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As the Sky Falls
02:48
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TURNING ON EACH OTHER FATHERS KILLING SONS THE MASSES SEARCH FOR SANCTUARY BUT THERE IS NONE THE TIME HAS COME SO DIE AT WILL I'M HEADING TO THE FOREST BEFORE IT TURNS TO ASH WADING THROUGH THE HUNDREDS I'VE TRAMPLED IN MY WRATH I WAS BORN IN NATURE AND THAT IS WHERE I'LL DIE AND TODAY I'LL EARN MY THRONE IN HALL UP HIGH I TRUST MY RIFLE I TRUST MY BLADE FAREWELL TO EVERYTHING MY CHOICE IS MADE I'VE WAITED FOR THIS MOMENT FORETOLD IN ANCIENT TIMES I'VE LEARNED TO TRUST MY INSTINCTS AND READ BETWEEN THE LINES AND IN MY FINAL HOURS I'LL HAVE RELEASE ALONE I BREATHE IN DEEP AWAIT ETERNAL SLEEP THE SKY WILL RAIN DOWN BURNING FIRE TURNING THE EARTH INTO A PYRE I LOOK UP TO THE SKY AND THINK OF THOSE WHO DIED I'LL SEE THEM ALL AGAIN WHEN I TOO MEET THE END NO REGRETS FOR WHAT I'VE DONE I CALL TO ODIN'S SON I HEAR THE CRASHING THUNDER AND FEEL THE GROUND QUAKE UNDER I HOLD MY SWORD TO MY CHEST AND TAKE MY FINAL BREATH
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ODIN'S SACRED WE ONCE WERE THE MIGHTY BERSERK CLAD IN FUR FILLED WITH STRENGTH AND PRIMAL RAGE WE COULD NOT BE HARMED BY BLADE HOWLING WILDLY AND BITING SHIELD WE ALONE COULD CLEAR THE BATTLE FIELD BLOOD RED EYES AND FURY DIVINE WE SPILL THE BLOOD OF OUR OWN KIND WE SLAUGHTER EVERYTHING IN OUR WAY NOTHING KEEPS THE WOLF FROM ITS PREY RECEIVING WOUNDS WE FEEL NO PAIN WE RUN THROUGH ARROWS THAT FALL LIKE RAIN LOST IN LEGEND AND TURNED TO MYTH THEY SPEAK OF MEN WITH CLAWS INSTEAD OF FISTS SHIFTING SHAPE IN THE LUNAR LIGHT HORRID BEASTS WITH UNNATURAL MIGHT NO TRUTH OF THE MEN WHO SHAMED THEM HOW THEY RAN IN FEAR AND I CAN'T BLAME THEM FAIRYTALES MAY BRING YOU PEACE BUT YOU LOST YOUR FRIENDS TO MEN NOT BEASTS THE FRENZY FADES AND I HAVE TO REST I PLUCK THE ARROWS FROM MY CHEST WE FOUGHT HARD AND WE PLAYED OUR PART DRANK THE STEAMING BLOOD FROM THEIR HEARTS WE LEAVE THE SHORE ON SEPARATE SHIPS WANDERING EYES AND FOAMING LIPS EXHAUSTED FROM OUR SAVAGE TASK WE BOARD THE LONG BOATS AND COLLAPSE HEROIC MEN RETURN TO CRYING WIVES THE WOLVEN FRIEND RETURN TO WOODLAND LIVES RECEDE TO SHADOW AWAY FROM THE LIGHT THEY'LL CALL AGAIN WHEN IT'S TIME TO FIGHT WE LUST FOR BLOOD AND THERE'S ALWAYS MORE THE ULFHEDNAR EVER LONG FOR WAR
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Waves of Betrayal
02:54
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RIDING HARD AGAINST THE WIND THE SNOW IT FEELS LIKE KNIVES OUR BEARDS ARE FROZEN SOLID OUR CHAINMAIL'S THICK WITH ICE SO FEW OF US RETURN NOW FROM WARFARE SACRIFICE WE'LL GET NO EASY PASSAGE WE STILL FIGHT FOR OUR LIVES STRONG IN WILL AND BOUND IN BLOOD WE KNEW WHAT HAD TO BE WHEN WE SAILED OUR DRAGON SHIPS ACROSS THE RAGING SEA KILL THEM WHERE THEY COME FROM STOP THEM IN THEIR TRACKS BLEED THEM OF THEIR HOLY BLOOD WITH AXES IN THEIR BACKS THEY THINK THEY ARE PROTECTED BY THEIR PEACEFUL LIES BUT I KNOW IT WON'T END HERE UNTIL THE LAST ONE DIES WE HAVE COME TO PROTECT THE OLD WAY AND FROM MY PATH I WON'T STRAY AND THAT IS HOW IT HAS TO BE UNTIL ALLFATHER CALLS ME HOW CAN THIS BE THE MEN IN FRONT OF ME THEY'RE MY OWN BLOOD BROTHERS I ONCE LOVED CONVERTED COWARDS TRADE HONOR FOR POWER HOW CAN WE WIN BY KILLING OUR OWN KIN WE LEAVE THE LAND DISGUSTED WITH SORROW IN OUR HEARTS I KNOW THIS RELIGION WILL TEAR THE WORLD APART
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Purified by Fire
04:05
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THE ELDERS MEET IN THE HALL WITH FOREIGN MEN THEY SAY IT'S TO SPEAK OF PEACE AND BRING THE WAR'S END THEY'VE DONE IT BEFORE AND I KNOW THAT THEY LIE SOME STAY TRUE TO OUR CAUSE AND THEY WAIT OUTSIDE THE WINDOWS ARE SEALED UP TIGHT THEY CANNOT LEAVE MY MEN AND I WAIT BEHIND THE TALL TREES THE OIL IS READY TO POUR TO FEED THE FLAMES AS THEY CLOSE UP THE DOOR IT'S LOCKED WITH COLD CHAINS LOCK THEM IN LET THEM SCREAM TAKE FROM THEM EVERYTHING PURIFIED BY FIRE LET THEM CHOKE LET THEM PLEAD AS THEY DIE FROM THEIR GREED PURIFIED BY FIRE I HOLD REMORSE FOR THE HALL AS IT BURNS AND THEN IT CAVES IN WITH MY GREAT AXE AND MY HANDS I'LL BUILD IT UP AGAIN I KNOW ONE DAY OUR AGE WILL FADE NO ONE CAN ESCAPE THEIR FATE OUR GODS ARE PLEASED TONIGHT WE FEAST MAYBE NOW WE MAY LIVE IN PEACE LOCK THEM IN LET THEM SCREAM TAKE FROM THEM EVERYTHING PURIFIED BY FIRE LET THEM CHOKE LET THEM PLEAD AS THEY DIE FROM THEIR GREED PURIFIED BY FIRE
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Birth of a Draugr
04:10
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AS I AWAKEN THE SOIL COVERING MY FACE A BURNING MEMORY OF HOW I WOUND UP IN THIS PLACE I WAS BETRAYED BY ONE THAT I ONCE CALLED FRIEND NOT IN GLORY BUT AN ABRUPT BITTER END I EXPECTED NOTHING AS I ENTERED MY DARK HOME TOO LATE I DISCOVERED THAT I WAS NOT ALONE A BLADE ACROSS MY NECK BROUGHT ME TO MY KNEES TWO FIGURES LAUGHING ABOVE AS THEY WATCHED ME BLEED WAS IT REALLY A LOVE AFFAIR THAT ENDED ME IN THE END THEY WILL PAY FOR THEIR TREACHERY HOW LONG HAVE I LAID IN THE GROUND WRITHING BENEATH THE EARTH SWIMMING THROUGH THE STONE I LEAVE THE MOUND LIKE A GROTESQUE REBIRTH I TURN THE SKY BLACK AS NIGHT AS I JOURNEY FORTH I HUNT THEM DOWN PLEADING ALL THEY LIKE BUT THEY'LL GET NO REMORSE THERE'S NOWHERE TO RUN SO I GRAB HIM FIRST I PEEL HIS SKIN BACK WITH HIS BLOOD I QUENCH MY THIRST AS I LOOK TO MY BRIDE SHE BEGINS TO CRY SAVE YOUR TEARS DARLING THEY MEAN NAUGHT TO ME CRUSHING HER IN MY ARMS I SET HER WICKED SOUL FREE
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TOGETHER WE RIDE MY BROTHERS AND I SIDE BY SIDE ACROSS THE PLAIN THROUGH HEAVY SHEETS OF RAIN WE ARRIVE IN THE LAND WEAPONS IN HAND WE CAN NOT BE STOPPED WE CAN NOT BE SLAIN WE FEAR NO MORTAL PAIN WE BUILT THIS PLACE AND WE HAVE GUARDED IT FOR YEARS THERE IS NO MAN ALIVE WHO CAN MAKE US LEAVE FROM HERE BROKEN BODIES SLABS OF STONE I SEE THEM ALL YET I'M ALONE EMBRACING SILENCE I GAZE AROUND I SEE THE CHAOS BUT HEAR NO SOUND PUSHING FORWARD DRIVEN BY WILL THERE IS NO TIME TO REST IT'S TIME TO KILL YOU CAN'T WITHSTAND THE HORDE THOUGH FOOLISHLY YOU TRY YOU'RE JUST ANOTHER OBSTACLE NOW DIE WE CONQUER LANDS WHILE PATHETICALLY YOU KNEEL AND ALL THAT'S LEFT BENEATH US IS WOOD AND STEEL
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The First to Fall
04:25
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OUR ARMY HEADS ON TO THE FIELD BUT I CAN SEE NO USE THESE MEN HAVE NOT COME HERE TO TALK OUR KING HAS BROKEN TRUCE WE CAN NOT FACE THESE ODDS MY DEATH I FEAR I HEAR THEIR WAR DRUMS TAUNTING AS THEY ARE DRAWING NEAR I AM A LOWLY PEASANT AND I HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE DEATH AND POVERTY AWAIT ME WHATEVER PATH I CHOOSE I SEE THE SHAPES OF MEN MARCHING FROM THE TREES WITHOUT A SOUND A BLACK FLETCHED ARROW PASSES ME I LIFT IT FROM THE EARTH AND RAISE MY EYES AS A THOUSAND ARROWS PLUMMET FROM THE SKY AS I FALL I KNOW SO SHALL YOU ALL
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Horde of Draugar Cheyenne, Wyoming
After playing their first show in January 2012, Horde of Draugar quickly began recording their first studio album, 'Birth of
a Draugr' which was self-released on CD and digital format in October 2012.
HoD have since finished writing and recording their second studio album, 'In Death, We Are Legend' which will be self-released on CD and digital format on April 22, 2016.
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