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The Atavist
02:22
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Imperium
07:36
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Iron Plate, Piercing eyes
Heavy sword and shield at side
Fang marks, chips, and chains
broken and torn
The only trappings known to he
Are the strikes of those he fought
The forest burns, the trees alight
The mountains shatter and the sky crumbles
As the darkness grips with might
Stalwart and composed, Bloodcaked and opposed
To the deep and dark demonic fright
That threw him into the endless blight
I am the King
I am the Hero Light
My lonlaith burns
For the blood of demon kind
I feel the angel's wings
Guide me through the forest of swords
And the reign of eternal war
I move to take my prize
A deep breath that claims the air
I smell the burning leaves of blight
See the roaring fire flare
The forest burns so bright now
On the horizon smouldering tall
Glowing bright like the reaper's lantern
Swinging forth to claim them all
The village torn asunder
Children flee as the homeland falls
There seems no sign of the Hero rider
Children flee as the homeland falls
Like a flash of light
Like a Thunderbolt from the stars
He cracks down upon the darkness
He raises sword and steers his steed
Deep into the heart of the fiery keep
Where he will drink the blood of Gods
And bask in the glory of Aeons long gone
I am the King
I am the Hero Light
My lonlaith burns
For the blood of demon kind
I feel the angel's wings
Guide me through the forest of swords
And the reign of eternal war
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Three angels guide the way
Beyond the hills to a roaring fate
Proud stallion gleaming white
And a blood red cloak of crimson fire
There goes the Fool
He is bound unto his fate
He's travelled to far for oh so long
Betwixt thy heart and thy steel
His journey churns like a burning wheel
Beware the night!
Can you see that stalking knave?
That wretched Vagabond?
He holds his lantern tall
To trip the old fool and watch him fall
He chimes many to his beck and call
Abandon hope and follow nose
Through deepest dungeons and accursed knolls
The fool searches for the sacred keep
But could never tell you what it is he seeks
Bedivere, Lancelot, Percival
All failed
For where is the king now?
Is he lost to time?
Or does he simply sleep?
Bring me home
Bring me there
Take me to the Fisher King
And a maiden fair
But still the angels guide the way
Beyond the hills to a roaring fate
The stallion gleaming white
and a blood red cloak of crimson fire
Emerald hills and mountains tall
Deepest dungeon and accursed knolls
Bound to fate and born to reign
The King awaits his tomb of flame
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4. |
Strength Through Steel
05:49
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Gather 'round I'll tell you
What the blacksmith said to me
He took me in when I was small
Raised me strong and by the sword
I slung a hammer
'til the age of fourteen winters old
'Twas then he granted me a sword
to one day wield and to behold
I practiced day and night
Slaying monsters of the greatest evil heights
Conjured up by the mind of a boy who would be King
Oh Blacksmith
Teach me of your ancient ways
Gift to me the secret of the burning steel
Teach me how to wield the weapon of the shining stars
Hone for me the ancient cleaver of the Gods
Strength through steel
You'll have to kill me cuz I'll never kneel
'Twas a cold dark winter night
And the frost was biting deep
And I smelled that forge's fire
Heard the anvil ring from just outside the old and slumbering keep
And the storm blew long
And the storm blew tall and loud
A torrent of eternal white
Blistering fierce as it howled into the night
Many weapons come and go
Cutting men down, cleaving deep and to the bone
Stack 'em high, smelt 'em down, for they mean naught
He'll never trade you for the blacksmith has his own
Strength through steel
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Hymn to Lykeios
03:05
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O unconquerable Sun
Thou who hast atomised in me
The judiciousness of a Caesar
The potency of a Spear
By my sword, by my manhood
By the haze of thy mysteries
That which cannot be seen
Shall be cast into Light
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Son of Fate
07:28
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Galloping down the broken winding dim lit frozen road
My fire burning
Ever on the journey
We crushed the foes of yesterday but
Many more still pave the way
To the shining path of bloody and glory
Never Doubt!
Never Fail!
Find the Light!
Find the Path!
Find the Call!
Never feign
You were born to reign
Heal the stream of crystal fate
Go beyond
Beyond the pale white timber line
Came the Hero to where darkest shadows lie
Felt the wrath of the blackest demons there
Smote their ruin, tore the night from the mare
He is the one
The shining brightest
Chosen Son
Eternal Apollonian light
Blinding the crimson sky
Forever we ride
Through woe and pain
Death to all that guard the way
I'll cut you down
Hear my steel claim your blood
Rain it down
See it course like severed veins in the frozen snow
A crimson river rushing forth let flow
Let it flow
Felt the wrath of the blackest demons there
Smote their ruin, tore the night from the mare
He is the one
The shining brightest
Chosen Son
An ancient power famed - a serpent guarded gate
A flame of deceiving light
Whispers from the weeping wood
The riddle lies within the coals
Fate! Fate! Fate! O whirling Fate!
Like a snow storm blinding me
Fate! Fate! Fate! O fickle Fate!
Down! Down! Down! I fall and break!
Still galloping down the broken winding dim lit frozen road
My fire still burning
Ever on the journey
We crushed the foes of yesterday but
Many more still pave the way
To the shining path of bloody and glory
Never Doubt!
Never Fail!
Find the Light!
Find the Path!
Find the Call!
Beyond the pale white timber line
Came the Hero to where darkest shadows lie
Felt the wrath of the blackest demons there
Smote their ruin, tore the night from the mare
He is the one
The shining brightest
Chosen Son
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Forefathers
07:24
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Sweat travels down the valley of my furrowed brow
So many lost to the creeping darkness
Cut deep through the fallen's blood and bone
To the hillside we rallied at dawn
Slouched low now where I once stood tall
Yet the quest remains the same through it all
I travel down the paths that lead me home
I smell the leaves as they turn from green to gold
I remember this land well
I know those trees like my forefathers
I feel the stream coursing through my veins
Have I finally slipped away?
Or was this the path I was meant to take?
Do I see the echoes of a distant time,
For reason or for fleeing rhyme?
I know those tree like my forefathers
I feel the stream coursing through my veins
Hear the songs that no other hear
Walk the paths that all of your peers will fear
Wield the torch of a thousand fleeting times
Be the Sigurd to this age of human kind
I know those trees like my forefathers
I feel the stream coursing through my veins
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The Thunderer
06:16
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From the shadows
I rose from demon-kind
Branded pilgrim, cursed to eternal lie
I could hear the roar of the bright flame
Shimmering deep inside
Lightning in my veins
Thunder in my heart
From whence i broke the chains
To glory i depart
Lightning in the sky
Thunder fills the air
Hear my steel cry
Watch my fire flare
The shadows creep forever now
Stalkers from beyond the flame
From beyond the flickering flame
They pace beyond the plains of hell
And follow his never ending trail
And wait for a chance to claim
Lightning in my veins
Thunder in my heart
From whence i broke the chains
To glory i depart
Lightning in the sky
Thunder fills the air
Hear my steel cry
Watch my fire flare
Sacred thunderer!
Bright Lord!
Bless this fireborn!
Imbue him with the mana of ancient lords
As your anvil cracks above
And the hammer is heard below
May the hero burn bright in shadow
The realm has lost its way from the heavens
Broken like the branch of a tree
The serpent gnawing deep
Broken spirits of the damned
Here my arrows as they fly
'Til I am called to hall up high
But til that day has come to me
My flame will burn for all to see
And know this world is not yet blind
I am the beacon of his light
Sacred thunderer!
Bright Lord!
Bless this fireborn!
Imbue him with the Mana of ancient lords
As your anvil cracks above
And the hammer is heard below
May the hero burn bright in shadow
Lightning in my veins
Thunder in my heart
From whence i broke the chains
To glory i depart
Lightning in the sky
Thunder fills the air
Hear my steel cry
Watch my fire flare
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Hierophany
06:32
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The wolf mother grieves deep within her cave
A thousand sons have since then been born
But none she could save
Trojans and Romans have long since been called home
Now only the embers remain
Serpents and slaves all rage beyond the gates
A crack of the whip
Sends thousands in droves
Towards the end
Lycurgan creeds are long since dead
Yet here I stand
Alabaster against the mud
I sing for those who've lost their tongues
I sing for the days to come
I sing for a beautiful end
And therein a righteous beginning
Trojans and Romans have long since been called home
Now only the embers remain
Serpents and slaves all rage beyond the gates
Spartans and Hittites; the Teutonic Knights
- Gone!
The Neon Bronze Age has only now just begun
The Neon Bronze Age plunges deep
Into heart of the old, lowly snake
I feel the blood as it reigns down
The scaley armour split
like the crack at Delphi
I inhale the fumes and see my fathers smile down on me
My face burns from the poisonous blood of he
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10. |
Death of a Hero
05:27
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Sol Anahata
Those who seek the Grail are not bound by time and place. We have forever and always drank with great thirst from the Chalice of the Sun.
Pull back the veils with us O ye grand architects and sculptors of the future.
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