1. FATE & TRIUMPH

(Instrumental)


2. RISE TO GLORY

Incoming battle
I lay my life on the edge of a shiny blade
For honour kill to live or die
The blood is spilled

For my shogun, my sacrifice
Will mark my history
In the heat of the action
My destiny is sealed

With no regrets I go to the dawning fight
And lay my sword into my enemy
Under the spring sun I rise to glory

Now rise

Under the rising sun
A duel is set for victory
The blowing wind and the breeze
Bring a sense of duty in me

My soul I’ve attached to my blade
Masamune is shining bright
The katana cuts the air
And through flesh it runs its course

To shine with honour before my passing day
And lay my name into the sand
As the samurai soul I rise to glory

And through the flesh we go
Some blood is spilled

With no regrets I go to the dawning fight
And lay my sword into my enemy
Under the spring sun I rise to glory


3. TIMESCAPE

The march of time is dawning
Upon the years that’ve faded
Those empty promises I’ve resigned
Like a thief in the night
The trail of life getting heavy
Like this burden I have carried
Over my shoulders my own misery
And all the tears I’ve burried

Now turn the clock back
See through the years
Those wrinkles are fading
I’ll be set free

Escape the time
And travel back through your life with me tonight
Escape the time

The road through ages has opened
A pathway in constant motion
Another place another time
Another picture feeds your mind
In different universes
The sands of time, reversing
Through electric spirals we’re swallowed
Eternally traveling and free

Escape the time
And travel back through your life with me tonight
Escape the time

We’ll slide into time on a backward journey
Through the distant memories of your forgotten years

We’ll pierce through the stars
At the speed of light and sound
Hear the voices of distant times
And see fragmented futures
In through the corridors of the mighty
Over the pyramids of power
Unknown colors we will witness
Into infinity, transcend

So join the journey
Travel through the cosmic seas
Over magnetic skies we’ll ride
Shatter eons of memory lane

Escape the time
And slip through shattered mirrors
Of a thousand years omniscient
Escape the time

Where the weight of the years has no grip on your fears
And the clock’s not ticking for the souls of those living
Timescape tonight


4. SHADES OF EXISTENCE

Through the shadows of my memories
Your face is all I see
The tragic turns of existence
Has left an empty space in me
Endless darkness surrounds this void in my heart again
Hoping to find the strength to turn this page of misery

And with a withered soul
Dig up the pieces of a time gone
Empty space and time are staring back
In your absence

Shades of existence
Your memory’s never fading away
Into remembrance
I try to find my strength to carry on
Shades of existence
Daylight breaks through a sleepless night
And to survive I close my eyes

In the vertigo called destiny
Deadly tumbles awaited my feet
To leave their mark deep in my skin
I wear these traumas like a brand to see
With your loss I’ve had to walk on this path of ashes
And learn to live again with ball and chains for me to carry

Into the nevermore I saw my future
As a candle shut
Cold winds of death blew into my heart
Like an acrid song

Shades of existence
I pick up the pieces in ruins
Child of transcendence
I’ll never forget the love you gave me
Shades of existence
A second breath I find in your blessing
And over me I know you watch

I know you watch
Time to rise

Shades of existence
The walk of life is a journey to bitter tears
Rebuild through persistence
So I gather my strength for the bright
tomorrow
Shades of existence
Another light to shine like a blooming soul
Let the shadows disappear and leave the past behind

Leave it all behind

So I carry my dreams into the evermore
Like a new found power into my hands
Letting go all the hurt but not the memories
No, never

Like an angel dust raining over me
I can see you smiling as if you were with me
Open arms of life fading all the grief
This new love shines in a bliss

This journey’s just begun
From child to barely a man reborn stronger
Like the seasons fall and the rain it washes away
All the ghosts that haunt you...


5. STEELBIRDS

The sun’s a blazing in the sky
Tons of lead are shining bright
Through the streets the air raid sirens resound out loud
Brave militaries heed the call to defend their hometown
In honor they all stand, ready to sacrifice their lives

Feel the fire of the gatling guns
The wind will carry their wings of war
Onward, into the battle
Clear the skyline
Pilots, win the fight
Before dawn, rule the air

Steelbirds are flying high
Through dust and fire they ride
Into their last airstrike
Airborne, their pushing onward

Don’t look back on the ones you’ve left
Another turn awaits your glory
Thrown into the jaws of war
Don’t you think twice
Take action, burn them all
A soldier face its tragic end

Steelbirds are flying high
Through dust and fire they ride
Into their last airstrike
Out of the ashes of war
Steelbirds flying high again
Steelbirds are flying high
Through dust and fire they ride
Now hear their battle cry
Welcome the hands of history
So take the crash and burn them all
Burn them... To the ground


6. FORESHADOWED SANDS

(Instrumental)


7. VALKYRIE RIDE

Out from the land of ice and snow
A rumbling sound shakes through the ground
Piercing out through the clouds with wind and thunder
Creatures of mesmerizing beauty
Thrashing in a ghastly fog
To fight the combats of times immemorial

Ancient legends foretold
Ladies sent through the golden halls
Hyperborean skies are shattered

Through the skies descending
With wind and rain of the Midgard skies
They ride at night in a storm of fury
Blood and beauty surround thine eyes
On through with the merciless gallop
The calvacade of death will slay the giants

Ride Valkyria
Swords of fate deceive through burning ambers
Speed of light betrays their vision
In a blurry maze they stand astounded
Frozen and paralyzed
Epic scenes of carnage depict the end of time
Alongside the raven’s flight
Throughout Odin’s gaze and the rush through victory

Slaughter ladies impose their glorious reign
There in stone, their names bestowed
Glory restored through eternal torments

Through the skies descending
With wind and rain of the Midgard skies
They ride at night in a storm of fury
Blood and beauty surround their eyes
On through with the merciless gallop
The calvacade of death will slay the giants

In darkness dragged up, chaos and fire
Neverending pain, the torture never ends
Thousands of lives lost, in Nifelheim remains
A sudden rain of pain and misery
Feel the grip of the serpents
Black clouds are darkening the skies

Valkyries ride into the ashes of the end of times

Ride into the skies
Through the skies descending
With wind and rain of the Midgard skies
They ride at night in a storm of fury
Blood and beauty surround their eyes
On through with the merciless gallop
The calvacade of death will slay the giants
Ride Valkyria


8. MECHANICAL TYRANNY

In mud the gears are colliding
The wheels grinding bones and tearing flesh
Ringing shots are feeding bullets
Upon the battlefield
Where thousands will lose their lives
Beaming lasers pierce through fire
City ruins covered with heavy fog
Chaos and gore as a standard of living
Engines of destruction on the march

In iron gears, expires

Stand your ground on which you’ll die tonight
Leave your mark, in history remain

Giants of iron in wicked motion
Convulsing bodies burnt like moths to flames
The techno seeds are painting blood
Over their silver bodies of deadly algorithms
AI commanding thoughts of humans
The cloud piercing thoughts into their brains
Their microchips all synchronized in psychic
Resonance, their fate: the neon god

In zero and ones, your conscience in line
You sold your soul for dreams of eternity

Fight tonight for freedom as a price
Hand in hand, the only hope to have
Take command, unplug the slaves in lines
Lead the charge upon this fateful ride

Pacify, annihilate
Pacify, destroy

The grinding wheels of death


9. CRYSTAL WARRIOR

Under a distant light, I see you standing
Locks of silver dancing to your music
Heavy thunderous melodies are filling up the air
In the heat and the flashlights, your fingers running fast

I remember the times you shared
Your memories, so precious and vivid
I know the years will pass
But it’ll never be forgotten
Warrior of many years, believing in his dreams
Facing times of dread and dismissal
He always stood the course

Now write your name on the wall
The mark of the shark

We see in the light the Crystal Warrior gone
Tonight, his last stand, the Crystal Warrior
The dream ain’t over, Crystal Warrior
You’ll carry the flame through Necropolis

Starlight glazing over your crimson weapon
Six strings saddled
Your brother standing by your side
To deliver the mass of electrical fury
In communion, you shared your heart
Every minute on the stage
And laid the bed for your legacy
The walls keep resounding

Time is standing still, the wind is hot, your lungs are burning
You’re reaching for the stars, the skies have opened
Into the golden halls, the gods await you
The north star blessing
Through the endless road you’re carried
A rainbow shining, Manilla’s son rising

Bless your soul in the pagan faith

So now they welcome a Crystal Warrior
Ascend, all mighty, the Crystal Warrior
Then Asgard shines for the Crystal Warrior
In glory remains, we’ll carry your name

In a crack of thunder
The gods they roar to acknowledge the mighty soul
Storm and tempest unleashed on the earth
The rainbow bridge reformed

Lost in Necropolis

Now open the gates above the skies