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Violent Creed of Vengeance
(MUSIC: K. Hester and C. Wolf)
(LYRICS: Sarah)
Daughters, this is a place of peril
VERSE 1:
Swarming with vermin and disease
I will not abandon thee
To this dismal life you lead
Fall victim to that knave’s treachery
Hatred burns ferociously
CHORUS:
Demons clutch at your feet
Monster of ancient malice leads
The procession of souls who’ll never leave
Until rid of malefic wizardry
VERSE 2:
Incessant thumping
Sends volatile blood singing
Hung from a barbaric chamber
Wrench fist from bolted shackles
Muscles quiver with blood lust
As the first lash peels his skin agonizingly
CHORUS:
Chamber soaked in crimson
Free from demonic prison
The procession of souls who’ll finally leave
Now rid of malefic wizardry
The violent creed of, the violent creed…
THE VIOLENT CREED OF VENGEANCE!
Daughters, this was a place of peril
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The Talisman and The Blade
(MUSIC: S. Vincent and K. Hester)
(LYRICS: S. Vincent and Sarah)
VERSE 1:
Heroes and fools are one and the same
Why should I risk my life, what would I gain?
“Would you be so cruel?
My throne was usurped
My people enslaved
The tyrant must pay"
CHORUS 1:
To fathom the witches riddle
Power is nothing if given to you
Let the forces of furies unite
For justice, for light, and life
VERSE 2:
The Ebony Blade is now mine
Galloping on, they’re not far behind
Deep within the heretics mountain
The elder she grants
The Damned Talisman
CHORUS 2:
On the trail of the tyrant’s horde
Diviners obscuring the way
Let the forces of furies unite
For justice, for light, and life
ENDING:
Creeping silently…
Desperation! Lies heavy in the air
Dark magic clouds the mind
The Talisman reveals the truth
I see the Tyrant’s eyes
There’s no escape from The Ebony Blade
With one final stroke
Cold steel cleaves the flesh, the bloody deed is done
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Midnight in the Mirror World
(MUSIC: S. Vincent)
(LYRICS: S. Vincent and Sarah)
VERSE 1:
Tenebrous figure
Dwelling deep, within the infinite gates
A foreboding wind blows
With the first stars
He wakes, signaling personal dawn
Gaze across pale nebulas
BREAK:
The next night, It returned!
Hatred behind a black veil
In his mind, a dark seed stirs!
Sudden realization
From lust, to regret!
That fateful brief encounter
Her face, grave smile!
Vanishing at the twelfth stroke
REF:
In that distant crystal maze!
Reflection by reflection!
A patient siren waits…
Beneath cold wrought iron gloom!
VERSE 2:
For ten arduous years
She travelled, threading the glassy labyrinth
By sheer force of will
Manic wind, cloudless sky
A dark rendezvous, betwixt the infinite gates
Then the horror was gone
REF:
In that distant crystal maze!
Reflection by reflection!
A patient siren waits…
Beneath cold wrought iron gloom!
ENDING:
With morbid anticipation
One last descent
Utter darkness, pandemonium
The hiss of heavy silk
As the last stroke rang
A cruel grip so tight
Together at last
In the mirror world at midnight
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Path of Witchery
04:26
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Path of Witchery
MUSIC: K. Hester
LYRICS: S. Vincent
Back through the myths to
Old Terra the seeds were sown
Compelled by time within joining rites
Those hidden rhythms are stretching to infinity
Voices lighting the ominous path
For centuries, a profound illusion
wielding power in the shadows
Perennial memories are passed on
subtle dominance and deceit
Control must be kept,
preservation of the Hawk’s line
Heed not the word of abomination
Beyond influence,
transformation has just begun
Final threads lost to The Golden Path
Centuries of illusion shattered
Ebbing power in the shadows
Let the fear go, recite the litany
Faith unyielding, the Path of Witchery
WITCHERY!
Time may yet grant a second or third chance
Patience runs deep in the shadows
Let the fear go, recite the litany
Faith unyielding, the Path of Witchery
Leads: C. Wolf & S. Vincent
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Victims of Fate
07:41
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Victims of Fate
(MUSIC and LYRICS: S. Vincent)
INTRO:
Doomed the champion is to bear The Black Sword for eternity. Torn from another plane through the winds of time, forever to fight for the lords of the higher worlds. Nameless entities, threatening the balance. But In the end, heroes and gods are just Victims of Fate......
VERSE 1:
A strangely familiar desolate shore
Perhaps in a dream I traversed it before
A dark ship cloaked in mist awaits
Upon we sail the seas of fate
Chosen for the greatest task
Where the future will meet the past
I’ll soon forget all that I saw
Amongst swirling visions beyond chaos and law...
CHORUS 1:
Then we become
The four who are one!
Greater than the sum
VERSE 2:
From the jaws of chaos we escaped
Alone in a strange future I awake
Given a small chance to prevail
Upon the seas of time we soon will sail
I raise the witch’s knife into the storm, I call upon
The last king of Melniboné
With the third one drawn to our side
The Vanishing tower appears, within the sorcerer hides...
CHORUS 2:
Now we become
The three who are one!
Sorcery undone
I met you once before, your name was Ilian
I have had many names, I am a companion to you and your brothers
The time of the conjunction is here
You will determine the fate of the million spheres
ENDING:
Tanelorn
Have I not earned the peace of
Tanelorn
Where are you?
Tanelorn
I wish for release
Tanelorn
Will I find you in
Tanelorn
I wait for the end in
Tanelorn
For some it’s near, for some it’s far
Tanelorn
I’ve paid the price for this burden
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Spellforger
03:31
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Spellforger
(MUSIC: K. Hester)
(LYRICS: K. Hester and Sarah)
VERSE 1:
This impoverished child, distinct from the rest
Their mind contains untold fortitude
Ancient coven sensed their presence
Trained their young as a Spellforger
REF:
Mystic forces animate their soul
Known only as the, as the Spellforger
CHORUS:
In a tower far on the hillside
They command a wayward realm
Few possess this gift, the power of sorcery
With staff carved from ancient tree
Amplifying the power they behold
Mythical and magical, summon the unknown
VERSE 2:
Body, mind, and craft now in unison
Restoring the cosmic balance
The endless dreamquest gives purpose to
The lonely life of, of a Spellforger
REF:
Mystic forces animate their soul
Known only as the, as the Spellforger
CHORUS:
In a tower far on the hillside
They command a wayward realm
Few possess this gift, the power of sorcery
With staff carved from ancient tree
Amplifying the power they behold
Mythical and magical, summon the unknown
MIDDLE:
Buried in dusty tomes, secrets from mother earth
Nameless unknowns revealed in her endless rebirth
REF:
Mystic forces animate their soul
Known only as the, as the Spellforger
CHORUS:
In a tower far on the hillside
They command a wayward realm
Few possess this gift, the power of sorcery
With staff carved from ancient tree
Amplifying the power they behold
Mythical and magical, summon the unknown
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Dragonslayer's Doom
09:51
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MUSIC: K. Hester
LYRICS: Sarah Ann
Grim weather worked stones
Ribboned with parasols of fungus
Remnants of a bountiful land now awry
Implacable adversary slashes fog to ribbons
Spreads her wings and took to the sky
Creeping tendrils,
slayer's failed rites
Campe’s gnarled talons, boundless arcane might
Snatching phrases from cruel grimoires
Plucked from the tumulus of a forgotten queen
The great stargazer poured over with watchful eyes
Wyverns' ancient lair revealed in the scry
Creeping tendrils,
slayer's failed rites
Campe’s gnarled talons,
boundless arcane might
Destroyer at the roots of the world
Perched upon a mass of gold and stinking viscera
Rugged figure scrambles up the shore
Towards the mouth of the cave
Narrow ribbon of flame!
Left clutching a useless hilt
Mighty wyrm, cruel gaping maw
Behold fiery doom!
Gurgling screams
Echo on the wind
Guilty flesh devoured
In this my final hour
Spew forth molten spittle
A mess of charred flesh and blood
Her ashes scattering
Lost on the wind
Leathery wings darken
The vast beyond
A ponderous bell swells,
Sojourn in watery realms
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Smoulder play epic heavy metal in the tradition of Tales of Medusa, Solitude Aeternus, Manilla Road, early Blind Guardian and Fates Warning. Fantastical heroes wielding mystic swords and arcane sorcery await...
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