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School of the Wolf
04:16
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Sorcery, Alchemy
Bred to kill - Iron will
Experiment come to life
You’re lucky if you survive
Lifetime killing for coin
White Wolf Hunts Tonight
In the laboratory, shackled and bound
Mother's tears and wildrye juice
Mixed with the sap of the speargrass,
My body burns with dragon fire
My veins sting like acid,
Turned my weak mortal body
Into this mutated form,
A sick and demented ritual
To ensure the survival of our kind,
Children taken from normal lives,
Witchers, Mutants, Witchers, Mutants,
Dying to keep people alive
Old faces are fading, Our numbers are thin
And growing smaller by the year,
Rewarded in coin, Spat on and tossed aside,
Onward, to the next village
For the beasts I must find,
Reflex, trained and practiced
Igni, Axii, Yrden, Aard, Quen,
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This creature once was a man
Coram Agh Tera defiled,
Now cursed by the priestess to live
Alone, trapped in the form of a
Horrid beast,
With claws and teeth,
It’s been twelve tormented years
He’s waited to see the end,
Unknowing the beast must find
Someone to see the soul inside,
Maidens come to stay and pass,
Veerena, the Bruxa, the only to last,
Slain by the White Wolf,
The spill of true love’s blood broke the spell,
A man again, a beast no more,
The grain of truth to those old tales they did tell,
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The White Flame
05:20
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Now the kingdom has fallen
The Northern Realms lay in waste
Cintra in ashes, aflame,
The Peasantry cries - their queen;
Calanthe, the Lioness, dead
Cirilla, Their princess, fled
Now on high the Ard Feainn flies,
Sixteen rays of blinding light,
Coat of arms to Nilfgaard's might,
Emperor, Imperator,
The White Flame, Emhyr Var Emreis
The White Flame dances on the grave of his foes
War will bleed this kingdom dry
Siege Machines and battle cries
Shining steel and Cavalry,
Nilfgaard’s wrath for all to see,
The quest to find the Lion Cub,
Kneel before the Throne of Flames,
Slake the Earth with northern blood
Crush who stand before the blade,
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The Taste of Ash
05:14
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In this garden of suffering
Man in wolf’s clothing lurks,
Condemned to live for eternity,
Dishonored Gods with offense
This cursed man will never die
Live forever, eating ash,
Lycanthrope of Ignorance,
How many nights have come to pass?
The Priestess uttered a curse
With the last breath in her lungs
“You are beastly now, remain so forever more”
Lycanthropic eternity, and a Hunger lasting evermore,
This cursed man will never die
Live forever, eating ash,
Lycanthrope of Ignorance,
How many nights have come to pass?
And on that blessed summer day
A White Wolf entered the garden
The Obsidian Star behind him,
“Lift this curse and set me free,
End this pain and let me breathe,
Unchain me from eternity
And this hunger never ending,
I detest the taste of ash…”
This cursed man will never die
Live forever, eating ash,
Lycanthrope of Ignorance,
How many nights have come to pass?
How long have I been this way?
Trapped in this wretched form,
Could it be a taste of my own flesh
Or the blood of a traitorous friend?
Please, I beg you just set me free,
The Witcher turned as if to say
“You forget; I slay monsters,
Not men in twisted forms”
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Ithlinne's Prophecy
02:09
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Kaer Morhen
05:09
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When winter comes and the night grows dark,
I fall away into the mountains,
To this place I call home
The rubbled fortress - My humble abode,
Kaer Morhen beckons,
And keeps me warm from the cold,
This castle of stone, wrought iron gate,
The calling of My Path can wait…
In solitude I find strength
Mend myself and prepare,
To vanquish my foes
and conquer this Path
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Mastercrafted
04:56
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The blades have been forged,
Mastercrafted, Hammered by dwarves,
Fire and forge,
Harbinger of timeless death,
Silver and Steel, Wielded by thine Wolven hand,
On this path we prevail,
Glowing embers and sparks
Molten steel formed and sharp,
Hammered, beaten to shape,
Ancient knowledge passed down,
Dwarven blacksmiths of old
Forging the blades for war,
Melding iron and steel
Heed the calling for arms,
Hammered, beaten to shape
Ancient knowledge passed down,
Mahakam, Working iron and steel,
Mastercrafted, Slaving over the forge
Glowing embers and sparks
Molten steel formed and sharp,
Hammered, beaten to shape,
Ancient knowledge passed down,
Cintra’s Ashes, Smouldering countryside burns,
Northern Battles, Elder Blood waits it’s turn
Melding Iron and steel
Heed the calling for arms,
Hammered, beaten to shape
Ancient knowledge passed down,
Glowing embers and sparks
Molten steel formed and sharp,
Hammered, beaten to shape,
Nilfgaard’s blade in the dark
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This kingdom once felt like home,
Now I don’t know where to go
This life feels just like a storm
Born of struggle and buried in snow
This way of life won’t last,
Slowly moving forward,
Downward, into the mud,
One day these hardships will come to pass
But til that day comes,
We will carry on
Armies of men moving forward,
A never ending climb up a ladder to Hell,
Destruction - either way, Day after day in this Hell,
This won’t last
Kingdoms crumble to ash
War of man, Life of ruin
Lost to time and dust,
Who are the monsters?
Are they beasts in the dark?
Are they Kings in their Court?
Am I any better than they are?
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Sodden
04:40
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War comes to Sodden on this weathered plain,
Northern Realms unite as one; Nilfgaard calls for blood
On this war torn battlefield banners flying high
beneath the sign of the Great Sun you will surely die
The Brotherhood of Sorcery
Sends aid for the Northern Realms
With force the earth rose up
and spells of fire rained down,
A final stand for the North,
Bodies burn to the ground,
Nilfgaard blows their trumpets,
Swordsmen come on horses,
Mages thin out their ranks,
Vizimir’s men aren’t breaking,
And Emhyr’s forces are weak,
One more push could break them
And have Coehoorn on his knees,
With morning comes some solace
The battle fades with the night,
Soldiers retreat to safety,
The wounded cry out for aid,
The sounds of grief and anguish
Sour the glory of victory,
For now we must gather them,
Our noble heroic dead,
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Vatt'ghern
06:30
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I've travelled these lands,
and followed my path,
Fought through hell and crawled back,
Crossed steel with many a man,
And locked horns with the cold hearted beasts
I've looked death in the face,
Yet here I still stand, I’m not ruled by fate
Destiny’s still in my hands,
Despite the horror I've seen
The radiance of life
Seems to wash my hands clean,
With every passing day
From the sun on my face,
And the coin in my hands
From another debt paid
On another beast slain,
Body broken and sore,
But in time I’m restored,
Hope for hearth and clean beds
Bardic tales in my head,
Beaten and broken and kicked in the teeth
The White Wolf, the Vatt’ghern, who knows no defeat,
Beaten and broken and kicked in the teeth
No Witcher rests til his tale is complete,
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Hekseblad
Melodic and Vicious Fantasy Black Metal from the United States. Inspired by the lore of Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher
novel franchise and proudly paying homage to the masters in Emperor, Dissection, and Obtained Enslavement.
Say no to NSBM
Keep your swords sharp!
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