heard The distant call No warm farewell, No wishings to be back soon The nights were too cold, So we dreamed of better days Better than today My eyes strayed, free... Long ago on a foreign shore We heard a call as from the gale Many died in the cold embrace o’ the sea On dead winds we sailed |
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9. | On Torrid Sand | 03:52 | Show lyrics |
Thousands of conquered lands Shining under the imperial sun We who are about to die Won’t salute you and no victis honor To the fallen ones A call for encore From far away O here we stand Figures of a game on torrid sand Gird yourself for the next round of battles For the need of excitement And another glorious parade We lay here dying appealing our fate Countless are the chosen few who stood fast Concealing their fear in the great uproar of cheers when the die is cast There’s a beast of cruelty creeping all over the land Nameless are the ones who were begging to live begging to save their lives In a futile dream of a noble state For only power could conquer fate All it leaves is blood and dust on the ground Storm clouds thunder in unison with the crowd A call for encore From far away Screaming for more From far away Oh here we stand Figures of a game on torrid sand Oh here we go torturing our souls On torrid sand |
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10. | The IXth Legion | 05:44 | Show lyrics |
Centuries of fighting - Decades of war lay behind us. Countless were the men we defeated. But now, my brothers, we have to face an Enemy more valiant than all the ones before. The right hand of Rome, the hammer of hispana The IXth Legion... A strong gale is blowin’ from north I can see them strike the sails A strong gale as they run ashore A deadly alliance, a grim pact of war Clamouring for battle and Nordic tunes fill the air Hail to the northern wolves Our last hope in times of despair Don’t fear tomorrow nor the end For time will testify Our honour and our strength Who was valiant and who has failed Fall to your knees and pray A last word to infinity for your beloved ones You will leave them to weep and worry And if time asks: “Oh where have you gone” No one will ever know... Only the standing Stones No one will ever know... Where they have gone Dark and pale lies the land In the end truth or legend no one knows Only the standing stones I hear the sounds still echo Through plains and hills Through hearts of men For thousand years we stand We breathe and soar Where the wild winds roar |
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11. | Farewell | 01:14 | instrumental |
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13 Years of Celtic Wartunes
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Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars |
Lars Wehner | Drums |
Marcus Riewaldt | Bass |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Frank Ditze | Line producer |
Thilo Kaempfe | Line producer |
Thomas Jensen | Executive producer |
Marcel Schleiff | Producer |
H C Vetchy | Director |
Axel Ludewig | Engineering (video) |
Jacky Lehmann | Engineering (audio) |
Martin Buchwalter | Producer (audio) |
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Disc 1 (DVD) | |||
1. | Darkane Times | 06:49 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Now the seal is broken which captured all misery while dark hands of fate fulfilled the augury The script of this tragedy Now lies in my hands I read the lines, realize the signs how the story ends The High King is dead struck by his vision greater than men It`ll spread out through time... an eternal rhyme - sic transit gloria mundi - A challenge between darkness and light Medraut and his clansmen of terror A discordant soul burnt the seed with voices of blight Take my hand I`ll be your guide On the battlefield of wrath Read my mind I’ll show you the light Birth of a vision sealed by your death I am Taliesin with swordlike words the rhyme for reason and truth against the world Solo: Arkadius I am Merlin a fiction with chanting spells a herold of fate I am Myrddin the link to reality a sage, a wizard an everlasting mystery A threefold existence in a darkane time I am now and forever A futile persistance between me and life Lasting since auld lang syne... |
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2. | Gates of Nevermore | 05:13 | Show lyrics |
Time changes while we forge our fate passing the gates We set fire betrayed our past in the Illusion that nothing will last See, the night is alight with our stateless flames we killed our gods buried their names Thousands of years filled up our lore while we`re marching through the gates of nevermore A heir to the crown roams all alone the blade of enlightment banished the shades lost in a maze, in a dreamless embrace oblivion - the tomb of our three fates All glittering wonders are finally shrouded lying wasted under a brocken spell our gods at the sky only fire and rock all beauty must die - welcome to hell See, the night is alight with our stateless flames we killed our gods buried their names |
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3. | Forth-Clyde | 05:57 | Show lyrics |
Days are so dark I can’t see it dawning I can’t feel my hands anymore I see the night and preach them courage Even when hope is in vain There’s no choice, for strength and honour Is accompanied by pain Hunt them down Back on to the shore Hunt them down Where deep waters roar The human blade of equation will Divide the fire from the smoke History will tell who prevailed Since ever blood sealed the times of old I call on Taranaich For to give us strength The wind blows cold When night descends Predicting war The night unfolds Fires of marching men Like an open scar See the fires burn Here at Forth-Clyde Crawling forward Oh at Forth-Clyde There in the darkness At the edge of the world In the shadow of the empire The wind blows cold Calling the words "Cohorts - Regather..." |
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4. | Pendragon’s Fall | 05:20 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Oh, remembering the words The vision of the sage He summoned all the heathen breed A black hearts dream of a new age Taint and vicious life he cried Strongest of his kind Shattered by a fateful might A carnal spell devoured his fiery mind Distrust and treason The strong will survive Is no virtue of reason While the whole land is moaning Oh, who`s worth to be king Revange! Hunt the king of Cornwall down The troops will march For they adore the cauldron All is fading to ashes, turning to war Oh, all you woeful warriors For yon weakness`ll never be strength Cold and fearless you adore The lies of a madman right till the end And in a night of roaming shadows With a spell on his face He seduced the unaware widow Oh what murderous embrace So fate took its course With less rhyme than reason War and hate Will bear brighter days The night passed Its crown to the king of dawn This dream will last Till the day This new kingdom will come |
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5. | The One Piece Puzzle (Skyclad cover) | 05:24 | Show lyrics |
Pick up the fragments and piece them together Tell me do you like what you’ve found? Are your thoughts like the earth spinning round? Existence is pure pantomime Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Trapped in a world I no longer feel part of Each day is a thorn in my side Though I’ve carried my cross - worn my heart on my sleeve Still deep inside something has died. If men have a sell-by-date I’ve just reached mine Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Well I just can’t believe that it’s happened again Always knew that it would - just a matter of when A lie was the last straw on this camels back And just like Lot’s wife I could never look back. So maybe the reason I act so estranged Is you still dream of him, it’s you that has changed. No method to madness - no raeson to rhyme Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Well I just can’t believe that it’s happened again Always knew that it would - just a matter of when A lie was the last straw on this camels back And just like Lot’s wife I could never look back. So maybe the reason I act so estranged Is you still dream of him, it’s you that has changed. If men have a sell-by-date I’ve just reached mine Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? |
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6. | Dead Man’s Reel | 05:59 | instrumental |
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7. | The IXth Legion | 05:51 | Show lyrics |
Centuries of fighting - Decades of war lay behind us. Countless were the men we defeated. But now, my brothers, we have to face an Enemy more valiant than all the ones before. The right hand of Rome, the hammer of hispana The IXth Legion... A strong gale is blowin’ from north I can see them strike the sails A strong gale as they run ashore A deadly alliance, a grim pact of war Clamouring for battle and Nordic tunes fill the air Hail to the northern wolves Our last hope in times of despair Don’t fear tomorrow nor the end For time will testify Our honour and our strength Who was valiant and who has failed Fall to your knees and pray A last word to infinity for your beloved ones You will leave them to weep and worry And if time asks: "Oh where have you gone" No one will ever know... Only the standing Stones No one will ever know... Where they have gone Dark and pale lies the land In the end truth or legend no one knows Only the standing stones I hear the sounds still echo Through plains and hills Through hearts of men For thousand years we stand We breathe and soar Where the wild winds roar |
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8. | Wartunes | 05:58 | Show lyrics |
Cold and lifeless lay the plains of lore Until finally silently a spirit evoke And timeless clansmen rose By the sound of the old Celtic tunes of war Rise... And feel the deadly breeze The scent of burning flesh For my blade thirsts for Another war Curse of the might to take Oh it`s a human bane To fan the fires To cause an higher aim Here we stand Brothers in war From the four Winds of the land High on the hills We stay proud and brave For Freedom is a right And serfdom a grave Death to our foes... War!!! Legions of greed Of fire and light A thousand pikes Fight as one man Stormlike enraged They fight `till they die The one to enthrall The other to survive |
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9. | The One Piece Puzzle (Skyclad cover) | 05:13 | Show lyrics |
Pick up the fragments and piece them together Tell me do you like what you’ve found? Are your thoughts like the earth spinning round? Existence is pure pantomime Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Trapped in a world I no longer feel part of Each day is a thorn in my side Though I’ve carried my cross - worn my heart on my sleeve Still deep inside something has died. If men have a sell-by-date I’ve just reached mine Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Well I just can’t believe that it’s happened again Always knew that it would - just a matter of when A lie was the last straw on this camels back And just like Lot’s wife I could never look back. So maybe the reason I act so estranged Is you still dream of him, it’s you that has changed. No method to madness - no raeson to rhyme Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Well I just can’t believe that it’s happened again Always knew that it would - just a matter of when A lie was the last straw on this camels back And just like Lot’s wife I could never look back. So maybe the reason I act so estranged Is you still dream of him, it’s you that has changed. If men have a sell-by-date I’ve just reached mine Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? |
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10. | When Eternity Echoes | 02:42 | Show lyrics |
So all becomes one In a reel of disharmony The cause and the witness At least a memory Truly life is a weaving of misery Only drawn by single threads Of fortune |
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11. | Rise of Taliesin | 05:35 | Show lyrics |
See the winter is coming Falling leaves dance to a silent tune I`ll take their hands I`ll make them stand When they`re all alone Years passed and the dawn of light Spread through time to leave tales behind The Queen of witches Gathered the wisdom For a year and a day Gwion takes care of the cauldron The spell is broken Flown into the youth They`re hunting and chasing Through the hills and braes The queen of witches swallowed the young lad So in year and a day Taliesin the wise rose from the dead Praise the one who breaks the circle The one who dyes all grey away Laud the army of dwarves and elves Companions for the final day Now see the man in legends veiled A wise, a brave, of fortune hailed Now hear the man and his flaming rhyme Divinely anthems for glorious times The king of mortal And the source of wisdom For a year and a day Taliesin`s the guard of the cauldron Praise the one who breaks the circle The one who dyes all grey away Laud the army of dwarves and elves Companions for the final day |
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12. | Whiskey in the Jar | 02:19 | Show lyrics |
As I was goin’ over the Cork and Kerry mountains I saw Captain Farrell and his money he was countin’ I first produced my pistol and then produced my rapier I said stand and deliver or the devil he may take ya Musha ring dum a doo dum a da Whack for my daddy-o Whack for my daddy-o There’s whiskey in the jar-o I took all of his money and it was a pretty penny I took all of his money and I brought it home to Molly She swore that she’d love me, never would she leave me But the devil take that woman for you know she treat me easy Being drunk and weary I went to Molly’s chamber Takin’ my money with me and I never knew the danger For about six or maybe seven in walked Captain Farrell I jumped up, fired off my pistols and I shot him with both barrels Now some men like the fishin’ and some men like the fowlin’ And some men like ta hear a cannon ball a roarin’ Me I like sleepin’ specially in my Molly’s chamber But here I am in prison, here I am with a ball and chain yeah |
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13. | Medley: Dinas Emrys - Peregrin - Serenade to a Dream - Fall of Tara | 06:49 | Show lyrics |
-Dinas Emrys- Myrddin: Hear my words Earl of Gwent I am the fatherless one Drain the lake and rouse the dragons Take my blood Yon stronghold will never stand For the hour of doom is rung See the dragons rise into the air They’ll be figting sore and long For a wise man will come to take the crown When even the house Of romulus fell His final fate No seer can foretell There’s a greater place Beyond the realms of lethe There’s a flaming trace in our heart When a memory becomes myth -Peregrin- Fly aloft Leave All Ground behind Your cradle below the winds of Life will be in days to come your grave -Serenade To A Dream- (instrumental) -Fall Of Tara- I’ve been called to fight for my royalty for my king at his right hand be a matter to my country I spill my blood out on this land And if I should die in this battle it’s a noble thing I do And if I should be a hero then I will return to you The grace gave me my kingdom my only royalty now to raise my sword against a lord to protect my family So I’ll fight for them tomorrow march in the name of Tara to see their children - parished by an enthralled soldiers sword |
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14. | Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd cover) | 03:36 | |
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15. | The Ember Deid (Part II) | 03:21 | Show lyrics |
Travail´s turn brang me tae many a place An´ all this wimplen´ way Yont the lee lang nicht Oh I mind on the days lang begane Sae the mindin´ in yer heid Unrowes afore yer een Frae hours o´ sweet yestreen Aye the ember deid in monie a heid Fare ye well I´m pertin away Aye the wind blaws our weird Right amang yer staur Yer een ance glancin´ Are noo doolfu´ and tired O´ the wanderin´ hours I say farewell tae the warld Mind me weel I say farewell tae the warld Aye, it´s lane an´ cauld |
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16. | A Vision’s Demise | 05:08 | Show lyrics |
Drown the last discord To afford a sense of satisfaction Dissecting the past To avoid yourself For a next injection Of a faked life My vision’s demise Confusing images Of lust and frustration A collapse of taste And imagination Where’s the matter Of being enslaved Life was his prison The moments his grave My mind is caught but gone astray In a white noise melody Dazed by the reflecting stars But chased by the changes which never come Cry for the moon Shed a tear For what you’ve become Lament and croon Of all your fears For all changes undone Hollow words Of a broken mind Curse your mind For a mental burn out For me I am The cause and witness With reflecting eyes A harlequin of sadness Drown the last discord To afford a sense of satisfaction Dissecting the past To avoid yourself For a next injection Of a faked life For a last injection Of my faked life |
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17. | A Runic Rhyme | 01:49 | Show lyrics |
Faded words once building So silent woeful memories They gather their dreams so pale In a runic rhyme Could time tell a story of cold nights And mystic tales Which shone so bright Could time tell of feelings Which soared to heights And fell to forlorn visions |
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18. | An Dùdlachd | 03:27 | Show lyrics |
When the moon shines bright all leaves delight is to dance with the wind is to whisper in silence is to cover the world with a hint Low lie the fields of fright enchanted by the moon embosomed by night Our sillouhetles flow in the wind The wind calls a secret name and pale licking flames deride the rising night |
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19. | Johnny B. (The Hooters cover) | 04:53 | |
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Disc 2 (CD) | |||
1. | Heresy | 03:41 | Show lyrics |
Like the holy scripture said Satan fled from his prison He twisted the minds In the garment of the holy church Every fairy-tale has a wiff of truth Our scaffold is build on this I for one, a wife, the original sin sentenced me Depressed by a dogma, without a will In a land of cold, a princess of drearyness Flames are licking on my flesh, but I chill With their flesh so strong And a mind so weak A crusade for their god With a fond full of blood A silent enigma’s still untouched The gleam inside fades more and more Don’t fear the darkness, nor the scythe Then reason comes to fore Only darkness beared the light Incredulity bears the truth |
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2. | Sheltering Dreams | 03:49 | Show lyrics |
I felt asleep, with the raising moon Found myself born anew All my grief and all my pain Turns into glee (in another dream) Low whispering voices say Everything is a dream So sheltering dreams keep me alive I try to leave, I try to hide Can’t they hear my silent cry I cannot breathe in their light But a low voice whispers to me Nothing’s as it seems to be |
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3. | A Menhirs Clay | 04:26 | Show lyrics |
For thousand aeons abiding the time so silent and mute the wind murmurs a tale The wise of yore evoked the spirits to see the arcanum but ay they failed A witness of wyverns elfs and sylvan glory a petrified story of ... ancient realms Thy mind of stone a secret that accelerates The tides of time awaken by moonlight when a bard reminds a tale A fresh gale defeats my enchanted mind farewell to my delight but when the moon rises again in my dreams, I will fight Oh can you see the dancing shadows ? the fairy - ring right there behind the trees ? close your eyes ... |
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4. | An Dùdlachd | 03:22 | Show lyrics |
When the moon shines bright all leaves delight is to dance with the wind is to whisper in silence is to cover the world with a hint Low lie the fields of fright enchanted by the moon embosomed by night Our sillouhetles flow in the wind The wind calls a secret name and pale licking flames deride the rising night |
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5. | Morrigan | 03:49 | Show lyrics |
Once, on another weary day of mine Just when the sun began to fondle mother earth On a hill I stood to behold this crimson embrace A stricken field to my feet (under bloody mist) Myriad hollow staring eyes Wrapped in red clouds The corvine goddess appeared Emptiness filled my mind Fervid thoughts crawled suddenly into me... Morrigan - three faced goddess dark and wild For thee I`ll raise my sword and shield Morrigan - grimest crow beneath the sky May the eyes of thousands please thy raging greed Come forth now grimest crow Thou cry shall shatter earth and sky ...Like a shrieking carnyce... In thy shadow I shall stand forevermore I send thee hail and eternal troth... Night descended and the stars within my eyes Cleared my mind and aflamed my heart I flee thy corvine ire Morrigan - three faced goddes dark and wild For thee they rose their swords and shields Morrigan - grimest crow beneath the sky May the eyes of thousands please thy raging greed - but not mine... |
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6. | Lays from Afar | 04:35 | Show lyrics |
Countless seemed to be the days Until his return Ceaseless semmed to be his way But still the thousand fires burn So he beheld one day His long - desired journeys end Still the singing called him to stay Oh, it was the place where it all began Strange eyes looked up As he stepped into the light All friends were gone ( he`s still alone ) Betrayed by the course of time ( He`s lost in time ) "From afar I come - in place ans in time I saw the strongholds of the old ones Once I sat here by a fire My heart in flames but now they`re waned and gone" Calm spread out it`s wings and his hoar voice Pierced the night and the light inside of them Deep were his words, the songs to sang And long his story to tell But each a word would be carved deep in their minds Now the alst words are said And slowly dawns a new day The guise of the wise fades away Aye, they should remind the words And the things they saw As a stranger sang for them his lays from afar |
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7. | The Arcane Spell | 04:53 | Show lyrics |
Enter the circle Banish all fright - of the night Shadows whirl around Hunting and chasing the remained light Fall into the darkness Severed of reality Sable spirits dance around Laughing at your velleity They arouse all secret fears The innermost blemish Another phantom born in light Changes to the other side And through a maze Of howling images Through times of old Lies the arcanum unfold Attacked by discord Which devours your heart Crawl in despair To follow the light Aberrant mind Paralysed by fear Another soul is struck With the burden of sight Seasons of fire and ice Rise from the past into life Companions of reality Guardian of our time Memories of misery Shall be our sword and shield |
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8. | Wartunes | 04:53 | Show lyrics |
Cold and lifeless lay the plains of lore Until finally silently a spirit evoke And timeless clansmen rose By the sound of the old Celtic tunes of war Rise... And feel the deadly breeze The scent of burning flesh For my blade thirsts for Another war Curse of the might to take Oh it`s a human bane To fan the fires To cause an higher aim Here we stand Brothers in war From the four Winds of the land High on the hills We stay proud and brave For Freedom is a right And serfdom a grave Death to our foes... War!!! Legions of greed Of fire and light A thousand pikes Fight as one man Stormlike enraged They fight `till they die The one to enthrall The other to survive |
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9. | Rise of Taliesin | 05:51 | Show lyrics |
See the winter is coming Falling leaves dance to a silent tune I`ll take their hands I`ll make them stand When they`re all alone Years passed and the dawn of light Spread through time to leave tales behind The Queen of witches Gathered the wisdom For a year and a day Gwion takes care of the cauldron The spell is broken Flown into the youth They`re hunting and chasing Through the hills and braes The queen of witches swallowed the young lad So in year and a day Taliesin the wise rose from the dead Praise the one who breaks the circle The one who dyes all grey away Laud the army of dwarves and elves Companions for the final day Now see the man in legends veiled A wise, a brave, of fortune hailed Now hear the man and his flaming rhyme Divinely anthems for glorious times The king of mortal And the source of wisdom For a year and a day Taliesin`s the guard of the cauldron Praise the one who breaks the circle The one who dyes all grey away Laud the army of dwarves and elves Companions for the final day |
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10. | Intro | 00:10 | |
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11. | Darkane Times | 05:46 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Now the seal is broken which captured all misery while dark hands of fate fulfilled the augury The script of this tragedy Now lies in my hands I read the lines, realize the signs how the story ends The High King is dead struck by his vision greater than men It`ll spread out through time... an eternal rhyme - sic transit gloria mundi - A challenge between darkness and light Medraut and his clansmen of terror A discordant soul burnt the seed with voices of blight Take my hand I`ll be your guide On the battlefield of wrath Read my mind I’ll show you the light Birth of a vision sealed by your death I am Taliesin with swordlike words the rhyme for reason and truth against the world Solo: Arkadius I am Merlin a fiction with chanting spells a herold of fate I am Myrddin the link to reality a sage, a wizard an everlasting mystery A threefold existence in a darkane time I am now and forever A futile persistance between me and life Lasting since auld lang syne... |
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12. | Still the Pipes Are Calling | 05:17 | Show lyrics |
A nameless warrior: So long he is gone With a pale servile face His way led him through A cold bloody haze His yell pierced the cold ghastly morning As he raised his sword to fight evil So like millions before He died in his gore And those who survived Died in their minds For those who failed to care Were dead before Who loves his sword even loves war Four children he left behind With a mournin`mother All their dreams return nevermore Their world got lost - killed in war There on the field, with dew on his eyes His empty face stared up to the sky One final breath curses his foes No blessing for his beloved ones |
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13. | Signs for the Fallen | 05:40 | Show lyrics |
Blessed by the blind For their conscience won’t collide With cruelty of sanity And the prophetic signs In the book of life For the threat of fortune Is to lose it all In the arms of Morpheus Close your eyes - never awake Stand in line for your chance Do you see the signs for the fallen It’s a human bane The highest tribute to advance For the threat of fortune Is to lose it all A cannon thunder Cracks in the air Widows weep for The fallen ones War and plunder Becomes the legal force Of a new age To set a sign for freedom War and failed words Entwine in inhumanity No blood stains my hand But the land is covered With broken trust And impaled enemies No hordes from hell But lurking madness The army of the damned Under the sign of kindness Here is your golden age With high aims and twisted words Forming a new dimension Beyond right and wrong Blessed be the blind For their conscience won’t collide |
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14. | A Vision’s Demise | 05:09 | Show lyrics |
Drown the last discord To afford a sense of satisfaction Dissecting the past To avoid yourself For a next injection Of a faked life My vision’s demise Confusing images Of lust and frustration A collapse of taste And imagination Where’s the matter Of being enslaved Life was his prison The moments his grave My mind is caught but gone astray In a white noise melody Dazed by the reflecting stars But chased by the changes which never come Cry for the moon Shed a tear For what you’ve become Lament and croon Of all your fears For all changes undone Hollow words Of a broken mind Curse your mind For a mental burn out For me I am The cause and witness With reflecting eyes A harlequin of sadness Drown the last discord To afford a sense of satisfaction Dissecting the past To avoid yourself For a next injection Of a faked life For a last injection Of my faked life |
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15. | Reap the Storm | 04:26 | Show lyrics |
Still it stands With roots anywhere In the soil of time At the bottom of my life Accursed to suffer Obliged to pain I’m falling deeper Imperious and final I’ll take you with me When I hit the ground There’s no deeper consequence No higher destiny We walked this path so many times Again and again Oh I can’t deny it There’s no deeper consequence No higher destiny In the end It testifies my strength My power to sustain this suffering Die by my hand For the sons you’ve killed before I’m the scourge of thunder The harvester of storms Welcome the end In an embrace of fire In the end It testifies my strength My power to sustain this suffering Accursed to suffer Obliged to pain I’m falling deeper Imperious and final I’ll take you with me When I hit the ground There’s no deeper consequence No higher destiny Still it stands With roots anywhere In the soil of time At the bottom of my life We walked this path so many times Again and again Oh I can’t deny it There’s no darker seed No brighter fate Than the ways of time In the circles of hate |
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16. | Dead Man’s Reel | 04:16 | instrumental |
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17. | Highland Hills | 08:01 | Show lyrics |
I must leave ye now For peace and glory I’d wish to tell ye I’d soon be back I must leave ye now To weep and worry Fare ye well I won’t come back Fare ye well Don’t say haste ye back Roaming through the graveyard alleys On a plain of standing stones I hear them whisper to the fallen ones "Oh, not again" they groan A cry of the land is out To breathe and soar Through heathen hills From days of yore Where the wild winds roar I hear the storm clouds thunder They reap and plunder on once green land So here we stand - for freedoms sake Like rocks on the shore And we truely know - for freedoms sake There is no escape In the end we stand and fall Not for glory Nor for the king and crown We shed our blood We’re here - we’re free And we’ll fight to survive Fate will test our will Here on the Highland hills Slowly it comes off the earth Gasping for daylight Entirely entwined with weed Feeding its breath With soiled air It screams out To the brooding storm clouds Following the call For freedom to come |
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01:18:04 |
Crógacht
Album versions
Release date | Label | Catalog ID | Format | Description |
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February 20th, 2009 | Wacken Records | SPV 30666 2 | CD | Digipak, Enhanced |
2009 | Союз | SPV 306662 CDE | CD | Enhanced |
2010 | Wacken Records | SAOL 038 | CD | Digipak, Enhanced |
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Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals, Guitars, Keyboard, Banjo |
Lars Wehner | Drums, Vocals (backing) |
Marcus Riewaldt | Bass |
Guest/Session | |
Axel Römer | Bagpipes, Tin whistle |
Tina Stabel | Vocals on "Feats of War" |
Miriam Hensel | Vocals (additional) on "Shattering Swords" |
Sebastian Hintz | Vocals (backing) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork, Lyrics |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Producer |
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1. | Slán | 01:48 | instrumental |
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2. | Conlaoch | 05:18 | Show lyrics |
I am history turned into legend I am victory and fire, the future and desire I am triumph and honour I am memory turned into myth I am Conlaoch On the streams of time I ride My fate unveiled before my eyes Suffering neither rebirth nor demise Death’s peace will never be mine While my soul soars high Amazed I glimpse my life pass by Forever proud and ever free I heed the call of the Daoine Sidhe I am history turned into legend I am victory and fire, the future and desire I am triumph and honour I am memory turned into myth I am Conlaoch As I lay slain upon the sacred shore Leaving behind my body From this empty shell to dimensions unknown I still hear my father’s grievous roar “I am Cuchulainn Beside the raging sea I’m left to moan Sorrow I am for I brought down my only son A raven I see above the stone” For ages now I watch and learn As history transpires Man’s greatest curse is to long For what he can never acquire For ages now I watch and learn As destiny unveils Man’s greatest virtue to aspire To chase his dream and make it real I am history turned into legend I am victory and fire, the future and desire I am triumph and honour I am memory turned into myth I am Conlaoch And while my soul soars high By geasa no longer bound I answer the call Of the masters of the mounds I am heir of Dún Dealgan And thus my death was brought about |
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3. | Isle of Skye | 06:01 | Show lyrics |
To the Land Of Shadows once he came Young warrior of Erin With valour, honour and strength Cuchulainn was his name To win the heart of fair Emer The Plain Of Ill-luck he crossed To search for knowledge of war The Perilous Glen he traversed Then guided by Lugh, one fatherly hand His scorched path he followed to the ... Isle Of Skye Yonder, The scholars were gathered Among them Ferdiad, The Firbolg who was his friend: “Welcome Hound of Culan, I hope you’ll stay by our side Beyond the Bridge Of Leaps, Scáthach’s stronghold you’ll find on the ... Isle Of Skye All by yourself you must stride Not challenge fate with false pride Beware of the bridge to reach the far side All by yourself be your own guide To make the Salmon leap up high Scáthach you’ll find on the Isle of Skye” Crógacht! Three times over Cuchulainn tried and failed And at the fourth attempt he finally prevailed To the Land Of Shadows once he came Young warrior of Erin With valour, honour and strength Cuchulainn was his name Yonder, The scholars were gathered Among them Ferdiad, the Firbolg who was his friend: “Welcome Hound of Culan, I hope you’ll stay by our side Beyond the Bridge Of Leaps, Scáthach’s stronghold you’ll find on the ... Isle Of Skye” To win the heart of fair Emer The Plain Of Ill-luck he crossed To search for knowledge of war The Perilous Glen he traversed Then guided by Lugh, one fatherly hand His scorched path he followed to the ... Isle Of Skye But little did the hero know What tragedy upon him Fate would one day bestow… |
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4. | Scáthach | 05:09 | Show lyrics |
Endless their journey had seemed Slain, beaten, a defeat Exiled from the Scythian steppes they had been No retreat! With four Roman legions hot on their trail Betrayed, beaten, a defeat Two sisters bound for revenge To Alba in strong gales they set sail Young Aoife’s lover wavered In a duel, fate would decide The Dacian prince challenged Two chariots would ride No match for the queen The prince soon lay dead This deed of her sister Aoife would never forget Mighty Scáthach, Scythian queen, Fierce Scáthach, I fight for thee Oh listen to me now as I tell her tale Mighty Scáthach, Scythian queen, Fierce Scáthach, I die for thee Oh hear us now as we sing her tale And in turn, I will teach The bravest of thee Who wants to join And once fight for me For Rome will one day Feel the scorn Of a Scythian queen Named Scáthach Now the Picts had been watching For the first time they saw They decided to worship A true goddess in awe Come and live on this island The Picts now cried For we will ever defend On our land of shadows The Roman eagle Shall never descend! Endless their journey had seemed Slain, beaten, a defeat Exiled from the Scythian steppes they had been No retreat! With four Roman Legions hot on their trail Betrayed, beaten, a defeat Two sisters bound for revenge To Alba they set sail Oh hear me now as I sing her tale Mighty Scáthach, Scythian queen, Fierce Scáthach, I die for thee Oh listen to me now as I tell her tale Mighty Scáthach, Scythian queen, Fierce Scáthach, We pray to thee Oh hear us now as we sing her tale And in turn, I will teach The bravest of thee Who wants to join And once fight for me For Rome will one day Feel the scorn Of a Scythian queen Named Scáthach |
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5. | Feats of War | 02:47 | Show lyrics |
I bid thee welcome, Valorous one I scried your arrival And know what must be done So swear your allegiance And you may remain I will give you my guidance For a year and a day Now enter my fortress And stand by my side I’ve never before Met a warrior so proud Swear your allegiance And you may remain I will give you my guidance For a year and a day Oh brave young Cuchulainn Day by day you learn more Such courage and such vigour I train and I teach you all feats of war Come let me show you Crafts of battle lore Sword-edge and shield rim The grand deeds of war Swear your allegiance And you may remain I give you all my guidance For a year and a day Oh brave young Cuchulainn Day by day you learn more Such strength and such honour I train and I teach you all feats of war Now there’s only one skill left Most terrible of all Barbed spear, Gae Bolg The deadliest feat to call You’ve sworn your allegiance And you have remained I gave you all my guidance For a year and a day So now I will have nothing To teach you no more Such courage and vigour Strength and such honour All heroes shall hear Of your deeds of war The only champion Improved to perfection The greatest warrior you are For now you have learned All my feats of war Now you have learned All my feats of war |
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6. | Shattering Swords | 04:16 | Show lyrics |
Awake, proud Cuchulainn, From thy deep dark slumber, Hear the sounds of war-horns And of swords that are shattering Awake, proud Cuchulainn, Haste thee to the battle, Hear Aoife’s war-cries echoing And the swords that she’s shattering Wielding mighty Dacian steel, She stands victorious on the battlefield No hero, nor Scáthach herself Could ever hope to make her yield For on this day, so many years ago, It happened that her prince was slain Driving his chariot and swinging his sword, Now she seeks vengeance in his name Slay, proud Cuchulainn, Make her warriors bleed Tides of war are turning Three heroes at your feet Now Aoife herself is charging And your sword will soon be shattering Three mighty blows the princess dealt And with the fourth, the warrior fell His weapon, broken off at the hilt, Cuchulainn now would soon be killed Yet, right before the final strike, Aoife heard Scáthach’s distant cry: “Ah, look, Aoife’s two horses and her chariot They have fallen down the glen and have all perished” As she paused to glance around, Cuchulainn sprang up threw her to the ground, “Life for life”, Aoife suddenly cried “Three demands to me”, the hero replied: “Give in to Scáthach, Nor ever defy her again, On this island you’ll always remain, Bear me a son, Conlaoch be his name!” To all this, Aoife agreed For this brave man who had made her yield Reminded her of her long lost love And finally she found peace |
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7. | Ár Nasc Fola | 03:01 | instrumental |
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8. | Gilded Oars | 05:36 | Show lyrics |
In this small boat of bronze I’ve set sail on a journey beyond Towards a long destined fate In my mind still echo the songs My mother Aoife used to sing Of her life in anger The quest for revenge Of Cuchulainn rising Prevailed in the end Of their bond of blood The birth of their son Named Conlaoch Of the day the time had come For my father to depart To leave behind his blissful life And break my mother’s heart Thus on that day my father spoke: “This ring I give you for our child As you raise him, train him well Scáthach will teach the feats, When he’s old enough to wear my ring, He must go out to seek his king Yet, three geasa I will put on him: First, He should not give way To any hero from this plane Second, He should never tell his name Through fear to any warrior in this world Third, To any man, however strong He should not refuse a fight For the greatest warrior I want him to be, Even mightier and more fierce than me.” And thus I was born and raised Like my father once had imposed With an iron hand I was trained In Scáthach’s feats of war In my mind still echo the songs My mother Aoife used to sing Of her life in anger The quest for revenge Of Cuchulainn rising Prevailed in the end Of their bond of blood, The birth of their son Named Conlaoch I am Conlaoch! Then when I was old enough For my thumb to fill the ring Tears sprang from my mother’s eyes As I asked her one last time to sing And wave me goodbye As I forever left the Isle of Skye So Erin, here I come Cuchulainn’s only son, Rowing towards your sacred shores In this small boat of bronze With gilded oars |
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9. | Baile’s Strand | 07:20 | Show lyrics |
The Red Branch knights are gathered For Ulster’s honour at Baile’s strand Hither from across the waves A young boy with a merry face But armed as if for fighting Came onto the shore “Thou shall not land on Erin’s soil”, Cuinaire cried out, “Until thou hast revealed thy name!” For all you ask I can reveal but I must conceal My name and lineage Nor from my course you can make me stray away For I am under bounds and cannot disobey In battle I will not give way Nor ever will I speak my name If challenged I will draw my blade Here on this strand I will meet my fate I’ll only answer with my blade No man can stray me from my way “Then you shall die”, Cuinaire replied, “For no one unknown may enter our realm” For Ulster’s honour many warriors were sent But to none did he give his unhallowed name To wound them or kill, the spell to fulfil The geasa forced upon his infinite will Any attempt to impede him was doomed and destined to fail I’ll only answer with my blade No man can stray me from my way In battle I will not give way Nor ever will I speak my name Finally Cuchulainn himself was summoned, The King had ordered him to defeat this foe And towards tragedy he strode A fierce battle ensued, More than a match for Cuchulainn, The young boy proved Dealing blow after blow, The lad forced Chuchulainn back With a strength and speed The hound of Culan had never met As the battle continued in the water Two times Cuchulainn almost drowned, Yet on the third, he remembered the Gae Bolg And with the strength of the hero’s light He threw it through the waves with all his might The Gae Bolg, is it true? Only one may wield it, is it really you? To a tragic end the story seems to have come Together they would have crushed the gates of Rome As Cuchulainn bore the boy in his arms towards the shore He saw his own ring that the brave boy had worn Hence the father realized what he had just done Oh Lord, he had slain his only son! But what he did not know, at that time on that shore Through Elatan’s ring Conloach’s soul now soared To take his place into myth and memory Amongst the Riders of the Daoine Sidhe |
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41:16 |
Book of Dowth
Album versions
Release date | Label | Catalog ID | Format | Description |
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March 25th, 2011 | AFM Records | AFM 355-2 | CD | |
March 25th, 2011 | AFM Records | AFM 355-9 | CD | Enhanced |
March 25th, 2011 | AFM Records | AFM 355-1 | 12" vinyl | |
2011 | Fono Ltd. | FO872CD | CD | |
July 24th, 2011 | RedRivet Records | RRR-006 | CD | Japan, Limited edition |
Members | |
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Arkadius | Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Mandolin |
Marcus | Bass |
Lars | Drums, Vocals (backing) (track 2) |
Guest/Session | |
Axel Römer | Bagpipes |
Tina Stabel | Vocals (tracks 4, 5, 9) |
Matthias "Metti" Zimmer | Vocals (additional) (tracks 5, 6, 7, 8) |
Sebastian Hintz | Guitars (acoustic) (tracks 5, 10) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Axel Jusseit | Photography |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork, Lyrics, Layout |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing, Mastering |
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1. | Over Nine Waves | 01:57 | instrumental |
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2. | Dowth 2059 | 04:38 | Show lyrics |
Dowth 2059 The fairy mound of darkness The hidden shrine unbound In the name of science The book of black was found Beneath the stone of seven suns Unveiling that which lies beyond The reach of eyes, the reach of ears, What we wish to be and become The book of Dowth is calling It beckons me to look inside The book of Dowth is yearning To sow its seed into my mind A secret spring of unknown tales Of heroes, queens and ancient lore Of knowledge passed on From stars to stones The deed is done Blackened pages Wither before my gaze A black fog rises Evoking memories from distant times I see history unfold Dark shadows reach out and scar my mind The book of Dowth is calling It beckons me to look inside The book of Dowth is yearning To sow its seed into my mind My soul spirals into a darkness Deeper and blacker Than any I have ever known Beyond my inner limit Beyond the secrets of the stones The deed is done Blackened pages Wither before my gaze A black fog rises Evoking memories from distant times I see history unfold Dark shadows reach out and scar my mind The book of Dowth is calling It beckons me to look inside The book of Dowth is yearning To sow its seed into my mind I see the serpent’s return to Erin Cenn cruach, the lord of the mound I see the distant future Ravens screaming over blood Excavation, desecration, Lebor Dubhadh unbound Dowth 2059 |
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3. | Battle-Cairns | 03:36 | Show lyrics |
Towards an empty land we sailed Nemed, our father, led the way Towards the home of the brave and free Towards our isle of destiny We raised two forts and cleared twelve plains We worked the land and claimed our place Four lakes burst up out of the ground We sacrificed on sacred mounds But gods envy the delights of men! A terrible evil swarmed ashore And with them came disease and war Their runed flesh was foul and black In battle their two kings were met Three thousand Nemedians fell that day A pillar of stone was raised for each man slain Three thousand pillars on the plain Nemed himself soon died of plague Two thirds of all we had, they claimed One last assault on Conand’s tower One final attempt to end the terror Through mists of time Sound bloody chimes Of clashing shields Of arrows soaring Of battle-horns And stones roaring Score sixty thousand fought that day Conand and his heirs were slain The Fomorian tower of strength lay waste More pillars on the plains were raised Yet Morc returned from across the waves Countless demons retaliate On rhythms of rage he wrote our fate Thirty Nemedians survived that day In utter defeat we sailed away Leaving behind our sacred ground Where naught of us remained… But battle-pillars on the plains |
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4. | Biróg’s Oath | 04:18 | Show lyrics |
Watch, watch, the dark book is yearning Look now, Fomorians are crying Days filled with peril are waiting I’ll bury the book with my druid Watch, watch, your people are fleeing Go now, your race is defeated Days filled with peril are waiting Or stay here and love me, brave druid Once your allegiance is given Your life-force forever shall feed me But while you refuse my seduction Your servant till death I must be Watch, watch, the demons are reigning Look now, Fomorians are feasting Days filled with hate are waiting I’ll help you take vengeance, brave druid We’ll capture their foul evil essence With dark spells we’ll put them to rest Beyond the waves their souls will be sent A black book of power we’ll craft Watch, watch, the demons are waning Look now, Fomorians are fading Days filled with bliss are waiting Without hate you’ll succumb, my brave druid Once your allegiance is given Your life-force forever shall feed me No longer do you refuse my seduction My servant till death you must be Sleep now, your strength is depleting My oath is no longer binding Die, die, your life-force is failing I’ll mourn your demise, my brave druid Watch, watch, the dark book is yearning Look now, Fomorians are crying Days filled with peril are waiting I’ll bury the book with my druid Watch, watch, the dark book is yearning Look now, Fomorians are crying Days filled with peril are waiting Stay here and love me, brave druid |
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5. | Mag Mell | 03:19 | Show lyrics |
Their ancient souls have fought in vain Now death and glory lead their way The bloody plain of pillars crossed To the west they will set sail Forever young and strong, Forever free from earthly law, Without grief and sorrow, In Mag Mell they´ll remain The demons within are now without With roars of triumph they move out Into the realm of eternal bliss To the otherworld where they shall live Their evil ways will wither and decay Vanished from memory, without a trace Without sorrow nor pain, To “Tobar Segais” Yet where the stream of knowledge flows A sixth salmon will swim forth No longer will they live a lie Their human guise will fade, fade and die Forever young and strong, Forever free from earthly law, Without grief and sorrow, In Mag Mell they´ll remain |
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6. | The Dark Mound | 05:14 | Show lyrics |
As storm-clouds gather Above the glades A thunder deafens my howl Of anguish and dismay Remaining here In this sinister tomb I recall the evil deeds That led me to this place Bresal Bó-Díbad was my name As druid I was praised and famed From all four corners of Erin People came to seek my aid For in those days of gloom and death, A murrain fell upon the kine And killed all cattle in the land So into the ancient mound I went To pray and seek advice from elder gods And beg them for their help But from out of the dark Thousands of voices answered my command Reaping knowledge from my tortured brain The demon horde devised a wicked plan To weave a spell so the sun would never set They abused my sister’s magical skills And forged a day that would not end In honour of the elder gods Upon the ancient mound A massive tower would be built On sacred ground For in those days of gloom and death, A murrain fell upon the kine And killed all cattle in the land Bresal Bó-Díbad was my name As druid I was feared, obeyed I tricked the people to vow an oath To work for me for but one day As storm-clouds gather Above the glades A thunder deafens my howl Of anguish and dismay Remaining here In this sinister tomb I recall the evil deeds That led me to this place Overtaken by lust and fury A terrible deed was done that broke the spell The men of Erin went on their way When the day had gone and night suddenly fell Now storm-clouds gather Above the glades “Dubhadh” Will ever be this dark mound’s name |
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7. | Balor | 04:41 | Show lyrics |
Near the shores of Toraigh, Beneath the pounding waves In shadowed depths And dark embrace In the dark abyss Beyond the waves, Balor of the strong blows Lies in wait From shadowed depths Beyond the sea Ablaze his eye He will arise Towers of glass, Like icy blades Rise up to the skies When he’s awake Forgotten gods return to roam, Standing stones begin to shriek, When hope becomes despair, In a world full of hate and greed Balor waits no more, Dark eyes lit with exultation, A third eye opening, Hurling bolts of lightning Flesh and bone turn to ashes, Sacrificial fires burn again A thousand men slain, blood-red waves Pounding upon the shores As time is senseless, As night is endless, Reality is darkness, Existence is emptiness In shadowed depths Of the black abyss Born from dark mists And raging storms Forgotten gods return to roam, Standing stones begin to shriek, When hope becomes despair, In a world full of hate and greed The triumph of evil, When good men stay silent, Then Balor of the Evil Eye, Has arisen from death Black cloaked Balor, arisen from death Black cloaked Balor, will rule again |
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8. | Stone of the Seven Suns | 05:01 | Show lyrics |
Stone of power, stone of light The stone at Dowth will end this fight I’ll bury the book for ages to come Beneath the stone of the seven suns Once I lay on a battlefield in pain, I cried out in hate and Biróg came The seeds of vengeance had been sown With Biróg’s help I unleashed the Fomor Led by Balor, their evil lord Fomorian hordes rushed ashore Their war-horns calling to attack To crush the Dé Danann and claim the land That day the plains were drenched in blood The people slaughtered, the children dead The Fomorian horde swept over the land Their weapons of carnage reaping the men Stone of power, stone of light The stone at Dowth will end this fight I’ll bury the book for ages to come Beneath the stone of the seven suns Vengeance no longer rules my soul The proud Dé Danann remain proud no more At the side of the oppressed I’ve ever belonged The Fomorian scourge must be destroyed Blinded by hatred, heartbreak and dismay I condemned the Dé Danann to a terrible fate No longer shall this horror prevail Tonight I’ll end the Fomorian reign Stone of power, stone of light The stone at Dowth will end this fight Their evil souls shall be unbound Forever trapped beneath the mound At Moytirra they shall fight in vain Their mortal bodies can now be slain Beneath the everlasting stone Their souls will haunt forevermore |
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9. | Fury Fomoraigh | 05:42 | Show lyrics |
When the truth dies The end draws near And all will fall When the truth dies The race of men Has come and gone A twisted race of ancient evil, Wicked and depraved A race of demons From beneath the waves No longer lies in wait Enslaving, Conquering, destroying, Laying waste to the lands Now that the book is opened The last Nemedian’s spell is broken The last Nemedian druid’s spell That erased them from earth’s memory well The last Nemedian druid’s spell That bound them in his book of black Our time has come! The race of man has come and gone, Has run its course The sun’s declining into dusk Nocturnal chants proclaim remorse Enslaving, Conquering, destroying, Fury Fomoraigh When the truth dies The end draws near And all will fall When the truth dies The race of men Has come and gone Just look into my burning eyes And see what they have seen In the past and in the future Behold this dark horrific dream Now that the book is opened The last Nemedian’s spell is broken The last Nemedian druid’s spell That bound them in his book of black A twisted race of ancient evil, Wicked and depraved A race of demons from beneath the waves No longer lies in wait The myriad futures will unfold A nightmare of fomorian hordes When the truth dies The end draws near And all will fall When the truth dies The race of men Has come and gone And the truth dies The end is here Fury Fomoraigh! |
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10. | Otherworlds Collide | 01:42 | instrumental |
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40:08 |
The Eternal Chronicles
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Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards |
Lars Wehner | Drums |
Tim Siebrecht | Bass (tracks 1, 2) |
Marius "Jussi" Pesch | Guitars (tracks 1, 2) |
Guest/Session | |
Marcus Riewaldt | Bass (tracks 3-6) |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars (track 7) |
Tina Stabel | Vocals (female) |
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1. | Beneath the Red Eagle | 04:56 | Show lyrics |
Once this day was but a dream Yet now I’m here and this is real This moment will live on through all times The hills of Spain I’ll leave behind Today I’ll join the legion with pride The time has come to say goodbye Today, my son, we must part ways Go forth beyond the hills of Spain O, my son, the heavens you could scale Yet only Gods may live forevermore As for man, nothing of his days remains Unless you earn yourself a name Beneath the Eagle you will march To fight for Rome, to slay or die Under the Eagle you will ride To fight to the end and then fight again To fight to the end and then fight again If word should come of my demise Then do not cry and keep in mind That I’ll have found a good way to die So march, my son, under the Roman Eagle On the road from where there is no way back Let your dreams forever be your guide And inspire you to deeds of heroic might Yet you, my son, unlike other men Are blessed with a special trade To look beyond the veil of time And turn the hand of fate Beneath the Eagle I will march To fight for Rome, to slay or die Under the Eagle I will ride To fight to the end and then fight again To fight to the end and then fight again If word should come of your demise Then I won’t cry and keep in mind That you’ll have found a good way to die Doubt is lurking in my mind For what I’ve seen in my weirdest dream Eternal life, it can’t be real And though indeed I will earn fame... History will erase my name |
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2. | Inner Sanctum | 05:01 | Show lyrics |
Entering the dark stone hall The inner sanctum They felt an eerie presence Something ancient, something strong Black iron box in the darkness Inside the niche across the hall This was what they had to defend This was where their master went To seek the counsel of the living head To seek the counsel of the baphomet 10.000 strong, they stormed the walls To end the gruelling siege To battle, murder and destroy The last crusader keep Defended by 300 knights This was their final stand 10.000 souls had stormed the walls The knights gave up the fight Inside the crypt the head recalled The story of his life... Dark eyes surveyed them from inside Terrible soul-searing sight Eyes shimmering with ancient knowledge Eyes filled with ancient pride The head of a Roman Emperor Adored with a laurel crown? Or the face of a Celtic king With runic Ogham carved? This was what they had to defend This was where their master went To seek the counsel of the living head To seek the counsel of the Baphomet "10.000 souls had stormed the walls The knights gave up the fight Inside the crypt the head recalled The story of his life..." |
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3. | Balor | 04:45 | Show lyrics |
Near the shores of Toraigh, Beneath the pounding waves In shadowed depths And dark embrace In the dark abyss Beyond the waves, Balor of the strong blows Lies in wait From shadowed depths Beyond the sea Ablaze his eye He will arise Towers of glass, Like icy blades Rise up to the skies When he’s awake Forgotten gods return to roam, Standing stones begin to shriek, When hope becomes despair, In a world full of hate and greed Balor waits no more, Dark eyes lit with exultation, A third eye opening, Hurling bolts of lightning Flesh and bone turn to ashes, Sacrificial fires burn again A thousand men slain, blood-red waves Pounding upon the shores As time is senseless, As night is endless, Reality is darkness, Existence is emptiness In shadowed depths Of the black abyss Born from dark mists And raging storms Forgotten gods return to roam, Standing stones begin to shriek, When hope becomes despair, In a world full of hate and greed The triumph of evil, When good men stay silent, Then Balor of the Evil Eye, Has arisen from death Black cloaked Balor, arisen from death Black cloaked Balor, will rule again |
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4. | Stone of the Seven Suns | 05:01 | Show lyrics |
Stone of power, stone of light The stone at Dowth will end this fight I’ll bury the book for ages to come Beneath the stone of the seven suns Once I lay on a battlefield in pain, I cried out in hate and Birуg came The seeds of vengeance had been sown With Birуg’s help I unleashed the Fomor Led by Balor, their evil lord Fomorian hordes rushed ashore Their war-horns calling to attack To crush the Dй Danann and claim the land That day the plains were drenched in blood The people slaughtered, the children dead The Fomorian horde swept over the land Their weapons of carnage reaping the men Stone of power, stone of light The stone at Dowth will end this fight I’ll bury the book for ages to come Beneath the stone of the seven suns Vengeance no longer rules my soul The proud Dй Danann remain proud no more At the side of the oppressed I’ve ever belonged The Fomorian scourge must be destroyed Blinded by hatred, heartbreak and dismay I condemned the Dй Danann to a terrible fate No longer shall this horror prevail Tonight I’ll end the Fomorian reign Stone of power, stone of light The stone at Dowth will end this fight Their evil souls shall be unbound Forever trapped beneath the mound At Moytirra they shall fight in vain Their mortal bodies can now be slain Beneath the everlasting stone Their souls will haunt forevermore |
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5. | Let Me Put My Love Into You (AC/DC cover) | 04:13 | Show lyrics |
Flying on a free flight Driving all night with my machinery Cause I I got the power any hour To show the man in me I got Reputations blown to pieces with my artillery Whoa ho I’ll be guided in we’ll be ridin’ Giving what you got to me Don’t you struggle Don’t you fight Don’t you worry cause it’s your turn tonight Let me put my love into you babe Let me put my love on the line Let me put my love into you babe Let me cut your cake with my knife Oh, like a fever burning faster You spark the fire in me Crazy feelings got me reeling They got me raising steam Don’t you struggle Don’t you fight Don’t you worry cause it’s your turn tonight, yeah Let me put my love into you babe Let me put my love on the line Let me put my love into you babe Let me cut your cake with my knife Cut it Let me, let me Oooh Let me, let me Let me put my love into you babe Let me put my love on the line Let me put my love into you babe Let me cut your cake with my knife Oh Let me put my love into you babe Let me put my love on the line Let me put my love into you babe Let me give it all Let me give it all To you To you Give it all |
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6. | Pendragon’s Fall (live) | 04:56 | Show lyrics |
Oh, remembering the words The vision of the sage He summoned all the heathen breed A black hearts dream of a new age Taint and vicious life he cried Strongest of his kind Shattered by a fateful might A carnal spell devoured his fiery mind Distrust and treason The strong will survive Is no virtue of reason While the whole land is moaning Oh, who`s worth to be king Revange! Hunt the king of Cornwall down The troops will march For they adore the cauldron All is fading to ashes, turning to war Oh, all you woeful warriors For yon weakness`ll never be strength Cold and fearless you adore The lies of a madman right till the end And in a night of roaming shadows With a spell on his face He seduced the unaware widow Oh what murderous embrace So fate took its course With less rhyme than reason War and hate Will bear brighter days The night passed Its crown to the king of dawn This dream will last Till the day This new kingdom will come |
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7. | Ramble (demo) | 02:47 | instrumental |
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Eternal Defiance
Album versions
Release date | Label | Catalog ID | Format | Description |
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May 24th, 2013 | AFM Records | AFM 453-9 | CD | Digipak, Enhanced |
2013 | Fono Ltd. | FO986CD | CD | Enhanced |
2013 | Fono Ltd. | FO986CD | CD | Digipak, enhanced |
July 13th, 2013 | RedRivet Records | RRR-012 | CD | Japan, Limited edition |
Members | |
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Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Vocals, Guitars, Banjo, Orchestrations |
Lars Wehner | Drums |
Tim Siebrecht | Bass |
Marius "Jussi" Pesch | Guitars |
Guest/Session | |
Sebastian Hintz | Vocals (backing), Guitars (acoustic) |
Arne Gerits | Violin |
Tina Stabel | Vocals (female), Piano |
Axel Römer | Highland bagpipes |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Producer, Mixing, Mastering |
Axel Jusseit | Photography |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork, Lyrics, Layout |
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1. | Storming the Walls | 03:14 | instrumental |
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2. | Inner Sanctum | 05:08 | Show lyrics |
Entering the dark stone hall The inner sanctum They felt an eerie presence Something ancient, something strong Black iron box in the darkness Inside the niche across the hall This was what they had to defend This was where their master went To seek the counsel of the living head To seek the counsel of the baphomet 10.000 strong, they stormed the walls To end the gruelling siege To battle, murder and destroy The last crusader keep Defended by 300 knights This was their final stand 10.000 souls had stormed the walls The knights gave up the fight Inside the crypt the head recalled The story of his life... Dark eyes surveyed them from inside Terrible soul-searing sight Eyes shimmering with ancient knowledge Eyes filled with ancient pride The head of a Roman Emperor Adored with a laurel crown? Or the face of a Celtic king With runic Ogham carved? This was what they had to defend This was where their master went To seek the counsel of the living head To seek the counsel of the Baphomet "10.000 souls had stormed the walls The knights gave up the fight Inside the crypt the head recalled The story of his life..." |
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3. | Beneath the Red Eagle | 04:51 | Show lyrics |
Once this day was but a dream Yet now I’m here and this is real This moment will live on through all times The hills of Spain I’ll leave behind Today I’ll join the legion with pride The time has come to say goodbye Today, my son, we must part ways Go forth beyond the hills of Spain O, my son, the heavens you could scale Yet only Gods may live forevermore As for man, nothing of his days remains Unless you earn yourself a name Beneath the Eagle you will march To fight for Rome, to slay or die Under the Eagle you will ride To fight to the end and then fight again To fight to the end and then fight again If word should come of my demise Then do not cry and keep in mind That I’ll have found a good way to die So march, my son, under the Roman Eagle On the road from where there is no way back Let your dreams forever be your guide And inspire you to deeds of heroic might Yet you, my son, unlike other men Are blessed with a special trade To look beyond the veil of time And turn the hand of fate Beneath the Eagle I will march To fight for Rome, to slay or die Under the Eagle I will ride To fight to the end and then fight again To fight to the end and then fight again If word should come of your demise Then I won’t cry and keep in mind That you’ll have found a good way to die Doubt is lurking in my mind For what I’ve seen in my weirdest dream Eternal life, it can’t be real And though indeed I will earn fame... History will erase my name |
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4. | March of Conquest | 03:47 | Show lyrics |
Shield to shield with banners high War and conquest on their minds Relentless, fearless, battle-scarred To the West the legion marched From triumph to triumph Time and time again Rising through the ranks Young Macsen gained command Sword to sword with banners high Assigned to light the African tribes Relentless, fearless, battle-scarred To the South the legion marched For respect is much harder to earn Beyond the bond forged on the battlefield Friendship makes one weak not strong To do whatever has to be done Side by side with banners high To the last one they would fight Relentless, fearless to the end But none of them he called his friend From triumph to triumph Time and time again Commanding them to certain death He rather wants respect Spear to spear with banners high Assigned to stop barbarian tribes Relentless, fearless, battle-scarred To the Fast the legion marched For respect is much harder to earn Beyond the bond forged on the battlefield Friendship makes one weak not strong To do whatever has to be done Side by side with banners high To the last one they would fight Relentless, fearless to the end Each one of them he called his friend |
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5. | Pair Dadeni | 03:49 | Show lyrics |
Marching on to Dinas Brân The ravens called his name Bearer of the Eagle Red To Britain Macsen came A dream of certain death Unveiled to him one night Incursion of the Scots and Picts The onset to the fight Possessed by battle lust he fell For that day he would meet his end But the dream did not reveal The power of the grail of Brân The shards still held strength Honouring his brave demise The druids baptised him Before he died The shards of Pair Dadeni, Restored and blessed again The cauldron of Rebirth, Immortalised through Brân The past no longer of concern Only future you can effect A single dream can make a change Reshape the world and alter fate The shards of Pair Dadeni, Restored and blessed again The cauldron of Rebirth, Immortalised through Brân Magic shards restored his life Miracle for all men to see In his veins its power reigned What about his guiding dreams? Crowned King at Dinas Brân The ravens called his name Bearer of the Dragon Red In Britain Macsen stayed |
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6. | The Mindsong | 05:38 | Show lyrics |
After the hunt, In the heat of the day, The Emperor rested From the gruelling chase As he closed his eyes And gave in to his dreams His mind took him Over mountains and streams To the fairest of islands ever known Through the gates of a mighty keep To an old king on an ivory throne And a maiden on a golden seat His closed eyes had never seen A maiden more fair than She As he kneeled beside her gilded chair She softly sang into his ear "Emperor of Rome, You know I am real Let me love you Beyond your dream" Alas right there and then The emperor’s sleep came to an end "It’s better to be alone", he thought "I have wars to wage, battles to fight Love always leads to pain and loss" But the maiden’s song stuck in his mind "Emperor of Rome, You know I am real If you love me You’ll come to me" He searched the lands And gave in to his dream His quest took him Over mountains and streams To the British islands he would roam Through the gates of a towering keep There sat an old king on an ivory throne And a maiden on a golden seat His open eyes had never seen A maiden more fair than She As he kneeled beside her gilded chair He softly sang into her ear "Empress of Rome, I knew you were real Let me love you Beyond my dreams" |
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7. | Rage for Revenge | 04:51 | Show lyrics |
Seven lengthy years ago Crowned king on British soil Ruler of the western throne Commanding Britain, Spain and Gaul At Helen’s side he ruled the realm Raising castles, building roads Until one day the message came Of his banishment from Rome His title stripped, allies gone They murdered and destroyed them all No longer emperor of the west Disgrace he never would accept Under the Eagle Macsen left To die or triumph over Gaul Under the Dragon he’d return Retaliate and conquer Rome A Celtic army Macsen raised To march and take the throne To join him in his wrath for Rome A Celtic army Macsen raised To march and take the throne To aid him in his rage for revenge Sons of Eudav crushed the gates Dragon army entered Rome Emperor caught and slain Magnus Maximus sat on the Throne Macsen’s rage had died in blood Reflecting on his throne he sat Since everything that he had touched Was now forever changed... His title stripped, allies gone They murdered and destroyed them all No longer emperor of the west Disgrace he never would accept Under the Eagle Macsen left To die or triumph over Gaul Under the Dragon he returned Retaliate and conquer Rome A Celtic army Macsen raised To march and take the throne To join him in his wrath for Rome To aid him in his rage for revenge |
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8. | Dragon’s Head | 05:24 | Show lyrics |
Rushing into battle The onset to defeat It’s Roman killing Roman A clash of West and East Invasion near Aemona The onset to defeat It’s Roman against Roman A clash of West and East Each and all decisions wrong Bringing pain and misery His guiding dreams have come undone Calling forth his destiny The balance of the world seems gone At Aquileia his final stand Cursed with dreadful visions Attacked with overwhelming force Surrounded by eastern legions The Battle of the Save Why didn’t he foresee? His guiding dreams have come undone Calling forth his destiny Rushing into battle The onset to defeat It’s Roman killing Roman A clash of West and East At Aquileia his final stand Cursed with dreadful visions Attacked with overwhelming force Surrounded by legions Battle of the Save Why didn’t he foresee? Incursions into Gaul His generals defeated The enemy victorious Conquering Gaul Attacked from every side Macsen wouldn’t die A red mist came before his eyes Executed for all to see Finally his dreams made sense Embracing his dark destiny Magnus, The Emperor is dead Magnus Maximus The Emperor is dead Behold Penn Dragon The Dragon’s Head |
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9. | Defiant Dreams | 04:26 | Show lyrics |
As ages went by The dreaming head survived Enclosed in a black shrine Oracle for the mighty and high Caught in a strange inner battle A place beyond time Its struggle within Unapparent from without Once all the power in the world was mine All that’s left is moribund flesh And the power to keep my dreams alive Plant ideas in someone’s mind My mind is trembling My thoughts absorbed by the ancient stones My spirit is willing My dreams defiant past flesh and bone All the choices in the world are mine All that’s left is drying flesh And the power to make my mark in time Plant ideas in someone’s mind My mind a whirl of visions My thoughts absorbed by the ancient stones My spirit is soaring My dreams defiant past flesh and bone As ages went by The dreaming head survived Enclosed in a black shrine Oracle for the mighty and high Heir to an ancient mystery From a place beyond time Its knowledge within Unapparent from without Once I went on a quest divine When all i had was a legion of men I sought and found eternal life I conquered the world and made it mine My mind is wide awake My thoughts absorbed by the ancient stones My spirit is exulting My dreams defiant past flesh and bone My mind a well of power My thoughts absorbed by the ancient stones My spirit undying My dreams defiant past flesh and bone But knowledge has to grow in time All that’s left is lost days past The things I’ve done and left undone A dreaming head under a dawn sky As ages went by The dreaming head survived Enclosed in a black shrine Oracle for the mighty and high Cursed with immortality In a place beyond time Its dreams within Unapparent from without |
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10. | Damnatio Memoriae | 04:00 | Show lyrics |
In the dark The head was silent For all eternity Erased from memory Reflecting his desires To roam the world To travel from sky to sky To make his mark in time Immortal travesty Erased from history In the end He closed his eyes And gave himself to dreams... |
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11. | Mrs. McGrath | 05:14 | Show lyrics |
Now, Mrs. McGrath, the sargent said, Would you like to make a soldier out of your son Ted? With a scarlet coat and a big cocked hat, Mrs. McGrath, wouldn’t you like that? Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Now, Mrs McGrath lived on the shore And after seven years or more She spied a ship come into the bay With her son from far away "O captain dear, where have ye been? You been sailing the Mediterranean Have you news of my son Ted Is he living or is he dead?" Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Then came Ted without any legs And in their place two wooden pegs She kissed him a dozen times or two And said, "my God, Ted, is it you? Now were ye drunk or were ye blind When ye left your two fine legs behind? Or was it walking upon the sea That wore your two fine legs away?" Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa "Now I wasn’t drunk and I wasn’t blind When I left my two fine legs behind A cannonball on the fifth of May Tore my two fine legs away" "My, Teddy boy," the widow cried "Your two fine legs were yer mother’s pride Stumps of a tree won’t do at all Why didn’t ye run from the cannonball?" Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa "All foreign wars I do proclaim Between Don John and the King of Spain I’d rather have my son as he used to be Than the King of France and his whole Navy" Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa |
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Realms of Odoric
Album versions
Release date | Label | Catalog ID | Format | Description |
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May 20th, 2016 | AFM Records | AFM 569-9 | CD | Digipak |
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May 2016 | Fono Ltd. | FO1219CD | CD |
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Arkadius | Vocals, Guitars, Orchestrations, Songwriting |
Lars | Drums |
Tim | Bass |
Jussi | Guitars |
Guest/Session | |
Tina Stabel | Vocals (female) |
Axel Römer | Bagpipes |
Matthias "Metti" Zimmer | Vocals |
Sascha Aßbach | Vocals |
Sebastian "Seebi" Jensen | Vocals, Guitars (acoustic) |
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Kris Verwimp | Cover art, Layout, Lyrics |
Martin Buchwalter | Producer, Recording, Mixing, Mastering |
Nicole Volz | Photography |
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1. | Into the Realm | 01:15 | Show lyrics |
The past... is forged with each decision The future... is unwritten The final stand... the realm of my existence |
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2. | The Serpent Within | 04:09 | Show lyrics |
Standing tall on Ankrath’s walls An inward journey begins There is clarity in solitude My strength and spirit soars Ancient wisdom Born from deep within my bones Marching on with sole defiance Ever forward unto dawn... Oh, how to shape our destiny And choose for ill or good Oh, how to end this tyranny Without becoming a tyrant myself? This life is but a spiral path The serpent lurks inside A road towards eternity The future is the past Standing at this dim threshold An inward river flows There is honesty in solitude My strength and spirit calls Ancient power Born from deep within this sword Marching on with sole defiance Ever forward into war... Oh, how to earn eternity This torment to endure Oh, how to face this evil horde Without turning to evil myself? This life is but a spiral path The serpent lurks inside A road towards eternity The future is the past Oh, how to deceive mortality This sacrifice and doom Oh, how to end this wrathful god Without becoming godlike myself |
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3. | The Hunter’s Horde | 04:27 | Show lyrics |
In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s horde is stalking In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s horde is out for blood Crawling, stumbling in the shadows A fallen legion’s last few men Swallowed up by savage woods Wading through the gates of hell Dodging hails of silent arrows Facing overwhelming odds Chased by ruthless Pictish fiends Striking at them from the dark In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s horde is stalking... In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s horde is out for blood! Preying on the wounded soldiers Picking victims one by one Hunting them like frightened creatures Answering the hunter’s call In the dark woods In the dead of night can you hear, the hunter’s calling! In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s calling out for blood! Escape towards the coming dawn To the great Darcanian wall At the edge of the dark hell Where redemption awaits us all In the dark woods In the dead of night can you hear, the hunter’s calling! In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s calling out for blood! Crawling, stumbling from the shadows A fallen legion’s last few men Emerging from the wildwood Returning from the gates of hell Prey turns into predator Only instinct drives them forth Reborn more beast than man They survived the hunter’s call In the dark woods In the dead of night In the dark woods In the dead of night In the dark woods In the dead of night In the dark woods In the dead of night |
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4. | Creeping Blood | 02:03 | Show lyrics |
Creeping darkness Born from severed skulls... Ancient blood Craving new flesh Blue veins turning black... A dark voice rising Commanding from the void Ancient blood Craving new flesh |
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5. | Undaunted | 04:00 | Show lyrics |
Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Oh, can you hear the clashing swords? The battle cries and horns of war? The stench of death is in the air Invading our ancestral lands... No time to mourn our fallen kin The slaughter of the innocents And tough our clan may not remain The blood of battle warms our veins A war is raging in our home No time to cry, no time to mourn We’ll honor our glorious past We’ll fight to the very, very last Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Our blood must never, ever dry Oh, can you hear the clashing swords? The battle cries and horns of war? We’ll guard our city and defend Dauntless we will face this threat Our sacrifice won’t be in vain It’s better to die than live as slaves And even though our end is nigh We’ll throw ourselves into the fight No time to mourn our fallen kin The slaughter of the innocents Our broken hearts will never mend But dauntless we will face our end Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry |
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6. | Lion of Darcania | 05:12 | Show lyrics |
A lifetime spent in battle Dedicated to his men Commander of the royal guard Each day could be his last A good man shaped by warfare Devoted to the realm Commander of the Kaduzar Each day he welcomes death Lion of Darcania Warrior with no match Born to protect our emperor Our people and our land The lion of Darcania A warrior with no match The lion of Darcania The hero known as Drackx Defeated by the eastern horde The empire has fallen He failed to protect the realm And still he welcomes death Lion of Darcania Warrior with no match Determined to put an end to war Avenger of the realm The lion of Darcania A warrior with no match The lion of Darcania The hero known as Drackx (Warrior!) (Darcania!) That day he swore a solemn oath A vow upon his bloodstained sword To leave behind his pain and doubt Command the guard one final time Darcanian phalanx! Shield and spear raised high! That day he swore a solemn oath A vow upon his bloodstained sword To break the enemy’s battle lines Defend the realm one final time That day he swore a solemn oath A vow upon his bloodstained sword To break the enemy’s battle lines Defend the realm one final time |
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7. | Pictish Pride | 04:01 | Show lyrics |
A dark force grows deep in the woods Foreshadowing impending doom Invaders from the eastern lands We shall never bow to them Our homesteads burn, we must unite The Pictish drums resound We paint our skin with battle-runes To fight the dark force in the woods One tribe, one mind We stand and fight We live or die For Pictish pride One tribe, one mind We stand and fight We live or die For Pictish pride Now a dark force rules the Pictish tribes Too many of our kin have died Invaders from the eastern lands Dishonored we must bow to them One tribe, one mind We stand and fight We live or die For Pictish pride One tribe, one mind We stand and fight We live or die For Pictish pride One tribe, one mind Enslaved we fight We live or die For Pisces-Ra One tribe, one mind We sacrifice For Pisces-Ra |
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8. | On Roads to Ruin | 03:43 | Show lyrics |
The final conflict is at hand My way of life comes to an end Embracing darkness to survive Embrace the night to stay alive Carried off... Into slavery No hopes, no dreams... Just death and fear Becoming darkness to survive Become the wolf to stay alive I’ll live or die... in hate and pain... In the end... only ruins will remain On roads to ruin The final conflict is at hand... My way of life comes to an end Embrace the night to stay alive Embracing darkness to survive Carried off... Into slavery No hopes, no dreams... Just death and fear Become the wolf to stay alive Becoming darkness to survive I’ll live or die... in hate and pain In the end... only ruins will remain I’ll live or die in vain... Only ruins remain |
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9. | Dark Revelations | 04:10 | Show lyrics |
Ripped of all my former strength A pictish axe has left me maimed No longer can I weld my blade The pen will be my new domain Recording for the ages Catch the spirit of the past Inspiring future heroes And make our ancient legends last... Our legacy should ever last... Dark revelation A vision unsurpassed Should I stop writing now Or start another text? Recording for the ages Catch the spirit of the past Inspiring future heroes And make our ancient legends last... The serpent tower’s rising The skies are set aflame A massive threat is coming... Burn the books, let none remain Destroy the secrets kept within Feed them to the starving flames... Burn them all, you must obey Destroy the past, do as I say... Burn the books, erase his name The serpent god will rise one day Recording for the ages Catch the spirit of the past Inspiring future heroes And make our ancient legends last Dark revelation A vision unsurpassed Should I stop writing now Or start another text? I’ll burn the books, I will obey I’ll burn the books, erase his name Our hopes and dreams forever lost I’ll burn the spirits of the past... |
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10. | Braving the End | 03:38 | Show lyrics |
My end began Now seven years ago You left me for the eastern war Why did you have to go? Time is moving ever forward I can’t imagine where you’ve been Past is forged with each decision I can’t conceive the things you’ve seen All those nights spent wondering Would I see you once again? All those days of longing To be with you again My end began Now seven years ago You left me for the eastern war Will you ever see your son? My love, we finally meet again But how to make you understand That whatever my decisions I will lose you in the end You’re not how I remember No emotions in your stare Light has vanished from your eyes It’s like I am not even there However short our time together I will enjoy it and belong I want to live life to the fullest For I’ve waited much too long My mind keeps dwelling on the future Oh how to make you comprehend That whatever my decisions I always lose you in the end No matter all the things we went through No matter how hard that it’s been No matter all the things that we’ve lost We’ll make it worth it in the end No matter all the things we went through No matter how hard that it’s been No matter all the things that we’ve lost We’ll make it worth it in the end I will keep looking for the answer I will try and try again There must be another way Even if time and space must end... No matter all the things we went through No matter how hard that it’s been No matter all the things that we’ve lost We’ll make it worth it in the end No matter all the things we went through No matter how hard that it’s been No matter all the things that we’ve lost We’ll make it worth it in the end Even if time and space must end I’ll be forever by your side Life has no meaning without death My love Everyone must die... |
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11. | One Against the Tide | 03:54 | Show lyrics |
Defending the realm against the hordes Born from tales and ancient lore Defying the tide with pitch black blade Out of the mists a brave one came By his command our soldiers charged Hurling themselves at the enemy’s heart Across the sacred moors they flowed Taking the shape of the trident of old (Taking the shape of the trident of old) Leading his men into the maws of death He himself was head of the attack Behind him, the living trident roared Born from tales and ancient lore Born from tales and ancient lore Born from tales and ancient lore (And ancient lore, and ancient lore) Defending the realm against the hordes Born from tales and ancient lore Defying the tide with pitch black blade Out of the mists a brave one came No dread left of maiming his own men When the last of the cimbric soldiers fell No reason to hold back the boiling rage Leaving battered bodies in his wake Wielding his blackened serpent sword Radiating a sacred force Mowing down waves of savage picts Burning green fire from within (Burning green fire from within) Burning green fire from within (Fire from within, fire from within) Defending the realm against the hordes Born from tales and ancient lore Defying the tide with pitch black blade Out of the mists a brave one came Bearing the serpent mark of old Out of the war a legend rose Ending the hordes with a final blow Into the mists the brave one strode One strong rock to break the tide Committing the ultimate sacrifice Only his shattered helm remains We pray for his return one day |
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12. | Cimbric Requiem | 04:09 | instrumental |
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13. | Remembrance | 02:39 | Show lyrics |
As we march into the second age Now that the fields are silent Remember who they were... Remember their sacrifice For their deeds mean nothing When no one remembers them... Or when there’s no one left I am the chronographer... I am the chronographer... |
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47:20 |
Cimbric Yarns
Album versions
Release date | Label | Catalog ID | Format | Description |
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November 16th, 2018 | AFM Records | AFM 691-9 | CD | Digipak |
November 16th, 2018 | AFM Records | AFM 691-1 | 12" vinyl | Limited edition |
November 16th, 2018 | AFM Records | Digital | ||
November 2018 | Fono Ltd. | FO1408CD | CD |
Members | |
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Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Guitars, Banjo, Harmonica, Orchestrations |
Sebastian Jensen | Guitars, Vocals |
Ken Jentzen | Bass |
Guest/Session | |
Marcel Schoenen | Vocals |
Tina Stabel | Vocals |
Cătălina Popa | Flute |
Shir-Ran Yinon | Violin, Viola |
Sascha Aßbach | Vocals (backing) |
Matthias "Metti" Zimmer | Vocals (backing) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing, Mastering |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork |
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1. | Echtra | 01:44 | Show lyrics |
I welcome thee My longed-for child To Tiarda-Glas The serpent spire I reach for thee From ages past To make thee whole And fill thy mind To share my wisdom Dark and light To show thee yarns Of cimbric times |
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2. | Serpentine Origins | 03:26 | Show lyrics |
Invaded at the dawn of time The last ones of an ancient line Sworn to protect the sacred spear To flee their rivals, conquer fear Pursued upon the mountainside A roaring tempest veiled their path By guiding gleam of the Glain Neidr They fell towards their destiny Primal stone of serpentine Spear to sword and sword to life Primal stone of serpentine Waves of knowledge flood their minds Primal stone of serpentine Spear to sword and sword to mind Primal stone of serpentine Cursing them with endless life |
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3. | Ode to Arma | 04:16 | Show lyrics |
Bound in immortality I wish for you to be with me Connected for eternity You wish to roam the galaxy You are my brightness and my pain For now until infinity Across light years of distance You are life itself to me But the farther you travel The closer I hold you in my heart You can always find me here Waiting for your smile at me Exploring spaces of the deeper mind Longing for your inner light You are the bright side of my soul Connected for eternity Craving to conquer the unknown Bound in immortality But the farther you travel The closer I hold you in my heart Bound in immortality Connected for eternity |
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4. | A Day and Forever | 04:10 | Show lyrics |
Am I alive, or is this a dream ? What defines this reality ? Time keeps passing by People are born and people die I face my fate in silent pain Endure this curse For a day and forever Am I asleep, or is this real ? What is this immortality ? Is there a purpose to this endless life Oh, how I long to age and die Wayward daughter of eternity Your son will end this tragedy When darkness comes he’ll be the key Give meaning to your agony I count the time that still remains Embracing my new destiny For a day and forever For ever and a day |
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5. | Black Dawn | 02:57 | instrumental |
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6. | At Nine Light Night | 05:20 | Show lyrics |
Eternal, thought Eternal time Revere the stones Come gather round Revere the stones Open your mind Once the planets Are all aligned Revere the stones Come gather round Nine, the streams of space and time Nine, the bounds of flesh and mind Revere the stones Come gather round They’ll take us home On rays of light Nine, the laws of fire and ice At nine light night Nine, the leaps of day and night At nine light nine A veil of darkness fills the sky A veil of darkness in my mind The time has come to say goodbye The time has come, goodbye Revere the stones Come gather round They’ll bring us home At nine light night Nine, the spheres within the sphere At nine light night Nine, the stones that ride the beam At nine light night |
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7. | Snakehenge | 03:53 | Show lyrics |
Shield of stones, lines of force A snake is pierced, a spiral born Arise brave people, join the cause Fight for Urlàr, fight for life Building towers, building mounds Snakehenge, shield of stones Snakehenge, lines of force A snake is pierced, a spiral born Arise my people, join the cause Fight for Urlàr, fight for life Building towers, building mounds Shield of stones, lines of force |
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8. | Birth and Despair | 04:41 | Show lyrics |
The dark between the stars Enveloping her mind The world obscures around her Affecting space and time A sacrifice is called for A destiny fulfilled Her light is slowly dying Her ancient blood is spilt She’s struggling to survive The old curse of the serpent Could save her with new life A source of change is coming close The universe is torn From painful loss and misery A beautiful thing is born Something beautiful can grow The serpent sword is calling New life will soon be born To end all desperation To send the shadows forth What could have been Is lost in forevermore Her greatness yet remains Her life is not in vain The dark between the stars Enveloping her mind The world obscures around her It’s calling her to die A source of change is coming close The universe is torn From painful loss and misery A beautiful thing is born Something beautiful can grow |
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9. | Assault on Urlár | 04:34 | Show lyrics |
Behold, the sky is burning red The tide of darkness comes From deep withing the cosmic void From far beyond the astral realms Behold, the shield is fading Black rain is falling down I can hardly walk I can hardly breathe Standing here alone Alone Our age is at an end and now Our day of doom has come Our dreams are lost forever and trluly Our souls are dead and gone Behold, the ghastly creatures They try to hunt me down I can hardly walk I can hardly breathe But I’m not alone Not alone |
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10. | Caoine Cruác | 04:38 | Show lyrics |
You are the wanderer of the mind Seeking wisdom in strange corners Neither bound by space nor time The day has come to face the dark To wield your ancient serpent sword To use the henge to breach our fate Accept the bliss of death’s embace In the darkest heart of eternity Your elder light will guide our souls Converting creatures of dark energy Into beings of a different sort The day has come to face the dark To wield your ancient serpent sword To use the henge to breach our fate Accept the bliss of death’s embace In the darkest heart of eternity Your elder light will guide our souls To the cimbric realm of infinity Where our minds will dwell forevermore Cruàc In time your sacrifice will be forgotten But the stones will remember your name For all eternity Through the darkest heart of eternity Your flesh and blood remain forlorn Lying in wait for his destiny To protect our lives forevermore |
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39:39 |
Echoes of Yore
Album versions
Release date | Label | Catalog ID | Format | Description |
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November 15th, 2019 | MDD Records | MDD 157CD | CD | |
November 15th, 2019 | MDD Records | MDD 157LP | 12" vinyl | |
November 15th, 2019 | MDD Records | MDD 157 | CD + DVD | Digipak |
Members | |
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Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals, Guitars, Orchestrations |
Sebastian Jensen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Tim Siebrecht | Bass, Vocals (backing) |
Ken Jentzen | Drums |
Guest/Session | |
Marcel Schoenen | Vocals (clean) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork |
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1. | Wartunes | 05:00 | |
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2. | The Quest | 05:33 | |
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3. | Havoc | 03:56 | |
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4. | Morrigan | 03:43 | |
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5. | Rise of Taliesin | 06:37 | |
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6. | Hall of Tales | 05:18 | |
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7. | Pendragon’s Fall | 06:36 | |
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8. | Banshee | 04:30 | |
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9. | Warpipes Call Me | 04:42 | |
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10. | Lays from Afar | 04:52 | |
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50:47 |
Lupine Essence
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Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Christoph Zacharowski | Bass |
Stefan Möller | Drums |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards, Vocals (female) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Torsten Pätzold | Recording |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Banshee | 04:39 | Show lyrics |
That is not dead which can eternal lie yet with strage aeons even death may lie (H.P. Lovecraft) I bewail my destiny a foible of mine but her voice tortures my mind I yearn for her bosom I fear her sway my eternal blemish is her embrace She whispers: chose a realm - these two are the preferred ones: Hell - where your soul reduces to ashes Heaven - where you’ll be drowned |
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2. | Dragon Tribe | 04:19 | Show lyrics |
Another dry mornin’ A summon song awakes The tribe of the dragon So desolate... He lurks on the hill with outstretched wings Watching for every false step The dragon tribe... Delusion of delight The little ones look up Dazed of the might The envy in their eyes See the all - mighty flight Grab a slice darkness When time is ripe The envy in their eyes See the all - mighty fight |
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3. | Heresy | 03:49 | Show lyrics |
Like the holy scripture said Satan fled from his prison He twisted the minds In the garment of the holy church Every fairy-tale has a wiff of truth Our scaffold is build on this I for one, a wife, the original sin sentenced me Depressed by a dogma, without a will In a land of cold, a princess of drearyness Flames are licking on my flesh, but I chill With their flesh so strong And a mind so weak A crusade for their god With a fond full of blood A silent enigma’s still untouched The gleam inside fades more and more Don’t fear the darkness, nor the scythe Then reason comes to fore Only darkness beared the light Incredulity bears the truth |
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4. | Sheltering Dreams | 03:19 | Show lyrics |
I felt asleep, with the raising moon Found myself born anew All my grief and all my pain Turns into glee (in another dream) Low whispering voices say Everything is a dream So sheltering dreams keep me alive I try to leave, I try to hide Can’t they hear my silent cry I cannot breathe in their light But a low voice whispers to me Nothing’s as it seems to be |
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5. | Havoc | 04:01 | Show lyrics |
Woe... when fear is our bridle Lost in the claws of decay Oh, Tomorrow’s a grinning skull That leads our way Sweet oblivion rocks us In a cradle of darkness Reel to the first tune In the crescendo of death Each delight becomes a jeering guilt Our mohters viscera sticks bleedin’ in our throat So we grunt and we belch without any dread Prelude the eventide of the tellural breed Just like a desease Our race increase Just like a noctural dream We’ll fade away one day Oh father tell me why The last flower died in my hands For castles in the air They burned down the ground And a hand full of dust For my life Hark! To our mothers scolding Discord is the harvest of greed Trust no pray into the emptiness Still havoc feasts ... on mankind |
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6. | Warpipes Call Me | 04:16 | Show lyrics |
So long he is gone With a pale servile face His way led right through A cold bloody haze His yell pierced the cold frosty mornin’ As he erased someone wicked with evil Chorus: So like millions before He died in his gore And those who survived Died in their minds But those who does not care Were dead before Who loves his sword Even loves war Four children he left behind With a mournin’ mother All their dreams return nevermore This hope is lost - killed in war Bridge Chorus |
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7. | ...and a Minstrel Left the Mourning Valley | 02:02 | instrumental |
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8. | Internal Epidemic | 03:15 | |
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29:40 |
Lupine Essence
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Christoph Zacharowski | Bass |
Stefan Möller | Drums |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards, Vocals (female) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Torsten Pätzold | Recording |
Tracks | |||
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Side A | |||
1. | Banshee | 04:39 | Show lyrics |
That is not dead which can eternal lie yet with strage aeons even death may lie (H.P. Lovecraft) I bewail my destiny a foible of mine but her voice tortures my mind I yearn for her bosom I fear her sway my eternal blemish is her embrace She whispers: chose a realm - these two are the preferred ones: Hell - where your soul reduces to ashes Heaven - where you’ll be drowned |
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2. | Dragon Tribe | 04:19 | Show lyrics |
Another dry mornin’ A summon song awakes The tribe of the dragon So desolate... He lurks on the hill with outstretched wings Watching for every false step The dragon tribe... Delusion of delight The little ones look up Dazed of the might The envy in their eyes See the all - mighty flight Grab a slice darkness When time is ripe The envy in their eyes See the all - mighty fight |
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3. | Heresy | 03:49 | Show lyrics |
Like the holy scripture said Satan fled from his prison He twisted the minds In the garment of the holy church Every fairy-tale has a wiff of truth Our scaffold is build on this I for one, a wife, the original sin sentenced me Depressed by a dogma, without a will In a land of cold, a princess of drearyness Flames are licking on my flesh, but I chill With their flesh so strong And a mind so weak A crusade for their god With a fond full of blood A silent enigma’s still untouched The gleam inside fades more and more Don’t fear the darkness, nor the scythe Then reason comes to fore Only darkness beared the light Incredulity bears the truth |
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4. | Sheltering Dreams | 03:19 | Show lyrics |
I felt asleep, with the raising moon Found myself born anew All my grief and all my pain Turns into glee (in another dream) Low whispering voices say Everything is a dream So sheltering dreams keep me alive I try to leave, I try to hide Can’t they hear my silent cry I cannot breathe in their light But a low voice whispers to me Nothing’s as it seems to be |
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5. | Havoc | 04:01 | Show lyrics |
Woe... when fear is our bridle Lost in the claws of decay Oh, Tomorrow’s a grinning skull That leads our way Sweet oblivion rocks us In a cradle of darkness Reel to the first tune In the crescendo of death Each delight becomes a jeering guilt Our mohters viscera sticks bleedin’ in our throat So we grunt and we belch without any dread Prelude the eventide of the tellural breed Just like a desease Our race increase Just like a noctural dream We’ll fade away one day Oh father tell me why The last flower died in my hands For castles in the air They burned down the ground And a hand full of dust For my life Hark! To our mothers scolding Discord is the harvest of greed Trust no pray into the emptiness Still havoc feasts ... on mankind |
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6. | Warpipes Call Me | 04:16 | Show lyrics |
So long he is gone With a pale servile face His way led right through A cold bloody haze His yell pierced the cold frosty mornin’ As he erased someone wicked with evil Chorus: So like millions before He died in his gore And those who survived Died in their minds But those who does not care Were dead before Who loves his sword Even loves war Four children he left behind With a mournin’ mother All their dreams return nevermore This hope is lost - killed in war Bridge Chorus |
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7. | ...and a Minstrel Left the Mourning Valley | 02:02 | instrumental |
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8. | Internal Epidemic | 03:15 | |
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29:40 |
Lupine Essence
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Christoph Zacharowski | Bass |
Stefan Möller | Drums |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards, Vocals (female) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Torsten Pätzold | Recording |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Banshee | 04:41 | Show lyrics |
That is not dead which can eternal lie yet with strage aeons even death may lie (H.P. Lovecraft) I bewail my destiny a foible of mine but her voice tortures my mind I yearn for her bosom I fear her sway my eternal blemish is her embrace She whispers: chose a realm - these two are the preferred ones: Hell - where your soul reduces to ashes Heaven - where you’ll be drowned |
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2. | Dragon Tribe | 04:21 | Show lyrics |
Another dry mornin’ A summon song awakes The tribe of the dragon So desolate... He lurks on the hill with outstretched wings Watching for every false step The dragon tribe... Delusion of delight The little ones look up Dazed of the might The envy in their eyes See the all - mighty flight Grab a slice darkness When time is ripe The envy in their eyes See the all - mighty fight |
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3. | Heresy | 03:54 | Show lyrics |
Like the holy scripture said Satan fled from his prison He twisted the minds In the garment of the holy church Every fairy-tale has a wiff of truth Our scaffold is build on this I for one, a wife, the original sin sentenced me Depressed by a dogma, without a will In a land of cold, a princess of drearyness Flames are licking on my flesh, but I chill With their flesh so strong And a mind so weak A crusade for their god With a fond full of blood A silent enigma’s still untouched The gleam inside fades more and more Don’t fear the darkness, nor the scythe Then reason comes to fore Only darkness beared the light Incredulity bears the truth |
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4. | Sheltering Dreams | 03:16 | Show lyrics |
I felt asleep, with the raising moon Found myself born anew All my grief and all my pain Turns into glee (in another dream) Low whispering voices say Everything is a dream So sheltering dreams keep me alive I try to leave, I try to hide Can’t they hear my silent cry I cannot breathe in their light But a low voice whispers to me Nothing’s as it seems to be |
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5. | Havoc | 04:02 | Show lyrics |
Woe... when fear is our bridle Lost in the claws of decay Oh, Tomorrow’s a grinning skull That leads our way Sweet oblivion rocks us In a cradle of darkness Reel to the first tune In the crescendo of death Each delight becomes a jeering guilt Our mohters viscera sticks bleedin’ in our throat So we grunt and we belch without any dread Prelude the eventide of the tellural breed Just like a desease Our race increase Just like a noctural dream We’ll fade away one day Oh father tell me why The last flower died in my hands For castles in the air They burned down the ground And a hand full of dust For my life Hark! To our mothers scolding Discord is the harvest of greed Trust no pray into the emptiness Still havoc feasts ... on mankind |
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6. | Warpipes Call Me | 04:17 | Show lyrics |
So long he is gone With a pale servile face His way led right through A cold bloody haze His yell pierced the cold frosty mornin’ As he erased someone wicked with evil Chorus: So like millions before He died in his gore And those who survived Died in their minds But those who does not care Were dead before Who loves his sword Even loves war Four children he left behind With a mournin’ mother All their dreams return nevermore This hope is lost - killed in war Bridge Chorus |
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7. | ...and a Minstrel Left the Mourning Valley | 02:04 | instrumental |
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8. | Internal Epidemic | 03:17 | |
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9. | Banshee (2019) | 03:42 | |
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10. | Heresy (2007) | 04:31 | |
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11. | Sheltering Dreams (2020 version, unreleased) | 03:57 | |
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12. | Havoc (2019) | 04:43 | |
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13. | Warpipes Call Me (2019) | 03:37 | |
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14. | ...and a Minstrel Left the Mourning Valley (2020 version, unreleased) | 02:11 | |
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52:33 |
Lupine Essence
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Christoph Zacharowski | Bass |
Stefan Möller | Drums |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards, Vocals (female) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Torsten Pätzold | Recording |
Tracks | |||
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Side A | |||
1. | Banshee | 04:39 | Show lyrics |
That is not dead which can eternal lie yet with strage aeons even death may lie (H.P. Lovecraft) I bewail my destiny a foible of mine but her voice tortures my mind I yearn for her bosom I fear her sway my eternal blemish is her embrace She whispers: chose a realm - these two are the preferred ones: Hell - where your soul reduces to ashes Heaven - where you’ll be drowned |
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2. | Dragon Tribe | 04:19 | Show lyrics |
Another dry mornin’ A summon song awakes The tribe of the dragon So desolate... He lurks on the hill with outstretched wings Watching for every false step The dragon tribe... Delusion of delight The little ones look up Dazed of the might The envy in their eyes See the all - mighty flight Grab a slice darkness When time is ripe The envy in their eyes See the all - mighty fight |
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3. | Heresy | 03:49 | Show lyrics |
Like the holy scripture said Satan fled from his prison He twisted the minds In the garment of the holy church Every fairy-tale has a wiff of truth Our scaffold is build on this I for one, a wife, the original sin sentenced me Depressed by a dogma, without a will In a land of cold, a princess of drearyness Flames are licking on my flesh, but I chill With their flesh so strong And a mind so weak A crusade for their god With a fond full of blood A silent enigma’s still untouched The gleam inside fades more and more Don’t fear the darkness, nor the scythe Then reason comes to fore Only darkness beared the light Incredulity bears the truth |
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4. | Sheltering Dreams | 03:19 | Show lyrics |
I felt asleep, with the raising moon Found myself born anew All my grief and all my pain Turns into glee (in another dream) Low whispering voices say Everything is a dream So sheltering dreams keep me alive I try to leave, I try to hide Can’t they hear my silent cry I cannot breathe in their light But a low voice whispers to me Nothing’s as it seems to be |
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5. | Havoc | 04:01 | Show lyrics |
Woe... when fear is our bridle Lost in the claws of decay Oh, Tomorrow’s a grinning skull That leads our way Sweet oblivion rocks us In a cradle of darkness Reel to the first tune In the crescendo of death Each delight becomes a jeering guilt Our mohters viscera sticks bleedin’ in our throat So we grunt and we belch without any dread Prelude the eventide of the tellural breed Just like a desease Our race increase Just like a noctural dream We’ll fade away one day Oh father tell me why The last flower died in my hands For castles in the air They burned down the ground And a hand full of dust For my life Hark! To our mothers scolding Discord is the harvest of greed Trust no pray into the emptiness Still havoc feasts ... on mankind |
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6. | Warpipes Call Me | 04:16 | Show lyrics |
So long he is gone With a pale servile face His way led right through A cold bloody haze His yell pierced the cold frosty mornin’ As he erased someone wicked with evil Chorus: So like millions before He died in his gore And those who survived Died in their minds But those who does not care Were dead before Who loves his sword Even loves war Four children he left behind With a mournin’ mother All their dreams return nevermore This hope is lost - killed in war Bridge Chorus |
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7. | ...and a Minstrel Left the Mourning Valley | 02:02 | instrumental |
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8. | Internal Epidemic | 03:15 | |
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9. | Sheltering Dreams (2020 version, unreleased) | ||
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10. | ...and a Minstrel Left the Mourning Valley (2020 version, unreleased) | ||
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29:40 |
Auld Lang Syne
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Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Christoph Zacharowski | Bass |
Stefan Möller | Drums |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards, Vocals (female) |
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Jörg Scheibner | Cover art |
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1. | Auld Lang Syne | 01:39 | instrumental |
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2. | Hall of Tales | 05:30 | Show lyrics |
There’’s darkness everywhere in the hall of time but a low glowing fire shines on lonly silhouettes nigh colums of chilliads with runes of fate scalds, bards and minstrels stare into the flames Their lonly voices soar into the silence like a glint into the feeble light some runes start to shine in silvery letters forgotten stories of ruins and never ending blight: Far away from now in sunken times a fair young maiden followed the wind a will - o’’- the - wisp led her astray into a vale of bleakness and grief Thousands of men - struck the marching tune so they died and she greets seeding tears and waiting for harvest Far away from now in sunken times a travelling lad followed an old path his thoughts stray constantly to the sky where elfs and wyverns fly his colleen by his side with so bright eyes shillelagh won’’t ever fly again Far away from now in sunken times an old bard sung with the wind the trees on an old path told him of a place his thoughts still long for A hall of ancient wisdom and lore in the eclipse of abandoned time: There’’s darkness ... |
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3. | A Menhirs Clay | 04:32 | Show lyrics |
For thousand aeons abiding the time so silent and mute the wind murmurs a tale The wise of yore evoked the spirits to see the arcanum but ay they failed A witness of wyverns elfs and sylvan glory a petrified story of ... ancient realms Lead: Arkadius Thy mind of stone a secret that accelerates The tides of time awaken by moonlight when a bard reminds a tale A fresh gale defeats my enchanted mind farewell to my delight but when the moon rises again in my dreams, I will fight Oh can you see the dancing shadows ? the fairy - ring right there behind the trees ? close your eyes ... |
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4. | And Another Cist Looms | 05:23 | Show lyrics |
So I reel away to a vale of cists in front of me endless buried names of forlorn games wilting I fall to the ground unable to reach the gate the stones on which he lain all knew his name Fare you well my mother I shall search your flames in the four winds of the land Fare you well my dear son Never forget the end I awake by moonlight under a lorn tree a forgotten might forces me to the sea By a lonly seashore a fair young naiad beholds me the spray whispers my name I laud her embrace, my wild young sea So In desperate longing I take my path unable to turn around a forgotten might lames my will But in my dreams I can hear her voice a flame in the dark a forgotten might makes me chill By a lonly tree a fair maiden beholds me Eyes of soil, a sylvan goddess her beauty lames my forlorn heart silently the stones whisper a name I laud her embrace like a fuddled bard So In desperate... By a bleak ghastly champaign a gibbous moon illuminates staring eyes in the wind burning like infernal blazes I will never laud her cold embrace But her flames calls my name |
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5. | An Dùdlachd | 02:31 | Show lyrics |
When the moon shines bright all leaves delight is to dance with the wind is to whisper in silence is to cover the world with a hint Low lie the fields of fright enchanted by the moon embosomed by night Our sillouhetles flow in the wind The wind calls a secret name and pale licking flames deride the rising night |
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6. | Tuatha dè Danaan | 04:43 | Show lyrics |
close all doors each eve when night descends never call their names there might be one attend Like changelings in the cradle of mundane reason they still roam at night so sure as the change of seasons Each morn silken mist asphyxiates this green deserted land the sea calls my name with its imperious voice each eve the roaring wind howls : you won’’t resist my sway this meagre soil derides me day by day Where is it , this sweet Mag Mell with its luscious laughter the sidhe in their hills sing of and embitters my life each story which gone astray on the wings of the wind rips my soul and my mind slowly apart Still there’’s a silver throne standing under each hill of the land it reigns over the realm of the night the kingdom in my mind |
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7. | Jeremiad | 01:38 | instrumental |
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8. | The Fall of Tara | 04:13 | Show lyrics |
I heard it from the coldest gale perpetually the kingdoms fail I tried to smile on this rebirth Oh purile sons of mother earth Shining pikes on a foggy brae the morning dew waits to shroud each tear in their bloody eyes when the foe of the land dies Clarion pipes, proudly marching men thousands hum to the battle drum (Forward! For the king and the crown!) A legend for each men who falls to the ground for each standing one a low lullaby desperation wields the sword, under a gonfalon of fear a glimpse of glorious days shine in a widowed tear I’’ve been called to fight for my royalty for my king at his right hand be a matter to my country I spill my blood out on this land And if I should die in this battle it’’s a noble thing I do And if I should be a hero then I will return to you The grace gave me my kingdom my only royalty now to raise my sword against a lord to protect my family So I’’ll fight for them tomorrow march in the name of Tara to see their children - parished by an enthralled soldiers sword |
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9. | Enticing Slumber | 06:21 | Show lyrics |
Emperious Mountains breathing pure frost Icewinds in pale crowns woodays into the... Melancolic realms cradle of soulless horde Howling in league with them a pact sealed wirh... Nocturnal ways - don’’t dare to follow Carnal prey on untrodden path... Lead: Arkadius Eye to eye surrounded by fear Enduring their breath eternal is the dark... Swirling black shapes in the unlight Unfold empyrium their traces are yours... |
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10. | Calm... | 02:33 | instrumental |
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39:03 |
Auld Lang Syne
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Christoph Zacharowski | Bass |
Stefan Möller | Drums |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards, Vocals (female) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Jörg Scheibner | Cover art |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Auld Lang Syne | 01:39 | instrumental |
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2. | Hall of Tales | 05:30 | Show lyrics |
There’’s darkness everywhere in the hall of time but a low glowing fire shines on lonly silhouettes nigh colums of chilliads with runes of fate scalds, bards and minstrels stare into the flames Their lonly voices soar into the silence like a glint into the feeble light some runes start to shine in silvery letters forgotten stories of ruins and never ending blight: Far away from now in sunken times a fair young maiden followed the wind a will - o’’- the - wisp led her astray into a vale of bleakness and grief Thousands of men - struck the marching tune so they died and she greets seeding tears and waiting for harvest Far away from now in sunken times a travelling lad followed an old path his thoughts stray constantly to the sky where elfs and wyverns fly his colleen by his side with so bright eyes shillelagh won’’t ever fly again Far away from now in sunken times an old bard sung with the wind the trees on an old path told him of a place his thoughts still long for A hall of ancient wisdom and lore in the eclipse of abandoned time: There’’s darkness ... |
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3. | A Menhirs Clay | 04:32 | Show lyrics |
For thousand aeons abiding the time so silent and mute the wind murmurs a tale The wise of yore evoked the spirits to see the arcanum but ay they failed A witness of wyverns elfs and sylvan glory a petrified story of ... ancient realms Lead: Arkadius Thy mind of stone a secret that accelerates The tides of time awaken by moonlight when a bard reminds a tale A fresh gale defeats my enchanted mind farewell to my delight but when the moon rises again in my dreams, I will fight Oh can you see the dancing shadows ? the fairy - ring right there behind the trees ? close your eyes ... |
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4. | And Another Cist Looms | 05:23 | Show lyrics |
So I reel away to a vale of cists in front of me endless buried names of forlorn games wilting I fall to the ground unable to reach the gate the stones on which he lain all knew his name Fare you well my mother I shall search your flames in the four winds of the land Fare you well my dear son Never forget the end I awake by moonlight under a lorn tree a forgotten might forces me to the sea By a lonly seashore a fair young naiad beholds me the spray whispers my name I laud her embrace, my wild young sea So In desperate longing I take my path unable to turn around a forgotten might lames my will But in my dreams I can hear her voice a flame in the dark a forgotten might makes me chill By a lonly tree a fair maiden beholds me Eyes of soil, a sylvan goddess her beauty lames my forlorn heart silently the stones whisper a name I laud her embrace like a fuddled bard So In desperate... By a bleak ghastly champaign a gibbous moon illuminates staring eyes in the wind burning like infernal blazes I will never laud her cold embrace But her flames calls my name |
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5. | An Dùdlachd | 02:31 | Show lyrics |
When the moon shines bright all leaves delight is to dance with the wind is to whisper in silence is to cover the world with a hint Low lie the fields of fright enchanted by the moon embosomed by night Our sillouhetles flow in the wind The wind calls a secret name and pale licking flames deride the rising night |
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6. | Tuatha dè Danaan | 04:43 | Show lyrics |
close all doors each eve when night descends never call their names there might be one attend Like changelings in the cradle of mundane reason they still roam at night so sure as the change of seasons Each morn silken mist asphyxiates this green deserted land the sea calls my name with its imperious voice each eve the roaring wind howls : you won’’t resist my sway this meagre soil derides me day by day Where is it , this sweet Mag Mell with its luscious laughter the sidhe in their hills sing of and embitters my life each story which gone astray on the wings of the wind rips my soul and my mind slowly apart Still there’’s a silver throne standing under each hill of the land it reigns over the realm of the night the kingdom in my mind |
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7. | Jeremiad | 01:38 | instrumental |
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8. | The Fall of Tara | 04:13 | Show lyrics |
I heard it from the coldest gale perpetually the kingdoms fail I tried to smile on this rebirth Oh purile sons of mother earth Shining pikes on a foggy brae the morning dew waits to shroud each tear in their bloody eyes when the foe of the land dies Clarion pipes, proudly marching men thousands hum to the battle drum (Forward! For the king and the crown!) A legend for each men who falls to the ground for each standing one a low lullaby desperation wields the sword, under a gonfalon of fear a glimpse of glorious days shine in a widowed tear I’’ve been called to fight for my royalty for my king at his right hand be a matter to my country I spill my blood out on this land And if I should die in this battle it’’s a noble thing I do And if I should be a hero then I will return to you The grace gave me my kingdom my only royalty now to raise my sword against a lord to protect my family So I’’ll fight for them tomorrow march in the name of Tara to see their children - parished by an enthralled soldiers sword |
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9. | Enticing Slumber | 06:21 | Show lyrics |
Emperious Mountains breathing pure frost Icewinds in pale crowns woodays into the... Melancolic realms cradle of soulless horde Howling in league with them a pact sealed wirh... Nocturnal ways - don’’t dare to follow Carnal prey on untrodden path... Lead: Arkadius Eye to eye surrounded by fear Enduring their breath eternal is the dark... Swirling black shapes in the unlight Unfold empyrium their traces are yours... |
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10. | Calm... | 02:33 | instrumental |
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39:03 |
Auld Lang Syne
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Christoph Zacharowski | Bass |
Stefan Möller | Drums |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards, Vocals (female) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Jörg Scheibner | Cover art |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Auld Lang Syne | 01:39 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
2. | Hall of Tales | 05:30 | Show lyrics |
There’’s darkness everywhere in the hall of time but a low glowing fire shines on lonly silhouettes nigh colums of chilliads with runes of fate scalds, bards and minstrels stare into the flames Their lonly voices soar into the silence like a glint into the feeble light some runes start to shine in silvery letters forgotten stories of ruins and never ending blight: Far away from now in sunken times a fair young maiden followed the wind a will - o’’- the - wisp led her astray into a vale of bleakness and grief Thousands of men - struck the marching tune so they died and she greets seeding tears and waiting for harvest Far away from now in sunken times a travelling lad followed an old path his thoughts stray constantly to the sky where elfs and wyverns fly his colleen by his side with so bright eyes shillelagh won’’t ever fly again Far away from now in sunken times an old bard sung with the wind the trees on an old path told him of a place his thoughts still long for A hall of ancient wisdom and lore in the eclipse of abandoned time: There’’s darkness ... |
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3. | A Menhirs Clay | 04:32 | Show lyrics |
For thousand aeons abiding the time so silent and mute the wind murmurs a tale The wise of yore evoked the spirits to see the arcanum but ay they failed A witness of wyverns elfs and sylvan glory a petrified story of ... ancient realms Lead: Arkadius Thy mind of stone a secret that accelerates The tides of time awaken by moonlight when a bard reminds a tale A fresh gale defeats my enchanted mind farewell to my delight but when the moon rises again in my dreams, I will fight Oh can you see the dancing shadows ? the fairy - ring right there behind the trees ? close your eyes ... |
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4. | And Another Cist Looms | 05:23 | Show lyrics |
So I reel away to a vale of cists in front of me endless buried names of forlorn games wilting I fall to the ground unable to reach the gate the stones on which he lain all knew his name Fare you well my mother I shall search your flames in the four winds of the land Fare you well my dear son Never forget the end I awake by moonlight under a lorn tree a forgotten might forces me to the sea By a lonly seashore a fair young naiad beholds me the spray whispers my name I laud her embrace, my wild young sea So In desperate longing I take my path unable to turn around a forgotten might lames my will But in my dreams I can hear her voice a flame in the dark a forgotten might makes me chill By a lonly tree a fair maiden beholds me Eyes of soil, a sylvan goddess her beauty lames my forlorn heart silently the stones whisper a name I laud her embrace like a fuddled bard So In desperate... By a bleak ghastly champaign a gibbous moon illuminates staring eyes in the wind burning like infernal blazes I will never laud her cold embrace But her flames calls my name |
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5. | An Dùdlachd | 02:31 | Show lyrics |
When the moon shines bright all leaves delight is to dance with the wind is to whisper in silence is to cover the world with a hint Low lie the fields of fright enchanted by the moon embosomed by night Our sillouhetles flow in the wind The wind calls a secret name and pale licking flames deride the rising night |
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6. | Tuatha dè Danaan | 04:43 | Show lyrics |
close all doors each eve when night descends never call their names there might be one attend Like changelings in the cradle of mundane reason they still roam at night so sure as the change of seasons Each morn silken mist asphyxiates this green deserted land the sea calls my name with its imperious voice each eve the roaring wind howls : you won’’t resist my sway this meagre soil derides me day by day Where is it , this sweet Mag Mell with its luscious laughter the sidhe in their hills sing of and embitters my life each story which gone astray on the wings of the wind rips my soul and my mind slowly apart Still there’’s a silver throne standing under each hill of the land it reigns over the realm of the night the kingdom in my mind |
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7. | Jeremiad | 01:38 | instrumental |
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8. | The Fall of Tara | 04:13 | Show lyrics |
I heard it from the coldest gale perpetually the kingdoms fail I tried to smile on this rebirth Oh purile sons of mother earth Shining pikes on a foggy brae the morning dew waits to shroud each tear in their bloody eyes when the foe of the land dies Clarion pipes, proudly marching men thousands hum to the battle drum (Forward! For the king and the crown!) A legend for each men who falls to the ground for each standing one a low lullaby desperation wields the sword, under a gonfalon of fear a glimpse of glorious days shine in a widowed tear I’’ve been called to fight for my royalty for my king at his right hand be a matter to my country I spill my blood out on this land And if I should die in this battle it’’s a noble thing I do And if I should be a hero then I will return to you The grace gave me my kingdom my only royalty now to raise my sword against a lord to protect my family So I’’ll fight for them tomorrow march in the name of Tara to see their children - parished by an enthralled soldiers sword |
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9. | Enticing Slumber | 06:21 | Show lyrics |
Emperious Mountains breathing pure frost Icewinds in pale crowns woodays into the... Melancolic realms cradle of soulless horde Howling in league with them a pact sealed wirh... Nocturnal ways - don’’t dare to follow Carnal prey on untrodden path... Lead: Arkadius Eye to eye surrounded by fear Enduring their breath eternal is the dark... Swirling black shapes in the unlight Unfold empyrium their traces are yours... |
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10. | Calm... | 02:33 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
39:03 |
Auld Lang Syne
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Christoph Zacharowski | Bass |
Stefan Möller | Drums |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards, Vocals (female) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Jörg Scheibner | Cover art |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Auld Lang Syne | 01:39 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
2. | Hall of Tales | 05:30 | Show lyrics |
There’’s darkness everywhere in the hall of time but a low glowing fire shines on lonly silhouettes nigh colums of chilliads with runes of fate scalds, bards and minstrels stare into the flames Their lonly voices soar into the silence like a glint into the feeble light some runes start to shine in silvery letters forgotten stories of ruins and never ending blight: Far away from now in sunken times a fair young maiden followed the wind a will - o’’- the - wisp led her astray into a vale of bleakness and grief Thousands of men - struck the marching tune so they died and she greets seeding tears and waiting for harvest Far away from now in sunken times a travelling lad followed an old path his thoughts stray constantly to the sky where elfs and wyverns fly his colleen by his side with so bright eyes shillelagh won’’t ever fly again Far away from now in sunken times an old bard sung with the wind the trees on an old path told him of a place his thoughts still long for A hall of ancient wisdom and lore in the eclipse of abandoned time: There’’s darkness ... |
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3. | A Menhirs Clay | 04:32 | Show lyrics |
For thousand aeons abiding the time so silent and mute the wind murmurs a tale The wise of yore evoked the spirits to see the arcanum but ay they failed A witness of wyverns elfs and sylvan glory a petrified story of ... ancient realms Lead: Arkadius Thy mind of stone a secret that accelerates The tides of time awaken by moonlight when a bard reminds a tale A fresh gale defeats my enchanted mind farewell to my delight but when the moon rises again in my dreams, I will fight Oh can you see the dancing shadows ? the fairy - ring right there behind the trees ? close your eyes ... |
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4. | And Another Cist Looms | 05:23 | Show lyrics |
So I reel away to a vale of cists in front of me endless buried names of forlorn games wilting I fall to the ground unable to reach the gate the stones on which he lain all knew his name Fare you well my mother I shall search your flames in the four winds of the land Fare you well my dear son Never forget the end I awake by moonlight under a lorn tree a forgotten might forces me to the sea By a lonly seashore a fair young naiad beholds me the spray whispers my name I laud her embrace, my wild young sea So In desperate longing I take my path unable to turn around a forgotten might lames my will But in my dreams I can hear her voice a flame in the dark a forgotten might makes me chill By a lonly tree a fair maiden beholds me Eyes of soil, a sylvan goddess her beauty lames my forlorn heart silently the stones whisper a name I laud her embrace like a fuddled bard So In desperate... By a bleak ghastly champaign a gibbous moon illuminates staring eyes in the wind burning like infernal blazes I will never laud her cold embrace But her flames calls my name |
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5. | An Dùdlachd | 02:31 | Show lyrics |
When the moon shines bright all leaves delight is to dance with the wind is to whisper in silence is to cover the world with a hint Low lie the fields of fright enchanted by the moon embosomed by night Our sillouhetles flow in the wind The wind calls a secret name and pale licking flames deride the rising night |
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6. | Tuatha dè Danaan | 04:43 | Show lyrics |
close all doors each eve when night descends never call their names there might be one attend Like changelings in the cradle of mundane reason they still roam at night so sure as the change of seasons Each morn silken mist asphyxiates this green deserted land the sea calls my name with its imperious voice each eve the roaring wind howls : you won’’t resist my sway this meagre soil derides me day by day Where is it , this sweet Mag Mell with its luscious laughter the sidhe in their hills sing of and embitters my life each story which gone astray on the wings of the wind rips my soul and my mind slowly apart Still there’’s a silver throne standing under each hill of the land it reigns over the realm of the night the kingdom in my mind |
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7. | Jeremiad | 01:38 | instrumental |
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8. | The Fall of Tara | 04:13 | Show lyrics |
I heard it from the coldest gale perpetually the kingdoms fail I tried to smile on this rebirth Oh purile sons of mother earth Shining pikes on a foggy brae the morning dew waits to shroud each tear in their bloody eyes when the foe of the land dies Clarion pipes, proudly marching men thousands hum to the battle drum (Forward! For the king and the crown!) A legend for each men who falls to the ground for each standing one a low lullaby desperation wields the sword, under a gonfalon of fear a glimpse of glorious days shine in a widowed tear I’’ve been called to fight for my royalty for my king at his right hand be a matter to my country I spill my blood out on this land And if I should die in this battle it’’s a noble thing I do And if I should be a hero then I will return to you The grace gave me my kingdom my only royalty now to raise my sword against a lord to protect my family So I’’ll fight for them tomorrow march in the name of Tara to see their children - parished by an enthralled soldiers sword |
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9. | Enticing Slumber | 06:21 | Show lyrics |
Emperious Mountains breathing pure frost Icewinds in pale crowns woodays into the... Melancolic realms cradle of soulless horde Howling in league with them a pact sealed wirh... Nocturnal ways - don’’t dare to follow Carnal prey on untrodden path... Lead: Arkadius Eye to eye surrounded by fear Enduring their breath eternal is the dark... Swirling black shapes in the unlight Unfold empyrium their traces are yours... |
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10. | Calm... | 02:33 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
39:03 |
Auld Lang Syne
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Christoph Zacharowski | Bass |
Stefan Möller | Drums |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards, Vocals (female) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Jörg Scheibner | Cover art |
Tracks | |||
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Side A | |||
1. | Auld Lang Syne | 01:39 | instrumental |
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2. | Hall of Tales | 05:30 | Show lyrics |
There’’s darkness everywhere in the hall of time but a low glowing fire shines on lonly silhouettes nigh colums of chilliads with runes of fate scalds, bards and minstrels stare into the flames Their lonly voices soar into the silence like a glint into the feeble light some runes start to shine in silvery letters forgotten stories of ruins and never ending blight: Far away from now in sunken times a fair young maiden followed the wind a will - o’’- the - wisp led her astray into a vale of bleakness and grief Thousands of men - struck the marching tune so they died and she greets seeding tears and waiting for harvest Far away from now in sunken times a travelling lad followed an old path his thoughts stray constantly to the sky where elfs and wyverns fly his colleen by his side with so bright eyes shillelagh won’’t ever fly again Far away from now in sunken times an old bard sung with the wind the trees on an old path told him of a place his thoughts still long for A hall of ancient wisdom and lore in the eclipse of abandoned time: There’’s darkness ... |
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3. | A Menhirs Clay | 04:32 | Show lyrics |
For thousand aeons abiding the time so silent and mute the wind murmurs a tale The wise of yore evoked the spirits to see the arcanum but ay they failed A witness of wyverns elfs and sylvan glory a petrified story of ... ancient realms Lead: Arkadius Thy mind of stone a secret that accelerates The tides of time awaken by moonlight when a bard reminds a tale A fresh gale defeats my enchanted mind farewell to my delight but when the moon rises again in my dreams, I will fight Oh can you see the dancing shadows ? the fairy - ring right there behind the trees ? close your eyes ... |
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4. | And Another Cist Looms | 05:23 | Show lyrics |
So I reel away to a vale of cists in front of me endless buried names of forlorn games wilting I fall to the ground unable to reach the gate the stones on which he lain all knew his name Fare you well my mother I shall search your flames in the four winds of the land Fare you well my dear son Never forget the end I awake by moonlight under a lorn tree a forgotten might forces me to the sea By a lonly seashore a fair young naiad beholds me the spray whispers my name I laud her embrace, my wild young sea So In desperate longing I take my path unable to turn around a forgotten might lames my will But in my dreams I can hear her voice a flame in the dark a forgotten might makes me chill By a lonly tree a fair maiden beholds me Eyes of soil, a sylvan goddess her beauty lames my forlorn heart silently the stones whisper a name I laud her embrace like a fuddled bard So In desperate... By a bleak ghastly champaign a gibbous moon illuminates staring eyes in the wind burning like infernal blazes I will never laud her cold embrace But her flames calls my name |
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5. | An Dùdlachd | 02:31 | Show lyrics |
When the moon shines bright all leaves delight is to dance with the wind is to whisper in silence is to cover the world with a hint Low lie the fields of fright enchanted by the moon embosomed by night Our sillouhetles flow in the wind The wind calls a secret name and pale licking flames deride the rising night |
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Side B | |||
6. | Tuatha dè Danaan | 04:43 | Show lyrics |
close all doors each eve when night descends never call their names there might be one attend Like changelings in the cradle of mundane reason they still roam at night so sure as the change of seasons Each morn silken mist asphyxiates this green deserted land the sea calls my name with its imperious voice each eve the roaring wind howls : you won’’t resist my sway this meagre soil derides me day by day Where is it , this sweet Mag Mell with its luscious laughter the sidhe in their hills sing of and embitters my life each story which gone astray on the wings of the wind rips my soul and my mind slowly apart Still there’’s a silver throne standing under each hill of the land it reigns over the realm of the night the kingdom in my mind |
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7. | Feremiad | 01:38 | instrumental |
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8. | The Fall of Tara | 04:13 | Show lyrics |
I heard it from the coldest gale perpetually the kingdoms fail I tried to smile on this rebirth Oh purile sons of mother earth Shining pikes on a foggy brae the morning dew waits to shroud each tear in their bloody eyes when the foe of the land dies Clarion pipes, proudly marching men thousands hum to the battle drum (Forward! For the king and the crown!) A legend for each men who falls to the ground for each standing one a low lullaby desperation wields the sword, under a gonfalon of fear a glimpse of glorious days shine in a widowed tear I’’ve been called to fight for my royalty for my king at his right hand be a matter to my country I spill my blood out on this land And if I should die in this battle it’’s a noble thing I do And if I should be a hero then I will return to you The grace gave me my kingdom my only royalty now to raise my sword against a lord to protect my family So I’’ll fight for them tomorrow march in the name of Tara to see their children - parished by an enthralled soldiers sword |
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9. | Enticing Slumber | 06:21 | Show lyrics |
Emperious Mountains breathing pure frost Icewinds in pale crowns woodays into the... Melancolic realms cradle of soulless horde Howling in league with them a pact sealed wirh... Nocturnal ways - don’’t dare to follow Carnal prey on untrodden path... Lead: Arkadius Eye to eye surrounded by fear Enduring their breath eternal is the dark... Swirling black shapes in the unlight Unfold empyrium their traces are yours... |
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10. | Calm... | 02:33 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
39:03 |
Lays from Afar
Members | |
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Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Guitars (lead, rhythm), Bass, Vocals (harsh) |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars (rhythm, acoustic), Vocals (clean), Tin whistle |
Stefan Möller | Drums, Vocals (backing) |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards, Vocals (female) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Andreas Schulz | Mastering |
Andy Classen | Producer, Mixing, Pre-mastering |
Gisela Schmidt | Photography |
Heinz Schuster | Layout, Design |
Tracks | |||
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1. | A Darksome Path | 04:35 | Show lyrics |
In a time of forgotten realms and whilom truth Noble kings and valiant men In a land where shades lurked in the dark Where at night tales began to rouse It was the dawn of the thousand fires When he stepped into the night Swearing to face all dusmay To dare the ancient mights Enthralled by a flickering glint That allured him to follow To a place where the realms entwine A gate to the other side (adistant light) Faint singing called him to step inside His eyes strayed aloft Willing to go towards his fate A last look to the sky When he passed the gate For ever and ay (for a year and a day) A wanderer lost in nowhere Never found a place to dwell Withersoever he fared Twilight shapes begged him to stay But the glinting stars Drowned all leathe Restless he hied afar |
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2. | Chants of Lethe | 04:31 | Show lyrics |
Oh, How well I remember the day Encircled by trees I was Grabbing Boughs and whispering fays Forced to walk on their elfin pathways Until they led me to a fount at last I watched into the starlit water And the lights began to whirl around Weird eyes glared at me My mind sabk into the fount Dark it was there on the ground But bright and graceful was the light Of the dancing water sprites Mute voices sang their songs profound Tunes frail as their wavy guise Enswathed me like a silken shine A glance on the flight of time To distant realms and stars Low laid the land of mine And their everlasting scars In the deepest depth there was fire and source entwined In days of yore and before It burned and flowed in our mind With eyes on the wings of time I saw the flames increase The fount fell down into lethe And within the silken shine Again I heard the singing fays Through the mist of time There is no believe Frail is the Pathway of dreams For all is drowned in chants of lethe Aye, I will remember the day Encircled by Trees I was Grabbing Boughs and whispering fays Forced to walk on their elfin path ways Here I saw how the days would last |
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3. | The Well of Might | 04:03 | Show lyrics |
So the days went by And only the wind and the rain were my companions A lot of stones laid on my path to the palace of snow and the king of fire... Majestic hights with flaming banners So giantly the king seemed to be forever lost A chilling audience for a man of noone Kneel to the king and his endless melting throne Under his crown a million creatures crawled A twisted tongue for a gesture of kindness Each glimpse made them turn to stone Their eyes like snow long for blindness ...so long in blindness For there is no way to change their chosen lot No chain of steel could bind them more My well of might is your well of sorrow give me your sight and leave behind tomorrow My son, he said, it`s better to reign in hell (Live`s a path of sorrow) Than to serve in heaven Woe betide him and his bleak eyes Words of truth from a head full of lies So my quest took me onward to a brighter way I wouldn`t rest here for frozen tears nor melting fears |
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4. | The Hidden Quest | 03:52 | Show lyrics |
Sudden the morn came Slowly the curtain rose Awe shone in his eyes Another light was born to rove With pinions of sorrow On winds of despair The beast appeared Some say it would never go away With eyes of morrow On stars of guidance He faced all fright His way a neverending night So he defied the lively waves Betrayed himself And the restless hieing winds Strong is the blade of hatred The desire of our desperate hope The serpent of grief Feeds virtue to it`s sateless breed High aloft the dragon flies The falcon has gone astray So nigh but also far away A cry above - the wyvern dies Blind eyes have broken the oath So far away but also close The awaited even came Slowly the curtain fell Awe shone in his eyes Another light still yearns to dwell His eyes full of sorrow And wounds of despair Bled immortal dreams Whispering of days of yore The guise in the mirror No more stars to guide It`s the beast he feared Now he knew it would never go away So he defied the eternal rock Buried himself Into the everlasting flame Strong is the blade of hatred The desire of our desperate hope The serpant of grief Feeds virtue to it`s sateless breed High aloft the dragon flies The falcon has gone astray So nigh but also far away A cry above - the wyvern dies Blind eyes have broken the oath So far away but also close |
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5. | Morrigan | 03:49 | Show lyrics |
Once, on another weary day of mine Just when the sun began to fondle mother earth On a hill I stood to behold this crimson embrace A stricken field to my feet (under bloody mist) Myriad hollow staring eyes Wrapped in red clouds The corvine goddess appeared Emptiness filled my mind Fervid thoughts crawled suddenly into me... Morrigan - three faced goddess dark and wild For thee I`ll raise my sword and shield Morrigan - grimest crow beneath the sky May the eyes of thousands please thy raging greed Come forth now grimest crow Thou cry shall shatter earth and sky ...Like a shrieking carnyce... In thy shadow I shall stand forevermore I send thee hail and eternal troth... Night descended and the stars within my eyes Cleared my mind and aflamed my heart I flee thy corvine ire Morrigan - three faced goddes dark and wild For thee they rose their swords and shields Morrigan - grimest crow beneath the sky May the eyes of thousands please thy raging greed - but not mine... |
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6. | Peregrin | 01:24 | Show lyrics |
Fly aloft Leave All Ground behind Your cradle below the winds of Life will be in days to come your grave |
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7. | Wasted Lands | 04:35 | Show lyrics |
Tireless I faced my way The flames still burned To see the stars and dales My heart still yearned for Surrounded by bleakness Osseous trees seemen to Seize the silence A plain of ruins winds of dust tried to enshroud All Remembrance A doleful figure cowered At the heart of this wasted lands his bowed head a mere skull the yield of dust in his hands " I dwell beyond all fear and here in my liefeless claw shall grow your given seed the everlasting flaw " On the ground of his eyes I saw a child drowned in fear In the deep he beheld the airy play Of those who can fly while fear turned into hate Woe betide him and his tainted eyes Seeds of despair won`t grow with tears of dust So I left this wilted man and his vale of woe To Resume my own path of dole |
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8. | Strayed in Nowhere | 04:19 | Show lyrics |
The moon passed his realm oh many times Restless he hied to the caress of the sea Sylphlike lights in the dark with alluring voices So many stars I`ve never seen So I cursed each day And it`s joyful sneer And in nights of fear I saw their darksome shapes of light I hied with the wind Won`t ever dree my weard Endless width of splendour But my thoughts stood dear Strayed in nowhere Some inner tide Made me long afar To an aim beyond all sight (Is there no one to guide me) Through this endless maze Where are the stars and dales ? Where is my way home ? Oh where am I ? Strayed in nowhere... To and fro I went in my sleep But each step brought me closer to my last Standing stones glared at me with fathomless eyes Assuring me that I am lost Sylphlike lights in the dark with alluring voices So many stars I`ve never seen Each a one called me to rest Until I hear the banshees lonely caoine |
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9. | Airne | 01:08 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
10. | Lays from Afar | 04:35 | Show lyrics |
Countless seemed to be the days Until his return Ceaseless semmed to be his way But still the thousand fires burn So he beheld one day His long - desired journeys end Still the singing called him to stay Oh, it was the place where it all began Strange eyes looked up As he stepped into the light All friends were gone ( he`s still alone ) Betrayed by the course of time ( He`s lost in time ) "From afar I come - in place ans in time I saw the strongholds of the old ones Once I sat here by a fire My heart in flames but now they`re waned and gone" Calm spread out it`s wings and his hoar voice Pierced the night and the light inside of them Deep were his words, the songs to sang And long his story to tell But each a word would be carved deep in their minds Now the alst words are said And slowly dawns a new day The guise of the wise fades away Aye, they should remind the words And the things they saw As a stranger sang for them his lays from afar |
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11. | Foggy Dew (Irish traditional cover) | 01:18 | Show lyrics |
As down the glen one Easter morn to a city fair rode I There Armed lines of marching men in squadrons passed me by No pipe did hum, no battle drum did sound its dread tattoo But the Angelus Bell o’er the Liffey’s swell rang out in the foggy dew |
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38:09 |
Lays from Afar
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards, Vocals (female) |
Arkadius Antonik | Guitars (lead, rhythm), Bass, Vocals (harsh) |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars (rhythm, acoustic), Vocals (clean), Tin whistle |
Stefan Möller | Drums, Vocals (backing) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Andy Classen | Producer, Mixing, Pre-mastering |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Gisela Schmidt | Photography |
Heinz Schuster | Layout, Design |
Andreas Schulz | Mastering |
Tracks | |||
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1. | A Darksome Path | 04:35 | Show lyrics |
In a time of forgotten realms and whilom truth Noble kings and valiant men In a land where shades lurked in the dark Where at night tales began to rouse It was the dawn of the thousand fires When he stepped into the night Swearing to face all dusmay To dare the ancient mights Enthralled by a flickering glint That allured him to follow To a place where the realms entwine A gate to the other side (adistant light) Faint singing called him to step inside His eyes strayed aloft Willing to go towards his fate A last look to the sky When he passed the gate For ever and ay (for a year and a day) A wanderer lost in nowhere Never found a place to dwell Withersoever he fared Twilight shapes begged him to stay But the glinting stars Drowned all leathe Restless he hied afar |
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2. | Chants of Lethe | 04:31 | Show lyrics |
Oh, How well I remember the day Encircled by trees I was Grabbing Boughs and whispering fays Forced to walk on their elfin pathways Until they led me to a fount at last I watched into the starlit water And the lights began to whirl around Weird eyes glared at me My mind sabk into the fount Dark it was there on the ground But bright and graceful was the light Of the dancing water sprites Mute voices sang their songs profound Tunes frail as their wavy guise Enswathed me like a silken shine A glance on the flight of time To distant realms and stars Low laid the land of mine And their everlasting scars In the deepest depth there was fire and source entwined In days of yore and before It burned and flowed in our mind With eyes on the wings of time I saw the flames increase The fount fell down into lethe And within the silken shine Again I heard the singing fays Through the mist of time There is no believe Frail is the Pathway of dreams For all is drowned in chants of lethe Aye, I will remember the day Encircled by Trees I was Grabbing Boughs and whispering fays Forced to walk on their elfin path ways Here I saw how the days would last |
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3. | The Well of Might | 04:03 | Show lyrics |
So the days went by And only the wind and the rain were my companions A lot of stones laid on my path to the palace of snow and the king of fire... Majestic hights with flaming banners So giantly the king seemed to be forever lost A chilling audience for a man of noone Kneel to the king and his endless melting throne Under his crown a million creatures crawled A twisted tongue for a gesture of kindness Each glimpse made them turn to stone Their eyes like snow long for blindness ...so long in blindness For there is no way to change their chosen lot No chain of steel could bind them more My well of might is your well of sorrow give me your sight and leave behind tomorrow My son, he said, it`s better to reign in hell (Live`s a path of sorrow) Than to serve in heaven Woe betide him and his bleak eyes Words of truth from a head full of lies So my quest took me onward to a brighter way I wouldn`t rest here for frozen tears nor melting fears |
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4. | The Hidden Quest | 03:52 | Show lyrics |
Sudden the morn came Slowly the curtain rose Awe shone in his eyes Another light was born to rove With pinions of sorrow On winds of despair The beast appeared Some say it would never go away With eyes of morrow On stars of guidance He faced all fright His way a neverending night So he defied the lively waves Betrayed himself And the restless hieing winds Strong is the blade of hatred The desire of our desperate hope The serpent of grief Feeds virtue to it`s sateless breed High aloft the dragon flies The falcon has gone astray So nigh but also far away A cry above - the wyvern dies Blind eyes have broken the oath So far away but also close The awaited even came Slowly the curtain fell Awe shone in his eyes Another light still yearns to dwell His eyes full of sorrow And wounds of despair Bled immortal dreams Whispering of days of yore The guise in the mirror No more stars to guide It`s the beast he feared Now he knew it would never go away So he defied the eternal rock Buried himself Into the everlasting flame Strong is the blade of hatred The desire of our desperate hope The serpant of grief Feeds virtue to it`s sateless breed High aloft the dragon flies The falcon has gone astray So nigh but also far away A cry above - the wyvern dies Blind eyes have broken the oath So far away but also close |
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5. | Morrigan | 03:49 | Show lyrics |
Once, on another weary day of mine Just when the sun began to fondle mother earth On a hill I stood to behold this crimson embrace A stricken field to my feet (under bloody mist) Myriad hollow staring eyes Wrapped in red clouds The corvine goddess appeared Emptiness filled my mind Fervid thoughts crawled suddenly into me... Morrigan - three faced goddess dark and wild For thee I`ll raise my sword and shield Morrigan - grimest crow beneath the sky May the eyes of thousands please thy raging greed Come forth now grimest crow Thou cry shall shatter earth and sky ...Like a shrieking carnyce... In thy shadow I shall stand forevermore I send thee hail and eternal troth... Night descended and the stars within my eyes Cleared my mind and aflamed my heart I flee thy corvine ire Morrigan - three faced goddes dark and wild For thee they rose their swords and shields Morrigan - grimest crow beneath the sky May the eyes of thousands please thy raging greed - but not mine... |
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6. | Peregrin | 01:24 | Show lyrics |
Fly aloft Leave All Ground behind Your cradle below the winds of Life will be in days to come your grave |
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7. | Wasted Lands | 04:35 | Show lyrics |
Tireless I faced my way The flames still burned To see the stars and dales My heart still yearned for Surrounded by bleakness Osseous trees seemen to Seize the silence A plain of ruins winds of dust tried to enshroud All Remembrance A doleful figure cowered At the heart of this wasted lands his bowed head a mere skull the yield of dust in his hands " I dwell beyond all fear and here in my liefeless claw shall grow your given seed the everlasting flaw " On the ground of his eyes I saw a child drowned in fear In the deep he beheld the airy play Of those who can fly while fear turned into hate Woe betide him and his tainted eyes Seeds of despair won`t grow with tears of dust So I left this wilted man and his vale of woe To Resume my own path of dole |
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8. | Strayed in Nowhere | 04:19 | Show lyrics |
The moon passed his realm oh many times Restless he hied to the caress of the sea Sylphlike lights in the dark with alluring voices So many stars I`ve never seen So I cursed each day And it`s joyful sneer And in nights of fear I saw their darksome shapes of light I hied with the wind Won`t ever dree my weard Endless width of splendour But my thoughts stood dear Strayed in nowhere Some inner tide Made me long afar To an aim beyond all sight (Is there no one to guide me) Through this endless maze Where are the stars and dales ? Where is my way home ? Oh where am I ? Strayed in nowhere... To and fro I went in my sleep But each step brought me closer to my last Standing stones glared at me with fathomless eyes Assuring me that I am lost Sylphlike lights in the dark with alluring voices So many stars I`ve never seen Each a one called me to rest Until I hear the banshees lonely caoine |
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9. | Airne | 01:08 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
10. | Lays from Afar | 04:35 | Show lyrics |
Countless seemed to be the days Until his return Ceaseless semmed to be his way But still the thousand fires burn So he beheld one day His long - desired journeys end Still the singing called him to stay Oh, it was the place where it all began Strange eyes looked up As he stepped into the light All friends were gone ( he`s still alone ) Betrayed by the course of time ( He`s lost in time ) "From afar I come - in place ans in time I saw the strongholds of the old ones Once I sat here by a fire My heart in flames but now they`re waned and gone" Calm spread out it`s wings and his hoar voice Pierced the night and the light inside of them Deep were his words, the songs to sang And long his story to tell But each a word would be carved deep in their minds Now the alst words are said And slowly dawns a new day The guise of the wise fades away Aye, they should remind the words And the things they saw As a stranger sang for them his lays from afar |
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11. | Foggy Dew (Irish traditional cover) | 01:18 | Show lyrics |
As down the glen one Easter morn to a city fair rode I There Armed lines of marching men in squadrons passed me by No pipe did hum, no battle drum did sound its dread tattoo But the Angelus Bell o’er the Liffey’s swell rang out in the foggy dew |
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12. | Banshee | 04:39 | |
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13. | Dragon Tribe | 04:20 | |
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14. | Heresy | 03:49 | |
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15. | Sheltering Dreams | 03:20 | |
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16. | Havor | 04:01 | |
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17. | Warpipes Call Me | 04:16 | |
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18. | ...and a Minstrel Left the Mourning Valley | 02:02 | instrumental |
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19. | Internal Epidemic | 03:15 | |
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01:07:51 |
Lays from Afar
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards, Vocals (female) |
Arkadius Antonik | Guitars (lead, rhythm), Bass, Vocals (harsh) |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars (rhythm, acoustic), Vocals (clean), Tin whistle |
Stefan Möller | Drums, Vocals (backing) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Andy Classen | Producer, Mixing, Pre-mastering |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Gisela Schmidt | Photography |
Heinz Schuster | Layout, Design |
Andreas Schulz | Mastering |
Tracks | |||
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1. | A Darksome Path | 04:35 | Show lyrics |
In a time of forgotten realms and whilom truth Noble kings and valiant men In a land where shades lurked in the dark Where at night tales began to rouse It was the dawn of the thousand fires When he stepped into the night Swearing to face all dusmay To dare the ancient mights Enthralled by a flickering glint That allured him to follow To a place where the realms entwine A gate to the other side (adistant light) Faint singing called him to step inside His eyes strayed aloft Willing to go towards his fate A last look to the sky When he passed the gate For ever and ay (for a year and a day) A wanderer lost in nowhere Never found a place to dwell Withersoever he fared Twilight shapes begged him to stay But the glinting stars Drowned all leathe Restless he hied afar |
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2. | Chants of Lethe | 04:31 | Show lyrics |
Oh, How well I remember the day Encircled by trees I was Grabbing Boughs and whispering fays Forced to walk on their elfin pathways Until they led me to a fount at last I watched into the starlit water And the lights began to whirl around Weird eyes glared at me My mind sabk into the fount Dark it was there on the ground But bright and graceful was the light Of the dancing water sprites Mute voices sang their songs profound Tunes frail as their wavy guise Enswathed me like a silken shine A glance on the flight of time To distant realms and stars Low laid the land of mine And their everlasting scars In the deepest depth there was fire and source entwined In days of yore and before It burned and flowed in our mind With eyes on the wings of time I saw the flames increase The fount fell down into lethe And within the silken shine Again I heard the singing fays Through the mist of time There is no believe Frail is the Pathway of dreams For all is drowned in chants of lethe Aye, I will remember the day Encircled by Trees I was Grabbing Boughs and whispering fays Forced to walk on their elfin path ways Here I saw how the days would last |
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3. | The Well of Might | 04:03 | Show lyrics |
So the days went by And only the wind and the rain were my companions A lot of stones laid on my path to the palace of snow and the king of fire... Majestic hights with flaming banners So giantly the king seemed to be forever lost A chilling audience for a man of noone Kneel to the king and his endless melting throne Under his crown a million creatures crawled A twisted tongue for a gesture of kindness Each glimpse made them turn to stone Their eyes like snow long for blindness ...so long in blindness For there is no way to change their chosen lot No chain of steel could bind them more My well of might is your well of sorrow give me your sight and leave behind tomorrow My son, he said, it`s better to reign in hell (Live`s a path of sorrow) Than to serve in heaven Woe betide him and his bleak eyes Words of truth from a head full of lies So my quest took me onward to a brighter way I wouldn`t rest here for frozen tears nor melting fears |
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4. | The Hidden Quest | 03:52 | Show lyrics |
Sudden the morn came Slowly the curtain rose Awe shone in his eyes Another light was born to rove With pinions of sorrow On winds of despair The beast appeared Some say it would never go away With eyes of morrow On stars of guidance He faced all fright His way a neverending night So he defied the lively waves Betrayed himself And the restless hieing winds Strong is the blade of hatred The desire of our desperate hope The serpent of grief Feeds virtue to it`s sateless breed High aloft the dragon flies The falcon has gone astray So nigh but also far away A cry above - the wyvern dies Blind eyes have broken the oath So far away but also close The awaited even came Slowly the curtain fell Awe shone in his eyes Another light still yearns to dwell His eyes full of sorrow And wounds of despair Bled immortal dreams Whispering of days of yore The guise in the mirror No more stars to guide It`s the beast he feared Now he knew it would never go away So he defied the eternal rock Buried himself Into the everlasting flame Strong is the blade of hatred The desire of our desperate hope The serpant of grief Feeds virtue to it`s sateless breed High aloft the dragon flies The falcon has gone astray So nigh but also far away A cry above - the wyvern dies Blind eyes have broken the oath So far away but also close |
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5. | Morrigan | 03:49 | Show lyrics |
Once, on another weary day of mine Just when the sun began to fondle mother earth On a hill I stood to behold this crimson embrace A stricken field to my feet (under bloody mist) Myriad hollow staring eyes Wrapped in red clouds The corvine goddess appeared Emptiness filled my mind Fervid thoughts crawled suddenly into me... Morrigan - three faced goddess dark and wild For thee I`ll raise my sword and shield Morrigan - grimest crow beneath the sky May the eyes of thousands please thy raging greed Come forth now grimest crow Thou cry shall shatter earth and sky ...Like a shrieking carnyce... In thy shadow I shall stand forevermore I send thee hail and eternal troth... Night descended and the stars within my eyes Cleared my mind and aflamed my heart I flee thy corvine ire Morrigan - three faced goddes dark and wild For thee they rose their swords and shields Morrigan - grimest crow beneath the sky May the eyes of thousands please thy raging greed - but not mine... |
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6. | Peregrin | 01:24 | Show lyrics |
Fly aloft Leave All Ground behind Your cradle below the winds of Life will be in days to come your grave |
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7. | Wasted Lands | 04:35 | Show lyrics |
Tireless I faced my way The flames still burned To see the stars and dales My heart still yearned for Surrounded by bleakness Osseous trees seemen to Seize the silence A plain of ruins winds of dust tried to enshroud All Remembrance A doleful figure cowered At the heart of this wasted lands his bowed head a mere skull the yield of dust in his hands " I dwell beyond all fear and here in my liefeless claw shall grow your given seed the everlasting flaw " On the ground of his eyes I saw a child drowned in fear In the deep he beheld the airy play Of those who can fly while fear turned into hate Woe betide him and his tainted eyes Seeds of despair won`t grow with tears of dust So I left this wilted man and his vale of woe To Resume my own path of dole |
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8. | Strayed in Nowhere | 04:19 | Show lyrics |
The moon passed his realm oh many times Restless he hied to the caress of the sea Sylphlike lights in the dark with alluring voices So many stars I`ve never seen So I cursed each day And it`s joyful sneer And in nights of fear I saw their darksome shapes of light I hied with the wind Won`t ever dree my weard Endless width of splendour But my thoughts stood dear Strayed in nowhere Some inner tide Made me long afar To an aim beyond all sight (Is there no one to guide me) Through this endless maze Where are the stars and dales ? Where is my way home ? Oh where am I ? Strayed in nowhere... To and fro I went in my sleep But each step brought me closer to my last Standing stones glared at me with fathomless eyes Assuring me that I am lost Sylphlike lights in the dark with alluring voices So many stars I`ve never seen Each a one called me to rest Until I hear the banshees lonely caoine |
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9. | Airne | 01:08 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
10. | Lays from Afar | 04:35 | Show lyrics |
Countless seemed to be the days Until his return Ceaseless semmed to be his way But still the thousand fires burn So he beheld one day His long - desired journeys end Still the singing called him to stay Oh, it was the place where it all began Strange eyes looked up As he stepped into the light All friends were gone ( he`s still alone ) Betrayed by the course of time ( He`s lost in time ) "From afar I come - in place ans in time I saw the strongholds of the old ones Once I sat here by a fire My heart in flames but now they`re waned and gone" Calm spread out it`s wings and his hoar voice Pierced the night and the light inside of them Deep were his words, the songs to sang And long his story to tell But each a word would be carved deep in their minds Now the alst words are said And slowly dawns a new day The guise of the wise fades away Aye, they should remind the words And the things they saw As a stranger sang for them his lays from afar |
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11. | Foggy Dew (Irish traditional cover) | 01:18 | Show lyrics |
As down the glen one Easter morn to a city fair rode I There Armed lines of marching men in squadrons passed me by No pipe did hum, no battle drum did sound its dread tattoo But the Angelus Bell o’er the Liffey’s swell rang out in the foggy dew |
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12. | Banshee | 04:39 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
13. | Dragon Tribe | 04:19 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
14. | Heresy | 03:48 | |
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15. | Sheltering Dreams | 03:19 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
16. | Havoc | 04:01 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
17. | Warpipes Call me | 04:15 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
18. | ...And a Minstrel Left the Mourning Valley | 02:02 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
19. | Internal Epidemic | 03:14 | |
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01:07:46 |
Lays from Afar
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Guitars (lead, rhythm), Bass, Vocals (harsh) |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards, Vocals (female) |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars (rhythm, acoustic), Vocals (clean), Tin whistle |
Stefan Möller | Drums, Vocals (backing) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Andy Classen | Producer, Mixing, Pre-mastering |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Gisela Schmidt | Photography |
Heinz Schuster | Layout, Design |
Andreas Schulz | Mastering |
Tracks | |||
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Side A | |||
1. | A Darksome Path | 04:35 | Show lyrics |
In a time of forgotten realms and whilom truth Noble kings and valiant men In a land where shades lurked in the dark Where at night tales began to rouse It was the dawn of the thousand fires When he stepped into the night Swearing to face all dusmay To dare the ancient mights Enthralled by a flickering glint That allured him to follow To a place where the realms entwine A gate to the other side (adistant light) Faint singing called him to step inside His eyes strayed aloft Willing to go towards his fate A last look to the sky When he passed the gate For ever and ay (for a year and a day) A wanderer lost in nowhere Never found a place to dwell Withersoever he fared Twilight shapes begged him to stay But the glinting stars Drowned all leathe Restless he hied afar |
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2. | Chants of Lethe | 04:31 | Show lyrics |
Oh, How well I remember the day Encircled by trees I was Grabbing Boughs and whispering fays Forced to walk on their elfin pathways Until they led me to a fount at last I watched into the starlit water And the lights began to whirl around Weird eyes glared at me My mind sabk into the fount Dark it was there on the ground But bright and graceful was the light Of the dancing water sprites Mute voices sang their songs profound Tunes frail as their wavy guise Enswathed me like a silken shine A glance on the flight of time To distant realms and stars Low laid the land of mine And their everlasting scars In the deepest depth there was fire and source entwined In days of yore and before It burned and flowed in our mind With eyes on the wings of time I saw the flames increase The fount fell down into lethe And within the silken shine Again I heard the singing fays Through the mist of time There is no believe Frail is the Pathway of dreams For all is drowned in chants of lethe Aye, I will remember the day Encircled by Trees I was Grabbing Boughs and whispering fays Forced to walk on their elfin path ways Here I saw how the days would last |
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3. | The Well of Might | 04:03 | Show lyrics |
So the days went by And only the wind and the rain were my companions A lot of stones laid on my path to the palace of snow and the king of fire... Majestic hights with flaming banners So giantly the king seemed to be forever lost A chilling audience for a man of noone Kneel to the king and his endless melting throne Under his crown a million creatures crawled A twisted tongue for a gesture of kindness Each glimpse made them turn to stone Their eyes like snow long for blindness ...so long in blindness For there is no way to change their chosen lot No chain of steel could bind them more My well of might is your well of sorrow give me your sight and leave behind tomorrow My son, he said, it`s better to reign in hell (Live`s a path of sorrow) Than to serve in heaven Woe betide him and his bleak eyes Words of truth from a head full of lies So my quest took me onward to a brighter way I wouldn`t rest here for frozen tears nor melting fears |
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4. | The Hidden Quest | 03:52 | Show lyrics |
Sudden the morn came Slowly the curtain rose Awe shone in his eyes Another light was born to rove With pinions of sorrow On winds of despair The beast appeared Some say it would never go away With eyes of morrow On stars of guidance He faced all fright His way a neverending night So he defied the lively waves Betrayed himself And the restless hieing winds Strong is the blade of hatred The desire of our desperate hope The serpent of grief Feeds virtue to it`s sateless breed High aloft the dragon flies The falcon has gone astray So nigh but also far away A cry above - the wyvern dies Blind eyes have broken the oath So far away but also close The awaited even came Slowly the curtain fell Awe shone in his eyes Another light still yearns to dwell His eyes full of sorrow And wounds of despair Bled immortal dreams Whispering of days of yore The guise in the mirror No more stars to guide It`s the beast he feared Now he knew it would never go away So he defied the eternal rock Buried himself Into the everlasting flame Strong is the blade of hatred The desire of our desperate hope The serpant of grief Feeds virtue to it`s sateless breed High aloft the dragon flies The falcon has gone astray So nigh but also far away A cry above - the wyvern dies Blind eyes have broken the oath So far away but also close |
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5. | Morrigan | 03:49 | Show lyrics |
Once, on another weary day of mine Just when the sun began to fondle mother earth On a hill I stood to behold this crimson embrace A stricken field to my feet (under bloody mist) Myriad hollow staring eyes Wrapped in red clouds The corvine goddess appeared Emptiness filled my mind Fervid thoughts crawled suddenly into me... Morrigan - three faced goddess dark and wild For thee I`ll raise my sword and shield Morrigan - grimest crow beneath the sky May the eyes of thousands please thy raging greed Come forth now grimest crow Thou cry shall shatter earth and sky ...Like a shrieking carnyce... In thy shadow I shall stand forevermore I send thee hail and eternal troth... Night descended and the stars within my eyes Cleared my mind and aflamed my heart I flee thy corvine ire Morrigan - three faced goddes dark and wild For thee they rose their swords and shields Morrigan - grimest crow beneath the sky May the eyes of thousands please thy raging greed - but not mine... |
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6. | Peregrin | 01:24 | Show lyrics |
Fly aloft Leave All Ground behind Your cradle below the winds of Life will be in days to come your grave |
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Side B | |||
7. | Wasted Lands | 04:35 | Show lyrics |
Tireless I faced my way The flames still burned To see the stars and dales My heart still yearned for Surrounded by bleakness Osseous trees seemen to Seize the silence A plain of ruins winds of dust tried to enshroud All Remembrance A doleful figure cowered At the heart of this wasted lands his bowed head a mere skull the yield of dust in his hands " I dwell beyond all fear and here in my liefeless claw shall grow your given seed the everlasting flaw " On the ground of his eyes I saw a child drowned in fear In the deep he beheld the airy play Of those who can fly while fear turned into hate Woe betide him and his tainted eyes Seeds of despair won`t grow with tears of dust So I left this wilted man and his vale of woe To Resume my own path of dole |
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8. | Strayed in Nowhere | 04:19 | Show lyrics |
The moon passed his realm oh many times Restless he hied to the caress of the sea Sylphlike lights in the dark with alluring voices So many stars I`ve never seen So I cursed each day And it`s joyful sneer And in nights of fear I saw their darksome shapes of light I hied with the wind Won`t ever dree my weard Endless width of splendour But my thoughts stood dear Strayed in nowhere Some inner tide Made me long afar To an aim beyond all sight (Is there no one to guide me) Through this endless maze Where are the stars and dales ? Where is my way home ? Oh where am I ? Strayed in nowhere... To and fro I went in my sleep But each step brought me closer to my last Standing stones glared at me with fathomless eyes Assuring me that I am lost Sylphlike lights in the dark with alluring voices So many stars I`ve never seen Each a one called me to rest Until I hear the banshees lonely caoine |
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9. | Airne | 01:08 | instrumental |
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10. | Lays from Afar | 04:35 | Show lyrics |
Countless seemed to be the days Until his return Ceaseless semmed to be his way But still the thousand fires burn So he beheld one day His long - desired journeys end Still the singing called him to stay Oh, it was the place where it all began Strange eyes looked up As he stepped into the light All friends were gone ( he`s still alone ) Betrayed by the course of time ( He`s lost in time ) "From afar I come - in place ans in time I saw the strongholds of the old ones Once I sat here by a fire My heart in flames but now they`re waned and gone" Calm spread out it`s wings and his hoar voice Pierced the night and the light inside of them Deep were his words, the songs to sang And long his story to tell But each a word would be carved deep in their minds Now the alst words are said And slowly dawns a new day The guise of the wise fades away Aye, they should remind the words And the things they saw As a stranger sang for them his lays from afar |
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11. | Foggy Dew (Irish traditional cover) | 01:18 | Show lyrics |
As down the glen one Easter morn to a city fair rode I There Armed lines of marching men in squadrons passed me by No pipe did hum, no battle drum did sound its dread tattoo But the Angelus Bell o’er the Liffey’s swell rang out in the foggy dew |
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38:09 |
The Arcanum
Members | |
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Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards |
F.T. | Bass |
Stefan Möller | Drums |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Andreas Schulz | Mastering |
Gisela Schmitz | Photography |
Andy Classen | Producer, Recording, Mixing |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Wartunes | 04:50 | Show lyrics |
Cold and lifeless lay the plains of lore Until finally silently a spirit evoke And timeless clansmen rose By the sound of the old Celtic tunes of war Rise... And feel the deadly breeze The scent of burning flesh For my blade thirsts for Another war Curse of the might to take Oh it`s a human bane To fan the fires To cause an higher aim Here we stand Brothers in war From the four Winds of the land High on the hills We stay proud and brave For Freedom is a right And serfdom a grave Death to our foes... War!!! Legions of greed Of fire and light A thousand pikes Fight as one man Stormlike enraged They fight `till they die The one to enthrall The other to survive |
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2. | To Rest in Silence | 05:35 | Show lyrics |
Fear his words creating worlds for now and ever a living memory Holding the crown he reigns all alone one man, one will but no destiny Straight through the memories of woe into the fields of buried glee here the wilting dreams below source and ending of this story Fall down to your knees to adore the lie Fill the power and right to reign in violence time and failure have sharpened our mind disarmed and voicless it finally has to rest in silence Hear the tales of thousands and one death of revange and wreath see the veils which cover our mind silently making us blind Silentium est aurum step back to where it once began silentium est aurum the adornment in our requiem So die in lies... He`s creeping through the dephts of living holding out until the end no remorse and no forgiving all he learned is to pretend |
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3. | Dragonbreed | 03:58 | Show lyrics |
Somewhere in time along the trace Of decay to a darker land Exchange the mystery with human tragedy A regal path to an dead end Streams of fire from the eldest time They merge right here To pour the seeds of Death Their sight and breath An anthem to the kill To finally pass the crown To the emptiness Oh here it lies, veiled in madness On the edge of sanitys precipice Oh here they fly, on shadow wings Eternity echoes of their cries Worship the tempest Feel the rapture of almightness To burn out and fall For their triumphal call Here is the darkest creature Reality ever beared Full of hate and wrath An herold of death For the dragonbreed Has grown in ashes They bear the evil seeds To fulefill the curs ...To ravage the earth |
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4. | Rise of Taliesin | 05:51 | Show lyrics |
See the winter is coming Falling leaves dance to a silent tune I`ll take their hands I`ll make them stand When they`re all alone Years passed and the dawn of light Spread through time to leave tales behind The Queen of witches Gathered the wisdom For a year and a day Gwion takes care of the cauldron The spell is broken Flown into the youth They`re hunting and chasing Through the hills and braes The queen of witches swallowed the young lad So in year and a day Taliesin the wise rose from the dead [Chorus:] Praise the one who breaks the circle The one who dyes all grey away Laud the army of dwarves and elves Companions for the final day Now see the man in legends veiled A wise, a brave, of fortune hailed Now hear the man and his flaming rhyme Divinely anthems for glorious times The king of mortal And the source of wisdom For a year and a day Taliesin`s the guard of the cauldron [Chorus] |
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5. | Last Fortress | 04:08 | Show lyrics |
A petrified spell here where the stormwinds yell the crown of the reef and the land it defies High and statly the claw of the sea reach for the stars to distant skies Rising worlds behind my closed eyes a kingdom an island in an ocean of decay falling through ages my curse and delight to escape for a while the bleak neon light Taste of life is bitter sometimes so take your heart and your mind to bury it somewhere tear your soul apart sometimes when the main is roaring hear them moan to fall awake fighting with persistant power the joy of someone is the otherones sake |
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6. | Gates of Nevermore | 04:18 | Show lyrics |
Time changes while we forge our fate passing the gates We set fire betrayed our past in the Illusion that nothing will last [Chorus] See, the night is alight with our stateless flames we killed our gods buried their names Thousands of years filled up our lore while we`re marching through the gates of nevermore A heir to the crown roams all alone the blade of enlightment banished the shades lost in a maze, in a dreamless embrace oblivion - the tomb of our three fates All glittering wonders are finally shrouded lying wasted under a brocken spell our gods at the sky only fire and rock all beauty must die - wecome to hell [Chorus] |
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7. | Serenade to a Dream | 02:40 | instrumental |
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8. | The Arcane Spell | 04:53 | Show lyrics |
Enter the circle Banish all fright - of the night Shadows whirl around Hunting and chasing the remained light Fall into the darkness Severed of reality Sable spirits dance around Laughing at your velleity They arouse all secret fears The innermost blemish Another phantom born in light Changes to the other side And through a maze Of howling images Through times of old Lies the arcanum unfold Attacked by discord Which devours your heart Crawl in despair To follow the light Aberrant mind Paralysed by fear Another soul is struck With the burden of sight Seasons of fire and ice Rise from the past into life Companions of reality Guardian of our time Memories of misery Shall be our sword and shield [Lead: Arkadius] |
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9. | The One Piece Puzzle (Skyclad cover) | 05:15 | Show lyrics |
Pick up the fragments and piece them together Tell me do you like what you’ve found? Are your thoughts like the earth spinning round? Existence is pure pantomime Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Trapped in a world I no longer feel part of Each day is a thorn in my side Though I’ve carried my cross - worn my heart on my sleeve Still deep inside something has died. If men have a sell-by-date I’ve just reached mine Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Well I just can’t believe that it’s happened again Always knew that it would - just a matter of when A lie was the last straw on this camels back And just like Lot’s wife I could never look back. So maybe the reason I act so estranged Is you still dream of him, it’s you that has changed. No method to madness - no raeson to rhyme Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Well I just can’t believe that it’s happened again Always knew that it would - just a matter of when A lie was the last straw on this camels back And just like Lot’s wife I could never look back. So maybe the reason I act so estranged Is you still dream of him, it’s you that has changed. If men have a sell-by-date I’ve just reached mine Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? |
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41:28 |
The Arcanum
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards |
F.T. | Bass |
Stefan Möller | Drums |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Gisela Schmitz | Photography |
Andy Classen | Producer, Recording, Mixing |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Andreas Schulz | Mastering |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Wartunes | 04:50 | Show lyrics |
Cold and lifeless lay the plains of lore Until finally silently a spirit evoke And timeless clansmen rose By the sound of the old Celtic tunes of war Rise... And feel the deadly breeze The scent of burning flesh For my blade thirsts for Another war Curse of the might to take Oh it`s a human bane To fan the fires To cause an higher aim Here we stand Brothers in war From the four Winds of the land High on the hills We stay proud and brave For Freedom is a right And serfdom a grave Death to our foes... War!!! Legions of greed Of fire and light A thousand pikes Fight as one man Stormlike enraged They fight `till they die The one to enthrall The other to survive |
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2. | To Rest in Silence | 05:35 | Show lyrics |
Fear his words creating worlds for now and ever a living memory Holding the crown he reigns all alone one man, one will but no destiny Straight through the memories of woe into the fields of buried glee here the wilting dreams below source and ending of this story Fall down to your knees to adore the lie Fill the power and right to reign in violence time and failure have sharpened our mind disarmed and voicless it finally has to rest in silence Hear the tales of thousands and one death of revange and wreath see the veils which cover our mind silently making us blind Silentium est aurum step back to where it once began silentium est aurum the adornment in our requiem So die in lies... He`s creeping through the dephts of living holding out until the end no remorse and no forgiving all he learned is to pretend |
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3. | Dragonbreed | 03:58 | Show lyrics |
Somewhere in time along the trace Of decay to a darker land Exchange the mystery with human tragedy A regal path to an dead end Streams of fire from the eldest time They merge right here To pour the seeds of Death Their sight and breath An anthem to the kill To finally pass the crown To the emptiness Oh here it lies, veiled in madness On the edge of sanitys precipice Oh here they fly, on shadow wings Eternity echoes of their cries Worship the tempest Feel the rapture of almightness To burn out and fall For their triumphal call Here is the darkest creature Reality ever beared Full of hate and wrath An herold of death For the dragonbreed Has grown in ashes They bear the evil seeds To fulefill the curs ...To ravage the earth |
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4. | Rise of Taliesin | 05:51 | Show lyrics |
See the winter is coming Falling leaves dance to a silent tune I`ll take their hands I`ll make them stand When they`re all alone Years passed and the dawn of light Spread through time to leave tales behind The Queen of witches Gathered the wisdom For a year and a day Gwion takes care of the cauldron The spell is broken Flown into the youth They`re hunting and chasing Through the hills and braes The queen of witches swallowed the young lad So in year and a day Taliesin the wise rose from the dead [Chorus:] Praise the one who breaks the circle The one who dyes all grey away Laud the army of dwarves and elves Companions for the final day Now see the man in legends veiled A wise, a brave, of fortune hailed Now hear the man and his flaming rhyme Divinely anthems for glorious times The king of mortal And the source of wisdom For a year and a day Taliesin`s the guard of the cauldron [Chorus] |
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5. | Last Fortress | 04:08 | Show lyrics |
A petrified spell here where the stormwinds yell the crown of the reef and the land it defies High and statly the claw of the sea reach for the stars to distant skies Rising worlds behind my closed eyes a kingdom an island in an ocean of decay falling through ages my curse and delight to escape for a while the bleak neon light Taste of life is bitter sometimes so take your heart and your mind to bury it somewhere tear your soul apart sometimes when the main is roaring hear them moan to fall awake fighting with persistant power the joy of someone is the otherones sake |
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6. | Gates of Nevermore | 04:18 | Show lyrics |
Time changes while we forge our fate passing the gates We set fire betrayed our past in the Illusion that nothing will last [Chorus] See, the night is alight with our stateless flames we killed our gods buried their names Thousands of years filled up our lore while we`re marching through the gates of nevermore A heir to the crown roams all alone the blade of enlightment banished the shades lost in a maze, in a dreamless embrace oblivion - the tomb of our three fates All glittering wonders are finally shrouded lying wasted under a brocken spell our gods at the sky only fire and rock all beauty must die - wecome to hell [Chorus] |
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7. | Serenade to a Dream | 02:40 | instrumental |
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8. | The Arcane Spell | 04:53 | Show lyrics |
Enter the circle Banish all fright - of the night Shadows whirl around Hunting and chasing the remained light Fall into the darkness Severed of reality Sable spirits dance around Laughing at your velleity They arouse all secret fears The innermost blemish Another phantom born in light Changes to the other side And through a maze Of howling images Through times of old Lies the arcanum unfold Attacked by discord Which devours your heart Crawl in despair To follow the light Aberrant mind Paralysed by fear Another soul is struck With the burden of sight Seasons of fire and ice Rise from the past into life Companions of reality Guardian of our time Memories of misery Shall be our sword and shield [Lead: Arkadius] |
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9. | The One Piece Puzzle (Skyclad cover) | 05:15 | Show lyrics |
Pick up the fragments and piece them together Tell me do you like what you’ve found? Are your thoughts like the earth spinning round? Existence is pure pantomime Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Trapped in a world I no longer feel part of Each day is a thorn in my side Though I’ve carried my cross - worn my heart on my sleeve Still deep inside something has died. If men have a sell-by-date I’ve just reached mine Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Well I just can’t believe that it’s happened again Always knew that it would - just a matter of when A lie was the last straw on this camels back And just like Lot’s wife I could never look back. So maybe the reason I act so estranged Is you still dream of him, it’s you that has changed. No method to madness - no raeson to rhyme Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Well I just can’t believe that it’s happened again Always knew that it would - just a matter of when A lie was the last straw on this camels back And just like Lot’s wife I could never look back. So maybe the reason I act so estranged Is you still dream of him, it’s you that has changed. If men have a sell-by-date I’ve just reached mine Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? |
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41:28 |
The Arcanum
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards |
F.T. | Bass |
Stefan Möller | Drums |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Gisela Schmitz | Photography |
Andy Classen | Producer, Recording, Mixing |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Andreas Schulz | Mastering |
Tracks | |||
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Side A | |||
1. | Wartunes | 04:50 | Show lyrics |
Cold and lifeless lay the plains of lore Until finally silently a spirit evoke And timeless clansmen rose By the sound of the old Celtic tunes of war Rise... And feel the deadly breeze The scent of burning flesh For my blade thirsts for Another war Curse of the might to take Oh it`s a human bane To fan the fires To cause an higher aim Here we stand Brothers in war From the four Winds of the land High on the hills We stay proud and brave For Freedom is a right And serfdom a grave Death to our foes... War!!! Legions of greed Of fire and light A thousand pikes Fight as one man Stormlike enraged They fight `till they die The one to enthrall The other to survive |
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2. | To Rest in Silence | 05:35 | Show lyrics |
Fear his words creating worlds for now and ever a living memory Holding the crown he reigns all alone one man, one will but no destiny Straight through the memories of woe into the fields of buried glee here the wilting dreams below source and ending of this story Fall down to your knees to adore the lie Fill the power and right to reign in violence time and failure have sharpened our mind disarmed and voicless it finally has to rest in silence Hear the tales of thousands and one death of revange and wreath see the veils which cover our mind silently making us blind Silentium est aurum step back to where it once began silentium est aurum the adornment in our requiem So die in lies... He`s creeping through the dephts of living holding out until the end no remorse and no forgiving all he learned is to pretend |
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3. | Dragonbreed | 03:58 | Show lyrics |
Somewhere in time along the trace Of decay to a darker land Exchange the mystery with human tragedy A regal path to an dead end Streams of fire from the eldest time They merge right here To pour the seeds of Death Their sight and breath An anthem to the kill To finally pass the crown To the emptiness Oh here it lies, veiled in madness On the edge of sanitys precipice Oh here they fly, on shadow wings Eternity echoes of their cries Worship the tempest Feel the rapture of almightness To burn out and fall For their triumphal call Here is the darkest creature Reality ever beared Full of hate and wrath An herold of death For the dragonbreed Has grown in ashes They bear the evil seeds To fulefill the curs ...To ravage the earth |
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4. | Rise of Taliesin | 05:51 | Show lyrics |
See the winter is coming Falling leaves dance to a silent tune I`ll take their hands I`ll make them stand When they`re all alone Years passed and the dawn of light Spread through time to leave tales behind The Queen of witches Gathered the wisdom For a year and a day Gwion takes care of the cauldron The spell is broken Flown into the youth They`re hunting and chasing Through the hills and braes The queen of witches swallowed the young lad So in year and a day Taliesin the wise rose from the dead [Chorus:] Praise the one who breaks the circle The one who dyes all grey away Laud the army of dwarves and elves Companions for the final day Now see the man in legends veiled A wise, a brave, of fortune hailed Now hear the man and his flaming rhyme Divinely anthems for glorious times The king of mortal And the source of wisdom For a year and a day Taliesin`s the guard of the cauldron [Chorus] |
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Side B | |||
5. | Last Fortress | 04:08 | Show lyrics |
A petrified spell here where the stormwinds yell the crown of the reef and the land it defies High and statly the claw of the sea reach for the stars to distant skies Rising worlds behind my closed eyes a kingdom an island in an ocean of decay falling through ages my curse and delight to escape for a while the bleak neon light Taste of life is bitter sometimes so take your heart and your mind to bury it somewhere tear your soul apart sometimes when the main is roaring hear them moan to fall awake fighting with persistant power the joy of someone is the otherones sake |
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6. | Gates of Nevermore | 04:18 | Show lyrics |
Time changes while we forge our fate passing the gates We set fire betrayed our past in the Illusion that nothing will last [Chorus] See, the night is alight with our stateless flames we killed our gods buried their names Thousands of years filled up our lore while we`re marching through the gates of nevermore A heir to the crown roams all alone the blade of enlightment banished the shades lost in a maze, in a dreamless embrace oblivion - the tomb of our three fates All glittering wonders are finally shrouded lying wasted under a brocken spell our gods at the sky only fire and rock all beauty must die - wecome to hell [Chorus] |
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7. | Serenade to a Dream | 02:40 | instrumental |
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8. | The Arcane Spell | 04:53 | Show lyrics |
Enter the circle Banish all fright - of the night Shadows whirl around Hunting and chasing the remained light Fall into the darkness Severed of reality Sable spirits dance around Laughing at your velleity They arouse all secret fears The innermost blemish Another phantom born in light Changes to the other side And through a maze Of howling images Through times of old Lies the arcanum unfold Attacked by discord Which devours your heart Crawl in despair To follow the light Aberrant mind Paralysed by fear Another soul is struck With the burden of sight Seasons of fire and ice Rise from the past into life Companions of reality Guardian of our time Memories of misery Shall be our sword and shield [Lead: Arkadius] |
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9. | The One Piece Puzzle (Skyclad cover) | 05:15 | Show lyrics |
Pick up the fragments and piece them together Tell me do you like what you’ve found? Are your thoughts like the earth spinning round? Existence is pure pantomime Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Trapped in a world I no longer feel part of Each day is a thorn in my side Though I’ve carried my cross - worn my heart on my sleeve Still deep inside something has died. If men have a sell-by-date I’ve just reached mine Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Well I just can’t believe that it’s happened again Always knew that it would - just a matter of when A lie was the last straw on this camels back And just like Lot’s wife I could never look back. So maybe the reason I act so estranged Is you still dream of him, it’s you that has changed. No method to madness - no raeson to rhyme Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Well I just can’t believe that it’s happened again Always knew that it would - just a matter of when A lie was the last straw on this camels back And just like Lot’s wife I could never look back. So maybe the reason I act so estranged Is you still dream of him, it’s you that has changed. If men have a sell-by-date I’ve just reached mine Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? |
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41:28 |
The Arcanum
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards |
F.T. | Bass |
Stefan Möller | Drums |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Gisela Schmitz | Photography |
Andy Classen | Producer, Recording, Mixing |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Andreas Schulz | Mastering |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Wartunes | 04:50 | Show lyrics |
Cold and lifeless lay the plains of lore Until finally silently a spirit evoke And timeless clansmen rose By the sound of the old Celtic tunes of war Rise... And feel the deadly breeze The scent of burning flesh For my blade thirsts for Another war Curse of the might to take Oh it`s a human bane To fan the fires To cause an higher aim Here we stand Brothers in war From the four Winds of the land High on the hills We stay proud and brave For Freedom is a right And serfdom a grave Death to our foes... War!!! Legions of greed Of fire and light A thousand pikes Fight as one man Stormlike enraged They fight `till they die The one to enthrall The other to survive |
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2. | To Rest in Silence | 05:35 | Show lyrics |
Fear his words creating worlds for now and ever a living memory Holding the crown he reigns all alone one man, one will but no destiny Straight through the memories of woe into the fields of buried glee here the wilting dreams below source and ending of this story Fall down to your knees to adore the lie Fill the power and right to reign in violence time and failure have sharpened our mind disarmed and voicless it finally has to rest in silence Hear the tales of thousands and one death of revange and wreath see the veils which cover our mind silently making us blind Silentium est aurum step back to where it once began silentium est aurum the adornment in our requiem So die in lies... He`s creeping through the dephts of living holding out until the end no remorse and no forgiving all he learned is to pretend |
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3. | Dragonbreed | 03:58 | Show lyrics |
Somewhere in time along the trace Of decay to a darker land Exchange the mystery with human tragedy A regal path to an dead end Streams of fire from the eldest time They merge right here To pour the seeds of Death Their sight and breath An anthem to the kill To finally pass the crown To the emptiness Oh here it lies, veiled in madness On the edge of sanitys precipice Oh here they fly, on shadow wings Eternity echoes of their cries Worship the tempest Feel the rapture of almightness To burn out and fall For their triumphal call Here is the darkest creature Reality ever beared Full of hate and wrath An herold of death For the dragonbreed Has grown in ashes They bear the evil seeds To fulefill the curs ...To ravage the earth |
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4. | Rise of Taliesin | 05:51 | Show lyrics |
See the winter is coming Falling leaves dance to a silent tune I`ll take their hands I`ll make them stand When they`re all alone Years passed and the dawn of light Spread through time to leave tales behind The Queen of witches Gathered the wisdom For a year and a day Gwion takes care of the cauldron The spell is broken Flown into the youth They`re hunting and chasing Through the hills and braes The queen of witches swallowed the young lad So in year and a day Taliesin the wise rose from the dead [Chorus:] Praise the one who breaks the circle The one who dyes all grey away Laud the army of dwarves and elves Companions for the final day Now see the man in legends veiled A wise, a brave, of fortune hailed Now hear the man and his flaming rhyme Divinely anthems for glorious times The king of mortal And the source of wisdom For a year and a day Taliesin`s the guard of the cauldron [Chorus] |
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5. | Last Fortress | 04:08 | Show lyrics |
A petrified spell here where the stormwinds yell the crown of the reef and the land it defies High and statly the claw of the sea reach for the stars to distant skies Rising worlds behind my closed eyes a kingdom an island in an ocean of decay falling through ages my curse and delight to escape for a while the bleak neon light Taste of life is bitter sometimes so take your heart and your mind to bury it somewhere tear your soul apart sometimes when the main is roaring hear them moan to fall awake fighting with persistant power the joy of someone is the otherones sake |
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6. | Gates of Nevermore | 04:18 | Show lyrics |
Time changes while we forge our fate passing the gates We set fire betrayed our past in the Illusion that nothing will last [Chorus] See, the night is alight with our stateless flames we killed our gods buried their names Thousands of years filled up our lore while we`re marching through the gates of nevermore A heir to the crown roams all alone the blade of enlightment banished the shades lost in a maze, in a dreamless embrace oblivion - the tomb of our three fates All glittering wonders are finally shrouded lying wasted under a brocken spell our gods at the sky only fire and rock all beauty must die - wecome to hell [Chorus] |
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7. | Serenade to a Dream | 02:40 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
8. | The Arcane Spell | 04:53 | Show lyrics |
Enter the circle Banish all fright - of the night Shadows whirl around Hunting and chasing the remained light Fall into the darkness Severed of reality Sable spirits dance around Laughing at your velleity They arouse all secret fears The innermost blemish Another phantom born in light Changes to the other side And through a maze Of howling images Through times of old Lies the arcanum unfold Attacked by discord Which devours your heart Crawl in despair To follow the light Aberrant mind Paralysed by fear Another soul is struck With the burden of sight Seasons of fire and ice Rise from the past into life Companions of reality Guardian of our time Memories of misery Shall be our sword and shield [Lead: Arkadius] |
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9. | The One Piece Puzzle (Skyclad cover) | 05:15 | Show lyrics |
Pick up the fragments and piece them together Tell me do you like what you’ve found? Are your thoughts like the earth spinning round? Existence is pure pantomime Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Trapped in a world I no longer feel part of Each day is a thorn in my side Though I’ve carried my cross - worn my heart on my sleeve Still deep inside something has died. If men have a sell-by-date I’ve just reached mine Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Well I just can’t believe that it’s happened again Always knew that it would - just a matter of when A lie was the last straw on this camels back And just like Lot’s wife I could never look back. So maybe the reason I act so estranged Is you still dream of him, it’s you that has changed. No method to madness - no raeson to rhyme Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Well I just can’t believe that it’s happened again Always knew that it would - just a matter of when A lie was the last straw on this camels back And just like Lot’s wife I could never look back. So maybe the reason I act so estranged Is you still dream of him, it’s you that has changed. If men have a sell-by-date I’ve just reached mine Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? |
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41:28 |
The Arcanum
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Daniela Voigt | Keyboards |
F.T. | Bass |
Stefan Möller | Drums |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Gisela Schmitz | Photography |
Andy Classen | Producer, Recording, Mixing |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Andreas Schulz | Mastering |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Wartunes | 04:50 | Show lyrics |
Cold and lifeless lay the plains of lore Until finally silently a spirit evoke And timeless clansmen rose By the sound of the old Celtic tunes of war Rise... And feel the deadly breeze The scent of burning flesh For my blade thirsts for Another war Curse of the might to take Oh it`s a human bane To fan the fires To cause an higher aim Here we stand Brothers in war From the four Winds of the land High on the hills We stay proud and brave For Freedom is a right And serfdom a grave Death to our foes... War!!! Legions of greed Of fire and light A thousand pikes Fight as one man Stormlike enraged They fight `till they die The one to enthrall The other to survive |
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2. | To Rest in Silence | 05:35 | Show lyrics |
Fear his words creating worlds for now and ever a living memory Holding the crown he reigns all alone one man, one will but no destiny Straight through the memories of woe into the fields of buried glee here the wilting dreams below source and ending of this story Fall down to your knees to adore the lie Fill the power and right to reign in violence time and failure have sharpened our mind disarmed and voicless it finally has to rest in silence Hear the tales of thousands and one death of revange and wreath see the veils which cover our mind silently making us blind Silentium est aurum step back to where it once began silentium est aurum the adornment in our requiem So die in lies... He`s creeping through the dephts of living holding out until the end no remorse and no forgiving all he learned is to pretend |
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3. | Dragonbreed | 03:58 | Show lyrics |
Somewhere in time along the trace Of decay to a darker land Exchange the mystery with human tragedy A regal path to an dead end Streams of fire from the eldest time They merge right here To pour the seeds of Death Their sight and breath An anthem to the kill To finally pass the crown To the emptiness Oh here it lies, veiled in madness On the edge of sanitys precipice Oh here they fly, on shadow wings Eternity echoes of their cries Worship the tempest Feel the rapture of almightness To burn out and fall For their triumphal call Here is the darkest creature Reality ever beared Full of hate and wrath An herold of death For the dragonbreed Has grown in ashes They bear the evil seeds To fulefill the curs ...To ravage the earth |
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4. | Rise of Taliesin | 05:51 | Show lyrics |
See the winter is coming Falling leaves dance to a silent tune I`ll take their hands I`ll make them stand When they`re all alone Years passed and the dawn of light Spread through time to leave tales behind The Queen of witches Gathered the wisdom For a year and a day Gwion takes care of the cauldron The spell is broken Flown into the youth They`re hunting and chasing Through the hills and braes The queen of witches swallowed the young lad So in year and a day Taliesin the wise rose from the dead [Chorus:] Praise the one who breaks the circle The one who dyes all grey away Laud the army of dwarves and elves Companions for the final day Now see the man in legends veiled A wise, a brave, of fortune hailed Now hear the man and his flaming rhyme Divinely anthems for glorious times The king of mortal And the source of wisdom For a year and a day Taliesin`s the guard of the cauldron [Chorus] |
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5. | Last Fortress | 04:08 | Show lyrics |
A petrified spell here where the stormwinds yell the crown of the reef and the land it defies High and statly the claw of the sea reach for the stars to distant skies Rising worlds behind my closed eyes a kingdom an island in an ocean of decay falling through ages my curse and delight to escape for a while the bleak neon light Taste of life is bitter sometimes so take your heart and your mind to bury it somewhere tear your soul apart sometimes when the main is roaring hear them moan to fall awake fighting with persistant power the joy of someone is the otherones sake |
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6. | Gates of Nevermore | 04:18 | Show lyrics |
Time changes while we forge our fate passing the gates We set fire betrayed our past in the Illusion that nothing will last [Chorus] See, the night is alight with our stateless flames we killed our gods buried their names Thousands of years filled up our lore while we`re marching through the gates of nevermore A heir to the crown roams all alone the blade of enlightment banished the shades lost in a maze, in a dreamless embrace oblivion - the tomb of our three fates All glittering wonders are finally shrouded lying wasted under a brocken spell our gods at the sky only fire and rock all beauty must die - wecome to hell [Chorus] |
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7. | Serenade to a Dream | 02:40 | instrumental |
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8. | The Arcane Spell | 04:53 | Show lyrics |
Enter the circle Banish all fright - of the night Shadows whirl around Hunting and chasing the remained light Fall into the darkness Severed of reality Sable spirits dance around Laughing at your velleity They arouse all secret fears The innermost blemish Another phantom born in light Changes to the other side And through a maze Of howling images Through times of old Lies the arcanum unfold Attacked by discord Which devours your heart Crawl in despair To follow the light Aberrant mind Paralysed by fear Another soul is struck With the burden of sight Seasons of fire and ice Rise from the past into life Companions of reality Guardian of our time Memories of misery Shall be our sword and shield [Lead: Arkadius] |
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9. | The One Piece Puzzle (Skyclad cover) | 05:15 | Show lyrics |
Pick up the fragments and piece them together Tell me do you like what you’ve found? Are your thoughts like the earth spinning round? Existence is pure pantomime Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Trapped in a world I no longer feel part of Each day is a thorn in my side Though I’ve carried my cross - worn my heart on my sleeve Still deep inside something has died. If men have a sell-by-date I’ve just reached mine Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Well I just can’t believe that it’s happened again Always knew that it would - just a matter of when A lie was the last straw on this camels back And just like Lot’s wife I could never look back. So maybe the reason I act so estranged Is you still dream of him, it’s you that has changed. No method to madness - no raeson to rhyme Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? Well I just can’t believe that it’s happened again Always knew that it would - just a matter of when A lie was the last straw on this camels back And just like Lot’s wife I could never look back. So maybe the reason I act so estranged Is you still dream of him, it’s you that has changed. If men have a sell-by-date I’ve just reached mine Now we’ve come to the end of the line. Why is life such a puzzle sometimes? |
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10. | Stand Ablaze (In Flames cover) | 04:15 | |
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11. | In the Beginning (Amorphis cover) | 02:59 | |
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12. | Let Me Put My Love Into You (AC/DC cover) | 04:12 | |
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52:54 |
Emprise to Avalon
Members | |
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Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars (lead, rhythm, acoustic), Bass, Keyboards, Songwriting (tracks 1-4, 6-9) |
Lars Wehner | Drums, Percussion, Songwriting (tracks 1, 4, 8) |
Guest/Session | |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars (electric, acoustic), Tin whistle, Vocals (clean), Lyrics, Songwriting (tracks 1, 3-6, 8, 9) |
Tim Siebrecht | Vocals (backing) (tracks 1, 4) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Schösch Classen | Producer, Engineering |
Ulf Horbelt | Mastering |
Torsten Reitmeier | Photography |
Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Co-producer |
Marcel Schoenen | Co-producer |
Sven Nawrath | Songwriting (track 5) |
Andy Classen | Producer, Engineering |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Darkane Times | 05:47 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Now the seal is broken which captured all misery while dark hands of fate fulfilled the augury The script of this tragedy Now lies in my hands I read the lines, realize the signs how the story ends The High King is dead struck by his vision greater than men It`ll spread out through time... an eternal rhyme - sic transit gloria mundi - A challenge between darkness and light Medraut and his clansmen of terror A discordant soul burnt the seed with voices of blight Take my hand I`ll be your guide On the battlefield of wrath Read my mind I´ll show you the light Birth of a vision sealed by your death I am Taliesin with swordlike words the rhyme for reason and truth against the world Solo: Arkadius I am Merlin a fiction with chanting spells a herold of fate I am Myrddin the link to reality a sage, a wizard an everlasting mystery A threefold existence in a darkane time I am now and forever A futile persistance between me and life Lasting since auld lang syne... |
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2. | Dinas Emrys | 01:53 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Hear my words Earl of Gwent I am the fatherless one Drain the lake and rouse the dragons Take my blood Yon stronghold will never stand For the hour of doom is rung See the dragons rise into the air They`ll be figting sore and long For a wise man will come to take the crown When even the house Of romulus fell His final fate No seer can foretell There`s a greater place Beyond the realms of lethe There`s a flaming trace in our heart When a memory becomes myth |
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3. | Pendragon’s Fall | 05:31 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Oh, remembering the words The vision of the sage He summoned all the heathen breed A black hearts dream of a new age Taint and vicious life he cried Strongest of his kind Shattered by a fateful might A carnal spell devoured his fiery mind Distrust and treason The strong will survive Is no virtue of reason While the whole land is moaning Oh, who`s worth to be king Revange! Hunt the king of Cornwall down The troops will march For they adore the cauldron All is fading to ashes, turning to war Oh, all you woeful warriors For yon weakness`ll never be strength Cold and fearless you adore The lies of a madman right till the end And in a night of roaming shadows With a spell on his face He seduced the unaware widow Oh what murderous embrace So fate took its course With less rhyme than reason War and hate Will bear brighter days The night passed Its crown to the king of dawn This dream will last Till the day This new kingdom will come |
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4. | The Highking | 04:00 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: I am the boar I took the head of bran Which kept the land so secure So hunt the godless Heathen host And dignity improves our valor Rise all you honest warriors Close the lines - fight with one hand Life is short and memories`ll last Fate itself cast us into war Years and tears of war have passed Camelot grew out of blood Truth and virtue reign side by side The night passed into light But not in my mind... Medrawt: I am the shadow of discord The void of lust Unaware begot in sin The nameless lord of distrust The shades`ll grow stronger Tainting all your joyful minds A coward creeping enemy Silently strikes you blind Arthur: Dark Lord of Orkney, scourge of lot My song of doom is also thine Caliburn`s my strength, Gwynhwyvar my shield My fate and task lays beyond time |
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5. | The Spoils of Annwn | 01:48 | Show lyrics |
Through the unnatural silence rose a moan, As if from the very Earth itself. As it rose in volume it also rose in pitch, Until it was clear that it issued from the Standing stones of Salisbury plain. Inoxarably the sounds crescendoed into the Shrieking wail of the druids. While they turned to stone... |
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6. | The Quest | 05:19 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: Still the giants dance at salisbury plain Still my spirit wanders to reach this higher aim Straight to foreign shores of distance we call the gods for a quest of truth and wisdom As long as you see the giants dance My spirit wanders through the land Gwalchmei: Led by the strength of bran and the timeless kings of Avalon The four winds of the land I will strive for the caldron Bedwyr: Led by the swiftness of winds I will wander through the farest glens My sentence is my deed Is there a view of sense unknown? Arthur: Craving for some armament to outlast this cold royal path I can hear them call The king must fall Strayed by the four winds Over the land and far away through the dark and cold Hear my song of grief but there`s a tune that gone astray while the world grow old Menw: Each tone that ever met the wind finally reaches Math and so me sight and breathless I am believe and trust is a value for the weak |
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7. | And the Giants Dance... | 05:13 | Show lyrics |
Am I not worthy of fame and song for ever, In the four-cprnerend castle in the island of the strong door, Where twighlight and pitchy darkness meet together, And bright wine is the drink of the host ? Thrice enough to fill Arthur`s ship we crossed the waters. None but seven returned from the castle of the rulers, None but seven returned from Caer Rigor. I allow the kings of the story little honour That beyond the glass castle saw not the prowess of Arthur. Three-score hundrets arrayed along those ramparts With their watchmen we could scarce confer. Thrice enough to fill Prydwen we went with Arthur. None but seven returned from the castle of treasure, None but seven returned from Caer Colur I will not allow much praise to those of drooping courage. They know not on what day the ruler arose, Nor in what hour of the serene day the owner was born, Nor of what kind was his silver-headed beast. Ah, when we went with Arthur, mournful the memory, None but seven returned from Caer Ochren |
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8. | Song of the Graves | 05:12 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: "Shades`ll grow stronger" a dark voice calls out of the past Minds too weak to with stand to divide higher thoughts from barren lies Here I stand on the plain while dark forces gather around me hear the lament of the corvine goddess a sullen croon of my destiny The air resounds a song of doom all is lost only cairns will last Oh they`ll remain as a mute testemony to the valor of men who proudly defied the will of fate led by a vision to a bitter end Come on - you creatures of war and hate leader of the weak taste the steel of my blade Stouthearted I stand face to face with the darker side of mine well aware of my decline M y r d d i n: So here the story ends with trembly letters On this fateful script the kings herald brought to me Misery is a child of bliss and so the circles close to finally vanish into a haze of mystery All this I witnessed and even more as time passed by I saw the sons of romolns fall the one god rise and coldness survive ANOETH BID BET Y ARTHUR (A secret The Grave Of Arthur) |
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9. | Still the Pipes Are Calling | 05:17 | Show lyrics |
A nameless warrior: So long he is gone With a pale servile face His way led him through A cold bloody haze His yell pierced the cold ghastly morning As he raised his sword to fight evil So like millions before He died in his gore And those who survived Died in their minds For those who failed to care Were dead before Who loves his sword even loves war Four children he left behind With a mournin`mother All their dreams return nevermore Their world got lost - killed in war There on the field, with dew on his eyes His empty face stared up to the sky One final breath curses his foes No blessing for his beloved ones |
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40:00 |
Emprise to Avalon
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars (lead, rhythm, acoustic), Bass, Keyboards, Songwriting (tracks 1-4, 6-9) |
Lars Wehner | Drums, Percussion, Songwriting (tracks 1, 4, 8) |
Guest/Session | |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars (electric, acoustic), Tin whistle, Vocals (clean), Lyrics, Songwriting (tracks 1, 3-6, 8, 9) |
Tim Siebrecht | Vocals (backing) (tracks 1, 4) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Torsten Reitmeier | Photography |
Andy Classen | Producer, Engineering |
Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Co-producer |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Marcel Schoenen | Co-producer |
Sven Nawrath | Songwriting (track 5) |
Schösch Classen | Producer, Engineering |
Ulf Horbelt | Mastering |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Darkane Times | 05:47 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Now the seal is broken which captured all misery while dark hands of fate fulfilled the augury The script of this tragedy Now lies in my hands I read the lines, realize the signs how the story ends The High King is dead struck by his vision greater than men It`ll spread out through time... an eternal rhyme - sic transit gloria mundi - A challenge between darkness and light Medraut and his clansmen of terror A discordant soul burnt the seed with voices of blight Take my hand I`ll be your guide On the battlefield of wrath Read my mind I´ll show you the light Birth of a vision sealed by your death I am Taliesin with swordlike words the rhyme for reason and truth against the world Solo: Arkadius I am Merlin a fiction with chanting spells a herold of fate I am Myrddin the link to reality a sage, a wizard an everlasting mystery A threefold existence in a darkane time I am now and forever A futile persistance between me and life Lasting since auld lang syne... |
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2. | Dinas Emrys | 01:53 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Hear my words Earl of Gwent I am the fatherless one Drain the lake and rouse the dragons Take my blood Yon stronghold will never stand For the hour of doom is rung See the dragons rise into the air They`ll be figting sore and long For a wise man will come to take the crown When even the house Of romulus fell His final fate No seer can foretell There`s a greater place Beyond the realms of lethe There`s a flaming trace in our heart When a memory becomes myth |
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3. | Pendragon’s Fall | 05:31 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Oh, remembering the words The vision of the sage He summoned all the heathen breed A black hearts dream of a new age Taint and vicious life he cried Strongest of his kind Shattered by a fateful might A carnal spell devoured his fiery mind Distrust and treason The strong will survive Is no virtue of reason While the whole land is moaning Oh, who`s worth to be king Revange! Hunt the king of Cornwall down The troops will march For they adore the cauldron All is fading to ashes, turning to war Oh, all you woeful warriors For yon weakness`ll never be strength Cold and fearless you adore The lies of a madman right till the end And in a night of roaming shadows With a spell on his face He seduced the unaware widow Oh what murderous embrace So fate took its course With less rhyme than reason War and hate Will bear brighter days The night passed Its crown to the king of dawn This dream will last Till the day This new kingdom will come |
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4. | The Highking | 04:00 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: I am the boar I took the head of bran Which kept the land so secure So hunt the godless Heathen host And dignity improves our valor Rise all you honest warriors Close the lines - fight with one hand Life is short and memories`ll last Fate itself cast us into war Years and tears of war have passed Camelot grew out of blood Truth and virtue reign side by side The night passed into light But not in my mind... Medrawt: I am the shadow of discord The void of lust Unaware begot in sin The nameless lord of distrust The shades`ll grow stronger Tainting all your joyful minds A coward creeping enemy Silently strikes you blind Arthur: Dark Lord of Orkney, scourge of lot My song of doom is also thine Caliburn`s my strength, Gwynhwyvar my shield My fate and task lays beyond time |
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5. | The Spoils of Annwn | 01:48 | Show lyrics |
Through the unnatural silence rose a moan, As if from the very Earth itself. As it rose in volume it also rose in pitch, Until it was clear that it issued from the Standing stones of Salisbury plain. Inoxarably the sounds crescendoed into the Shrieking wail of the druids. While they turned to stone... |
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6. | The Quest | 05:19 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: Still the giants dance at salisbury plain Still my spirit wanders to reach this higher aim Straight to foreign shores of distance we call the gods for a quest of truth and wisdom As long as you see the giants dance My spirit wanders through the land Gwalchmei: Led by the strength of bran and the timeless kings of Avalon The four winds of the land I will strive for the caldron Bedwyr: Led by the swiftness of winds I will wander through the farest glens My sentence is my deed Is there a view of sense unknown? Arthur: Craving for some armament to outlast this cold royal path I can hear them call The king must fall Strayed by the four winds Over the land and far away through the dark and cold Hear my song of grief but there`s a tune that gone astray while the world grow old Menw: Each tone that ever met the wind finally reaches Math and so me sight and breathless I am believe and trust is a value for the weak |
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7. | And the Giants Dance... | 05:13 | Show lyrics |
Am I not worthy of fame and song for ever, In the four-cprnerend castle in the island of the strong door, Where twighlight and pitchy darkness meet together, And bright wine is the drink of the host ? Thrice enough to fill Arthur`s ship we crossed the waters. None but seven returned from the castle of the rulers, None but seven returned from Caer Rigor. I allow the kings of the story little honour That beyond the glass castle saw not the prowess of Arthur. Three-score hundrets arrayed along those ramparts With their watchmen we could scarce confer. Thrice enough to fill Prydwen we went with Arthur. None but seven returned from the castle of treasure, None but seven returned from Caer Colur I will not allow much praise to those of drooping courage. They know not on what day the ruler arose, Nor in what hour of the serene day the owner was born, Nor of what kind was his silver-headed beast. Ah, when we went with Arthur, mournful the memory, None but seven returned from Caer Ochren |
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8. | Song of the Graves | 05:12 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: "Shades`ll grow stronger" a dark voice calls out of the past Minds too weak to with stand to divide higher thoughts from barren lies Here I stand on the plain while dark forces gather around me hear the lament of the corvine goddess a sullen croon of my destiny The air resounds a song of doom all is lost only cairns will last Oh they`ll remain as a mute testemony to the valor of men who proudly defied the will of fate led by a vision to a bitter end Come on - you creatures of war and hate leader of the weak taste the steel of my blade Stouthearted I stand face to face with the darker side of mine well aware of my decline M y r d d i n: So here the story ends with trembly letters On this fateful script the kings herald brought to me Misery is a child of bliss and so the circles close to finally vanish into a haze of mystery All this I witnessed and even more as time passed by I saw the sons of romolns fall the one god rise and coldness survive ANOETH BID BET Y ARTHUR (A secret The Grave Of Arthur) |
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9. | Still the Pipes Are Calling | 05:17 | Show lyrics |
A nameless warrior: So long he is gone With a pale servile face His way led him through A cold bloody haze His yell pierced the cold ghastly morning As he raised his sword to fight evil So like millions before He died in his gore And those who survived Died in their minds For those who failed to care Were dead before Who loves his sword even loves war Four children he left behind With a mournin`mother All their dreams return nevermore Their world got lost - killed in war There on the field, with dew on his eyes His empty face stared up to the sky One final breath curses his foes No blessing for his beloved ones |
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40:00 |
Emprise to Avalon
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars (lead, rhythm, acoustic), Bass, Keyboards, Songwriting (tracks 1-4, 6-9) |
Lars Wehner | Drums, Percussion, Songwriting (tracks 1, 4, 8) |
Guest/Session | |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars (electric, acoustic), Tin whistle, Vocals (clean), Lyrics, Songwriting (tracks 1, 3-6, 8, 9) |
Tim Siebrecht | Vocals (backing) (tracks 1, 4) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Torsten Reitmeier | Photography |
Andy Classen | Producer, Engineering |
Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Co-producer |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Marcel Schoenen | Co-producer |
Sven Nawrath | Songwriting (track 5) |
Schösch Classen | Producer, Engineering |
Ulf Horbelt | Mastering |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Darkane Times | 05:47 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Now the seal is broken which captured all misery while dark hands of fate fulfilled the augury The script of this tragedy Now lies in my hands I read the lines, realize the signs how the story ends The High King is dead struck by his vision greater than men It`ll spread out through time... an eternal rhyme - sic transit gloria mundi - A challenge between darkness and light Medraut and his clansmen of terror A discordant soul burnt the seed with voices of blight Take my hand I`ll be your guide On the battlefield of wrath Read my mind I´ll show you the light Birth of a vision sealed by your death I am Taliesin with swordlike words the rhyme for reason and truth against the world Solo: Arkadius I am Merlin a fiction with chanting spells a herold of fate I am Myrddin the link to reality a sage, a wizard an everlasting mystery A threefold existence in a darkane time I am now and forever A futile persistance between me and life Lasting since auld lang syne... |
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2. | Dinas Emrys | 01:53 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Hear my words Earl of Gwent I am the fatherless one Drain the lake and rouse the dragons Take my blood Yon stronghold will never stand For the hour of doom is rung See the dragons rise into the air They`ll be figting sore and long For a wise man will come to take the crown When even the house Of romulus fell His final fate No seer can foretell There`s a greater place Beyond the realms of lethe There`s a flaming trace in our heart When a memory becomes myth |
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3. | Pendragon’s Fall | 05:31 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Oh, remembering the words The vision of the sage He summoned all the heathen breed A black hearts dream of a new age Taint and vicious life he cried Strongest of his kind Shattered by a fateful might A carnal spell devoured his fiery mind Distrust and treason The strong will survive Is no virtue of reason While the whole land is moaning Oh, who`s worth to be king Revange! Hunt the king of Cornwall down The troops will march For they adore the cauldron All is fading to ashes, turning to war Oh, all you woeful warriors For yon weakness`ll never be strength Cold and fearless you adore The lies of a madman right till the end And in a night of roaming shadows With a spell on his face He seduced the unaware widow Oh what murderous embrace So fate took its course With less rhyme than reason War and hate Will bear brighter days The night passed Its crown to the king of dawn This dream will last Till the day This new kingdom will come |
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4. | The Highking | 04:00 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: I am the boar I took the head of bran Which kept the land so secure So hunt the godless Heathen host And dignity improves our valor Rise all you honest warriors Close the lines - fight with one hand Life is short and memories`ll last Fate itself cast us into war Years and tears of war have passed Camelot grew out of blood Truth and virtue reign side by side The night passed into light But not in my mind... Medrawt: I am the shadow of discord The void of lust Unaware begot in sin The nameless lord of distrust The shades`ll grow stronger Tainting all your joyful minds A coward creeping enemy Silently strikes you blind Arthur: Dark Lord of Orkney, scourge of lot My song of doom is also thine Caliburn`s my strength, Gwynhwyvar my shield My fate and task lays beyond time |
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5. | The Spoils of Annwn | 01:48 | Show lyrics |
Through the unnatural silence rose a moan, As if from the very Earth itself. As it rose in volume it also rose in pitch, Until it was clear that it issued from the Standing stones of Salisbury plain. Inoxarably the sounds crescendoed into the Shrieking wail of the druids. While they turned to stone... |
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6. | The Quest | 05:19 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: Still the giants dance at salisbury plain Still my spirit wanders to reach this higher aim Straight to foreign shores of distance we call the gods for a quest of truth and wisdom As long as you see the giants dance My spirit wanders through the land Gwalchmei: Led by the strength of bran and the timeless kings of Avalon The four winds of the land I will strive for the caldron Bedwyr: Led by the swiftness of winds I will wander through the farest glens My sentence is my deed Is there a view of sense unknown? Arthur: Craving for some armament to outlast this cold royal path I can hear them call The king must fall Strayed by the four winds Over the land and far away through the dark and cold Hear my song of grief but there`s a tune that gone astray while the world grow old Menw: Each tone that ever met the wind finally reaches Math and so me sight and breathless I am believe and trust is a value for the weak |
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7. | And the Giants Dance... | 05:13 | Show lyrics |
Am I not worthy of fame and song for ever, In the four-cprnerend castle in the island of the strong door, Where twighlight and pitchy darkness meet together, And bright wine is the drink of the host ? Thrice enough to fill Arthur`s ship we crossed the waters. None but seven returned from the castle of the rulers, None but seven returned from Caer Rigor. I allow the kings of the story little honour That beyond the glass castle saw not the prowess of Arthur. Three-score hundrets arrayed along those ramparts With their watchmen we could scarce confer. Thrice enough to fill Prydwen we went with Arthur. None but seven returned from the castle of treasure, None but seven returned from Caer Colur I will not allow much praise to those of drooping courage. They know not on what day the ruler arose, Nor in what hour of the serene day the owner was born, Nor of what kind was his silver-headed beast. Ah, when we went with Arthur, mournful the memory, None but seven returned from Caer Ochren |
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8. | Song of the Graves | 05:12 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: "Shades`ll grow stronger" a dark voice calls out of the past Minds too weak to with stand to divide higher thoughts from barren lies Here I stand on the plain while dark forces gather around me hear the lament of the corvine goddess a sullen croon of my destiny The air resounds a song of doom all is lost only cairns will last Oh they`ll remain as a mute testemony to the valor of men who proudly defied the will of fate led by a vision to a bitter end Come on - you creatures of war and hate leader of the weak taste the steel of my blade Stouthearted I stand face to face with the darker side of mine well aware of my decline M y r d d i n: So here the story ends with trembly letters On this fateful script the kings herald brought to me Misery is a child of bliss and so the circles close to finally vanish into a haze of mystery All this I witnessed and even more as time passed by I saw the sons of romolns fall the one god rise and coldness survive ANOETH BID BET Y ARTHUR (A secret The Grave Of Arthur) |
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9. | Still the Pipes Are Calling | 05:17 | Show lyrics |
A nameless warrior: So long he is gone With a pale servile face His way led him through A cold bloody haze His yell pierced the cold ghastly morning As he raised his sword to fight evil So like millions before He died in his gore And those who survived Died in their minds For those who failed to care Were dead before Who loves his sword even loves war Four children he left behind With a mournin`mother All their dreams return nevermore Their world got lost - killed in war There on the field, with dew on his eyes His empty face stared up to the sky One final breath curses his foes No blessing for his beloved ones |
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40:00 |
Emprise to Avalon
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars (lead, rhythm, acoustic), Bass, Keyboards, Songwriting (tracks 1-4, 6-9) |
Lars Wehner | Drums, Percussion, Songwriting (tracks 1, 4, 8) |
Guest/Session | |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars (electric, acoustic), Tin whistle, Vocals (clean), Lyrics, Songwriting (tracks 1, 3-6, 8, 9) |
Tim Siebrecht | Vocals (backing) (tracks 1, 4) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Andy Classen | Producer, Engineering |
Torsten Reitmeier | Photography |
Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Co-producer |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Marcel Schoenen | Co-producer |
Sven Nawrath | Songwriting (track 5) |
Schösch Classen | Producer, Engineering |
Ulf Horbelt | Mastering |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Darkane Times | 05:47 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Now the seal is broken which captured all misery while dark hands of fate fulfilled the augury The script of this tragedy Now lies in my hands I read the lines, realize the signs how the story ends The High King is dead struck by his vision greater than men It`ll spread out through time... an eternal rhyme - sic transit gloria mundi - A challenge between darkness and light Medraut and his clansmen of terror A discordant soul burnt the seed with voices of blight Take my hand I`ll be your guide On the battlefield of wrath Read my mind I´ll show you the light Birth of a vision sealed by your death I am Taliesin with swordlike words the rhyme for reason and truth against the world Solo: Arkadius I am Merlin a fiction with chanting spells a herold of fate I am Myrddin the link to reality a sage, a wizard an everlasting mystery A threefold existence in a darkane time I am now and forever A futile persistance between me and life Lasting since auld lang syne... |
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2. | Dinas Emrys | 01:53 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Hear my words Earl of Gwent I am the fatherless one Drain the lake and rouse the dragons Take my blood Yon stronghold will never stand For the hour of doom is rung See the dragons rise into the air They`ll be figting sore and long For a wise man will come to take the crown When even the house Of romulus fell His final fate No seer can foretell There`s a greater place Beyond the realms of lethe There`s a flaming trace in our heart When a memory becomes myth |
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3. | Pendragon’s Fall | 05:31 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Oh, remembering the words The vision of the sage He summoned all the heathen breed A black hearts dream of a new age Taint and vicious life he cried Strongest of his kind Shattered by a fateful might A carnal spell devoured his fiery mind Distrust and treason The strong will survive Is no virtue of reason While the whole land is moaning Oh, who`s worth to be king Revange! Hunt the king of Cornwall down The troops will march For they adore the cauldron All is fading to ashes, turning to war Oh, all you woeful warriors For yon weakness`ll never be strength Cold and fearless you adore The lies of a madman right till the end And in a night of roaming shadows With a spell on his face He seduced the unaware widow Oh what murderous embrace So fate took its course With less rhyme than reason War and hate Will bear brighter days The night passed Its crown to the king of dawn This dream will last Till the day This new kingdom will come |
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4. | The Highking | 04:00 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: I am the boar I took the head of bran Which kept the land so secure So hunt the godless Heathen host And dignity improves our valor Rise all you honest warriors Close the lines - fight with one hand Life is short and memories`ll last Fate itself cast us into war Years and tears of war have passed Camelot grew out of blood Truth and virtue reign side by side The night passed into light But not in my mind... Medrawt: I am the shadow of discord The void of lust Unaware begot in sin The nameless lord of distrust The shades`ll grow stronger Tainting all your joyful minds A coward creeping enemy Silently strikes you blind Arthur: Dark Lord of Orkney, scourge of lot My song of doom is also thine Caliburn`s my strength, Gwynhwyvar my shield My fate and task lays beyond time |
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5. | The Spoils of Annwn | 01:48 | Show lyrics |
Through the unnatural silence rose a moan, As if from the very Earth itself. As it rose in volume it also rose in pitch, Until it was clear that it issued from the Standing stones of Salisbury plain. Inoxarably the sounds crescendoed into the Shrieking wail of the druids. While they turned to stone... |
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6. | The Quest | 05:19 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: Still the giants dance at salisbury plain Still my spirit wanders to reach this higher aim Straight to foreign shores of distance we call the gods for a quest of truth and wisdom As long as you see the giants dance My spirit wanders through the land Gwalchmei: Led by the strength of bran and the timeless kings of Avalon The four winds of the land I will strive for the caldron Bedwyr: Led by the swiftness of winds I will wander through the farest glens My sentence is my deed Is there a view of sense unknown? Arthur: Craving for some armament to outlast this cold royal path I can hear them call The king must fall Strayed by the four winds Over the land and far away through the dark and cold Hear my song of grief but there`s a tune that gone astray while the world grow old Menw: Each tone that ever met the wind finally reaches Math and so me sight and breathless I am believe and trust is a value for the weak |
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7. | And the Giants Dance... | 05:13 | Show lyrics |
Am I not worthy of fame and song for ever, In the four-cprnerend castle in the island of the strong door, Where twighlight and pitchy darkness meet together, And bright wine is the drink of the host ? Thrice enough to fill Arthur`s ship we crossed the waters. None but seven returned from the castle of the rulers, None but seven returned from Caer Rigor. I allow the kings of the story little honour That beyond the glass castle saw not the prowess of Arthur. Three-score hundrets arrayed along those ramparts With their watchmen we could scarce confer. Thrice enough to fill Prydwen we went with Arthur. None but seven returned from the castle of treasure, None but seven returned from Caer Colur I will not allow much praise to those of drooping courage. They know not on what day the ruler arose, Nor in what hour of the serene day the owner was born, Nor of what kind was his silver-headed beast. Ah, when we went with Arthur, mournful the memory, None but seven returned from Caer Ochren |
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8. | Song of the Graves | 05:12 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: "Shades`ll grow stronger" a dark voice calls out of the past Minds too weak to with stand to divide higher thoughts from barren lies Here I stand on the plain while dark forces gather around me hear the lament of the corvine goddess a sullen croon of my destiny The air resounds a song of doom all is lost only cairns will last Oh they`ll remain as a mute testemony to the valor of men who proudly defied the will of fate led by a vision to a bitter end Come on - you creatures of war and hate leader of the weak taste the steel of my blade Stouthearted I stand face to face with the darker side of mine well aware of my decline M y r d d i n: So here the story ends with trembly letters On this fateful script the kings herald brought to me Misery is a child of bliss and so the circles close to finally vanish into a haze of mystery All this I witnessed and even more as time passed by I saw the sons of romolns fall the one god rise and coldness survive ANOETH BID BET Y ARTHUR (A secret The Grave Of Arthur) |
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9. | Still the Pipes Are Calling | 05:17 | Show lyrics |
A nameless warrior: So long he is gone With a pale servile face His way led him through A cold bloody haze His yell pierced the cold ghastly morning As he raised his sword to fight evil So like millions before He died in his gore And those who survived Died in their minds For those who failed to care Were dead before Who loves his sword even loves war Four children he left behind With a mournin`mother All their dreams return nevermore Their world got lost - killed in war There on the field, with dew on his eyes His empty face stared up to the sky One final breath curses his foes No blessing for his beloved ones |
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40:00 |
Emprise to Avalon
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars (lead, rhythm, acoustic), Bass, Keyboards, Songwriting (tracks 1-4, 6-9) |
Lars Wehner | Drums, Percussion, Songwriting (tracks 1, 4, 8) |
Guest/Session | |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars (electric, acoustic), Tin whistle, Vocals (clean), Lyrics, Songwriting (tracks 1, 3-6, 8, 9) |
Tim Siebrecht | Vocals (backing) (tracks 1, 4) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Andy Classen | Producer, Engineering |
Torsten Reitmeier | Photography |
Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Co-producer |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Marcel Schoenen | Co-producer |
Sven Nawrath | Songwriting (track 5) |
Schösch Classen | Producer, Engineering |
Ulf Horbelt | Mastering |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Darkane Times | 05:47 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Now the seal is broken which captured all misery while dark hands of fate fulfilled the augury The script of this tragedy Now lies in my hands I read the lines, realize the signs how the story ends The High King is dead struck by his vision greater than men It`ll spread out through time... an eternal rhyme - sic transit gloria mundi - A challenge between darkness and light Medraut and his clansmen of terror A discordant soul burnt the seed with voices of blight Take my hand I`ll be your guide On the battlefield of wrath Read my mind I´ll show you the light Birth of a vision sealed by your death I am Taliesin with swordlike words the rhyme for reason and truth against the world Solo: Arkadius I am Merlin a fiction with chanting spells a herold of fate I am Myrddin the link to reality a sage, a wizard an everlasting mystery A threefold existence in a darkane time I am now and forever A futile persistance between me and life Lasting since auld lang syne... |
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2. | Dinas Emrys | 01:53 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Hear my words Earl of Gwent I am the fatherless one Drain the lake and rouse the dragons Take my blood Yon stronghold will never stand For the hour of doom is rung See the dragons rise into the air They`ll be figting sore and long For a wise man will come to take the crown When even the house Of romulus fell His final fate No seer can foretell There`s a greater place Beyond the realms of lethe There`s a flaming trace in our heart When a memory becomes myth |
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3. | Pendragon’s Fall | 05:31 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Oh, remembering the words The vision of the sage He summoned all the heathen breed A black hearts dream of a new age Taint and vicious life he cried Strongest of his kind Shattered by a fateful might A carnal spell devoured his fiery mind Distrust and treason The strong will survive Is no virtue of reason While the whole land is moaning Oh, who`s worth to be king Revange! Hunt the king of Cornwall down The troops will march For they adore the cauldron All is fading to ashes, turning to war Oh, all you woeful warriors For yon weakness`ll never be strength Cold and fearless you adore The lies of a madman right till the end And in a night of roaming shadows With a spell on his face He seduced the unaware widow Oh what murderous embrace So fate took its course With less rhyme than reason War and hate Will bear brighter days The night passed Its crown to the king of dawn This dream will last Till the day This new kingdom will come |
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4. | The Highking | 04:00 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: I am the boar I took the head of bran Which kept the land so secure So hunt the godless Heathen host And dignity improves our valor Rise all you honest warriors Close the lines - fight with one hand Life is short and memories`ll last Fate itself cast us into war Years and tears of war have passed Camelot grew out of blood Truth and virtue reign side by side The night passed into light But not in my mind... Medrawt: I am the shadow of discord The void of lust Unaware begot in sin The nameless lord of distrust The shades`ll grow stronger Tainting all your joyful minds A coward creeping enemy Silently strikes you blind Arthur: Dark Lord of Orkney, scourge of lot My song of doom is also thine Caliburn`s my strength, Gwynhwyvar my shield My fate and task lays beyond time |
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5. | The Spoils of Annwn | 01:48 | Show lyrics |
Through the unnatural silence rose a moan, As if from the very Earth itself. As it rose in volume it also rose in pitch, Until it was clear that it issued from the Standing stones of Salisbury plain. Inoxarably the sounds crescendoed into the Shrieking wail of the druids. While they turned to stone... |
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6. | The Quest | 05:19 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: Still the giants dance at salisbury plain Still my spirit wanders to reach this higher aim Straight to foreign shores of distance we call the gods for a quest of truth and wisdom As long as you see the giants dance My spirit wanders through the land Gwalchmei: Led by the strength of bran and the timeless kings of Avalon The four winds of the land I will strive for the caldron Bedwyr: Led by the swiftness of winds I will wander through the farest glens My sentence is my deed Is there a view of sense unknown? Arthur: Craving for some armament to outlast this cold royal path I can hear them call The king must fall Strayed by the four winds Over the land and far away through the dark and cold Hear my song of grief but there`s a tune that gone astray while the world grow old Menw: Each tone that ever met the wind finally reaches Math and so me sight and breathless I am believe and trust is a value for the weak |
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7. | And the Giants Dance... | 05:13 | Show lyrics |
Am I not worthy of fame and song for ever, In the four-cprnerend castle in the island of the strong door, Where twighlight and pitchy darkness meet together, And bright wine is the drink of the host ? Thrice enough to fill Arthur`s ship we crossed the waters. None but seven returned from the castle of the rulers, None but seven returned from Caer Rigor. I allow the kings of the story little honour That beyond the glass castle saw not the prowess of Arthur. Three-score hundrets arrayed along those ramparts With their watchmen we could scarce confer. Thrice enough to fill Prydwen we went with Arthur. None but seven returned from the castle of treasure, None but seven returned from Caer Colur I will not allow much praise to those of drooping courage. They know not on what day the ruler arose, Nor in what hour of the serene day the owner was born, Nor of what kind was his silver-headed beast. Ah, when we went with Arthur, mournful the memory, None but seven returned from Caer Ochren |
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8. | Song of the Graves | 05:12 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: "Shades`ll grow stronger" a dark voice calls out of the past Minds too weak to with stand to divide higher thoughts from barren lies Here I stand on the plain while dark forces gather around me hear the lament of the corvine goddess a sullen croon of my destiny The air resounds a song of doom all is lost only cairns will last Oh they`ll remain as a mute testemony to the valor of men who proudly defied the will of fate led by a vision to a bitter end Come on - you creatures of war and hate leader of the weak taste the steel of my blade Stouthearted I stand face to face with the darker side of mine well aware of my decline M y r d d i n: So here the story ends with trembly letters On this fateful script the kings herald brought to me Misery is a child of bliss and so the circles close to finally vanish into a haze of mystery All this I witnessed and even more as time passed by I saw the sons of romolns fall the one god rise and coldness survive ANOETH BID BET Y ARTHUR (A secret The Grave Of Arthur) |
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9. | Still the Pipes Are Calling | 05:17 | Show lyrics |
A nameless warrior: So long he is gone With a pale servile face His way led him through A cold bloody haze His yell pierced the cold ghastly morning As he raised his sword to fight evil So like millions before He died in his gore And those who survived Died in their minds For those who failed to care Were dead before Who loves his sword even loves war Four children he left behind With a mournin`mother All their dreams return nevermore Their world got lost - killed in war There on the field, with dew on his eyes His empty face stared up to the sky One final breath curses his foes No blessing for his beloved ones |
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40:00 |
Emprise to Avalon
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars (lead, rhythm, acoustic), Bass, Keyboards, Songwriting (tracks 1-4, 6-9) |
Lars Wehner | Drums, Percussion, Songwriting (tracks 1, 4, 8) |
Guest/Session | |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars (electric, acoustic), Tin whistle, Vocals (clean), Lyrics, Songwriting (tracks 1, 3-6, 8, 9) |
Tim Siebrecht | Vocals (backing) (tracks 1, 4) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Torsten Reitmeier | Photography |
Andy Classen | Producer, Engineering |
Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Co-producer |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Marcel Schoenen | Co-producer |
Sven Nawrath | Songwriting (track 5) |
Schösch Classen | Producer, Engineering |
Ulf Horbelt | Mastering |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Darkane Times | 05:47 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Now the seal is broken which captured all misery while dark hands of fate fulfilled the augury The script of this tragedy Now lies in my hands I read the lines, realize the signs how the story ends The High King is dead struck by his vision greater than men It`ll spread out through time... an eternal rhyme - sic transit gloria mundi - A challenge between darkness and light Medraut and his clansmen of terror A discordant soul burnt the seed with voices of blight Take my hand I`ll be your guide On the battlefield of wrath Read my mind I´ll show you the light Birth of a vision sealed by your death I am Taliesin with swordlike words the rhyme for reason and truth against the world Solo: Arkadius I am Merlin a fiction with chanting spells a herold of fate I am Myrddin the link to reality a sage, a wizard an everlasting mystery A threefold existence in a darkane time I am now and forever A futile persistance between me and life Lasting since auld lang syne... |
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2. | Dinas Emrys | 01:53 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Hear my words Earl of Gwent I am the fatherless one Drain the lake and rouse the dragons Take my blood Yon stronghold will never stand For the hour of doom is rung See the dragons rise into the air They`ll be figting sore and long For a wise man will come to take the crown When even the house Of romulus fell His final fate No seer can foretell There`s a greater place Beyond the realms of lethe There`s a flaming trace in our heart When a memory becomes myth |
|||
3. | Pendragon’s Fall | 05:31 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Oh, remembering the words The vision of the sage He summoned all the heathen breed A black hearts dream of a new age Taint and vicious life he cried Strongest of his kind Shattered by a fateful might A carnal spell devoured his fiery mind Distrust and treason The strong will survive Is no virtue of reason While the whole land is moaning Oh, who`s worth to be king Revange! Hunt the king of Cornwall down The troops will march For they adore the cauldron All is fading to ashes, turning to war Oh, all you woeful warriors For yon weakness`ll never be strength Cold and fearless you adore The lies of a madman right till the end And in a night of roaming shadows With a spell on his face He seduced the unaware widow Oh what murderous embrace So fate took its course With less rhyme than reason War and hate Will bear brighter days The night passed Its crown to the king of dawn This dream will last Till the day This new kingdom will come |
|||
4. | The Highking | 04:00 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: I am the boar I took the head of bran Which kept the land so secure So hunt the godless Heathen host And dignity improves our valor Rise all you honest warriors Close the lines - fight with one hand Life is short and memories`ll last Fate itself cast us into war Years and tears of war have passed Camelot grew out of blood Truth and virtue reign side by side The night passed into light But not in my mind... Medrawt: I am the shadow of discord The void of lust Unaware begot in sin The nameless lord of distrust The shades`ll grow stronger Tainting all your joyful minds A coward creeping enemy Silently strikes you blind Arthur: Dark Lord of Orkney, scourge of lot My song of doom is also thine Caliburn`s my strength, Gwynhwyvar my shield My fate and task lays beyond time |
|||
5. | The Spoils of Annwn | 01:48 | Show lyrics |
Through the unnatural silence rose a moan, As if from the very Earth itself. As it rose in volume it also rose in pitch, Until it was clear that it issued from the Standing stones of Salisbury plain. Inoxarably the sounds crescendoed into the Shrieking wail of the druids. While they turned to stone... |
|||
6. | The Quest | 05:19 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: Still the giants dance at salisbury plain Still my spirit wanders to reach this higher aim Straight to foreign shores of distance we call the gods for a quest of truth and wisdom As long as you see the giants dance My spirit wanders through the land Gwalchmei: Led by the strength of bran and the timeless kings of Avalon The four winds of the land I will strive for the caldron Bedwyr: Led by the swiftness of winds I will wander through the farest glens My sentence is my deed Is there a view of sense unknown? Arthur: Craving for some armament to outlast this cold royal path I can hear them call The king must fall Strayed by the four winds Over the land and far away through the dark and cold Hear my song of grief but there`s a tune that gone astray while the world grow old Menw: Each tone that ever met the wind finally reaches Math and so me sight and breathless I am believe and trust is a value for the weak |
|||
7. | And the Giants Dance... | 05:13 | Show lyrics |
Am I not worthy of fame and song for ever, In the four-cprnerend castle in the island of the strong door, Where twighlight and pitchy darkness meet together, And bright wine is the drink of the host ? Thrice enough to fill Arthur`s ship we crossed the waters. None but seven returned from the castle of the rulers, None but seven returned from Caer Rigor. I allow the kings of the story little honour That beyond the glass castle saw not the prowess of Arthur. Three-score hundrets arrayed along those ramparts With their watchmen we could scarce confer. Thrice enough to fill Prydwen we went with Arthur. None but seven returned from the castle of treasure, None but seven returned from Caer Colur I will not allow much praise to those of drooping courage. They know not on what day the ruler arose, Nor in what hour of the serene day the owner was born, Nor of what kind was his silver-headed beast. Ah, when we went with Arthur, mournful the memory, None but seven returned from Caer Ochren |
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8. | Song of the Graves | 05:12 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: "Shades`ll grow stronger" a dark voice calls out of the past Minds too weak to with stand to divide higher thoughts from barren lies Here I stand on the plain while dark forces gather around me hear the lament of the corvine goddess a sullen croon of my destiny The air resounds a song of doom all is lost only cairns will last Oh they`ll remain as a mute testemony to the valor of men who proudly defied the will of fate led by a vision to a bitter end Come on - you creatures of war and hate leader of the weak taste the steel of my blade Stouthearted I stand face to face with the darker side of mine well aware of my decline M y r d d i n: So here the story ends with trembly letters On this fateful script the kings herald brought to me Misery is a child of bliss and so the circles close to finally vanish into a haze of mystery All this I witnessed and even more as time passed by I saw the sons of romolns fall the one god rise and coldness survive ANOETH BID BET Y ARTHUR (A secret The Grave Of Arthur) |
|||
9. | Still the Pipes Are Calling | 05:17 | Show lyrics |
A nameless warrior: So long he is gone With a pale servile face His way led him through A cold bloody haze His yell pierced the cold ghastly morning As he raised his sword to fight evil So like millions before He died in his gore And those who survived Died in their minds For those who failed to care Were dead before Who loves his sword even loves war Four children he left behind With a mournin`mother All their dreams return nevermore Their world got lost - killed in war There on the field, with dew on his eyes His empty face stared up to the sky One final breath curses his foes No blessing for his beloved ones |
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10. | Darkane Times (live) | 06:12 | |
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11. | Pendragon’s Fall (live) | 04:55 | |
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12. | The Spoil of Annwn 2014 | 01:38 | |
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52:45 |
Emprise to Avalon
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars (lead, rhythm, acoustic), Bass, Keyboards, Songwriting (tracks 1-4, 6-9) |
Lars Wehner | Drums, Percussion, Songwriting (tracks 1, 4, 8) |
Guest/Session | |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars (electric, acoustic), Tin whistle, Vocals (clean), Lyrics, Songwriting (tracks 1, 3-6, 8, 9) |
Tim Siebrecht | Vocals (backing) (tracks 1, 4) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Torsten Reitmeier | Photography |
Andy Classen | Producer, Engineering |
Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Co-producer |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Marcel Schoenen | Co-producer |
Sven Nawrath | Songwriting (track 5) |
Schösch Classen | Producer, Engineering |
Ulf Horbelt | Mastering |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Darkane Times | 05:47 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Now the seal is broken which captured all misery while dark hands of fate fulfilled the augury The script of this tragedy Now lies in my hands I read the lines, realize the signs how the story ends The High King is dead struck by his vision greater than men It`ll spread out through time... an eternal rhyme - sic transit gloria mundi - A challenge between darkness and light Medraut and his clansmen of terror A discordant soul burnt the seed with voices of blight Take my hand I`ll be your guide On the battlefield of wrath Read my mind I´ll show you the light Birth of a vision sealed by your death I am Taliesin with swordlike words the rhyme for reason and truth against the world Solo: Arkadius I am Merlin a fiction with chanting spells a herold of fate I am Myrddin the link to reality a sage, a wizard an everlasting mystery A threefold existence in a darkane time I am now and forever A futile persistance between me and life Lasting since auld lang syne... |
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2. | Dinas Emrys | 01:53 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Hear my words Earl of Gwent I am the fatherless one Drain the lake and rouse the dragons Take my blood Yon stronghold will never stand For the hour of doom is rung See the dragons rise into the air They`ll be figting sore and long For a wise man will come to take the crown When even the house Of romulus fell His final fate No seer can foretell There`s a greater place Beyond the realms of lethe There`s a flaming trace in our heart When a memory becomes myth |
|||
3. | Pendragon’s Fall | 05:31 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Oh, remembering the words The vision of the sage He summoned all the heathen breed A black hearts dream of a new age Taint and vicious life he cried Strongest of his kind Shattered by a fateful might A carnal spell devoured his fiery mind Distrust and treason The strong will survive Is no virtue of reason While the whole land is moaning Oh, who`s worth to be king Revange! Hunt the king of Cornwall down The troops will march For they adore the cauldron All is fading to ashes, turning to war Oh, all you woeful warriors For yon weakness`ll never be strength Cold and fearless you adore The lies of a madman right till the end And in a night of roaming shadows With a spell on his face He seduced the unaware widow Oh what murderous embrace So fate took its course With less rhyme than reason War and hate Will bear brighter days The night passed Its crown to the king of dawn This dream will last Till the day This new kingdom will come |
|||
4. | The Highking | 04:00 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: I am the boar I took the head of bran Which kept the land so secure So hunt the godless Heathen host And dignity improves our valor Rise all you honest warriors Close the lines - fight with one hand Life is short and memories`ll last Fate itself cast us into war Years and tears of war have passed Camelot grew out of blood Truth and virtue reign side by side The night passed into light But not in my mind... Medrawt: I am the shadow of discord The void of lust Unaware begot in sin The nameless lord of distrust The shades`ll grow stronger Tainting all your joyful minds A coward creeping enemy Silently strikes you blind Arthur: Dark Lord of Orkney, scourge of lot My song of doom is also thine Caliburn`s my strength, Gwynhwyvar my shield My fate and task lays beyond time |
|||
5. | The Spoils of Annwn | 01:48 | Show lyrics |
Through the unnatural silence rose a moan, As if from the very Earth itself. As it rose in volume it also rose in pitch, Until it was clear that it issued from the Standing stones of Salisbury plain. Inoxarably the sounds crescendoed into the Shrieking wail of the druids. While they turned to stone... |
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6. | The Quest | 05:19 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: Still the giants dance at salisbury plain Still my spirit wanders to reach this higher aim Straight to foreign shores of distance we call the gods for a quest of truth and wisdom As long as you see the giants dance My spirit wanders through the land Gwalchmei: Led by the strength of bran and the timeless kings of Avalon The four winds of the land I will strive for the caldron Bedwyr: Led by the swiftness of winds I will wander through the farest glens My sentence is my deed Is there a view of sense unknown? Arthur: Craving for some armament to outlast this cold royal path I can hear them call The king must fall Strayed by the four winds Over the land and far away through the dark and cold Hear my song of grief but there`s a tune that gone astray while the world grow old Menw: Each tone that ever met the wind finally reaches Math and so me sight and breathless I am believe and trust is a value for the weak |
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7. | And the Giants Dance... | 05:13 | Show lyrics |
Am I not worthy of fame and song for ever, In the four-cprnerend castle in the island of the strong door, Where twighlight and pitchy darkness meet together, And bright wine is the drink of the host ? Thrice enough to fill Arthur`s ship we crossed the waters. None but seven returned from the castle of the rulers, None but seven returned from Caer Rigor. I allow the kings of the story little honour That beyond the glass castle saw not the prowess of Arthur. Three-score hundrets arrayed along those ramparts With their watchmen we could scarce confer. Thrice enough to fill Prydwen we went with Arthur. None but seven returned from the castle of treasure, None but seven returned from Caer Colur I will not allow much praise to those of drooping courage. They know not on what day the ruler arose, Nor in what hour of the serene day the owner was born, Nor of what kind was his silver-headed beast. Ah, when we went with Arthur, mournful the memory, None but seven returned from Caer Ochren |
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8. | Song of the Graves | 05:12 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: "Shades`ll grow stronger" a dark voice calls out of the past Minds too weak to with stand to divide higher thoughts from barren lies Here I stand on the plain while dark forces gather around me hear the lament of the corvine goddess a sullen croon of my destiny The air resounds a song of doom all is lost only cairns will last Oh they`ll remain as a mute testemony to the valor of men who proudly defied the will of fate led by a vision to a bitter end Come on - you creatures of war and hate leader of the weak taste the steel of my blade Stouthearted I stand face to face with the darker side of mine well aware of my decline M y r d d i n: So here the story ends with trembly letters On this fateful script the kings herald brought to me Misery is a child of bliss and so the circles close to finally vanish into a haze of mystery All this I witnessed and even more as time passed by I saw the sons of romolns fall the one god rise and coldness survive ANOETH BID BET Y ARTHUR (A secret The Grave Of Arthur) |
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9. | Still the Pipes Are Calling | 05:17 | Show lyrics |
A nameless warrior: So long he is gone With a pale servile face His way led him through A cold bloody haze His yell pierced the cold ghastly morning As he raised his sword to fight evil So like millions before He died in his gore And those who survived Died in their minds For those who failed to care Were dead before Who loves his sword even loves war Four children he left behind With a mournin`mother All their dreams return nevermore Their world got lost - killed in war There on the field, with dew on his eyes His empty face stared up to the sky One final breath curses his foes No blessing for his beloved ones |
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10. | Darkane Times (live) | 06:12 | |
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11. | Pendragon’s Fall (live) | 04:55 | |
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12. | The Spoil of Annwn 2014 | 01:38 | |
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52:45 |
Emprise to Avalon
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars (lead, rhythm, acoustic), Bass, Keyboards, Songwriting (tracks 1-4, 6-9) |
Lars Wehner | Drums, Percussion, Songwriting (tracks 1, 4, 8) |
Guest/Session | |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars (electric, acoustic), Tin whistle, Vocals (clean), Lyrics, Songwriting (tracks 1, 3-6, 8, 9) |
Tim Siebrecht | Vocals (backing) (tracks 1, 4) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Torsten Reitmeier | Photography |
Andy Classen | Producer, Engineering |
Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Co-producer |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Marcel Schoenen | Co-producer |
Sven Nawrath | Songwriting (track 5) |
Schösch Classen | Producer, Engineering |
Ulf Horbelt | Mastering |
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1. | Darkane Times | 05:47 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Now the seal is broken which captured all misery while dark hands of fate fulfilled the augury The script of this tragedy Now lies in my hands I read the lines, realize the signs how the story ends The High King is dead struck by his vision greater than men It`ll spread out through time... an eternal rhyme - sic transit gloria mundi - A challenge between darkness and light Medraut and his clansmen of terror A discordant soul burnt the seed with voices of blight Take my hand I`ll be your guide On the battlefield of wrath Read my mind I´ll show you the light Birth of a vision sealed by your death I am Taliesin with swordlike words the rhyme for reason and truth against the world Solo: Arkadius I am Merlin a fiction with chanting spells a herold of fate I am Myrddin the link to reality a sage, a wizard an everlasting mystery A threefold existence in a darkane time I am now and forever A futile persistance between me and life Lasting since auld lang syne... |
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2. | Dinas Emrys | 01:53 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Hear my words Earl of Gwent I am the fatherless one Drain the lake and rouse the dragons Take my blood Yon stronghold will never stand For the hour of doom is rung See the dragons rise into the air They`ll be figting sore and long For a wise man will come to take the crown When even the house Of romulus fell His final fate No seer can foretell There`s a greater place Beyond the realms of lethe There`s a flaming trace in our heart When a memory becomes myth |
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3. | Pendragon’s Fall | 05:31 | Show lyrics |
Myrddin: Oh, remembering the words The vision of the sage He summoned all the heathen breed A black hearts dream of a new age Taint and vicious life he cried Strongest of his kind Shattered by a fateful might A carnal spell devoured his fiery mind Distrust and treason The strong will survive Is no virtue of reason While the whole land is moaning Oh, who`s worth to be king Revange! Hunt the king of Cornwall down The troops will march For they adore the cauldron All is fading to ashes, turning to war Oh, all you woeful warriors For yon weakness`ll never be strength Cold and fearless you adore The lies of a madman right till the end And in a night of roaming shadows With a spell on his face He seduced the unaware widow Oh what murderous embrace So fate took its course With less rhyme than reason War and hate Will bear brighter days The night passed Its crown to the king of dawn This dream will last Till the day This new kingdom will come |
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4. | The Highking | 04:00 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: I am the boar I took the head of bran Which kept the land so secure So hunt the godless Heathen host And dignity improves our valor Rise all you honest warriors Close the lines - fight with one hand Life is short and memories`ll last Fate itself cast us into war Years and tears of war have passed Camelot grew out of blood Truth and virtue reign side by side The night passed into light But not in my mind... Medrawt: I am the shadow of discord The void of lust Unaware begot in sin The nameless lord of distrust The shades`ll grow stronger Tainting all your joyful minds A coward creeping enemy Silently strikes you blind Arthur: Dark Lord of Orkney, scourge of lot My song of doom is also thine Caliburn`s my strength, Gwynhwyvar my shield My fate and task lays beyond time |
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5. | The Spoils of Annwn | 01:48 | Show lyrics |
Through the unnatural silence rose a moan, As if from the very Earth itself. As it rose in volume it also rose in pitch, Until it was clear that it issued from the Standing stones of Salisbury plain. Inoxarably the sounds crescendoed into the Shrieking wail of the druids. While they turned to stone... |
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6. | The Quest | 05:19 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: Still the giants dance at salisbury plain Still my spirit wanders to reach this higher aim Straight to foreign shores of distance we call the gods for a quest of truth and wisdom As long as you see the giants dance My spirit wanders through the land Gwalchmei: Led by the strength of bran and the timeless kings of Avalon The four winds of the land I will strive for the caldron Bedwyr: Led by the swiftness of winds I will wander through the farest glens My sentence is my deed Is there a view of sense unknown? Arthur: Craving for some armament to outlast this cold royal path I can hear them call The king must fall Strayed by the four winds Over the land and far away through the dark and cold Hear my song of grief but there`s a tune that gone astray while the world grow old Menw: Each tone that ever met the wind finally reaches Math and so me sight and breathless I am believe and trust is a value for the weak |
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7. | And the Giants Dance... | 05:13 | Show lyrics |
Am I not worthy of fame and song for ever, In the four-cprnerend castle in the island of the strong door, Where twighlight and pitchy darkness meet together, And bright wine is the drink of the host ? Thrice enough to fill Arthur`s ship we crossed the waters. None but seven returned from the castle of the rulers, None but seven returned from Caer Rigor. I allow the kings of the story little honour That beyond the glass castle saw not the prowess of Arthur. Three-score hundrets arrayed along those ramparts With their watchmen we could scarce confer. Thrice enough to fill Prydwen we went with Arthur. None but seven returned from the castle of treasure, None but seven returned from Caer Colur I will not allow much praise to those of drooping courage. They know not on what day the ruler arose, Nor in what hour of the serene day the owner was born, Nor of what kind was his silver-headed beast. Ah, when we went with Arthur, mournful the memory, None but seven returned from Caer Ochren |
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8. | Song of the Graves | 05:12 | Show lyrics |
Arthur: "Shades`ll grow stronger" a dark voice calls out of the past Minds too weak to with stand to divide higher thoughts from barren lies Here I stand on the plain while dark forces gather around me hear the lament of the corvine goddess a sullen croon of my destiny The air resounds a song of doom all is lost only cairns will last Oh they`ll remain as a mute testemony to the valor of men who proudly defied the will of fate led by a vision to a bitter end Come on - you creatures of war and hate leader of the weak taste the steel of my blade Stouthearted I stand face to face with the darker side of mine well aware of my decline M y r d d i n: So here the story ends with trembly letters On this fateful script the kings herald brought to me Misery is a child of bliss and so the circles close to finally vanish into a haze of mystery All this I witnessed and even more as time passed by I saw the sons of romolns fall the one god rise and coldness survive ANOETH BID BET Y ARTHUR (A secret The Grave Of Arthur) |
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9. | Still the Pipes Are Calling | 05:17 | Show lyrics |
A nameless warrior: So long he is gone With a pale servile face His way led him through A cold bloody haze His yell pierced the cold ghastly morning As he raised his sword to fight evil So like millions before He died in his gore And those who survived Died in their minds For those who failed to care Were dead before Who loves his sword even loves war Four children he left behind With a mournin`mother All their dreams return nevermore Their world got lost - killed in war There on the field, with dew on his eyes His empty face stared up to the sky One final breath curses his foes No blessing for his beloved ones |
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40:00 |
Signs for the Fallen
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Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars, Keyboards |
Marcus Riewaldt | Bass |
Lars Wehner | Drums |
Guest/Session | |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Mike Bohatch | Cover art |
Andy Classen | Producer |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Revenant | 05:05 | Show lyrics |
I’m back again With wounds still fresh Though lacking blood I’ll walk, I’ll reign this World again I’m back once more With no fear but the scar Of a craven arrow Your years are mine: A brotherly alliance involves countless things Sometimes even the treason and the tragedy Your eyes still mirror The same thought of ignorance That’s why I’m here And what I bring to you Is just a bitter consequence That was called for By the voice of deceit A slight wind calls For a thunderstorm Called from within The hands of betrayal lead by a sightless eye Causing a clash of spaces and times Bow and arrow - a unit torn apart Forcing asunder spirit, body and heart No sharp eye sees through bone Better break it up to know that is inside Crack it up and stare inside To detect, to understand And feel what is behind it all Causes that lie behind In the end With no fear but the scar Of a broken arrow These years were mine: For I resolved a higher wish The sweetest consequence That one is to draw And one has to bear Like two sides Of shadows and glows Call for the twilight Called from within |
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2. | Crown the Lost | 04:36 | Show lyrics |
True belief in fiction Dominate the weak Free to choose the way of death Fall on your knees and creep Die with no remorse Blind to different views For all your reasons To die for and to kill Ain’t strong enough To be in a lifetime fulfilled Paralysed and broken Cries out of the dust Out of new-born ruins Shrouded under pain and tears Crown the lost Enthrone the dead Run in circles Through the curse of revenge Do you see that matters change? If there’s a god - out there A cause of chaos - and beauty If we stand face to grace - naked and bare Like a beast of pain and cruelty If there’s a higher state - anywhere I am the ground: What is a tree without roots No more than a thought without any doubts True belief in fiction Dominate the weak Free to choose the way of death One last breath for the divinity Die with no remorse Blind to different views If there’s a way to seek Fall on your knees and creep |
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3. | Threnody | 01:42 | instrumental |
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4. | Trails of Gore | 04:35 | Show lyrics |
On wings as black as madness’ veil A spark bursts Into flames of wasting rage Trembling voices spread the word Revenge! Strength and honour Will guide me through Darker days And noble ways Prevail to lead Through darker hours Of strength and honour An error in the web of fate Aftershock A curse, a prayer bears the storm Afterlife Oh vengeance will be mine Oh a memory in a thoughtless time Limbs that turn in secret signs Whip the night - and seek their prayer And a voice of steel Calling so bright and so cold Peeling rotten souls - out of their flesh Hate break loose! Free my soul Death is no more when Peace is forged in bleeding fire Breeding winter of the heart Grim blood roars in feathered veins Leaves me to fading reign of ashes Crowed with soil and pain A cry of war, beyond the grave Trails of gore lead my way For a crimson leaf we paid In countless thorns And a new age is born |
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5. | The Ember Deid | 00:21 | Show lyrics |
Sae the mindin In yer heid Unrowes afore yer een Frea hours o’sweet yestreen Aye the ember deid In monie a heid Fare ye well I’m pertin away |
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6. | When Eternity Echoes | 02:02 | Show lyrics |
So all becomes one In a reel of disharmony The cause and the witness At least a memory Truly life is a weaving of misery Only drawn by single threads Of fortune |
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7. | Signs for the Fallen | 05:37 | Show lyrics |
Blessed by the blind For their conscience won’t collide With cruelty of sanity And the prophetic signs In the book of life For the threat of fortune Is to lose it all In the arms of Morpheus Close your eyes - never awake Stand in line for your chance Do you see the signs for the fallen It’s a human bane The highest tribute to advance For the threat of fortune Is to lose it all A cannon thunder Cracks in the air Widows weep for The fallen ones War and plunder Becomes the legal force Of a new age To set a sign for freedom War and failed words Entwine in inhumanity No blood stains my hand But the land is covered With broken trust And impaled enemies No hordes from hell But lurking madness The army of the damned Under the sign of kindness Here is your golden age With high aims and twisted words Forming a new dimension Beyond right and wrong Blessed be the blind For their conscience won’t collide |
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8. | Dimorphic | 04:20 | Show lyrics |
To heal the state of dimness I cast the blame To the burden of life It’s perpetuation - all the same To unfold the splendour And within the stain To replicate myself I succeed to fail Lies and chains Are a part of the machine Perception changes To fall apart from me Like a hydra in a maze Decisions are doomed to fail Demented and depraved I bite our own trail Our tellural ground - infested Even disease - lay wasted No place for wonders - insatiate Child of fire - kin of fate Now swallow the light Oblivion has the clearest conscience Take all your fright For serenity is a life sentence |
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9. | Bound in Changes | 08:50 | Show lyrics |
No prophet of doom For a world in decline Separate my will from my dead No legend of fate For the flight of time But a lost horizon beneath my feet I am here but absent A mask behind my face Time passes by Leaving faint and hollow days At strife with my fate I try to roll my stone Up to a mount of higher gains Where’s the void I’m spinning around Fate itself amounts it all To the same thing Lost in the toils of life Content and depraved Another phantom rises To fill the void with lies I can hear the voices gather A roundelay of decadence Increase to battle cries Lost in a void of lies And darkness rises In the end of all craving There’s no golden age For misery and hope severs a thin line That strives for the unknown truth and lie combines To reveal the final cost Rise to fall again Bound in changes The burden of life Is to curse the ages unborn Born to plough A lonely furrow There’s no ground I’m forced to be bound Might and darkness Mourning in silence Careworn souls Are falling through time Blind and mindless Longing for guidance Careworn souls Are caught in their mind |
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10. | A Vision’s Demise | 05:09 | Show lyrics |
Drown the last discord To afford a sense of satisfaction Dissecting the past To avoid yourself For a next injection Of a faked life My vision’s demise Confusing images Of lust and frustration A collapse of taste And imagination Where’s the matter Of being enslaved Life was his prison The moments his grave My mind is caught but gone astray In a white noise melody Dazed by the reflecting stars But chased by the changes which never come Cry for the moon Shed a tear For what you’ve become Lament and croon Of all your fears For all changes undone Hollow words Of a broken mind Curse your mind For a mental burn out For me I am The cause and witness With reflecting eyes A harlequin of sadness Drown the last discord To afford a sense of satisfaction Dissecting the past To avoid yourself For a next injection Of a faked life For a last injection Of my faked life |
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42:17 |
Signs for the Fallen
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars, Keyboards |
Marcus Riewaldt | Bass |
Lars Wehner | Drums |
Guest/Session | |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Andy Classen | Producer |
Mike Bohatch | Cover art |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Revenant | 05:05 | Show lyrics |
I’m back again With wounds still fresh Though lacking blood I’ll walk, I’ll reign this World again I’m back once more With no fear but the scar Of a craven arrow Your years are mine: A brotherly alliance involves countless things Sometimes even the treason and the tragedy Your eyes still mirror The same thought of ignorance That’s why I’m here And what I bring to you Is just a bitter consequence That was called for By the voice of deceit A slight wind calls For a thunderstorm Called from within The hands of betrayal lead by a sightless eye Causing a clash of spaces and times Bow and arrow - a unit torn apart Forcing asunder spirit, body and heart No sharp eye sees through bone Better break it up to know that is inside Crack it up and stare inside To detect, to understand And feel what is behind it all Causes that lie behind In the end With no fear but the scar Of a broken arrow These years were mine: For I resolved a higher wish The sweetest consequence That one is to draw And one has to bear Like two sides Of shadows and glows Call for the twilight Called from within |
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2. | Crown the Lost | 04:36 | Show lyrics |
True belief in fiction Dominate the weak Free to choose the way of death Fall on your knees and creep Die with no remorse Blind to different views For all your reasons To die for and to kill Ain’t strong enough To be in a lifetime fulfilled Paralysed and broken Cries out of the dust Out of new-born ruins Shrouded under pain and tears Crown the lost Enthrone the dead Run in circles Through the curse of revenge Do you see that matters change? If there’s a god - out there A cause of chaos - and beauty If we stand face to grace - naked and bare Like a beast of pain and cruelty If there’s a higher state - anywhere I am the ground: What is a tree without roots No more than a thought without any doubts True belief in fiction Dominate the weak Free to choose the way of death One last breath for the divinity Die with no remorse Blind to different views If there’s a way to seek Fall on your knees and creep |
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3. | Threnody | 01:42 | instrumental |
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4. | Trails of Gore | 04:35 | Show lyrics |
On wings as black as madness’ veil A spark bursts Into flames of wasting rage Trembling voices spread the word Revenge! Strength and honour Will guide me through Darker days And noble ways Prevail to lead Through darker hours Of strength and honour An error in the web of fate Aftershock A curse, a prayer bears the storm Afterlife Oh vengeance will be mine Oh a memory in a thoughtless time Limbs that turn in secret signs Whip the night - and seek their prayer And a voice of steel Calling so bright and so cold Peeling rotten souls - out of their flesh Hate break loose! Free my soul Death is no more when Peace is forged in bleeding fire Breeding winter of the heart Grim blood roars in feathered veins Leaves me to fading reign of ashes Crowed with soil and pain A cry of war, beyond the grave Trails of gore lead my way For a crimson leaf we paid In countless thorns And a new age is born |
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5. | The Ember Deid | 00:21 | Show lyrics |
Sae the mindin In yer heid Unrowes afore yer een Frea hours o’sweet yestreen Aye the ember deid In monie a heid Fare ye well I’m pertin away |
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6. | When Eternity Echoes | 02:02 | Show lyrics |
So all becomes one In a reel of disharmony The cause and the witness At least a memory Truly life is a weaving of misery Only drawn by single threads Of fortune |
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7. | Signs for the Fallen | 05:37 | Show lyrics |
Blessed by the blind For their conscience won’t collide With cruelty of sanity And the prophetic signs In the book of life For the threat of fortune Is to lose it all In the arms of Morpheus Close your eyes - never awake Stand in line for your chance Do you see the signs for the fallen It’s a human bane The highest tribute to advance For the threat of fortune Is to lose it all A cannon thunder Cracks in the air Widows weep for The fallen ones War and plunder Becomes the legal force Of a new age To set a sign for freedom War and failed words Entwine in inhumanity No blood stains my hand But the land is covered With broken trust And impaled enemies No hordes from hell But lurking madness The army of the damned Under the sign of kindness Here is your golden age With high aims and twisted words Forming a new dimension Beyond right and wrong Blessed be the blind For their conscience won’t collide |
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8. | Dimorphic | 04:20 | Show lyrics |
To heal the state of dimness I cast the blame To the burden of life It’s perpetuation - all the same To unfold the splendour And within the stain To replicate myself I succeed to fail Lies and chains Are a part of the machine Perception changes To fall apart from me Like a hydra in a maze Decisions are doomed to fail Demented and depraved I bite our own trail Our tellural ground - infested Even disease - lay wasted No place for wonders - insatiate Child of fire - kin of fate Now swallow the light Oblivion has the clearest conscience Take all your fright For serenity is a life sentence |
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9. | Bound in Changes | 08:50 | Show lyrics |
No prophet of doom For a world in decline Separate my will from my dead No legend of fate For the flight of time But a lost horizon beneath my feet I am here but absent A mask behind my face Time passes by Leaving faint and hollow days At strife with my fate I try to roll my stone Up to a mount of higher gains Where’s the void I’m spinning around Fate itself amounts it all To the same thing Lost in the toils of life Content and depraved Another phantom rises To fill the void with lies I can hear the voices gather A roundelay of decadence Increase to battle cries Lost in a void of lies And darkness rises In the end of all craving There’s no golden age For misery and hope severs a thin line That strives for the unknown truth and lie combines To reveal the final cost Rise to fall again Bound in changes The burden of life Is to curse the ages unborn Born to plough A lonely furrow There’s no ground I’m forced to be bound Might and darkness Mourning in silence Careworn souls Are falling through time Blind and mindless Longing for guidance Careworn souls Are caught in their mind |
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10. | A Vision’s Demise | 05:09 | Show lyrics |
Drown the last discord To afford a sense of satisfaction Dissecting the past To avoid yourself For a next injection Of a faked life My vision’s demise Confusing images Of lust and frustration A collapse of taste And imagination Where’s the matter Of being enslaved Life was his prison The moments his grave My mind is caught but gone astray In a white noise melody Dazed by the reflecting stars But chased by the changes which never come Cry for the moon Shed a tear For what you’ve become Lament and croon Of all your fears For all changes undone Hollow words Of a broken mind Curse your mind For a mental burn out For me I am The cause and witness With reflecting eyes A harlequin of sadness Drown the last discord To afford a sense of satisfaction Dissecting the past To avoid yourself For a next injection Of a faked life For a last injection Of my faked life |
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42:17 |
Command to Charge
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Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars |
Lars Wehner | Drums, Percussion |
Marcus Riewaldt | Bass, Lyrics (tracks 1, 2) |
Matthias Kupka | Vocals (clean) |
Guest/Session | |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean), Lyrics, Songwriting (tracks 5, 8) |
Axel Römer | Highland bagpipes |
Sandro Martinez | Guitars (lead) (tracks 1, 2, 4, 12) |
Tina Stabel | Vocals (lead) (track 12) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kai Swillus | Cover art |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing |
Michael Schwabe | Mastering |
Friedrun Reinhold | Photography |
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1. | Decibel Dance | 04:15 | Show lyrics |
If you take a modest look at us You’ll never see what we see A tragedy that’s still unseen We will always do what we want to It ain’t a monophonic world Never hear what we hear Wartunes from a past decade Try to dance to the sound of today The future holds a silence yet Do you dare take the next step? Trapped in deaf frequencies Better dance to the sound of today The decibel dance demands bleeding feet A broken neck, scarred back Familiar voice with a decent tone But the words we speak burn Even more than the sun There’s a difference Between what we say And what you understand In your own way Just like you We’re not going with the flow For the wild river Is changing it’s course For no one knows For ourselves and nothing more That’s what we are standing for Don’t you try to prove us wrong This is the sound of today The decibel dance demands bleeding feet A broken neck, scarred back Familiar voice with a decent tone But the words we speak burn Even more than the sun Nothing exists Until it’s discovered and classified Experience the whole as one |
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2. | C14_Measured by Infinity | 05:17 | Show lyrics |
Like a white desert Crying out her noise I see myself diving into the hills I’ll show you my toxic void One step behind, I live my lie The golden decade just passed by Will I ever seize the day? When infinity is left beyond all borders And neither all nor nothing is gone Who is there to guide my hand? ’Cos mine is always clenched in a fist When it starts again I’ll keep my eyes shut When infinity is left beyond all borders And neither all nor nothing is gone What should I expect to come, When my view is so obscured? To join the essence To set my soul free To break down Into my sea of dead passions I see myself diving into the hills Of a white desert I’ll show you my toxic void One step behind, I live my lie The golden decade just passed by Will I ever seize the day? When divinity refused to obey my order In the end all and nothing was gone Who was there to guide my hand? ’Cos mine is always clenched in a fist When it starts again I’ll keep my eyes shut What should I expect to come, When my view is so obscured? To join the essence To set my soul free To break down |
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3. | Haughs of Cromdale | 00:28 | instrumental |
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4. | The Alliance | 04:14 | Show lyrics |
Demons to some angels to other Embrace the crimson nightwinged sea Mortality we left behind Pierced on a column of frozen blood Brought forth by humble gliding fingers We break the seal, inflame your soul A needle waits for every pore We can’t escape this anymore Blinded hollow eyes alone Cast out so violently sweet Can you see the fondling light That howls within the veins of hell Deities of pain we are A chain of mortal fate Bearing promises on skinless tongues Deities of pain we are A wrath you can’t escape Hearing promises but it won’t change The alliance By chain and thorn we lead your path Which you will crawl on bleeding knees With fear and pain bare existence Whatever might be left of you Demons to some angels to other Embrace the crimson nightwinged sea Mortality we left behind Pierced on a column of frozen blood Deities of pain we are A chain of mortal fate Bearing promises on skinless tongues Deities of pain we are A wrath you can’t escape Hearing promises but it won’t change The alliance And so eternally we lurk In a faceless, breeding scenery And wait for the spawn in your veins A sore heart is to be strained |
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5. | A Runic Rhyme | 01:49 | Show lyrics |
Faded words once building So silent woeful memories They gather their dreams so pale In a runic rhyme Could time tell a story of cold nights And mystic tales Which shone so bright Could time tell of feelings Which soared to heights And fell to forlorn visions |
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6. | Second Skin | 04:50 | Show lyrics |
Hide the door There’s no place beyond Who will follow Until all is gone Along the floor Of carpet flames There lies the truth The silent name of all Cold eyes staring Into my innermost fears Shadows glaring Into sweet oblivion A place so black With shades of white A stronghold where I can hide Where all reins of life - fall from my grasp - This clarion call makes me shiver in fear - it seals my curse - The candle fades In a lapse of light It flickers bright Denying the darkness Will it ever change? Weak and frail Like wilting memories We cry for the first light And silently die in fear Cold eyes staring Into my innermost fears Shadows glaring Into sweet oblivion A place so black With shades of white Where all reins of life - fall from my grasp - This clarion call makes me shiver in fear The candle fades In a lapse of light It flickers bright Denying the darkness |
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7. | Reap the Storm | 04:26 | Show lyrics |
Still it stands With roots anywhere In the soil of time At the bottom of my life Accursed to suffer Obliged to pain I’m falling deeper Imperious and final I’ll take you with me When I hit the ground There’s no deeper consequence No higher destiny We walked this path so many times Again and again Oh I can’t deny it There’s no deeper consequence No higher destiny In the end It testifies my strength My power to sustain this suffering Die by my hand For the sons you’ve killed before I’m the scourge of thunder The harvester of storms Welcome the end In an embrace of fire In the end It testifies my strength My power to sustain this suffering Accursed to suffer Obliged to pain I’m falling deeper Imperious and final I’ll take you with me When I hit the ground There’s no deeper consequence No higher destiny Still it stands With roots anywhere In the soil of time At the bottom of my life We walked this path so many times Again and again Oh I can’t deny it There’s no darker seed No brighter fate Than the ways of time In the circles of hate |
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8. | Gathered in Fear | 04:33 | Show lyrics |
Distant is the time Of which I speak Open was my heart On that wild day For all has come to pass away When the haze dares the wind And the sand the rising tide Just a castaway in your dream All alone we’re gathered in fear Moments so precious in their pain They rush through my heart I was facing the end full of fear And it tore a part of me (A voice said) Welcome to the night To grief and sorrow Where the fire of life shines so bright And we crave for the morning Farewell to the light Where oblivion reigns The streams of time Peer through this cold haze While it battles this gale Where a moment so pale Gives a glance over this maze A glowing spark in the night Just a castaway in your dreams All alone we’re gathered in fear Moments so precious in their pain They rush through my heart I was facing the end full of fear And it tore a part of me (A voice said) Welcome to the night To grief and sorrow Where the fire of life shines so bright And we crave for the morning Farewell to the light Where oblivion reigns The streams of time |
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9. | Strange Perfection | 05:26 | Show lyrics |
Oh this can’t be me Who’s falling, who’s drowning Calling for direction In this current of fiction In a moment so true Full of fading chances When it comes to face my mind I turn to go away In this round of pleasure I’m in the middle Dazed by sorrow Tricked by life Stained by hate I’m here for the fight Creating my own right Like fire creates the light I’m rising to a strange perfection - of inferior correction - Clarity is the key to unlock the beast - of cognition - Fear the shades of my vision I’m here within the lie A slave of my own life Societies dream failed for me Now only the strong survive I’m rising to a strange perfection - of inferior correction - Clarity is the key to unlock the beast Stained by hate I’m here for the taking Creating my own right Like fire creates the light I’m rising to a strange perfection - of inferior correction - Clarity is the key to unlock the beast Can anyone tell On this zenith of mankind If heaven or hell Is just joyful thinking |
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10. | Dead Man’s Reel | 04:16 | instrumental |
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11. | The End Beyond Me | 05:42 | Show lyrics |
I’m not the one who fell But the final aim Of what men can find In loss of all betrayal In loss of all self-denial - lost sight Suffering so essential An existential colossus Of will and power Feelings so depraved A betrayed answer to all Of sanity and devour Join this - You’ll miss everything Even things you didn’t know Join the shadow-ring I’m here above I can see you creeping Breathing, melting in my light Can you feel the might Of what men can reach? You’ll miss everything I’m not the one who fell But the final aim Of what men can find In loss of all betrayal In loss of all self-denial - lost sight Suffering so essential An existential colossus Of will and power Join this - You’ll miss everything Even things you didn’t know Join the shadow-ring I’m here above I can see you creeping Breathing, melting in my light Where are you my forlorn one Never found, never gone A missing part to fulfill this all Reaching out to the end and beyond My second face (no mirror) I’ve never seen it (no reflection) No mirror, no reflection I beg to see it My vision is so clear Will I ever reach it No mirror, no reflection Where are you? |
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12. | Moonlight Shadow (Mike Oldfield cover) | 03:34 | Show lyrics |
The last that ever she saw him, carried away by a moonlight shadow, He passed on worried and warning, carried away by a moonlight shadow, Lost in a riddle that Saturday night, far away on the other side, he was caught in the middle of a desperate fight, and she couldn’t find how to push through. The trees that whisper in the evening, carried away by a moonlight shadow, Sing the song of sorrow and grieving, carried away by a moonlight shadow, All she saw was a silhouette of a gun, far away on the other side, He was shot six times by a man on the run, and she couldn’t find how to push through. I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven far away, I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven one day. Four a.m. in the morning, carried away by a moonlight shadow, I watched your vision forming, carried away by a moonlight shadow, Star was glowin’ in a silvery night, far away on the other side, Will you come to talk to me this night, but she couldn’t find how to push through. I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven far away, I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven one day |
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48:50 |
Command to Charge
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars |
Lars Wehner | Drums, Percussion |
Marcus Riewaldt | Bass, Lyrics (tracks 1, 2) |
Matthias Kupka | Vocals (clean) |
Guest/Session | |
Sandro Martinez | Guitars (lead) (tracks 1, 2, 4, 12) |
Tina Stabel | Vocals (lead) (track 12) |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean), Lyrics, Songwriting (tracks 5, 8) |
Axel Römer | Highland bagpipes |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kai Swillus | Cover art |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing |
Michael Schwabe | Mastering |
Friedrun Reinhold | Photography |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Decibel Dance | 04:15 | Show lyrics |
If you take a modest look at us You’ll never see what we see A tragedy that’s still unseen We will always do what we want to It ain’t a monophonic world Never hear what we hear Wartunes from a past decade Try to dance to the sound of today The future holds a silence yet Do you dare take the next step? Trapped in deaf frequencies Better dance to the sound of today The decibel dance demands bleeding feet A broken neck, scarred back Familiar voice with a decent tone But the words we speak burn Even more than the sun There’s a difference Between what we say And what you understand In your own way Just like you We’re not going with the flow For the wild river Is changing it’s course For no one knows For ourselves and nothing more That’s what we are standing for Don’t you try to prove us wrong This is the sound of today The decibel dance demands bleeding feet A broken neck, scarred back Familiar voice with a decent tone But the words we speak burn Even more than the sun Nothing exists Until it’s discovered and classified Experience the whole as one |
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2. | C14_Measured by Infinity | 05:17 | Show lyrics |
Like a white desert Crying out her noise I see myself diving into the hills I’ll show you my toxic void One step behind, I live my lie The golden decade just passed by Will I ever seize the day? When infinity is left beyond all borders And neither all nor nothing is gone Who is there to guide my hand? ’Cos mine is always clenched in a fist When it starts again I’ll keep my eyes shut When infinity is left beyond all borders And neither all nor nothing is gone What should I expect to come, When my view is so obscured? To join the essence To set my soul free To break down Into my sea of dead passions I see myself diving into the hills Of a white desert I’ll show you my toxic void One step behind, I live my lie The golden decade just passed by Will I ever seize the day? When divinity refused to obey my order In the end all and nothing was gone Who was there to guide my hand? ’Cos mine is always clenched in a fist When it starts again I’ll keep my eyes shut What should I expect to come, When my view is so obscured? To join the essence To set my soul free To break down |
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3. | Haughs of Cromdale | 00:28 | instrumental |
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4. | The Alliance | 04:14 | Show lyrics |
Demons to some angels to other Embrace the crimson nightwinged sea Mortality we left behind Pierced on a column of frozen blood Brought forth by humble gliding fingers We break the seal, inflame your soul A needle waits for every pore We can’t escape this anymore Blinded hollow eyes alone Cast out so violently sweet Can you see the fondling light That howls within the veins of hell Deities of pain we are A chain of mortal fate Bearing promises on skinless tongues Deities of pain we are A wrath you can’t escape Hearing promises but it won’t change The alliance By chain and thorn we lead your path Which you will crawl on bleeding knees With fear and pain bare existence Whatever might be left of you Demons to some angels to other Embrace the crimson nightwinged sea Mortality we left behind Pierced on a column of frozen blood Deities of pain we are A chain of mortal fate Bearing promises on skinless tongues Deities of pain we are A wrath you can’t escape Hearing promises but it won’t change The alliance And so eternally we lurk In a faceless, breeding scenery And wait for the spawn in your veins A sore heart is to be strained |
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5. | A Runic Rhyme | 01:49 | Show lyrics |
Faded words once building So silent woeful memories They gather their dreams so pale In a runic rhyme Could time tell a story of cold nights And mystic tales Which shone so bright Could time tell of feelings Which soared to heights And fell to forlorn visions |
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6. | Second Skin | 04:50 | Show lyrics |
Hide the door There’s no place beyond Who will follow Until all is gone Along the floor Of carpet flames There lies the truth The silent name of all Cold eyes staring Into my innermost fears Shadows glaring Into sweet oblivion A place so black With shades of white A stronghold where I can hide Where all reins of life - fall from my grasp - This clarion call makes me shiver in fear - it seals my curse - The candle fades In a lapse of light It flickers bright Denying the darkness Will it ever change? Weak and frail Like wilting memories We cry for the first light And silently die in fear Cold eyes staring Into my innermost fears Shadows glaring Into sweet oblivion A place so black With shades of white Where all reins of life - fall from my grasp - This clarion call makes me shiver in fear The candle fades In a lapse of light It flickers bright Denying the darkness |
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7. | Reap the Storm | 04:26 | Show lyrics |
Still it stands With roots anywhere In the soil of time At the bottom of my life Accursed to suffer Obliged to pain I’m falling deeper Imperious and final I’ll take you with me When I hit the ground There’s no deeper consequence No higher destiny We walked this path so many times Again and again Oh I can’t deny it There’s no deeper consequence No higher destiny In the end It testifies my strength My power to sustain this suffering Die by my hand For the sons you’ve killed before I’m the scourge of thunder The harvester of storms Welcome the end In an embrace of fire In the end It testifies my strength My power to sustain this suffering Accursed to suffer Obliged to pain I’m falling deeper Imperious and final I’ll take you with me When I hit the ground There’s no deeper consequence No higher destiny Still it stands With roots anywhere In the soil of time At the bottom of my life We walked this path so many times Again and again Oh I can’t deny it There’s no darker seed No brighter fate Than the ways of time In the circles of hate |
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8. | Gathered in Fear | 04:33 | Show lyrics |
Distant is the time Of which I speak Open was my heart On that wild day For all has come to pass away When the haze dares the wind And the sand the rising tide Just a castaway in your dream All alone we’re gathered in fear Moments so precious in their pain They rush through my heart I was facing the end full of fear And it tore a part of me (A voice said) Welcome to the night To grief and sorrow Where the fire of life shines so bright And we crave for the morning Farewell to the light Where oblivion reigns The streams of time Peer through this cold haze While it battles this gale Where a moment so pale Gives a glance over this maze A glowing spark in the night Just a castaway in your dreams All alone we’re gathered in fear Moments so precious in their pain They rush through my heart I was facing the end full of fear And it tore a part of me (A voice said) Welcome to the night To grief and sorrow Where the fire of life shines so bright And we crave for the morning Farewell to the light Where oblivion reigns The streams of time |
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9. | Strange Perfection | 05:26 | Show lyrics |
Oh this can’t be me Who’s falling, who’s drowning Calling for direction In this current of fiction In a moment so true Full of fading chances When it comes to face my mind I turn to go away In this round of pleasure I’m in the middle Dazed by sorrow Tricked by life Stained by hate I’m here for the fight Creating my own right Like fire creates the light I’m rising to a strange perfection - of inferior correction - Clarity is the key to unlock the beast - of cognition - Fear the shades of my vision I’m here within the lie A slave of my own life Societies dream failed for me Now only the strong survive I’m rising to a strange perfection - of inferior correction - Clarity is the key to unlock the beast Stained by hate I’m here for the taking Creating my own right Like fire creates the light I’m rising to a strange perfection - of inferior correction - Clarity is the key to unlock the beast Can anyone tell On this zenith of mankind If heaven or hell Is just joyful thinking |
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10. | Dead Man’s Reel | 04:16 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
11. | The End Beyond Me | 05:42 | Show lyrics |
I’m not the one who fell But the final aim Of what men can find In loss of all betrayal In loss of all self-denial - lost sight Suffering so essential An existential colossus Of will and power Feelings so depraved A betrayed answer to all Of sanity and devour Join this - You’ll miss everything Even things you didn’t know Join the shadow-ring I’m here above I can see you creeping Breathing, melting in my light Can you feel the might Of what men can reach? You’ll miss everything I’m not the one who fell But the final aim Of what men can find In loss of all betrayal In loss of all self-denial - lost sight Suffering so essential An existential colossus Of will and power Join this - You’ll miss everything Even things you didn’t know Join the shadow-ring I’m here above I can see you creeping Breathing, melting in my light Where are you my forlorn one Never found, never gone A missing part to fulfill this all Reaching out to the end and beyond My second face (no mirror) I’ve never seen it (no reflection) No mirror, no reflection I beg to see it My vision is so clear Will I ever reach it No mirror, no reflection Where are you? |
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45:16 |
Command to Charge
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars |
Lars Wehner | Drums, Percussion |
Marcus Riewaldt | Bass, Lyrics (tracks 1, 2) |
Matthias Kupka | Vocals (clean) |
Guest/Session | |
Sandro Martinez | Guitars (lead) (tracks 1, 2, 4, 12) |
Tina Stabel | Vocals (lead) (track 12) |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean), Lyrics, Songwriting (tracks 5, 8) |
Axel Römer | Highland bagpipes |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kai Swillus | Cover art |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing |
Michael Schwabe | Mastering |
Friedrun Reinhold | Photography |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Decibel Dance | 04:15 | Show lyrics |
If you take a modest look at us You’ll never see what we see A tragedy that’s still unseen We will always do what we want to It ain’t a monophonic world Never hear what we hear Wartunes from a past decade Try to dance to the sound of today The future holds a silence yet Do you dare take the next step? Trapped in deaf frequencies Better dance to the sound of today The decibel dance demands bleeding feet A broken neck, scarred back Familiar voice with a decent tone But the words we speak burn Even more than the sun There’s a difference Between what we say And what you understand In your own way Just like you We’re not going with the flow For the wild river Is changing it’s course For no one knows For ourselves and nothing more That’s what we are standing for Don’t you try to prove us wrong This is the sound of today The decibel dance demands bleeding feet A broken neck, scarred back Familiar voice with a decent tone But the words we speak burn Even more than the sun Nothing exists Until it’s discovered and classified Experience the whole as one |
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2. | C14_Measured by Infinity | 05:17 | Show lyrics |
Like a white desert Crying out her noise I see myself diving into the hills I’ll show you my toxic void One step behind, I live my lie The golden decade just passed by Will I ever seize the day? When infinity is left beyond all borders And neither all nor nothing is gone Who is there to guide my hand? ’Cos mine is always clenched in a fist When it starts again I’ll keep my eyes shut When infinity is left beyond all borders And neither all nor nothing is gone What should I expect to come, When my view is so obscured? To join the essence To set my soul free To break down Into my sea of dead passions I see myself diving into the hills Of a white desert I’ll show you my toxic void One step behind, I live my lie The golden decade just passed by Will I ever seize the day? When divinity refused to obey my order In the end all and nothing was gone Who was there to guide my hand? ’Cos mine is always clenched in a fist When it starts again I’ll keep my eyes shut What should I expect to come, When my view is so obscured? To join the essence To set my soul free To break down |
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3. | Haughs of Cromdale | 00:28 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
4. | The Alliance | 04:14 | Show lyrics |
Demons to some angels to other Embrace the crimson nightwinged sea Mortality we left behind Pierced on a column of frozen blood Brought forth by humble gliding fingers We break the seal, inflame your soul A needle waits for every pore We can’t escape this anymore Blinded hollow eyes alone Cast out so violently sweet Can you see the fondling light That howls within the veins of hell Deities of pain we are A chain of mortal fate Bearing promises on skinless tongues Deities of pain we are A wrath you can’t escape Hearing promises but it won’t change The alliance By chain and thorn we lead your path Which you will crawl on bleeding knees With fear and pain bare existence Whatever might be left of you Demons to some angels to other Embrace the crimson nightwinged sea Mortality we left behind Pierced on a column of frozen blood Deities of pain we are A chain of mortal fate Bearing promises on skinless tongues Deities of pain we are A wrath you can’t escape Hearing promises but it won’t change The alliance And so eternally we lurk In a faceless, breeding scenery And wait for the spawn in your veins A sore heart is to be strained |
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5. | A Runic Rhyme | 01:49 | Show lyrics |
Faded words once building So silent woeful memories They gather their dreams so pale In a runic rhyme Could time tell a story of cold nights And mystic tales Which shone so bright Could time tell of feelings Which soared to heights And fell to forlorn visions |
|||
6. | Second Skin | 04:50 | Show lyrics |
Hide the door There’s no place beyond Who will follow Until all is gone Along the floor Of carpet flames There lies the truth The silent name of all Cold eyes staring Into my innermost fears Shadows glaring Into sweet oblivion A place so black With shades of white A stronghold where I can hide Where all reins of life - fall from my grasp - This clarion call makes me shiver in fear - it seals my curse - The candle fades In a lapse of light It flickers bright Denying the darkness Will it ever change? Weak and frail Like wilting memories We cry for the first light And silently die in fear Cold eyes staring Into my innermost fears Shadows glaring Into sweet oblivion A place so black With shades of white Where all reins of life - fall from my grasp - This clarion call makes me shiver in fear The candle fades In a lapse of light It flickers bright Denying the darkness |
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7. | Reap the Storm | 04:26 | Show lyrics |
Still it stands With roots anywhere In the soil of time At the bottom of my life Accursed to suffer Obliged to pain I’m falling deeper Imperious and final I’ll take you with me When I hit the ground There’s no deeper consequence No higher destiny We walked this path so many times Again and again Oh I can’t deny it There’s no deeper consequence No higher destiny In the end It testifies my strength My power to sustain this suffering Die by my hand For the sons you’ve killed before I’m the scourge of thunder The harvester of storms Welcome the end In an embrace of fire In the end It testifies my strength My power to sustain this suffering Accursed to suffer Obliged to pain I’m falling deeper Imperious and final I’ll take you with me When I hit the ground There’s no deeper consequence No higher destiny Still it stands With roots anywhere In the soil of time At the bottom of my life We walked this path so many times Again and again Oh I can’t deny it There’s no darker seed No brighter fate Than the ways of time In the circles of hate |
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8. | Gathered in Fear | 04:33 | Show lyrics |
Distant is the time Of which I speak Open was my heart On that wild day For all has come to pass away When the haze dares the wind And the sand the rising tide Just a castaway in your dream All alone we’re gathered in fear Moments so precious in their pain They rush through my heart I was facing the end full of fear And it tore a part of me (A voice said) Welcome to the night To grief and sorrow Where the fire of life shines so bright And we crave for the morning Farewell to the light Where oblivion reigns The streams of time Peer through this cold haze While it battles this gale Where a moment so pale Gives a glance over this maze A glowing spark in the night Just a castaway in your dreams All alone we’re gathered in fear Moments so precious in their pain They rush through my heart I was facing the end full of fear And it tore a part of me (A voice said) Welcome to the night To grief and sorrow Where the fire of life shines so bright And we crave for the morning Farewell to the light Where oblivion reigns The streams of time |
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9. | Strange Perfection | 05:26 | Show lyrics |
Oh this can’t be me Who’s falling, who’s drowning Calling for direction In this current of fiction In a moment so true Full of fading chances When it comes to face my mind I turn to go away In this round of pleasure I’m in the middle Dazed by sorrow Tricked by life Stained by hate I’m here for the fight Creating my own right Like fire creates the light I’m rising to a strange perfection - of inferior correction - Clarity is the key to unlock the beast - of cognition - Fear the shades of my vision I’m here within the lie A slave of my own life Societies dream failed for me Now only the strong survive I’m rising to a strange perfection - of inferior correction - Clarity is the key to unlock the beast Stained by hate I’m here for the taking Creating my own right Like fire creates the light I’m rising to a strange perfection - of inferior correction - Clarity is the key to unlock the beast Can anyone tell On this zenith of mankind If heaven or hell Is just joyful thinking |
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10. | Dead Man’s Reel | 04:16 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
11. | The End Beyond Me | 05:42 | Show lyrics |
I’m not the one who fell But the final aim Of what men can find In loss of all betrayal In loss of all self-denial - lost sight Suffering so essential An existential colossus Of will and power Feelings so depraved A betrayed answer to all Of sanity and devour Join this - You’ll miss everything Even things you didn’t know Join the shadow-ring I’m here above I can see you creeping Breathing, melting in my light Can you feel the might Of what men can reach? You’ll miss everything I’m not the one who fell But the final aim Of what men can find In loss of all betrayal In loss of all self-denial - lost sight Suffering so essential An existential colossus Of will and power Join this - You’ll miss everything Even things you didn’t know Join the shadow-ring I’m here above I can see you creeping Breathing, melting in my light Where are you my forlorn one Never found, never gone A missing part to fulfill this all Reaching out to the end and beyond My second face (no mirror) I’ve never seen it (no reflection) No mirror, no reflection I beg to see it My vision is so clear Will I ever reach it No mirror, no reflection Where are you? |
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12. | Moonlight Shadow (Mike Oldfield cover) | 03:34 | Show lyrics |
The last that ever she saw him, carried away by a moonlight shadow, He passed on worried and warning, carried away by a moonlight shadow, Lost in a riddle that Saturday night, far away on the other side, he was caught in the middle of a desperate fight, and she couldn’t find how to push through. The trees that whisper in the evening, carried away by a moonlight shadow, Sing the song of sorrow and grieving, carried away by a moonlight shadow, All she saw was a silhouette of a gun, far away on the other side, He was shot six times by a man on the run, and she couldn’t find how to push through. I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven far away, I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven one day. Four a.m. in the morning, carried away by a moonlight shadow, I watched your vision forming, carried away by a moonlight shadow, Star was glowin’ in a silvery night, far away on the other side, Will you come to talk to me this night, but she couldn’t find how to push through. I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven far away, I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven one day |
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48:50 |
Caledonia
Members | |
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Band members | |
Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars, Keyboards |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Marcus Riewaldt | Bass |
Lars Wehner | Drums |
Guest/Session | |
Axel Römer | Bagpipes |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing |
Michael Schwabe | Mastering |
Kai Swillus | Layout, Design |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Highland Hills | 08:01 | Show lyrics |
I must leave ye now For peace and glory I’d wish to tell ye I’d soon be back I must leave ye now To weep and worry Fare ye well I won’t come back Fare ye well Don’t say haste ye back Roaming through the graveyard alleys On a plain of standing stones I hear them whisper to the fallen ones “Oh, not again” they groan A cry of the land is out To breathe and soar Through heathen hills From days of yore Where the wild winds roar I hear the storm clouds thunder They reap and plunder on once green land So here we stand – for freedoms sake Like rocks on the shore And we truely know – for freedoms sake There is no escape In the end we stand and fall Not for glory Nor for the king and crown We shed our blood We’re here - we’re free And we’ll fight to survive Fate will test our will Here on the Highland hills Slowly it comes off the earth Gasping for daylight Entirely entwined with weed Feeding its breath With soiled air It screams out To the brooding storm clouds Following the call For freedom to come |
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2. | A Blackened Shield | 05:15 | Show lyrics |
A Druids Vision: I see a hammer smashed upon A burning shield... Nightfall came to join me And with it a nameless fear I ran away through woods of stone I never felt so alone Always looking behind A fear undefined But I was feeling strong as I see It’s slowly coming into sight I prepared to fight With giant leaps it came upon me To chain my body To blaze a trail Through my valour To take my gods and my freedom away When eve was fallin’ I was almost crawlin’ - my fate was sealed Desperately I was fighting and untiringly I stroke back I stood my ground with a blackened shield Nothing would beat me Nothing would withstand my grim attack With my beckoning spear - And a blackened shield Death is all around me But at least I am free Chain my body And blaze a trail Through my valour You won’t take my freedom away Then in the distance o’ times tae come I saw a mon on the Hieland shore Gaitherin’ troops, beatin’ drums Fer freedom tae come |
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3. | The Ember Deid (Part II) | 03:15 | Show lyrics |
Travail´s turn brang me tae many a place An´ all this wimplen´ way Yont the lee lang nicht Oh I mind on the days lang begane Sae the mindin´ in yer heid Unrowes afore yer een Frae hours o´ sweet yestreen Aye the ember deid in monie a heid Fare ye well I´m pertin away Aye the wind blaws our weird Right amang yer staur Yer een ance glancin´ Are noo doolfu´ and tired O´ the wanderin´ hours I say farewell tae the warld Mind me weel I say farewell tae the warld Aye, it´s lane an´ cauld |
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4. | Evoke the Demon | 05:27 | Show lyrics |
Calgacus: We, the most distant dwellers upon the earth, the last of the free, have been shielded by our remoteness and by the obscurity which has shrouded our name. Beyond us lies no nation, nothing but waves and rocks... Take courage, let us prove at the first clash of arms what heroes Caledonia has been holding in reserve, the Roman army is held together by success and will be broken up by disaster! A cold wind is blowing from the shore Through glens and hills The end is near and nothing will last Take the wind and turn it to a blast Caledonia unite A cold wind is foreboding war I hear the words Which were never carved In stone, never given On solid ground - just sound I hear the words An ancient spell that Will ignite the fire of defiance Ascending voices intonate To evoke the demon Welcoming the fifth season Of the demon I see a line of fires Creeping through the land Bleeding light into the night For all that was good and glorious For all the ones that were and will be Face the incoming flood of men Ten for each pike and hand Face the enemy! |
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5. | Forth-Clyde | 05:31 | Show lyrics |
Days are so dark I can’t see it dawning I can’t feel my hands anymore I see the night and preach them courage Even when hope is in vain There’s no choice, for strength and honour Is accompanied by pain Hunt them down Back on to the shore Hunt them down Where deep waters roar The human blade of equation will Divide the fire from the smoke History will tell who prevailed Since ever blood sealed the times of old I call on Taranaich For to give us strength The wind blows cold When night descends Predicting war The night unfolds Fires of marching men Like an open scar See the fires burn Here at Forth-Clyde Crawling forward Oh at Forth-Clyde There in the darkness At the edge of the world In the shadow of the empire The wind blows cold Calling the words “Cohorts - Regather...” |
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6. | Ramble | 02:57 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
7. | Dawning Tempest | 05:13 | Show lyrics |
Cohorts! – Regather! Blood is running down my tiring hands Falling as pure red dew on the ground A pulse of drums fills the air Death is all around me Dea Tacita a grim companion For roman glory A deafening calm Is screaming “forward” And again we face the hordes Painted beasts - in boiling rage Deeply staring into the eyes of inevitable fate Hell’s unleashed in screams of agony When first I raised the tempest I call on Mars to guide us Nothing here, nothing else To save us from the storm Sacrifice the world and its Progress to salvation Quirites, sons of Rome Ruins of mankind must be overthrown This is the dawning tempest Now, I am becoming death A destroyer of worlds and A lost soul on a path through ruins Condemned to grow and cursed to follow Ten thousand men on my command Hordes of tribesmen wild and furious Painted beasts – rage amongst us Colliding worlds so fierce and cold A feast of flesh in the eyes of a crow And again we face the hordes Deeply staring into the eyes of fate A taste of doom sealed with blood Sacrificing the world to hate |
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8. | The Distant Call | 03:34 | Show lyrics |
One day in Fall I headed to the coast My back to the wind, My hairs flowed almost Like the waves on the sea My eyes strayed, free... Carry me over, carry me over Into the distance, far far away Carry me over, carry me over Thinkin’ back of the good old times when we heard The distant call No warm farewell, No wishings to be back soon The nights were too cold, So we dreamed of better days Better than today My eyes strayed, free... Long ago on a foreign shore We heard a call as from the gale Many died in the cold embrace o’ the sea On dead winds we sailed |
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9. | On Torrid Sand | 03:52 | Show lyrics |
Thousands of conquered lands Shining under the imperial sun We who are about to die Won’t salute you and no victis honor To the fallen ones A call for encore From far away O here we stand Figures of a game on torrid sand Gird yourself for the next round of battles For the need of excitement And another glorious parade We lay here dying appealing our fate Countless are the chosen few who stood fast Concealing their fear in the great uproar of cheers when the die is cast There’s a beast of cruelty creeping all over the land Nameless are the ones who were begging to live begging to save their lives In a futile dream of a noble state For only power could conquer fate All it leaves is blood and dust on the ground Storm clouds thunder in unison with the crowd A call for encore From far away Screaming for more From far away Oh here we stand Figures of a game on torrid sand Oh here we go torturing our souls On torrid sand |
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10. | The IXth Legion | 05:44 | Show lyrics |
Centuries of fighting - Decades of war lay behind us. Countless were the men we defeated. But now, my brothers, we have to face an Enemy more valiant than all the ones before. The right hand of Rome, the hammer of hispana The IXth Legion... A strong gale is blowin’ from north I can see them strike the sails A strong gale as they run ashore A deadly alliance, a grim pact of war Clamouring for battle and Nordic tunes fill the air Hail to the northern wolves Our last hope in times of despair Don’t fear tomorrow nor the end For time will testify Our honour and our strength Who was valiant and who has failed Fall to your knees and pray A last word to infinity for your beloved ones You will leave them to weep and worry And if time asks: “Oh where have you gone” No one will ever know... Only the standing Stones No one will ever know... Where they have gone Dark and pale lies the land In the end truth or legend no one knows Only the standing stones I hear the sounds still echo Through plains and hills Through hearts of men For thousand years we stand We breathe and soar Where the wild winds roar |
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11. | Farewell | 01:14 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
50:03 |
Caledonia
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars, Keyboards |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Marcus Riewaldt | Bass |
Lars Wehner | Drums |
Guest/Session | |
Axel Römer | Bagpipes |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kai Swillus | Layout, Design |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing |
Michael Schwabe | Mastering |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Highland Hills | 08:01 | Show lyrics |
I must leave ye now For peace and glory I’d wish to tell ye I’d soon be back I must leave ye now To weep and worry Fare ye well I won’t come back Fare ye well Don’t say haste ye back Roaming through the graveyard alleys On a plain of standing stones I hear them whisper to the fallen ones “Oh, not again” they groan A cry of the land is out To breathe and soar Through heathen hills From days of yore Where the wild winds roar I hear the storm clouds thunder They reap and plunder on once green land So here we stand – for freedoms sake Like rocks on the shore And we truely know – for freedoms sake There is no escape In the end we stand and fall Not for glory Nor for the king and crown We shed our blood We’re here - we’re free And we’ll fight to survive Fate will test our will Here on the Highland hills Slowly it comes off the earth Gasping for daylight Entirely entwined with weed Feeding its breath With soiled air It screams out To the brooding storm clouds Following the call For freedom to come |
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2. | A Blackened Shield | 05:15 | Show lyrics |
A Druids Vision: I see a hammer smashed upon A burning shield... Nightfall came to join me And with it a nameless fear I ran away through woods of stone I never felt so alone Always looking behind A fear undefined But I was feeling strong as I see It’s slowly coming into sight I prepared to fight With giant leaps it came upon me To chain my body To blaze a trail Through my valour To take my gods and my freedom away When eve was fallin’ I was almost crawlin’ - my fate was sealed Desperately I was fighting and untiringly I stroke back I stood my ground with a blackened shield Nothing would beat me Nothing would withstand my grim attack With my beckoning spear - And a blackened shield Death is all around me But at least I am free Chain my body And blaze a trail Through my valour You won’t take my freedom away Then in the distance o’ times tae come I saw a mon on the Hieland shore Gaitherin’ troops, beatin’ drums Fer freedom tae come |
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3. | The Ember Deid (Part II) | 03:15 | Show lyrics |
Travail´s turn brang me tae many a place An´ all this wimplen´ way Yont the lee lang nicht Oh I mind on the days lang begane Sae the mindin´ in yer heid Unrowes afore yer een Frae hours o´ sweet yestreen Aye the ember deid in monie a heid Fare ye well I´m pertin away Aye the wind blaws our weird Right amang yer staur Yer een ance glancin´ Are noo doolfu´ and tired O´ the wanderin´ hours I say farewell tae the warld Mind me weel I say farewell tae the warld Aye, it´s lane an´ cauld |
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4. | Evoke the Demon | 05:27 | Show lyrics |
Calgacus: We, the most distant dwellers upon the earth, the last of the free, have been shielded by our remoteness and by the obscurity which has shrouded our name. Beyond us lies no nation, nothing but waves and rocks... Take courage, let us prove at the first clash of arms what heroes Caledonia has been holding in reserve, the Roman army is held together by success and will be broken up by disaster! A cold wind is blowing from the shore Through glens and hills The end is near and nothing will last Take the wind and turn it to a blast Caledonia unite A cold wind is foreboding war I hear the words Which were never carved In stone, never given On solid ground - just sound I hear the words An ancient spell that Will ignite the fire of defiance Ascending voices intonate To evoke the demon Welcoming the fifth season Of the demon I see a line of fires Creeping through the land Bleeding light into the night For all that was good and glorious For all the ones that were and will be Face the incoming flood of men Ten for each pike and hand Face the enemy! |
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5. | Forth-Clyde | 05:31 | Show lyrics |
Days are so dark I can’t see it dawning I can’t feel my hands anymore I see the night and preach them courage Even when hope is in vain There’s no choice, for strength and honour Is accompanied by pain Hunt them down Back on to the shore Hunt them down Where deep waters roar The human blade of equation will Divide the fire from the smoke History will tell who prevailed Since ever blood sealed the times of old I call on Taranaich For to give us strength The wind blows cold When night descends Predicting war The night unfolds Fires of marching men Like an open scar See the fires burn Here at Forth-Clyde Crawling forward Oh at Forth-Clyde There in the darkness At the edge of the world In the shadow of the empire The wind blows cold Calling the words “Cohorts - Regather...” |
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6. | Ramble | 02:57 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
7. | Dawning Tempest | 05:13 | Show lyrics |
Cohorts! – Regather! Blood is running down my tiring hands Falling as pure red dew on the ground A pulse of drums fills the air Death is all around me Dea Tacita a grim companion For roman glory A deafening calm Is screaming “forward” And again we face the hordes Painted beasts - in boiling rage Deeply staring into the eyes of inevitable fate Hell’s unleashed in screams of agony When first I raised the tempest I call on Mars to guide us Nothing here, nothing else To save us from the storm Sacrifice the world and its Progress to salvation Quirites, sons of Rome Ruins of mankind must be overthrown This is the dawning tempest Now, I am becoming death A destroyer of worlds and A lost soul on a path through ruins Condemned to grow and cursed to follow Ten thousand men on my command Hordes of tribesmen wild and furious Painted beasts – rage amongst us Colliding worlds so fierce and cold A feast of flesh in the eyes of a crow And again we face the hordes Deeply staring into the eyes of fate A taste of doom sealed with blood Sacrificing the world to hate |
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8. | The Distant Call | 03:34 | Show lyrics |
One day in Fall I headed to the coast My back to the wind, My hairs flowed almost Like the waves on the sea My eyes strayed, free... Carry me over, carry me over Into the distance, far far away Carry me over, carry me over Thinkin’ back of the good old times when we heard The distant call No warm farewell, No wishings to be back soon The nights were too cold, So we dreamed of better days Better than today My eyes strayed, free... Long ago on a foreign shore We heard a call as from the gale Many died in the cold embrace o’ the sea On dead winds we sailed |
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9. | On Torrid Sand | 03:52 | Show lyrics |
Thousands of conquered lands Shining under the imperial sun We who are about to die Won’t salute you and no victis honor To the fallen ones A call for encore From far away O here we stand Figures of a game on torrid sand Gird yourself for the next round of battles For the need of excitement And another glorious parade We lay here dying appealing our fate Countless are the chosen few who stood fast Concealing their fear in the great uproar of cheers when the die is cast There’s a beast of cruelty creeping all over the land Nameless are the ones who were begging to live begging to save their lives In a futile dream of a noble state For only power could conquer fate All it leaves is blood and dust on the ground Storm clouds thunder in unison with the crowd A call for encore From far away Screaming for more From far away Oh here we stand Figures of a game on torrid sand Oh here we go torturing our souls On torrid sand |
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10. | The IXth Legion | 05:44 | Show lyrics |
Centuries of fighting - Decades of war lay behind us. Countless were the men we defeated. But now, my brothers, we have to face an Enemy more valiant than all the ones before. The right hand of Rome, the hammer of hispana The IXth Legion... A strong gale is blowin’ from north I can see them strike the sails A strong gale as they run ashore A deadly alliance, a grim pact of war Clamouring for battle and Nordic tunes fill the air Hail to the northern wolves Our last hope in times of despair Don’t fear tomorrow nor the end For time will testify Our honour and our strength Who was valiant and who has failed Fall to your knees and pray A last word to infinity for your beloved ones You will leave them to weep and worry And if time asks: “Oh where have you gone” No one will ever know... Only the standing Stones No one will ever know... Where they have gone Dark and pale lies the land In the end truth or legend no one knows Only the standing stones I hear the sounds still echo Through plains and hills Through hearts of men For thousand years we stand We breathe and soar Where the wild winds roar |
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11. | Farewell | 01:14 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
50:03 |
Caledonia
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars, Keyboards |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Marcus Riewaldt | Bass |
Lars Wehner | Drums |
Guest/Session | |
Axel Römer | Bagpipes |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Kai Swillus | Layout, Design |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing |
Michael Schwabe | Mastering |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Highland Hills | 08:01 | Show lyrics |
I must leave ye now For peace and glory I’d wish to tell ye I’d soon be back I must leave ye now To weep and worry Fare ye well I won’t come back Fare ye well Don’t say haste ye back Roaming through the graveyard alleys On a plain of standing stones I hear them whisper to the fallen ones “Oh, not again” they groan A cry of the land is out To breathe and soar Through heathen hills From days of yore Where the wild winds roar I hear the storm clouds thunder They reap and plunder on once green land So here we stand – for freedoms sake Like rocks on the shore And we truely know – for freedoms sake There is no escape In the end we stand and fall Not for glory Nor for the king and crown We shed our blood We’re here - we’re free And we’ll fight to survive Fate will test our will Here on the Highland hills Slowly it comes off the earth Gasping for daylight Entirely entwined with weed Feeding its breath With soiled air It screams out To the brooding storm clouds Following the call For freedom to come |
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2. | A Blackened Shield | 05:15 | Show lyrics |
A Druids Vision: I see a hammer smashed upon A burning shield... Nightfall came to join me And with it a nameless fear I ran away through woods of stone I never felt so alone Always looking behind A fear undefined But I was feeling strong as I see It’s slowly coming into sight I prepared to fight With giant leaps it came upon me To chain my body To blaze a trail Through my valour To take my gods and my freedom away When eve was fallin’ I was almost crawlin’ - my fate was sealed Desperately I was fighting and untiringly I stroke back I stood my ground with a blackened shield Nothing would beat me Nothing would withstand my grim attack With my beckoning spear - And a blackened shield Death is all around me But at least I am free Chain my body And blaze a trail Through my valour You won’t take my freedom away Then in the distance o’ times tae come I saw a mon on the Hieland shore Gaitherin’ troops, beatin’ drums Fer freedom tae come |
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3. | The Ember Deid (Part II) | 03:15 | Show lyrics |
Travail´s turn brang me tae many a place An´ all this wimplen´ way Yont the lee lang nicht Oh I mind on the days lang begane Sae the mindin´ in yer heid Unrowes afore yer een Frae hours o´ sweet yestreen Aye the ember deid in monie a heid Fare ye well I´m pertin away Aye the wind blaws our weird Right amang yer staur Yer een ance glancin´ Are noo doolfu´ and tired O´ the wanderin´ hours I say farewell tae the warld Mind me weel I say farewell tae the warld Aye, it´s lane an´ cauld |
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4. | Evoke the Demon | 05:27 | Show lyrics |
Calgacus: We, the most distant dwellers upon the earth, the last of the free, have been shielded by our remoteness and by the obscurity which has shrouded our name. Beyond us lies no nation, nothing but waves and rocks... Take courage, let us prove at the first clash of arms what heroes Caledonia has been holding in reserve, the Roman army is held together by success and will be broken up by disaster! A cold wind is blowing from the shore Through glens and hills The end is near and nothing will last Take the wind and turn it to a blast Caledonia unite A cold wind is foreboding war I hear the words Which were never carved In stone, never given On solid ground - just sound I hear the words An ancient spell that Will ignite the fire of defiance Ascending voices intonate To evoke the demon Welcoming the fifth season Of the demon I see a line of fires Creeping through the land Bleeding light into the night For all that was good and glorious For all the ones that were and will be Face the incoming flood of men Ten for each pike and hand Face the enemy! |
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5. | Forth-Clyde | 05:31 | Show lyrics |
Days are so dark I can’t see it dawning I can’t feel my hands anymore I see the night and preach them courage Even when hope is in vain There’s no choice, for strength and honour Is accompanied by pain Hunt them down Back on to the shore Hunt them down Where deep waters roar The human blade of equation will Divide the fire from the smoke History will tell who prevailed Since ever blood sealed the times of old I call on Taranaich For to give us strength The wind blows cold When night descends Predicting war The night unfolds Fires of marching men Like an open scar See the fires burn Here at Forth-Clyde Crawling forward Oh at Forth-Clyde There in the darkness At the edge of the world In the shadow of the empire The wind blows cold Calling the words “Cohorts - Regather...” |
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6. | Ramble | 02:57 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
7. | Dawning Tempest | 05:13 | Show lyrics |
Cohorts! – Regather! Blood is running down my tiring hands Falling as pure red dew on the ground A pulse of drums fills the air Death is all around me Dea Tacita a grim companion For roman glory A deafening calm Is screaming “forward” And again we face the hordes Painted beasts - in boiling rage Deeply staring into the eyes of inevitable fate Hell’s unleashed in screams of agony When first I raised the tempest I call on Mars to guide us Nothing here, nothing else To save us from the storm Sacrifice the world and its Progress to salvation Quirites, sons of Rome Ruins of mankind must be overthrown This is the dawning tempest Now, I am becoming death A destroyer of worlds and A lost soul on a path through ruins Condemned to grow and cursed to follow Ten thousand men on my command Hordes of tribesmen wild and furious Painted beasts – rage amongst us Colliding worlds so fierce and cold A feast of flesh in the eyes of a crow And again we face the hordes Deeply staring into the eyes of fate A taste of doom sealed with blood Sacrificing the world to hate |
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8. | The Distant Call | 03:34 | Show lyrics |
One day in Fall I headed to the coast My back to the wind, My hairs flowed almost Like the waves on the sea My eyes strayed, free... Carry me over, carry me over Into the distance, far far away Carry me over, carry me over Thinkin’ back of the good old times when we heard The distant call No warm farewell, No wishings to be back soon The nights were too cold, So we dreamed of better days Better than today My eyes strayed, free... Long ago on a foreign shore We heard a call as from the gale Many died in the cold embrace o’ the sea On dead winds we sailed |
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9. | On Torrid Sand | 03:52 | Show lyrics |
Thousands of conquered lands Shining under the imperial sun We who are about to die Won’t salute you and no victis honor To the fallen ones A call for encore From far away O here we stand Figures of a game on torrid sand Gird yourself for the next round of battles For the need of excitement And another glorious parade We lay here dying appealing our fate Countless are the chosen few who stood fast Concealing their fear in the great uproar of cheers when the die is cast There’s a beast of cruelty creeping all over the land Nameless are the ones who were begging to live begging to save their lives In a futile dream of a noble state For only power could conquer fate All it leaves is blood and dust on the ground Storm clouds thunder in unison with the crowd A call for encore From far away Screaming for more From far away Oh here we stand Figures of a game on torrid sand Oh here we go torturing our souls On torrid sand |
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10. | The IXth Legion | 05:44 | Show lyrics |
Centuries of fighting - Decades of war lay behind us. Countless were the men we defeated. But now, my brothers, we have to face an Enemy more valiant than all the ones before. The right hand of Rome, the hammer of hispana The IXth Legion... A strong gale is blowin’ from north I can see them strike the sails A strong gale as they run ashore A deadly alliance, a grim pact of war Clamouring for battle and Nordic tunes fill the air Hail to the northern wolves Our last hope in times of despair Don’t fear tomorrow nor the end For time will testify Our honour and our strength Who was valiant and who has failed Fall to your knees and pray A last word to infinity for your beloved ones You will leave them to weep and worry And if time asks: “Oh where have you gone” No one will ever know... Only the standing Stones No one will ever know... Where they have gone Dark and pale lies the land In the end truth or legend no one knows Only the standing stones I hear the sounds still echo Through plains and hills Through hearts of men For thousand years we stand We breathe and soar Where the wild winds roar |
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11. | Farewell | 01:14 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
50:03 |
Caledonia
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Vocals (harsh), Guitars, Keyboards |
Marcel Schoenen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Marcus Riewaldt | Bass |
Lars Wehner | Drums |
Guest/Session | |
Axel Römer | Bagpipes |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kai Swillus | Layout, Design |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing |
Michael Schwabe | Mastering |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Highland Hills | 08:01 | Show lyrics |
I must leave ye now For peace and glory I’d wish to tell ye I’d soon be back I must leave ye now To weep and worry Fare ye well I won’t come back Fare ye well Don’t say haste ye back Roaming through the graveyard alleys On a plain of standing stones I hear them whisper to the fallen ones “Oh, not again” they groan A cry of the land is out To breathe and soar Through heathen hills From days of yore Where the wild winds roar I hear the storm clouds thunder They reap and plunder on once green land So here we stand – for freedoms sake Like rocks on the shore And we truely know – for freedoms sake There is no escape In the end we stand and fall Not for glory Nor for the king and crown We shed our blood We’re here - we’re free And we’ll fight to survive Fate will test our will Here on the Highland hills Slowly it comes off the earth Gasping for daylight Entirely entwined with weed Feeding its breath With soiled air It screams out To the brooding storm clouds Following the call For freedom to come |
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2. | A Blackened Shield | 05:15 | Show lyrics |
A Druids Vision: I see a hammer smashed upon A burning shield... Nightfall came to join me And with it a nameless fear I ran away through woods of stone I never felt so alone Always looking behind A fear undefined But I was feeling strong as I see It’s slowly coming into sight I prepared to fight With giant leaps it came upon me To chain my body To blaze a trail Through my valour To take my gods and my freedom away When eve was fallin’ I was almost crawlin’ - my fate was sealed Desperately I was fighting and untiringly I stroke back I stood my ground with a blackened shield Nothing would beat me Nothing would withstand my grim attack With my beckoning spear - And a blackened shield Death is all around me But at least I am free Chain my body And blaze a trail Through my valour You won’t take my freedom away Then in the distance o’ times tae come I saw a mon on the Hieland shore Gaitherin’ troops, beatin’ drums Fer freedom tae come |
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3. | The Ember Deid (Part II) | 03:15 | Show lyrics |
Travail´s turn brang me tae many a place An´ all this wimplen´ way Yont the lee lang nicht Oh I mind on the days lang begane Sae the mindin´ in yer heid Unrowes afore yer een Frae hours o´ sweet yestreen Aye the ember deid in monie a heid Fare ye well I´m pertin away Aye the wind blaws our weird Right amang yer staur Yer een ance glancin´ Are noo doolfu´ and tired O´ the wanderin´ hours I say farewell tae the warld Mind me weel I say farewell tae the warld Aye, it´s lane an´ cauld |
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4. | Evoke the Demon | 05:27 | Show lyrics |
Calgacus: We, the most distant dwellers upon the earth, the last of the free, have been shielded by our remoteness and by the obscurity which has shrouded our name. Beyond us lies no nation, nothing but waves and rocks... Take courage, let us prove at the first clash of arms what heroes Caledonia has been holding in reserve, the Roman army is held together by success and will be broken up by disaster! A cold wind is blowing from the shore Through glens and hills The end is near and nothing will last Take the wind and turn it to a blast Caledonia unite A cold wind is foreboding war I hear the words Which were never carved In stone, never given On solid ground - just sound I hear the words An ancient spell that Will ignite the fire of defiance Ascending voices intonate To evoke the demon Welcoming the fifth season Of the demon I see a line of fires Creeping through the land Bleeding light into the night For all that was good and glorious For all the ones that were and will be Face the incoming flood of men Ten for each pike and hand Face the enemy! |
|||
5. | Forth-Clyde | 05:31 | Show lyrics |
Days are so dark I can’t see it dawning I can’t feel my hands anymore I see the night and preach them courage Even when hope is in vain There’s no choice, for strength and honour Is accompanied by pain Hunt them down Back on to the shore Hunt them down Where deep waters roar The human blade of equation will Divide the fire from the smoke History will tell who prevailed Since ever blood sealed the times of old I call on Taranaich For to give us strength The wind blows cold When night descends Predicting war The night unfolds Fires of marching men Like an open scar See the fires burn Here at Forth-Clyde Crawling forward Oh at Forth-Clyde There in the darkness At the edge of the world In the shadow of the empire The wind blows cold Calling the words “Cohorts - Regather...” |
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6. | Ramble | 02:57 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
7. | Dawning Tempest | 05:13 | Show lyrics |
Cohorts! – Regather! Blood is running down my tiring hands Falling as pure red dew on the ground A pulse of drums fills the air Death is all around me Dea Tacita a grim companion For roman glory A deafening calm Is screaming “forward” And again we face the hordes Painted beasts - in boiling rage Deeply staring into the eyes of inevitable fate Hell’s unleashed in screams of agony When first I raised the tempest I call on Mars to guide us Nothing here, nothing else To save us from the storm Sacrifice the world and its Progress to salvation Quirites, sons of Rome Ruins of mankind must be overthrown This is the dawning tempest Now, I am becoming death A destroyer of worlds and A lost soul on a path through ruins Condemned to grow and cursed to follow Ten thousand men on my command Hordes of tribesmen wild and furious Painted beasts – rage amongst us Colliding worlds so fierce and cold A feast of flesh in the eyes of a crow And again we face the hordes Deeply staring into the eyes of fate A taste of doom sealed with blood Sacrificing the world to hate |
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8. | The Distant Call | 03:34 | Show lyrics |
One day in Fall I headed to the coast My back to the wind, My hairs flowed almost Like the waves on the sea My eyes strayed, free... Carry me over, carry me over Into the distance, far far away Carry me over, carry me over Thinkin’ back of the good old times when we heard The distant call No warm farewell, No wishings to be back soon The nights were too cold, So we dreamed of better days Better than today My eyes strayed, free... Long ago on a foreign shore We heard a call as from the gale Many died in the cold embrace o’ the sea On dead winds we sailed |
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9. | On Torrid Sand | 03:52 | Show lyrics |
Thousands of conquered lands Shining under the imperial sun We who are about to die Won’t salute you and no victis honor To the fallen ones A call for encore From far away O here we stand Figures of a game on torrid sand Gird yourself for the next round of battles For the need of excitement And another glorious parade We lay here dying appealing our fate Countless are the chosen few who stood fast Concealing their fear in the great uproar of cheers when the die is cast There’s a beast of cruelty creeping all over the land Nameless are the ones who were begging to live begging to save their lives In a futile dream of a noble state For only power could conquer fate All it leaves is blood and dust on the ground Storm clouds thunder in unison with the crowd A call for encore From far away Screaming for more From far away Oh here we stand Figures of a game on torrid sand Oh here we go torturing our souls On torrid sand |
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10. | The IXth Legion | 05:44 | Show lyrics |
Centuries of fighting - Decades of war lay behind us. Countless were the men we defeated. But now, my brothers, we have to face an Enemy more valiant than all the ones before. The right hand of Rome, the hammer of hispana The IXth Legion... A strong gale is blowin’ from north I can see them strike the sails A strong gale as they run ashore A deadly alliance, a grim pact of war Clamouring for battle and Nordic tunes fill the air Hail to the northern wolves Our last hope in times of despair Don’t fear tomorrow nor the end For time will testify Our honour and our strength Who was valiant and who has failed Fall to your knees and pray A last word to infinity for your beloved ones You will leave them to weep and worry And if time asks: “Oh where have you gone” No one will ever know... Only the standing Stones No one will ever know... Where they have gone Dark and pale lies the land In the end truth or legend no one knows Only the standing stones I hear the sounds still echo Through plains and hills Through hearts of men For thousand years we stand We breathe and soar Where the wild winds roar |
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11. | Farewell | 01:14 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
50:03 |
Crógacht
Members | |
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Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals, Guitars, Keyboard, Banjo |
Lars Wehner | Drums, Vocals (backing) |
Marcus Riewaldt | Bass |
Guest/Session | |
Axel Römer | Bagpipes, Tin whistle |
Tina Stabel | Vocals on "Feats of War" |
Miriam Hensel | Vocals (additional) on "Shattering Swords" |
Sebastian Hintz | Vocals (backing) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork, Lyrics |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Producer |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Slán | 01:48 | instrumental |
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2. | Conlaoch | 05:18 | Show lyrics |
I am history turned into legend I am victory and fire, the future and desire I am triumph and honour I am memory turned into myth I am Conlaoch On the streams of time I ride My fate unveiled before my eyes Suffering neither rebirth nor demise Death’s peace will never be mine While my soul soars high Amazed I glimpse my life pass by Forever proud and ever free I heed the call of the Daoine Sidhe I am history turned into legend I am victory and fire, the future and desire I am triumph and honour I am memory turned into myth I am Conlaoch As I lay slain upon the sacred shore Leaving behind my body From this empty shell to dimensions unknown I still hear my father’s grievous roar “I am Cuchulainn Beside the raging sea I’m left to moan Sorrow I am for I brought down my only son A raven I see above the stone” For ages now I watch and learn As history transpires Man’s greatest curse is to long For what he can never acquire For ages now I watch and learn As destiny unveils Man’s greatest virtue to aspire To chase his dream and make it real I am history turned into legend I am victory and fire, the future and desire I am triumph and honour I am memory turned into myth I am Conlaoch And while my soul soars high By geasa no longer bound I answer the call Of the masters of the mounds I am heir of Dún Dealgan And thus my death was brought about |
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3. | Isle of Skye | 06:01 | Show lyrics |
To the Land Of Shadows once he came Young warrior of Erin With valour, honour and strength Cuchulainn was his name To win the heart of fair Emer The Plain Of Ill-luck he crossed To search for knowledge of war The Perilous Glen he traversed Then guided by Lugh, one fatherly hand His scorched path he followed to the ... Isle Of Skye Yonder, The scholars were gathered Among them Ferdiad, The Firbolg who was his friend: “Welcome Hound of Culan, I hope you’ll stay by our side Beyond the Bridge Of Leaps, Scáthach’s stronghold you’ll find on the ... Isle Of Skye All by yourself you must stride Not challenge fate with false pride Beware of the bridge to reach the far side All by yourself be your own guide To make the Salmon leap up high Scáthach you’ll find on the Isle of Skye” Crógacht! Three times over Cuchulainn tried and failed And at the fourth attempt he finally prevailed To the Land Of Shadows once he came Young warrior of Erin With valour, honour and strength Cuchulainn was his name Yonder, The scholars were gathered Among them Ferdiad, the Firbolg who was his friend: “Welcome Hound of Culan, I hope you’ll stay by our side Beyond the Bridge Of Leaps, Scáthach’s stronghold you’ll find on the ... Isle Of Skye” To win the heart of fair Emer The Plain Of Ill-luck he crossed To search for knowledge of war The Perilous Glen he traversed Then guided by Lugh, one fatherly hand His scorched path he followed to the ... Isle Of Skye But little did the hero know What tragedy upon him Fate would one day bestow… |
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4. | Scáthach | 05:09 | Show lyrics |
Endless their journey had seemed Slain, beaten, a defeat Exiled from the Scythian steppes they had been No retreat! With four Roman legions hot on their trail Betrayed, beaten, a defeat Two sisters bound for revenge To Alba in strong gales they set sail Young Aoife’s lover wavered In a duel, fate would decide The Dacian prince challenged Two chariots would ride No match for the queen The prince soon lay dead This deed of her sister Aoife would never forget Mighty Scáthach, Scythian queen, Fierce Scáthach, I fight for thee Oh listen to me now as I tell her tale Mighty Scáthach, Scythian queen, Fierce Scáthach, I die for thee Oh hear us now as we sing her tale And in turn, I will teach The bravest of thee Who wants to join And once fight for me For Rome will one day Feel the scorn Of a Scythian queen Named Scáthach Now the Picts had been watching For the first time they saw They decided to worship A true goddess in awe Come and live on this island The Picts now cried For we will ever defend On our land of shadows The Roman eagle Shall never descend! Endless their journey had seemed Slain, beaten, a defeat Exiled from the Scythian steppes they had been No retreat! With four Roman Legions hot on their trail Betrayed, beaten, a defeat Two sisters bound for revenge To Alba they set sail Oh hear me now as I sing her tale Mighty Scáthach, Scythian queen, Fierce Scáthach, I die for thee Oh listen to me now as I tell her tale Mighty Scáthach, Scythian queen, Fierce Scáthach, We pray to thee Oh hear us now as we sing her tale And in turn, I will teach The bravest of thee Who wants to join And once fight for me For Rome will one day Feel the scorn Of a Scythian queen Named Scáthach |
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5. | Feats of War | 02:47 | Show lyrics |
I bid thee welcome, Valorous one I scried your arrival And know what must be done So swear your allegiance And you may remain I will give you my guidance For a year and a day Now enter my fortress And stand by my side I’ve never before Met a warrior so proud Swear your allegiance And you may remain I will give you my guidance For a year and a day Oh brave young Cuchulainn Day by day you learn more Such courage and such vigour I train and I teach you all feats of war Come let me show you Crafts of battle lore Sword-edge and shield rim The grand deeds of war Swear your allegiance And you may remain I give you all my guidance For a year and a day Oh brave young Cuchulainn Day by day you learn more Such strength and such honour I train and I teach you all feats of war Now there’s only one skill left Most terrible of all Barbed spear, Gae Bolg The deadliest feat to call You’ve sworn your allegiance And you have remained I gave you all my guidance For a year and a day So now I will have nothing To teach you no more Such courage and vigour Strength and such honour All heroes shall hear Of your deeds of war The only champion Improved to perfection The greatest warrior you are For now you have learned All my feats of war Now you have learned All my feats of war |
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6. | Shattering Swords | 04:16 | Show lyrics |
Awake, proud Cuchulainn, From thy deep dark slumber, Hear the sounds of war-horns And of swords that are shattering Awake, proud Cuchulainn, Haste thee to the battle, Hear Aoife’s war-cries echoing And the swords that she’s shattering Wielding mighty Dacian steel, She stands victorious on the battlefield No hero, nor Scáthach herself Could ever hope to make her yield For on this day, so many years ago, It happened that her prince was slain Driving his chariot and swinging his sword, Now she seeks vengeance in his name Slay, proud Cuchulainn, Make her warriors bleed Tides of war are turning Three heroes at your feet Now Aoife herself is charging And your sword will soon be shattering Three mighty blows the princess dealt And with the fourth, the warrior fell His weapon, broken off at the hilt, Cuchulainn now would soon be killed Yet, right before the final strike, Aoife heard Scáthach’s distant cry: “Ah, look, Aoife’s two horses and her chariot They have fallen down the glen and have all perished” As she paused to glance around, Cuchulainn sprang up threw her to the ground, “Life for life”, Aoife suddenly cried “Three demands to me”, the hero replied: “Give in to Scáthach, Nor ever defy her again, On this island you’ll always remain, Bear me a son, Conlaoch be his name!” To all this, Aoife agreed For this brave man who had made her yield Reminded her of her long lost love And finally she found peace |
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7. | Ár Nasc Fola | 03:01 | instrumental |
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8. | Gilded Oars | 05:36 | Show lyrics |
In this small boat of bronze I’ve set sail on a journey beyond Towards a long destined fate In my mind still echo the songs My mother Aoife used to sing Of her life in anger The quest for revenge Of Cuchulainn rising Prevailed in the end Of their bond of blood The birth of their son Named Conlaoch Of the day the time had come For my father to depart To leave behind his blissful life And break my mother’s heart Thus on that day my father spoke: “This ring I give you for our child As you raise him, train him well Scáthach will teach the feats, When he’s old enough to wear my ring, He must go out to seek his king Yet, three geasa I will put on him: First, He should not give way To any hero from this plane Second, He should never tell his name Through fear to any warrior in this world Third, To any man, however strong He should not refuse a fight For the greatest warrior I want him to be, Even mightier and more fierce than me.” And thus I was born and raised Like my father once had imposed With an iron hand I was trained In Scáthach’s feats of war In my mind still echo the songs My mother Aoife used to sing Of her life in anger The quest for revenge Of Cuchulainn rising Prevailed in the end Of their bond of blood, The birth of their son Named Conlaoch I am Conlaoch! Then when I was old enough For my thumb to fill the ring Tears sprang from my mother’s eyes As I asked her one last time to sing And wave me goodbye As I forever left the Isle of Skye So Erin, here I come Cuchulainn’s only son, Rowing towards your sacred shores In this small boat of bronze With gilded oars |
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9. | Baile’s Strand | 07:20 | Show lyrics |
The Red Branch knights are gathered For Ulster’s honour at Baile’s strand Hither from across the waves A young boy with a merry face But armed as if for fighting Came onto the shore “Thou shall not land on Erin’s soil”, Cuinaire cried out, “Until thou hast revealed thy name!” For all you ask I can reveal but I must conceal My name and lineage Nor from my course you can make me stray away For I am under bounds and cannot disobey In battle I will not give way Nor ever will I speak my name If challenged I will draw my blade Here on this strand I will meet my fate I’ll only answer with my blade No man can stray me from my way “Then you shall die”, Cuinaire replied, “For no one unknown may enter our realm” For Ulster’s honour many warriors were sent But to none did he give his unhallowed name To wound them or kill, the spell to fulfil The geasa forced upon his infinite will Any attempt to impede him was doomed and destined to fail I’ll only answer with my blade No man can stray me from my way In battle I will not give way Nor ever will I speak my name Finally Cuchulainn himself was summoned, The King had ordered him to defeat this foe And towards tragedy he strode A fierce battle ensued, More than a match for Cuchulainn, The young boy proved Dealing blow after blow, The lad forced Chuchulainn back With a strength and speed The hound of Culan had never met As the battle continued in the water Two times Cuchulainn almost drowned, Yet on the third, he remembered the Gae Bolg And with the strength of the hero’s light He threw it through the waves with all his might The Gae Bolg, is it true? Only one may wield it, is it really you? To a tragic end the story seems to have come Together they would have crushed the gates of Rome As Cuchulainn bore the boy in his arms towards the shore He saw his own ring that the brave boy had worn Hence the father realized what he had just done Oh Lord, he had slain his only son! But what he did not know, at that time on that shore Through Elatan’s ring Conloach’s soul now soared To take his place into myth and memory Amongst the Riders of the Daoine Sidhe |
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41:16 |
Crógacht
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals, Guitars, Keyboard, Banjo |
Lars Wehner | Drums, Vocals (backing) |
Marcus Riewaldt | Bass |
Guest/Session | |
Axel Römer | Bagpipes, Tin whistle |
Tina Stabel | Vocals on "Feats of War" |
Miriam Hensel | Vocals (additional) on "Shattering Swords" |
Sebastian Hintz | Vocals (backing) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Producer |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork, Lyrics |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Slán | 01:48 | instrumental |
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2. | Conlaoch | 05:18 | Show lyrics |
I am history turned into legend I am victory and fire, the future and desire I am triumph and honour I am memory turned into myth I am Conlaoch On the streams of time I ride My fate unveiled before my eyes Suffering neither rebirth nor demise Death’s peace will never be mine While my soul soars high Amazed I glimpse my life pass by Forever proud and ever free I heed the call of the Daoine Sidhe I am history turned into legend I am victory and fire, the future and desire I am triumph and honour I am memory turned into myth I am Conlaoch As I lay slain upon the sacred shore Leaving behind my body From this empty shell to dimensions unknown I still hear my father’s grievous roar “I am Cuchulainn Beside the raging sea I’m left to moan Sorrow I am for I brought down my only son A raven I see above the stone” For ages now I watch and learn As history transpires Man’s greatest curse is to long For what he can never acquire For ages now I watch and learn As destiny unveils Man’s greatest virtue to aspire To chase his dream and make it real I am history turned into legend I am victory and fire, the future and desire I am triumph and honour I am memory turned into myth I am Conlaoch And while my soul soars high By geasa no longer bound I answer the call Of the masters of the mounds I am heir of Dún Dealgan And thus my death was brought about |
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3. | Isle of Skye | 06:01 | Show lyrics |
To the Land Of Shadows once he came Young warrior of Erin With valour, honour and strength Cuchulainn was his name To win the heart of fair Emer The Plain Of Ill-luck he crossed To search for knowledge of war The Perilous Glen he traversed Then guided by Lugh, one fatherly hand His scorched path he followed to the ... Isle Of Skye Yonder, The scholars were gathered Among them Ferdiad, The Firbolg who was his friend: “Welcome Hound of Culan, I hope you’ll stay by our side Beyond the Bridge Of Leaps, Scáthach’s stronghold you’ll find on the ... Isle Of Skye All by yourself you must stride Not challenge fate with false pride Beware of the bridge to reach the far side All by yourself be your own guide To make the Salmon leap up high Scáthach you’ll find on the Isle of Skye” Crógacht! Three times over Cuchulainn tried and failed And at the fourth attempt he finally prevailed To the Land Of Shadows once he came Young warrior of Erin With valour, honour and strength Cuchulainn was his name Yonder, The scholars were gathered Among them Ferdiad, the Firbolg who was his friend: “Welcome Hound of Culan, I hope you’ll stay by our side Beyond the Bridge Of Leaps, Scáthach’s stronghold you’ll find on the ... Isle Of Skye” To win the heart of fair Emer The Plain Of Ill-luck he crossed To search for knowledge of war The Perilous Glen he traversed Then guided by Lugh, one fatherly hand His scorched path he followed to the ... Isle Of Skye But little did the hero know What tragedy upon him Fate would one day bestow… |
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4. | Scáthach | 05:09 | Show lyrics |
Endless their journey had seemed Slain, beaten, a defeat Exiled from the Scythian steppes they had been No retreat! With four Roman legions hot on their trail Betrayed, beaten, a defeat Two sisters bound for revenge To Alba in strong gales they set sail Young Aoife’s lover wavered In a duel, fate would decide The Dacian prince challenged Two chariots would ride No match for the queen The prince soon lay dead This deed of her sister Aoife would never forget Mighty Scáthach, Scythian queen, Fierce Scáthach, I fight for thee Oh listen to me now as I tell her tale Mighty Scáthach, Scythian queen, Fierce Scáthach, I die for thee Oh hear us now as we sing her tale And in turn, I will teach The bravest of thee Who wants to join And once fight for me For Rome will one day Feel the scorn Of a Scythian queen Named Scáthach Now the Picts had been watching For the first time they saw They decided to worship A true goddess in awe Come and live on this island The Picts now cried For we will ever defend On our land of shadows The Roman eagle Shall never descend! Endless their journey had seemed Slain, beaten, a defeat Exiled from the Scythian steppes they had been No retreat! With four Roman Legions hot on their trail Betrayed, beaten, a defeat Two sisters bound for revenge To Alba they set sail Oh hear me now as I sing her tale Mighty Scáthach, Scythian queen, Fierce Scáthach, I die for thee Oh listen to me now as I tell her tale Mighty Scáthach, Scythian queen, Fierce Scáthach, We pray to thee Oh hear us now as we sing her tale And in turn, I will teach The bravest of thee Who wants to join And once fight for me For Rome will one day Feel the scorn Of a Scythian queen Named Scáthach |
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5. | Feats of War | 02:47 | Show lyrics |
I bid thee welcome, Valorous one I scried your arrival And know what must be done So swear your allegiance And you may remain I will give you my guidance For a year and a day Now enter my fortress And stand by my side I’ve never before Met a warrior so proud Swear your allegiance And you may remain I will give you my guidance For a year and a day Oh brave young Cuchulainn Day by day you learn more Such courage and such vigour I train and I teach you all feats of war Come let me show you Crafts of battle lore Sword-edge and shield rim The grand deeds of war Swear your allegiance And you may remain I give you all my guidance For a year and a day Oh brave young Cuchulainn Day by day you learn more Such strength and such honour I train and I teach you all feats of war Now there’s only one skill left Most terrible of all Barbed spear, Gae Bolg The deadliest feat to call You’ve sworn your allegiance And you have remained I gave you all my guidance For a year and a day So now I will have nothing To teach you no more Such courage and vigour Strength and such honour All heroes shall hear Of your deeds of war The only champion Improved to perfection The greatest warrior you are For now you have learned All my feats of war Now you have learned All my feats of war |
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6. | Shattering Swords | 04:16 | Show lyrics |
Awake, proud Cuchulainn, From thy deep dark slumber, Hear the sounds of war-horns And of swords that are shattering Awake, proud Cuchulainn, Haste thee to the battle, Hear Aoife’s war-cries echoing And the swords that she’s shattering Wielding mighty Dacian steel, She stands victorious on the battlefield No hero, nor Scáthach herself Could ever hope to make her yield For on this day, so many years ago, It happened that her prince was slain Driving his chariot and swinging his sword, Now she seeks vengeance in his name Slay, proud Cuchulainn, Make her warriors bleed Tides of war are turning Three heroes at your feet Now Aoife herself is charging And your sword will soon be shattering Three mighty blows the princess dealt And with the fourth, the warrior fell His weapon, broken off at the hilt, Cuchulainn now would soon be killed Yet, right before the final strike, Aoife heard Scáthach’s distant cry: “Ah, look, Aoife’s two horses and her chariot They have fallen down the glen and have all perished” As she paused to glance around, Cuchulainn sprang up threw her to the ground, “Life for life”, Aoife suddenly cried “Three demands to me”, the hero replied: “Give in to Scáthach, Nor ever defy her again, On this island you’ll always remain, Bear me a son, Conlaoch be his name!” To all this, Aoife agreed For this brave man who had made her yield Reminded her of her long lost love And finally she found peace |
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7. | Ár Nasc Fola | 03:01 | instrumental |
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8. | Gilded Oars | 05:36 | Show lyrics |
In this small boat of bronze I’ve set sail on a journey beyond Towards a long destined fate In my mind still echo the songs My mother Aoife used to sing Of her life in anger The quest for revenge Of Cuchulainn rising Prevailed in the end Of their bond of blood The birth of their son Named Conlaoch Of the day the time had come For my father to depart To leave behind his blissful life And break my mother’s heart Thus on that day my father spoke: “This ring I give you for our child As you raise him, train him well Scáthach will teach the feats, When he’s old enough to wear my ring, He must go out to seek his king Yet, three geasa I will put on him: First, He should not give way To any hero from this plane Second, He should never tell his name Through fear to any warrior in this world Third, To any man, however strong He should not refuse a fight For the greatest warrior I want him to be, Even mightier and more fierce than me.” And thus I was born and raised Like my father once had imposed With an iron hand I was trained In Scáthach’s feats of war In my mind still echo the songs My mother Aoife used to sing Of her life in anger The quest for revenge Of Cuchulainn rising Prevailed in the end Of their bond of blood, The birth of their son Named Conlaoch I am Conlaoch! Then when I was old enough For my thumb to fill the ring Tears sprang from my mother’s eyes As I asked her one last time to sing And wave me goodbye As I forever left the Isle of Skye So Erin, here I come Cuchulainn’s only son, Rowing towards your sacred shores In this small boat of bronze With gilded oars |
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9. | Baile’s Strand | 07:20 | Show lyrics |
The Red Branch knights are gathered For Ulster’s honour at Baile’s strand Hither from across the waves A young boy with a merry face But armed as if for fighting Came onto the shore “Thou shall not land on Erin’s soil”, Cuinaire cried out, “Until thou hast revealed thy name!” For all you ask I can reveal but I must conceal My name and lineage Nor from my course you can make me stray away For I am under bounds and cannot disobey In battle I will not give way Nor ever will I speak my name If challenged I will draw my blade Here on this strand I will meet my fate I’ll only answer with my blade No man can stray me from my way “Then you shall die”, Cuinaire replied, “For no one unknown may enter our realm” For Ulster’s honour many warriors were sent But to none did he give his unhallowed name To wound them or kill, the spell to fulfil The geasa forced upon his infinite will Any attempt to impede him was doomed and destined to fail I’ll only answer with my blade No man can stray me from my way In battle I will not give way Nor ever will I speak my name Finally Cuchulainn himself was summoned, The King had ordered him to defeat this foe And towards tragedy he strode A fierce battle ensued, More than a match for Cuchulainn, The young boy proved Dealing blow after blow, The lad forced Chuchulainn back With a strength and speed The hound of Culan had never met As the battle continued in the water Two times Cuchulainn almost drowned, Yet on the third, he remembered the Gae Bolg And with the strength of the hero’s light He threw it through the waves with all his might The Gae Bolg, is it true? Only one may wield it, is it really you? To a tragic end the story seems to have come Together they would have crushed the gates of Rome As Cuchulainn bore the boy in his arms towards the shore He saw his own ring that the brave boy had worn Hence the father realized what he had just done Oh Lord, he had slain his only son! But what he did not know, at that time on that shore Through Elatan’s ring Conloach’s soul now soared To take his place into myth and memory Amongst the Riders of the Daoine Sidhe |
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41:16 |
Crógacht
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals, Guitars, Keyboard, Banjo |
Lars Wehner | Drums, Vocals (backing) |
Marcus Riewaldt | Bass |
Guest/Session | |
Axel Römer | Bagpipes, Tin whistle |
Tina Stabel | Vocals on "Feats of War" |
Miriam Hensel | Vocals (additional) on "Shattering Swords" |
Sebastian Hintz | Vocals (backing) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Producer |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork, Lyrics |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Slán | 01:48 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
2. | Conlaoch | 05:18 | Show lyrics |
I am history turned into legend I am victory and fire, the future and desire I am triumph and honour I am memory turned into myth I am Conlaoch On the streams of time I ride My fate unveiled before my eyes Suffering neither rebirth nor demise Death’s peace will never be mine While my soul soars high Amazed I glimpse my life pass by Forever proud and ever free I heed the call of the Daoine Sidhe I am history turned into legend I am victory and fire, the future and desire I am triumph and honour I am memory turned into myth I am Conlaoch As I lay slain upon the sacred shore Leaving behind my body From this empty shell to dimensions unknown I still hear my father’s grievous roar “I am Cuchulainn Beside the raging sea I’m left to moan Sorrow I am for I brought down my only son A raven I see above the stone” For ages now I watch and learn As history transpires Man’s greatest curse is to long For what he can never acquire For ages now I watch and learn As destiny unveils Man’s greatest virtue to aspire To chase his dream and make it real I am history turned into legend I am victory and fire, the future and desire I am triumph and honour I am memory turned into myth I am Conlaoch And while my soul soars high By geasa no longer bound I answer the call Of the masters of the mounds I am heir of Dún Dealgan And thus my death was brought about |
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3. | Isle of Skye | 06:01 | Show lyrics |
To the Land Of Shadows once he came Young warrior of Erin With valour, honour and strength Cuchulainn was his name To win the heart of fair Emer The Plain Of Ill-luck he crossed To search for knowledge of war The Perilous Glen he traversed Then guided by Lugh, one fatherly hand His scorched path he followed to the ... Isle Of Skye Yonder, The scholars were gathered Among them Ferdiad, The Firbolg who was his friend: “Welcome Hound of Culan, I hope you’ll stay by our side Beyond the Bridge Of Leaps, Scáthach’s stronghold you’ll find on the ... Isle Of Skye All by yourself you must stride Not challenge fate with false pride Beware of the bridge to reach the far side All by yourself be your own guide To make the Salmon leap up high Scáthach you’ll find on the Isle of Skye” Crógacht! Three times over Cuchulainn tried and failed And at the fourth attempt he finally prevailed To the Land Of Shadows once he came Young warrior of Erin With valour, honour and strength Cuchulainn was his name Yonder, The scholars were gathered Among them Ferdiad, the Firbolg who was his friend: “Welcome Hound of Culan, I hope you’ll stay by our side Beyond the Bridge Of Leaps, Scáthach’s stronghold you’ll find on the ... Isle Of Skye” To win the heart of fair Emer The Plain Of Ill-luck he crossed To search for knowledge of war The Perilous Glen he traversed Then guided by Lugh, one fatherly hand His scorched path he followed to the ... Isle Of Skye But little did the hero know What tragedy upon him Fate would one day bestow… |
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4. | Scáthach | 05:09 | Show lyrics |
Endless their journey had seemed Slain, beaten, a defeat Exiled from the Scythian steppes they had been No retreat! With four Roman legions hot on their trail Betrayed, beaten, a defeat Two sisters bound for revenge To Alba in strong gales they set sail Young Aoife’s lover wavered In a duel, fate would decide The Dacian prince challenged Two chariots would ride No match for the queen The prince soon lay dead This deed of her sister Aoife would never forget Mighty Scáthach, Scythian queen, Fierce Scáthach, I fight for thee Oh listen to me now as I tell her tale Mighty Scáthach, Scythian queen, Fierce Scáthach, I die for thee Oh hear us now as we sing her tale And in turn, I will teach The bravest of thee Who wants to join And once fight for me For Rome will one day Feel the scorn Of a Scythian queen Named Scáthach Now the Picts had been watching For the first time they saw They decided to worship A true goddess in awe Come and live on this island The Picts now cried For we will ever defend On our land of shadows The Roman eagle Shall never descend! Endless their journey had seemed Slain, beaten, a defeat Exiled from the Scythian steppes they had been No retreat! With four Roman Legions hot on their trail Betrayed, beaten, a defeat Two sisters bound for revenge To Alba they set sail Oh hear me now as I sing her tale Mighty Scáthach, Scythian queen, Fierce Scáthach, I die for thee Oh listen to me now as I tell her tale Mighty Scáthach, Scythian queen, Fierce Scáthach, We pray to thee Oh hear us now as we sing her tale And in turn, I will teach The bravest of thee Who wants to join And once fight for me For Rome will one day Feel the scorn Of a Scythian queen Named Scáthach |
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5. | Feats of War | 02:47 | Show lyrics |
I bid thee welcome, Valorous one I scried your arrival And know what must be done So swear your allegiance And you may remain I will give you my guidance For a year and a day Now enter my fortress And stand by my side I’ve never before Met a warrior so proud Swear your allegiance And you may remain I will give you my guidance For a year and a day Oh brave young Cuchulainn Day by day you learn more Such courage and such vigour I train and I teach you all feats of war Come let me show you Crafts of battle lore Sword-edge and shield rim The grand deeds of war Swear your allegiance And you may remain I give you all my guidance For a year and a day Oh brave young Cuchulainn Day by day you learn more Such strength and such honour I train and I teach you all feats of war Now there’s only one skill left Most terrible of all Barbed spear, Gae Bolg The deadliest feat to call You’ve sworn your allegiance And you have remained I gave you all my guidance For a year and a day So now I will have nothing To teach you no more Such courage and vigour Strength and such honour All heroes shall hear Of your deeds of war The only champion Improved to perfection The greatest warrior you are For now you have learned All my feats of war Now you have learned All my feats of war |
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6. | Shattering Swords | 04:16 | Show lyrics |
Awake, proud Cuchulainn, From thy deep dark slumber, Hear the sounds of war-horns And of swords that are shattering Awake, proud Cuchulainn, Haste thee to the battle, Hear Aoife’s war-cries echoing And the swords that she’s shattering Wielding mighty Dacian steel, She stands victorious on the battlefield No hero, nor Scáthach herself Could ever hope to make her yield For on this day, so many years ago, It happened that her prince was slain Driving his chariot and swinging his sword, Now she seeks vengeance in his name Slay, proud Cuchulainn, Make her warriors bleed Tides of war are turning Three heroes at your feet Now Aoife herself is charging And your sword will soon be shattering Three mighty blows the princess dealt And with the fourth, the warrior fell His weapon, broken off at the hilt, Cuchulainn now would soon be killed Yet, right before the final strike, Aoife heard Scáthach’s distant cry: “Ah, look, Aoife’s two horses and her chariot They have fallen down the glen and have all perished” As she paused to glance around, Cuchulainn sprang up threw her to the ground, “Life for life”, Aoife suddenly cried “Three demands to me”, the hero replied: “Give in to Scáthach, Nor ever defy her again, On this island you’ll always remain, Bear me a son, Conlaoch be his name!” To all this, Aoife agreed For this brave man who had made her yield Reminded her of her long lost love And finally she found peace |
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7. | Ár Nasc Fola | 03:01 | instrumental |
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8. | Gilded Oars | 05:36 | Show lyrics |
In this small boat of bronze I’ve set sail on a journey beyond Towards a long destined fate In my mind still echo the songs My mother Aoife used to sing Of her life in anger The quest for revenge Of Cuchulainn rising Prevailed in the end Of their bond of blood The birth of their son Named Conlaoch Of the day the time had come For my father to depart To leave behind his blissful life And break my mother’s heart Thus on that day my father spoke: “This ring I give you for our child As you raise him, train him well Scáthach will teach the feats, When he’s old enough to wear my ring, He must go out to seek his king Yet, three geasa I will put on him: First, He should not give way To any hero from this plane Second, He should never tell his name Through fear to any warrior in this world Third, To any man, however strong He should not refuse a fight For the greatest warrior I want him to be, Even mightier and more fierce than me.” And thus I was born and raised Like my father once had imposed With an iron hand I was trained In Scáthach’s feats of war In my mind still echo the songs My mother Aoife used to sing Of her life in anger The quest for revenge Of Cuchulainn rising Prevailed in the end Of their bond of blood, The birth of their son Named Conlaoch I am Conlaoch! Then when I was old enough For my thumb to fill the ring Tears sprang from my mother’s eyes As I asked her one last time to sing And wave me goodbye As I forever left the Isle of Skye So Erin, here I come Cuchulainn’s only son, Rowing towards your sacred shores In this small boat of bronze With gilded oars |
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9. | Baile’s Strand | 07:20 | Show lyrics |
The Red Branch knights are gathered For Ulster’s honour at Baile’s strand Hither from across the waves A young boy with a merry face But armed as if for fighting Came onto the shore “Thou shall not land on Erin’s soil”, Cuinaire cried out, “Until thou hast revealed thy name!” For all you ask I can reveal but I must conceal My name and lineage Nor from my course you can make me stray away For I am under bounds and cannot disobey In battle I will not give way Nor ever will I speak my name If challenged I will draw my blade Here on this strand I will meet my fate I’ll only answer with my blade No man can stray me from my way “Then you shall die”, Cuinaire replied, “For no one unknown may enter our realm” For Ulster’s honour many warriors were sent But to none did he give his unhallowed name To wound them or kill, the spell to fulfil The geasa forced upon his infinite will Any attempt to impede him was doomed and destined to fail I’ll only answer with my blade No man can stray me from my way In battle I will not give way Nor ever will I speak my name Finally Cuchulainn himself was summoned, The King had ordered him to defeat this foe And towards tragedy he strode A fierce battle ensued, More than a match for Cuchulainn, The young boy proved Dealing blow after blow, The lad forced Chuchulainn back With a strength and speed The hound of Culan had never met As the battle continued in the water Two times Cuchulainn almost drowned, Yet on the third, he remembered the Gae Bolg And with the strength of the hero’s light He threw it through the waves with all his might The Gae Bolg, is it true? Only one may wield it, is it really you? To a tragic end the story seems to have come Together they would have crushed the gates of Rome As Cuchulainn bore the boy in his arms towards the shore He saw his own ring that the brave boy had worn Hence the father realized what he had just done Oh Lord, he had slain his only son! But what he did not know, at that time on that shore Through Elatan’s ring Conloach’s soul now soared To take his place into myth and memory Amongst the Riders of the Daoine Sidhe |
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41:16 |
Book of Dowth
Members | |
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Band members | |
Arkadius | Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Mandolin |
Marcus | Bass |
Lars | Drums, Vocals (backing) (track 2) |
Guest/Session | |
Axel Römer | Bagpipes |
Tina Stabel | Vocals (tracks 4, 5, 9) |
Matthias "Metti" Zimmer | Vocals (additional) (tracks 5, 6, 7, 8) |
Sebastian Hintz | Guitars (acoustic) (tracks 5, 10) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Axel Jusseit | Photography |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork, Lyrics, Layout |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing, Mastering |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Over Nine Waves | 01:57 | instrumental |
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2. | Dowth 2059 | 04:38 | Show lyrics |
Dowth 2059 The fairy mound of darkness The hidden shrine unbound In the name of science The book of black was found Beneath the stone of seven suns Unveiling that which lies beyond The reach of eyes, the reach of ears, What we wish to be and become The book of Dowth is calling It beckons me to look inside The book of Dowth is yearning To sow its seed into my mind A secret spring of unknown tales Of heroes, queens and ancient lore Of knowledge passed on From stars to stones The deed is done Blackened pages Wither before my gaze A black fog rises Evoking memories from distant times I see history unfold Dark shadows reach out and scar my mind The book of Dowth is calling It beckons me to look inside The book of Dowth is yearning To sow its seed into my mind My soul spirals into a darkness Deeper and blacker Than any I have ever known Beyond my inner limit Beyond the secrets of the stones The deed is done Blackened pages Wither before my gaze A black fog rises Evoking memories from distant times I see history unfold Dark shadows reach out and scar my mind The book of Dowth is calling It beckons me to look inside The book of Dowth is yearning To sow its seed into my mind I see the serpent’s return to Erin Cenn cruach, the lord of the mound I see the distant future Ravens screaming over blood Excavation, desecration, Lebor Dubhadh unbound Dowth 2059 |
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3. | Battle-Cairns | 03:36 | Show lyrics |
Towards an empty land we sailed Nemed, our father, led the way Towards the home of the brave and free Towards our isle of destiny We raised two forts and cleared twelve plains We worked the land and claimed our place Four lakes burst up out of the ground We sacrificed on sacred mounds But gods envy the delights of men! A terrible evil swarmed ashore And with them came disease and war Their runed flesh was foul and black In battle their two kings were met Three thousand Nemedians fell that day A pillar of stone was raised for each man slain Three thousand pillars on the plain Nemed himself soon died of plague Two thirds of all we had, they claimed One last assault on Conand’s tower One final attempt to end the terror Through mists of time Sound bloody chimes Of clashing shields Of arrows soaring Of battle-horns And stones roaring Score sixty thousand fought that day Conand and his heirs were slain The Fomorian tower of strength lay waste More pillars on the plains were raised Yet Morc returned from across the waves Countless demons retaliate On rhythms of rage he wrote our fate Thirty Nemedians survived that day In utter defeat we sailed away Leaving behind our sacred ground Where naught of us remained… But battle-pillars on the plains |
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4. | Biróg’s Oath | 04:18 | Show lyrics |
Watch, watch, the dark book is yearning Look now, Fomorians are crying Days filled with peril are waiting I’ll bury the book with my druid Watch, watch, your people are fleeing Go now, your race is defeated Days filled with peril are waiting Or stay here and love me, brave druid Once your allegiance is given Your life-force forever shall feed me But while you refuse my seduction Your servant till death I must be Watch, watch, the demons are reigning Look now, Fomorians are feasting Days filled with hate are waiting I’ll help you take vengeance, brave druid We’ll capture their foul evil essence With dark spells we’ll put them to rest Beyond the waves their souls will be sent A black book of power we’ll craft Watch, watch, the demons are waning Look now, Fomorians are fading Days filled with bliss are waiting Without hate you’ll succumb, my brave druid Once your allegiance is given Your life-force forever shall feed me No longer do you refuse my seduction My servant till death you must be Sleep now, your strength is depleting My oath is no longer binding Die, die, your life-force is failing I’ll mourn your demise, my brave druid Watch, watch, the dark book is yearning Look now, Fomorians are crying Days filled with peril are waiting I’ll bury the book with my druid Watch, watch, the dark book is yearning Look now, Fomorians are crying Days filled with peril are waiting Stay here and love me, brave druid |
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5. | Mag Mell | 03:19 | Show lyrics |
Their ancient souls have fought in vain Now death and glory lead their way The bloody plain of pillars crossed To the west they will set sail Forever young and strong, Forever free from earthly law, Without grief and sorrow, In Mag Mell they´ll remain The demons within are now without With roars of triumph they move out Into the realm of eternal bliss To the otherworld where they shall live Their evil ways will wither and decay Vanished from memory, without a trace Without sorrow nor pain, To “Tobar Segais” Yet where the stream of knowledge flows A sixth salmon will swim forth No longer will they live a lie Their human guise will fade, fade and die Forever young and strong, Forever free from earthly law, Without grief and sorrow, In Mag Mell they´ll remain |
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6. | The Dark Mound | 05:14 | Show lyrics |
As storm-clouds gather Above the glades A thunder deafens my howl Of anguish and dismay Remaining here In this sinister tomb I recall the evil deeds That led me to this place Bresal Bó-Díbad was my name As druid I was praised and famed From all four corners of Erin People came to seek my aid For in those days of gloom and death, A murrain fell upon the kine And killed all cattle in the land So into the ancient mound I went To pray and seek advice from elder gods And beg them for their help But from out of the dark Thousands of voices answered my command Reaping knowledge from my tortured brain The demon horde devised a wicked plan To weave a spell so the sun would never set They abused my sister’s magical skills And forged a day that would not end In honour of the elder gods Upon the ancient mound A massive tower would be built On sacred ground For in those days of gloom and death, A murrain fell upon the kine And killed all cattle in the land Bresal Bó-Díbad was my name As druid I was feared, obeyed I tricked the people to vow an oath To work for me for but one day As storm-clouds gather Above the glades A thunder deafens my howl Of anguish and dismay Remaining here In this sinister tomb I recall the evil deeds That led me to this place Overtaken by lust and fury A terrible deed was done that broke the spell The men of Erin went on their way When the day had gone and night suddenly fell Now storm-clouds gather Above the glades “Dubhadh” Will ever be this dark mound’s name |
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7. | Balor | 04:41 | Show lyrics |
Near the shores of Toraigh, Beneath the pounding waves In shadowed depths And dark embrace In the dark abyss Beyond the waves, Balor of the strong blows Lies in wait From shadowed depths Beyond the sea Ablaze his eye He will arise Towers of glass, Like icy blades Rise up to the skies When he’s awake Forgotten gods return to roam, Standing stones begin to shriek, When hope becomes despair, In a world full of hate and greed Balor waits no more, Dark eyes lit with exultation, A third eye opening, Hurling bolts of lightning Flesh and bone turn to ashes, Sacrificial fires burn again A thousand men slain, blood-red waves Pounding upon the shores As time is senseless, As night is endless, Reality is darkness, Existence is emptiness In shadowed depths Of the black abyss Born from dark mists And raging storms Forgotten gods return to roam, Standing stones begin to shriek, When hope becomes despair, In a world full of hate and greed The triumph of evil, When good men stay silent, Then Balor of the Evil Eye, Has arisen from death Black cloaked Balor, arisen from death Black cloaked Balor, will rule again |
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8. | Stone of the Seven Suns | 05:01 | Show lyrics |
Stone of power, stone of light The stone at Dowth will end this fight I’ll bury the book for ages to come Beneath the stone of the seven suns Once I lay on a battlefield in pain, I cried out in hate and Biróg came The seeds of vengeance had been sown With Biróg’s help I unleashed the Fomor Led by Balor, their evil lord Fomorian hordes rushed ashore Their war-horns calling to attack To crush the Dé Danann and claim the land That day the plains were drenched in blood The people slaughtered, the children dead The Fomorian horde swept over the land Their weapons of carnage reaping the men Stone of power, stone of light The stone at Dowth will end this fight I’ll bury the book for ages to come Beneath the stone of the seven suns Vengeance no longer rules my soul The proud Dé Danann remain proud no more At the side of the oppressed I’ve ever belonged The Fomorian scourge must be destroyed Blinded by hatred, heartbreak and dismay I condemned the Dé Danann to a terrible fate No longer shall this horror prevail Tonight I’ll end the Fomorian reign Stone of power, stone of light The stone at Dowth will end this fight Their evil souls shall be unbound Forever trapped beneath the mound At Moytirra they shall fight in vain Their mortal bodies can now be slain Beneath the everlasting stone Their souls will haunt forevermore |
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9. | Fury Fomoraigh | 05:42 | Show lyrics |
When the truth dies The end draws near And all will fall When the truth dies The race of men Has come and gone A twisted race of ancient evil, Wicked and depraved A race of demons From beneath the waves No longer lies in wait Enslaving, Conquering, destroying, Laying waste to the lands Now that the book is opened The last Nemedian’s spell is broken The last Nemedian druid’s spell That erased them from earth’s memory well The last Nemedian druid’s spell That bound them in his book of black Our time has come! The race of man has come and gone, Has run its course The sun’s declining into dusk Nocturnal chants proclaim remorse Enslaving, Conquering, destroying, Fury Fomoraigh When the truth dies The end draws near And all will fall When the truth dies The race of men Has come and gone Just look into my burning eyes And see what they have seen In the past and in the future Behold this dark horrific dream Now that the book is opened The last Nemedian’s spell is broken The last Nemedian druid’s spell That bound them in his book of black A twisted race of ancient evil, Wicked and depraved A race of demons from beneath the waves No longer lies in wait The myriad futures will unfold A nightmare of fomorian hordes When the truth dies The end draws near And all will fall When the truth dies The race of men Has come and gone And the truth dies The end is here Fury Fomoraigh! |
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10. | Otherworlds Collide | 01:42 | instrumental |
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40:08 |
Book of Dowth
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius | Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Mandolin |
Marcus | Bass |
Lars | Drums, Vocals (backing) (track 2) |
Guest/Session | |
Axel Römer | Bagpipes |
Tina Stabel | Vocals (tracks 4, 5, 9) |
Matthias "Metti" Zimmer | Vocals (additional) (tracks 5, 6, 7, 8) |
Sebastian Hintz | Guitars (acoustic) (tracks 5, 10) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing, Mastering |
Axel Jusseit | Photography |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork, Lyrics, Layout |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Over Nine Waves | 01:57 | instrumental |
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2. | Dowth 2059 | 04:38 | Show lyrics |
Dowth 2059 The fairy mound of darkness The hidden shrine unbound In the name of science The book of black was found Beneath the stone of seven suns Unveiling that which lies beyond The reach of eyes, the reach of ears, What we wish to be and become The book of Dowth is calling It beckons me to look inside The book of Dowth is yearning To sow its seed into my mind A secret spring of unknown tales Of heroes, queens and ancient lore Of knowledge passed on From stars to stones The deed is done Blackened pages Wither before my gaze A black fog rises Evoking memories from distant times I see history unfold Dark shadows reach out and scar my mind The book of Dowth is calling It beckons me to look inside The book of Dowth is yearning To sow its seed into my mind My soul spirals into a darkness Deeper and blacker Than any I have ever known Beyond my inner limit Beyond the secrets of the stones The deed is done Blackened pages Wither before my gaze A black fog rises Evoking memories from distant times I see history unfold Dark shadows reach out and scar my mind The book of Dowth is calling It beckons me to look inside The book of Dowth is yearning To sow its seed into my mind I see the serpent’s return to Erin Cenn cruach, the lord of the mound I see the distant future Ravens screaming over blood Excavation, desecration, Lebor Dubhadh unbound Dowth 2059 |
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3. | Battle-Cairns | 03:36 | Show lyrics |
Towards an empty land we sailed Nemed, our father, led the way Towards the home of the brave and free Towards our isle of destiny We raised two forts and cleared twelve plains We worked the land and claimed our place Four lakes burst up out of the ground We sacrificed on sacred mounds But gods envy the delights of men! A terrible evil swarmed ashore And with them came disease and war Their runed flesh was foul and black In battle their two kings were met Three thousand Nemedians fell that day A pillar of stone was raised for each man slain Three thousand pillars on the plain Nemed himself soon died of plague Two thirds of all we had, they claimed One last assault on Conand’s tower One final attempt to end the terror Through mists of time Sound bloody chimes Of clashing shields Of arrows soaring Of battle-horns And stones roaring Score sixty thousand fought that day Conand and his heirs were slain The Fomorian tower of strength lay waste More pillars on the plains were raised Yet Morc returned from across the waves Countless demons retaliate On rhythms of rage he wrote our fate Thirty Nemedians survived that day In utter defeat we sailed away Leaving behind our sacred ground Where naught of us remained… But battle-pillars on the plains |
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4. | Biróg’s Oath | 04:18 | Show lyrics |
Watch, watch, the dark book is yearning Look now, Fomorians are crying Days filled with peril are waiting I’ll bury the book with my druid Watch, watch, your people are fleeing Go now, your race is defeated Days filled with peril are waiting Or stay here and love me, brave druid Once your allegiance is given Your life-force forever shall feed me But while you refuse my seduction Your servant till death I must be Watch, watch, the demons are reigning Look now, Fomorians are feasting Days filled with hate are waiting I’ll help you take vengeance, brave druid We’ll capture their foul evil essence With dark spells we’ll put them to rest Beyond the waves their souls will be sent A black book of power we’ll craft Watch, watch, the demons are waning Look now, Fomorians are fading Days filled with bliss are waiting Without hate you’ll succumb, my brave druid Once your allegiance is given Your life-force forever shall feed me No longer do you refuse my seduction My servant till death you must be Sleep now, your strength is depleting My oath is no longer binding Die, die, your life-force is failing I’ll mourn your demise, my brave druid Watch, watch, the dark book is yearning Look now, Fomorians are crying Days filled with peril are waiting I’ll bury the book with my druid Watch, watch, the dark book is yearning Look now, Fomorians are crying Days filled with peril are waiting Stay here and love me, brave druid |
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5. | Mag Mell | 03:19 | Show lyrics |
Their ancient souls have fought in vain Now death and glory lead their way The bloody plain of pillars crossed To the west they will set sail Forever young and strong, Forever free from earthly law, Without grief and sorrow, In Mag Mell they´ll remain The demons within are now without With roars of triumph they move out Into the realm of eternal bliss To the otherworld where they shall live Their evil ways will wither and decay Vanished from memory, without a trace Without sorrow nor pain, To “Tobar Segais” Yet where the stream of knowledge flows A sixth salmon will swim forth No longer will they live a lie Their human guise will fade, fade and die Forever young and strong, Forever free from earthly law, Without grief and sorrow, In Mag Mell they´ll remain |
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6. | The Dark Mound | 05:14 | Show lyrics |
As storm-clouds gather Above the glades A thunder deafens my howl Of anguish and dismay Remaining here In this sinister tomb I recall the evil deeds That led me to this place Bresal Bó-Díbad was my name As druid I was praised and famed From all four corners of Erin People came to seek my aid For in those days of gloom and death, A murrain fell upon the kine And killed all cattle in the land So into the ancient mound I went To pray and seek advice from elder gods And beg them for their help But from out of the dark Thousands of voices answered my command Reaping knowledge from my tortured brain The demon horde devised a wicked plan To weave a spell so the sun would never set They abused my sister’s magical skills And forged a day that would not end In honour of the elder gods Upon the ancient mound A massive tower would be built On sacred ground For in those days of gloom and death, A murrain fell upon the kine And killed all cattle in the land Bresal Bó-Díbad was my name As druid I was feared, obeyed I tricked the people to vow an oath To work for me for but one day As storm-clouds gather Above the glades A thunder deafens my howl Of anguish and dismay Remaining here In this sinister tomb I recall the evil deeds That led me to this place Overtaken by lust and fury A terrible deed was done that broke the spell The men of Erin went on their way When the day had gone and night suddenly fell Now storm-clouds gather Above the glades “Dubhadh” Will ever be this dark mound’s name |
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7. | Balor | 04:41 | Show lyrics |
Near the shores of Toraigh, Beneath the pounding waves In shadowed depths And dark embrace In the dark abyss Beyond the waves, Balor of the strong blows Lies in wait From shadowed depths Beyond the sea Ablaze his eye He will arise Towers of glass, Like icy blades Rise up to the skies When he’s awake Forgotten gods return to roam, Standing stones begin to shriek, When hope becomes despair, In a world full of hate and greed Balor waits no more, Dark eyes lit with exultation, A third eye opening, Hurling bolts of lightning Flesh and bone turn to ashes, Sacrificial fires burn again A thousand men slain, blood-red waves Pounding upon the shores As time is senseless, As night is endless, Reality is darkness, Existence is emptiness In shadowed depths Of the black abyss Born from dark mists And raging storms Forgotten gods return to roam, Standing stones begin to shriek, When hope becomes despair, In a world full of hate and greed The triumph of evil, When good men stay silent, Then Balor of the Evil Eye, Has arisen from death Black cloaked Balor, arisen from death Black cloaked Balor, will rule again |
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8. | Stone of the Seven Suns | 05:01 | Show lyrics |
Stone of power, stone of light The stone at Dowth will end this fight I’ll bury the book for ages to come Beneath the stone of the seven suns Once I lay on a battlefield in pain, I cried out in hate and Biróg came The seeds of vengeance had been sown With Biróg’s help I unleashed the Fomor Led by Balor, their evil lord Fomorian hordes rushed ashore Their war-horns calling to attack To crush the Dé Danann and claim the land That day the plains were drenched in blood The people slaughtered, the children dead The Fomorian horde swept over the land Their weapons of carnage reaping the men Stone of power, stone of light The stone at Dowth will end this fight I’ll bury the book for ages to come Beneath the stone of the seven suns Vengeance no longer rules my soul The proud Dé Danann remain proud no more At the side of the oppressed I’ve ever belonged The Fomorian scourge must be destroyed Blinded by hatred, heartbreak and dismay I condemned the Dé Danann to a terrible fate No longer shall this horror prevail Tonight I’ll end the Fomorian reign Stone of power, stone of light The stone at Dowth will end this fight Their evil souls shall be unbound Forever trapped beneath the mound At Moytirra they shall fight in vain Their mortal bodies can now be slain Beneath the everlasting stone Their souls will haunt forevermore |
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9. | Fury Fomoraigh | 05:42 | Show lyrics |
When the truth dies The end draws near And all will fall When the truth dies The race of men Has come and gone A twisted race of ancient evil, Wicked and depraved A race of demons From beneath the waves No longer lies in wait Enslaving, Conquering, destroying, Laying waste to the lands Now that the book is opened The last Nemedian’s spell is broken The last Nemedian druid’s spell That erased them from earth’s memory well The last Nemedian druid’s spell That bound them in his book of black Our time has come! The race of man has come and gone, Has run its course The sun’s declining into dusk Nocturnal chants proclaim remorse Enslaving, Conquering, destroying, Fury Fomoraigh When the truth dies The end draws near And all will fall When the truth dies The race of men Has come and gone Just look into my burning eyes And see what they have seen In the past and in the future Behold this dark horrific dream Now that the book is opened The last Nemedian’s spell is broken The last Nemedian druid’s spell That bound them in his book of black A twisted race of ancient evil, Wicked and depraved A race of demons from beneath the waves No longer lies in wait The myriad futures will unfold A nightmare of fomorian hordes When the truth dies The end draws near And all will fall When the truth dies The race of men Has come and gone And the truth dies The end is here Fury Fomoraigh! |
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10. | Otherworlds Collide | 01:42 | instrumental |
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11. | Rise of Taliesin (Classically re-arranged version) | 06:07 | |
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12. | When Eternity Echoes (Classically re-arranged version) | 02:50 | |
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49:05 |
Book of Dowth
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius | Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Mandolin |
Marcus | Bass |
Lars | Drums, Vocals (backing) (track 2) |
Guest/Session | |
Axel Römer | Bagpipes |
Tina Stabel | Vocals (tracks 4, 5, 9) |
Matthias "Metti" Zimmer | Vocals (additional) (tracks 5, 6, 7, 8) |
Sebastian Hintz | Guitars (acoustic) (tracks 5, 10) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing, Mastering |
Axel Jusseit | Photography |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork, Lyrics, Layout |
Tracks | |||
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Side A | |||
1. | Over Nine Waves | 01:57 | instrumental |
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2. | Dowth 2059 | 04:38 | Show lyrics |
Dowth 2059 The fairy mound of darkness The hidden shrine unbound In the name of science The book of black was found Beneath the stone of seven suns Unveiling that which lies beyond The reach of eyes, the reach of ears, What we wish to be and become The book of Dowth is calling It beckons me to look inside The book of Dowth is yearning To sow its seed into my mind A secret spring of unknown tales Of heroes, queens and ancient lore Of knowledge passed on From stars to stones The deed is done Blackened pages Wither before my gaze A black fog rises Evoking memories from distant times I see history unfold Dark shadows reach out and scar my mind The book of Dowth is calling It beckons me to look inside The book of Dowth is yearning To sow its seed into my mind My soul spirals into a darkness Deeper and blacker Than any I have ever known Beyond my inner limit Beyond the secrets of the stones The deed is done Blackened pages Wither before my gaze A black fog rises Evoking memories from distant times I see history unfold Dark shadows reach out and scar my mind The book of Dowth is calling It beckons me to look inside The book of Dowth is yearning To sow its seed into my mind I see the serpent’s return to Erin Cenn cruach, the lord of the mound I see the distant future Ravens screaming over blood Excavation, desecration, Lebor Dubhadh unbound Dowth 2059 |
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3. | Battle-Cairns | 03:36 | Show lyrics |
Towards an empty land we sailed Nemed, our father, led the way Towards the home of the brave and free Towards our isle of destiny We raised two forts and cleared twelve plains We worked the land and claimed our place Four lakes burst up out of the ground We sacrificed on sacred mounds But gods envy the delights of men! A terrible evil swarmed ashore And with them came disease and war Their runed flesh was foul and black In battle their two kings were met Three thousand Nemedians fell that day A pillar of stone was raised for each man slain Three thousand pillars on the plain Nemed himself soon died of plague Two thirds of all we had, they claimed One last assault on Conand’s tower One final attempt to end the terror Through mists of time Sound bloody chimes Of clashing shields Of arrows soaring Of battle-horns And stones roaring Score sixty thousand fought that day Conand and his heirs were slain The Fomorian tower of strength lay waste More pillars on the plains were raised Yet Morc returned from across the waves Countless demons retaliate On rhythms of rage he wrote our fate Thirty Nemedians survived that day In utter defeat we sailed away Leaving behind our sacred ground Where naught of us remained… But battle-pillars on the plains |
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4. | Biróg’s Oath | 04:18 | Show lyrics |
Watch, watch, the dark book is yearning Look now, Fomorians are crying Days filled with peril are waiting I’ll bury the book with my druid Watch, watch, your people are fleeing Go now, your race is defeated Days filled with peril are waiting Or stay here and love me, brave druid Once your allegiance is given Your life-force forever shall feed me But while you refuse my seduction Your servant till death I must be Watch, watch, the demons are reigning Look now, Fomorians are feasting Days filled with hate are waiting I’ll help you take vengeance, brave druid We’ll capture their foul evil essence With dark spells we’ll put them to rest Beyond the waves their souls will be sent A black book of power we’ll craft Watch, watch, the demons are waning Look now, Fomorians are fading Days filled with bliss are waiting Without hate you’ll succumb, my brave druid Once your allegiance is given Your life-force forever shall feed me No longer do you refuse my seduction My servant till death you must be Sleep now, your strength is depleting My oath is no longer binding Die, die, your life-force is failing I’ll mourn your demise, my brave druid Watch, watch, the dark book is yearning Look now, Fomorians are crying Days filled with peril are waiting I’ll bury the book with my druid Watch, watch, the dark book is yearning Look now, Fomorians are crying Days filled with peril are waiting Stay here and love me, brave druid |
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5. | Mag Mell | 03:19 | Show lyrics |
Their ancient souls have fought in vain Now death and glory lead their way The bloody plain of pillars crossed To the west they will set sail Forever young and strong, Forever free from earthly law, Without grief and sorrow, In Mag Mell they´ll remain The demons within are now without With roars of triumph they move out Into the realm of eternal bliss To the otherworld where they shall live Their evil ways will wither and decay Vanished from memory, without a trace Without sorrow nor pain, To “Tobar Segais” Yet where the stream of knowledge flows A sixth salmon will swim forth No longer will they live a lie Their human guise will fade, fade and die Forever young and strong, Forever free from earthly law, Without grief and sorrow, In Mag Mell they´ll remain |
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6. | The Dark Mound | 05:14 | Show lyrics |
As storm-clouds gather Above the glades A thunder deafens my howl Of anguish and dismay Remaining here In this sinister tomb I recall the evil deeds That led me to this place Bresal Bó-Díbad was my name As druid I was praised and famed From all four corners of Erin People came to seek my aid For in those days of gloom and death, A murrain fell upon the kine And killed all cattle in the land So into the ancient mound I went To pray and seek advice from elder gods And beg them for their help But from out of the dark Thousands of voices answered my command Reaping knowledge from my tortured brain The demon horde devised a wicked plan To weave a spell so the sun would never set They abused my sister’s magical skills And forged a day that would not end In honour of the elder gods Upon the ancient mound A massive tower would be built On sacred ground For in those days of gloom and death, A murrain fell upon the kine And killed all cattle in the land Bresal Bó-Díbad was my name As druid I was feared, obeyed I tricked the people to vow an oath To work for me for but one day As storm-clouds gather Above the glades A thunder deafens my howl Of anguish and dismay Remaining here In this sinister tomb I recall the evil deeds That led me to this place Overtaken by lust and fury A terrible deed was done that broke the spell The men of Erin went on their way When the day had gone and night suddenly fell Now storm-clouds gather Above the glades “Dubhadh” Will ever be this dark mound’s name |
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7. | Balor | 04:41 | Show lyrics |
Near the shores of Toraigh, Beneath the pounding waves In shadowed depths And dark embrace In the dark abyss Beyond the waves, Balor of the strong blows Lies in wait From shadowed depths Beyond the sea Ablaze his eye He will arise Towers of glass, Like icy blades Rise up to the skies When he’s awake Forgotten gods return to roam, Standing stones begin to shriek, When hope becomes despair, In a world full of hate and greed Balor waits no more, Dark eyes lit with exultation, A third eye opening, Hurling bolts of lightning Flesh and bone turn to ashes, Sacrificial fires burn again A thousand men slain, blood-red waves Pounding upon the shores As time is senseless, As night is endless, Reality is darkness, Existence is emptiness In shadowed depths Of the black abyss Born from dark mists And raging storms Forgotten gods return to roam, Standing stones begin to shriek, When hope becomes despair, In a world full of hate and greed The triumph of evil, When good men stay silent, Then Balor of the Evil Eye, Has arisen from death Black cloaked Balor, arisen from death Black cloaked Balor, will rule again |
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8. | Stone of the Seven Suns | 05:01 | Show lyrics |
Stone of power, stone of light The stone at Dowth will end this fight I’ll bury the book for ages to come Beneath the stone of the seven suns Once I lay on a battlefield in pain, I cried out in hate and Biróg came The seeds of vengeance had been sown With Biróg’s help I unleashed the Fomor Led by Balor, their evil lord Fomorian hordes rushed ashore Their war-horns calling to attack To crush the Dé Danann and claim the land That day the plains were drenched in blood The people slaughtered, the children dead The Fomorian horde swept over the land Their weapons of carnage reaping the men Stone of power, stone of light The stone at Dowth will end this fight I’ll bury the book for ages to come Beneath the stone of the seven suns Vengeance no longer rules my soul The proud Dé Danann remain proud no more At the side of the oppressed I’ve ever belonged The Fomorian scourge must be destroyed Blinded by hatred, heartbreak and dismay I condemned the Dé Danann to a terrible fate No longer shall this horror prevail Tonight I’ll end the Fomorian reign Stone of power, stone of light The stone at Dowth will end this fight Their evil souls shall be unbound Forever trapped beneath the mound At Moytirra they shall fight in vain Their mortal bodies can now be slain Beneath the everlasting stone Their souls will haunt forevermore |
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9. | Fury Fomoraigh | 05:42 | Show lyrics |
When the truth dies The end draws near And all will fall When the truth dies The race of men Has come and gone A twisted race of ancient evil, Wicked and depraved A race of demons From beneath the waves No longer lies in wait Enslaving, Conquering, destroying, Laying waste to the lands Now that the book is opened The last Nemedian’s spell is broken The last Nemedian druid’s spell That erased them from earth’s memory well The last Nemedian druid’s spell That bound them in his book of black Our time has come! The race of man has come and gone, Has run its course The sun’s declining into dusk Nocturnal chants proclaim remorse Enslaving, Conquering, destroying, Fury Fomoraigh When the truth dies The end draws near And all will fall When the truth dies The race of men Has come and gone Just look into my burning eyes And see what they have seen In the past and in the future Behold this dark horrific dream Now that the book is opened The last Nemedian’s spell is broken The last Nemedian druid’s spell That bound them in his book of black A twisted race of ancient evil, Wicked and depraved A race of demons from beneath the waves No longer lies in wait The myriad futures will unfold A nightmare of fomorian hordes When the truth dies The end draws near And all will fall When the truth dies The race of men Has come and gone And the truth dies The end is here Fury Fomoraigh! |
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10. | Otherworlds Collide | 01:42 | instrumental |
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40:08 |
Book of Dowth
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius | Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Mandolin |
Marcus | Bass |
Lars | Drums, Vocals (backing) (track 2) |
Guest/Session | |
Axel Römer | Bagpipes |
Tina Stabel | Vocals (tracks 4, 5, 9) |
Matthias "Metti" Zimmer | Vocals (additional) (tracks 5, 6, 7, 8) |
Sebastian Hintz | Guitars (acoustic) (tracks 5, 10) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing, Mastering |
Axel Jusseit | Photography |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork, Lyrics, Layout |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Over Nine Waves | 01:57 | instrumental |
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2. | Dowth 2059 | 04:38 | Show lyrics |
Dowth 2059 The fairy mound of darkness The hidden shrine unbound In the name of science The book of black was found Beneath the stone of seven suns Unveiling that which lies beyond The reach of eyes, the reach of ears, What we wish to be and become The book of Dowth is calling It beckons me to look inside The book of Dowth is yearning To sow its seed into my mind A secret spring of unknown tales Of heroes, queens and ancient lore Of knowledge passed on From stars to stones The deed is done Blackened pages Wither before my gaze A black fog rises Evoking memories from distant times I see history unfold Dark shadows reach out and scar my mind The book of Dowth is calling It beckons me to look inside The book of Dowth is yearning To sow its seed into my mind My soul spirals into a darkness Deeper and blacker Than any I have ever known Beyond my inner limit Beyond the secrets of the stones The deed is done Blackened pages Wither before my gaze A black fog rises Evoking memories from distant times I see history unfold Dark shadows reach out and scar my mind The book of Dowth is calling It beckons me to look inside The book of Dowth is yearning To sow its seed into my mind I see the serpent’s return to Erin Cenn cruach, the lord of the mound I see the distant future Ravens screaming over blood Excavation, desecration, Lebor Dubhadh unbound Dowth 2059 |
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3. | Battle-Cairns | 03:36 | Show lyrics |
Towards an empty land we sailed Nemed, our father, led the way Towards the home of the brave and free Towards our isle of destiny We raised two forts and cleared twelve plains We worked the land and claimed our place Four lakes burst up out of the ground We sacrificed on sacred mounds But gods envy the delights of men! A terrible evil swarmed ashore And with them came disease and war Their runed flesh was foul and black In battle their two kings were met Three thousand Nemedians fell that day A pillar of stone was raised for each man slain Three thousand pillars on the plain Nemed himself soon died of plague Two thirds of all we had, they claimed One last assault on Conand’s tower One final attempt to end the terror Through mists of time Sound bloody chimes Of clashing shields Of arrows soaring Of battle-horns And stones roaring Score sixty thousand fought that day Conand and his heirs were slain The Fomorian tower of strength lay waste More pillars on the plains were raised Yet Morc returned from across the waves Countless demons retaliate On rhythms of rage he wrote our fate Thirty Nemedians survived that day In utter defeat we sailed away Leaving behind our sacred ground Where naught of us remained… But battle-pillars on the plains |
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4. | Biróg’s Oath | 04:18 | Show lyrics |
Watch, watch, the dark book is yearning Look now, Fomorians are crying Days filled with peril are waiting I’ll bury the book with my druid Watch, watch, your people are fleeing Go now, your race is defeated Days filled with peril are waiting Or stay here and love me, brave druid Once your allegiance is given Your life-force forever shall feed me But while you refuse my seduction Your servant till death I must be Watch, watch, the demons are reigning Look now, Fomorians are feasting Days filled with hate are waiting I’ll help you take vengeance, brave druid We’ll capture their foul evil essence With dark spells we’ll put them to rest Beyond the waves their souls will be sent A black book of power we’ll craft Watch, watch, the demons are waning Look now, Fomorians are fading Days filled with bliss are waiting Without hate you’ll succumb, my brave druid Once your allegiance is given Your life-force forever shall feed me No longer do you refuse my seduction My servant till death you must be Sleep now, your strength is depleting My oath is no longer binding Die, die, your life-force is failing I’ll mourn your demise, my brave druid Watch, watch, the dark book is yearning Look now, Fomorians are crying Days filled with peril are waiting I’ll bury the book with my druid Watch, watch, the dark book is yearning Look now, Fomorians are crying Days filled with peril are waiting Stay here and love me, brave druid |
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5. | Mag Mell | 03:19 | Show lyrics |
Their ancient souls have fought in vain Now death and glory lead their way The bloody plain of pillars crossed To the west they will set sail Forever young and strong, Forever free from earthly law, Without grief and sorrow, In Mag Mell they´ll remain The demons within are now without With roars of triumph they move out Into the realm of eternal bliss To the otherworld where they shall live Their evil ways will wither and decay Vanished from memory, without a trace Without sorrow nor pain, To “Tobar Segais” Yet where the stream of knowledge flows A sixth salmon will swim forth No longer will they live a lie Their human guise will fade, fade and die Forever young and strong, Forever free from earthly law, Without grief and sorrow, In Mag Mell they´ll remain |
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6. | The Dark Mound | 05:14 | Show lyrics |
As storm-clouds gather Above the glades A thunder deafens my howl Of anguish and dismay Remaining here In this sinister tomb I recall the evil deeds That led me to this place Bresal Bó-Díbad was my name As druid I was praised and famed From all four corners of Erin People came to seek my aid For in those days of gloom and death, A murrain fell upon the kine And killed all cattle in the land So into the ancient mound I went To pray and seek advice from elder gods And beg them for their help But from out of the dark Thousands of voices answered my command Reaping knowledge from my tortured brain The demon horde devised a wicked plan To weave a spell so the sun would never set They abused my sister’s magical skills And forged a day that would not end In honour of the elder gods Upon the ancient mound A massive tower would be built On sacred ground For in those days of gloom and death, A murrain fell upon the kine And killed all cattle in the land Bresal Bó-Díbad was my name As druid I was feared, obeyed I tricked the people to vow an oath To work for me for but one day As storm-clouds gather Above the glades A thunder deafens my howl Of anguish and dismay Remaining here In this sinister tomb I recall the evil deeds That led me to this place Overtaken by lust and fury A terrible deed was done that broke the spell The men of Erin went on their way When the day had gone and night suddenly fell Now storm-clouds gather Above the glades “Dubhadh” Will ever be this dark mound’s name |
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7. | Balor | 04:41 | Show lyrics |
Near the shores of Toraigh, Beneath the pounding waves In shadowed depths And dark embrace In the dark abyss Beyond the waves, Balor of the strong blows Lies in wait From shadowed depths Beyond the sea Ablaze his eye He will arise Towers of glass, Like icy blades Rise up to the skies When he’s awake Forgotten gods return to roam, Standing stones begin to shriek, When hope becomes despair, In a world full of hate and greed Balor waits no more, Dark eyes lit with exultation, A third eye opening, Hurling bolts of lightning Flesh and bone turn to ashes, Sacrificial fires burn again A thousand men slain, blood-red waves Pounding upon the shores As time is senseless, As night is endless, Reality is darkness, Existence is emptiness In shadowed depths Of the black abyss Born from dark mists And raging storms Forgotten gods return to roam, Standing stones begin to shriek, When hope becomes despair, In a world full of hate and greed The triumph of evil, When good men stay silent, Then Balor of the Evil Eye, Has arisen from death Black cloaked Balor, arisen from death Black cloaked Balor, will rule again |
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8. | Stone of the Seven Suns | 05:01 | Show lyrics |
Stone of power, stone of light The stone at Dowth will end this fight I’ll bury the book for ages to come Beneath the stone of the seven suns Once I lay on a battlefield in pain, I cried out in hate and Biróg came The seeds of vengeance had been sown With Biróg’s help I unleashed the Fomor Led by Balor, their evil lord Fomorian hordes rushed ashore Their war-horns calling to attack To crush the Dé Danann and claim the land That day the plains were drenched in blood The people slaughtered, the children dead The Fomorian horde swept over the land Their weapons of carnage reaping the men Stone of power, stone of light The stone at Dowth will end this fight I’ll bury the book for ages to come Beneath the stone of the seven suns Vengeance no longer rules my soul The proud Dé Danann remain proud no more At the side of the oppressed I’ve ever belonged The Fomorian scourge must be destroyed Blinded by hatred, heartbreak and dismay I condemned the Dé Danann to a terrible fate No longer shall this horror prevail Tonight I’ll end the Fomorian reign Stone of power, stone of light The stone at Dowth will end this fight Their evil souls shall be unbound Forever trapped beneath the mound At Moytirra they shall fight in vain Their mortal bodies can now be slain Beneath the everlasting stone Their souls will haunt forevermore |
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9. | Fury Fomoraigh | 05:42 | Show lyrics |
When the truth dies The end draws near And all will fall When the truth dies The race of men Has come and gone A twisted race of ancient evil, Wicked and depraved A race of demons From beneath the waves No longer lies in wait Enslaving, Conquering, destroying, Laying waste to the lands Now that the book is opened The last Nemedian’s spell is broken The last Nemedian druid’s spell That erased them from earth’s memory well The last Nemedian druid’s spell That bound them in his book of black Our time has come! The race of man has come and gone, Has run its course The sun’s declining into dusk Nocturnal chants proclaim remorse Enslaving, Conquering, destroying, Fury Fomoraigh When the truth dies The end draws near And all will fall When the truth dies The race of men Has come and gone Just look into my burning eyes And see what they have seen In the past and in the future Behold this dark horrific dream Now that the book is opened The last Nemedian’s spell is broken The last Nemedian druid’s spell That bound them in his book of black A twisted race of ancient evil, Wicked and depraved A race of demons from beneath the waves No longer lies in wait The myriad futures will unfold A nightmare of fomorian hordes When the truth dies The end draws near And all will fall When the truth dies The race of men Has come and gone And the truth dies The end is here Fury Fomoraigh! |
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10. | Otherworlds Collide | 01:42 | instrumental |
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40:08 |
Book of Dowth
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius | Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Mandolin |
Marcus | Bass |
Lars | Drums, Vocals (backing) (track 2) |
Guest/Session | |
Axel Römer | Bagpipes |
Tina Stabel | Vocals (tracks 4, 5, 9) |
Matthias "Metti" Zimmer | Vocals (additional) (tracks 5, 6, 7, 8) |
Sebastian Hintz | Guitars (acoustic) (tracks 5, 10) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing, Mastering |
Axel Jusseit | Photography |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork, Lyrics, Layout |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Over Nine Waves | 01:57 | instrumental |
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2. | Dowth 2059 | 04:38 | Show lyrics |
Dowth 2059 The fairy mound of darkness The hidden shrine unbound In the name of science The book of black was found Beneath the stone of seven suns Unveiling that which lies beyond The reach of eyes, the reach of ears, What we wish to be and become The book of Dowth is calling It beckons me to look inside The book of Dowth is yearning To sow its seed into my mind A secret spring of unknown tales Of heroes, queens and ancient lore Of knowledge passed on From stars to stones The deed is done Blackened pages Wither before my gaze A black fog rises Evoking memories from distant times I see history unfold Dark shadows reach out and scar my mind The book of Dowth is calling It beckons me to look inside The book of Dowth is yearning To sow its seed into my mind My soul spirals into a darkness Deeper and blacker Than any I have ever known Beyond my inner limit Beyond the secrets of the stones The deed is done Blackened pages Wither before my gaze A black fog rises Evoking memories from distant times I see history unfold Dark shadows reach out and scar my mind The book of Dowth is calling It beckons me to look inside The book of Dowth is yearning To sow its seed into my mind I see the serpent’s return to Erin Cenn cruach, the lord of the mound I see the distant future Ravens screaming over blood Excavation, desecration, Lebor Dubhadh unbound Dowth 2059 |
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3. | Battle-Cairns | 03:36 | Show lyrics |
Towards an empty land we sailed Nemed, our father, led the way Towards the home of the brave and free Towards our isle of destiny We raised two forts and cleared twelve plains We worked the land and claimed our place Four lakes burst up out of the ground We sacrificed on sacred mounds But gods envy the delights of men! A terrible evil swarmed ashore And with them came disease and war Their runed flesh was foul and black In battle their two kings were met Three thousand Nemedians fell that day A pillar of stone was raised for each man slain Three thousand pillars on the plain Nemed himself soon died of plague Two thirds of all we had, they claimed One last assault on Conand’s tower One final attempt to end the terror Through mists of time Sound bloody chimes Of clashing shields Of arrows soaring Of battle-horns And stones roaring Score sixty thousand fought that day Conand and his heirs were slain The Fomorian tower of strength lay waste More pillars on the plains were raised Yet Morc returned from across the waves Countless demons retaliate On rhythms of rage he wrote our fate Thirty Nemedians survived that day In utter defeat we sailed away Leaving behind our sacred ground Where naught of us remained… But battle-pillars on the plains |
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4. | Biróg’s Oath | 04:18 | Show lyrics |
Watch, watch, the dark book is yearning Look now, Fomorians are crying Days filled with peril are waiting I’ll bury the book with my druid Watch, watch, your people are fleeing Go now, your race is defeated Days filled with peril are waiting Or stay here and love me, brave druid Once your allegiance is given Your life-force forever shall feed me But while you refuse my seduction Your servant till death I must be Watch, watch, the demons are reigning Look now, Fomorians are feasting Days filled with hate are waiting I’ll help you take vengeance, brave druid We’ll capture their foul evil essence With dark spells we’ll put them to rest Beyond the waves their souls will be sent A black book of power we’ll craft Watch, watch, the demons are waning Look now, Fomorians are fading Days filled with bliss are waiting Without hate you’ll succumb, my brave druid Once your allegiance is given Your life-force forever shall feed me No longer do you refuse my seduction My servant till death you must be Sleep now, your strength is depleting My oath is no longer binding Die, die, your life-force is failing I’ll mourn your demise, my brave druid Watch, watch, the dark book is yearning Look now, Fomorians are crying Days filled with peril are waiting I’ll bury the book with my druid Watch, watch, the dark book is yearning Look now, Fomorians are crying Days filled with peril are waiting Stay here and love me, brave druid |
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5. | Mag Mell | 03:19 | Show lyrics |
Their ancient souls have fought in vain Now death and glory lead their way The bloody plain of pillars crossed To the west they will set sail Forever young and strong, Forever free from earthly law, Without grief and sorrow, In Mag Mell they´ll remain The demons within are now without With roars of triumph they move out Into the realm of eternal bliss To the otherworld where they shall live Their evil ways will wither and decay Vanished from memory, without a trace Without sorrow nor pain, To “Tobar Segais” Yet where the stream of knowledge flows A sixth salmon will swim forth No longer will they live a lie Their human guise will fade, fade and die Forever young and strong, Forever free from earthly law, Without grief and sorrow, In Mag Mell they´ll remain |
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6. | The Dark Mound | 05:14 | Show lyrics |
As storm-clouds gather Above the glades A thunder deafens my howl Of anguish and dismay Remaining here In this sinister tomb I recall the evil deeds That led me to this place Bresal Bó-Díbad was my name As druid I was praised and famed From all four corners of Erin People came to seek my aid For in those days of gloom and death, A murrain fell upon the kine And killed all cattle in the land So into the ancient mound I went To pray and seek advice from elder gods And beg them for their help But from out of the dark Thousands of voices answered my command Reaping knowledge from my tortured brain The demon horde devised a wicked plan To weave a spell so the sun would never set They abused my sister’s magical skills And forged a day that would not end In honour of the elder gods Upon the ancient mound A massive tower would be built On sacred ground For in those days of gloom and death, A murrain fell upon the kine And killed all cattle in the land Bresal Bó-Díbad was my name As druid I was feared, obeyed I tricked the people to vow an oath To work for me for but one day As storm-clouds gather Above the glades A thunder deafens my howl Of anguish and dismay Remaining here In this sinister tomb I recall the evil deeds That led me to this place Overtaken by lust and fury A terrible deed was done that broke the spell The men of Erin went on their way When the day had gone and night suddenly fell Now storm-clouds gather Above the glades “Dubhadh” Will ever be this dark mound’s name |
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7. | Balor | 04:41 | Show lyrics |
Near the shores of Toraigh, Beneath the pounding waves In shadowed depths And dark embrace In the dark abyss Beyond the waves, Balor of the strong blows Lies in wait From shadowed depths Beyond the sea Ablaze his eye He will arise Towers of glass, Like icy blades Rise up to the skies When he’s awake Forgotten gods return to roam, Standing stones begin to shriek, When hope becomes despair, In a world full of hate and greed Balor waits no more, Dark eyes lit with exultation, A third eye opening, Hurling bolts of lightning Flesh and bone turn to ashes, Sacrificial fires burn again A thousand men slain, blood-red waves Pounding upon the shores As time is senseless, As night is endless, Reality is darkness, Existence is emptiness In shadowed depths Of the black abyss Born from dark mists And raging storms Forgotten gods return to roam, Standing stones begin to shriek, When hope becomes despair, In a world full of hate and greed The triumph of evil, When good men stay silent, Then Balor of the Evil Eye, Has arisen from death Black cloaked Balor, arisen from death Black cloaked Balor, will rule again |
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8. | Stone of the Seven Suns | 05:01 | Show lyrics |
Stone of power, stone of light The stone at Dowth will end this fight I’ll bury the book for ages to come Beneath the stone of the seven suns Once I lay on a battlefield in pain, I cried out in hate and Biróg came The seeds of vengeance had been sown With Biróg’s help I unleashed the Fomor Led by Balor, their evil lord Fomorian hordes rushed ashore Their war-horns calling to attack To crush the Dé Danann and claim the land That day the plains were drenched in blood The people slaughtered, the children dead The Fomorian horde swept over the land Their weapons of carnage reaping the men Stone of power, stone of light The stone at Dowth will end this fight I’ll bury the book for ages to come Beneath the stone of the seven suns Vengeance no longer rules my soul The proud Dé Danann remain proud no more At the side of the oppressed I’ve ever belonged The Fomorian scourge must be destroyed Blinded by hatred, heartbreak and dismay I condemned the Dé Danann to a terrible fate No longer shall this horror prevail Tonight I’ll end the Fomorian reign Stone of power, stone of light The stone at Dowth will end this fight Their evil souls shall be unbound Forever trapped beneath the mound At Moytirra they shall fight in vain Their mortal bodies can now be slain Beneath the everlasting stone Their souls will haunt forevermore |
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9. | Fury Fomoraigh | 05:42 | Show lyrics |
When the truth dies The end draws near And all will fall When the truth dies The race of men Has come and gone A twisted race of ancient evil, Wicked and depraved A race of demons From beneath the waves No longer lies in wait Enslaving, Conquering, destroying, Laying waste to the lands Now that the book is opened The last Nemedian’s spell is broken The last Nemedian druid’s spell That erased them from earth’s memory well The last Nemedian druid’s spell That bound them in his book of black Our time has come! The race of man has come and gone, Has run its course The sun’s declining into dusk Nocturnal chants proclaim remorse Enslaving, Conquering, destroying, Fury Fomoraigh When the truth dies The end draws near And all will fall When the truth dies The race of men Has come and gone Just look into my burning eyes And see what they have seen In the past and in the future Behold this dark horrific dream Now that the book is opened The last Nemedian’s spell is broken The last Nemedian druid’s spell That bound them in his book of black A twisted race of ancient evil, Wicked and depraved A race of demons from beneath the waves No longer lies in wait The myriad futures will unfold A nightmare of fomorian hordes When the truth dies The end draws near And all will fall When the truth dies The race of men Has come and gone And the truth dies The end is here Fury Fomoraigh! |
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10. | Otherworlds Collide | 01:42 | instrumental |
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11. | Rise Of Taliesin (Classically re-arranged version) | 06:07 | |
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12. | When Eternity Echoes (Classically re-arranged version) | 02:50 | |
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13. | The Fall of Tara (Classical re-arranged instrumental) | 04:22 | |
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14. | Marooned (Running Wild cover) | 05:59 | |
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59:26 |
Eternal Defiance
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Band members | |
Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Vocals, Guitars, Banjo, Orchestrations |
Lars Wehner | Drums |
Tim Siebrecht | Bass |
Marius "Jussi" Pesch | Guitars |
Guest/Session | |
Sebastian Hintz | Vocals (backing), Guitars (acoustic) |
Arne Gerits | Violin |
Tina Stabel | Vocals (female), Piano |
Axel Römer | Highland bagpipes |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Producer, Mixing, Mastering |
Axel Jusseit | Photography |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork, Lyrics, Layout |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Storming the Walls | 03:14 | instrumental |
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2. | Inner Sanctum | 05:08 | Show lyrics |
Entering the dark stone hall The inner sanctum They felt an eerie presence Something ancient, something strong Black iron box in the darkness Inside the niche across the hall This was what they had to defend This was where their master went To seek the counsel of the living head To seek the counsel of the baphomet 10.000 strong, they stormed the walls To end the gruelling siege To battle, murder and destroy The last crusader keep Defended by 300 knights This was their final stand 10.000 souls had stormed the walls The knights gave up the fight Inside the crypt the head recalled The story of his life... Dark eyes surveyed them from inside Terrible soul-searing sight Eyes shimmering with ancient knowledge Eyes filled with ancient pride The head of a Roman Emperor Adored with a laurel crown? Or the face of a Celtic king With runic Ogham carved? This was what they had to defend This was where their master went To seek the counsel of the living head To seek the counsel of the Baphomet "10.000 souls had stormed the walls The knights gave up the fight Inside the crypt the head recalled The story of his life..." |
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3. | Beneath the Red Eagle | 04:51 | Show lyrics |
Once this day was but a dream Yet now I’m here and this is real This moment will live on through all times The hills of Spain I’ll leave behind Today I’ll join the legion with pride The time has come to say goodbye Today, my son, we must part ways Go forth beyond the hills of Spain O, my son, the heavens you could scale Yet only Gods may live forevermore As for man, nothing of his days remains Unless you earn yourself a name Beneath the Eagle you will march To fight for Rome, to slay or die Under the Eagle you will ride To fight to the end and then fight again To fight to the end and then fight again If word should come of my demise Then do not cry and keep in mind That I’ll have found a good way to die So march, my son, under the Roman Eagle On the road from where there is no way back Let your dreams forever be your guide And inspire you to deeds of heroic might Yet you, my son, unlike other men Are blessed with a special trade To look beyond the veil of time And turn the hand of fate Beneath the Eagle I will march To fight for Rome, to slay or die Under the Eagle I will ride To fight to the end and then fight again To fight to the end and then fight again If word should come of your demise Then I won’t cry and keep in mind That you’ll have found a good way to die Doubt is lurking in my mind For what I’ve seen in my weirdest dream Eternal life, it can’t be real And though indeed I will earn fame... History will erase my name |
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4. | March of Conquest | 03:47 | Show lyrics |
Shield to shield with banners high War and conquest on their minds Relentless, fearless, battle-scarred To the West the legion marched From triumph to triumph Time and time again Rising through the ranks Young Macsen gained command Sword to sword with banners high Assigned to light the African tribes Relentless, fearless, battle-scarred To the South the legion marched For respect is much harder to earn Beyond the bond forged on the battlefield Friendship makes one weak not strong To do whatever has to be done Side by side with banners high To the last one they would fight Relentless, fearless to the end But none of them he called his friend From triumph to triumph Time and time again Commanding them to certain death He rather wants respect Spear to spear with banners high Assigned to stop barbarian tribes Relentless, fearless, battle-scarred To the Fast the legion marched For respect is much harder to earn Beyond the bond forged on the battlefield Friendship makes one weak not strong To do whatever has to be done Side by side with banners high To the last one they would fight Relentless, fearless to the end Each one of them he called his friend |
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5. | Pair Dadeni | 03:49 | Show lyrics |
Marching on to Dinas Brân The ravens called his name Bearer of the Eagle Red To Britain Macsen came A dream of certain death Unveiled to him one night Incursion of the Scots and Picts The onset to the fight Possessed by battle lust he fell For that day he would meet his end But the dream did not reveal The power of the grail of Brân The shards still held strength Honouring his brave demise The druids baptised him Before he died The shards of Pair Dadeni, Restored and blessed again The cauldron of Rebirth, Immortalised through Brân The past no longer of concern Only future you can effect A single dream can make a change Reshape the world and alter fate The shards of Pair Dadeni, Restored and blessed again The cauldron of Rebirth, Immortalised through Brân Magic shards restored his life Miracle for all men to see In his veins its power reigned What about his guiding dreams? Crowned King at Dinas Brân The ravens called his name Bearer of the Dragon Red In Britain Macsen stayed |
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6. | The Mindsong | 05:38 | Show lyrics |
After the hunt, In the heat of the day, The Emperor rested From the gruelling chase As he closed his eyes And gave in to his dreams His mind took him Over mountains and streams To the fairest of islands ever known Through the gates of a mighty keep To an old king on an ivory throne And a maiden on a golden seat His closed eyes had never seen A maiden more fair than She As he kneeled beside her gilded chair She softly sang into his ear "Emperor of Rome, You know I am real Let me love you Beyond your dream" Alas right there and then The emperor’s sleep came to an end "It’s better to be alone", he thought "I have wars to wage, battles to fight Love always leads to pain and loss" But the maiden’s song stuck in his mind "Emperor of Rome, You know I am real If you love me You’ll come to me" He searched the lands And gave in to his dream His quest took him Over mountains and streams To the British islands he would roam Through the gates of a towering keep There sat an old king on an ivory throne And a maiden on a golden seat His open eyes had never seen A maiden more fair than She As he kneeled beside her gilded chair He softly sang into her ear "Empress of Rome, I knew you were real Let me love you Beyond my dreams" |
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7. | Rage for Revenge | 04:51 | Show lyrics |
Seven lengthy years ago Crowned king on British soil Ruler of the western throne Commanding Britain, Spain and Gaul At Helen’s side he ruled the realm Raising castles, building roads Until one day the message came Of his banishment from Rome His title stripped, allies gone They murdered and destroyed them all No longer emperor of the west Disgrace he never would accept Under the Eagle Macsen left To die or triumph over Gaul Under the Dragon he’d return Retaliate and conquer Rome A Celtic army Macsen raised To march and take the throne To join him in his wrath for Rome A Celtic army Macsen raised To march and take the throne To aid him in his rage for revenge Sons of Eudav crushed the gates Dragon army entered Rome Emperor caught and slain Magnus Maximus sat on the Throne Macsen’s rage had died in blood Reflecting on his throne he sat Since everything that he had touched Was now forever changed... His title stripped, allies gone They murdered and destroyed them all No longer emperor of the west Disgrace he never would accept Under the Eagle Macsen left To die or triumph over Gaul Under the Dragon he returned Retaliate and conquer Rome A Celtic army Macsen raised To march and take the throne To join him in his wrath for Rome To aid him in his rage for revenge |
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8. | Dragon’s Head | 05:24 | Show lyrics |
Rushing into battle The onset to defeat It’s Roman killing Roman A clash of West and East Invasion near Aemona The onset to defeat It’s Roman against Roman A clash of West and East Each and all decisions wrong Bringing pain and misery His guiding dreams have come undone Calling forth his destiny The balance of the world seems gone At Aquileia his final stand Cursed with dreadful visions Attacked with overwhelming force Surrounded by eastern legions The Battle of the Save Why didn’t he foresee? His guiding dreams have come undone Calling forth his destiny Rushing into battle The onset to defeat It’s Roman killing Roman A clash of West and East At Aquileia his final stand Cursed with dreadful visions Attacked with overwhelming force Surrounded by legions Battle of the Save Why didn’t he foresee? Incursions into Gaul His generals defeated The enemy victorious Conquering Gaul Attacked from every side Macsen wouldn’t die A red mist came before his eyes Executed for all to see Finally his dreams made sense Embracing his dark destiny Magnus, The Emperor is dead Magnus Maximus The Emperor is dead Behold Penn Dragon The Dragon’s Head |
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9. | Defiant Dreams | 04:26 | Show lyrics |
As ages went by The dreaming head survived Enclosed in a black shrine Oracle for the mighty and high Caught in a strange inner battle A place beyond time Its struggle within Unapparent from without Once all the power in the world was mine All that’s left is moribund flesh And the power to keep my dreams alive Plant ideas in someone’s mind My mind is trembling My thoughts absorbed by the ancient stones My spirit is willing My dreams defiant past flesh and bone All the choices in the world are mine All that’s left is drying flesh And the power to make my mark in time Plant ideas in someone’s mind My mind a whirl of visions My thoughts absorbed by the ancient stones My spirit is soaring My dreams defiant past flesh and bone As ages went by The dreaming head survived Enclosed in a black shrine Oracle for the mighty and high Heir to an ancient mystery From a place beyond time Its knowledge within Unapparent from without Once I went on a quest divine When all i had was a legion of men I sought and found eternal life I conquered the world and made it mine My mind is wide awake My thoughts absorbed by the ancient stones My spirit is exulting My dreams defiant past flesh and bone My mind a well of power My thoughts absorbed by the ancient stones My spirit undying My dreams defiant past flesh and bone But knowledge has to grow in time All that’s left is lost days past The things I’ve done and left undone A dreaming head under a dawn sky As ages went by The dreaming head survived Enclosed in a black shrine Oracle for the mighty and high Cursed with immortality In a place beyond time Its dreams within Unapparent from without |
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10. | Damnatio Memoriae | 04:00 | Show lyrics |
In the dark The head was silent For all eternity Erased from memory Reflecting his desires To roam the world To travel from sky to sky To make his mark in time Immortal travesty Erased from history In the end He closed his eyes And gave himself to dreams... |
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11. | Mrs. McGrath | 05:14 | Show lyrics |
Now, Mrs. McGrath, the sargent said, Would you like to make a soldier out of your son Ted? With a scarlet coat and a big cocked hat, Mrs. McGrath, wouldn’t you like that? Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Now, Mrs McGrath lived on the shore And after seven years or more She spied a ship come into the bay With her son from far away "O captain dear, where have ye been? You been sailing the Mediterranean Have you news of my son Ted Is he living or is he dead?" Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Then came Ted without any legs And in their place two wooden pegs She kissed him a dozen times or two And said, "my God, Ted, is it you? Now were ye drunk or were ye blind When ye left your two fine legs behind? Or was it walking upon the sea That wore your two fine legs away?" Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa "Now I wasn’t drunk and I wasn’t blind When I left my two fine legs behind A cannonball on the fifth of May Tore my two fine legs away" "My, Teddy boy," the widow cried "Your two fine legs were yer mother’s pride Stumps of a tree won’t do at all Why didn’t ye run from the cannonball?" Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa "All foreign wars I do proclaim Between Don John and the King of Spain I’d rather have my son as he used to be Than the King of France and his whole Navy" Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa |
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50:22 |
Eternal Defiance
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Vocals, Guitars, Banjo, Orchestrations |
Lars Wehner | Drums |
Tim Siebrecht | Bass |
Marius "Jussi" Pesch | Guitars |
Guest/Session | |
Tina Stabel | Piano, Vocals (female) |
Sebastian Hintz | Guitars (acoustic), Vocals (backing) |
Axel Römer | Highland bagpipes |
Arne Gerits | Violin |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork, Lyrics, Layout |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Producer, Mixing, Mastering |
Axel Jusseit | Photography |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Storming the Walls | 03:14 | instrumental |
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2. | Inner Sanctum | 05:08 | Show lyrics |
Entering the dark stone hall The inner sanctum They felt an eerie presence Something ancient, something strong Black iron box in the darkness Inside the niche across the hall This was what they had to defend This was where their master went To seek the counsel of the living head To seek the counsel of the baphomet 10.000 strong, they stormed the walls To end the gruelling siege To battle, murder and destroy The last crusader keep Defended by 300 knights This was their final stand 10.000 souls had stormed the walls The knights gave up the fight Inside the crypt the head recalled The story of his life... Dark eyes surveyed them from inside Terrible soul-searing sight Eyes shimmering with ancient knowledge Eyes filled with ancient pride The head of a Roman Emperor Adored with a laurel crown? Or the face of a Celtic king With runic Ogham carved? This was what they had to defend This was where their master went To seek the counsel of the living head To seek the counsel of the Baphomet "10.000 souls had stormed the walls The knights gave up the fight Inside the crypt the head recalled The story of his life..." |
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3. | Beneath the Red Eagle | 04:51 | Show lyrics |
Once this day was but a dream Yet now I’m here and this is real This moment will live on through all times The hills of Spain I’ll leave behind Today I’ll join the legion with pride The time has come to say goodbye Today, my son, we must part ways Go forth beyond the hills of Spain O, my son, the heavens you could scale Yet only Gods may live forevermore As for man, nothing of his days remains Unless you earn yourself a name Beneath the Eagle you will march To fight for Rome, to slay or die Under the Eagle you will ride To fight to the end and then fight again To fight to the end and then fight again If word should come of my demise Then do not cry and keep in mind That I’ll have found a good way to die So march, my son, under the Roman Eagle On the road from where there is no way back Let your dreams forever be your guide And inspire you to deeds of heroic might Yet you, my son, unlike other men Are blessed with a special trade To look beyond the veil of time And turn the hand of fate Beneath the Eagle I will march To fight for Rome, to slay or die Under the Eagle I will ride To fight to the end and then fight again To fight to the end and then fight again If word should come of your demise Then I won’t cry and keep in mind That you’ll have found a good way to die Doubt is lurking in my mind For what I’ve seen in my weirdest dream Eternal life, it can’t be real And though indeed I will earn fame... History will erase my name |
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4. | March of Conquest | 03:47 | Show lyrics |
Shield to shield with banners high War and conquest on their minds Relentless, fearless, battle-scarred To the West the legion marched From triumph to triumph Time and time again Rising through the ranks Young Macsen gained command Sword to sword with banners high Assigned to light the African tribes Relentless, fearless, battle-scarred To the South the legion marched For respect is much harder to earn Beyond the bond forged on the battlefield Friendship makes one weak not strong To do whatever has to be done Side by side with banners high To the last one they would fight Relentless, fearless to the end But none of them he called his friend From triumph to triumph Time and time again Commanding them to certain death He rather wants respect Spear to spear with banners high Assigned to stop barbarian tribes Relentless, fearless, battle-scarred To the Fast the legion marched For respect is much harder to earn Beyond the bond forged on the battlefield Friendship makes one weak not strong To do whatever has to be done Side by side with banners high To the last one they would fight Relentless, fearless to the end Each one of them he called his friend |
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5. | Pair Dadeni | 03:49 | Show lyrics |
Marching on to Dinas Brân The ravens called his name Bearer of the Eagle Red To Britain Macsen came A dream of certain death Unveiled to him one night Incursion of the Scots and Picts The onset to the fight Possessed by battle lust he fell For that day he would meet his end But the dream did not reveal The power of the grail of Brân The shards still held strength Honouring his brave demise The druids baptised him Before he died The shards of Pair Dadeni, Restored and blessed again The cauldron of Rebirth, Immortalised through Brân The past no longer of concern Only future you can effect A single dream can make a change Reshape the world and alter fate The shards of Pair Dadeni, Restored and blessed again The cauldron of Rebirth, Immortalised through Brân Magic shards restored his life Miracle for all men to see In his veins its power reigned What about his guiding dreams? Crowned King at Dinas Brân The ravens called his name Bearer of the Dragon Red In Britain Macsen stayed |
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6. | The Mindsong | 05:38 | Show lyrics |
After the hunt, In the heat of the day, The Emperor rested From the gruelling chase As he closed his eyes And gave in to his dreams His mind took him Over mountains and streams To the fairest of islands ever known Through the gates of a mighty keep To an old king on an ivory throne And a maiden on a golden seat His closed eyes had never seen A maiden more fair than She As he kneeled beside her gilded chair She softly sang into his ear "Emperor of Rome, You know I am real Let me love you Beyond your dream" Alas right there and then The emperor’s sleep came to an end "It’s better to be alone", he thought "I have wars to wage, battles to fight Love always leads to pain and loss" But the maiden’s song stuck in his mind "Emperor of Rome, You know I am real If you love me You’ll come to me" He searched the lands And gave in to his dream His quest took him Over mountains and streams To the British islands he would roam Through the gates of a towering keep There sat an old king on an ivory throne And a maiden on a golden seat His open eyes had never seen A maiden more fair than She As he kneeled beside her gilded chair He softly sang into her ear "Empress of Rome, I knew you were real Let me love you Beyond my dreams" |
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7. | Rage for Revenge | 04:51 | Show lyrics |
Seven lengthy years ago Crowned king on British soil Ruler of the western throne Commanding Britain, Spain and Gaul At Helen’s side he ruled the realm Raising castles, building roads Until one day the message came Of his banishment from Rome His title stripped, allies gone They murdered and destroyed them all No longer emperor of the west Disgrace he never would accept Under the Eagle Macsen left To die or triumph over Gaul Under the Dragon he’d return Retaliate and conquer Rome A Celtic army Macsen raised To march and take the throne To join him in his wrath for Rome A Celtic army Macsen raised To march and take the throne To aid him in his rage for revenge Sons of Eudav crushed the gates Dragon army entered Rome Emperor caught and slain Magnus Maximus sat on the Throne Macsen’s rage had died in blood Reflecting on his throne he sat Since everything that he had touched Was now forever changed... His title stripped, allies gone They murdered and destroyed them all No longer emperor of the west Disgrace he never would accept Under the Eagle Macsen left To die or triumph over Gaul Under the Dragon he returned Retaliate and conquer Rome A Celtic army Macsen raised To march and take the throne To join him in his wrath for Rome To aid him in his rage for revenge |
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8. | Dragon’s Head | 05:24 | Show lyrics |
Rushing into battle The onset to defeat It’s Roman killing Roman A clash of West and East Invasion near Aemona The onset to defeat It’s Roman against Roman A clash of West and East Each and all decisions wrong Bringing pain and misery His guiding dreams have come undone Calling forth his destiny The balance of the world seems gone At Aquileia his final stand Cursed with dreadful visions Attacked with overwhelming force Surrounded by eastern legions The Battle of the Save Why didn’t he foresee? His guiding dreams have come undone Calling forth his destiny Rushing into battle The onset to defeat It’s Roman killing Roman A clash of West and East At Aquileia his final stand Cursed with dreadful visions Attacked with overwhelming force Surrounded by legions Battle of the Save Why didn’t he foresee? Incursions into Gaul His generals defeated The enemy victorious Conquering Gaul Attacked from every side Macsen wouldn’t die A red mist came before his eyes Executed for all to see Finally his dreams made sense Embracing his dark destiny Magnus, The Emperor is dead Magnus Maximus The Emperor is dead Behold Penn Dragon The Dragon’s Head |
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9. | Defiant Dreams | 04:26 | Show lyrics |
As ages went by The dreaming head survived Enclosed in a black shrine Oracle for the mighty and high Caught in a strange inner battle A place beyond time Its struggle within Unapparent from without Once all the power in the world was mine All that’s left is moribund flesh And the power to keep my dreams alive Plant ideas in someone’s mind My mind is trembling My thoughts absorbed by the ancient stones My spirit is willing My dreams defiant past flesh and bone All the choices in the world are mine All that’s left is drying flesh And the power to make my mark in time Plant ideas in someone’s mind My mind a whirl of visions My thoughts absorbed by the ancient stones My spirit is soaring My dreams defiant past flesh and bone As ages went by The dreaming head survived Enclosed in a black shrine Oracle for the mighty and high Heir to an ancient mystery From a place beyond time Its knowledge within Unapparent from without Once I went on a quest divine When all i had was a legion of men I sought and found eternal life I conquered the world and made it mine My mind is wide awake My thoughts absorbed by the ancient stones My spirit is exulting My dreams defiant past flesh and bone My mind a well of power My thoughts absorbed by the ancient stones My spirit undying My dreams defiant past flesh and bone But knowledge has to grow in time All that’s left is lost days past The things I’ve done and left undone A dreaming head under a dawn sky As ages went by The dreaming head survived Enclosed in a black shrine Oracle for the mighty and high Cursed with immortality In a place beyond time Its dreams within Unapparent from without |
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10. | Damnatio Memoriae | 04:00 | Show lyrics |
In the dark The head was silent For all eternity Erased from memory Reflecting his desires To roam the world To travel from sky to sky To make his mark in time Immortal travesty Erased from history In the end He closed his eyes And gave himself to dreams... |
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11. | Mrs. McGrath | 05:14 | Show lyrics |
Now, Mrs. McGrath, the sargent said, Would you like to make a soldier out of your son Ted? With a scarlet coat and a big cocked hat, Mrs. McGrath, wouldn’t you like that? Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Now, Mrs McGrath lived on the shore And after seven years or more She spied a ship come into the bay With her son from far away "O captain dear, where have ye been? You been sailing the Mediterranean Have you news of my son Ted Is he living or is he dead?" Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Then came Ted without any legs And in their place two wooden pegs She kissed him a dozen times or two And said, "my God, Ted, is it you? Now were ye drunk or were ye blind When ye left your two fine legs behind? Or was it walking upon the sea That wore your two fine legs away?" Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa "Now I wasn’t drunk and I wasn’t blind When I left my two fine legs behind A cannonball on the fifth of May Tore my two fine legs away" "My, Teddy boy," the widow cried "Your two fine legs were yer mother’s pride Stumps of a tree won’t do at all Why didn’t ye run from the cannonball?" Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa "All foreign wars I do proclaim Between Don John and the King of Spain I’d rather have my son as he used to be Than the King of France and his whole Navy" Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa |
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50:22 |
Eternal Defiance
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Vocals, Guitars, Banjo, Orchestrations |
Lars Wehner | Drums |
Tim Siebrecht | Bass |
Marius "Jussi" Pesch | Guitars |
Guest/Session | |
Sebastian Hintz | Guitars (acoustic), Vocals (backing) |
Tina Stabel | Piano, Vocals (female) |
Arne Gerits | Violin |
Axel Römer | Highland bagpipes |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork, Lyrics, Layout |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Producer, Mixing, Mastering |
Axel Jusseit | Photography |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Storming the Walls | 03:14 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
2. | Inner Sanctum | 05:08 | Show lyrics |
Entering the dark stone hall The inner sanctum They felt an eerie presence Something ancient, something strong Black iron box in the darkness Inside the niche across the hall This was what they had to defend This was where their master went To seek the counsel of the living head To seek the counsel of the baphomet 10.000 strong, they stormed the walls To end the gruelling siege To battle, murder and destroy The last crusader keep Defended by 300 knights This was their final stand 10.000 souls had stormed the walls The knights gave up the fight Inside the crypt the head recalled The story of his life... Dark eyes surveyed them from inside Terrible soul-searing sight Eyes shimmering with ancient knowledge Eyes filled with ancient pride The head of a Roman Emperor Adored with a laurel crown? Or the face of a Celtic king With runic Ogham carved? This was what they had to defend This was where their master went To seek the counsel of the living head To seek the counsel of the Baphomet "10.000 souls had stormed the walls The knights gave up the fight Inside the crypt the head recalled The story of his life..." |
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3. | Beneath the Red Eagle | 04:51 | Show lyrics |
Once this day was but a dream Yet now I’m here and this is real This moment will live on through all times The hills of Spain I’ll leave behind Today I’ll join the legion with pride The time has come to say goodbye Today, my son, we must part ways Go forth beyond the hills of Spain O, my son, the heavens you could scale Yet only Gods may live forevermore As for man, nothing of his days remains Unless you earn yourself a name Beneath the Eagle you will march To fight for Rome, to slay or die Under the Eagle you will ride To fight to the end and then fight again To fight to the end and then fight again If word should come of my demise Then do not cry and keep in mind That I’ll have found a good way to die So march, my son, under the Roman Eagle On the road from where there is no way back Let your dreams forever be your guide And inspire you to deeds of heroic might Yet you, my son, unlike other men Are blessed with a special trade To look beyond the veil of time And turn the hand of fate Beneath the Eagle I will march To fight for Rome, to slay or die Under the Eagle I will ride To fight to the end and then fight again To fight to the end and then fight again If word should come of your demise Then I won’t cry and keep in mind That you’ll have found a good way to die Doubt is lurking in my mind For what I’ve seen in my weirdest dream Eternal life, it can’t be real And though indeed I will earn fame... History will erase my name |
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4. | March of Conquest | 03:47 | Show lyrics |
Shield to shield with banners high War and conquest on their minds Relentless, fearless, battle-scarred To the West the legion marched From triumph to triumph Time and time again Rising through the ranks Young Macsen gained command Sword to sword with banners high Assigned to light the African tribes Relentless, fearless, battle-scarred To the South the legion marched For respect is much harder to earn Beyond the bond forged on the battlefield Friendship makes one weak not strong To do whatever has to be done Side by side with banners high To the last one they would fight Relentless, fearless to the end But none of them he called his friend From triumph to triumph Time and time again Commanding them to certain death He rather wants respect Spear to spear with banners high Assigned to stop barbarian tribes Relentless, fearless, battle-scarred To the Fast the legion marched For respect is much harder to earn Beyond the bond forged on the battlefield Friendship makes one weak not strong To do whatever has to be done Side by side with banners high To the last one they would fight Relentless, fearless to the end Each one of them he called his friend |
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5. | Pair Dadeni | 03:49 | Show lyrics |
Marching on to Dinas Brân The ravens called his name Bearer of the Eagle Red To Britain Macsen came A dream of certain death Unveiled to him one night Incursion of the Scots and Picts The onset to the fight Possessed by battle lust he fell For that day he would meet his end But the dream did not reveal The power of the grail of Brân The shards still held strength Honouring his brave demise The druids baptised him Before he died The shards of Pair Dadeni, Restored and blessed again The cauldron of Rebirth, Immortalised through Brân The past no longer of concern Only future you can effect A single dream can make a change Reshape the world and alter fate The shards of Pair Dadeni, Restored and blessed again The cauldron of Rebirth, Immortalised through Brân Magic shards restored his life Miracle for all men to see In his veins its power reigned What about his guiding dreams? Crowned King at Dinas Brân The ravens called his name Bearer of the Dragon Red In Britain Macsen stayed |
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6. | The Mindsong | 05:38 | Show lyrics |
After the hunt, In the heat of the day, The Emperor rested From the gruelling chase As he closed his eyes And gave in to his dreams His mind took him Over mountains and streams To the fairest of islands ever known Through the gates of a mighty keep To an old king on an ivory throne And a maiden on a golden seat His closed eyes had never seen A maiden more fair than She As he kneeled beside her gilded chair She softly sang into his ear "Emperor of Rome, You know I am real Let me love you Beyond your dream" Alas right there and then The emperor’s sleep came to an end "It’s better to be alone", he thought "I have wars to wage, battles to fight Love always leads to pain and loss" But the maiden’s song stuck in his mind "Emperor of Rome, You know I am real If you love me You’ll come to me" He searched the lands And gave in to his dream His quest took him Over mountains and streams To the British islands he would roam Through the gates of a towering keep There sat an old king on an ivory throne And a maiden on a golden seat His open eyes had never seen A maiden more fair than She As he kneeled beside her gilded chair He softly sang into her ear "Empress of Rome, I knew you were real Let me love you Beyond my dreams" |
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7. | Rage for Revenge | 04:51 | Show lyrics |
Seven lengthy years ago Crowned king on British soil Ruler of the western throne Commanding Britain, Spain and Gaul At Helen’s side he ruled the realm Raising castles, building roads Until one day the message came Of his banishment from Rome His title stripped, allies gone They murdered and destroyed them all No longer emperor of the west Disgrace he never would accept Under the Eagle Macsen left To die or triumph over Gaul Under the Dragon he’d return Retaliate and conquer Rome A Celtic army Macsen raised To march and take the throne To join him in his wrath for Rome A Celtic army Macsen raised To march and take the throne To aid him in his rage for revenge Sons of Eudav crushed the gates Dragon army entered Rome Emperor caught and slain Magnus Maximus sat on the Throne Macsen’s rage had died in blood Reflecting on his throne he sat Since everything that he had touched Was now forever changed... His title stripped, allies gone They murdered and destroyed them all No longer emperor of the west Disgrace he never would accept Under the Eagle Macsen left To die or triumph over Gaul Under the Dragon he returned Retaliate and conquer Rome A Celtic army Macsen raised To march and take the throne To join him in his wrath for Rome To aid him in his rage for revenge |
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8. | Dragon’s Head | 05:24 | Show lyrics |
Rushing into battle The onset to defeat It’s Roman killing Roman A clash of West and East Invasion near Aemona The onset to defeat It’s Roman against Roman A clash of West and East Each and all decisions wrong Bringing pain and misery His guiding dreams have come undone Calling forth his destiny The balance of the world seems gone At Aquileia his final stand Cursed with dreadful visions Attacked with overwhelming force Surrounded by eastern legions The Battle of the Save Why didn’t he foresee? His guiding dreams have come undone Calling forth his destiny Rushing into battle The onset to defeat It’s Roman killing Roman A clash of West and East At Aquileia his final stand Cursed with dreadful visions Attacked with overwhelming force Surrounded by legions Battle of the Save Why didn’t he foresee? Incursions into Gaul His generals defeated The enemy victorious Conquering Gaul Attacked from every side Macsen wouldn’t die A red mist came before his eyes Executed for all to see Finally his dreams made sense Embracing his dark destiny Magnus, The Emperor is dead Magnus Maximus The Emperor is dead Behold Penn Dragon The Dragon’s Head |
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9. | Defiant Dreams | 04:26 | Show lyrics |
As ages went by The dreaming head survived Enclosed in a black shrine Oracle for the mighty and high Caught in a strange inner battle A place beyond time Its struggle within Unapparent from without Once all the power in the world was mine All that’s left is moribund flesh And the power to keep my dreams alive Plant ideas in someone’s mind My mind is trembling My thoughts absorbed by the ancient stones My spirit is willing My dreams defiant past flesh and bone All the choices in the world are mine All that’s left is drying flesh And the power to make my mark in time Plant ideas in someone’s mind My mind a whirl of visions My thoughts absorbed by the ancient stones My spirit is soaring My dreams defiant past flesh and bone As ages went by The dreaming head survived Enclosed in a black shrine Oracle for the mighty and high Heir to an ancient mystery From a place beyond time Its knowledge within Unapparent from without Once I went on a quest divine When all i had was a legion of men I sought and found eternal life I conquered the world and made it mine My mind is wide awake My thoughts absorbed by the ancient stones My spirit is exulting My dreams defiant past flesh and bone My mind a well of power My thoughts absorbed by the ancient stones My spirit undying My dreams defiant past flesh and bone But knowledge has to grow in time All that’s left is lost days past The things I’ve done and left undone A dreaming head under a dawn sky As ages went by The dreaming head survived Enclosed in a black shrine Oracle for the mighty and high Cursed with immortality In a place beyond time Its dreams within Unapparent from without |
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10. | Damnatio Memoriae | 04:00 | Show lyrics |
In the dark The head was silent For all eternity Erased from memory Reflecting his desires To roam the world To travel from sky to sky To make his mark in time Immortal travesty Erased from history In the end He closed his eyes And gave himself to dreams... |
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11. | Mrs. McGrath | 05:14 | Show lyrics |
Now, Mrs. McGrath, the sargent said, Would you like to make a soldier out of your son Ted? With a scarlet coat and a big cocked hat, Mrs. McGrath, wouldn’t you like that? Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Now, Mrs McGrath lived on the shore And after seven years or more She spied a ship come into the bay With her son from far away "O captain dear, where have ye been? You been sailing the Mediterranean Have you news of my son Ted Is he living or is he dead?" Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Then came Ted without any legs And in their place two wooden pegs She kissed him a dozen times or two And said, "my God, Ted, is it you? Now were ye drunk or were ye blind When ye left your two fine legs behind? Or was it walking upon the sea That wore your two fine legs away?" Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa "Now I wasn’t drunk and I wasn’t blind When I left my two fine legs behind A cannonball on the fifth of May Tore my two fine legs away" "My, Teddy boy," the widow cried "Your two fine legs were yer mother’s pride Stumps of a tree won’t do at all Why didn’t ye run from the cannonball?" Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa "All foreign wars I do proclaim Between Don John and the King of Spain I’d rather have my son as he used to be Than the King of France and his whole Navy" Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa |
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Eternal Defiance
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Vocals, Guitars, Banjo, Orchestrations |
Lars Wehner | Drums |
Tim Siebrecht | Bass |
Marius "Jussi" Pesch | Guitars |
Guest/Session | |
Tina Stabel | Piano, Vocals (female) |
Sebastian Hintz | Guitars (acoustic), Vocals (backing) |
Arne Gerits | Violin |
Axel Römer | Highland bagpipes |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork, Lyrics, Layout |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Producer, Mixing, Mastering |
Axel Jusseit | Photography |
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1. | Storming the Walls | 03:14 | instrumental |
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2. | Inner Sanctum | 05:08 | Show lyrics |
Entering the dark stone hall The inner sanctum They felt an eerie presence Something ancient, something strong Black iron box in the darkness Inside the niche across the hall This was what they had to defend This was where their master went To seek the counsel of the living head To seek the counsel of the baphomet 10.000 strong, they stormed the walls To end the gruelling siege To battle, murder and destroy The last crusader keep Defended by 300 knights This was their final stand 10.000 souls had stormed the walls The knights gave up the fight Inside the crypt the head recalled The story of his life... Dark eyes surveyed them from inside Terrible soul-searing sight Eyes shimmering with ancient knowledge Eyes filled with ancient pride The head of a Roman Emperor Adored with a laurel crown? Or the face of a Celtic king With runic Ogham carved? This was what they had to defend This was where their master went To seek the counsel of the living head To seek the counsel of the Baphomet "10.000 souls had stormed the walls The knights gave up the fight Inside the crypt the head recalled The story of his life..." |
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3. | Beneath the Red Eagle | 04:51 | Show lyrics |
Once this day was but a dream Yet now I’m here and this is real This moment will live on through all times The hills of Spain I’ll leave behind Today I’ll join the legion with pride The time has come to say goodbye Today, my son, we must part ways Go forth beyond the hills of Spain O, my son, the heavens you could scale Yet only Gods may live forevermore As for man, nothing of his days remains Unless you earn yourself a name Beneath the Eagle you will march To fight for Rome, to slay or die Under the Eagle you will ride To fight to the end and then fight again To fight to the end and then fight again If word should come of my demise Then do not cry and keep in mind That I’ll have found a good way to die So march, my son, under the Roman Eagle On the road from where there is no way back Let your dreams forever be your guide And inspire you to deeds of heroic might Yet you, my son, unlike other men Are blessed with a special trade To look beyond the veil of time And turn the hand of fate Beneath the Eagle I will march To fight for Rome, to slay or die Under the Eagle I will ride To fight to the end and then fight again To fight to the end and then fight again If word should come of your demise Then I won’t cry and keep in mind That you’ll have found a good way to die Doubt is lurking in my mind For what I’ve seen in my weirdest dream Eternal life, it can’t be real And though indeed I will earn fame... History will erase my name |
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4. | March of Conquest | 03:47 | Show lyrics |
Shield to shield with banners high War and conquest on their minds Relentless, fearless, battle-scarred To the West the legion marched From triumph to triumph Time and time again Rising through the ranks Young Macsen gained command Sword to sword with banners high Assigned to light the African tribes Relentless, fearless, battle-scarred To the South the legion marched For respect is much harder to earn Beyond the bond forged on the battlefield Friendship makes one weak not strong To do whatever has to be done Side by side with banners high To the last one they would fight Relentless, fearless to the end But none of them he called his friend From triumph to triumph Time and time again Commanding them to certain death He rather wants respect Spear to spear with banners high Assigned to stop barbarian tribes Relentless, fearless, battle-scarred To the Fast the legion marched For respect is much harder to earn Beyond the bond forged on the battlefield Friendship makes one weak not strong To do whatever has to be done Side by side with banners high To the last one they would fight Relentless, fearless to the end Each one of them he called his friend |
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5. | Pair Dadeni | 03:49 | Show lyrics |
Marching on to Dinas Brân The ravens called his name Bearer of the Eagle Red To Britain Macsen came A dream of certain death Unveiled to him one night Incursion of the Scots and Picts The onset to the fight Possessed by battle lust he fell For that day he would meet his end But the dream did not reveal The power of the grail of Brân The shards still held strength Honouring his brave demise The druids baptised him Before he died The shards of Pair Dadeni, Restored and blessed again The cauldron of Rebirth, Immortalised through Brân The past no longer of concern Only future you can effect A single dream can make a change Reshape the world and alter fate The shards of Pair Dadeni, Restored and blessed again The cauldron of Rebirth, Immortalised through Brân Magic shards restored his life Miracle for all men to see In his veins its power reigned What about his guiding dreams? Crowned King at Dinas Brân The ravens called his name Bearer of the Dragon Red In Britain Macsen stayed |
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6. | The Mindsong | 05:38 | Show lyrics |
After the hunt, In the heat of the day, The Emperor rested From the gruelling chase As he closed his eyes And gave in to his dreams His mind took him Over mountains and streams To the fairest of islands ever known Through the gates of a mighty keep To an old king on an ivory throne And a maiden on a golden seat His closed eyes had never seen A maiden more fair than She As he kneeled beside her gilded chair She softly sang into his ear "Emperor of Rome, You know I am real Let me love you Beyond your dream" Alas right there and then The emperor’s sleep came to an end "It’s better to be alone", he thought "I have wars to wage, battles to fight Love always leads to pain and loss" But the maiden’s song stuck in his mind "Emperor of Rome, You know I am real If you love me You’ll come to me" He searched the lands And gave in to his dream His quest took him Over mountains and streams To the British islands he would roam Through the gates of a towering keep There sat an old king on an ivory throne And a maiden on a golden seat His open eyes had never seen A maiden more fair than She As he kneeled beside her gilded chair He softly sang into her ear "Empress of Rome, I knew you were real Let me love you Beyond my dreams" |
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7. | Rage for Revenge | 04:51 | Show lyrics |
Seven lengthy years ago Crowned king on British soil Ruler of the western throne Commanding Britain, Spain and Gaul At Helen’s side he ruled the realm Raising castles, building roads Until one day the message came Of his banishment from Rome His title stripped, allies gone They murdered and destroyed them all No longer emperor of the west Disgrace he never would accept Under the Eagle Macsen left To die or triumph over Gaul Under the Dragon he’d return Retaliate and conquer Rome A Celtic army Macsen raised To march and take the throne To join him in his wrath for Rome A Celtic army Macsen raised To march and take the throne To aid him in his rage for revenge Sons of Eudav crushed the gates Dragon army entered Rome Emperor caught and slain Magnus Maximus sat on the Throne Macsen’s rage had died in blood Reflecting on his throne he sat Since everything that he had touched Was now forever changed... His title stripped, allies gone They murdered and destroyed them all No longer emperor of the west Disgrace he never would accept Under the Eagle Macsen left To die or triumph over Gaul Under the Dragon he returned Retaliate and conquer Rome A Celtic army Macsen raised To march and take the throne To join him in his wrath for Rome To aid him in his rage for revenge |
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8. | Dragon’s Head | 05:24 | Show lyrics |
Rushing into battle The onset to defeat It’s Roman killing Roman A clash of West and East Invasion near Aemona The onset to defeat It’s Roman against Roman A clash of West and East Each and all decisions wrong Bringing pain and misery His guiding dreams have come undone Calling forth his destiny The balance of the world seems gone At Aquileia his final stand Cursed with dreadful visions Attacked with overwhelming force Surrounded by eastern legions The Battle of the Save Why didn’t he foresee? His guiding dreams have come undone Calling forth his destiny Rushing into battle The onset to defeat It’s Roman killing Roman A clash of West and East At Aquileia his final stand Cursed with dreadful visions Attacked with overwhelming force Surrounded by legions Battle of the Save Why didn’t he foresee? Incursions into Gaul His generals defeated The enemy victorious Conquering Gaul Attacked from every side Macsen wouldn’t die A red mist came before his eyes Executed for all to see Finally his dreams made sense Embracing his dark destiny Magnus, The Emperor is dead Magnus Maximus The Emperor is dead Behold Penn Dragon The Dragon’s Head |
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9. | Defiant Dreams | 04:26 | Show lyrics |
As ages went by The dreaming head survived Enclosed in a black shrine Oracle for the mighty and high Caught in a strange inner battle A place beyond time Its struggle within Unapparent from without Once all the power in the world was mine All that’s left is moribund flesh And the power to keep my dreams alive Plant ideas in someone’s mind My mind is trembling My thoughts absorbed by the ancient stones My spirit is willing My dreams defiant past flesh and bone All the choices in the world are mine All that’s left is drying flesh And the power to make my mark in time Plant ideas in someone’s mind My mind a whirl of visions My thoughts absorbed by the ancient stones My spirit is soaring My dreams defiant past flesh and bone As ages went by The dreaming head survived Enclosed in a black shrine Oracle for the mighty and high Heir to an ancient mystery From a place beyond time Its knowledge within Unapparent from without Once I went on a quest divine When all i had was a legion of men I sought and found eternal life I conquered the world and made it mine My mind is wide awake My thoughts absorbed by the ancient stones My spirit is exulting My dreams defiant past flesh and bone My mind a well of power My thoughts absorbed by the ancient stones My spirit undying My dreams defiant past flesh and bone But knowledge has to grow in time All that’s left is lost days past The things I’ve done and left undone A dreaming head under a dawn sky As ages went by The dreaming head survived Enclosed in a black shrine Oracle for the mighty and high Cursed with immortality In a place beyond time Its dreams within Unapparent from without |
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10. | Damnatio Memoriae | 04:00 | Show lyrics |
In the dark The head was silent For all eternity Erased from memory Reflecting his desires To roam the world To travel from sky to sky To make his mark in time Immortal travesty Erased from history In the end He closed his eyes And gave himself to dreams... |
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11. | Mrs. McGrath | 05:14 | Show lyrics |
Now, Mrs. McGrath, the sargent said, Would you like to make a soldier out of your son Ted? With a scarlet coat and a big cocked hat, Mrs. McGrath, wouldn’t you like that? Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Now, Mrs McGrath lived on the shore And after seven years or more She spied a ship come into the bay With her son from far away "O captain dear, where have ye been? You been sailing the Mediterranean Have you news of my son Ted Is he living or is he dead?" Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Then came Ted without any legs And in their place two wooden pegs She kissed him a dozen times or two And said, "my God, Ted, is it you? Now were ye drunk or were ye blind When ye left your two fine legs behind? Or was it walking upon the sea That wore your two fine legs away?" Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa "Now I wasn’t drunk and I wasn’t blind When I left my two fine legs behind A cannonball on the fifth of May Tore my two fine legs away" "My, Teddy boy," the widow cried "Your two fine legs were yer mother’s pride Stumps of a tree won’t do at all Why didn’t ye run from the cannonball?" Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa "All foreign wars I do proclaim Between Don John and the King of Spain I’d rather have my son as he used to be Than the King of France and his whole Navy" Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa Too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa Too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa |
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12. | Beneath the Red Eagle (Orchestral version) | 03:22 | instrumental |
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Realms of Odoric
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Band members | |
Arkadius | Vocals, Guitars, Orchestrations, Songwriting |
Lars | Drums |
Tim | Bass |
Jussi | Guitars |
Guest/Session | |
Tina Stabel | Vocals (female) |
Axel Römer | Bagpipes |
Matthias "Metti" Zimmer | Vocals |
Sascha Aßbach | Vocals |
Sebastian "Seebi" Jensen | Vocals, Guitars (acoustic) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art, Layout, Lyrics |
Martin Buchwalter | Producer, Recording, Mixing, Mastering |
Nicole Volz | Photography |
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1. | Into the Realm | 01:15 | Show lyrics |
The past... is forged with each decision The future... is unwritten The final stand... the realm of my existence |
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2. | The Serpent Within | 04:09 | Show lyrics |
Standing tall on Ankrath’s walls An inward journey begins There is clarity in solitude My strength and spirit soars Ancient wisdom Born from deep within my bones Marching on with sole defiance Ever forward unto dawn... Oh, how to shape our destiny And choose for ill or good Oh, how to end this tyranny Without becoming a tyrant myself? This life is but a spiral path The serpent lurks inside A road towards eternity The future is the past Standing at this dim threshold An inward river flows There is honesty in solitude My strength and spirit calls Ancient power Born from deep within this sword Marching on with sole defiance Ever forward into war... Oh, how to earn eternity This torment to endure Oh, how to face this evil horde Without turning to evil myself? This life is but a spiral path The serpent lurks inside A road towards eternity The future is the past Oh, how to deceive mortality This sacrifice and doom Oh, how to end this wrathful god Without becoming godlike myself |
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3. | The Hunter’s Horde | 04:27 | Show lyrics |
In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s horde is stalking In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s horde is out for blood Crawling, stumbling in the shadows A fallen legion’s last few men Swallowed up by savage woods Wading through the gates of hell Dodging hails of silent arrows Facing overwhelming odds Chased by ruthless Pictish fiends Striking at them from the dark In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s horde is stalking... In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s horde is out for blood! Preying on the wounded soldiers Picking victims one by one Hunting them like frightened creatures Answering the hunter’s call In the dark woods In the dead of night can you hear, the hunter’s calling! In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s calling out for blood! Escape towards the coming dawn To the great Darcanian wall At the edge of the dark hell Where redemption awaits us all In the dark woods In the dead of night can you hear, the hunter’s calling! In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s calling out for blood! Crawling, stumbling from the shadows A fallen legion’s last few men Emerging from the wildwood Returning from the gates of hell Prey turns into predator Only instinct drives them forth Reborn more beast than man They survived the hunter’s call In the dark woods In the dead of night In the dark woods In the dead of night In the dark woods In the dead of night In the dark woods In the dead of night |
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4. | Creeping Blood | 02:03 | Show lyrics |
Creeping darkness Born from severed skulls... Ancient blood Craving new flesh Blue veins turning black... A dark voice rising Commanding from the void Ancient blood Craving new flesh |
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5. | Undaunted | 04:00 | Show lyrics |
Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Oh, can you hear the clashing swords? The battle cries and horns of war? The stench of death is in the air Invading our ancestral lands... No time to mourn our fallen kin The slaughter of the innocents And tough our clan may not remain The blood of battle warms our veins A war is raging in our home No time to cry, no time to mourn We’ll honor our glorious past We’ll fight to the very, very last Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Our blood must never, ever dry Oh, can you hear the clashing swords? The battle cries and horns of war? We’ll guard our city and defend Dauntless we will face this threat Our sacrifice won’t be in vain It’s better to die than live as slaves And even though our end is nigh We’ll throw ourselves into the fight No time to mourn our fallen kin The slaughter of the innocents Our broken hearts will never mend But dauntless we will face our end Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry |
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6. | Lion of Darcania | 05:12 | Show lyrics |
A lifetime spent in battle Dedicated to his men Commander of the royal guard Each day could be his last A good man shaped by warfare Devoted to the realm Commander of the Kaduzar Each day he welcomes death Lion of Darcania Warrior with no match Born to protect our emperor Our people and our land The lion of Darcania A warrior with no match The lion of Darcania The hero known as Drackx Defeated by the eastern horde The empire has fallen He failed to protect the realm And still he welcomes death Lion of Darcania Warrior with no match Determined to put an end to war Avenger of the realm The lion of Darcania A warrior with no match The lion of Darcania The hero known as Drackx (Warrior!) (Darcania!) That day he swore a solemn oath A vow upon his bloodstained sword To leave behind his pain and doubt Command the guard one final time Darcanian phalanx! Shield and spear raised high! That day he swore a solemn oath A vow upon his bloodstained sword To break the enemy’s battle lines Defend the realm one final time That day he swore a solemn oath A vow upon his bloodstained sword To break the enemy’s battle lines Defend the realm one final time |
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7. | Pictish Pride | 04:01 | Show lyrics |
A dark force grows deep in the woods Foreshadowing impending doom Invaders from the eastern lands We shall never bow to them Our homesteads burn, we must unite The Pictish drums resound We paint our skin with battle-runes To fight the dark force in the woods One tribe, one mind We stand and fight We live or die For Pictish pride One tribe, one mind We stand and fight We live or die For Pictish pride Now a dark force rules the Pictish tribes Too many of our kin have died Invaders from the eastern lands Dishonored we must bow to them One tribe, one mind We stand and fight We live or die For Pictish pride One tribe, one mind We stand and fight We live or die For Pictish pride One tribe, one mind Enslaved we fight We live or die For Pisces-Ra One tribe, one mind We sacrifice For Pisces-Ra |
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8. | On Roads to Ruin | 03:43 | Show lyrics |
The final conflict is at hand My way of life comes to an end Embracing darkness to survive Embrace the night to stay alive Carried off... Into slavery No hopes, no dreams... Just death and fear Becoming darkness to survive Become the wolf to stay alive I’ll live or die... in hate and pain... In the end... only ruins will remain On roads to ruin The final conflict is at hand... My way of life comes to an end Embrace the night to stay alive Embracing darkness to survive Carried off... Into slavery No hopes, no dreams... Just death and fear Become the wolf to stay alive Becoming darkness to survive I’ll live or die... in hate and pain In the end... only ruins will remain I’ll live or die in vain... Only ruins remain |
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9. | Dark Revelations | 04:10 | Show lyrics |
Ripped of all my former strength A pictish axe has left me maimed No longer can I weld my blade The pen will be my new domain Recording for the ages Catch the spirit of the past Inspiring future heroes And make our ancient legends last... Our legacy should ever last... Dark revelation A vision unsurpassed Should I stop writing now Or start another text? Recording for the ages Catch the spirit of the past Inspiring future heroes And make our ancient legends last... The serpent tower’s rising The skies are set aflame A massive threat is coming... Burn the books, let none remain Destroy the secrets kept within Feed them to the starving flames... Burn them all, you must obey Destroy the past, do as I say... Burn the books, erase his name The serpent god will rise one day Recording for the ages Catch the spirit of the past Inspiring future heroes And make our ancient legends last Dark revelation A vision unsurpassed Should I stop writing now Or start another text? I’ll burn the books, I will obey I’ll burn the books, erase his name Our hopes and dreams forever lost I’ll burn the spirits of the past... |
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10. | Braving the End | 03:38 | Show lyrics |
My end began Now seven years ago You left me for the eastern war Why did you have to go? Time is moving ever forward I can’t imagine where you’ve been Past is forged with each decision I can’t conceive the things you’ve seen All those nights spent wondering Would I see you once again? All those days of longing To be with you again My end began Now seven years ago You left me for the eastern war Will you ever see your son? My love, we finally meet again But how to make you understand That whatever my decisions I will lose you in the end You’re not how I remember No emotions in your stare Light has vanished from your eyes It’s like I am not even there However short our time together I will enjoy it and belong I want to live life to the fullest For I’ve waited much too long My mind keeps dwelling on the future Oh how to make you comprehend That whatever my decisions I always lose you in the end No matter all the things we went through No matter how hard that it’s been No matter all the things that we’ve lost We’ll make it worth it in the end No matter all the things we went through No matter how hard that it’s been No matter all the things that we’ve lost We’ll make it worth it in the end I will keep looking for the answer I will try and try again There must be another way Even if time and space must end... No matter all the things we went through No matter how hard that it’s been No matter all the things that we’ve lost We’ll make it worth it in the end No matter all the things we went through No matter how hard that it’s been No matter all the things that we’ve lost We’ll make it worth it in the end Even if time and space must end I’ll be forever by your side Life has no meaning without death My love Everyone must die... |
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11. | One Against the Tide | 03:54 | Show lyrics |
Defending the realm against the hordes Born from tales and ancient lore Defying the tide with pitch black blade Out of the mists a brave one came By his command our soldiers charged Hurling themselves at the enemy’s heart Across the sacred moors they flowed Taking the shape of the trident of old (Taking the shape of the trident of old) Leading his men into the maws of death He himself was head of the attack Behind him, the living trident roared Born from tales and ancient lore Born from tales and ancient lore Born from tales and ancient lore (And ancient lore, and ancient lore) Defending the realm against the hordes Born from tales and ancient lore Defying the tide with pitch black blade Out of the mists a brave one came No dread left of maiming his own men When the last of the cimbric soldiers fell No reason to hold back the boiling rage Leaving battered bodies in his wake Wielding his blackened serpent sword Radiating a sacred force Mowing down waves of savage picts Burning green fire from within (Burning green fire from within) Burning green fire from within (Fire from within, fire from within) Defending the realm against the hordes Born from tales and ancient lore Defying the tide with pitch black blade Out of the mists a brave one came Bearing the serpent mark of old Out of the war a legend rose Ending the hordes with a final blow Into the mists the brave one strode One strong rock to break the tide Committing the ultimate sacrifice Only his shattered helm remains We pray for his return one day |
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12. | Cimbric Requiem | 04:09 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
13. | Remembrance | 02:39 | Show lyrics |
As we march into the second age Now that the fields are silent Remember who they were... Remember their sacrifice For their deeds mean nothing When no one remembers them... Or when there’s no one left I am the chronographer... I am the chronographer... |
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47:20 |
Realms of Odoric
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius | Vocals, Guitars, Orchestrations, Songwriting |
Lars | Drums |
Tim | Bass |
Jussi | Guitars |
Guest/Session | |
Axel Römer | Bagpipes |
Sebastian "Seebi" Jensen | Vocals, Guitars (acoustic) |
Matthias "Metti" Zimmer | Vocals |
Sascha Aßbach | Vocals |
Tina Stabel | Vocals (female) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art, Layout, Lyrics |
Martin Buchwalter | Producer, Recording, Mixing, Mastering |
Nicole Volz | Photography |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Into the Realm | 01:15 | Show lyrics |
The past... is forged with each decision The future... is unwritten The final stand... the realm of my existence |
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2. | The Serpent Within | 04:09 | Show lyrics |
Standing tall on Ankrath’s walls An inward journey begins There is clarity in solitude My strength and spirit soars Ancient wisdom Born from deep within my bones Marching on with sole defiance Ever forward unto dawn... Oh, how to shape our destiny And choose for ill or good Oh, how to end this tyranny Without becoming a tyrant myself? This life is but a spiral path The serpent lurks inside A road towards eternity The future is the past Standing at this dim threshold An inward river flows There is honesty in solitude My strength and spirit calls Ancient power Born from deep within this sword Marching on with sole defiance Ever forward into war... Oh, how to earn eternity This torment to endure Oh, how to face this evil horde Without turning to evil myself? This life is but a spiral path The serpent lurks inside A road towards eternity The future is the past Oh, how to deceive mortality This sacrifice and doom Oh, how to end this wrathful god Without becoming godlike myself |
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3. | The Hunter’s Horde | 04:27 | Show lyrics |
In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s horde is stalking In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s horde is out for blood Crawling, stumbling in the shadows A fallen legion’s last few men Swallowed up by savage woods Wading through the gates of hell Dodging hails of silent arrows Facing overwhelming odds Chased by ruthless Pictish fiends Striking at them from the dark In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s horde is stalking... In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s horde is out for blood! Preying on the wounded soldiers Picking victims one by one Hunting them like frightened creatures Answering the hunter’s call In the dark woods In the dead of night can you hear, the hunter’s calling! In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s calling out for blood! Escape towards the coming dawn To the great Darcanian wall At the edge of the dark hell Where redemption awaits us all In the dark woods In the dead of night can you hear, the hunter’s calling! In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s calling out for blood! Crawling, stumbling from the shadows A fallen legion’s last few men Emerging from the wildwood Returning from the gates of hell Prey turns into predator Only instinct drives them forth Reborn more beast than man They survived the hunter’s call In the dark woods In the dead of night In the dark woods In the dead of night In the dark woods In the dead of night In the dark woods In the dead of night |
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4. | Creeping Blood | 02:03 | Show lyrics |
Creeping darkness Born from severed skulls... Ancient blood Craving new flesh Blue veins turning black... A dark voice rising Commanding from the void Ancient blood Craving new flesh |
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5. | Undaunted | 04:00 | Show lyrics |
Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Oh, can you hear the clashing swords? The battle cries and horns of war? The stench of death is in the air Invading our ancestral lands... No time to mourn our fallen kin The slaughter of the innocents And tough our clan may not remain The blood of battle warms our veins A war is raging in our home No time to cry, no time to mourn We’ll honor our glorious past We’ll fight to the very, very last Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Our blood must never, ever dry Oh, can you hear the clashing swords? The battle cries and horns of war? We’ll guard our city and defend Dauntless we will face this threat Our sacrifice won’t be in vain It’s better to die than live as slaves And even though our end is nigh We’ll throw ourselves into the fight No time to mourn our fallen kin The slaughter of the innocents Our broken hearts will never mend But dauntless we will face our end Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry |
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6. | Lion of Darcania | 05:12 | Show lyrics |
A lifetime spent in battle Dedicated to his men Commander of the royal guard Each day could be his last A good man shaped by warfare Devoted to the realm Commander of the Kaduzar Each day he welcomes death Lion of Darcania Warrior with no match Born to protect our emperor Our people and our land The lion of Darcania A warrior with no match The lion of Darcania The hero known as Drackx Defeated by the eastern horde The empire has fallen He failed to protect the realm And still he welcomes death Lion of Darcania Warrior with no match Determined to put an end to war Avenger of the realm The lion of Darcania A warrior with no match The lion of Darcania The hero known as Drackx (Warrior!) (Darcania!) That day he swore a solemn oath A vow upon his bloodstained sword To leave behind his pain and doubt Command the guard one final time Darcanian phalanx! Shield and spear raised high! That day he swore a solemn oath A vow upon his bloodstained sword To break the enemy’s battle lines Defend the realm one final time That day he swore a solemn oath A vow upon his bloodstained sword To break the enemy’s battle lines Defend the realm one final time |
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7. | Pictish Pride | 04:01 | Show lyrics |
A dark force grows deep in the woods Foreshadowing impending doom Invaders from the eastern lands We shall never bow to them Our homesteads burn, we must unite The Pictish drums resound We paint our skin with battle-runes To fight the dark force in the woods One tribe, one mind We stand and fight We live or die For Pictish pride One tribe, one mind We stand and fight We live or die For Pictish pride Now a dark force rules the Pictish tribes Too many of our kin have died Invaders from the eastern lands Dishonored we must bow to them One tribe, one mind We stand and fight We live or die For Pictish pride One tribe, one mind We stand and fight We live or die For Pictish pride One tribe, one mind Enslaved we fight We live or die For Pisces-Ra One tribe, one mind We sacrifice For Pisces-Ra |
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8. | On Roads to Ruin | 03:43 | Show lyrics |
The final conflict is at hand My way of life comes to an end Embracing darkness to survive Embrace the night to stay alive Carried off... Into slavery No hopes, no dreams... Just death and fear Becoming darkness to survive Become the wolf to stay alive I’ll live or die... in hate and pain... In the end... only ruins will remain On roads to ruin The final conflict is at hand... My way of life comes to an end Embrace the night to stay alive Embracing darkness to survive Carried off... Into slavery No hopes, no dreams... Just death and fear Become the wolf to stay alive Becoming darkness to survive I’ll live or die... in hate and pain In the end... only ruins will remain I’ll live or die in vain... Only ruins remain |
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9. | Dark Revelations | 04:10 | Show lyrics |
Ripped of all my former strength A pictish axe has left me maimed No longer can I weld my blade The pen will be my new domain Recording for the ages Catch the spirit of the past Inspiring future heroes And make our ancient legends last... Our legacy should ever last... Dark revelation A vision unsurpassed Should I stop writing now Or start another text? Recording for the ages Catch the spirit of the past Inspiring future heroes And make our ancient legends last... The serpent tower’s rising The skies are set aflame A massive threat is coming... Burn the books, let none remain Destroy the secrets kept within Feed them to the starving flames... Burn them all, you must obey Destroy the past, do as I say... Burn the books, erase his name The serpent god will rise one day Recording for the ages Catch the spirit of the past Inspiring future heroes And make our ancient legends last Dark revelation A vision unsurpassed Should I stop writing now Or start another text? I’ll burn the books, I will obey I’ll burn the books, erase his name Our hopes and dreams forever lost I’ll burn the spirits of the past... |
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10. | Braving the End | 03:38 | Show lyrics |
My end began Now seven years ago You left me for the eastern war Why did you have to go? Time is moving ever forward I can’t imagine where you’ve been Past is forged with each decision I can’t conceive the things you’ve seen All those nights spent wondering Would I see you once again? All those days of longing To be with you again My end began Now seven years ago You left me for the eastern war Will you ever see your son? My love, we finally meet again But how to make you understand That whatever my decisions I will lose you in the end You’re not how I remember No emotions in your stare Light has vanished from your eyes It’s like I am not even there However short our time together I will enjoy it and belong I want to live life to the fullest For I’ve waited much too long My mind keeps dwelling on the future Oh how to make you comprehend That whatever my decisions I always lose you in the end No matter all the things we went through No matter how hard that it’s been No matter all the things that we’ve lost We’ll make it worth it in the end No matter all the things we went through No matter how hard that it’s been No matter all the things that we’ve lost We’ll make it worth it in the end I will keep looking for the answer I will try and try again There must be another way Even if time and space must end... No matter all the things we went through No matter how hard that it’s been No matter all the things that we’ve lost We’ll make it worth it in the end No matter all the things we went through No matter how hard that it’s been No matter all the things that we’ve lost We’ll make it worth it in the end Even if time and space must end I’ll be forever by your side Life has no meaning without death My love Everyone must die... |
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11. | One Against the Tide | 03:54 | Show lyrics |
Defending the realm against the hordes Born from tales and ancient lore Defying the tide with pitch black blade Out of the mists a brave one came By his command our soldiers charged Hurling themselves at the enemy’s heart Across the sacred moors they flowed Taking the shape of the trident of old (Taking the shape of the trident of old) Leading his men into the maws of death He himself was head of the attack Behind him, the living trident roared Born from tales and ancient lore Born from tales and ancient lore Born from tales and ancient lore (And ancient lore, and ancient lore) Defending the realm against the hordes Born from tales and ancient lore Defying the tide with pitch black blade Out of the mists a brave one came No dread left of maiming his own men When the last of the cimbric soldiers fell No reason to hold back the boiling rage Leaving battered bodies in his wake Wielding his blackened serpent sword Radiating a sacred force Mowing down waves of savage picts Burning green fire from within (Burning green fire from within) Burning green fire from within (Fire from within, fire from within) Defending the realm against the hordes Born from tales and ancient lore Defying the tide with pitch black blade Out of the mists a brave one came Bearing the serpent mark of old Out of the war a legend rose Ending the hordes with a final blow Into the mists the brave one strode One strong rock to break the tide Committing the ultimate sacrifice Only his shattered helm remains We pray for his return one day |
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12. | Cimbric Requiem | 04:09 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
13. | Remembrance | 02:39 | Show lyrics |
As we march into the second age Now that the fields are silent Remember who they were... Remember their sacrifice For their deeds mean nothing When no one remembers them... Or when there’s no one left I am the chronographer... |
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47:20 |
Realms of Odoric
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius | Vocals, Guitars, Orchestrations, Songwriting |
Lars | Drums |
Tim | Bass |
Jussi | Guitars |
Guest/Session | |
Axel Römer | Bagpipes |
Sebastian "Seebi" Jensen | Vocals, Guitars (acoustic) |
Matthias "Metti" Zimmer | Vocals |
Sascha Aßbach | Vocals |
Tina Stabel | Vocals (female) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kris Verwimp | Cover art, Layout, Lyrics |
Martin Buchwalter | Producer, Recording, Mixing, Mastering |
Nicole Volz | Photography |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Into the Realm | 01:15 | Show lyrics |
The past... is forged with each decision The future... is unwritten The final stand... the realm of my existence |
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2. | The Serpent Within | 04:09 | Show lyrics |
Standing tall on Ankrath’s walls An inward journey begins There is clarity in solitude My strength and spirit soars Ancient wisdom Born from deep within my bones Marching on with sole defiance Ever forward unto dawn... Oh, how to shape our destiny And choose for ill or good Oh, how to end this tyranny Without becoming a tyrant myself? This life is but a spiral path The serpent lurks inside A road towards eternity The future is the past Standing at this dim threshold An inward river flows There is honesty in solitude My strength and spirit calls Ancient power Born from deep within this sword Marching on with sole defiance Ever forward into war... Oh, how to earn eternity This torment to endure Oh, how to face this evil horde Without turning to evil myself? This life is but a spiral path The serpent lurks inside A road towards eternity The future is the past Oh, how to deceive mortality This sacrifice and doom Oh, how to end this wrathful god Without becoming godlike myself |
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3. | The Hunter’s Horde | 04:27 | Show lyrics |
In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s horde is stalking In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s horde is out for blood Crawling, stumbling in the shadows A fallen legion’s last few men Swallowed up by savage woods Wading through the gates of hell Dodging hails of silent arrows Facing overwhelming odds Chased by ruthless Pictish fiends Striking at them from the dark In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s horde is stalking... In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s horde is out for blood! Preying on the wounded soldiers Picking victims one by one Hunting them like frightened creatures Answering the hunter’s call In the dark woods In the dead of night can you hear, the hunter’s calling! In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s calling out for blood! Escape towards the coming dawn To the great Darcanian wall At the edge of the dark hell Where redemption awaits us all In the dark woods In the dead of night can you hear, the hunter’s calling! In the dark woods In the dead of night The hunter’s calling out for blood! Crawling, stumbling from the shadows A fallen legion’s last few men Emerging from the wildwood Returning from the gates of hell Prey turns into predator Only instinct drives them forth Reborn more beast than man They survived the hunter’s call In the dark woods In the dead of night In the dark woods In the dead of night In the dark woods In the dead of night In the dark woods In the dead of night |
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4. | Creeping Blood | 02:03 | Show lyrics |
Creeping darkness Born from severed skulls... Ancient blood Craving new flesh Blue veins turning black... A dark voice rising Commanding from the void Ancient blood Craving new flesh |
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5. | Undaunted | 04:00 | Show lyrics |
Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Oh, can you hear the clashing swords? The battle cries and horns of war? The stench of death is in the air Invading our ancestral lands... No time to mourn our fallen kin The slaughter of the innocents And tough our clan may not remain The blood of battle warms our veins A war is raging in our home No time to cry, no time to mourn We’ll honor our glorious past We’ll fight to the very, very last Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Our blood must never, ever dry Oh, can you hear the clashing swords? The battle cries and horns of war? We’ll guard our city and defend Dauntless we will face this threat Our sacrifice won’t be in vain It’s better to die than live as slaves And even though our end is nigh We’ll throw ourselves into the fight No time to mourn our fallen kin The slaughter of the innocents Our broken hearts will never mend But dauntless we will face our end Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry Our father’s sacrifice in vain Our burning city lost in flames Our funeral pyre lights the sky Our blood must never, ever dry |
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6. | Lion of Darcania | 05:12 | Show lyrics |
A lifetime spent in battle Dedicated to his men Commander of the royal guard Each day could be his last A good man shaped by warfare Devoted to the realm Commander of the Kaduzar Each day he welcomes death Lion of Darcania Warrior with no match Born to protect our emperor Our people and our land The lion of Darcania A warrior with no match The lion of Darcania The hero known as Drackx Defeated by the eastern horde The empire has fallen He failed to protect the realm And still he welcomes death Lion of Darcania Warrior with no match Determined to put an end to war Avenger of the realm The lion of Darcania A warrior with no match The lion of Darcania The hero known as Drackx (Warrior!) (Darcania!) That day he swore a solemn oath A vow upon his bloodstained sword To leave behind his pain and doubt Command the guard one final time Darcanian phalanx! Shield and spear raised high! That day he swore a solemn oath A vow upon his bloodstained sword To break the enemy’s battle lines Defend the realm one final time That day he swore a solemn oath A vow upon his bloodstained sword To break the enemy’s battle lines Defend the realm one final time |
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7. | Pictish Pride | 04:01 | Show lyrics |
A dark force grows deep in the woods Foreshadowing impending doom Invaders from the eastern lands We shall never bow to them Our homesteads burn, we must unite The Pictish drums resound We paint our skin with battle-runes To fight the dark force in the woods One tribe, one mind We stand and fight We live or die For Pictish pride One tribe, one mind We stand and fight We live or die For Pictish pride Now a dark force rules the Pictish tribes Too many of our kin have died Invaders from the eastern lands Dishonored we must bow to them One tribe, one mind We stand and fight We live or die For Pictish pride One tribe, one mind We stand and fight We live or die For Pictish pride One tribe, one mind Enslaved we fight We live or die For Pisces-Ra One tribe, one mind We sacrifice For Pisces-Ra |
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8. | On Roads to Ruin | 03:43 | Show lyrics |
The final conflict is at hand My way of life comes to an end Embracing darkness to survive Embrace the night to stay alive Carried off... Into slavery No hopes, no dreams... Just death and fear Becoming darkness to survive Become the wolf to stay alive I’ll live or die... in hate and pain... In the end... only ruins will remain On roads to ruin The final conflict is at hand... My way of life comes to an end Embrace the night to stay alive Embracing darkness to survive Carried off... Into slavery No hopes, no dreams... Just death and fear Become the wolf to stay alive Becoming darkness to survive I’ll live or die... in hate and pain In the end... only ruins will remain I’ll live or die in vain... Only ruins remain |
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9. | Dark Revelations | 04:10 | Show lyrics |
Ripped of all my former strength A pictish axe has left me maimed No longer can I weld my blade The pen will be my new domain Recording for the ages Catch the spirit of the past Inspiring future heroes And make our ancient legends last... Our legacy should ever last... Dark revelation A vision unsurpassed Should I stop writing now Or start another text? Recording for the ages Catch the spirit of the past Inspiring future heroes And make our ancient legends last... The serpent tower’s rising The skies are set aflame A massive threat is coming... Burn the books, let none remain Destroy the secrets kept within Feed them to the starving flames... Burn them all, you must obey Destroy the past, do as I say... Burn the books, erase his name The serpent god will rise one day Recording for the ages Catch the spirit of the past Inspiring future heroes And make our ancient legends last Dark revelation A vision unsurpassed Should I stop writing now Or start another text? I’ll burn the books, I will obey I’ll burn the books, erase his name Our hopes and dreams forever lost I’ll burn the spirits of the past... |
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10. | Braving the End | 03:38 | Show lyrics |
My end began Now seven years ago You left me for the eastern war Why did you have to go? Time is moving ever forward I can’t imagine where you’ve been Past is forged with each decision I can’t conceive the things you’ve seen All those nights spent wondering Would I see you once again? All those days of longing To be with you again My end began Now seven years ago You left me for the eastern war Will you ever see your son? My love, we finally meet again But how to make you understand That whatever my decisions I will lose you in the end You’re not how I remember No emotions in your stare Light has vanished from your eyes It’s like I am not even there However short our time together I will enjoy it and belong I want to live life to the fullest For I’ve waited much too long My mind keeps dwelling on the future Oh how to make you comprehend That whatever my decisions I always lose you in the end No matter all the things we went through No matter how hard that it’s been No matter all the things that we’ve lost We’ll make it worth it in the end No matter all the things we went through No matter how hard that it’s been No matter all the things that we’ve lost We’ll make it worth it in the end I will keep looking for the answer I will try and try again There must be another way Even if time and space must end... No matter all the things we went through No matter how hard that it’s been No matter all the things that we’ve lost We’ll make it worth it in the end No matter all the things we went through No matter how hard that it’s been No matter all the things that we’ve lost We’ll make it worth it in the end Even if time and space must end I’ll be forever by your side Life has no meaning without death My love Everyone must die... |
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11. | One Against the Tide | 03:54 | Show lyrics |
Defending the realm against the hordes Born from tales and ancient lore Defying the tide with pitch black blade Out of the mists a brave one came By his command our soldiers charged Hurling themselves at the enemy’s heart Across the sacred moors they flowed Taking the shape of the trident of old (Taking the shape of the trident of old) Leading his men into the maws of death He himself was head of the attack Behind him, the living trident roared Born from tales and ancient lore Born from tales and ancient lore Born from tales and ancient lore (And ancient lore, and ancient lore) Defending the realm against the hordes Born from tales and ancient lore Defying the tide with pitch black blade Out of the mists a brave one came No dread left of maiming his own men When the last of the cimbric soldiers fell No reason to hold back the boiling rage Leaving battered bodies in his wake Wielding his blackened serpent sword Radiating a sacred force Mowing down waves of savage picts Burning green fire from within (Burning green fire from within) Burning green fire from within (Fire from within, fire from within) Defending the realm against the hordes Born from tales and ancient lore Defying the tide with pitch black blade Out of the mists a brave one came Bearing the serpent mark of old Out of the war a legend rose Ending the hordes with a final blow Into the mists the brave one strode One strong rock to break the tide Committing the ultimate sacrifice Only his shattered helm remains We pray for his return one day |
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12. | Cimbric Requiem | 04:09 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
13. | Remembrance | 02:39 | Show lyrics |
As we march into the second age Now that the fields are silent Remember who they were... Remember their sacrifice For their deeds mean nothing When no one remembers them... Or when there’s no one left I am the chronographer... I am the chronographer... |
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47:20 |
Cimbric Yarns
Members | |
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Band members | |
Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Guitars, Banjo, Harmonica, Orchestrations |
Sebastian Jensen | Guitars, Vocals |
Ken Jentzen | Bass |
Guest/Session | |
Marcel Schoenen | Vocals |
Tina Stabel | Vocals |
Cătălina Popa | Flute |
Shir-Ran Yinon | Violin, Viola |
Sascha Aßbach | Vocals (backing) |
Matthias "Metti" Zimmer | Vocals (backing) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing, Mastering |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Echtra | 01:44 | Show lyrics |
I welcome thee My longed-for child To Tiarda-Glas The serpent spire I reach for thee From ages past To make thee whole And fill thy mind To share my wisdom Dark and light To show thee yarns Of cimbric times |
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2. | Serpentine Origins | 03:26 | Show lyrics |
Invaded at the dawn of time The last ones of an ancient line Sworn to protect the sacred spear To flee their rivals, conquer fear Pursued upon the mountainside A roaring tempest veiled their path By guiding gleam of the Glain Neidr They fell towards their destiny Primal stone of serpentine Spear to sword and sword to life Primal stone of serpentine Waves of knowledge flood their minds Primal stone of serpentine Spear to sword and sword to mind Primal stone of serpentine Cursing them with endless life |
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3. | Ode to Arma | 04:16 | Show lyrics |
Bound in immortality I wish for you to be with me Connected for eternity You wish to roam the galaxy You are my brightness and my pain For now until infinity Across light years of distance You are life itself to me But the farther you travel The closer I hold you in my heart You can always find me here Waiting for your smile at me Exploring spaces of the deeper mind Longing for your inner light You are the bright side of my soul Connected for eternity Craving to conquer the unknown Bound in immortality But the farther you travel The closer I hold you in my heart Bound in immortality Connected for eternity |
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4. | A Day and Forever | 04:10 | Show lyrics |
Am I alive, or is this a dream ? What defines this reality ? Time keeps passing by People are born and people die I face my fate in silent pain Endure this curse For a day and forever Am I asleep, or is this real ? What is this immortality ? Is there a purpose to this endless life Oh, how I long to age and die Wayward daughter of eternity Your son will end this tragedy When darkness comes he’ll be the key Give meaning to your agony I count the time that still remains Embracing my new destiny For a day and forever For ever and a day |
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5. | Black Dawn | 02:57 | instrumental |
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6. | At Nine Light Night | 05:20 | Show lyrics |
Eternal, thought Eternal time Revere the stones Come gather round Revere the stones Open your mind Once the planets Are all aligned Revere the stones Come gather round Nine, the streams of space and time Nine, the bounds of flesh and mind Revere the stones Come gather round They’ll take us home On rays of light Nine, the laws of fire and ice At nine light night Nine, the leaps of day and night At nine light nine A veil of darkness fills the sky A veil of darkness in my mind The time has come to say goodbye The time has come, goodbye Revere the stones Come gather round They’ll bring us home At nine light night Nine, the spheres within the sphere At nine light night Nine, the stones that ride the beam At nine light night |
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7. | Snakehenge | 03:53 | Show lyrics |
Shield of stones, lines of force A snake is pierced, a spiral born Arise brave people, join the cause Fight for Urlàr, fight for life Building towers, building mounds Snakehenge, shield of stones Snakehenge, lines of force A snake is pierced, a spiral born Arise my people, join the cause Fight for Urlàr, fight for life Building towers, building mounds Shield of stones, lines of force |
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8. | Birth and Despair | 04:41 | Show lyrics |
The dark between the stars Enveloping her mind The world obscures around her Affecting space and time A sacrifice is called for A destiny fulfilled Her light is slowly dying Her ancient blood is spilt She’s struggling to survive The old curse of the serpent Could save her with new life A source of change is coming close The universe is torn From painful loss and misery A beautiful thing is born Something beautiful can grow The serpent sword is calling New life will soon be born To end all desperation To send the shadows forth What could have been Is lost in forevermore Her greatness yet remains Her life is not in vain The dark between the stars Enveloping her mind The world obscures around her It’s calling her to die A source of change is coming close The universe is torn From painful loss and misery A beautiful thing is born Something beautiful can grow |
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9. | Assault on Urlár | 04:34 | Show lyrics |
Behold, the sky is burning red The tide of darkness comes From deep withing the cosmic void From far beyond the astral realms Behold, the shield is fading Black rain is falling down I can hardly walk I can hardly breathe Standing here alone Alone Our age is at an end and now Our day of doom has come Our dreams are lost forever and trluly Our souls are dead and gone Behold, the ghastly creatures They try to hunt me down I can hardly walk I can hardly breathe But I’m not alone Not alone |
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10. | Caoine Cruác | 04:38 | Show lyrics |
You are the wanderer of the mind Seeking wisdom in strange corners Neither bound by space nor time The day has come to face the dark To wield your ancient serpent sword To use the henge to breach our fate Accept the bliss of death’s embace In the darkest heart of eternity Your elder light will guide our souls Converting creatures of dark energy Into beings of a different sort The day has come to face the dark To wield your ancient serpent sword To use the henge to breach our fate Accept the bliss of death’s embace In the darkest heart of eternity Your elder light will guide our souls To the cimbric realm of infinity Where our minds will dwell forevermore Cruàc In time your sacrifice will be forgotten But the stones will remember your name For all eternity Through the darkest heart of eternity Your flesh and blood remain forlorn Lying in wait for his destiny To protect our lives forevermore |
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39:39 |
Cimbric Yarns
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Guitars, Banjo, Harmonica, Orchestrations |
Sebastian Jensen | Guitars, Vocals |
Ken Jentzen | Bass |
Guest/Session | |
Matthias "Metti" Zimmer | Vocals (backing) |
Marcel Schoenen | Vocals |
Tina Stabel | Vocals |
Cătălina Popa | Flute |
Shir-Ran Yinon | Violin, Viola |
Sascha Aßbach | Vocals (backing) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing, Mastering |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork |
Tracks | |||
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Side A | |||
1. | Echtra | 01:44 | Show lyrics |
I welcome thee My longed-for child To Tiarda-Glas The serpent spire I reach for thee From ages past To make thee whole And fill thy mind To share my wisdom Dark and light To show thee yarns Of cimbric times |
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2. | Serpentine Origins | 03:26 | Show lyrics |
Invaded at the dawn of time The last ones of an ancient line Sworn to protect the sacred spear To flee their rivals, conquer fear Pursued upon the mountainside A roaring tempest veiled their path By guiding gleam of the Glain Neidr They fell towards their destiny Primal stone of serpentine Spear to sword and sword to life Primal stone of serpentine Waves of knowledge flood their minds Primal stone of serpentine Spear to sword and sword to mind Primal stone of serpentine Cursing them with endless life |
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3. | Ode to Arma | 04:16 | Show lyrics |
Bound in immortality I wish for you to be with me Connected for eternity You wish to roam the galaxy You are my brightness and my pain For now until infinity Across light years of distance You are life itself to me But the farther you travel The closer I hold you in my heart You can always find me here Waiting for your smile at me Exploring spaces of the deeper mind Longing for your inner light You are the bright side of my soul Connected for eternity Craving to conquer the unknown Bound in immortality But the farther you travel The closer I hold you in my heart Bound in immortality Connected for eternity |
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4. | A Day and Forever | 04:10 | Show lyrics |
Am I alive, or is this a dream ? What defines this reality ? Time keeps passing by People are born and people die I face my fate in silent pain Endure this curse For a day and forever Am I asleep, or is this real ? What is this immortality ? Is there a purpose to this endless life Oh, how I long to age and die Wayward daughter of eternity Your son will end this tragedy When darkness comes he’ll be the key Give meaning to your agony I count the time that still remains Embracing my new destiny For a day and forever For ever and a day |
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5. | Black Dawn | 02:57 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
6. | At Nine Light Night | 05:20 | Show lyrics |
Eternal, thought Eternal time Revere the stones Come gather round Revere the stones Open your mind Once the planets Are all aligned Revere the stones Come gather round Nine, the streams of space and time Nine, the bounds of flesh and mind Revere the stones Come gather round They’ll take us home On rays of light Nine, the laws of fire and ice At nine light night Nine, the leaps of day and night At nine light nine A veil of darkness fills the sky A veil of darkness in my mind The time has come to say goodbye The time has come, goodbye Revere the stones Come gather round They’ll bring us home At nine light night Nine, the spheres within the sphere At nine light night Nine, the stones that ride the beam At nine light night |
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Side B | |||
7. | Snakehenge | 03:53 | Show lyrics |
Shield of stones, lines of force A snake is pierced, a spiral born Arise brave people, join the cause Fight for Urlàr, fight for life Building towers, building mounds Snakehenge, shield of stones Snakehenge, lines of force A snake is pierced, a spiral born Arise my people, join the cause Fight for Urlàr, fight for life Building towers, building mounds Shield of stones, lines of force |
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8. | Birth and Despair | 04:41 | Show lyrics |
The dark between the stars Enveloping her mind The world obscures around her Affecting space and time A sacrifice is called for A destiny fulfilled Her light is slowly dying Her ancient blood is spilt She’s struggling to survive The old curse of the serpent Could save her with new life A source of change is coming close The universe is torn From painful loss and misery A beautiful thing is born Something beautiful can grow The serpent sword is calling New life will soon be born To end all desperation To send the shadows forth What could have been Is lost in forevermore Her greatness yet remains Her life is not in vain The dark between the stars Enveloping her mind The world obscures around her It’s calling her to die A source of change is coming close The universe is torn From painful loss and misery A beautiful thing is born Something beautiful can grow |
|||
9. | Assault on Urlár | 04:34 | Show lyrics |
Behold, the sky is burning red The tide of darkness comes From deep withing the cosmic void From far beyond the astral realms Behold, the shield is fading Black rain is falling down I can hardly walk I can hardly breathe Standing here alone Alone Our age is at an end and now Our day of doom has come Our dreams are lost forever and trluly Our souls are dead and gone Behold, the ghastly creatures They try to hunt me down I can hardly walk I can hardly breathe But I’m not alone Not alone |
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10. | Caoine Cruác | 04:38 | Show lyrics |
You are the wanderer of the mind Seeking wisdom in strange corners Neither bound by space nor time The day has come to face the dark To wield your ancient serpent sword To use the henge to breach our fate Accept the bliss of death’s embace In the darkest heart of eternity Your elder light will guide our souls Converting creatures of dark energy Into beings of a different sort The day has come to face the dark To wield your ancient serpent sword To use the henge to breach our fate Accept the bliss of death’s embace In the darkest heart of eternity Your elder light will guide our souls To the cimbric realm of infinity Where our minds will dwell forevermore Cruàc In time your sacrifice will be forgotten But the stones will remember your name For all eternity Through the darkest heart of eternity Your flesh and blood remain forlorn Lying in wait for his destiny To protect our lives forevermore |
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39:39 |
Cimbric Yarns
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Guitars, Banjo, Harmonica, Orchestrations |
Sebastian Jensen | Guitars, Vocals |
Ken Jentzen | Bass |
Guest/Session | |
Matthias "Metti" Zimmer | Vocals (backing) |
Marcel Schoenen | Vocals |
Tina Stabel | Vocals |
Cătălina Popa | Flute |
Shir-Ran Yinon | Violin, Viola |
Sascha Aßbach | Vocals (backing) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing, Mastering |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Echtra | 01:44 | Show lyrics |
I welcome thee My longed-for child To Tiarda-Glas The serpent spire I reach for thee From ages past To make thee whole And fill thy mind To share my wisdom Dark and light To show thee yarns Of cimbric times |
|||
2. | Serpentine Origins | 03:26 | Show lyrics |
Invaded at the dawn of time The last ones of an ancient line Sworn to protect the sacred spear To flee their rivals, conquer fear Pursued upon the mountainside A roaring tempest veiled their path By guiding gleam of the Glain Neidr They fell towards their destiny Primal stone of serpentine Spear to sword and sword to life Primal stone of serpentine Waves of knowledge flood their minds Primal stone of serpentine Spear to sword and sword to mind Primal stone of serpentine Cursing them with endless life |
|||
3. | Ode to Arma | 04:16 | Show lyrics |
Bound in immortality I wish for you to be with me Connected for eternity You wish to roam the galaxy You are my brightness and my pain For now until infinity Across light years of distance You are life itself to me But the farther you travel The closer I hold you in my heart You can always find me here Waiting for your smile at me Exploring spaces of the deeper mind Longing for your inner light You are the bright side of my soul Connected for eternity Craving to conquer the unknown Bound in immortality But the farther you travel The closer I hold you in my heart Bound in immortality Connected for eternity |
|||
4. | A Day and Forever | 04:10 | Show lyrics |
Am I alive, or is this a dream ? What defines this reality ? Time keeps passing by People are born and people die I face my fate in silent pain Endure this curse For a day and forever Am I asleep, or is this real ? What is this immortality ? Is there a purpose to this endless life Oh, how I long to age and die Wayward daughter of eternity Your son will end this tragedy When darkness comes he’ll be the key Give meaning to your agony I count the time that still remains Embracing my new destiny For a day and forever For ever and a day |
|||
5. | Black Dawn | 02:57 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
6. | At Nine Light Night | 05:20 | Show lyrics |
Eternal, thought Eternal time Revere the stones Come gather round Revere the stones Open your mind Once the planets Are all aligned Revere the stones Come gather round Nine, the streams of space and time Nine, the bounds of flesh and mind Revere the stones Come gather round They’ll take us home On rays of light Nine, the laws of fire and ice At nine light night Nine, the leaps of day and night At nine light nine A veil of darkness fills the sky A veil of darkness in my mind The time has come to say goodbye The time has come, goodbye Revere the stones Come gather round They’ll bring us home At nine light night Nine, the spheres within the sphere At nine light night Nine, the stones that ride the beam At nine light night |
|||
7. | Snakehenge | 03:53 | Show lyrics |
Shield of stones, lines of force A snake is pierced, a spiral born Arise brave people, join the cause Fight for Urlàr, fight for life Building towers, building mounds Snakehenge, shield of stones Snakehenge, lines of force A snake is pierced, a spiral born Arise my people, join the cause Fight for Urlàr, fight for life Building towers, building mounds Shield of stones, lines of force |
|||
8. | Birth and Despair | 04:41 | Show lyrics |
The dark between the stars Enveloping her mind The world obscures around her Affecting space and time A sacrifice is called for A destiny fulfilled Her light is slowly dying Her ancient blood is spilt She’s struggling to survive The old curse of the serpent Could save her with new life A source of change is coming close The universe is torn From painful loss and misery A beautiful thing is born Something beautiful can grow The serpent sword is calling New life will soon be born To end all desperation To send the shadows forth What could have been Is lost in forevermore Her greatness yet remains Her life is not in vain The dark between the stars Enveloping her mind The world obscures around her It’s calling her to die A source of change is coming close The universe is torn From painful loss and misery A beautiful thing is born Something beautiful can grow |
|||
9. | Assault on Urlár | 04:34 | Show lyrics |
Behold, the sky is burning red The tide of darkness comes From deep withing the cosmic void From far beyond the astral realms Behold, the shield is fading Black rain is falling down I can hardly walk I can hardly breathe Standing here alone Alone Our age is at an end and now Our day of doom has come Our dreams are lost forever and trluly Our souls are dead and gone Behold, the ghastly creatures They try to hunt me down I can hardly walk I can hardly breathe But I’m not alone Not alone |
|||
10. | Caoine Cruác | 04:38 | Show lyrics |
You are the wanderer of the mind Seeking wisdom in strange corners Neither bound by space nor time The day has come to face the dark To wield your ancient serpent sword To use the henge to breach our fate Accept the bliss of death’s embace In the darkest heart of eternity Your elder light will guide our souls Converting creatures of dark energy Into beings of a different sort The day has come to face the dark To wield your ancient serpent sword To use the henge to breach our fate Accept the bliss of death’s embace In the darkest heart of eternity Your elder light will guide our souls To the cimbric realm of infinity Where our minds will dwell forevermore Cruàc In time your sacrifice will be forgotten But the stones will remember your name For all eternity Through the darkest heart of eternity Your flesh and blood remain forlorn Lying in wait for his destiny To protect our lives forevermore |
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39:39 |
Cimbric Yarns
Members | |
---|---|
Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius "Akki" Antonik | Guitars, Banjo, Harmonica, Orchestrations |
Sebastian Jensen | Guitars, Vocals |
Ken Jentzen | Bass |
Guest/Session | |
Matthias "Metti" Zimmer | Vocals (backing) |
Marcel Schoenen | Vocals |
Tina Stabel | Vocals |
Cătălina Popa | Flute |
Shir-Ran Yinon | Violin, Viola |
Sascha Aßbach | Vocals (backing) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Martin Buchwalter | Recording, Mixing, Mastering |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork |
Tracks | |||
---|---|---|---|
1. | Echtra | 01:44 | Show lyrics |
I welcome thee My longed-for child To Tiarda-Glas The serpent spire I reach for thee From ages past To make thee whole And fill thy mind To share my wisdom Dark and light To show thee yarns Of cimbric times |
|||
2. | Serpentine Origins | 03:26 | Show lyrics |
Invaded at the dawn of time The last ones of an ancient line Sworn to protect the sacred spear To flee their rivals, conquer fear Pursued upon the mountainside A roaring tempest veiled their path By guiding gleam of the Glain Neidr They fell towards their destiny Primal stone of serpentine Spear to sword and sword to life Primal stone of serpentine Waves of knowledge flood their minds Primal stone of serpentine Spear to sword and sword to mind Primal stone of serpentine Cursing them with endless life |
|||
3. | Ode to Arma | 04:16 | Show lyrics |
Bound in immortality I wish for you to be with me Connected for eternity You wish to roam the galaxy You are my brightness and my pain For now until infinity Across light years of distance You are life itself to me But the farther you travel The closer I hold you in my heart You can always find me here Waiting for your smile at me Exploring spaces of the deeper mind Longing for your inner light You are the bright side of my soul Connected for eternity Craving to conquer the unknown Bound in immortality But the farther you travel The closer I hold you in my heart Bound in immortality Connected for eternity |
|||
4. | A Day and Forever | 04:10 | Show lyrics |
Am I alive, or is this a dream ? What defines this reality ? Time keeps passing by People are born and people die I face my fate in silent pain Endure this curse For a day and forever Am I asleep, or is this real ? What is this immortality ? Is there a purpose to this endless life Oh, how I long to age and die Wayward daughter of eternity Your son will end this tragedy When darkness comes he’ll be the key Give meaning to your agony I count the time that still remains Embracing my new destiny For a day and forever For ever and a day |
|||
5. | Black Dawn | 02:57 | instrumental |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
6. | At Nine Light Night | 05:20 | Show lyrics |
Eternal, thought Eternal time Revere the stones Come gather round Revere the stones Open your mind Once the planets Are all aligned Revere the stones Come gather round Nine, the streams of space and time Nine, the bounds of flesh and mind Revere the stones Come gather round They’ll take us home On rays of light Nine, the laws of fire and ice At nine light night Nine, the leaps of day and night At nine light nine A veil of darkness fills the sky A veil of darkness in my mind The time has come to say goodbye The time has come, goodbye Revere the stones Come gather round They’ll bring us home At nine light night Nine, the spheres within the sphere At nine light night Nine, the stones that ride the beam At nine light night |
|||
7. | Snakehenge | 03:53 | Show lyrics |
Shield of stones, lines of force A snake is pierced, a spiral born Arise brave people, join the cause Fight for Urlàr, fight for life Building towers, building mounds Snakehenge, shield of stones Snakehenge, lines of force A snake is pierced, a spiral born Arise my people, join the cause Fight for Urlàr, fight for life Building towers, building mounds Shield of stones, lines of force |
|||
8. | Birth and Despair | 04:41 | Show lyrics |
The dark between the stars Enveloping her mind The world obscures around her Affecting space and time A sacrifice is called for A destiny fulfilled Her light is slowly dying Her ancient blood is spilt She’s struggling to survive The old curse of the serpent Could save her with new life A source of change is coming close The universe is torn From painful loss and misery A beautiful thing is born Something beautiful can grow The serpent sword is calling New life will soon be born To end all desperation To send the shadows forth What could have been Is lost in forevermore Her greatness yet remains Her life is not in vain The dark between the stars Enveloping her mind The world obscures around her It’s calling her to die A source of change is coming close The universe is torn From painful loss and misery A beautiful thing is born Something beautiful can grow |
|||
9. | Assault on Urlár | 04:34 | Show lyrics |
Behold, the sky is burning red The tide of darkness comes From deep withing the cosmic void From far beyond the astral realms Behold, the shield is fading Black rain is falling down I can hardly walk I can hardly breathe Standing here alone Alone Our age is at an end and now Our day of doom has come Our dreams are lost forever and trluly Our souls are dead and gone Behold, the ghastly creatures They try to hunt me down I can hardly walk I can hardly breathe But I’m not alone Not alone |
|||
10. | Caoine Cruác | 04:38 | Show lyrics |
You are the wanderer of the mind Seeking wisdom in strange corners Neither bound by space nor time The day has come to face the dark To wield your ancient serpent sword To use the henge to breach our fate Accept the bliss of death’s embace In the darkest heart of eternity Your elder light will guide our souls Converting creatures of dark energy Into beings of a different sort The day has come to face the dark To wield your ancient serpent sword To use the henge to breach our fate Accept the bliss of death’s embace In the darkest heart of eternity Your elder light will guide our souls To the cimbric realm of infinity Where our minds will dwell forevermore Cruàc In time your sacrifice will be forgotten But the stones will remember your name For all eternity Through the darkest heart of eternity Your flesh and blood remain forlorn Lying in wait for his destiny To protect our lives forevermore |
|||
39:39 |
Echoes of Yore
Members | |
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Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals, Guitars, Orchestrations |
Sebastian Jensen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Tim Siebrecht | Bass, Vocals (backing) |
Ken Jentzen | Drums |
Guest/Session | |
Marcel Schoenen | Vocals (clean) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork |
Tracks | |||
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1. | Wartunes | 05:00 | |
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2. | The Quest | 05:33 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
3. | Havoc | 03:56 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
4. | Morrigan | 03:43 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
5. | Rise of Taliesin | 06:37 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
6. | Hall of Tales | 05:18 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
7. | Pendragon’s Fall | 06:36 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
8. | Banshee | 04:30 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
9. | Warpipes Call Me | 04:42 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
10. | Lays from Afar | 04:52 | |
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50:47 |
Echoes of Yore
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals, Guitars, Orchestrations |
Sebastian Jensen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Tim Siebrecht | Bass, Vocals (backing) |
Ken Jentzen | Drums |
Guest/Session | |
Marcel Schoenen | Vocals (clean) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork |
Tracks | |||
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Side A | |||
1. | Wartunes | 05:00 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
2. | The Quest | 05:33 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
3. | Havoc | 03:56 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
4. | Morrigan | 03:43 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
5. | Rise of Taliesin | 06:37 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
Side B | |||
6. | Hall of Tales | 05:18 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
7. | Pendragon’s Fall | 06:36 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
8. | Banshee | 04:30 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
9. | Warpipes Call Me | 04:42 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
10. | Lays from Afar | 04:52 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
50:47 |
Echoes of Yore
Members | |
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Original line-up | |
Band members | |
Arkadius Antonik | Vocals, Guitars, Orchestrations |
Sebastian Jensen | Guitars, Vocals (clean) |
Tim Siebrecht | Bass, Vocals (backing) |
Ken Jentzen | Drums |
Guest/Session | |
Marcel Schoenen | Vocals (clean) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Kris Verwimp | Artwork |
Tracks | |||
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Disc 1 (CD) | |||
1. | Wartunes | 05:00 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
2. | The Quest | 05:33 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
3. | Havoc | 03:56 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
4. | Morrigan | 03:43 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
5. | Rise of Taliesin | 06:37 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
6. | Hall of Tales | 05:18 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
7. | Pendragon’s Fall | 06:36 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
8. | Banshee | 04:30 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
9. | Warpipes Call Me | 04:42 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
10. | Lays from Afar | 04:52 | |
(loading lyrics...) | |||
50:47 | |||
Disc 2 (DVD) | |||
1. | Intro + Pendragon’s Fall | 07:26 | |
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2. | The IXth Legion | 05:54 | |
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3. | Stone of the Seven Suns | 05:15 | |
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4. | Dead Man’s Reel | 05:53 | |
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5. | Pair Dadeni | 03:50 | |
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6. | March of Conquest | 03:49 | |
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7. | Balor | 04:48 | |
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8. | Wartunes | 06:35 | |
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