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The Thunder Of Doom
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First ever studio recording of Eleftheria / May 2005
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Austrian Melodic Power Metal Band! --- Disbanded in 2006!
Austrian Melodic Power Metal Band Eleftheria was founded in 2004, and has been in existence in it's current lineup since about that time. We play Melodic Power Metal, with a lot of different influences due to the diverse musical backgrounds of our various members. So we include elements from Black or Death metal as well as folks elements and traditional Heavy Metal parts. Furthermore, the availability of 4 singing voices adds to the diversity of the songs. Anyone interested in traditional European-style Metal should risk a download, and maybe even someone who doesn't especially like that genre might be pleasantly surprised.
Song Info
Genre
Metal • Heavy Metal
Charts
Peak #39
Peak in subgenre #16
Author
Music: Eleftheria / Lyrics: S. Samer
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Eleftheria
Uploaded
June 06, 2005
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MP3 6.9 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
This song lyrically is a part of a whole circle songs I wrote around a conceptual story background. It's basically a fantasy-type story quite typical for Melodic Metal, however in my lyrics I always try to include a darker edge than just the usual "All war is glory" (since it definitely isn't!) and emphasize the devastating and terrifying aspects of war, all armed disputes and generally fights in life that take a high toll. This song is about the "calm before the storm" basically, since it describes the hours before a big battle between the armies of an oppressing empire and a few rebels; and the "Thunder of Doom" stands for the pounding of the hooves as the riders are drawing nigh. Other songs of ours originating from that background story are "The Ride", "The Warrior's Lament", "An Oath We Swore"; some of which we will hopefully record soon and provide for you to download here!

This song also marks Eleftheria's first studio work on a song of our own (we were in the studio once before on a cover song, a sample of which can be heard on our website), so it was quite an experience, to record our own music for the first time... Of course there are a couple of flaws on the record, mostly since we were rather pressed on time (especially on the vocals), but nonetheless I think the tune turned out quite nicely, and we hope you like it!
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Whenever hatred reigns triumph within a man’s soul Over love, faith and truth; Whenever the burden of pain and grief drives a man To exert the same pain and grief on another man’s heart And whenever all belief in any good is lost Then the drums roll a thunder of doom Announce the arrival of one black master of fate And this master is called war. Verse 1.: Through the fields of fire Ride those sworn to blood For vengeance their desire Of destruction be their flood Led by those who wandered Through darkness and through hell Led by those who lingered In dreams of those who fell In the night remember The vows upon the wind The last one dying ember On this night we sinned Ride the darkness, mourning On wings of storm arrive And face the dreadful morning Where blood and hatred thrive Pre-Chorus: Signs in the air Signs on the wind Cries of despair For the slain kin Chorus 1: The Thunder of Doom hails to the end of all the times With screams of torture and pain And love is deceived by hatred divine And blood be freedom’s stain. The Thunder of Doom sheds the blood of your heart Outward and inwards the same And sadness enshrouds all that which should have been Honor, Glory, Fame Verse 2.: With all vows now broken And a doomed soul's saddened howl Of your hatred leave a token As through the night you prowl Shatter dreams and ravage lives Be victims to the flame Break the promise to love and life And see them all aflame Of lost a love you all will sing And yearn for vengeance reaped But only pain the morn' shall bring And unheard a plea Harken cries of angels lost, Fallen and decayed See the wound in thy father’s eyes Impaled and betrayed Pre-Chrous: Signs in the dust Signs of the dawn "Vengeance!" they cry Their eternal yawn Chorus 2: The Thunder of Doom hails to the end of all the times With screams of torture and pain And love is deceived by hatred divine And blood be freedom’s stain. The Thunder of Doom sheds the blood of your heart Outward and inwards the same And sadness enshrouds all that which should have been Honor and Glory and Fame Bridge: Ride! Ride! Ride through the thunder, Ride through the rain Onwards to slaughter Onwards to pain! Kill! Kill! Kill all that's me Kill all that's true Kill all of them And then kill you! Solo Verse 3: So when the doomed thunder's roars And the hellish lightnig's ray Are heard and seen on distant shores Be sure to hide and pray And once you tell them of this tale Be sure to tell it true For if you don't the thunder'll hail And roll all over you Repeat Chorus
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