Candlemass: Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (Remastered)
Epicus Doomicus Metallicus 1986 Black Dragon Records/Peaceville
Doom Metal (Stockholm, Sweden)
https://peaceville.bandcamp.com/album...
Candlemass Playlist: • Candlemass
I. Solitude 00:00
II. Demon's Gate 05:38
III. Crystal Ball 14:50
IV. Black Stone Wielder 20:12
V. Under the Oak 27:49
VI. A Sorcerer's Pledge 34:42
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Solitude
I'm sitting here alone in darkness, waiting to be free
Lonely and forlorn, I am crying
I long for my time to come - death means just life
Please let me die in solitude
Hate is my only friend, pain is my father
Torment is delight to me
Death is my sanctuary, I seek it with pleasure
Please let me die in solitude
Receive my sacrifice, my lifeblood is exhausted
No-one gave love and understanding
Hear these words, vilifiers and pretenders
Please let me die in solitude
Earth to earth
Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
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Demon's Gate
"Beyond all nightmares I met my fate
An ancient passage surrounded by hate
Scared I was, but with a hand on my cross
I went into the demon's gate..."
Across the Styx, among the mists of Hades
A gate of stone marks the path
To soul's damnation and Hell's wrath
Ancient evil is awaiting there
At the doorstep to Hell
Within its darkness the demons dwell
From the dark age the passage hail
Created by witchcraft and hate
Where every sinner will meet his fate
The place is cursed by the Hands of Doom
Unholy powers in reign
The Devil's paradise of pain
Approach! The Eibon opens for you
The choirs of damnation call you on through
Twilight possesses the heart of your soul
The starlight is fading to black, to the...
Demon's gate
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Under the Oak
Deep was my anguish and for these words
They froze my blood and chained my soul
The master has spoken the truth, not any lies
The Devil gives and evil takes
The things in life that man forsakes
A throne in Hell, a price or a sacrifice?
Still the wind was blowing soft and gentle here under the oak
Which gave me shelter and rest for my trial
I'm not strong, weak is my mind
A new beginning, where to find?
I'm the last one on Earth, please forgive us our crime
Oh, it was a time when love was mine
Now it's time to sacrifice
My heart, bleeding for my race
The traces of mankind swept out by the hands of our Lord
I cry for the ones I have lost
Midnight in paradise, grief ...away goes my hope
I cry for the ones I have lost
Hear my prayers
Climbing on the clouds above
Silent cry
Reach the inner halls of truth
Give me a sign!
A crimson sky, bless my eyes
Up goes the sun, my time has come
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A Sorcerer's Pledge
Part I
Time stands still in these ancient halls
Only the castle itself can tell what it keeps
Dark are the secrets between these walls
Hidden in shadows of death while the sorcerer sleeps
Where is the morning, where is the sun?
A thousand years of midnight, the sunrise is gone
An old man marked by a life so long
Is sleeping so sweet while his magic is growing so strong
Waiting still for new times to come
A thousand years to see if he has won
Where is the morning, where is the sun?
A thousand years of midnight, the sunrise is gone
Part II
What has he done?
Why is he sleeping so long?
He wants to live for evermore
Soon is he young
When will he open his eyes?
When he is strong enough to rule
Back in the time, goes the legend
Of a sorcerer so old
He drank the blood of a virgin to be reborn
Soon a tyrant will conquer, so spoke the wise
Of the day when the sorcerer will rise
Blood is his wine
The sorcerer is cheating on time
And he'll be stronger than before
Cursed be the sun
The women will weep for his fun
In the name of his magic so strong
Back in the time, goes the legend
Of a sorcerer so old
He drank the blood of a virgin to be reborn
Soon a tyrant will conquer, so spoke the wise
Of the day when the sorcerer will rise
Part III
A thousand years are gone
Armageddon hasn't come
Only the cry of a child echoes in the dark
Backwards goes time as the stars are passing by
And nothing remains of this foolish man except his fate
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ꜱʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴄᴏᴘʏʀɪɢʜᴛ ʜᴏʟᴅᴇʀ ɴᴏᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ꜰᴀɴ ᴘʀᴏᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴅʀᴏᴘ ᴀ ʟɪɴᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɪᴀʟ ꜱʜᴀʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴅᴇʟᴇᴛᴇᴅ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴀ ɴᴏɴ-ᴍᴏɴᴇᴛɪᴢᴇᴅ ᴄʜᴀɴɴᴇʟ ꜱᴏ ɪ'ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ᴍᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴜᴘʟᴏᴀᴅᴇᴅ ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɪᴀʟꜱ. ᴛʜᴀɴᴋꜱ