1. Gates Of Hel

Barking
Here north and nether he's bound
And here he dwell
Snarling
At passing ghosts though he guard
The gates of hel

They're leaving like a funeral procession on the prowl
Behind the hearse of all our hope
Their coming may forebode the end of all wee once held high
Before us darkness gathers

You'll take the high road
I'll take the low road
Neither sand stays their striding
Nor does the dark and deep blue sea
Frontlines fell
You'll take the high road
I'll take the low road
Turned to stone by the sunrise
Hordes in the distance marching out
The gates of hel

Graven
Under the gathering grime
Statues forgrow
Fieldstones
Before the floodgates of time
Wayfarers flow

Their marching may grow louder than the thunder in the sky
Behind the hearse of all our hope
Our footfalls only fade into the distant future far

You'll take the high road
I'll take the low road
Neither sand stays their striding
Nor does the dark and deep blue sea
Frontlines fell
You'll take the high road
I'll take the low road
Turned to stone by the sunrise
Hordes in the distance marching out
The gates of hel

They're leaving like a funeral procession on the prowl
Behind the hearse of all our hope
Their coming may forebode the end of all wee once held high
Before us darkness gathers

You'll take the high road
I'll take the low road
Neither sand stays their striding
Nor does the dark and deep blue sea
Frontlines fell
You'll take the high road
I'll take the low road
Turned to stone by the sunrise
Hordes in the distance marching out
The gates of hel

2. All Heroes Fall

Born out of brotherhood when weapons fell from hand
A law from a higher hall, we must unite the land
But now as I look upon it, careworn and forlorn
It bleeds for lack of deeps, its leaders lost and banners torn

Come from beyond the wall
Burning within my hall

All heroes fall
My godliness decay
To thraldom led astray
In loneliness I pay
Time conquers all
When at last the warriors tread the path from hel
The heavens fell
Just the seeress did foretell
All heroes fall

Long peace and good pleasure on the mortals I bestow
Come horde, I've lost my sword, the ground I stand is set aglow

Staring them in the eye
Come how to see me die

All heroes fall
My godliness decay
To thraldom led astray
In loneliness I pay
Time conquers all
When a deity could hot withstand the wave
Sold for a slave
I go alone into my grave

All heroes fall
My godliness decay
To thraldom led astray
In loneliness I pay
Time conquers all
When at last the warriors tread the path from hel
The heavens fell
Just the seeress did foretell
All heroes fall

3. Ragnars Kvæði

Hvørki fekk hann Ragnar kongur
Frið um nátt rógv ella dag
Fyrr enn hann hevði knørrin smíða
Suður yvir hav

Títtir við streingjum berjast dreingir
Syngur í oddameingi
Klovna taka tvinni skjøldur
Ørnin dregur á veingir
Deyðir detta dreingir niður á svørðin

Frúgv steig inn um snekkjunnar bor
Tað mundi ongan vara
Orm bar hon í eyga á sær
Dóttir Sjúrðar snara

Sjúrður frægi var faðir hennar
Hann stóð í ormsins blóði
Ásla vard hon kallað sjálv
Og Brynhild var hennara móðir

4. Garmr

The nightmare netherworld
A blackened flag unfurled
And a fast nightfall
Winds throughout the wasteland

The nightmare nether mind
Mistreated and maligned
Waits beyond the wall

Where lies the helhound the bloodstained, his heart is hate
Once he was bound here to guard the gate
Helgound, the bloodstained, his game is greed
Break for the battle and find your fate

The wolven blackguard bide
Until the day has died
To destroy mankind
Longing for the last stand

The wolven blackguard rise
A fire inside his eyes
Malice on his mind

He is the helhound, the bloodstained, his heart is hate
Once he was bound here to guard the gate
Helhound, the bloodstained, his game is greed
Break for the battle and find your fate

Where lies the helhound the bloodstained, his heart is hate
Once he was bound here to guard the gate
Helgound, the bloodstained, his game is greed
Break for the battle and find your fate

5. Sunset Shore

Weather worn, jagged heart and ragged soul
Wind swept spirit soaring high in the raging gale
Tired and torn, treacherous tides across the shoul
Rushing stream, your lifeblood, winds through this wintervale

In the darkness lingers the afterglow
An alleviating light
Caught a glimpse of fire on the distant shore
In the night

Is there land beyond my dreams
Underneath a starlit sky
This one cannot, so it seems
Righteousness restore
Sail into the west
Until landfall gratify
Lay me down to rest
On the sunset shore

Ages passed, this receding rainbow goal
Any quest or journey seeking it foaled to fail

It's so far away and so long ago
Lives lay buried that shone bright
Now the shore is burning into the sky
In the night

Is there land beyond my dreams
Underneath a starlit sky
This one cannot, so it seems
Righteousness restore
Sail into the west
Until landfall gratify
Lay me down to rest
On the sunset shore

Long ages passed though no one came
Good visions last through hunger and pain

Is there land beyond my dreams
Underneath a starlit sky
This one cannot, so it seems
Righteousness restore
Sail into the west
Until landfall gratify
Lay me down to rest
On the sunset shore

6. Downhill Drunk

Good times are few and far between
And toilsome times come unforeseen
Bards slaving beaten through the grind
Life left the minstrel far behind

Hard is the work to blaze a trail
In the wake of it sometimes I need
Heedless horns of mead and ale
And a high downhill

Leave me, longings, for a while
Find me hammered olden style, refill
Woes and worries overflow
Rein it in and let it go downhill drunk

As I was trudging through the sludge
Against the gods I held a grudge
All unrewarded went my deeds
Lost have I track of where this leads

High are the odds my fortune fail
And myself I may well have mislead
Steady streams of mead and ale
And a high downhill

Leave me, longings, for a while
Find me hammered olden style, refill
Woes and worries overflow
Rein it in and let it go downhill

Leave me, longings, for a while
Find me hammered olden style, refill
Woes and worries overflow
Rein it in and let it go downhill

Life so far an unfair trial
Find me hammered olden style, refill
Woes and worries overflow
Rein it in and let it go downhill drunk

7. Empire Of The North

By the foot the mountain
My forebears recount
Stood a hovel forlorn down by the bay

And at the edge of the sky
There's a fire as they fly
By the misty and magic break of day

Home bound
To old ground

They return from the east in rain and thunder
Unconcerned to the north with trade and plunder
And so many fell
We built mounds where they dwell
For the empire of the north

Far back east and down south
Whisperings, word of mouth
They found riches untold from far and wide

And on the isle in the lake
They left wealt in their wake
And a great sense of welldeserved pride

Home bound
To old ground

They return from the east in rain and thunder
Unconcerned to the north with trade and plunder
And so many fell
We built mounds where they dwell
For the empire of the north

Home bound
To old ground

They return from the east in rain and thunder
Unconcerned to the north with trade and plunder
Without grief or guilt
For decendants they built
Us and empire of the north

They return from the east in rain and thunder
Unconcerned to the north with trade and plunder
And so many fell
We built mounds where they dwell
For the empire of the north

8. Far From The Worries Of The World

High in the sky whirls the wain from a long gone time of legend
Silently singing the heroes celestial lullaby
Far from the world creatures dwell in a realm that was imagined
Icons of commonplace ancestral artefacts on high

Borealic bellows the north wind bone chilling
Frozen calls the edge of the world on all
Frigid falls the night on a mortal frostbitten
Where she faded fell on the frozen field

Reappear wintertime
Lore of the lost, beacons of fire
Wretched we, borne in rhyme
Far from the worries of the world

Tales of time persevere
Reaching beyond, always inspire
Wretched us legends steer
Far from the worries of the world

Down on the ground mankind falls in a wartorn time of turmoil
Desperately crying their futile and final battlecry
Close to the world runs the blood and the tears into the dear soil
Ailing they wait by the wain for the day it will run dry

Southern sun shines blazing, the breeze is blistering
Warriors wandered scorching and bone dry sands
In the howling wasteland a mortal smoldering
Where he burning fell on the flaming field

Reappear wintertime
Lore of the lost, beacons of fire
Wretched we, borne in rhyme
Far from the worries of the world

Tales of time persevere
Reaching beyond, always inspire
Wretched us legends steer
Far from the worries of the world

Reappear wintertime
Lore of the lost, beacons of fire
Wretched we, borne in rhyme
Far from the worries of the world

Tales of time persevere
Reaching beyond, always inspire
Wretched us legends steer
Far from the worries of the world

9. King Of Time

Too soon to sail the starry sky
And too late to sail out for new land
We walk the fields of mind
Sail across the sea of our blind faith

Another day
Into the deep
And in a way
These waters

Weep for those who dream
Of blazing trails
Across the line

Asleep the sacred stream
Bore tribal tales
Along the rhine

A tale of all our days
Will once be the rhyme
The stars up in the sky deliver
To the king of time

We stand upon the endless edge
Of eternity each on our own
The days that are to come
May as well be gone and so we sink

Another year
Into the deep
And in a way
These waters

Weep for those who dream
Of blazing trails
Across the line

Asleep the sacred stream
Bore tribal tales
Along the rhine

A tale of all our days
Will once be the rhyme
The stars up in the sky deliver
To the king of time

Weep for those who dream
Of blazing trails
Across the line

Asleep the sacred stream
Bore tribal tales
Along the rhine

A tale of all our days
Will once be the rhyme
The stars up in the sky deliver
To the king of time

10. Fire And Flame

Disharmony – tolling for our destiny
Standing on the shore
Prepare for the war!

So discouraging – staving off the suffering
When no one else is there
You conquer your despair

Say its name – and find your aim
Death – come give me fame

Wielding fire and flame
Sowing your pain
Scorching giant
Victorious shine the gods of the slain
From my burning blade

Disheartening – smoldering serenity
Over throw Unjust
My heart has turned to dust

So dishonoring – lonely spirits flickering
There fell a shooting star
Alone somewhere afar

Cold and grey – some distant day
Death – take me away!

Wielding fire and flame
Sowing your pain
Scorching giant
Victorious shine the gods of the slain
From my burning blade

Say its name – and find your aim
Death – come give me fame

Wielding fire and flame
Sowing your pain
Scorching giant
Victorious shine the gods of the slain
From my burning blade

11. Against The Gods

Long walk of waste
Sad song of days
Long foresaw the evil eyes

Of our gods
Hot meant for me
Be they truth or lies

Steal away one morning gray along the road
Leaves have blown around my throne, my past abode
How my reason rage

Against the gods
Make it sing or make I sigh
Make it fall or make it fly
Against all odds
How I long to feel the love
Leave the barren lands above
Against the gods

To my grave
I'll find my way
Cross the lonely lands below

Void of shame
All foundless faith
I will glad forgo

Ways unfold one morning golden on the road
Trees have grown around my throne, my green abode
How my reason rage

Against the gods
Make is sing or make it sigh
Make it fall or make it fly
Against all odds
How I long to feel the love
Leave the barren lands above
Against the gods

Steal away one morning gray along the road
Leaves have blown around my throne, my past abode
How my reason rage

Against the gods
Make it sing or make I sigh
Make it fall or make it fly
Against all odds
How I long to feel the love
Leave the barren lands above
Against the gods

12. Songs Of War

Wanderers under different stars
Of coldhearted ways
Embers glow behind their eyes

Their fortune flies
Far across the great divide
Where the lonely creature cried
Bitter legend lies in hide

In the void, reaching out
Resonate the words
Of pain and doubt

For when hope is all you have
To keep the flame alive
For when pain is all you feel
For your sustained survival

For when days have turned so dark
That blood is all that's real
Think of those who came before
And let your sacred steel sing songs of war

They stir the blood
Of the battlebred
Of these lost and ironclad

When something bad
Risies, rotten to the core
Holy faith is but a whore
In this wasted endless war

In the void, reaching out
Resonate the words
Of pain and doubt

For when hope is all you have
To keep the flame alive
For when pain is all you feel
For your sustained survival

For when days have turned so dark
That blood is all that's real
Think of those who came before
And let your sacred steel sing songs of war

In the void, reaching out
Resonate the words
Of pain and doubt

For when hope is all you have
To keep the flame alive
For when pain is all you feel
For your sustained survival

For when days have turned so dark
That blood is all that's real
Think of those who came before
And let your sacred steel sing songs of war

13. Álvur Kongur

Gevið ljóð og lýðið
Meðan eg gangi í dans
Tað vóru ikki frægari saman
Enn Álvur og rekkar hans

Draga teir sínar sjódrekar
Oman úr tøttum neysti
Tá stóð fast í knarrar hæli
Leyp so fram og goysti

Gýltan spora við mín fót eg spenni
So temji eg mínar gangarar
Tann góða lati eg renna

Tað var mín hin fyrsti dreymur
Tá ið eg heiman sigldi
Logi leikar á øllum teim
Ið Álvi kongi fylgdu

Tað var mín hin annar dreymur
Tá ið eg heima var
Allir stoyttust á drekans borð
Og duttu so niður í kav

Gýltan spora við mín fót eg spenni
So temji eg mínar gangarar
Tann góða lati eg renna

Tólv merkur í reyðargulli
Tað skal vera títt
Vilt tú, Óðin, æsa kongur
Loysa høvur mítt?

Tað var reysti Óðin kongur
Stoyttist í jørðina niður
Tær gevi eg nú, Rókurin svarti
Lív og fagran sigur

Gýltan spora við mín fót eg spenni
So temji eg mínar gangarar
Tann góða lati eg renna