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Upon the Anvil Formed
05:49
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Traverse the black sands
The Ancient tower calls
Scorching sun is heating
The ground's 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 his 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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Labyrinthian Black
04:11
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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
The 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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Lyrics by by Mille Petrozza
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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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