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Bloodied Talons
04:44
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Forced to drag the stones
Upon the sands they build his throne
The wings are perched above them
A shadow stalking from on high
Floor upon black floor
Is it a palace or a tomb?
The bones of those who built it
Are surely buried deep within
Stacking the slain by their side
Foundations built on fear for their lives
Bloodied talons warning
Of a fate that waits close at hand
On display their message
To be read by the ones next in line
Bloodied talons clawing
At the back of the mind is the scar
Dominion over this world
To the one that has the control
His beast, it prowls the sky
Feathers, beak and talons ride
For the one that leave the line
Death descending from on high
Caught in his gaze as they hide
A bloodied talon cuts through the black night
The swelling mass of stone is rising higher, blotting out the sun
Hideous towers built by his design, like fingers to the sky
Lives be paid to behold the final sight, standing in black stone
Those who defy have their bones to show for it, rotting in the sun
Most vicious beast of the skies
Is keeping the slaves in their lines
Bloodied talons warning
Of a fate that waits close at hand
On display their message
To be read by the ones next in line
Bloodied talons clawing
At the back of the mind is the scar
Dominion over this world
To the one that has the control
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Ancient, carven halls of stone
Madness waits within their vaults
Inherit the cipher dimmed by distance in time
Upon the gods command you shall find the way
To mend the ruin, on which brink we now stand
A fire burns the clouds as the oath is now sworn beside drawn blades
The portents beheld now, no believers deny
Beyond fire and steel we shall find
The ancient riddles key
Locked away within
Make way for the caverns
Where the secrets still hide
All to be revealed here this day
By fire light
By aeons removed in time
Far within the midst
The answer's been spelt in blood
The time has come to reveal
Beware the answers laid out here
They bring burden to the mind
In the midst of the prophecy
Take heed what you might now find
Seeker of the key to ancient riddles
Among all the pillars of these ancient grey halls
You lost your mind in search of the key
The… The...
The ancient riddles key
Locked away within
The ancient riddles key
Time will now reveal
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Defying the Gates
05:09
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We escape at dawn
I will cut up the path once more
Through the steaming blood
We will overcome the walls they hold
These iron gates will be raised
The stone cracks beneath my feet as I strain
Loose their arrows in vain
Let them fly as I remain unscathed
Braving the city gates, challenge their arms
I am a beast they cannot hold
Daring them to come out, to end my charge
They cannot win but they can try
Swing the blade
Defying the gates
These walls will now finally break
Crack the chains
Defying the gates
I refuse to be ended here
You're just a thorn in my side
The vultures gather, but not for me
Come test my steel, just try
I refuse to be ended here
Loosed arrows fly by my side
The vultures gather for their feast
When this gate is open you die
I refuse to be ended here
Loosed arrows fly by my side
The vultures gather for their feast
When this gate is open you die
Braving the city gates, challenge their arms
I am a beast they cannot hold
Daring them to come out, to end my charge
They cannot win but they can try
Swing the blade
Defying the gates
These walls will now finally break
Crack the chains
Defying the gates
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By the Peal of Thunder
04:59
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From the height of their arrogance
Their eyes deny them to see
Blind to the steel drawn, they cannot take back
Our reply like thunder rolling
Battle at last, their words will be put to the test
Bury their lies in our cry
Like a thunder rolling by
A charge that quakes the earth with its pound
They shall break upon our line
And fear our battle cry
We will end their rule in the fellest of swoops
In the fields where they make their last stand
We rose to their challenge with a right to defend
They shall choke upon their own words
Battle at last, their words will be put to the test
Plated lords let sound their golden horns
To rattle our ranks asunder
But the din of their tone above the battlefield drowned
By the peal of thunder
Send your champions forth to on our spears to be gored
They will be trampled into the ground
And the sound of our hooves, like thunder let loose
To accompany their death cries
Battle at last, their words will be put to the test
Bury their lies in our cry
Like a thunder rolling by
A charge that quakes the earth with its pound
They shall break upon our line
And fear our battle cry
Let the plated lords sound their golden horns
They will drown in the peal of thunder
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Labyrinthian Black
04:09
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Consumed by bloodlust
Dark oath sworn unknown
Silent before the thrust
Like a stone before it's thrown
Guarded by iron bars
Until I bow before my host
A crack inside the walls
Reveals the path where I must go
The pungent stench of wet stone walls, my only company
Ere the stars draw the zodiac, pass the labyrinthian black
Beneath their temple
Their sacrifice now gone
Into a fate far worse
Than what they had in store
With black blades brandished
They wail in their defeat
Lost now forever
To that which lurks beneath
Winding halls in stygian shroud, spread out for me
It's too late, there's no way back through the labyrinthian black
The void going deeper
'Til I'm lost under the ground
Lost and I'll never be found
Into the great maw
That consumes without an end
Doom in the place of escape
Blind within the tunnels of my tomb soon to be
Stumbling with a sudden crack within the labyrinthian black
Darkness swallowed all of me and will not set me free
Dragging steps behind my back in the labyrinthian black
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Mound of Ashen Skulls
04:20
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Warden of an ancient crown
It's office bestowed on me
A shadow of this kingdom
Unconquered for how long?
Enemies at our gates
They smell their price within
Like vultures circling closer
This carcass empire
In the siege courage denies me
Before me, staring at me I see the
Mounds of ashen skulls
Placed beneath the throne
A monument to greater kings
Who from their tombs now share their spoils
Sleeping at my feet
Our enemies of old
A joyous sight if they could see
Their conquerors line be ended now
The fire spreading now within our walls
The gates cannot hold no more
From the old tombs of monarchs:
Hear the crumbling of their stones
The killing fields been brought to the one that spent a life time to avoid
Falling from the throne that he was never made to hold
In the siege courage denies me
Before me, staring at me I see the
Mounds of ashen skulls
Placed beneath the throne
A monument to greater kings
Who from their tombs now share their spoils
Sleeping at my feet
Our enemies of old
A joyous sight if they could see
Their conquerors line be ended now
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Fountain of Voices
03:45
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The mirror surface now stands
Revealed once more in days light
Ancient terrace, in madness
Again feet tread upon
Into the fountain of voices
The whisper of truth lies within
Dark are the words that were bound there
In the depths they pull at their chains
Lost to the fountain of voices
Those who disturbed its waters again
Dark is the end they will find there
They will add their voice to its ring
Day turns into night at once
With a treble of the marble stones
Epochal revelation
Before those who go
Into the fountain of voices
The whisper of truth lies within
Dark are the words that were bound there
In the depths they pull at their chains
Lost to the fountain of voices
Those who disturbed its waters again
Dark is the end they will find there
They will add their voice to its ring
In its depths the moon has been set
From its spouts the stars, they drip
Pale waters, they hunger
For more to finally come
Into the fountain of voices
From marble and crystal together hewn
The light, it spews
In a blaze of feigned morning their screams ring out
Their screams ring out
Into the fountain of voices
The mirror surface now stands
Revealed once more in days light
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8. |
Upon the Anvil Formed
05:43
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Traverse the black sands
The ancient tower calls
Scorching sun is heating
The grounds searing to the touch
With swarms of vermin
Feeding on my blood
A pilgrim in the land kissed by the cloven tongue of its lord
Stalked by a vengeful god
My kingdom to spill his blood
The mace and chain I wield:
Upon the anvil formed
My will and blackened steel:
Upon the anvil formed
Behind the ruins
Of the sacrificial well
Through the bones of virgins
Where the shrine dwells
Before the brazen gates
His bane now awaits
Breaking, the gates are open wide
The halls run with blood
Crushing the bones, a violent storm
From this throne he will fall
Stalked by a vengeful god
My kingdom to spill his blood
The mace and chain I wield:
Upon the anvil formed
My will and blackened steel:
Upon the anvil formed
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Mace'n'Chain Skellefteå, Sweden
Arcane, riff driven, epic metal.
Debut album ”Among Ancient Pillars” out now via No Remorse Records!
SWING THE CHAIN
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