A city once full of splendor
Now reduced to rubble and ash
Tattered flags wave in the wind
The city now statueless.
Shields at the ready
Armor glinting in the sun
Catapults move into position
The time for war has come
Fighting to reclaim their homeland
Their helms mask their anxiety
Slowly trudging through the battlefield
to meet an uncertain fate.
Dark mages and the undead
Winged beasts of malevolent spawn
Emerge onto the battlefield
The Dark Lord’s army!!
Set ablaze at the flick of their hand
Screams of burning men can be heard from afar
Asphyxiated from across the land.
Under powered, they’ve already lost this war
Black skinned beasts encircle the skies
With wings that eclipse the sun
Breathing black fire of plague and death
Caught in the blast, they’ll wither to ash
Warriors of the sword are no match for the arcane
Years of training could not prepare them
Limbs and organs strewn across the ground
Their brothers in arms lay dead
supported by 13 fans who also own “The Battle for Holquinne”
Symphonic stuff in metal doesn’t make its way into my collection aside from a couple of early Cradle albums. The orch here though just ads to how huge this band sounds. It makes elements in the songs more immersive. There are plenty of breaks from orchestration where its in deathcore/slamming brutality mode. While not ignorant, the songs never play with time or get mathy making it accessible and memorable. Came out 2015? Impressed. Mitch Mitcherson