Glacier - 'Spears of the Empire' (lyric video)
Dawn breaks in acrid fear.
The suffering will resume.
Bodies scrape across the stone
With sand in every wound.
Bred in chains and born of tears,
The wretched beg may death come soon.
Far away in foreign lands,
A cruel hand delivers doom.
Descend. Into the pits of the damned.
e spears of the empire; always at hand.
Fear and despair under chariots of steel.
For all who would live will kneel.
Endless days in helpless rage.
The whip across the skin.
Bow before the exalted sign;
The crushing from within.
Be cost of immortality.
Ten million souls will share this fate.
Be monumental vanity bestows a dire undying hate.
Descend. Into the pits of the damned.
The spears of the empire; always at hand.
Fear and despair under chariots of fire.
Building the throne ever higher.
Betrayer of souls
The flesh made sovereign supreme
Betrayer of souls
The eater of the dead awaits its feast
[solo]
A fervent prayer from an arid throat.
bereft of all but a thread of hope.
The mortal choice by war's demand;
To live as slave or die as man.
[solo]
Bleed - for your king - for your god - for your life
Bleed - for your king - for your soul - for all time
Night surrounds with jackal's howls.
The shadows hide the horde.
For those escaped, horrors await;
The twisted beasts of ancient lore.
Descend. Into the pits of the damned.
The spears of the empire; always at hand.
Fear and despair under chariots of fire.
Building the throne ever higher.
Betrayer of souls
The flesh made sovereign supreme
Betrayer of souls
The eater of the dead awaits its feast
The suffering will resume.
Bodies scrape across the stone
With sand in every wound.
Bred in chains and born of tears,
The wretched beg may death come soon.
Far away in foreign lands,
A cruel hand delivers doom.
Descend. Into the pits of the damned.
e spears of the empire; always at hand.
Fear and despair under chariots of steel.
For all who would live will kneel.
Endless days in helpless rage.
The whip across the skin.
Bow before the exalted sign;
The crushing from within.
Be cost of immortality.
Ten million souls will share this fate.
Be monumental vanity bestows a dire undying hate.
Descend. Into the pits of the damned.
The spears of the empire; always at hand.
Fear and despair under chariots of fire.
Building the throne ever higher.
Betrayer of souls
The flesh made sovereign supreme
Betrayer of souls
The eater of the dead awaits its feast
[solo]
A fervent prayer from an arid throat.
bereft of all but a thread of hope.
The mortal choice by war's demand;
To live as slave or die as man.
[solo]
Bleed - for your king - for your god - for your life
Bleed - for your king - for your soul - for all time
Night surrounds with jackal's howls.
The shadows hide the horde.
For those escaped, horrors await;
The twisted beasts of ancient lore.
Descend. Into the pits of the damned.
The spears of the empire; always at hand.
Fear and despair under chariots of fire.
Building the throne ever higher.
Betrayer of souls
The flesh made sovereign supreme
Betrayer of souls
The eater of the dead awaits its feast
Οι Glacier δημιουργήθηκαν το μακρινό 1979. Παρέμειναν ενεργοί μέχρι το 1990 κυκλοφορώντας δύο demos και το ομότιτλο ep (το 1985). Προ εξαετίας ο τραγουδιστής της μπάντας Michael Podrybau δημιούργησε τους Devil in Diguise με στόχο να παίζουν διασκευές στους Glacier αλλά και υλικό που να βρίσκεται κοντά ηχητικά στην παλιά του μπάντα.
Δύο χρόνια αργότερα οι Devil in Diguise μετονομάσθηκαν σε Glacier (προφανώς ο Michael πήρε τα δικαιώματα του ονόματος) και πλέον το Αμερικάνικο συγκρότημα απολαμβάνει τον παρθενικό του full legnth δίσκο, ο οποίος φέρει τον τίτλο "The Passing of Time" και κυκλοφόρησε πρόπερσι.
Ο διάδοχός του βρίσκεται ήδη εκεί έξω. Πρόκειται για ep δύο τραγουδιών (γιατί θεωρείται ep και όχι single, ενώ είναι μόλις δώδεκα λεπτά σε διάρκεια δεν ξέρω), φέρει τον τίτλο "Spears of the Empire" και κυκλοφόρησε προ ημερών (6 Δεκεμβρίου 2022), με το δελτίο τύπου να μας δίνει περισσότερες λεπτομέρειες και στοιχεία:
Δύο χρόνια αργότερα οι Devil in Diguise μετονομάσθηκαν σε Glacier (προφανώς ο Michael πήρε τα δικαιώματα του ονόματος) και πλέον το Αμερικάνικο συγκρότημα απολαμβάνει τον παρθενικό του full legnth δίσκο, ο οποίος φέρει τον τίτλο "The Passing of Time" και κυκλοφόρησε πρόπερσι.
Ο διάδοχός του βρίσκεται ήδη εκεί έξω. Πρόκειται για ep δύο τραγουδιών (γιατί θεωρείται ep και όχι single, ενώ είναι μόλις δώδεκα λεπτά σε διάρκεια δεν ξέρω), φέρει τον τίτλο "Spears of the Empire" και κυκλοφόρησε προ ημερών (6 Δεκεμβρίου 2022), με το δελτίο τύπου να μας δίνει περισσότερες λεπτομέρειες και στοιχεία:
«The songs "Spears of the Empire" and "The Word and the Will" are equal opposites of a sort, and not necessarily an "A" and "B" side, and the artwork was designed with that intent.
They both play upon early Bronze Age motifs of chariot warfare, dynastic rule, and archaic mythologies, with one song lyrically focusing upon the merits/benefits of centralized, elite leadership, while the other leans more heavily on the ugly realities of conquest and enslavement.
Since the two ideals seem somewhat inseparable, as opposing aspects of a whole, we felt it appropriate to maintain the pair of songs as a dual-sided EP, and not roll them into the next full length album.»
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