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Dawn
06:49
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Dawn we’ve been awaiting
The hour is soon at hand
So gather round my dying fire
And all heed my command
Now gather up your weapons
And strap your armour down
We’ll march to kill my brother
And restore my iron crown
We shall fight for glory
And to reclaim our homes
And we shall fight to put a king
Back on his rightful throne
Gather up your sword and shield
Let your voices be unbound
We’ll dethrone the betrayer
And restore the iron crown
So gather up your axe and spear
No mercy shall be found
We’ll dethrone the usurper
And restore the iron crown
Guard the man that stands beside you
Eviscerate your prey
Unleash the fires that burn inside you
We shall win the day
With banners high and battle nigh we shall a bastard king defy
We shall arise to end his lies, and we shall make the bastard die!
With voices high our battle cry shall soon a bastard king deny
He shall atone for his stolen throne before we make the bastard die!
Do not let fear claim you, it will eat you from inside.
Think only of our victory and the friends you fight beside
Fear can be our weapon we unleash upon the horde
Its instrument your battle cry, deliverer your sword
The usurpers host stands in our path, his existence taunting me
Until his ghost has known my wrath, his spirit naught but haunting me
Now fight for me my warriors and justice shall be done
When our foes are laid to ruin and victory has been won
But this day will not be easy, your survival is in doubt
But if you feel your courage falter, seek my banner out.
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The Price in Blood
05:28
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A king shall rise a king shall fall. Raise the banners, sound the call.
Upon this day, and on this field, let no man live, and no man yield.
For in this moment, on this dawn, where battle lines have long been drawn.
With the Wolfborn at my side, to victory or death we now shall ride
Part the armour, part the skin
Find the beating heart within
Take your blades and push them in
A price in blood is paid for their false king
And at a word of my command, forward horse and soldier ran
Killed all before them, every one. Each husband and each mothers son.
Sword and spear on armour rang, as iron whirled and axes sang
The tithe of death will soon be paid by he who hath his kin betrayed.
Our swords cut through his ranks of men
Brought down and down and down again
And almost reached his standard then
In our unending rage
But there upon a hilltop stood
A man untouched by sword or blood
Armed with just a staff of wood
My brother’s battle mage
[Solo: Jensen]
Then with his staff held to the sky
There issued forth a dreadful cry
And he looked me in the eye
And tore the air apart
My soldiers could no further ride
For every horse lay down and died
The very sun would be denied
And down and down we fell
There, up from all around us rose,
An eerie and corrupted glow
And we had nowhere left to go
But down and down to hell
Part the land and part the sky
Cast my army down to die
To bind and cut and crucify
The price in blood we paid was just too high
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3. |
Rain of Embers
05:45
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I awoke to find myself alone, knew not from whence I’d come
And I lay beneath a crimson sky, without a crimson sun
The air was cold and frozen, though all the land was burned
And I wept now for forgiveness as my memories returned
I lay upon a cursed earth, in a frozen hell
As from beneath a blood red sky, a rain of embers fell
We were so close to victory upon that bloodstained heath
As a thousand grasping demon claws did drag us down beneath
To this wretched underworld sheathed in ice and flame
Where nothing grew, and nothing lived, and embers fell as rain
Wandered for what seemed forever as the hours turned to days
My resolve began to harden from the depths of my malaise
Something there on the horizon would fill my heart with pain
As I drew close enough to see what lay beneath the ember rain.
I walked upon a cursed earth, in a frozen hell
As from beneath a blood red sky, a rain of embers fell
There stretched out before me was an avenue of trees
With burned and twisted branches, stretched as far as I could see
And hung from every blackened limb, with spikes through feet and hands
Were the bodies of each loyal man once sworn to my command
When a man meets his end on the battlefield
With honour, has he died
He deserves his reward in the afterlife
His fallen brothers at his side
But this victory was won with sorcery
And my soldiers’ spirits burned
And a thousandfold, this atrocity
I swore would be returned
[Solo: Marco Mastrobuono]
I stood upon a cursed earth, in a frozen hell
As from beneath a blood red sky, a rain of embers fell
All their eyes stared down at me, with life behind them still
And their mouths moved on in silent screams their breath could not fulfil
But I vowed to avenge them by the gods both new and old
I’d find a way I would escape this realm of embers, cold
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4. |
Lady of the Shade
06:10
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For what seemed like time unending did I wander all alone
No sun to mark the night or day, no stars to point to home
But as if out of nowhere, a maid before me stood
In blackened cloak and blackened furs,beneath a blackened hood
Help a broken man
Tell me where I am
I’m the lady of the Shade
But I do not know my name
I’ve been here a thousand years,
But I still look the same
Like lightening she flew down on me with a pair of flashing blades
And ‘neath her hood both pride and anger set her eyes ablaze
I had then to defend myself with all my years of skill
And though her knife was at my throat she did not intend to kill
O fearless battle queen
Tell of all you’ve seen
I was once the finest thief that all the world had known
I always worked in darkness, I always worked alone
And at this time a warlock king, whose thirst for power grew
Gathered all his weapon smiths and bid them what to do
“Stoke the fires and heat the iron, bring your hammers down
And forge for me a blade of power, worthy of my crown”
Beneath a frozen mountain, this evil sword was forged
And upon lives and upon souls and upon blood it gorged
With an edge suffused with magic it could slice between the realms
And each one did this warlock king soon seek to overwhelm
[Solo: G.R.]
But the sword was stolen from him, by the girl you stand before
And in revenge he cast me down upon that ember shore
Now all the victims of that blade, their souls are trapped within
And they are bound to fight beside a man who shall be king
And if the man who holds this weapon, is of a royal line
He can open up the pathways, no longer here confined
[Solo: G.R.]
I’m the lady of the Shade
But I do not know my name
I’ve been here a thousand years,
But I still look the same
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5. |
A Crown of Five Fingers
05:00
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The sword can be found on an island
Out in a shallow black sea
But first you must reckon a price with the ferryman
He does not sail for free
I have killed, I have died and forsaken
All those who stood by my side
Over the waves a dark sword shall awaken
And to glory or death I ride
The sailor was tall and seemed made out of driftwood
Bleached white as weather-worn bone
Though both of his arms began at his shoulders
One long fingered hand hung alone
‘A lord of the trolls wove a crown from my fingers
That has no right to rest on his brow.
That is the price if you’ll cross this black ocean
For without me all men are dragged down’
Though I’d not seen a town or a house or a dwelling
In this most accursed of lands
There were still a folk who lived under the surface
To whom I must make my demands
Down I climbed to the bowels of the underworld
And met with a lord of the fey
Give me the crown with its five wooden fingers
So that I might be on my way
The lord was short and most grim to behold
With arms like the trunks of a tree
His skin was like bark, his eyes small and dark
And with these words gave answer to me
“You may not have my crown with its long wooden fingers
For too well it rests on my brow
But you are quite welcome to come here and take it”
And just such a thing did I vow
I have killed, I have died and forsaken
All those who stood by my side
Over the waves a dark sword shall awaken
And to glory or death I ride
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6. |
The Blackening Tide
06:48
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Here we stand on black waters' edge
Dark seas that endlessly stretch
Here we stand, my dark lady and I
A formless shadow we must defy
Ferryman:
"Dangerous paths lie ahead
Through waters black and cold
Domain of ancient beasts
And vast horrors untold"
As we cast off and left safety behind
The fiery skies turned dark
We felt the cold embrace of evil
Heavy on our hearts
Obsidian rocks from the water rose
Black pillars of death moving as though alive
Forge on!
Through death's jaws we ride
Sail on!
Borne on a blackening tide
Ferryman:
"You have not yet seen the worst
Brace yourselves for attack
From a host of the accursed
Now there is no turning back"
And as if out of nowhere
Deformed creatures attacked
Evil fiends of the underworld
Grasping at our very throats
And so we sailed on through that deadly tide
Once more in the mortal world we shall ride
The crew of this ancient vessel
Fought hard to stave off assault
Many were they pulled overboard
Unwillingly sacrificed to the depths
But the deadly creatures withdrew
The darkened skies opened up
In one last attempt to thwart our journey
As lightning all around us struck
My lady unwavering at the bow
Strong in her determination
An island in the distance rose
We were at our journey's end
[Solo: Jensen]
Forge on!
Through death's jaws we ride
Sail on!
Borne on a blackening tide
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7. |
Corrupted Shores
05:14
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So much danger left behind
And more still yet to come
I felt the islands gaze upon me
And so it had begun
But the isle would oppose me
From rock to earth to bough to leaf
"I stand here on the threshold
A sword shall be reclaimed
I scream defiance to the heavens
Beneath skies of burning flame"
Malevolence looked down on me
And met my steely gaze
And branches sought to claim me
In a thousand different ways
The lady danced through light and shade
As evil on the darkness preyed
[Solo: Jensen]
Dark rents in the earth did open wide
And black water rose in a sickening tide
Creatures arose, that once had died
But all these things I swept aside
At last we reached the summit of this poisoned land
I fell down on my knees and dug into the sand
And there I found an ancient blade that sang within my veins
And with the very deftest touch it cut the air in twain
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8. |
Hell's Depths
07:18
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Faced dangers manifold
Stories will be told
About the king, so far he fell
And his journey through hell
I am the voyager between the worlds
The chosen of the gods
I have conquered the frozen plains
Slain the titans of the north
I have stared giants in the eye
I have travelled a thousand miles
To hell's depths I'd fallen
But I've come through the dark
Feasted with mighty wolves
Fought with them side by side
Against the evils of this world
Seems like an age ago now
I battled hosts of the undead
Saw my brothers' blood shed
Many lives I have taken
My dreams I have forsaken
[Solo: Jensen]
Too many long nights
Spent under the stars
No place to call home
Gazing into the unknown
I've been in desperation's grasp
More times than I know
Yet I shall see this to the end
I shall have my final revenge
Hear now, this I swear
This time I will end him
His life belongs to me
His blood shall flow free
Here still we stand tall
Yet time takes us all
But that time is not now
We shall never bow
I battled under ember skies
My brothers strung up to die
But my lady stood by my side
As we sailed on this hellish tide
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Heidra Copenhagen, Denmark
Heidra are a Copenhagen based metal band playing a mix of melodic, black and power metal with folk-themed undertones, powerful choruses and brutal growls. Heidra has a strong following in the Danish folk/metal scenes with an established yet growing fan base and a rich gigging history around Denmark and Europe. ... more
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