1. |
Dragonbane
06:53
|
|||
|
High upon
A mountain top
A black spire
In a sea of fog
Through the sphere
Her eyes gaze
Her laughter
Reverberates through the void
The man behind reptilian eyes
Perished long ago
Seduced by promises of power
A debt paid with his soul
Dark magic
Dying screams
Madness spills
From his serrated smile
The Divine
Barrier
Blessed be
The champion of Paladine
The shattered orb erupts in flames
Consuming everything
A final spell in desperation
The walls will fall to incineration
Rise from
Ashes
Behold
Your Queen
Good and Evil, Dark and Light
Honour bound he’s just and right
Ever equal the scales must remain
This is the plight of Huma Dragonbane
Uphold
The Oath
The Oath and the Measure
Uphold
The Oath
The Oath and the Measure
Stalwart in his stead
Staring down the face of dread
A simple man with the world on his shoulders
Until his last breath is gone
He will stand strong
To uphold The Oath and the Measure
Silver Wings
Torch the sky
In platinum
He’s galvanized
In death’s grip
A deals made
The queen returns
To the abyss to rule again
As the sky bursts into flames
Only her laughter remains
The medallion clutched in his hand
He gave his life for peace again
Battered
Broken
Recall
Her love
Good and Evil, Dark and Light
Honour bound he’s just and right
Ever equal the scales must remain
This is the plight of Huma Dragonbane
Good and Evil, Dark and Light
Pure of heart a soul that’s just and right
Ever equal the scale will remain
Heed the legend, the legend of Huma Dragonbane
|
||||
2. |
Unstoppable
04:20
|
|||
|
We’ve come to the end of it all
One final blockade
Push through to ascension
We cannot be swayed
We storm the wall
Watch the towers fall
Each step another toward our victory
We crash the gate
Drive home the stake
Ever onward we march
On and on, for glory and beyond
We are all unstoppable
Overcome and persevere
We’ll always be unstoppable
Let nothing stand in our way
Leave a trail of destruction
See kingdoms crumble before us
Become domination
We storm the wall
Watch the towers fall
Each step another toward our victory
We crash the gate
Drive home the stake
Ever onward we march
On and on, for glory and beyond
Overcome and persevere
On and on, for glory and beyond
We are all unstoppable
Overcome and persevere
We’ll always be unstoppable
Conquest is now in our sights
So close we can taste it
Our next path is already set
We’re never complacent, NO!
We storm the wall
Watch the towers fall
Each step another toward our victory
We crash the gate
Drive home the stake
Ever onward we march
Because we are
Unstoppable
|
||||
3. |
Cosmic Sorceress
04:57
|
|||
|
After ten thousand years
She is finally free
To bring all of mankind
To its knees
An assault upon the earth
Launched from her lunar base
Somehow she escaped
From her prison out in space
To ensure the subjugation of the human race
She’ll amass an army of monsters
Formed from clay
Five guardians chosen in the final hour
Quickly adapting to an alien power
Wave after wave, test after test
Dispatch them all, they are victorious
Prehistoric battle beasts combine
To even up the fight
And after every fall
They’ll rise up and repress
The evil cosmic sorceress
An ensorcelled blade keeps him under her control
Corruption of a ranger to achieve her twisted goal
Shattering the steel will make his mind whole
Past actions will weigh heavy on his soul
Drawing the power back the wick begins to burn
The coins lay in her grasp, the tide begins to turn
For redemption he’ll set out to retrieve them
He’ll face his demons on borrowed time
Prehistoric battle beasts combine
To even up the fight
And after every fall
They’ll rise up and repress
The evil cosmic sorceress
Prehistoric battle beasts combine
To even up the fight
And after every fall
They’ll rise up and repress
The evil cosmic sorceress
|
||||
4. |
Leviathan
06:18
|
|||
|
Tales from the elders
Of the early tribes of man
Spoke of a spirit haunting
These valley waters
A ghastly beast hungering for flesh
On offering to sate it
Tied to the crossing vessel
Satisfied it would retire to its den
Far beneath the surface of the lake
It traversed the depths
Slithering through time itself
As the world around it changed
The serpent became enraged
It vowed to send us back
To a darker age from which we won’t return
Distorted, Visage, Silent, Crying
In the age of technology and vanity
Tradition and culture are pushed aside
Seasons, changing
Old legends have been forgotten
Concrete, monoliths
Suffocate mother nature
Fires burning, never ending night
The heat will rise ash blankets the sky
Thunder rolls and lightning strikes
We’ve awakened the Leviathan
This valley will burn
His roar fills the air beneath the crimson sun
Whoa-oh fear the Leviathan
To purge this place of ignorance and sin
Inferno engulfing everything spread by the winds
Endless, darkness
It’s an obvious sign
Serpent’s fury
It has turned back the time
Fires burning, never ending night
The heat will rise ash blankets the sky
Thunder rolls and lightning strikes
We’ve awakened the Leviathan
This valley will burn
His roar fills the air beneath the crimson sun
Whoa-oh fear the Leviathan
Again it sleeps, this Leviathan
This valley in ashes
It’s roar echoes and fades
Beneath the crimson sun
|
||||
5. |
Blood of Gaia
05:15
|
|||
|
Mother Gaia, weak and frail
Bless us with your gift of life
World in ruin, ashes and dust
Iron jungles left to rust
Eradicated all mankind
Filthy parasitic entities
Buried bones fertilize the future
Every end brings new beginnings
Whoa
Goddess open your eyes
(Take back control)
From the fallout you will rise
(Rise up from your demise)
Silence the human cries
(A mass genocide)
Oh
Bursting through, earthen veins
Emerald blood and radiation
Time will stitch, festering wounds
Her molten heart it beats again
Obliteration, decimation
Bright white light to reset life
Whoa
Goddess open your eyes
(Take back control)
From the fallout you will rise
(Rise up from your demise)
Silence the human cries
(A mass genocide)
Oh
Hate and greed (Greed)
Were the seed (Seed)
A flower of self-destruction
They all watch her (Her)
Rot and wither (Wither)
Without a care that they’ll follow soon
Poisoned lungs, laboured breaths
Pollution blights the skin
All things heal, each passing day
Beauty born from decay
In due time a new species will evolve
We hope it does not fall prey to itself
To improve on what came before
A new age
A new race
Whoa
Goddess open your eyes
(Take back control)
From the fallout you will rise
(Rise up from your demise)
Silence the human cries
(A mass genocide)
Oh
|
||||
6. |
Call of the North
05:01
|
|||
|
Under siege from the wind and snow
Tundras cruel terrain
We will let nothing hold us down
Fight on through the pain
Our crest of red and white
Sigil of our strength and pride
Dances through the days
To claim our return
Forgotten kings wearing broken crowns
Claim dominion
A new blood born into the storm
Has come to topple their thrones
Taking no prisoners
Melodic conquerors
Hymns sung in unison, of battles we’ve won
Beyond the frost
Across the ice
Under winter’s scorn
A deafening pulse
Beats the earth
In a place that we call home
In an unforgiving land
Ruled by the cold
We unite under thunderous sound
We are warriors
Riding from the north
Frigid voices conjure up a tale
Breathing life into words
Resonating from our polar hearts
Signal sent to the stars
An arctic symphony
Earth cast in ivory
Relentless blizzards
Will strengthen our ode
With passion we unleash our song
The notes of those exiled
Hammer the earth, electrify the sky
Feel the tremor for miles
Our names will carry on
Long after we have gone
Etching tablets of time, with harmonious tales
Beyond the frost
Across the ice
Under winter’s scorn
A deafening pulse
Beats the earth
In a place that we call home
In an unforgiving land
Ruled by the cold
We unite under thunderous sound
We are warriors
Riding from the north
Beyond the frost
Across the ice
Under winter’s scorn
A deafening pulse
Beats the earth
In a place that we call home
In an unforgiving land
Ruled by the cold
We unite under thunderous sound
We are warriors
Riding from the north
|
||||
7. |
Night Sister
06:00
|
|||
|
Her pale skin, icy tempting eyes
I’m blinded by, her deadly grace
A dance of death, not one missed step
Twin crimson blades, ignite the night
Fuelled by her anger, her rage and hate
A tool of annihilation
Eyes open now
Behold the truth
Not to be led
She cannot lose
Child of the mist
Dark forces writhe and twist
Around the daughter of the Sith
Mythic magic sapped from the planet’s core
Drown your fear in dark waters below
Ancient coven of cosmic conjurors
The veiled order of the Nightsister
Child of the mist
Dark forces writhe and twist
Around the daughter of the Sith
Mythic magic sapped from the planet’s core
Drown your fear in dark waters below
Ancient coven of cosmic conjurors
The veiled order of the Nightsister
A ruthless betrayal, leads to a life alone
One job to another, no place to call home
The presence of a stranger, sends her world into chaos
Old thoughts awoken, her mind in turmoil
She opened her heart, had it torn apart
Her love seems lost
A prisoner of savagery
Master, apprentice
Showdown at last
A chance at redemption
Refuse the pull
Scarred and broken
Her wounds heal his soul
Last breath escapes her cold lips
Surrender to the light
|
||||
8. |
The 8th Passenger
08:02
|
|||
|
We awake from cryosleep to a signal of despair
Touching down on foreign soil to see what we find there
A ship lay in the distance abandoned long ago
Sent to explore its worn and battered hull
Ancient being laid to rest
Ruptured from within his chest
Fog covers cold steel floor hiding something just beneath
A closer look reveals pods as far as the eye can see
A parasite melts through the glass to infiltrate
Plant the seed and germinate
Comatose to wide awake
Eruption and escape
Perfect being without morality
Silent prowler driven by hostility
Endless hallways closing in
Is there any way to win?
There is nowhere we can run
Annihilation has begun
The crew exterminated one by one
A machine plays with the threads of our human lives
In the guise of a man he doomed us with his lies
Perverted protocol to preserve alien life
Mother turned her back on us
How will we survive?
Strobing lights and warning sounds
Self destruction counting down
Mandibles ooze viscous spit that falls upon the floor
Face to face and terrified I’m frozen to the core
Detach and drift out into the black expanse
Flash of white pulls me into a trance
Time ceases to elapse
Exhaustion and collapse
Perfect being without morality
Silent prowler driven by hostility
Endless corridors a maze
Alien stalks us in silence
There is nowhere we can run
Annihilation carries on
The crew exterminated all but one
Floating alone in the hollowness of space
Sweat clinging like a second skin
Rapid breaths have just begun to slow
Not alone, not again
Open the door to the arms of emptiness
Skewered, ejected into the star’s caress
One last report
The ship and crew are lost
Lone survivor signing off
|
||||
9. |
Against All Odds
05:48
|
|||
|
Clash of the giants
Thunderous strikes
Behemoths of stone shake the skies
And rattle the mountain
Seek out reprieve
Into the maw, it’s absence of light
Will swallow them whole
Descent into peril
Back to back, swords are drawn, cut them down
Awash in blood, they persevere, against all odds
Lucid dreams
Push their way into reality
Abominations born of the catacombs
Banishing shadows
Light blasts the cave
Granting a respite will only delay
The shackles and the cage
Back to back, swords are drawn, cut them down
Awash in blood, they persevere, against all odds
Deeper and deeper in the dark
On vile tongues orders are barked
The iron echoes through the gloom
Softly singing songs of doom
Though the end seems imminent
Stay strong and vigilant
With ancient relics by their side
Today is not their day to die
Back to back, swords are drawn, cut them down
Awash in blood, they persevere, against all odds
The crack of a whip
The rattle of chains
Led like cattle to be slain
Legendary steel, Biter its name
Fear hanging heavy
As judgement is laid, torches will lose their fire
A glowing blade dethrones the tyrant
Back to back, swords are drawn, cut them down
Awash in blood, they persevere, against all odds
|
||||
If you like ArkenFire, you may also like:
supported by 9 fans who also own “Trials Through Time”
Pair some epic power metal and heavy metal and you have yourself an amazing album. Produce an album like Abyss and you have an instant classic. I can't wait to hear what comes next from this talented group.
go to album
supported by 8 fans who also own “Trials Through Time”
It's melancholic and defiant and the same time, and I love it.
go to album
featured on Bandcamp Radio Mar 4, 2022
go to album
featured on Bandcamp Radio Mar 4, 2022
go to album
Men of the West
by Knight & Gallow
featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 20, 2021
go to album
supported by 8 fans who also own “Trials Through Time”
Been looking to expand my power metal collection a bit beyond the classics of HammerFall, Blind Guardian, et. al. Not disappointed by these guys in the least. A sound very much inspired by German and Swedish power metal greats imo.
go to album
