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Riastrad
07:26
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The boiling of blood
The twisting of sinew
Snapping of bones
Spasming limbs
Bursting of eyeballs
This, Riastrad
Roaring inhuman
Ne’er Friend or foe
All of you shall fall
My fury brings woe
Feed the flames
Onslaught of fire and steel
Carves a path of glory
The mightiest of you
Shan’t live to tell the story
Running through fields of flesh
Your knot unraveled
Blackened tables, they flash
From the torches’ gold
Ripping through hundreds of men
With a wave of my hand
The Hammer of Connaught again
Makes a final stand
Man to monstrosity
My fury unbound
Rampant brutality
I, the Ulster Hound
I crush the beautiful trees
The ash and oak alike
They fall around me
The showers of blood
Stain the crimson flowers of death
Writhe in agony
Beloved blood stains my wrathful hands
Blood knot
The boiling of blood
The twisting of sinew
Snapping of bones
Spasming limbs
Bursting of eyeballs
This, Riastrad
Roaring inhuman
Ne’er Friend or foe
All of you shall fall
My fury brings woe
Feed the flames
LAY!
Laying a hundred to waste
You longed to have you a taste
All your army I’ve faced
FEED!
Feeding the monster inside
Soon I’ll open you wide
Now you’ve nowhere to hide! - Writhe
Lo, what is to come
All before me is barren waste
My heart is forlorn
You who brought me this pain
Soon you and your lot shall die
My land is wartorn
Cut at me with your swords
It’s all for naught – HA HA!
Wiping away Connaught hordes
Such chaos wrought
Unleash unbridled rage
My bloodied blade thirsts
Heart throbs within its cage
As if it soon shall burst
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2. |
The Earthstrider
05:06
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I will run through the thickest wood
I will climb the highest mountaintop
I will cross the furthest field and yard
Rockbreaker, Earthstrider
Hear me, see me
Climb and stride
Across all swathes I glide
Eat the fruit - Nektarkins’ ambrosia
Live among the mossy marshes
Wanderer betwixt the land of pigs and fools
They bring the world of gods and men to naught but dust
Earthen, ancient ent of olde
Traveller of expanse untold
Home amongst the trees and rivers
Feel the grass beneath my feet
Drunk upon the honeyed nectar
Place the horn - exhalted altar
Holy bud - breathing in the sacred smoke
Inhaling hallowed cloud upon which I choke
Searching for the unblocked way
True path lies in this day
I will run through the thickest wood
I will climb the highest mountaintop
I will cross the furthest field and yard
Rockbreaker, Earthstrider
Hear me, see me
Climb and stride
Across all swathes I glide
Enthroned in soil
Lands known to the stars
Flora and fauna
Are my true kin
Chasing a sun that never sets
Blistered hooves that never rest
A clearing now in front of me
Rolling waves of an endless sea
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3. |
Upon Stranger Shores
06:05
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Feeble vessel carries me away
Across sullen waters – waves of memory
Mist of remembrance
Towards a new world
To wander endlessly
Upon these stranger shores
Walking among the water-worn stones
Behold all that lay before you
This weary oaken one
Seeking solace
Amidst the halcyon streams
Of this unknown land
Deluge of guilt and shame
Roots too intertwined
Bonds destined to break
I go my own way
Alone I walk this road
Endless trails and paths
Thusly I come
Faltered upon waves
Vessel worn to dust
Past now washed away
Future before me
There’s only one way
That time will flow
I walk upon these Stranger Shores
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4. |
Son of the Sky
12:09
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Hammer falling on the wind
Sky-breath rising, fear I rescind
I rescind
Forest of clouds – a zephyr stride
Crags of chaos – the tumultuous ride
Behind and above me – the coming the storm
From rocky veils – tempest was born
Thunderous bellows come
Crash against my core
Whirlwind of fury
Tests my spirit’s form
Tonight, we ride
I long to fly on wings of steel
Shimmering feathers ablaze
Hammer resolve pushes me on
Against the cyclonic tide
Wood thrush heralds my coming
And as I reach the peak
I know this place well
It beckons me…yes…
All that I have seen…
The wind overtakes the ridge
My only choice is to ride
I catch the upward drift
With purpose I now glide
Tonight, I fly
Again I inhale the smoke
For good measure
And so I fly on wings of steel
Shimmering feathers ablaze
Hammer resolve pushes me on
I ride cyclonic tide
All the crowns of the valleys
A whirling verdant haze
Yet this drift only serves
To fan my own flames
Who will know the totality
Of this great expanse but I?
In this I am lost
I see mine immortality
Who knows when I’ll die
Beneath this mountain frost
Laid low by tempest’s kiss
No, I did not come for this
Not a stone was amiss
Thus I defy the call of the abyss
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5. |
Set My Thorns Ablaze
07:10
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Set my thorns ablaze
Burn away the darkness
Bronze glow reaches out to me
To penance flames I cast my body
My bloodied branches ignite
Earthen fetters
These bloodied branches ablaze
Fetters to ash
These thorns you see are mine to bear
Although away in time they’ll wear
Through journey far, I know not where
I’ll bring to bear this hammer glare
SET MY THORNS ABLAZE
Spirit Illumination, Sacred Knowledge
These flames bestow on me
Crawl through embers
Fall away from grief
Purified
Agony lost
Ashen skin
Crumbles away
These thorns of mine
Turn to entropy
My bloodied branches ignite
Earthen fetters
These bloodied branches ablaze
Fetters to ash
These thorns you see are mine to bear
Although away in time they’ll wear
Through journey far, I know not where
I’ll bring to bear this hammer glare
Set my thorns ablaze
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6. |
Aethereal Path
04:15
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7. |
The Iron Horde
10:17
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We sought freedom
And found naught but death
For freedom again
We shall fight
Against the grain, through endless pain
Never back down, seize the crown
The knowing crows gather
Awaiting the feast of steel
The song of blood-rings
Treatise of death
Faithful assemble
On the fields of honor
Wipe out the thralls
Of mediocrity
We are not cattle
One another’s shepherd
Learned of the four winds
Soldiering onward
Carrying our burdens
As if it were one stone
Unstoppable are we
All together, never alone
Face us now
Stand before us
Grind your souls to ash
Our hearts now alight
With blood and flesh
We harvest the earth
Fan the flames
Quench with water
Follow aethereal code
Forge the strongest steel
I am among then now
Part of their horde
Joined my steel with theirs
Moving ever onward
Charging fast into the fray
My arm-fire sings
Those amongst me now
Moving ever onward
We are all one kind
How far have I come
Solitary one
Yet now forever
With mine own kind
The battle over
Oh how many fell
We mourn and we sing
Of those who fought well
Triumphant, weary
On barren fields
My journey now yields
In the wake of the Iron Horde
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Wandering Oak plays a visceral, progressive permutation of mystical, epic, folk-tinged heavy metal and ruthless blackened thrash.
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