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Firestorm Redemption
04:55
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I am the offspring of resignation
adopted by the fires of discontent
Optimism becomes an opiate
Survival and glory to the brave
Struggle stirs the human spirit
kept keen on the grindstone of tiol
Pain and fear light the fire
But how high to stoke the flame?
Burn
Can the sheep be awakened?
I see signs of life flicker and die
Countless as the stars are our choices
The road has forged before us - now choose
not this time,a new way must be forged
Forged to or from hell - we choose
Salvation just within reach
But how high must we stoke the flames?
Burn,Burn,Burn
The sanctimonius rabble cries louder
Opposotion for its own sake
All caught within this maze
How many wolves are there among us?
If dissipline os born through struggle...
Where is it now ?
Unconcious and buried by apathy
A cleansing firestorm gathers and grows...
The Cloudness nightsky glows at the horizon
But the zenith remains black as pitch
silent flashes like summer lightning
Dawn approaches - the morning
Horned moon rises
This morning will be like no other
Firestorm awaits beneath the skuline
Awaits to consume our timid world
Because it's time to burn again
Thunder sounds a warning
But no one stirs to rise
Silence descends like a funerral shroud
A final chance passes
The firestorm consumes the dead
Burn, Burn, Burn
White phosphorous flames reaching higher
Heaven chokes on the smoke
Mesmerised by the light of their own death
Burning out forever
The dust - borne by the wind...
Slash and burn and slash and burn and
turn to fire...
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Ashen Glory
06:04
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Across the deserts in flight to the Temple of the Sun
Ashen Glory – winged monarch, alights upon the pyre
His wings outstretched to embrace destiny
Ablaze with light, five-century cycle
Renewed
Ashen Glory set to blaze, bring the Heavens to Earth
Descend to rise, symbolize immortality
Proudly the Phoenix reigns in immortal fire
Assuage the anguish and fear of…
Oblivion
At third light appears the reborn majesty
In gold, in purple, in victory over death
Descend to rise – resplendent wings ablaze
Illuminate – trace the contours of time
Ashen Glory set to blaze, wings enfold, eternity…
Ashen Glory
Ashen Glory
Ashen Glory – descend to rise – death and glory
Fire, Fire, Fire, Fire, Fire
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Celestial
08:10
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Across the furrowed fields, atop the distant black ridge
Wrapped in profound darkness
Hanging about like a harbinger, a trailing smudge of light
Stars with trails of fire and dews of blood - disasters in the sun!
Dark of night rides the Blackthorn winds
Carries a pallid blue light across the northern sky
Wrapped in profound darkness
And the light of its passage is night and the face of the world
In silent passage across the black vault, its tail a sail for the solar wind
Across the ether to the lord of worlds, wrapped in profound darkness
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Do not thank us
Pray your thanks to the unburiable dead
Those known but to God
Inter heroes remains with reverence
As death gives life its meaning
And where the world does not follow
Such sacrifice that makes all others seem very little
But pray your thanks to the unburiable dead
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That which cannot be saved
Send into the arms of God
Unflinching modern primitives invoke
Mark (the) enemies of the faith
Liquidate, sacrifice the evil ones
In whom faith has died
And all those who deny
Exhausted yet tireless, they lay in wait
Serpents twisted around the sacred tree
(Reciting poisoned words)
Preface to a final solution
Lead them all astray
Lead them all to agony
The specter of God becomes Death
And when faith has died
New gods will arise
To ascend a pestilent throne
And embrace chaos and death
Incendiary –
Speak the words of enslavement
Litany –
Speak of sin and perfect absolution
Recite the parables of suffering
Chant –
Intoxicate the foolish martyrs
Iniquity –
The specter of God becomes death
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Ares Kingdom Kansas City, Missouri
Founded in 1996 by Chuck Keller and Mike Miller, Alex Blume and Doug Overbay were recruited in 2000, rounding out a line-up that would remain in place until Overbay stepped away in 2015. The band released four online-only 'best of' EPs during 2018 and 2019, and unleashed 'By the Light of Their Destruction' in May 2019. The feral and unrelenting 'In Darkness at Last' followed in September 2022. ... more
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