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Cthulhu Wakes
04:20
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Cthulhu!
Silent for centuries in a moonlit watery crypt
Slumbering in the tide deaf and mute
Now Cthulhu wakes and he’s the beast that was foretold to kill the kings
He’s everything they say, and more
Now Cthulhu wakes and he’ll devour anything ….
Tentacles replaced with thunderbolts and wires
Gaze upon his face and dance with the dead
Cthulhu!
(solo Damiano Christian)
Tentacles replaced with thunderbolts and wires
Gaze upon his face and dance with the dead
Now Cthulhu wakes and he’s the beast that was foretold to kill the kings
He’s everything they say, and more
Now Cthulhu wakes and he’ll devour anything and everything
(solo Damiano Christian)
Everything!
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“The war is actually begun! Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? I say give me liberty or give me death!” -Patrick Henry, Virginia 1775.
The last ride of the wicked dead
(solo Damiano Christian)
Bruised and broken
This last ride is a token
Found life in death, gold in steel
A band of brothers
Against all others
Who have tried to hold us down
The last ride of the wicked dead
(solo Damiano Christian)
So sound our final battle cry
And raise the skull and cross high
They can’t take us alive
If we’re already dead
(solo Rob Thorne)
The last ride of the wicked dead
(solo Bill Smith)
We were young
When we pledged to keep the faith
But the fife and drum
Are strangers now
And the world goes on without us
Without us
Without us
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Return of the Dragon
06:50
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A world filled with tragic angels and demons
Turns to sorcery and magic if it burns the kingdom
Darkness is real for those gathered ‘round the fire
The dragon rears his head and lights the funeral pyre
It’s the return
Return of the dragon
Flesh will burn
And souls will die
My life spent chasing
Chasing a dream
Each moment a brick in this legacy
But none so pure as the astral flame
No word, no sound, no city, no name
It’s the return
Return of the dragon
Flesh will burn and souls will die
Now the hero is face to face with his greatest fear
That the legend of his last stand will disappear
His courage and his strength are not enough
Immortality the universe’s cruelest bluff
A man can raise his head and face the sun
If he has the confidence of his mother’s son
If he believes that he’s the chosen one
If he believes that he’s the chosen one
Return …
It’s the return
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At the Gates
04:51
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You and I intertwined
Struggling in the tides of this great illusion
There’s strength to be found in youth and ignorance
And beauty so rare in purest innocence
I stand at the gates
And wonder
Is it too late for me?
Now there’s a crack in my faith
I’m lost and alone
We believe until we wake
And then the daylight comes to break the spell
Still we achieved so much in darkness
That the dream was heavenly in this hell
We stand at the gates
And wonder
Is it too late for us?
Now there are cracks in the tunnels of fate
And now we’ve lost our way
I don’t believe in anything anymore
I can’t believe in the stories you told me
I won’t believe in anything anymore
A crack in the sky fostering the seeds of doubt
(solo Bill Smith)
(solo Damiano Christian)
I don’t believe in anything anymore
I can’t believe in the stories you told me
I won’t believe in anything anymore
A crack in the sky fostering the seeds of doubt
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Empires Fall
05:53
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When the curtain falls
And we see through Oz
Then the Prince of Darkness turns to grey
When the metal god
Goes to rust in peace
Then our way of life it fades away
Empires fall
No king can save us all
By spinning lies and selling faith
Oh Empires fall
History says it all
And now we suffer through our fate
We were powerslaves
In a dynasty
Held fast by the fists of rebellion
But in Metallica
The first cracks appeared
And we wondered who it was that we believed in
Empires fall
No king can save us all
By spinning lies and selling faith
Oh Empires fall
History says it all
And now we suffer through our fate
We bought into a dream, we gave our souls
Built every temple, went to every show
Not even Ancient Greece had gods like ours
That sang us battle hymns for hours and hours
We worshipped each of them and brought them tithes
For all the meaning that they gave our lives
We had a brotherhood that spanned across nations
We were religious in our dedication
Now it’s all gone
It’s all gone
It’s all gone
It’s all gone
Empires fall
No king can save us all
By spinning lies and selling faith
Oh Empires fall
History says it all
And now we suffer through our fate
Empires fall
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Hammer of an Angry God
04:14
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Don’t preach to me about my sins
Until you’re in the hell I’m in
Don’t tell me how to live my life
Don’t want to hear no more
You tell me that I can’t do right
I hear you talking every night
I hate the way you shine that light
Don’t want to feel, no
I can’t live under the hammer of an angry god
Drive me like a nail
Through the gates of hell
No! I can’t live under the hammer of an angry god
Making me miserable
Robbing me of my will
To live
(solo Damiano Christian)
You got me when I was down
And told me “stop fooling around”
It hurt me then it hurts me now
Don’t want to hurt no more
But now I’ve got a debt to pay
You took me for a week and a day
How long will it go on this way?
I’m gonna go insane
I can’t live under the hammer of an angry god
Drive me like a nail
Through the gates of hell
No! I can’t live under the hammer of an angry god
Making me miserable
Robbing me of my will
They say you love me
That’s why you cry
You say you love me
And I say I tried
(solo Bill Smith)
(solo Damiano Christian)
(solo Rob Thorne)
I can’t live under the hammer of an angry god
Drive me like a nail
Through the gates of hell
No! I can’t live under the hammer of an angry god
Making me miserable
Robbing me of my will
To live
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7. |
The Next Pharaoh
04:01
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(solo Rob Thorne)
Have we come to the end
Of the golden age?
Or are we just getting started
on the next evolutionary stage?
More tech than flesh
On 3G mesh
Gonna lose the halos
For horns on the back of our necks
Worship the sun
Or wear a cross
Tell yourself there’s holiness
In every loss
What you believe
Can keep you down
Tell me
Who will be the next pharaoh?
Swallowed the pill
Gave your free will
Can’t recognize a
Mountain or a mole hill
That data stream
Is like a dream
But when you wake
The world will make you
Want to scream
(solo Damiano Christian)
Slave!
Now we’re enslaved
Our path is paved
With the bones of those
Who came before us
Had they have known
What their deeds had sown …
Now we’re building temples for Anubis.
Worship the sun
Or wear a cross
Tell yourself there’s holiness
In every loss
What you believe
Can keep you down
Tell me
Who will be the next pharaoh?
Slave!
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Primeval
05:58
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(solo Rob Thorne)
You know me
You feel me
Primeval
I’m real
Count on me
And use me
I’ve cried out to god
And I’ve sharpened steel
(solo Rob Thorne)
Try as you might to keep away from me
Fascinated by technology
I’m the only anchor that’s keeping you human
Primeval in the code that birthed a man
Primeval the instinct of the clan
Primeval nations rise and fall
Primeval no god can save us all
(guest solo Glen Cruciani)
(solo Damiano Christian)
Primeval in the code that birthed a man
Primeval the instinct of the clan
Primeval nations rise and fall
Primeval no god can save us all
Primeval the apple and the tree
Primeval what Eve has done to me
Primeval once nurtured at the breast
Primeval being put to the test
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Into the Drink
05:35
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Hours before the dawn
In the Land of the Rising Sun
Shepherd to Black Sheep One
The hero pulls his boots on
He’s unencumbered
By others’ expectations
His kills are numbered
As are his days
(solo Damiano Christian)
No care for medals
Records or recognition
To win the war
That’s his only mission
He’s counting zeros
Tracers into flames
This one got his number
But not his name
Dive to the whitecaps
And push the throttle
Fire in the engine
Bullets in the bottle
No way around it
This ship is gonna sink
Pulled from the cockpit
And into the drink
(solo Rob Thorne)
Dive to the whitecaps
And push the throttle
Fire in the engine
Bullets in the bottle
No way around it
This ship is gonna sink
Pulled from the cockpit
And into the drink
Bravery can’t always save you
But tales of it live on
Legends can inspire us
To find what we believe in
Stand for the truth
Fight to the death
You may find tomorrow
And draw another breath
(solo Bill Smith)
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10. |
Root of All Evil
06:10
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(solo Rob Thorne)
As I contemplate
A world of love and hate
Of man against man
I wonder if this could be the end
Of a planet in decay
Is mankind to blame
For abusing our freedoms
And grafting the root of all evil?
Money
Power
Or animal desire
Ego
Hatred
Some say we’re all born wicked
Lazy
Crazy
In acts of desperation
Is greed
The creed
of a bankrupt nation?
We’re all looking for paradise
In the arms of a god
But we’re living in the paradigm
Of a lightning rod
In our epitaph
Who will have the last laugh
As our bones turn to dust
And our apples ripen to a red rust?
We live what we believe
Our faith too blind to see
We gave away all our freedoms
And there lies the root of all evil.
Root of all evil
Root of all evil
(solo Rob Thorne)
(solo Damiano Christian)
Envy
Anger
Depravities of hunger
Pride
Vainglory
All tell the human story
Murder
For hire
Of these tales we never tire
We sold
Our souls
For eternal fire
(solo Bill Smith)
In our epitaph
Who will have the last laugh
As our bones turn to dust
And our apples ripen to a red rust?
We lived what we believed
Our faith too blind to see
We gave away all our freedoms
And there lies the root of all evil.
Root of all evil
Root of all evil.
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Sacred Oath Bethel, Connecticut
Sacred Oath has been crafting Grade A power thrash since 1985. Their debut album A Crystal Vision is widely regarded as a cult-classic piece of seminal US power metal, and they’ve followed up with remarkable catalog of studio and live albums, including Darkness Visible, Sacred Oath, Ravensong, and World On Fire. A brand new album "Return Of The Dragon" is expected April 2, 2021. ... more
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