1. |
Shadow Of The Cross
05:03
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In a land forgotten in time
An army awakes
Forged in shadows of the cross
Warriors rise up
Our ranks swell as we conquer
Enslaved as they fall
In the name of our god
Warriors fight on
On the edge of a foreign land
Fire lights the sky
They awake to the sound of steel
The sounds of dying
The scream of a broken race
Echoes in the night
As the sun breaks the horizon
Warriors fight on
We ride for our country
We fight for our land
We march through the chaos
And fall on the battlefields
We fight ‘till our last breath
And die with a heart of steel
We’re soldiers born for battle
Forged in the shadow of the cross
In a land forsaken in time
A nation awakes
In the shadow of brutal gods
Warriors rise up
Our men die as they fight
Our legions will fall
On and on through history
Soldiers fight on
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2. |
Wings Of Steel
06:19
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I face the demons in my mind
As we fly on through the night
And whisper a prayer for my last day
Beneath the moon and dim starlight
Full speed ahead as we draw closer
I feel my pulse begin to race
For God and country I will kill and die
The enemy’s life I will take
In the calm before the storm
We sit in silence, each man on his own
I close my eyes and I see my destiny
Is it agony and pain?
I hear my thoughts over the engines
On our way to victory!
In the calm before the storm
All is quiet in the skies
As we reach our destination
All guns ablaze, we join the fight
Wings of steel, on the attack
Death is flying through the air
Wings of steel, fire from above
Screaming out a final prayer
Man-made lightning, it rips the night
War birds of prey, in lethal flight
As the bombs scar the earth below
Wounded planes drop from the sky
A driving rain of flesh and bone
I set the sights for one last try
Target destroyed, we turn to leave
As our wings get blown away
The enemy’s guns have hit their mark
Our sacrifice won’t be in vain
In the chaos we are lost
Victory is won but at what cost?
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3. |
The Final Day
04:10
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It’s been the end of days for two thousand years
Yet tomorrow always comes
And we’re still waiting, counting all the signs
Hearing myth and prophecy
Have we reached the final day?
You predict the end yet the sun still rises
Just like the day before
And still the prophets warn of the end
Until the next one’s come and gone
The Earth is changing, the bombs still fall
Hope is fading away
Who will really know on the last day?
Who will still believe after the last day?
The people cry out: Our time has come
Have we reached the final day?
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4. |
Valley Of Slaughter
04:48
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Behold the valley of slaughter
As you journey on the road
Cling to hope and carry a fire
As the world and man erode
Will you die alone in darkness?
Or will you try to struggle on?
Are you haunted by memories?
Dreams of a life now gone
Face your demons on the road
Will you find a way to make it through?
Another night starving and cold
Can you find the will to see this through?
Man in this nightmare of pain
Life slips away
Survival overcomes us all
Only the savage remains
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5. |
In The Killing Fields
05:13
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Warring countries spill onto the land
A new regime is taking command
Enemies of the state feed the machine
Reeducate the people and wipe the slate clean
Hate leads to genocide
Purge the nation
Kill the innocent
And watch its people fall
In the killing fields
Seeds of hell, through the killing fields
Disease starvation, famine and strife
Forever change the way of life
Forcing endless labor supports the new state
Deprived of all rights the fields are their fate
In the killing fields
Seeds of hell, through the killing fields
Face the end in the killing fields
Stand and fall through the killing fields
To keep you is no benefit
And to destroy you is no loss
The killings would end but not for years
Flood the fields with all your tears
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6. |
Prophecy Revealed
05:03
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Fear infecting as it spreads
To overwhelm the soul
The final days, are they drawing near?
Has the prophecy been told?
Catastrophe, degradation, the decline and fall
Dreams of a hunted race
Scattered through the ages
Imprisoned by invaders in their lands
Destined for sacrifice
Catastrophe, degradation, the decline and fall
Seeds of destruction contained within
Soon the end of all
Cancel the sky, scratch out the earth and end your world
Enslave your own kind, spread famine and disease
The sacred time is here
Pain, but all is not lost
Some make their escape
Their future’s end closes on the shore
It’s the prophecy revealed
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7. |
Ghost Soldiers
04:01
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In the war to end all wars
A fight for the island
Months spent in isolation
With no hope in sight
A battle destined to be lost
With no reinforcements
How many of our men will die?
Captured and stripped of weapons
The death march begins
No food or water for days
Beaten and executed
No longer seen as human
Defeat and suffering
How many of us have to die?
Liberators gone but not forgotten
How many rangers will we send?
Ghost soldiers, a sacrifice to rescue
Last survivors saved in the end
In the undercover of night
The rescue begins
We march behind enemy lines
With deadly purpose
We save our brothers in arms
A tale from survivors
About the death march of Bataan
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8. |
Ancient Empire
05:38
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Rising from the flames at the dawn of forever
An empire to last through the ages
On mighty winds it carries
To the ends of the earth
The glory of its power courageous
In our time we were the future
All gifts of life in our hands
Now from the past we reclaim these lands
And fight to retake our ancient empire
A shadow in history gone without a trace
An earth left to evolve on its own
Drifting through the darkness
Timeless thoughts in exile
Waking to a vision of humanity
An empire destined to fall
Another will rise
All that they had become
Is lost in the end
Impossible weapons, technology unknown
Lay waste to the cities of man
Consuming all the world in oceans of flame
A cleansing fire prepares their return
Fight for the ancient empire!
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9. |
When Empires Fall
05:58
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Emperors eternal, true rulers of Earth
Their power manifest, a war to remove
Pestilent race infesting their home
They traveled time to retake their throne
Supreme again, secure in their might
Yet unaware of the coming fight
Humans descend from the edge of time
Taking the battle far and wide
From the hands of a forgotten race
A shattered Earth is laid to waste
Like the approach of dawn
And the onset of night
A conflict unending
All things at an end when empires fall
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10. |
The Ridge (Bonus Track)
04:11
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