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                            Barbarian Wrath (WRATH666-041) | 
                           
                          
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                            Recorded and mixed between September 2006 and January 2007. 
 
Original cover art by Annick Giroux. |                        
                           
                         
                         
                        
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                               1. Blazing Flames Of War 
                              In darkness we ride, a thousand torches alight 
Swords and axes held high, reflecting the moon's light 
Gods of battle we hail, we beg they bless our steel 
Our honour is all we have, to no mortal man we kneel 
 
Blazing flames of war (x4) 
 
In darkness we fight, a thousand torches alight 
Our enemies will die well, in this their final night 
The joy of battle fills our souls while we fight to our last breath 
Warriors die with smiling faces, having achieved an honourable death 
 
Blazing flames of war (x4) 
 
In darkness we prevail, a thousand torches alight 
Beer we drink to celebrate our victory in this fight 
The battle won, victory achieved, our mighty gods we hail 
In a battle in darkness, fire and blood will always prevail 
 
Blazing flames of war (x4) 
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                               2. Scarlet Witch Queen 
                              Motionless on the silent battlefield I lay 
Waiting for the reaper to come for me 
Drenched in blood, the pain already gone 
My end soon to be . . . 
 
Then a scarlet radiance breaks through the fog 
A woman blindingly beautiful, an incarnation of sin 
Appears before my tired, closing eyes 
I try to speak but only blood drips from my chin 
Suddenly I am bathed in magical, scarlet rain 
I feel strength running through my broken limbs again 
The entire battlefield is shrouded in a scarlet blaze 
The gift of immortality, the Witch Queen's grace 
 
bridge: 
Spawned from Nothingness 
Fostered by the Dark 
Raised on Infinity 
Her heart a silver spark 
 
chorus: 
Scarlet Witch Queen 
In Thy Name my steel I raise 
Scarlet Witch Queen 
Thy Name ever do I praise 
In Thy Name my steel I raise 
 
Her scarlet lips on mine, a kiss of life and death alike 
Sensations inconceivable by men still bound to mortal life 
Investing me with hidden powers, life eternal her gift 
Her vassal I must be for an eternity of strife 
Many earthly moons have passed since that fateful day 
I travelled through the ages on missions for my Queen 
Feeding the fires of hatred in the minds and souls of men 
There cannot be much my undead eyes have not yet seen 
 
bridge 
 
chorus 
 
Still I cannot grasp who She is, was or may have been 
Could it be She is His daughter Sin I serve forever? 
Whatever the truth I could and would not change my fate 
Eternal Hell surely worth are the times we lie together 
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                               3. Blood Orgy 
                              Black candles on the altar in the cave of desolation 
Wizards and demons in velvet robes of black 
Prostitutes and lecherous women are present 
The rites of lust and hate will now commence 
 
chorus: 
Blood orgy, blood orgy 
Worship of evil supreme 
Blood orgy, blood orgy 
Bloody rites of sacrifice 
 
Ritual daggers and swords are brought forth 
The innocent virgin is taken to the shrine 
She is put on the altar with her legs spread wide 
And the tyrant-goat is brought to be the first one 
 
The beast rapes the virgin in glorious unholiness 
The virgin's soul lies raped in demonic lust 
Now all the demons and wizards fuck the bitch 
Spilling their seed all over her delicious body 
 
chorus 
 
Now the evil rite of unholy rape is concluded 
Time has come to slay the bitch for the tyrant 
A sacred dagger slits the former virgin's throat 
The blood flows freely in honour of the tyrant 
 
Demons and wizards celebrate the unholy sacrifice 
They eagerly drink the blood of the desecrated virgin 
Then they fuck her lifeless corpse over and over again 
While the satisfied tyrant smiles upon them . . . 
 
Chorus 
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                               4. Burning Sea 
                              Sparta and Athens, 27 years of war 
Athens' triremes ruled the roaring sea 
Spartan hoplites dominated the lands 
Decisive victories for long not to be 
 
Both sides won their share of the battles 
And the war dragged on year after year 
But after a quarter of a century of war 
At last an Athenian triumph seemed near 
 
chorus: 
The sea is burning 
When ships of war collide 
The sea is burning 
On the waves warriors fight 
 
Athens achieved victory after victory 
But the hands of men do not fate weave 
And a change in fortune was imminent 
When destiny's forces Athens did leave 
 
A minor victory by Spartan Lysander 
The fate of Athens' general did seal 
Alcibiades not re-elected and retired 
A crucial turn taken by fortune's wheel 
 
The admiral Lysander now took charge 
An untypical Spartan, comfortable at sea 
A trustworthy man, a friend of Persia 
He built a fleet Athens' nemesis to be 
 
chorus: 
The sea is burning 
Dozens of triremes alight 
The sea is burning 
Destruction of naval might 
 
Lysander seized many enemy cities 
A ruthless campaign he led and inspired 
Attacking Athens' allies and Attica itself 
The Spartans gained the glory they desired 
 
At Agospotaemi the war came to an end 
The Athenian fleet was completely destroyed 
And the only option now left was surrender 
For years to come Athens' power was void 
 
chorus: 
The sea is burning 
Fireworks for the gods 
The sea is burning 
Victory against the odds 
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                               5. Winter Solstice 
                              Month of Yule, howling snows ravage the land 
Time to hail the gods so renewal they will bring 
Around the holy tree a great feast will be held 
Much ale we'll drink and many songs we'll sing 
 
chorus: 
In the cold of winter sacrifices will be made 
Ancient rites of blood in honour of our gods so great 
 
Winter solstice (2x) 
 
In the long midwinter night sacrifices are hung 
In the sacred grove on the branches of the tree 
Nine males of man and horse and pig and goat 
The blood flows freely for our mighty gods to see 
 
chorus: 
In the cold of winter sacrifices now are made 
Ancient rites of blood in honour of our gods so great 
 
Winter solstice (2x) 
 
In nine holy days seventy-two beings are slain 
In the glare of the torches lighting the dark night 
The runes are cast while the gods look upon us 
The rites of blood will ensure the return of the light 
 
chorus: 
In the cold of winter sacrifices have been made 
Ancient rites of blood in honour of our gods so great 
 
Winter solstice (2x) 
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                               6. Gods Of My Fathers 
                              In the dismal present my mind does wander 
To my fathers' gods, the great gods of yore 
Surviving centuries of monotheist oppression 
In my blood they are stronger than before 
 
Gods of my kin, of thunder, wind and rain 
They will return through fire, blood and steel 
All the traitors will endure gruesome fates 
The power of the hammer our foes will feel 
 
chorus: 
Gods of my fathers, gods of the past 
Pray return when the runes are cast 
Gods of my fathers, gods of my line 
Once again your splendour will shine 
 
In the dreary present my heart does long 
For my fathers' gods, lofty gods of the past 
Enduring the bleak age of monotheist tyranny 
In my soul my gods forever will last 
 
Gods of my blood, of hammer, runes and might 
Again their holy names will be called out loud 
With our true gods a new world we will shape 
Man shall rise and with his gods stand proud 
 
chorus 
 
Houses of the treacherous one god shall crumble 
His mindless servants shall endure horrible pain 
Those still loyal to the old ways shall come forth 
After centuries of desolation they now shall reign 
 
On the ashes of the one's houses temples rise 
When our glorious gods have come back to stay 
The old ones' images are again cast in stone 
Never again mankind to the one god shall pray 
 
chorus 
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                               7. Messalina 
                              Ancient Rome, Caligula's reign 
Days of decadence and lust 
Utter indecency, complete immorality 
Wanton vice and total depravity 
Constant orgies, evil conspiracies 
Sex and murder went hand in hand 
Countless abortions, many poisoned 
A veil of sin did cover the land 
 
Amidst the schemes, lust and hate 
A woman rose to great heights 
Of noble ancestry, imperial blood 
A soul untainted by the christian god 
Married at twenty, to cousin Claudius 
At the court she rose to power 
No man safe, from her desire 
Her insatiable lust made men cower 
 
chorus: 
Messalina 
Queen of sluts 
Messalina 
Empress of desire 
Messalina 
Harlot of the gods 
Messalina 
Seductress and liar 
 
Caligula died, through assassination 
Weak old Claudius now the emperor 
His wife still burned, with lustful fires 
Truly a woman of dark desires 
Her elderly husband, always unaware 
Of his young wife's sexual prowess 
Tricked by her, to execute her foes 
Rivers of semen flowed for the mistress 
 
A legendary prostitute, she did challenge 
To a shameless contest of copulation 
Debased fornication, all through the night 
She still was going when long it was light 
The gods themselves, couldn't speculate 
How many men she satisfied 
The greatest slut, in the world's history 
No perverted impulse she ever denied 
 
chorus 
 
After a decade, of marital mockery 
The empress plotted to kill her husband 
Devious scheming, with her lovers' aid 
But the risks she took were too great 
Her conspiracy foiled, by Claudius' men 
Yet her lustful legacy, lives to this day 
Just thirty years old she was executed 
For this saint of evil black prayers we say 
 
chorus 
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                               8. Wail Of The Banshee 
                              A disembodied soul, woman of the fairy mound 
Death is always near, when her wail does sound 
Death is at your door (2x) 
Clad in green and grey, with long streaming hair 
Her eyes a fiery red, all mortals she may scare 
Death is at your door (2x) 
 
chorus: 
Wail of the banshee (2x) 
 
Appearing near a river, a death she will presage 
Hear the terrible wail, a cry of piteous rage 
Death is at your door (2x) 
When many weep together, tragedy is at hand 
A veil of darkness falls, grief all over the land 
Death is at your door (2x) 
 
chorus 
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                               9. Swords Shine In The Highlands 
                              In ancient times was born the Duncan 
Among the Druids, the Hunter's son 
Sacred to this tribe, a mighty warrior 
Every single battle he fought he won 
 
The greatest chief his clan ever knew 
All over the Highlands he was revered 
Divine blood flowed through his veins 
By all his foes his blade was feared 
 
Then the christians came (4x) 
 
The Duncan's clan fought the christians 
With fire and steel for many years 
But too many christian soldiers came 
The Highlands soon were drowned in tears 
 
chorus: 
Swords shine in the highlands 
The blood of christians flows 
Swords shine in the highlands 
Yet the one god lie still grows 
 
Statues of the gods now desecrated 
Druids slain and holy trees cut down 
The Duncan grew old a miserable fugitive 
Robbed by the enemy of his crown 
 
His sword was broken by christian might 
The old Duncan died stripped of all worth 
To Hell his evil wicked soul descended 
But the Master sent him back to Earth 
 
Reborn the Duncan the son of a whore 
Fathered by the ancient god of the spear 
Still remembering his mortal life past 
A child he already inspired terror and fear 
 
Growing up in the dark Highland woods 
An outcast by birth yet a king by blood 
Already a killer and rapist in his teens 
Pledged his life to the most unholy god 
 
chorus: 
Swords shine in the highlands 
The Duncan lives another time 
Swords shine in the highlands 
Oh! Hear his wicked rhyme 
 
Again he became the fiercest of warriors 
Guided by the Master in his war god guise 
Swords flock to the mighty Duncan reborn 
All youngsters dissatisfied with christian lies 
 
The Duncan clan returned to ways of yore 
His blade forged anew amidst pagan cries 
Shining swords march against the Christ 
Doom of the church fills the Highland skies 
 
Then the christians died (4x) 
 
The Duncan leads his clan into battle 
Fighting for the glory of the ways of old 
Beheading priests with his Lochaber axe 
Finally crushing the foreign faith's hold 
 
chorus: 
Swords shine in the highlands 
The Duncan rides once more 
Swords shine in the highlands 
For the glory of the gods of yore 
 
Many a loch reddened by christian blood 
No mercy for the Nazarene's slaves 
Slaying and killing, raping and pillaging 
Piles of christians rot in mass graves 
 
Churches are burnt all over the land 
Victory is achieved the triumph of hate 
Total destruction for the Master's glory 
The Duncan has finally fulfilled his fate 
 
Centuries the Duncan ruled his lands 
His rightful rule restored once and for all 
All memories of the cursed creed erased 
The king had truly heeded the Master's call 
 
chorus: 
Swords shine in the highlands 
Fulfilled is the Duncan's fate 
Swords shine in the highlands 
For the glory of lust and hate 
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                               10. Aleidis 
                              I came to the old house in the dark night 
I felt only a dark sensation, but no fright 
The strange old man's words ran through my mind 
In this unholy place, what would I find? 
 
I entered the mansion, thinking I was alone 
I saw a strange, ancient gravestone 
Suddenly a woman's voice whispered my name 
Or was the old man playing a silly game? 
 
Aleidis came to me unimaginably beautiful 
Dressed in white, while the moon was full 
Suddenly I felt overcome by an unholy desire 
But was she just young or an ages old vampire? 
 
Maybe she was just a portrait, or a figment of my sick mind 
But whatever the truth, she was the best wife I'd ever find 
I loved her in a way I had never even known 
But would the blood my love needed soon be my own? 
 
She used to kill animals and suck their blood 
She belonged to Satan, her soul lost by God 
One day at last, she made my neck her unholy teeth feel 
Now we are joined for eternity, but is this all real? 
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                               11. Bloed In De Sneeuw 
                              Oude toortsen zijn opnieuw ontstoken 
Onze ketenen voor altijd gebroken 
Niet langer door valse moraal geknecht 
Halen wij met vuur en staal ons recht 
 
chorus: 
Bloed vloeit in de sneeuw 
Hoort 't gebrul van Neêrlands leeuw 
Ziet de laffe verraders beven 
Beter vrij te sterven dan geknecht te leven 
 
De slavenkoning en diens volgelingen 
Zullen wij verslaan met magische ringen 
Tot Wodan bidden wij andermaal 
Onze zielen en zwaarden hard als staal 
 
chorus 
 
Door mist en regen, wind en kou 
Rijden wij trots, gelaten zo grauw 
Grimmig en o zo vastberaden 
Ditmaal kennen wij geen genade 
 
Donar zal ons weer beschermen 
Onze vijanden zullen kermen 
Onze zwaarden rood van bloed en roest 
Nu gebeurt wat gebeuren moest 
 
chorus 
 
Het rijk van Jehovah is gevallen 
Ziet de lijken van zijn vazallen 
Gezuiverd is nu onze geboortegrond 
Ziet de nieuwe heidense morgenstond 
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