Amon Amarth - 2001
"The Crusher"
Track List:
I. Bastards Of A Lying Breed
II. Masters Of War
III. The Sound Of Eight Hooves
IV. Risen From The Sea (2000)
V. As Long As The Raven Flies
VI. A Fury Divine
VII. Annihilation Of Hammerfest
VIII. The Fall Through Ginnungagap
IX. Releasing Surtur's Fire
X. Eyes Of Horror (Bonus track)
Johan Hegg: Vocals
Ted Lundstrцm: Bass
Johan Sцderberg: Guitars
Fredrik Andersson: Drums
Olavi Mikkonen: Guitars
I. Bastards Of A Lying Breed
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You've ruled us for too long
Truth to you are lies to me
And your right is so wrong
Moral preached by immortal fucks
All I feel is despise
Lie no more you fucking cunts
You tare me up inside
Your son die from your abuse
But you're giving us the blame
The easy path's the one you choose
That road will lead to pain
You're trying to control their mind
And strip them of free will
The way you force them to go blind
Will surely get them killed
My mind is free and so is my soul
You can't put me in chains
I won't play the well-adjusted role
Or bow my head in shame
So throw your stone of guilt at me
Point your finger, curse my name
Your scapegoat I will never be
I won't take the blame
Now we're on trial to serve your crime
And pay for your mistakes
There is no way we'll do the time
The chains of lies will brake
Censorship can't stop our truth
We speak straight from the heart
There is nothing you can do
We'll tare your souls appart
So see us rise we're few but strong
We'll crack your fucking teeth
And feed you with your twisted tongue
Until you cannot breathe
The fury makes our eyes see red
It burns within our hearts
Soon you'll all be stone cold dead
We'll tare your souls appart
II. Masters Of War
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Strike!
Fast and hard show no mercy for these men
The vermin of christ, prophets of lies and their disciples
Seek them out, hunt them down
Brake their spirits, crush their hearts
Not even death will set them free from this pain
Charge!
Ride them down as they flee from our steel
Draw their blood, make them suffer
Before they die by war-field sacrifice
Wipe them out, burn their homes and fields
Feed the wolves with their offspring, annihilate them all
Masters of war torment every soul
Rape every whore that carries the cross
Fire!
Burn them all, burn them alive
Send their souls to Deathqueens hall
To the land of cold burning flames
Send them to the land of famine and despair
Eternally they will starve and freeze
(solo: Mikkonen)
III. The Sound Of Eight Hooves
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He's running through woods so black
A loyal servant of christ
Dogs are barking down his back
He's running for his life
He came with words of love and peace
These heathens had to be saved
He thought that he could make them see
Instead he was enslaved
In captivity he spoke of god
To all he met he preached
But when his masters patience ran out
He knew he had to flee
Tears are running down his cheeks
As he sobbing realize
That in this land his god is weak
And today he's going to die
He stumbles out onto an open field
Where an old oak tree grows
In the branches hang men of three
Dressed in preacher robes
His knees refuse to carry him on
Terror shines in his eyes
His faith in christ is almost gone
His god's left him to die
Below the dead he says his prayers
To the god he thought was alive
When he hears a calm voice say
"Shut him up and hang him high"
As his breath leaves his eyes open wide
A bright light comes from above
He greets this light with a smile
And thinks: "There is a God"
The sound of eight hooves reaches his ears
Comes from the heavenly light
Two wolves howls fills his heart with fear
And he sees two ravens fly
Down from the sky a warlord rides
Like fire his one eye glows
And just before the preacher dies
He knows his god is false
IV. Risen From The Sea (2000)
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(lyrics not available)
V. As Long As The Raven Flies
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Men will fight and men will die
Wars will be lost and won
That's how it's been and still will be
Long after I am gone
Doubting not I give my blood
So I may enter hall up high
The sky belongs to Asagods
As long as the raven flies
VI. A Fury Divine
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Death is drawing near
I know it's true but have no fear
I know I can't escape my
Fate! Turns it's deadly wheel
Judgement day is closing in but still I can not feel
Remorse! Is for the weak
I stand silent while they speak, their accusations are all
Lies! Spread by preaching men
I'm on trial for being who I am
And praising the Gods of my native land
I will stand firm, I refuse to kneel
The fury in me is divine
My dark grave awaits, my fate is revealed
But I'm not afraid to die
Death! The day to die is here
The sun rides high on the northern sphere
And the executioner sharpens his
Axe! Shines in the sun
I smile when they tie me down
And hear the sound of the falling blade
Death! Sweet death, relieve me from this world
Death! Sweet death, relieve me, relieve...
(solo: Mikkonen)
So death finally came to him
The pagan man could not be turned
He faced death with a grin
Now his head rests in the dust
The proud man stood firm, he refused to kneel
The fury in him was divine
Now he is dead, his fate has been sealed
He's brought to golden hall up high
VII. Annihilation Of Hammerfest
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All is lost and foreign kings
Rule the northern realms
Hammerfest, the last outpost
Has fallen to unbearded men
Lords of the bloody cross
Deceived or murdered all of true faith
Now the temple of Thor, where Mjцlner is kept
Is under siege
They fear the power of Mjцlner
The hammer of Thor
And all their efforts to destroy it have failed
From deep within the frozen ground
Comes a rumbling sound
Ravens fly and wild wolves howl
Sending shivers down christened spines
As if from nowhere
Dark and grim he appears
The warlord of the Gods comes with force
To retrieve The Crusher
The first man died with a gurgling sigh
When his head was crushed
Painful surprise within his eyes
As his life was snuffed
With raw and brutal force
The warlord brakes the temple doors
The weak back off in fear
On the altar it lies, he lifts the hammer high
And before it he swears
"Allvise Ygg, Mдktige Hдrjafader
Gudar av Asars och Vaners дtt
Hцr mina ord, nдr som jag svдr
Att om tusen vintrar гter ta vгr rдtt"
(solo: Sцderberg)
While he speaks his prayer, Mjцlner rests in the air
As if holding its breath
Frozen by fear, the gathered stand and stare
And what they see is death
A laughing cry, fills the shivering night
He lets the hammer strike
A bolt of lightning bright, Rips the darkend sky
Fire of doom ignite!
VIII. The Fall Through Ginnungagap
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Once I was - Now I am no more
A burst of flames threw me into oblivion
The life I knew - Seems distant and unreal
A fading dream, a memory I can't recall
Am I real - I can no longer tell
A notion tells me I still exist
Infinite dark - Through this void I float
Resting, waiting for the day
When I will live again
Eons pass or maybe I just blinked
Deeper into this hell I sink
Falling through Ginnungagap
I'm pulled towards an unseen gate
I seem to hear my name being called
I float towards these cries of fate
Faster than - The speed of light
I am falling through universe
Stars flash by - Before my eyes
The time has come to return
Out of the dark - Into the light
Back into life I am cast
By my side to reclaim that once we lost
Eons have passed, I'm back from the dead
Victory lies ahead
IX. Releasing Surtur's Fire
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He's riding 'cross a field, familiar but nothing is the same
This place he knew as Hammerfest
When the old Gods reigned
The army of demons rides
By his side with weapons drawn
Today is the day
When Ragnarцk will be spawned
There lies the mountain where the temple once stood
Where eons ago he arose to spill their christian blood
Stuck in the rock is a golden ring
That yet no one's dared to touch
The legend has it it's where the Crusher once struck
He pulls the hammer from the mountains grip
The sign for demons to attack
He's been called upon to arise and he won't spare a single life
No Thor spare a single soul, or let them get away alive
They strike down on the world with overwhelming force
All resistance is brutally crushed, crushed without remorse
Dark angels descend to join the bloodfight
The slaughter brings them on, see Oden's Valkyries ride
(solo: Sцderberg / Mikkonen)
The battle of Midgгrd is almost won
And the thousand years of tyranny will be forever gone
Soon a new world will be born rising from the sea
Where Asagods again shall reign and humans will be free
He rides once more upon the black mountain of doom
Holding firm the crusher of giant bones
He lets the hammer strike, now everything will burn
As Surtur's fire is released upon the world
X. Eyes Of Horror
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(lyrics not available)
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