A Stone Engraved in Red

Far from the west with sword and spear I came to Karnag, I travelled here I walk amongst the stones aligned And spirit voices resound in my mind There are men living their final night Honour gods through sacrifice Some brood with no hope, some gasp in fright Threefold death, fire and ice Insatiable is Toranos' altar Before it men stumble and falter The wooden giant shall be their urn Voices in horror scream as they burn The stones of Karnag witness this night Honour gods through sacrifice Cruel and blood lustful this hallowed might Threefold death, fire and ice The smoke is rising up to the sky The fate of men, to live and to die I walk amongst the stones aligned And spirit voices resound in my mind The stones of Karnag witness this night Honour gods through sacrifice Cruel and blood lustful this hallowed might Threefold death, fire and ice

I evoke the dawn Of a thousand years of longing Whose light caressed the walls Of the city I was born in The summer breeze was warm In Alshelb towards the west And peaches round as breasts Invited calm and rest Red lips Holding secrets Fan the flames Of desire Eyes with lashes Thieves of pleasure Ignite the blood to burn like fire Stricken by the plectrum Their ouds' strings deftly played Filled the air with songs That spread throughout the glade Red lips holding secrets Flames stirred by a fan As water stirs the sense Of the thirsty man Flies the hawk Over forests Open wings High above Eyes with lashes Thieves of pleasure Oh, beware the burns of love Warriors strong as lions Not as dangerous, still As women whose curved hips Can subdue strength and will The summer breeze was warm In Alshelb towards the west And peaches round as breasts Invited calm and rest Red lips Holding secrets Fan the flames Of desire Eyes with lashes Thieves of pleasure Ignite the blood to burn like fire

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 25, 2025

Gabriel lies sleeping At the edge of the universe His breath is mighty as the lightning bolt I the end of time finally at hand as prophesied And does he dream, the saint, of the time When angels sinned in revolt Gabriel lies sleeping At the edge of the universe One day his trumpet he will blow in rage The prophets have revealed The visions of the end of man's age Cast down below Man is lost Behold the raging fire the wrath of the Sephiroth Cast down below - man is lost Uriel's sword of flame Is men's bane from the hand of God Creator that once sent down the flood Apocalyptic fate decreed by the father of all He who gave life, angered, condemns man of all Behold the voice That speaks and destroys Behold the raging fire the wrath of the Sephiroth Cast down below - man is lost

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 25, 2025

Gazing at the horizon, awaiting a new day I accurse my doom, in this godforsaken place On a barren field I lie, still, my mind astray All alone and shattered, my fate I must embrace When the ghoul cries the night will never die Howling up to the sky Dawning in Darkness - I rise Yet no solace will I find when the morning comes Demons lurk beyond, far away I hear their drums And I'm cloaked in darkness, perpetual black void Ready to take on the hunt, I won' rest till they're destroyed When the ghoul cries the night will never die Howling up to the sky Dawning in Darkness - I rise The vertigo of the chase I hide in opaque shades Evil I despise Still the gloom light and hope fades When the ghoul cries the night will never die Howling up to the sky Dawning in Darkness - I rise Cast in an endless trap, my mind yields to despair No amount of death that's left makes it easier to bear Nightmare eternally, insanity is there for me Swallowed by misery, shining light again will I see

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 25, 2025

This track is instrumental.

Is this song not instrumental?

Now that even the echoes of the battle clamour died My dying eyes gaze above up to the pouring sky The blood soaked earth receives the drops like tears the clouds now cry After the battle - all is past After the battle - I have died After the battle - long for After the battle - a wild horse to ride Whatever is true, the deed is done, in war we fought and fell Maybe domes of gold await or just the depths of hell Bur now is come our day of doom, here our lives were spent Good or bad we fought to death - there's nothing to repent After the battle - all is past After the battle - I have died After the battle - long for After the battle - a wild horse to ride Broken swords and shattered shields upon a crimson plain Far above the field I see the ravens come for us Life drains away I sink a dream I see a stone engraved in red And my sons and their sons will drink to memory and name Whatever is true, the deed is done, in war we fought and fell Maybe domes of gold await or just the depths of hell Bur now is come our day of doom, here our lives were spent Good or bad we fought to death - there's nothing to repent After the battle - all is past After the battle - I have died After the battle - long for After the battle - a wild horse to ride

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 25, 2025

I am the god n the mountain I am a howling gale Less evil than good A half-forgotten tale Fire of purification I was gleaming in flame I drew up my hammer And the storm came God of lightning, god of thunder, god of rain I am frightening, I cause wonder, I soothe pain I am mist on the mountain A haven for the beasts A flash alights the altars Fire for the priests Standing on the rocks High among the clouds I bring fertile rain that my land enshrouds Boar of daring, wisdom spark, eagle flight Fires flaring in the dark bring the light Who shapes the weapons at the fires of the forge Who but, I keeps mysteries under lock Who rules the dance of the fire orbs And penetrates with the mightiest cock God of poets, god of strife, god of skill I deliver unto life and I kill Votum solue!

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 25, 2025

Here, where a hero fell, a column falls! Here, a mimic eagle glared in gold, A midnight vigil holds the swarthy bat! Here, where the dames of Rome their glided hair Waved to the wind, now wave the reed and thistle! Here, where on golden throne the monarch lolled, Glides, spectre-like, unto his marble home, Lit by the wan light of the horned moon, The swift and silent lizard of the stone! (Edgar Allan Poe) Behold, rayed with stars, the colossus views heaven anear What race so distant or barbarous might be absent now from here Rulers of the past brought ailings to the poor Under, Caesar, your guidance, to itself Rome you restore And the gods are now appeared And one hundred days we feast Diverse is the throng, yet acclaims you as one tongue, the country's father true Let the past not boast, for every grandiose ghost the arena brings for you The dreaded minotaur that a woman bore from her dangerous tryst Bacchus gained his breath from his mother's death and so was born a beast Power on display - the games of Titus Woe to the foes who would dare to fight us "In death we salute thee" Two men fight to kill, and by Caesar's will glory is split in half Orpheus unaware is eaten by a bear and the people laugh An army fights and dies before your very eyes as two ships collide In a sea of blood, merciless red flood, countless men have died Power on display - the games of Titus Woe to the foes who would dare to fight us "In death we salute thee" Power on display - the games of Titus Woe to the foes who would dare to fight us Behold the Divine, for beasts don't utter lies To yield the stronger is valour's second prize Heavy is the palm the weaker foeman wins But now, o Caesar, you've come to redeem Rome of its sins

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 25, 2025