Forefather

We shall be part of a mighty revolt We'll sow the seeds of a great overthrow Our command shall prevail endlessly Forever triumphant and full of pride Shields and swords shall clash but we'll succeed Our grand Fyrdmen shall fight robustly None who betrayed us...

The winds of wisdom lash my face As I hail this open space Under the burning midday sun I sense the power that makes us one This stretch of land before I see Lies symbolic of history An Angleman, I am of many I am of their spirit, I am of them I hear their an...

In the darkness an ancient power lies If you rile the beast, in time he will arise Thieves disturb the peace, a reckless seed to sow A rage will be unleashed, purging fire bestowed Heed their steady words, vast the columns grow No sign or show, awakened...

I wonder how winter will be with a spring that I shall never see I wonder how night will be with a day that I shall never see I wonder how life will be with a light I shall never see I wonder how life will be with a pain that lasts eternally I...

Our lord of warriors eternal glory won By the sword's edge at Brunanburh Smashed the shield-wall and drove them from the land The enemy doomed they fell and the field was dark with blood Shot with spears, the crushed assailants fled In revenge we rode them do...

Hark to this folk's decree Spear and sword-edge we'll yield to ye Here a good warrior stands Sworn to steadfastly guard this ground Brace, harness the wolf within Faith, to flee is the gravest sin By my lord I will lie Clash, enemy striking forth Hold...

Embers in dormancy - the greatest of sins Damming the blood that flows, closing the veins Drowning in lethargy, deadly decay Losing vitality, fading away Deep-seated malady holds you in chains Taking its root from the seed that you have Sucking the life from...

Behold the swarming horde below Strengthen your resolve Grip your steel with growing faith Foresee the fray unfold Banners fly defiantly The totems of the tribe Stubborn pride swells inside The calm before the storm An awe-inspiring sight A bold display of m...

Snared under fire-blackened skies, fettered in humbling irons Burned are the staples of life Crushed by a torturing hand, terrors demolish the land Low is the spirit of man Yield prostrate in decay, dignity stolen away Grim is the price that was paid Bra...

Warrior maiden, blood of the kings Our brave and glorious cween Lead us into victorious times When we will reign supreme For far too long they've soiled our land But now the tides have changed We will have our just revenge When by our steel they're slain As w...

They came from other lands to change our views They said to worship their god or we would die eras on I yearn to reveal our ways again To unveil ancient wisdom gained through generations I dig deep into time To bring back ancient ways Before they clawed them...

Doom is awaiting with fire and pain Plague is upon us and here to remain Gods or grave rite bring no cure to this blight Forfeit is land and the sea Sanctuaries are plundered, the just are despised Turning our faces from wisdom and pride Ashamed of the good b...

The sky begins to darken gradually As the sun descends to the horizon making the trees look grim And the atmosphere feel dormant Chinks of light break the layers of dark As the sun ascends the sky making the trees look benign And the atmosphere feel awake 

Edge of oblivion, heads in the sand Wolves in the fold raping the land Shadows of men by meekness consumed Weak willing slaves marching to doom Dire whirlwinds growing, the craven fall deaf Seek no compassion, mailed fist you will get Standing defiant,...

Men of the sea, on the waves they did ride Drifting towards their new dawn Sailing forth with the wind as their guide Fathers of a kingdom to be born Their blood flows in me Through their eyes I see With their spirit I shall bring down my blade I speak with t...

In times of old beyond the sea When Wærmund ruled the Angelcynn To him was born a worthy son That would in time a hero become Raiders from the borderlands English blood on Myrging hands The time would come for swords to shine The time would come to draw the li...

Let the shaman cast the runes Is it today that we should strike? We don't want to take them on Without the gods on our side See the ravens in the sky What do the paths of their flight portend? If we go forth and face them now Will there be death waiting at the...

Graven faces gather in the hall Messengers bring word from the shore Ill winds behind hostile sails Black wings approach beyond the pale Fire of baited blood A hearth of ancient stone We must resist, hold fast to this To keep the spoils of Rome Fell...

Was a time when men they fought for kindred's cause, a struggle to survive But far beyond the native burghs I see they send our blood to death Is it to kill for greed, to find eternal peace or sow the seeds for war? This army is not for Folk and Fyrd, there is...

Walls surround me as the years pass slowly by Wonder what I might have been Battle-slaughter and a kingdom overthrown Are only shadowy tales for me My kingly blood, it has condemned me to this fate I'll never see the light of day again How I long to have foug...

Gathered together, the meoduseld shining brightly Cempan and ealdormen, in a drunken dream Among all the riches and relics of many hearth-kin, Foretell unyielding their coming feats and deeds Harp strings, stout-played, sing the praises of many ring-lord Lay...

In placid halls beside the tide The tiresome scrape of quill on hide Passes every plodding hour In the care of a hollow power Lying alone, treasures abound Spells sent forth throughout the lands But stubborn hearts are not beguiled Beyond the waves a wr...

The winds sweep across the raging skies of our tormented domain All around I heat the ghostly chants of generations gone can't they the howls of the Old Ones great coming with the storms? Cries of betrayal and destroyed will over ages passed I hear the winds...

Victory is upon us and the bold pretender repelled The sorry souls of the enemy by our will are routed and cwelled Now is the time for merriment though peril and pain is ahead So drink to our martial prowess and hail our glorious dead Gave their lives...

Intensity - a fire does burn in us Adversity - nothing can hinder us Fervency - strong enough is no enemy Victory - eminence is our destiny Mortality - We're not afraid of the other side Bravery - from our fate we refuse to hide Ignominy - In our hearts is no...

A dark cloud descends on our domain The storm of dread, the wielder of pain Pounded by the iron rain up high Now an onslaught of terror is nigh A war has begun The war must be won Fortress so tall to oppress her Lord of enforcement, aggressor Founding a war...

Now is the time, to the battle we go The enemy's waiting, much blood will soon flow But fear ye not death, no such honour so high To fight with your brothers and die Think not of failure and be strong of mind Remember our women and bairns left behind Daw...

Man your walls or flee, for this time we pay no fee Hear our last reply; may you answer with no retreat Bow your heads down low for the rule of the marshland king Stir the land awake for a tale the bards will sing See the storm rise across the sea Raven curse...

Veiled in despair kneels the ill-fated son Drowning in unnumbered tears Wretched, the steadfast one watches on high Pawn in the dark enemy's game There on the brink the great worm lies slain Foulest deceit he has sown Free from his spell, mournful she le...

Purge this circle to clear the way A cleansing fire where no ashes remain Hear the heralder portend the rite Purify - let his horn resound Flawless as the still of night No trembles in the web Silence, as your soul takes flight And all the forces ebb The whe...

Miri it is while summer last With fugheles song Oc nu neheth windes Blast And weder strong Ei, Ei! What this night is long! And ich with wel michel wrong Soregh and murn and fast Miri it is 'tween dark and dark This fleeting stage 'Till we return back to the n...

We'll slay and we'll destroy and we'll feel no guilt Haphazardly we'll do as we do please We will act on instinct, our minds know not compassion Unimpeded by corrupt restraints This is the way it should be And in natural chaos we are free With laws and morals...

I see in your eyes the same fear that would bury me But together our resilience multiplies, a whirlwind of energy A synchronised, implacable war-machine, petty fueds aside Pressing forth, with the might of the rising sun, shield-walls collide For glit...

Our hearts lie not in heaven Nor eastern desert sands With eyes closed to your saviour Our fate is in our hands Great glass eyes look down on me So lofty and so great In your world we are filth Toys of your lord to dominate High spires reach for Thuno...

Into darkness, unwilling we fell Augustine came to preach heaven and hell All must worship the cross he did tell The heathen spirit condemned to his hell 1000 years on the dawn starts to break Spirits of the old ones shall awake Temples of the enslavers shall...

Out of time into today Drifting in through legend's lay Once into the bloody fray Turned to dust in open graves Lest we let the memories fade Cast the glories into shade Bleed away these fortunes made Curse the kindred bond away Scale again t...

Soldiers of the stonefolk through narrow paths wind Celebrated warriors, the grand emperor's pride The old woodland watches with cold forbidding eyes Terror is unleashed as the forest comes alive Painted with blood, a line in the sand Mangled and broken...

When Offa spilled Myrging blood we were proud When Hengest routed the wealas we were proud When Penda withstood the cross we were proud When Alfred stayed the Danes we were proud Heroes passed unto ye we give hail Mighty men without fear, without shame Some w...

Wyrd has woven our path, now a tyrant rules our land A beheaded people we are, our power in a dark one's hand A final hope remains for those with the will to resist To rally behind his name and defy the bastard's rule The joy of a battle won like lightning sw...

Pestilence reigns over lord and the serf Bones of the fallen lie deep in the earth Acres lie bare now the ploughman is dead Mutiny rises, the plague has been spread Plea to the sovereign, unjust high esteem Sacred divinity - blind villeins dream Gift of...

The heart hangs heavy of a warrior overcome Twigs break beneath my feet as I make the long way home When the time for duty came the fear was clear in their eyes Their painful howls will ring when they see just I survive My kinsmen lay behind me, prostrate in o...

Falling towers of stone, smashed by fate The giants' craft declines, undermined by age Once shining and strong with celebration of men Until the mighty one swept them away Their warriors destroyed with war, the times of affliction came Their shining realms in...

Ye who seek my downfall, fingers locked in prayer, know my raging steel! Though your hands be empty, god's will is your blade I will slay you swiftly Wails on the wind, striking at my soul Swaying the threads of my fate Their cowardly cries inspire my vengean...

Steadfast as a weathered mighty stone Weary of this furious raging storm Defy, and resist the endless war Withstand, and uphold the sacred law Though I may faulter on my journey And I will suffer pain with time I know I'll keep my head up high Bring forth yo...

Sturdy companion to the master of fate Faithful retainer of the dark-elven blade War-weathered captain, no bow was as true Cruelly entwined in the dark foe's doom As his bonds are loosed he is roused With a prick of that treacherous blade A fit of...

Fire conquers the ice Frost melts away, the forest can breathe Sound filling the air The song of the bird and hammer on steel Hear the call from afar We tread a new path, spreading the seed Shine, lady of light! Empower the soil, strengthen the yield Summer's...

England's on the anvil - hear the hammers ring Clanging from the Severn to the Tyne Never was a blacksmith like our Norman King England's being hammered into line England's on the anvil - heavy are the blows Ordered by the tyrant bastard son Destiny has...

Out of the sea, the isle of kings For those followers just and true Sturdy captains of the spray Beneath the great pillar's view But wayward words can bewitch and bend Forge an ignoble fate Warp and deceive the purest of wills Send a land to a watery grave Co...

"I give words of thanks for these adornments which I gaze on here, that I was able to acquire such things for my people before the moment of death. Now that I have paid for the horde of treasures which the life allotted me, you must attend to the people's need...

The flag held high, a call to the warrior's pride North they had won, weary in body not mind Standing alone, the few who would see him to live For their brother to stay, allegiance to him they must give Under the banner of The Fighting Man Through dense fore...

A withering flower without its roots Sadly passing away unloved Songs to sing and tales to tell Vanishing into obscurity A dwindling power bereft of soul Quietly leaving the world behind Names to praise and sacred sites Drifting away to nothingness But we'll...

Papal banner, cross bears the red of the blood we shed Gave his blessing, leaving the heart of the nation dead Ancient sunwheel stolen and warped for a demigod Raised in our name, you will worship what you hate and fought Sign of conquest buries the past in t...

The chaos has reigned, the battle has been won No time to rest, we must re-group and march The final hurdle lies upon the horizon One more push, our will shall see us through Weary we are but fight on we must Away from the carnage we ride Bloodied and battere...

"the ornamented sword, forged on the anvil, the razor sharp blade stained with blood, shears through the boar-crested helmets of the enemy. we shielded our heads in the fight., when soldiers clashed on foot, slashed at boar-crests. and his head was guarded by...

On the fields of yesterdays, where many battle's been lost and won Great domains of seasons passed, where many a deed was done Shining lands of yesterdays, deep down they will always be ours Mighty paths of epochs gone, with all their olden powers Wooded hill...

"Across the flood to eastern shore Riding the wind, steady with oar Forty strong, fifteen score They come upon the eastern shore" 

When the fiends have come there is nowhere to hide I must swing my axe, my brothers at my side Feeding on our own fear, passions running high Fleeing not a choice, better to fight and die In the shield-wall we stand to defend our land Holding on till the end...

The Vessel forsook the land of the Danes, moved out to stir the deep water. Then at the mast the sail was made fast by a rope, a fine sea-dress; the water-borne timbers creaked. The wind over the billows did not hinder the wave-floater from its journey. The se...

For thousands of years from father to son Ancient ways were carried on Ingrained in the flesh an ancestral soul Breathing life since days of old The tales of the scope by fire were sung Deeds of worth and battles won A spiritual bond and oneness of mind Born t...

Wise are the weavers who carry our destiny Golden threads are the tales of our lives Worlds entwining, a journey eternally All as one are the earth and the skies Three are the goddesses, pillars of wisdom Spinners of what is, what has and will be There is no e...

Across the sea they heard the call Blood to spill and gold in hand Charged to flash their deadly steel And defend this fruitful land Straightaway they waged their war And swiftly came the victory And all of those that were left behind Beheld the messengers' si...

From beyond we sailed the sea Seeking new prosperity We came for the victory On the fields we cut them down Stole their pride and burned their towns These lands held our destiny Routed and shamed to the mountains they fled Soundly defeated they sadly abandone...

Heroes now forgotten from a time long ago Shadowy figures of battles fought Those who slew with passion and vigour Warriors that trod our path to glory Under erratic skies and pounded by pouring rain Together they did stand, our land and our folk to preserve...

Bold they came from north and from south with hungry sword in hand There to face the conquering prince, bane of the borderlands Warriors famed in all of the realm, enforcers of their king Behold the sway of Godwin's sons, the purging power they bring...

Up high, so high I climb To grand open worlds beyond, my mind foresees His call resounds The darkened wings of the raven beat, he follows me The sun is burning bright The radiance shines upon my humble feet This slender path excites With every twist adrift alo...

Somewhere we lie in a circle of time Where ages of elders have passed the land by Somewhere we lie in a circle of time Where those ancient mortals will not ever die Taught in the valleys and forests of home Devoted to ways of old Sometime we'll lie in a circle...

Wearily to the last battle they strode Onward through day and through night To death they did go but they let them know the power of Angelisc might Together they walked and together they'd fall Under the Autumn sky With victory song behind shield-wall strong...

Hope has died My dreams, they fade Let my blackened dirge be played Swinging limp, swinging free Darkened heart on the gallows tree Fortune has betrayed me now As I ascend to worlds beyond A lonely road a man must tread Upon the tree until his death A bleak...

Over the sea, the Black and the Fair On heathen soil to moor Heaven's breath rife in the sails Bound for Saxon shore Clutching close the lore of their god Emissaries of the light Sworn to inspire the primitive lords And sway their steadfast tribes Ward the gr...

For centuries roaming among these beams My ghostly voice haunting and whistling through the trees Rarely seen but always my presence felt A lonely soul trapped between life and death, condemned to dwell In this wood my spirit shall stay Until time will take t...

Ongietan sceal gléaw hæle hú gǽstlic bið þonne ealre þisse worulde wela wéste stondeð Wóriað þá wínsalo waldend liegað dréame bidrorene duguþ eal gecrong Eall is earfoðlic eorþan ríce, onwendeð wyrda gesceaft hér bið mon lǽne hér bið mǽg lǽne ídel weorþeð þi...