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The Dreamer
01:25
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Spellblade
04:39
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Hark, they call me the Valkyries are drawing near.
For soon I'll be dust Aedris my son to you I entrust.
The Townsfolk they revel just another dying king they see,
But it's all apart of the prophecy.
From centuries long ago, from ancient texts of old.
In the crypt when they lay me, when they me to die. Say these words do not cry.
“Through light I will conquer the blight, through courage I will set fire to the night”
Then a warmth overtakes me as light rushes through me,
and in my hands appears Spellblade; A blinding light appears.
I promise you forever. Forever you will be my king
High and mighty floating with the courage of a song.
A father forever remembered in the heart of his son.
The townsfolk they revel as a rainbow drapes across the sky, bigger than any to ever be.
The warrior of the rainbow did rise! And he clutches the sky as he rides.
The son of a king and his tale throughout history they'll sing forevermore.
“Through light I will conquer the blight, through courage I will set fire to the night”
Then a warmth overtakes me as light rushes through me,
and in my hands appears Spellblade; A blinding light appears.
I promise you forever. Forever you will be my king.
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Keeper of the Woods
06:37
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Black turns to grey as night gives into the day. A rustling of leaves, its silence betrayed into the clearing it appears. A great white stag of myth and lore, a legend no more.
And so he lies in wait, and a razor sharp arrow awaits his command.
The beast lies bleeding down upon the ground blood seeps into the earth. He watches it die in the cold morning light.
A silence befalls the woods to announce the king.
Then a gate of moss and stone begins to rise. Crumbling earth, creatures scatter before its form.
The king steps forth with his antlers of bone. Pale expressionless face, mouth sewn shut.
With eyes as white as snow.
Outstretched hands they reach for the man, bring him to their land.
Escorted by a cavalry riding beasts bizarre. Down the path lies torches of black, leading to the throne. And to the throne they go.....
With their sorcery they suspend him higher. Now he's face to face eye to eye with the king.
A silence befalls the crowd as the gavel falls.
He will be judged for taking its life away. The sound of the crowd is far too much to bear.
The smell of wine and booming laughter pervades the night. The trial of his life will begin tonight.
Keeper of Woods:
“For the rest of your days you will wander this land with no tongue or eyes. But I will gift you with hearing so you can hear the cries. Of the others who wander through this land in the realm where I rule. In the realm, in this realm. I'm the Keeper of the Woods.”
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Forest of the Dead
01:25
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Frost Lich
05:12
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I hear the chime of the winters bell,
no mortal man can hear its sound.
Spreading frost and bile where its been.
Alas it's near it stings, piercing winds of ice.
I shield my face and snuff the fire.. out
The eternal winter comes for us all
The savage wretch slows its pace
Spring and summer in thrall
By an eternity of ice
Rise, Rise
And the ice winds rise
It sounds a shrill cry
As the leaves are frozen in time
Its decrepit form creeks like old trees in the wind.
Carrying the weight upon its staff.
All I have to steer me is the sounds.
My eyes still blind, as ice falls from the sky,
I hear it as it glides, he lets an ice glaive fly.
I deflect it back with the blade of light
The savage wretch falls in its place
Spring and summer no longer enthralled
By an eternity of ice
Rise, Rise
I will take back whats mine
The Lich's last breath,
its dying breath is mine
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At last I'm here, the sacred Twilight Keep.
2 years in exile, you thought you'd never see.
Me, it's me and I've tamed the sacred steed.
The black unicorn is mine for all to see.
Still free to ride, and coming to feast upon your wicked soul.
You doubted me, your travesty
and now you'll be denied of your forever. Forever.
And forever we will be free,
and the forest will come to life.
Twisted keeper, it will never let you rule again.
Storm the gates , if it makes a sound it dies.
Death is spilled in golden light, none of your horde will survive.
Stained glass windows high above the filtered light cuts through,
glimpses of his silhouette come in an out of view.
Creatures shuffle in formation defending sacred walls.
Everytime he hears them move his arrows rip right through.
The arrows fly.
Fletchings feather deep.
You doubted me, your travesty
and now you'll be denied of your forever. Forever.
And forever we will be free,
and the forest will come to life.
Twisted keeper, it will never let you rule again.
The gates have fallen now, between your twilight walls.
Endless mounds of corpses now fill your sacred halls.
The throneroom breached they ride at the speed of sound
The king rises in disbelief, then kneels upon the ground
In defeat he cries, akin to metal bending
like the last sound of an iron ship before it sinks and drowns
The unicorn stops in place and throws him from its back
In one swift motion he snaps its horn and flies for the attack
He soars through the air like an arrow head and finds his mark
Sinks the the horn deep inside of the Twilight Keepers heart
His curse now lifted and life returns to the forest that has died.
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Free at last
03:06
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Far beyond the realms of space and time, we were free at last.
The forest comes alive as the sun begins to shine, and the rain gently falls like diamonds from the sky.
Everything was a battle I know... I've sobbed and cried but my spirits alive, no longer will I hide from you because I've won.... And now I'm free at last.
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Bogs of Agathon
05:17
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If you look to the rising sun there's a rider on the run. One from the Muskenryde Empire.
He comes for just one thing and he knows it must be done, for the mallet its belt to meet steel in fire.
The undead king anticipates.
Whispers of the prophecy consume the land.
A horde under command ready to depart the moment that the first light hits the trees.
The warrior presses on through the Bogs of Agathon but they do not know who they attempt to cull.
As the undead battalion comes in from all sides, with flashes of silver as he fells the lesser horde.
Countless numbers fall in the pouring rain.
Aedris and Merai control the fray.
The setting sun burns like golden fire.
The last one falls as the moon starts to appear.
The king reels back as his forces are cracked.
To the entrance of his tombs back to the catacombs he must go.....
I am the king and I will decide where this ends...
The field lay rife with bones long after the Battle of Agathon.
But what will be lost in history is that two stood against many.
The Nocturnal Siren helped him defeat the army of the king before disappearing into the fog.
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Skeleton King
07:19
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Gazing upon the keep he sees his prize, the vault stands open. He walks inside.
The walls stand weeping as they sing to the northern sun. A dead wind blows from deep within its halls.
Torches litter the passageway, shadows flinch in the light.
Ancient tunnels of black magic carved long, long ago.
Deeper he descends, the hours turn to weeks.
I can't stop now I've come from long ago.
Skeleton King. Keeper of the Dead.
Skeleton King. Mortal blood will shed.
Slowly pressing on delirious and obsessed, as Spellblades light illuminates the halls.
And at long last he hears the demons call, and answers with a battle cry that seems to shake the halls.
Falling dust cascades from bone and the wretch stands ten feet tall.
But Aedris knows that Spellblades glow will weaken its fragile bones.
A flash of light aids his fight and leaps towards his foe.
Ribbons of steel with vigor and zeal, the fight goes on and on.
My strikes land every time and he falters with every blow!
Skeleton King. Keeper of the Dead.
Skeleton King...now lays upon cold stone.
Bested by a mortal man.
The shadows tell the walls of the battle in halls and he lifts the hammer high.
The tunnels start to roar and in front appears a door of colored gems and stones leading to The Forge.
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(Bonus Track) Nobunaga
06:23
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Conspiring with demons, conquering all the land.
His heart is ripe with evil his will forges Japan.
Ride towards Nagashino muskets in our hand.
To spill the blood of the Daimyo for the ruler of the clan.
On their steeds as black as night they ride eyes void of remorse.
He commands his army, the unstoppable force.
The cavalry comes, gunfire tears their flesh
As blood colors the sky, until there are none left.
Immortal warlord.
Forsaken soul.
Seizes bloody destiny of total control.
None are safe when his evil army comes from the mountainside they ride.
Join him or die beneath his sky.
The monks of Mount Hiei independent and strong.
Safeguard their villages, though it wont be long.
They circle the mountain and slaughter all in sight.
Raze their temples to ruin as the weak take fight. And so they fight...
A cradle of death surrounds them all as they hear the armies call.
They embrace the thought of death as they surrender their last breath.
The cavalry comes, gunfire tears their flesh
As blood colors the sky, until there are none left.
Immortal warlord.
Forsaken soul.
Seizes bloody destiny of total control.
None are safe when his evil army comes from the mountainside they ride.
Join him or die beneath his sky.
Your blade best be ready, your allegiance true, when Oda Nobunaga calls upon you.
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Possessed Steel Toronto, Ontario
Mythical metal
Shaped through High fantasy, imagination, storytelling and
a passion for music.
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Talon Sullivan - Teller of Tales and guitar
Don Bachinski - Bass
Steve Mac - Lead guitars
Ritchie Rizzo - Drums
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