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Intro
02:03
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For the love of war
05:29
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For the Love of War
When dead calm reigns over land
true freedom gets lost in silence
and boredom rises behind my axe
weary of chopping only dead wood.
As the moon grows in the night
my lust to fight guides me as a light,
glory of battle is not a memory
only clattering swords can set my soul free.
We all are now ready to fight
where our ancestors once lost their lives
to rise beside our brothers and fathers
into the battle we have to struggle.
Rise comrades and crush our enemy
smell the scent of blood drying on your skin
by my flesh and my beating heart
I swear to pass away on a battle field.
If you fight you shall save your life
until the day you will die
give up would be so unwise
hold out my son.
As the sun sets behind the mountain
ride through the cold alongside the rain
be ready for the Valhalla at dusk
cause in the blood of war you will trust.
Don’t be afraid of the rising swords
in front of us there is an iron gate
leading straight toward another land
heading to he place you’ll keep living.
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In The Shadow Of Great Men
For too many years ago
I keep riding through barren lands and battlefields
along rusty leaves carried away by northern winds
to seek a glimmer of hope in my solitude.
My grievous mind wanders regretless
drowned within numberless haunting thoughts
despite frustration and treachery
my shady soul stands up against sadness and despair.
I pray for those who were born in pain
I drink for those who once fell
I wish pest upon traitors and cowards
a rusted blade across each faithless heart.
Chasing every single source of blooming
this heart of mine is free from all fire
in ruins I will leave my dull memory
I quit wobbling between sword and spear.
Far beyond the place I was born and raised
I still remember the past I once left behind
where pints and cauldrons are still bottomless
where time stops as you sip god’s beverage
which makes you forget the burden of solitude
which sweetens the bitter taste of blood.
Fighting like a great warrior doesn’t make you a great man.
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Wheel of time
04:46
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Wheel Of Time
In a bed of fire
my brothers are burning away
with the northern wind
their ashes will fly along.
Through a blinding mist
my elders turn into dust
melting the snow beneath
fulfilled will be their lust.
How many lives will you take away?
How many souls will raise into the sky?
Oh wheel of time.
The wing crossing on trees will sing forever
for those who only fight with pride
the light will heal broken hearts
for those who stand against our fight.
Shame will deeply burn minds away
for those who left their home behind
regret will finally be found
for those who once cowardly turned back.
Life can crush down like the snow falls off a tree
the time keeps going by as a stream flows out.
Horizon reaches as far as the ravens can fly
so why should a man wither away out of the light?
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5. |
Immortal
08:33
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Immortal
From my eyes bloated by the cold
I gaze this smoking battlefield
swarming with heaps of corpses
which give off a stuffy smell of rot.
From my fleshless hands
which firmly hold my ruthless ax
dripping with the flow of my foes
our land will be soiled with their blood.
Through the mist we defend our own life
under the sinister sky we fight
until the death we will defeat
all those who dare to face our clan.
From my bleeding jaw
I call out my last fellows
standing up for what we trust
we fight against our own fear.
From my weary feet
treading the sand of the northern seas
I make my way across the time
hoping to come upon freedom.
Through the mist we defend our own life
under the sinister sky we fight
until the death we will defeat
all those who dare to face our clan.
With pain I’m going through my struggle for life
dragging a broken leg with skin flagging out
before dying I’ll have taken so many lives
fear will fly around our realm for long time.
Blood giving will redeem me
with fathers I will drink
from my death I take
the path toward the peace.
From my burning funeral bed
my flesh is turning into grey dust
rising up to the welcoming sky
my freedom will surely never die.
My soul is now flying
through the brightest shooting stars
far away bloody battlefields
I will lighten and dream forever.
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The unfalle warrior
05:22
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The Unfallen Warrior
Once when many ghastly wars
were desolating seas and lands,
blood red turned rivers and fields
jeopardized were home and peace.
Numberless arose the invasions
riding fiercely from uncharted lands
to plunder and burn every realms
and crush down our own belief and gods.
By Freya and Thor we thank you to be born
through eternity we will trust in your fate,
rooted in our heart oh eternal brave warrior.
Like a wave alone in the sea
crushing wildly against a rocky cliff
you keep moving on your grim aim
provide your enemies with grief and death.
Through constant obstinacy and wisdom
you spread great awe around our kingdom,
far beyond the path of mortals
your bravery defeats fear to fall.
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Flavour of victory
06:01
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Flavour Of Victory
Behold these dead ruins and ashes which you leave behind your future
this impure cold blood which soaks your rusty armors
these heavy and painful wounds you’re wearing were expected
now you are deeply engraved in the memory of the sky.
The sacred stars led us for the triumph
the peace is now going to reign on our ground,
in this new day the glory gets up such a sun
ravens fly for the blood which flowed this night.
Now brave young warrior turn away from the battlefield
breathe and come proudly back home sword in your bloody hand
walk through fields and forests tell your terrible fight
and relish with dignity, this is the flavour of victory.
Forget the deep pain which lives in you
you fought for your life and for the glory,
the fallen ones rest in another world
but now enjoy the flavor of victory.
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Wanderer song
05:22
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Wanderer Song
Once upon a gloomy long time
a man was drawn by the valuable sky
real token of the moonlight in the night
to explore a remote horizon.
Time was then to ride
ride away from his side
through the forest of damnation
and face the fear of the unknown…
Before the night.
He wanders alone
into the haze of the hard winter
the shooting stars he will go by
he gazes at the sky
while lying in the night
into his deepest dreams
he will find the peace.
As a nebula brights in the endlessness
a rider reflects the beauty of the darkness
as a sheep comes upon a starving wolf
a wanderer meets greedy and grasping scouts.
Like in every battle some bodies will lose their lives
those who survive will feast the victory
cause every warrior get thirsty in view of mead
and celebrate until the morning gleam.
Where the night is blooming they will drink and sing
and pour out many horns until the stars are gone.
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9. |
Stone Field
05:37
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Stone Field
I was awake by a soft howl’s whistle
nesting an old oak standing as a throne.
In the glare of the glowing rising sun
I rode my steed still ready for a turn,
all the beauty I could see along my way
takes root in our pure legacy for long.
Time is for me now to be left behind
only this catchy song remains in my mind.
Wisdom is the true heart of my ancestors
who fought one day to defend my fate
who died one day to go through the gate
who rose one day to the sky
when I will die one day I shall meet them
when I will fight and lose my life
when I will die one day I shall meet them
when I will fight.
Leading me to the brightest prophecy
for all of us one day to reach the liberty
on a land without grave or any grief,
feasting forever with brothers and valkyries.
Along my way I will keep singing this song
before the sun is down my journey will be done
to honor warriors and ancestors
and raise for them a great and tall rune stone
Chorus
From the place they all have fallen
I can hear the call of the god of war,
surrounded with helmets and broken arrows
they fought bravely until their last dawn.
For them I stand where they all passed away
their bravery is now engraved on the stone
their death is engraved on my memory
for them I will fight again until my last dawn.
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10. |
Nothung
04:19
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Nothung
Worthy of great warrior from this harmful world
our young hero was brought up
by the last old blacksmith dwarf
working slowly to carry out a perfect work
with the sweaty face, the skin tanned by embers
the hands withered with years beating white-hot iron
repairing the sword of his fallen father
with the aim to face the devil at his turn.
This glittering sword comes from magic fire
the young warrior needed this weapon
to avenge his late father burnt alive
he was ready to bury the dragon.
Tearfully the knight went to the beast
armed with his new ally named Nothung
far he already heard the monster’s howling
that’d have frozen the blood of the bravest knight
suddenly his horse felt a smell of death and ran back
an anxiety grew in the young man’s heart
the confrontation got ready he couldn’t turn back
he didn’t know he fought for the last time.
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Through the eyes of a wolf
Now has come the time for the war to be behind
in the season when the tepid wind blows on the barley
when the snow vanishes and ravens fly high in the sky
when the wild life reborn from its own wet ash.
The time is for me now to ride away from my constant thoughts
to go through the deep forests and the vast green plains
for feel free and unchained from my dark daily fears
waiting for fresh night, my glance plunges into the sky.
Waiting long for the solitude of the winter
I shall unite the lands as one with me.
Following my instinct, challenging my expected fate
I got engulfed into the dark away from my wasting war,
lonely and bravely I shall find my wisdom into the night
riding like a wolf looking for my nobleness and dignity.
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12. |
Outro
02:27
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Heimsgard Remiremont, France
In 2012, the first compositions of Heimsgard emerge, cold forged by Raido. Pleased with his work, he reaps the fruits of
his inspiration and let all ideas enhance until maturation. It is only in 2014 that the name “Heimsgard” comes to decorate the label of his first vintage "Ördrag".
In 2018, a second opus called "Following The Starlight" hatched from the residual growing roots of his realm.
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