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Ribspreader
04:14
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I choke the earth in my enemy's blood
I sever flesh from spine
Ripping lungs out through gaping holes
Revenge will always be mine
Ribspreader
Screams for mercy silenced by my hand
The moon lights my eyes, the sun is self-hid
Sparks of vengeance are set alight
Only a life for a life can set the world aright
Locked in battle, muscles taut, gripping my hell-fired blade
Crimson channel, focussed thought, feeding the earth with the slain
I choke the earth in my enemy's blood
I sever flesh from spine
Ripping lungs out through gaping holes
Exacting eye for eye
I flood the earth with my enemy's gore
I sever flesh from spine
Ripping lungs out through gaping holes
Revenge will always be mine
Ribspreader
A shadow is left still
Wandering these hills
Embers for eyes, ashen disguise
Watching, waiting to strike
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2. |
Remember Me
03:29
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I loose my spear
I loose it, and the moon clouds o'er
I loose it, and the stars burn dim
I loose my sword
I loose it, and the moon clouds o'er
I loose it, and the sun is extinguished
When the thunder rumbles
Remember Me
When the heavens rain
Remember Me
When the mirror tells its tale
Remember Me
When you look at the sun
Remember Me
Remember...
When you look up at the moon
I'll be there
And in that self-same moon I will be...
I'll be there, I'll be there
I'll be there
(Adapted from Malay Traditional Incantation)
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3. |
Skål!
05:14
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Conquering, we sheared the worm in two
Blood-stained sea, the ravens waded through
Singing steel, the war queen loved us then
Crimson death, we left the wolves well-fed
Skål! So raise a toast to fearless friends
And have a drink to those who sailed
The watery circle's end
Raise your cup!
Raise our spirits on this night!
We will drink to victory
Raise your cup
Long may we fight!
Brothers fell, with courage 'til the end
Stout of heart, the Aesir welcome them
When it's my time, laughing will I go
In Odin's hall, I shall quaff among the heroes
Skål! So raise a toast to fearless friends
And have a drink for those who sailed
The watery circle's end
Raise your cup!
Raise our spirits on this night!
We will drink to victory
Raise your cup
Long may we fight!
(Adapted from the Death Song of Ragnar Lodbrock)
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4. |
Helldiver
03:26
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I was born with a bomb strapped under my wing
And I learned why the caged bird fears to sing
Saw the world with a bloodshot eye, a disgrace
Keeping low, never going to show my true face
Winds of fire
Winds of death
Winds of fury
Carry me
For the wings of my spirit were never whole
Breathe unto me life, for my spirit crawls
Wings of fire, wings of fury, wings of death
Carry me with unholy breath
Helldiver
Winds of fire
Winds of death
Winds of fury
Carry me
For the wings of my spirit were never whole
Breathe unto me life, for my spirit crawls
Fierce winds blow, I'm a helldiver set to destruct
And I know that my toll has a chilling effect
Wind-driven sirens of death scream, you'll pay!
Overload, with my nose to the ground, stay away!
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5. |
Bones of Humanity
03:16
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I was born of the beast with blood
And laid into the fire
I drew no succor, I was laid into the fire
My heart was burnt, my mouth full of ash
Blackened were my limbs
I was fed the bitter weed
And laid into the black earth
I rose up, I was and was not
The fire was within me, I shadowed your world
I was laid into the fire, with flaming eyes that see
My mouth as knives, I carve upon the bones of humanity
There was no reason, no society
Only nature, biology
My eyes turned to flame that I might see
My mouth as knives that I may speak the truth
My angles sharp upon the stone
I rose up, I was and was not
I knew hypocrisy, The words were all lies
They shall be purged in flame
Ashes shall be made of them
Only the faceless sky shall remain
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6. |
Arduous March
03:41
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Come failure, come flood, come drought
When the sky drowns the earth
And the sun burns the mountains
When the crops disappear
And the water from the fountains
I am losing my eyesight and my skin is pale and wan
I'm collapsing but I won't fall to starvation
Come failure, come drought
The very fires of Phlegethon won't smoke me out
Starving, digging for roots
Grasping, wormwood for food
The dead are piling up in mounds
Will I survive the arduous march?
(repeat)
If I give my last crumb, if I give my last kindling
If I strengthen my soul, can I keep on living?
In the shadow of the winter, I can't escape from this ill
I will fall, for I'm losing my will
Starving, digging for roots
Grasping, wormwood for food
The dead are piling up in mounds
Will I survive the arduous march?
Come failure, come flood, come drought
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7. |
Ancient Hell
04:01
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The worm turns the apple
The snake in the garden
Decay at the centre of all things
The young devour the old
The old spit truth
Flowers blossom in the soil of the dead
They too will hang their heads
You cannot here, a paradise make
Nature does not conform to your ideals
Lift your head to the sky
Strive while you can to stand straight, stand tall
The field is not yours, you are of the soil
Ancient Hell, soil of the dead
The worm does not die, the fire does not quench
Ancient Hell, abode of the dead
The worm does not die, the fire does not quench
Hell is the prison, the seed that rots
Resentment, life not lived
Beware of perfection, chimeric ascension
For as deep as your root snakes down to hell, you must rise
Ancient Hell, soil of the dead
The worm does not die, the fire does not quench
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8. |
Shade of Astaroth
05:40
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Ride, ride, ride, the wolf you feed inside
Burn, burn, burn, the secrets you have learned
Forty legions you command
The fate of souls is in your hands
Why are you struck down
Astaroth, Prince of the Serpent Crown?
Fight, fight, fight, battles in the sky
Fly, fly, fly, from the memories in your mind
Forty legions you command
The fate of souls is in your hands
Why are you struck down
Astaroth, Prince of the Serpent Crown?
You see what was, what is, and what yet will be
But in all your sapience, can you see?
Seeketh me for you are lost
I am your shadow
Look behind, or you will never find peace
Rise, rise, rise, wipe the blood out of your eyes
Accept your circumstance. Is it unjust punishment?
You are struck down
Astaroth, Prince of the Serpent Crown
The viper in your hand shows
No, no, it's too late
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9. |
I am Reborn
05:03
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You ask when the end will come
I tell you it had begun before you were born
A hellish heresy is this sick society of slavery
The road was paved with intentions of gold
No-one knew that they had sold their souls
Angel, with the dead eyes
Reveals a military mind
Remember, the value of surprise
Is grounded in secrecy
A God self-slain on my own strange altar
I lay dying
Like sepulchral stone I lay
When God incarnated as a man, he killed himself
But with every thought of power
I am reborn
The roaring subjugates the land
The rising deluge consumes
Pestilence spreads upon the wind
No-one can withstand this calamity
The road was long
Paved with gold
It stole their souls
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10. |
The Dreaming City
05:06
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Behold the ancient city of a thousand names
She sleeps beneath the waves
Calcific structures rigorously defined
Crustacean paradise
Eternally nameless
Eternally placeless
Channelling the flow
Chaos rider, resist the undertow
Hearken the wail of seas untamed
Voices of the deep unnamed
Whirling pieces of reality
Manifest before me
Eternally nameless
Eternally placeless
Channelling the flow
Chaos rider, resist the undertow
Eternally nameless
Eternally placeless
Channelling the flow
Chaos rider, resist the undertow
I must go into the deep
Into a place blacker still than sleep
As the scales fall from my eyes
The dreaming city will arise
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Ye Goat-Herd Gods Calgary, Alberta
Ye Goat-Herd Gods, Calgary’s masters of dark metal music, find inspiration for their songs in history, Mesopotamian mythology, and Romantic era poetry. The music blends melodic heavy metal with a vocal style reminiscent of the lid being slid off a stone coffin by the undead resting within. ... more
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