Amon Amarth (73,17 %)
Once Sent from the Golden Hall (35,72 %)
Released: 1997
Type: Studio
Type: Studio
Ranking:
Artist:
11
Year (1997):
48
Decade (1990's):
438
Overall:
2691
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1.
Ride for Vengeance
 04:29
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2.
The Dragon's Flight Across the Waves
 04:34
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3.
Without Fear
 04:50
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4.
Victorious March
07:57
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5.
Friends of the Suncross
04:43
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6.
Abandoned
06:01
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7.
Amon Amarth
08:07
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8.
Once Sent from the Golden Hall
04:11
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Album length:
44:52
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Lyrics |
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1.
Ride for Vengeance
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As his life's blood leaving I hold my son, my only son And tears fill my burning eyes While his skin turns pale as snow Butchered he lies here bleeding in my arms Slewn by the men of the single god Hatred burns in my chest Rain falls from a raging heaven The wind howls like wolves at the moon I will seek my vengeance for my son I swear I'll avenge my first born one I ride fast through the woods My friends are by my side Dark hatred burns in my eyes "Slaves of hvitekrist today you die!" "Mäktiga gudar, i gyllene salen. Hjälp mig i striden mot sondräparna, Den höge skall För huggen hamnas och blod skall gäldas i blod" Our cloaks fly in the wind As we ride in the cold dark night We're closing in our enemies We rage in our hearts burning bright The clouds scatter in the northern wind A full moon rides the pitch black sky "Now, hounds of Hvitekrist, your time has come to die!" "Kneel before my sword! No mercy! Your time has come to die! This is the ride for vengeance!" |
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2.
The Dragon's Flight Across the Waves
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Alone he stands in the doorway His family still asleep Gazing at the starlit horizon And the moonsparkling sea When dawn comes he must leave them His home, his children and loved For his destiny beyond those waves Known only to the Norns He's already dressed ready to leave His four friends are waiting by the shore Each with a dragon ship And one hundred men prepared for war He returns to his bed kissing His sleeping wife goodbye And as he leaves his youngest son A tear rolls from his eye They set sail with the first morning rays Heading for glorious wars And as the five ships steer out from the bay Their hearts pound like never before The wind is strong, the sun is warm Their Dragons fly across the waves No greenfaces are seen here onboard Only a crowd of braves Many nights pass And days long as a year They await the battle They await without fear On the morning of the fifth day Before the sun arose They hear bells chime and see pyres Torched at a nearby coast "Lower the sail, grab your oars, Now men, it's time to act! Row like the wind to the shore, Row like the wind to attack!" |
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3.
Without Fear
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I see Without fear my destiny As the raging skies begins to fade Pouring rain Licks my wounds as my blood flows From my torn flesh! As I die I hold my sword My only friend And pray that Oden Will take me home The battle rages But I hear only raindrops falling Like in slow motion to the ground Death release me Free me from my earthly pain Oden I ask thee please Take me home Without fear I die! As I look To the sky the heaven is lit And Valkyries in shining armour Descend I rest my head On the ground And close my eyes I know that Oden's sent for me As I die Without fear I die I close my eyes And die Without fear |
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4.
Victorious March
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Ten heavy feet Walk the bloodsoiled ground With rhythm these Five warriors march No matter how much The bleeding wounds From enemy swordcuts Hurt to the bone The revenge they sought Was taken in blood No mercy was showed No mercy was showed They ignore the pain That hammerlike pounds From falls, off slain horses, To the ground No signs of weakness No signs of weariness Not even a glimpse Of remorse in their eyes They slew men ruthless Fed the wolves with flesh And now they leave This land side by side Now they're headed home Five swordsmen who fought repentlessly Their story will be told Of five brave men endlessly All sorrow is left For the women to bare The children cries They live in fear No man was spared No house or farm remains No christian woman unraped Their church consumed by flames Their steel shines red With enemy blood It sings of victory Granted by the Gods And as they return Bleeding but proud The horizon burns And the song is ringing loud |
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5.
Friends of the Suncross
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Salt water licks my face and wind fills the sail We head for wars on distant shores My friends are all with me And so they'll always be We'll never bend untill the end We cross the open waves On course to far off lands Thor guides our ships With his strong hands Across the waves our seasnakes fly Carried like ravens in the sky By heavens breath on wings of death Blood will run red As we sever bodies from their heads We maim and kill by pure will We hail our Gods Sacrifice in blood Our altar is the battlefields Death is something we don't fear Though it's always near Ygg brings us home when time has come We are five of us Friends of the suncross Strong and brave to the grave! |
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6.
Abandoned
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They came riding down the slopes Five fearless men prepared to fight We heard with fear the rumbling earth In the mid-day light Surprised we saw all terrified The brave northmen's run The fearless five with power ride Attacking us in the mid-day sun Their charge was fast, no alarm was sound They broke right through our lines I felt the cut it threw me to the ground And now I feel has come my time I lie here in my blood And see my family get killed I feel abandoned by my god I fear death's chill I see Hel's gates Towering high And dark are they I don't want to die Oh no! I was wrong Denied the true gods And now I'm doomed I trusted foreign men And their god's son But now when I need them They are gone I see Hel's gates Towering high And dark are they I die! They ride across the planes And punish those of false belief All resistance is in vain As they caress them with cold steel They are the punishers And they will never bend They are power the five of them From Asgard they are sent The power they have in all they do The Christians non will feel No one can escape them no They will make them kneel Their fight is through, they must return No one here survived And as the blood red sky begins to burn To Valhall they will ride |
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7.
Amon Amarth
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A storm rolls in from the sea Covering the land with black thunder clouds Rain whips the ground at their feet As they come ashore in this foreign land Thunder brakes the silence Of fivehundred men assembled ashore Gazing through the misty rain At the mountain not a mile away So dark and silent it stands there The mighty Amon Amarth Reaching for the cloudcloked skies So grim and fearful in might With the wind in their backs they start walking Decisive men of the north They strive through this darkened land With only mount doom in their sight The closer they get to the mountain The clearer their eyes can see A forest of one thousand spears awaiting Awaiting the battle that will be A cry of war emerges Echoes over the field Warriors run, like wolves up the sloaps Boldley charging the enemy lines With weapons so fearsome and sharp in their hands And shields of oakwood and steel They slit open stomachs and split skulls to the jaw Intestants cover the field The defenders are weak in this brutal war The northmen have power and guts A bloodshed like no one has seen here before None can escape their cuts Arrows with fire fly through the air Touching houses and shields The Vikings can feel victory is near As the enemy headlessly flees A gust of wind blows in from the north Clearing the clouds away As twilight falls and the stars come forth And the seawolves return to the bay Corpses lie scattered all over the field For the ravens to eat as they please The mountain is now left there behind As they sail with the first morning breeze |
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8.
Once Sent from the Golden Hall
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Rumbling thunder cracks the sky And rain starts pouring down Lightning strikes a cold bright light Upon the blooddrenched ground The sword play is hard And many fall Steel bites sharp in flesh And upon a mountain Towering tall Stand the messengers of death Five horsemen in armour bright Waiting in the flashing light Looking down upon the field Where Vikings fight with axe and shield On stallions black as night With eyes burning red They ride with thunder to the fight Deliverance of certain death A warcry loud as Heimdall's horne Echoes across the land Enemies who hear it freeze to the bone Friends of doom proudly stand They ride faster than the wind With lightning speed they strike Black ravens follow where they've been To feed from those who died With power they wield their swords As they ride down fleeing men Sending them to Hel's dark court To never come back again The warriors ride once more To the mountain from which they came Once sent by the gods to war And they never return in shame |