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Vessel of Darkness

by Midnight Force

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1.
We're shadows of the night, Glimpse of passing light in the darkness Stories that unfold, Out here in the cold of the night Down by the bay, Her heart open lay under moonlight Death already in wait, Not much longer to crave immortality Risen! From the grave, A plague of fear a plague of death Risen! From the tomb, A vessel of darkness We're spectres that roam, Out here till dawn together, tonight My wings they spread, Each night you dread, So the raven flew!
2.
The show is over, Send the people home. The night is over, You're gonna walk home alone. But you don't want to go, Out in the rain. But you don't want to go, Outside again. The night is over, Go back to where you're from. The highlights over, You're gonna walk home alone. There's more to be had, You've got to follow your own way home, When the lights go down, When the curtain falls, We will take you there, We will take you home The highlights over, Youre gonna walk home alone. Gonna have to take that road, To the place youve been before,
3.
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
4.
О Русская земле Длъго ночь мрькнеть О Русская земле Мъгла поля покрыла О Русская земле Говоръ галичь убуди О Русская земле Уже за шеломянемь еси 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!

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Unreleased tracks from the "Gododdin" sessions, and one very old pre-Midnight Force ballad reimagined by our sister band Visceral Noise Department.

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released July 15, 2020

Artwork - Ansgar Burke
Mixing, Mastering - Mike Werninck of Shabby Road studios

tracks 1,3,4 recorded 2019-2020, track 2 recorded 2018-2019

Midnight Force and Visceral Noise Department together are: Mike Werninck, Brenden Crow, Jenny Tingle, Pete Werninck, Ansgar Burke and John Gunn. Additional appearances by Calum Calderwood (2) and Tamsin Macaulay (1,3)

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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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