Imperia - "To Valhalla I Ride" (video)

To not seem soft and gentle
My skin smooth
My hair undone
But in my softness my blood burns

On the battlefield
I rise my sword
Blood, blood, blood, blood

My galloping white horse
Disappears in the morning mist
What's left behind
Is my defeated enemies

Streaming fire across the field
Burning all in flames
I pick up my sword
And hold it high
I have no fear
To Valhalla I ride

On the battlefield
I rise my sword
Blood, blood, blood, blood

My galloping white horse
Disappears in the morning mist
What's left behind
Is my defeated enemies

Rage I will on the battlefield
I have no fear
And in the bay of icy mist
My Viking ghost ships arrive

And my body
Given in the name of Odin
For the honour's sake
I will live or die

I will live or die
And I fly upon
The blackest of wings
And soar through the dark nights

Blood, blood, blood, blood

My galloping white horse
Disappears in the morning mist
What's left behind
Is my defeated enemies
My galloping white horse
Disappears in the morning mist
What's left behind
Is my defeated enemies

I pick up my sword and hold it up high
I have no fear, to Valhalla I ride
I pick up my sword and hold it up high
I have no fear, to Valhalla I ride
I pick up my sword and hold it up high
I have no fear, to Valhalla I ride
I pick up my sword and hold it up high
I have no fear, to Valhalla I ride

Διπλός δίσκος το νέο πόνημα των Imperia. Ο διάδοχος του album "Flames of Eternity" (Φεβρουάριος 2019) και έκτο full length album της μπάντας φέρει τον τίτλο "The Last Horizon" κιαι κυκλοφορεί ήδη. Ένα μικρό ιστορικό του συγκροτήματος:

Οι Sahara Dust είναι η πρώιμη μορφή του συγκροτήματος Epica. Έδρασαν από το 2002 έως το 2003 (και κατόπιν μετονομάσθηκαν σε Epica). Μέλη των Sahara Dust ήταν και η τραγουδίστρια Helena Iren Michaelsen με τον drummer Steve Wolz, οι οποίοι μετακόμισαν στην Νορβηγία. Με την επιστροφή τους στην Ολλανδία δημιούργησαν τους Imperia, οι οποίοι έχουν κυκλοφορήσει πέντε "ολοκληρωμένους" δίσκους (συν τέσσερα singles και μία συλλογή)...

Band: Imperia
Country of origin: International
Formed in: 2003
Genre: Symphonic Gothic Metal
Years active: 2003-present

Video: "To Valhalla I Ride"
Album: "The Last Horizon"
Type: Full length
Release date: March 26th, 2021
Label: Massacre Records
Format: 2CD

Track listing - Disc 1:
1. Dream Away
2. Starlight
3. To Valhalla I Ride
4. Flower And The Sea
5. Blindfolded
6. While I Am Still Here

Track listing - Disc 2:
1. Only A Dream
2. Where Are You Now
3. I Still Remember
4. Dancing
5. My Other Half
6. One Day
7. I Send You My Love
8. Let Down (Piano Version)

Band members:
Merijn Mol - Drums
Gerry Verstreken - Bass
Jan "Örkki" Yrlund - Guitars
Helena Iren Michaelsen - Vocals

Miscellaneous staff: Jacob Hansen - Mixing, Mastering