1. THE HOUSE ON THE LAKE

Part I: Through the Forest

(Instrumental)

Part II: Darkness Calls

I was called upon to purify this place
Looks like just another house on the lake
Townsfolk terrified claim there's the devil inside
If it's there it cannot hide from my light

With an awful sound the door opens for me
As I step inside I'm startled by the reek
Markings the wall in languages not of this world
Point me to a flight of stairs, what's below?

And when he darkness calls my name
I know I was right to come
I raise my sword and pray

"Enter my world
Enter, be lost
Dare to step down
None leaves my house"

As I take the stairs a gust of wind blows out
Chills me to the bone and through the night resounds
Suddenly the stairs seem to fold in on themselves
And I fall towards a red sky without end

All sense of orientation gone
Finally, I grab a ledge
Pull up and brace myself
The light of truth goes dim and dies
And the terror lurks behind
Hold on to sanity!

"Where have I gone?
You're wondering
You're in my world
In my dark dream"

Part III: The Hell Beyond

Hear the discordant sound of a billion voices,
Coming from a thousand different worlds...
Look at the ruby red clouds in the roiling sky,
Boiling and rumbling above the wastelands...
Listen to the endless screams from the iron fortress,
Where the streets are haunted by the shadows of the dead

Now it's time to face what lies beyond
To keep your will unwavering and strong
This strange world will test your sanity
Hold tight your sword and your humanity

Walk your way across this scorched land
Your golden lantern lightning scarlet sands
You must find a way to close the gate
But in the iron fortress lies your fate

In the hell beyond you will find just the chance you've been waiting for
To face your inner demons once and for all
You're the only one who can stand without fear in this alien world
Go ahead and face this evil being to find your redemption

Part IV: Inside the Iron Fortress

Madness awaits for me
In the shape of the lord of this place
"Welcome to my domain
I am the king of the gate!"

And there in front of me
Stands a creature that doesn't seem real
I will not break my oath
Come!
Fight with me!
Taste my steel!


2. THULSA DOOM AND THE CULT OF THE SNAKE

King of the night, spawn of the serpent
Selling a lie to the children of gloom
Dealing in death and the power of madness
Preying on faith, his name is Doom

So many years from that fateful night
A riddle that he couldn't solve
Little he knows that his own demise
He sealed so long ago

Thulsa Doom
And the Cult of the Snake
Thulsa Doom
Flesh is stronger!

Crown of the snake, spawn of the darkness
Ruling the world with the wisdom of old
Spreading the word among the blind folk
Keeping the chain tight, his power grows

And on the eve of his final night
When all he won he's gonna lose
He still believes he can make it right
Because his name is Doom!

Thulsa Doom
And the Cult of the Snake
Thulsa Doom
Flesh is stronger than steel!

So many years from that fateful night
A riddle that he couldn't solve
He still believe he can make it right
Because his is Doom!

Thulsa Doom
And the Cult of the Snake
Thulsa Doom
Flesh is stronger!


3. INVERNO

L'autunno volge
Al termine del giorno
E si dissolve
Senza cura di uman tregende

Freddo e il suo cuore
Che non conosce odio
Ne affezione
Quando sul bianco trono ascende

Non sono angeli nè demoni
Ad indicar la via
Soltanto uomini sospesi tra
La ragione e la follia
Persefone ritornerà a Primavera porterà
Ma adesso e il suo momento, gelido è l'oscuro regno ormai

Neve cade su di noi
La Regina dell'Inverno all'alba
Sogna già una notte eterna
Sangue delle verità
Brucia nelle torce solamente
Dove la congrega attende già

Occhi che scrutano l'eternità
Non resteranno mai
Savi abbastanza per guidare chi
La vista più non ha
Persefone ritornerà
E la Regina dormirà
L'arcobaleno nero custodisce e il suo mistero

Neve cade su di noi
La Regina dell'Inverno all'alba
Sogna già una notte eterna
Sangue delle verità
Brucia nelle torce solamente
Dove la congrega attende già

Le nostre sorti
Note soltanto ai folli
Tesson le parche
Dove Ade per sempre regnerà


4. FROM BEYOND

In a stranger and dark late October's night
I am driving to the mansion
Crawford says, "There's something that you must see"
I don't know what, he did not mention

The hall is silent but I feel something's wrong
My God, where are all the servants?
"Come on my dear, you have to hurry upstairs!"
But my friend's voice just make my nervous

Unlocking the great sealed doors of time
We're searching for forms of life waiting forever out there
Unsealing the barriers of the night
We're looking for what is hidden there deep into the unknown

Now take a look (my friend)
To the horrors from beyond
What amazing reality
That is lurking around you (now)
Turn on the switch
Of my wondrous great machine
We will open the astral gate
Let them come piercing the cosmic veil

It's crumbling ut still it's not enough
Increase the power let it flow between the two different worlds
Alas! I feel there's something wrong
They're coming, no way to stop them now, flee! It's out of control!

Now take a look (my friend)
To the horrors from beyond
What amazing reality
That is lurking around you (now)
Please let me go
I don' want to see no more
Of this demented lunacy
Turn it off... and pray we're still in time


5. NAMELESS ONE

Dark figures are marching
The alter waits for blood
Black stone with strange veining
Colours impossible
Grand Masters approaching
Wearing their scarlet robes
The victim lies broken
In mind as well as soul

And when the moon is high
There will be a human sacrifice

Far on the horizon
Above the treeline stands
Titanic shape growing
Darkening all the land
And eep in the forest
The rain begins to fall
The victim is blessed as
The thunder starts to roar

And when the moon is high
There will be a human sacrifice

Ancient rituals
Whisperers in the dark
Chants of terror
Call forth the Nameless One

Horrible knowledge
Comes from beyond the stars
Incantations
Awake the Nameless One

Black blood now it's flowing
The chant is growing high
The virgin still bleeding
Her veins now almost dry
The dark god that towers
Above a land unknown
Will grant us its power
If we stand by its word

And when the moon is high
There will be a human sacrifice
Great worm-god hear my cry
And give us your wisdom in the night

Ancient rituals
Whisperers in the dark
Chants of terror
Call forth the Nameless One

Horrible knowledge
Comes from beyond the stars
Incantations
Awake the Nameless One


6. RETURN TO AGHARTI

Many years have gone since I was here
Didn't think I could return
I had made my choice, to go and bring
Wisdom to the outside world

Maybe that was just misguided pride
Thinking I could make them feel what I saw

Now I'm back where I belong
In a place of perfect harmony
While the land where I was born
Shivers in the coldest night
Decays and fall

Inside the palace made entirely of gold
Waiting for the King to speak,
I have failed just like he had foretold
Still his blame is not for me

"In a world corrupted by the dark
Only fire paves the way for rebirth"

Now I'm back where I belong
In a place of perfect harmony
While the land where I was born
Shivers in the coldest night
Decays and fall

Now I'm back where I belong
In a place of perfect harmony
While the land where I was born
Shivers in the coldest night
Decays and fall


7. CONDEMNED TO LIVE

Here comes the caravan of people from the North
I wonder where they come from, wonder where they go
"We couldn't keep on living where the shadows dwell"
The terror in their eyes tells all there is to tell

Flee from accursed lands!
Run from the living dead!

Forbidden knowledge used to ring the bell of doom
Black magic sweeps the landscape, filling every tomb
The stench is overwhelming and you cannot breathe
There is no place to hide, the dead have been unleashed

Rise from your resting place tonight
Walk living once again

He can never know rest
Until all's at it was
He will never know peace
He's condemned to live

From the graveyard they will arise
Rotten bodies, dead eyes
For their master, the Lord of Death
Necromancer, spawn of the damned

Born in an ancient world
Sworn to restore the old

He can never know rest
Until all's as it was
He will never know peace
He's condemned to live

To dream forever
About the days of yore
To hate what's novel
To bear the undead curse!


8. SOULCRUSH

The air is clear
The sun shines high above
But still your heart is black
And there's nowhere you belong

The dark's inside
Not in the world around
Caught in a web of lies
Like a song without a sound

One day you just lost all control
And all that's left
Are the pieces of this broken man

The time has come
To disappear
All's said and done
We don't want you here

Just go away
Leave us alone
We'll do without
Your poisoned love

And so it goes
Through oceans of regret
You sail your sinking ship
Take it to the bitter end

One moment you'll never forget
And all that's left
Are the piece of this broken man

The time has come
To disappear
All's said and done
We don't want you here

Just go away
Leave us alone
We'll do without
Your poisoned love

I spend my days in solitude
Feeling there's nothing I can do
To be with others I'm afraid
My soul is crushed under this weight