1. |
In This Life or the Next
04:39
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In a time that was not a time
In a place that was not a place
Chaos ruled and plagued the ages
Until the coming of a distant race
From the sky – beyond the stars
They arrived to enlighten ours
A takeover some made claim
Bloodshed was what became
Annihilation of lost beliefs
Forgotten ways through deceitful means
Life is not what we see
This is but a fallacy
Caught in a web of lies
Behind illusions they disguise
Existence is a conspiracy
This is not reality
Annihilation of lost beliefs
Forgotten ways through deceitful means
Total control was their intent
But intervention was universe sent
From the sky – beyond the stars
They arrived to enlighten ours
A takeover, some made claim
Bloodshed was what became
Life is not what we see
This is but a fallacy
Caught in a web of lies
Behind illusions they disguise
Existence is a conspiracy
This is not reality
Life is not what we see
This is but a fallacy
Existence is a conspiracy
This is not reality
When did we disconnect?
Exploited systems we reject
Trapped in a world we deny
Rules no longer can apply
Imminent change we accept
In this life or in the next
Life is not what we see
This is but a fallacy
Caught in a web of lies
Behind illusions they disguise
Existence is a conspiracy
This is not reality
Life is not what we see
This is but a fallacy
Existence is a conspiracy
This is not reality
When did we disconnect?
Exploited systems we reject
Trapped in a world we deny
Rules no longer can apply
Imminent change we accept
In this life or in the next
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2. |
To Whom Veer Sinistral
05:14
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A force of immense resistance seizes full control
Complete defiance, total war rages on
Guiding absolute restraint, a stranglehold chokes us all
The power behind the veil descends as they fall
Preserving archaic practice
By hands of godless souls
Entwined in utter madness
To whom veer sinistral
Those that defy the truth will meet their fate
A shift in consciousness – awakening a higher state
Manipulating time and space, we will no longer serve
Transformation of frequency, slaves no more we will be
Redeeming truth and balance
We must battle on
No longer remaining silent
To whom veer sinistral
The battle rages on
We will no longer be silent
Reborn to a higher state of existence
A shift of consciousness
Complete defiance
We are slaves no more
Preserving archaic practice
By hands of godless souls
Entwined in utter madness
To whom veer sinistral
Redeeming truth and balance
We must battle on
No longer remaining silent
To whom veer sinistral
The battle rages on
We will no longer be silent
Reborn to a higher state of existence
A shift of consciousness
Complete defiance
We are slaves no more
And the battle rages on
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3. |
At the Ends of Existence
07:10
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Cloaked in secrecy, we stand in alliance
Techniques of ecstasy betrays our compliance
Respect the kill, to those that obey
For we are a blood red empire
The great shift is upon us now
Spiritual warfare so we vow
Eyes to judge and ears to distract
At the ends of existence
Obliteration of a world beyond death
Judgment unfolds, devouring the oppressed
All that shall remain is fire, flood and blood
Until the universe swallow us whole
The great shift is upon us now
Spiritual warfare so we vow
Eyes to judge and ears to distract
At the ends of existence
We behold – that which could have been
And that which is
We behold – what which can be
If we just listened to ourselves
We behold – behind the veil of truth
All we see
A blood red empire
The great shift is upon us now
Spiritual warfare so we vow
Eyes to judge and ears to distract
At the ends of existence
Obliteration of a world beyond death
Judgment unfolds devouring the oppressed
All that shall remain is fire, blood and flood
Until the universe swallow us whole
Relentless scarcity thus invoked
All our free will becomes revoked
The stars align and the fates collapse
We disappear and leave no tracks
The great shift is upon us now
Spiritual warfare so we vow
Eyes to judge and ears to distract
At the ends of existence
We behold – that which could have been
And that which is
We behold – that which can be
If we just listened to ourselves
We behold – behind the veil the truth
All we see
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4. |
Returned
05:15
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We have returned...
We have returned, a slave no more
Anchored to the absolute
Breaking free to a higher existence
Rebirth from the dark
Reborn something new
No respite for a weary traveler
Mastery of the physical realm
World beyond opens its arms
In service to solitude
Descendants of iron
Cast upon this voided sphere
Lands purged from glacial till
New world built upon a landfill
Generations of ancient lore
Spoken from our father's tongue
Son of moon and brother to stars
Lost in the past to illusion
We have returned, a slave no more
Cleansed by wilderness
Purified by our mother's blood
Parasitic dissolution
Reborn, I stand alone
I conquer
Descendants of iron
Cast upon this voided sphere
Lands purged from glacial till
New world built upon a landfill
No respite for a weary traveler
Mastery of this physical realm
World beyond open its arms
In service to solitude
With pride
We embody the spirit of the stone
Descendants of iron
Cast upon this voided sphere
Lands purged from glacial till
New world built upon a landfill
No respite for a weary traveler
Mastery of this physical realm
World beyond open its arms
In service to solitude
We embody the spirit of the stone
We have returned, a slave no more
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5. |
At Dusk
05:36
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Seduced by suffering
An absent soul
The fading memories
Of the lives I stole
The witching hour
Awaiting a blackened sky
Rising from the ground
The dead cannot die
At dusk we wake
From hallowed ground
The life force taken
Empyreal bound
At dusk we wake
Time after time
Thou shalt forsake
A grand design
Darkness named and so bound
Eternal life through death found
Inside the deepest grave
We do reside
In darkest shadows
Until night hide
Nocturnal feeders
Compelled by your energy
To blood we’re drawn
Till the break of dawn
At dusk we wake
From hallowed ground
The life force taken
Empyreal bound
At dusk we wake
Time after time
Thou shalt forsake
A grand design
Every night, another life taken
The cursed need of the forsaken
Every night, another life taken
The cursed life of the forsaken
To find prey, to hunt and kill
To have a hunger, life cannot fulfill
Dead by day, rebirth at dusk
As the sun sets
Birth of bloodlust
Dead by day, rebirth at dusk,
Birth of bloodlust
Darkness named and so bound
Eternal life through death found
In deepest graves, beneath the dirt by day
Living amongst you, yet hidden away
The witching hour, a blackened sky
Rising from the ground, the dead cannot die
Darkness named and so bound
Eternal life through death found
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6. |
In Waking Tymes
04:30
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Before the light was stolen away
Before our sacred rites were slowly decayed
Before a tyme when evil was just
Before a tyme when truth was something you could trust
Our ancestors walked with heads held high
The sun was worshipped, a deity in the sky
What seemed so small turned out huge in disguise
What seemed insignificant was just importance’s guise, disguise
See through the lies and rise
In waking tymes
The magic has been cast, the wars are waged
Nothing is sacred, nothing can be saved
In waking tymes, we now rise
Remember the past, look to the skies
Reborn in flames, the ones gone astray
Risen from dirt and shown a new way
Reborn in flames, the ones gone astray
Risen from dirt, there is a better way
There was a tyme when respect was earned
When power was a gift, not something to be feared
In waking tymes, we now rise
Remember the past, look to the skies
Before humanity conquered its throne
Before oppression was all that was known
There was a time when freedom was free
We must return mankind, to just me
Our ancestors walked with heads held high
The sun was a deity in the sky
In waking tymes, we now rise
Remember the past, look to the skies
There was a tyme when power was earned
When respect came from honour, came from lessons learned
In waking tymes, we now rise
Remember the past, look to the skies
Look to the skies
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7. |
Path to Ruin
05:35
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Spiritual calm of the beating drum
Hear the gathering call to earth and sun
Healing powers – mother divine
Roots grow deepest – in brightest sunshine
All is lost, all is lost
All is lost when honour is lost
Eradicating traditions, ancient religions
When "we" turns to "they"
The truth fades away
Eradicating traditions, ancient religions
When "us" turns to "I"
The question is why
We walk this path to ruin – through the rubble of our past
We call this path progress – is it really any better?
We walk a path to ruin – through what could have been our future
We call this failure success – deluded to the end
Eradicating traditions, ancient religions
When "we" turns to "they"
Meaning fades away
Eradicating traditions, ancient religions
When "us" turns to "I"
The question is why
Greatest of powers – mother divine
Roots grow deepest – in brightest sunshine
Spiritual calm of the beating drum
Hear the gathering call to earth and sun
All is lost, all is lost
All is lost when honour is lost
We walk a path to ruin – through the rubble of our past
We call this path progress – is it really any better?
We walk a path to ruin – through what could have been our future
We call this failure success – deluded to the end
Land forlorn – by treacherous souls
Forsaken the tribes beyond control
Centuries of the repressed beliefs
Vengeance sought for endless griefs
Echoes ring of the savagery
That vanquished a humanity
Still chosen, then outcast
Reveal secrets of the past
We walk a path to ruin – through the rubble of our past
We call this path progress – is it really any better?
We walk a path to ruin – through what could have been our future
We call this failure success – deluded to the end
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8. |
An Offering
03:18
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Hexenklad Ontario
Hexenklad is a Canadian Folk/Black Metal band. Think folk melodies akin to Moonsorrow with twin guitar leads like
Dissection, the depth of emotion of Primordial and the overwhelming depth of Insomnium
Members:
Timothy Johnston -Vocals
Michael Grund - Guitar
John Chalmers - Guitar
Steve Bowen - Guitar
Matt Collacott - Bass
Clare B. - Keys
Andrew C. - Drums
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