The cold sword, malevolent blade
Cursed by chaos, devouring souls
Arioch, duke of hell my lord
Destruction and doom of a million scorned
Shall seal their souls forever more.
A rune blade, bringer of storms
Piercing time, this age shall die
Horn of fate, heralds in the night
The earth reborn, void of light
Mocking cosmic balance, spear the sky
Endless, chaos, suffer unto me
Curse this blade, and curse my name
Ancient scrolls regale this tale
Storms of fear and dreams of pain
Twisting time as chaos reigns
All shall kneel, know my name
Gods shall fear this blackened blade
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So I can't leave a long enough review to say everything I want. But I will say this, I love this EP. It's a great little follow up to times, and has just enough of a dynamic shift in sound to prove that Smoulder isn't a one trick pony with their first album's formula. This one really plays up the 70s prog aspects (DUST and Manilla Road influences definitely shine through even harder here). It's still Smoulder, don't get me wrong. Just a different side in some ways, all of which are good. playfulpooka
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If Elric had a soundtrack it would be this. It's everything you want from a epic metal album. Like a hot poker in the eye, but in a good way. Scott Malthouse