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Gododdin

by Midnight Force

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1.
Raise up your bows towards the sun! For the age of Qin is dawning. Three centuries of civil war has birthed the first empire of China. One hundred thousand men slain Are as one in the ruthless gaze of Huangdi. To bring the seven kings to kneel amidst famine and disaster. Huangdi! Behold the price of immortality. Sunrise beckons to the king, the heir to heaven, fearing sunset. Entombed alive the hundred schools and burned the wisdom of Confucius Unto the hordes of north and south the emperor will show no mercy And with a hundred workers deaths draw a line of blood around the empire One king to rule under heaven, one army to rule under earth Huangdi conqueror of death, eternal emperor of clay One king to rule under heaven, one army forged of flame Huangdi conqueror of terror, in stone lies eternal life His death foretold by prophecy, from the sun the stone fell in Dongjun The first emperor will die, below his great wall his empire divided
2.
A cloud is risen over the eastern sky, Its shadow falls upon the lands of Rus' The air it whispers of an inhuman foe, Bearing death upon the steppes Flee! Fast as you can! The horde sweeps over our land, King and country be damned, for the Doom of Kiev is at hand! Courage is worth nothing before the wrath of Khan Batu His footsteps stained still with the blood of Vladimir Our grand prince fled to make peace with the foe Left our lives forfeit to the sweeping tatar yoke Voivode! Seek no parley with the butchers of Chernigov Voivode! Death has come upon the empire you would defend The black hoods have fallen, we are a thousand alone Twelve tumen surround us, there's nowhere to run!
3.
The power of myths and legend lay in its skin and heart Adorned with a crown of blue and gold, the legend of the word Born out of piety to carry the divine The words and sigils of light before the dragon came In Lindisfarne it lay, charred but unbroken In Lindisfarne it lay, memories and tragedy In Lindisfarne it lay amongst death and flame In Lindisfarne it lay A martyr scarred in battle, the skin of beast the word of god Made by man surviving the aeons, ancient wisdom's call Fire rains from the heavens, the seas open up The pious and protected by faith, power and might The walls in ruins, the tower ablaze, Wails of terror as pious souls dismay. Yet the word, the magic and the heart, The gospel unbroken and unharmed In Lindisfarne it Lay
4.
These walls of Acre, be its final host These walls so mighty, can they be hold These walls of acre, our land of hope These walls of mighty, lost forever more We once came, full of hope Yet hatred's all we've sown The cross drenched in blood Forever left to mourn These walls of Acre, the vessel of life These walls so mighty, fallen to flames These walls of Acre, death and fire These walls so mighty, lost in the sands of time Now! No way out, the swarm of locusts, Gone! The days of hope. the temple of Solomon Broken! The walls of stone The dust upon the ground, Fallen! The templar, engulfed in flames
5.
Parthia 04:15
They planned on marching against the enemy, A foe, ancient bold and brave Eastern lands rich in gold and plunder, The might of Rome will make sure they're tamed Their lands protected by the desert, Shrouded by an endless sea of sand Making for an impregnable killing field, Too hot to make a march across the sea Refusing the passage, Refusing the safety, Refusing the help due to pride Pride marks the march towards exhaustion, Pride marks the march towards your doom Twenty thousand soldiers in the desert, Marching towards exhaustion and death They marched through sand, heat and fire, Wary for the horses that will come Slowly feeling life draining from them, As they pay the price for patrician Roman pride The arrows hail down like spears of lightning From ten thousand horses ready for sand and war Legionnaires crying out for mercy, Wishing they had never left their home
6.
Covenant 04:56
The saviour of the land foretold, Bearer of the white gold Awakens from the worlds cruelty, His bitter heart filled with beauty Do you believe you are the chosen one? Do you believe you have the strength to win? Can you escape your own futility? You know you can't survive without it Covenant, Wielder of unbelief Covenant, Leper! Outcast! Unclean! This world has shaped you in brave Berek's image, In the halfhanded mould you see your demise. A leper with a mighty force, the dichotomy a fatal choice To save this world from leprosy, escape the cruelty of your own The wielder of the white gold, powerless through self constraint Enemy and a saviour, to preserve yourself is to admit defeat
7.
A voyage east to foreign lands, the perils of the deep They sailed with their resolve and with their gold With splendid wares the ship is filled, Their deals are made and struck Now homeward bound with Eastern treasure sold The wind brewed to defy them, a torment from the sea They prayed unto their captain, for their lives they made their plea With madness brewing in his heart, the crew he did ignore A cursed cry into the sky, with blasphemy he swore Over the phantom sea they sailed, a journey cast in gold The waters rose to begin their plight, the heart of the captain bold Sailors’ terror to behold After the sailors heard the call they took to arms their swords They gathered on the deck, the ship to turn The captain glared towards them, his back turned to the storm A fire in his eyes began to burn His face distorted to a grin as he shot their leader dead He cast the corpse unto the depths and the waters turned blood red The ship she swore a fatal curse, an undead crew, them all To roam the seas, to know no peace, “Amen to that!” his call Over the phantom sea they sail, united by the curse Bound to the ship eternally for better or for worse The vessel damned their hearse Lightning crash in the black sky overhead, Waters rise to a deadly flood Fatal voice from her sworn oath The ship aglow in the shade of blood Flesh-torn bones of the undead sailors, damned their souls eternally Bound to the ship and the captain who cursed them Sailing over a phantom sea In time a child watches, observer from the North The future king he halts to see a crimson light go forth The young boy stares eyes filled with awe, realises not their plight The sailors, o the wretched souls beneath the crimson light Over the phantom sea they sail, united by the curse Bound to the ship eternally for better or for worse Over the phantom sea they sail, sailing on and on The sailors, o their wretched lives to never see the dawn
8.
Y Gododdin 07:18
The road winds south from Dun Edin, sorrow in its stones, For the laughter of the Gododdin still echoes through it's steps, 300 to the Angles marched. The road winds south from Dun Edin yet we have found its end, There sits a wolf at Catraeth's gates, we met without a sword. The finest of the Hen Ogledd, with courage bound as one With ancient lance, with readied bow, Brought death unto the sassenach Now earth lies atop Aneirin, but the lament is still sung Though Dun Edin lies fallen, in Strathclyde his words live on The finest of the old north, now buried by defeat With ancient lance, with broken bow, Together lie in saxon earth A cairn lies atop Aneirin, but the lament is still sung All Arthur's heirs in earth remain, in mourning the north is reborn The road winds south from Dun Edin Yet we have found its end

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Pronounced [ɡɔˈdɔðin] (goDothin)

Recorded, mixed and mastered July and August 2019 in the Shabby Road studio, Glasgow.

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released October 6, 2019

Midnight Force are:
John Gunn - vocals, (keys)
Ansgar Burke - guitars, vocals, (keys)
Brenden Crow - bass, vocals, (guitars, keys, woodwind, banjo)
Pete Werninck - drums, vocals, (keys)

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Mike Werninck
Artwork by Calum Calderwood of Sloth Metropolis
Church window photograph by Peter H: pixabay.com/users/tama66-1032521/

Electric fiddle in Y Gododdin and Over the Phantom Sea by Calum Calderwood
Flute in Over the Phantom Sea by Jenny Tingle

Guest vocals by:
Dave Bisset of Farseer (5),
Ceylan Hay of Bell Lungs (4,8),
Calum Calderwood of Sloth Metropolis (5,7),
Eilidh Harris of Pyre of the Earth (4),
Jenny Tingle of Visceral Noise Department and The Dark Vibes (4),
Maria Kampouraki (2,3,4), Sian Donkers (2,3,4), Charlotte Kieslich (3,4), Leila Akong (6), Kiril Mihaylov (2,3,4)

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Midnight Force Glasgow, UK

Epic Heavy Metal Band based in Scotland and Germany. We are often compared to the more obscure 80s metal bands but we are using our influences to create our own blend of Heavy, Epic, Doom and whatever we get hold of that day!

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