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  NOCTURNAL RITES LYRICS
 
  
  "In A Time Of Blood And Fire" (1995)
  1. Sword of Steel 2. Skyline Flame 3. Black Death 4. In a Time of Blood and Fire 5. Dawnspell 6. Lay of Ennui 7. Winds of Death 8. Rest in Peace 9. Dragonisle
 
 
 
 
 
 
  1. Sword of Steel
  Riding out in darkness 
 Hoarding no fear 
 Toward horizons 
 Dyed in black 
 We drew the circle once again 
 Around the pentagram 
 Our swords drip in crimson 
 To conjure the one 
 Sign of evil Rides us through 
 We see the flames of hell arise 
 As we open the gates 
 
 Sword of steel must be held up high 
 Somber shades of death we ride 
 Sword of steel will laude the one 
 Sword of steel will crack the sky 
 
 For aye the one will rise in shadows 
 He holds the key to infinity 
 Open the gates, swing my sword up high 
 Sword of steel alk in darkened vapour 
 Clad in veils of night 
 Unholy powers will rise again 
 We complete the ceremony 
 To hail-side by side
 
 
 
  2. Skyline Flame
  Lachrymose they saw him leaving 
 Riding along the skyline flame 
 His shreiks shall forever echo 
 Over valleys and hills 
 Mesmerized by the evil 
 Let the imperial one rule 
 Ornated in blood we stand 
 And in his eyes shone victory 
 
 In from the darkness he'll return 
 To his fortress 
 Standing here with pride 
 The skyline flame 
 
 Paralyzed by the dark one 
 Riding along the skyline flame 
 The one who leads us in darkness 
 And takes us to the flaming depths 
 We have seen the abyss 
 We crave its infernal deep 
 We light our candles 
 And let them light the way
 
 
 
  3. Black Death
  The countess was laughing 
 She looked out the plague from her throne 
 By the gate in the darkness 
 The crowd was screaming in pain 
 Cursed of sickness by starving 
 People dying slow 
 They are burning their bodies, the victims 
 The plague got in hold 
 
 The plague is getting in its hold 
 There is no way to escape 
 The old man conquered her throne 
 So it's been told 
 
 A new day was rising 
 The unknown came riding along 
 An old man with power and strength 
 To conquer the throne 
 In shelter of darkness 
 The people were standing strong 
 By their leader the old man 
 They are hunting the countess down
 
 
 
  4. In a Time of Blood and Fire
  In a time of blood and fire 
 Before the break of dawn 
 Mighty swords were held to the sky 
 In a land that rules by darkness 
 Of evil and fire spawned 
 Damnation now eclipsed the sun 
 
 As black horsemen rode along with 
 Death at their side 
 So the scene of death rose the winds 
 In black blood they shall baptise 
 And under a black star the demon will rise 
 
 In a time of blood and fire 
 They rode across the lands 
 In a time of blood and fire 
 Under wings of yore they shelter 
 
 A thousand years have passed now 
 Oh, so grim and dark 
 Now men must laude the demon's mark 
 Servants of unholy powers 
 In darkness must confide 
 To the abyss in the darkness they descend
 
 
 
  5. Dawnspell
  The Spell of the dawn has been cast 
 Like the storm rides the wind 
 It clouds darkness and evil 
 To come on strong again 
 It follows the sign of the one 
 The bringer of thunder and storm 
 Voices of darkness now call out 
 The one to ride again 
 
 Riding out instorm under cover 
 Look out for the dawn and its power 
 The spell is cast as it rides the wind 
 Standing tall holy defenders 
 Come on strong before the dawn 
 And the night will come and spell will 
 Rise again 
 
 The curse of the spell has brought fear 
 To the people again 
 They run from the curse for they dread 
 The spell of dawn they've seen 
 There is no way to run from the spell 
 The bringer of thunder and storm 
 Voices of darkness anew called out 
 And the ones they rode again
 
 
 
  6. Lay of Ennui
  Hear us prince of darkness 
 Guide us to our dreams 
 To hold the seven keys 
 To rule the world beneath 
 We crave the blackest love 
 As we gaze on through the gate 
 Now thy name we call out 
 Give us lord of evil 
 Thy touch shall atone 
 Through the sea of flames 
 The seven gates we see 
 We await the black salvation 
 We light the thirteen candles 
 Now thy name we call out 
 
 Lay of ennui king of the lore 
 Lay of ennui hear our call 
 Lay of ennui prince of the darkness 
 Lay of ennui we abide 
 
 Through the darkest night 
 Guide us to our dreamsow in front of thee 
 But you won't hear 
 As the flames of evil arose 
 We draw the sign in the blood 
 Now thy name we call out
 
 
 
  7. Winds of Death
  Through the winds of death we ride 
 I swing my sword up high 
 You'll taste my steel, I won't abide 
 Cause you know you are gonna die 
 
 Clad in leather and chains we slay 
 We fight for king and land 
 We'll burn your homes and bring you dismay 
 With our vast swords in hand 
 
 Glory, victory, forever hail 
 
 Howl in mighty rage 
 Clad the sky bleak 
 Claw the hide of enemy 
 Hail the winds of death 
 
 We spread the ashes of your dead 
 There is nothing left to save 
 We sear the ground where they bled 
 We pledge doom upon your grave 
 
 Make them cry and bleed 
 The storm shall howl and now descend 
 Hordes of shade, they call, they heed 
 They call, they heed
 
 
 
  8. Rest in Peace
  Called out to load the ships 
 They are sailing at dawn 
 With hundred men at their side 
 Flames from a distance 
 Lighting up the sky 
 And the warriors will rise 
 Armed with swords and arrows 
 Battle begins 
 They will fight for their pride 
 The sound of steel echoes in the night 
 The wind cries out loud 
 
 Into the night they are calling 
 To the ones dying brave 
 May they now rest in peace 
 Forever the battle is won 
 
 Twenty of the men are 
 Slowly going down 
 But the treasures are found 
 Back on the ship, the survivors 
 Scream out - the battle is won 
 The twenty men who couldn't 
 Make it to share their victory 
 May they now rest in peace 
 On the dragonisle, they are buried 
 Side by side 
 Hail to their pride
 
 
 
  9. Dragonisle
  By the power of our father's rusty 
 swords 
 We are standing proud and strong 
 Under banner and king our soil 
 Drinks blood of the enemy 
 From here we see through the raven's eyes 
 We ride the winds of north 
 And from cups of silver we drink from 
 The dragon's blood 
 
 Standing tall 
 STAND TALL 
 To fight them all 
 FIGHT THEM ALL 
 For Dragonisle 
 
 Through the Seven winds of Wrath we 
 Called 
 Called up to the gods 
 With steel at our sides we defend the 
 dragonisle 
 Baptised in the dragon's blood 
 We hail our king with pride 
 And in the fire, for aye one with the king
  
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