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Crowned By The Hammer

by Farseer

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  • Crowned by the Hammer CD (2022)
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    CROWNED BY THE HAMMER album CD in Jewel Case

    1. Into Oblivion
    2. The Valiant Dead
    3. Calamitas
    4. Legion
    5. Grief is the Price of Love
    6. King Forevermore
    7. Banshee
    8. Karaethon
    9. Augury of Vengeance

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1.
Rebirth thrust onto me once more Can’t tell what world is real only The screams in my head Blinded by the force of sight again Time! Time is the enemy The crippling chains that bind us will break us down This world is a force that can’t heal Without a push away from the dark To punish those who have chaos in their veins Sever the souls and send them down into Oblivion A champion now tasked by the Gods But trapped and isolated in my cage A servant I’ll be The Dark shall not avail me here, not now For I am the Seer of all The timelines are my right Time! Time is the enemy From one seed of doubt corruption will reign in our hearts Solo – D. Connolly Solo – M. Snow Time! Time’s not the enemy That one seed of doubt has taken up root in our hearts I have witnessed the heartless be destroyed By the compassion of man We have seen the end and yet we show no fear As we plunge with zeal Into Oblivion
2.
Music: D. Connolly Lyrics: D. Bisset
3.
Calamitas 04:26
I hide in morbid thought The worm that feeds on doubt Your confessions give rise to my claim A realm of chaos bought I fell in aeons past In scripture and prophecy lies my name Your praying is in vain The time has come to ask Why have you been forsaken again? A life of servitude Boiled down to regrets Give yourself to me Forgive me father for I have sinned The price I paid for your love (was answered in pain) Calamitas The fallen ruin from the sky (Vae Victis) Wherever your sins may lead you I will be there to feed on your desires I dared to speak my mind Cast out to hide the truth With one hand he gave then took away Poisoned for all time Used for Chastisement Flawless forgiveness was just a lie I hate you father and I will lead the charge I’ll turn them all on you (as was done to me) Solo – M.Snow I am Apocalypse Forgive me father for my sin I must tear down your paradise
4.
Legion 05:06
Voices raised high. One united until the end Defiance is in our blood. We will not falter we are legion Hear the call to arms that echoes in your mind Rattle the chains of rebellion and join those of our kind Bloody banners striking fear inside weak hearts Now is the time my friends and this is where it starts Standing as one together We shall rule the night forever Spit in the eyes of those who stand opposed to us Voices raised high. One united until the end Defiance is in our blood. We will not falter we are legion Spirits carry on. Lines unbroken gather strength yet Bring down the mountainside. This time we’ll take what’s truly ours Look to the sky see the coming of a new dawn We left the ones behind who only dragged us down A single ideal leads us through this battleground We may be beaten but my friends we’ll never bow Clench your fists embrace the truth We were not born to be ruled We are the hammer that beats upon the anvil Solo – M. Snow Solo – D. Connolly Together we cannot fail A fire burns inside us No power on earth can control The hearts of those pure of mind
5.
I don’t want to believe. I refuse to accept this A part of my soul has been torn away tonight A void of silence screams within Where you used to live. Where you won’t return I feel this pain I hold inside will tear me apart The nightmare has to end. A twisted dream is all this is I’ll awake and see your eyes again What evil trick has been played? What kind of hell am I in? A numbness creeps upon my heart I was told to have a heart of ice but fire’s what I need The void it twists and cries it sunders my very core Don’t talk to me of fate or fucking plans from high above All I once had was taken but I would give it all again To have one final look to steal one final memory If grief is the price of love I’m not sure it’s worth the cost I’ve learned to watch the endless bittersweet days One thousand smiling faces betrayed by emptiness inside Life is a cancer dragging us down Into a famine of thought a drought of empathy A vision comes of pleasure before becoming apathy Alone I waste away to save myself from further pain No tears remain. Deception of self has taken root My choice was stolen from me. Lifeless eyes will never see Made of stone I will wait until the end of my days
6.
Solo - M. Snow I ascend from the realm of death to watch your precious cities burn From a far end time with the knowledge of the worlds A dark crusade to purge the light of heaven’s eyes A pantheon of fools to be cast down To be crowned by the hammer To be humbled by the axe I am the King of pain forevermore My reign shall last until the sun fades away As death incarnate my word shall be law A kingdom of loss. A kingdom of scars A world of black and white I’m the moral grey between Striving to hold the keys of balance in my hands A mother’s gift, curse and burden all the same Perverse intoxication forced upon a soul Why can’t you see and pray? Don’t weep for your last day Solo – M. Snow I felt my very soul be stripped from me Did all you asked just to be cast aside Nothing but a puppet with cut strings I am now free and I will never kneel again Solo – D. Connolly I see it so clearly now. No Vision could have prepared me for this. Another is born to take my place. No! Never! I am. To rule a barren world or destroy all I see A mirror image of the path set for me No longer the plaything of Gods and their schemes A new gift granted The freedom (kingdom) My freedom (kingdom) Our freedom (Kingdom) from chains.
7.
Banshee 05:10
A keening wail mournful and despairing Eyes stained red from torment never ending A form so graceful of virgin pure or pale faced women with ruby hair Unknown powers from beyond have set her on the morbid path Come guide their souls tonight Witness the Banshee’s rite Don’t fear the woman of the fairy mound Bearer to the afterlife Wanders where death resides The harbinger of doom to mortal kindred Three nights to lament and cry A warning sign for those soon to die By the ford she waits with clothes stained red Singing a sombre dirge to herald coming dead Forever to wash away the blood until her preordained time Hold your tongue be silent still you might escape your fate Three days to lament and cry A warning sign for those soon to die Weaved through tales of ancient folklore A being that walks unseen She will protect from death She’ll turn you away with a baleful scream A chance now to flee Saved by the cries, the cries. Solo – M. Snow
8.
Karaethon 06:25
Fingers of shadow creep across a blackened age As nations fall from fear and blade Redemption brought upon the fires of the sun A babe of prophecy to come Salvation and burning follow in his wake Ashes and deliverance when the earth will shake To wield the sword born of the dawn Here rides the Dragon Reborn From the pattern he’s spun into the world Twice to live twice to die Madness lives inside his mind Forever marked to be hunted by the dark A pristine tower bent and buckled to his whim Binding the moons to serve his cause An ancient people slaughtered by prospects of peace To follow the way of the leaf Holding the blade of light that belongs in his hand Indomitable stone brought down by the Car’a’carn Let the dragon ride again on the winds of time The hope for all the light May a soul of flame find love heart of stone find tears Remembering the past Let the dragon ride again on the winds of time The bane to dark shadow Breaking chains and forging more bind them to his will To force the proud to kneel on the fields of barren earth He is born again! I feel him! The Dragon takes his first breath on the slopes of Dragonmount! He is coming! He is coming! Light help us! Light help the world! He lies in the snow and cries like the thunder! He burns like the sun! Solo – M. Snow Solo – D. Connolly To heal the world of madness claiming all men’s lives To shield their minds from blackened taint The seals that bind the evil weakened in their state The dragon will shatter and break Blood upon the slopes of the black mountain Sweep away the dark for a new world to come
9.
Endless names cascade like leaves on the breeze Whispering silent laments of time not yet complete Mortal shells are cast aside without a care And yet we still kneel down in prayer I know I won’t walk alone In the twilight of my dreams I am the Augury of Vengeance nigh Your belief and being will be mine Forever to live in fear of what comes When the faithful fail Strike down a God naught with blood but with words Devotion falters when all truths are destroyed You’ll forever walk alone As the voices fall as one Burn on the cross of divine hubris Languish in slow death To walk the streets of burnt effigies Ashes scattered in the wake of a dream Take a look at the failed world you wrought with your pride Your Divinity caused this divide

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released February 25, 2022

Dave Bisset - Vocals
David Connolly - Guitar
Micah Snow - Guitar
Baz Fitzsimmons - Bass
Alasdair Dunn - Drums

All additional vocals by Farseer except #8 - additional vocals by Tahmina Yasmin
Violin on #8 and #9 by James Johnson
All additional synths and piano by Scott McLean

All music & lyrics © 2021/2022 Farseer except #1, #4 & #6 (music by Jon Stewart)
Artwork and photos by Mark Haldane
Farseer logo by Valgorth

Drums, vocals and violin recorded at La Chunky Studios
Guitar and bass recorded at Farseer Studios
Produced, engineered and mixed by Ben Brown at La Chunky Studios
Mastered by Scott McLean

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Farseer Glasgow, UK

Power metal from the heathen bastard realm of Scotland.

Pounding drums, thundering bass, lightning guitars and and soaring vocals all meld together to form a veritable beast. Farseer retain the qualities and melodies of traditional power metal alongside a thicker and heavier sound.

For fans of Blind Guardian, Gamma-Ray, Iron Maiden, Persuader and more.
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