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The Forest
04:17
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Smoke rises in the distance, will you follow?
Will you follow just to see what there is?
A trail curves into the forest, will you follow?
Will you follow just to see where it leads?
Stumble on til the roots have your feet
Branches and vines will entwine
The smoke is thick and it fills up your lungs
Visions of devilry inside
Lead on until you're deep within the forest
Lead on until the smoke obscures your view
Lead on until your soul is long forgotten
And no one left alive remembers you
Lead on until your limbs are dead and weary
Lead on until the devil has you too
Lead on until you can no longer bear it
Death will open arms and welcome you
Smoke rises overhead now
What will follow?
What will follow now you're nearing the flames?
The road opens to a clearing
What will follow?
What here follows unearths your deepest shames
Heed the call, it is faint but it's real
Compelling you further inside
The heady scent of the burning and sage
It's too late you cannot hide
Lead on until you're caught up in the reel now
Lead on until your feet betray you too
Lead on and breathe the scents intoxicating
As horrors whirl and caper around you
Lead on until your limbs are dead and weary
Lead on until the devil has you too
Lead on until you can no longer bear it
Death will open arms and welcome you
No one left alive remembers you
Death will open arms and welcome you
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A Trick Of The Light
04:10
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Shifting shadows in the gloom
Who dares disturb me in my tomb?
Ignore that creeping, icy chill
It serves to bind you to my will
So step inside and enter in
And if your heart be free of sin
You will have nothing here to fear
Why not stay a while, my dear?
What will you ask of me?
With your help I'm finally free
No downside, this I swear
Now please help me, if you dare…
Oh the power I'd have held
Was I not confined to this cell
Why don't you strike a deal with me?
You break the ‘curse’ and set me free?
And in return I'll give you all
That you desire and even more
So what's your answer? Let me know!
I'll be right here… no place to go
And so it is a deal is struck
I bet you can't believe your luck
Just let me muster all my guile
I must admit… It's been a while
Well it has taken all my might
And you gave up without a fight!
Oh you unsuspecting fool
Can't you see this was a ruse? (Ooh ooh that's right)
You will be trapped here in my stead
While I am brought back from the dead
You have unleashed a demon force
And it is all your fault of course (Ooh ooh that's right)
You placed your trust in me
Your poor judgement set me free
I'll now wreak my revenge
And you'll remain here til your end
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Daughters Of The Waves
04:47
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Legend tells of a place
Hidden deep in the waves
Where no mortal can go
There's a queendom below
Halls of coral and shell
Driftwood dragged by the swell
Flotsam, jetsam and brine
Here the Mer-queen presides
Dragged down deep in the water
Like a lamb to the slaughter
You'll never escape your fate
In the city beneath the waves
Legend tells of a land
Built upon shifting sands
Where no mortal can dive
No one comes back alive
Nightmare tales of the deep
Visions haunting your sleep
Horrors of the abyss
Are no match for her kiss
Dragged down deep in the water
Join the Mer-queendom’s daughters
You'll never escape your fate
In the city beneath the waves
Dive under now
and feel the water fill your lungs
Dive under now
Unto the mermaids you'll succumb
You gasp for breath
As tendrils drag you to the deep
The halls of the Mer-queen
Your final place of rest
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Oh my friend, don't talk to me
I'm not myself, not today
Though this world is dear to me
It's not my own, I cannot stay
All I long for is a home
An end, a mending of the veil
I scarce can tell which word's my own
My sense of self is growing pale
So I shun, I turn from, the protests of my kin
For if I am to pay them heed they'll surely draw me in
The fabric of reality is ripped apart in front of me
The tattered shreds of space and time, are wreathed around this life of mine
I must flee, lest I fade away
My spirit weakens, my steps falter
How long I have here, I cannot say
I reach the pathway
And on the bridge between worlds I turn
My breath it catches
My lungs burn
All I leave behind fills my head
If I should linger I'll be dead
I will see you through the breach
But do not speak, my heart would break
Please let go, push me away
Don't try to reach, for your own sake
Doomed to wander between realms
Never at peace, I cannot rest
I must leave, the songs the same
I cannot tarry, I am a guest
So I turn and run from the ones who care for me
For if I am to fall in love I never shall be free
The fabric of reality is ripped apart in front of me
The tattered shreds of space and time, are wreathed around this life of mine
On I run, lest I fade away
My soul aflame yet ever weaker
How long is left for me, I can't say
I reach the causeway
On the bridge between worlds I turn
My breath it catches
My lungs burn
All I leave behind fills my head
If I should linger I'll be dead
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Dance Of The Dæmon Queen
06:42
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Tread carefully, lest you shall see
The horrors lurking within
Disturb us now and you'll learn how
We live our lives bathed in sin
We gather here a-wreathed in fear
And lend our powers to her will
Our demon queen will reign supreme
For her we're willing to kill
We raise our hands in reverence
And ancient verse recite
As dusk in draws we light the briar
Prepare the sacrifice
Dance into the sacred flame
Depart from this earthly plane
The goddess she demands your feeble life
Give yourself to ecstasy
Embrace this wicked reverie
Fall upon the sacrificial knife
Our sisterhood, misunderstood
We're shunned and demonised
But glimpse us here and it is clear
Why we are feared and despised
Our circle forms, we don our horns
All clad in feather and down
Our daemon queen will reign supreme
In ritual smoke you will drown
We raise our voices chanting now
And shriek in mad fervour
As night it falls we raise our cups
To her that we adore
Dance into the sacred flame
Depart from this mortal plane
The goddess she demands your very life
Give yourself to ecstasy
Embrace this wicked reverie
For her glory your soul is the price
Dance into the sacred flame
Depart from this mortal plane
Your goddess she demands your very life
Give yourself to ecstasy
Embrace this wicked reverie
Fall onto the sacrificial knife
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Lunar Calling
05:52
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A full moon rises, don't walk
Her waxy face stirs primal thoughts
Dark hackles rising, claws sharp
Turn and run and don't get caught
Avoid the moonlight, and lock your doors
A beast this night, does stalk the moors
Your lunar mistress, she calls
Your vicious howling fills the halls
A thirst for blood
A drive to hunt
A lust for flesh
An urge to run
Lunar calling
Survive until the dawning
Lose your senses
Give in to lycan lust
Groves bathed in moonlight, you stalk
Senses alive with scents and rot
Fur black as midnight, breath hot
All trace of humanness forgot
Give in to beasthood, embrace wolf form
A nightmare here shall bathe in gore
Your full moon mistress, she calls
Your vicious howling fills the halls
As dawn it breaks
It will transform
Accursed soul
Regaining form
Lunar calling
Survive until the dawning
Lose your senses
Give in to lycan lust
Lunar Calling
The moon is high
Until the dawning
Will you survive?
Moon rising, pale and eerie
Mist swirling in the trees yeah
Soul trapped inside a curse now
You feel the blood a-rush now
Your body starts convulsing
The wolf-blood begins pulsing
Your form is ripped apart and...
The howling bursts forth
Lunar calling
Survive the dawning
Give in to lycan lust
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When old bones, they grow cold
When all stories have been told
When times past fill her head
Scarce is sleep when she’s a-bed
When her eyes they grow dark
When her arrows miss their mark
Joints they rust like her sword
Can’t protect her dwindling hoard
Each fight now harder still
Every enemy she kills
Her foes, they nearly win
But she must defend her kin
No honour to be found
In a death bed end
A sword blow in the field
Well that would be her friend
Once proud and strong
She's fought on too long
Only death will bring her peace
Who will set this warrior free?
Only death will set her free
Faoiltighearna!
Ageing queen of ancient days
The time has come, lay down your blade
Who will take your place?
Oh won't you speak her name?
Ancient lands she defends
She'll protect them til the end
Menace lurks there in the field
Now her weapon she must wield
Last of her line, she enthralls
Bent of back but standing tall
Her steely gaze will inspire fear
As she gathers her horde near
She'll fight on til she's spent
Gleaming armour torn and rent
Helpless now is the fight
For she barely has the might
An heir she must name
Before her rest she'll gain
What fate will befall her kind
If a champion she can't find?
Once proud and strong
She's fought on too long
Only death will bring her peace
Who will set this warrior free?
Only death will set her free
Faoiltighearna!
Ageing queen of ancient days
The time has come, lay down your blade
Who will take your place?
Oh won't you speak her name?
When old bones, they grow cold
When all stories are told
When times past fill your head
You will rest with your dead
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Juniper Grave Edinburgh, UK
From the dreich, winding closes of Edinburgh come Juniper Grave. These four harbingers of doom have distilled the influence
of classic rock deities, folktales of ancient horrors and the wailing laments of the sirens into a heady fog of blues-drenched doom-rock.
Juniper Grave:
Lead Vocals & Organ: Jenni
Guitar & Vocals: Shonagh
Bass & Vocals: Sarah
Drums: Jason
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