Manilla Road - "Haunted Palace" (audio)

A fair and stately palace
Gone mad within itself
No life around the forest
Circling the monarch's realm
The curse of generations
Upon the Usher clan
Turned life to desolation
Laid waste to fruitful land

Haunted Palace
Haunted Palace

Sacrificial blood stains
The family born to fall
Never to break evil's chains
Brought forth by ancient call
Distortion of the senses
Damnation of the soul
The palace of the breathless
Where death's bell takes its toll

Haunted Palace
Haunted Palace

Destruction of foundations
Both of the mind and mass
Caused by incantations
Of family members past
Inner plane disturbance
Crumbling every wall
Tormented by existence
The Haunted Palace falls

Haunted Palace
Haunted Palace
Haunted Palace
Haunted Palace

Με την συμπλήρωση δέκα ετών "μουσικής ύπαρξης" στα heavy metal δρώμενα οι Manilla Road κυκλοφορούν, το 1987, τον δίσκο "Mystification", ο οποίος είναι εμπνευσμένος (στιχουργικά) από την προσωπικότητα και το έργο του Edgar Allan Poe. Πρόκειται για το έκτο full length album των Αμερικανών epic metallers, με την παρούσα ανάρτηση να εστιάζει στο (υπέροχο) τραγούδι "Haunted Palace"...

Band: Manilla Road
Country of origin: United States
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Formed in: 1977
Status: Split-up
Genre: Epic Heavy / Power Metal
Years active: 1977-1992, 1994-2018

Audio: "Haunted Palace"
Album: "Mystification"
Type: Full length
Release date: 1987
Label: Roadster Records, Black Dragon Records
Format: 12" vinyl (33⅓ RPM)

Band members:
Mark Shelton - Guitars, Vocals
Scott Park - Bass
Randy Foxe - Drums, Keyboards, Vocals