viernes, 22 de julio de 2011

Demons & Wizards - Demons & Wizards (1999) [United States (Tampa, Florida)]

Guests:
Mark Prator: Drums (ex-Iced Earth, Millenium, Ralph Santolla)
Jim Morris: Additional Lead Guitars (Guest: Iced Earth, Wicked Maraya, Pyramaze, Jon Oliva's Pain, Sons Of Liberty)

Jon Schaffer: Guitars, bass (1997-?) (Iced Earth, Sons of Liberty, ex-Purgatory)
Hansi Kürsch: Vocals (1997-?) (Blind Guardian, ex-Lucifer's Heritage)
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1. Rites of Passage [Intro] 00:53
2. Heaven Denies 05:21
3. Poor Man's Crusade 04:02
4. Fiddler on the Green 05:56
5. Blood on My Hands 04:45
6. Path of Glory 04:59
7. Winter of Souls 05:47
8. The Whistler 05:15
9. Tear Down the Wall 04:48
10. Gallows Pole 05:22
11. My Last Sunrise 04:44
12. Chant [Instrumental] 00:48
Total 52:40

European digipack version contains a cover of Cream's "White Room" (5:00) as track #13. Also released as a double vinyl picture disc album.

Bonus tracks for Japan:
13. White Room (Cream Cover) (04:59)
14. The Whistler (Alternate Version) (05:20)

Argentina version contains the following bonus tracks:
13. White Room (Cream cover) (04:59)
14. Heaven Denies (Demo version) (05:06)
15. The Whistler (demo version) (05:20)
16. Tear Down the Walls (Demo version) (04:46)


Tip: The idea for the band arose in the spring of 1997 when Kürsch and Schaffer wanted to make music together, after being friends since Blind Guardian and Iced Earth toured Europe together in the early 90s.
The band name comes from the 1972 Uriah Heep album of the same name.

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  1. 1. Rites Of Passage (Intro)





    2. Heaven Denies


    I've stained the land
    Millenniums I've prayed
    Now I know there's no release

    Since paradise is lost
    I hold a crown
    I know your name
    But I am just your
    Fallen angel of doom

    [Pre-chorus:]
    Thus heaven denies
    Refused for all times
    I am not guilty at all

    [Chorus:]
    Deadlands, Wastelands
    Darkness will cover my mind
    And oblivion shall reign
    I made up my mind
    And oblivion shall reign through the night
    Deadlands, Wastelands
    Darkness will cover my mind
    And oblivion shall reign

    Still we are one, you and I
    Realize, I did what you wanted me to

    The lack of pure souls and the fading light
    It's me you blame

    First there was light
    Then came the night
    Cruel nothingness

    [Pre-chorus]

    [Chorus]

    Hope turns to despair
    There's no one in these barren lands
    The lust for light
    I'm sure that it will fade
    It will fade
    Spiritus Sanctus
    The lust for light
    I'm sure that it will fade
    Spiritus Sanctus

    Eternal hell


    3. Poor Man's Crusade


    The Holy Ghost can't save you anymore
    Your souls are condemned to burn in hell
    Damned for all time
    So spoke the noble one
    He convinced us all
    He is a gifted man
    Though he will slaughter in the name of Christ

    Holy and bright
    He's a devil in disguise
    Protector of the cross
    Beware of the snake

    [Chorus:]
    All in all it's just a poor man's crusade
    Poor man's crusade
    The Holy Land home of our blessed lord
    Enslaved and stained by godless hands
    They shall be damned
    Jerusalem
    Is waiting for you
    To rise once again
    So we will slaughter in the name of Christ

    Holy father, holy father

    [Chorus]

    You'll shed your blood
    Your bodies fall
    That is the price you'll pay
    To cleanse you of your sins
    Vicious and cruel
    Let's kill them all
    Let's kill them all

    So we will slaughter in the name of Christ

    Holy father, holy father

    [Chorus]


    4. Fiddler On The Green


    Sad voices they're calling
    Our precious girl she can't be gone
    How bitter this morning
    When daddy's darling
    Went out and started her day

    Wasn't there a dream last night
    Like a spring never ending
    Still the water runs clear
    Through my mind
    On the field I can see a fiddler
    The fiddler on the green and the sad boy
    I took him too early
    Would you mind
    Would you mind
    Would you mind
    If I take you

    To be with you
    To be with you
    To be with you
    To be with you

    The sun seemed bright
    The air was clear
    The air was clear
    A trick of light
    Turned red into green
    She saw the light
    Her face was pale
    Her body smashed
    Her beauty's gone

    Isn't it a shame
    The reaper said
    He is quite alone here
    And still waiting for you
    Oh I really did fail for the first time
    Spoke the fiddler, poor old fiddler
    The fiddler on the green
    The fiddler on the green
    It would be nice:

    Take my hand

    Just hold my hand
    I'll take you there
    Your pain will go away

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  2. 5. Blood On My Hands


    And as I bear my inner soul
    I've kept it hidden and safe
    Fulfill the god's desire
    To hold their waning flame
    A sacred life

    And what have started long ago
    Is heading towards the end
    There's no easy way out
    There's blood on my hands
    But I am sure in the end
    I will prove I was right

    Runes of a long forgotten time
    Ancient spells in endless rhymes
    Soon the other world appears
    Roam to the ghostly river Rhine
    Leave the misty shades behind
    I can feel I'm getting near

    [Chorus:]
    By the ancient spirits' rites
    The old ghosts proclaim their rights
    Still they're lost in time

    Lost in time
    I wonder why they're lost in time
    Lost in time

    The curse lives on
    Still chasing me
    It's always been there by my side
    And it won't let me out
    A treacherous leaf
    And a secret unsealed
    It will cause deadly wounds

    Roam to the ghostly realms at nights
    To cleanse the dark shades of my mind
    Leave the mortal world behind
    Float to the endless streams of time
    An eternal ray of light
    Leave my mortal shape behind

    [Chorus]

    Lost in time
    I wonder why they're lost in time
    Lost in time

    The blood on my hands you see
    Cannot be washed away
    I am chosen by destiny
    To dwell in misery

    [Chorus]


    6. Path Of Glory


    For ages now
    I've often faced the fear
    It's hard to see
    Old memories are clouding my mind
    It's beyond this life
    I know the secrets are within me
    Wonderin'
    In a world of broken dreams
    Depressed and haunting me
    No way out
    So many times it's hopeless dark and gray
    No way out
    And other times it's hope that saves the day

    Many moments of my life I pray tomorrow
    Inner peace will find its way and set me free

    There's a light beyond the dark (darkest day)
    There's a light beyond this life
    And painful memories will all wash away
    Painful memories will all wash away

    No longer struggle with the fear of
    The end and what's beyond
    I live a life of loyalty
    True to myself and my own

    The way out
    A sea of life so peaceful and serene
    The way out
    The path of life lies open wide for me

    [Chorus:]
    Come join the path of glory
    Leave all your fear behind
    Come join the path of glory
    Leave all your fear behind
    Many moments of my life I pray tomorrow
    Come join the path of glory
    At last eternal peace will set me free

    Come join the path of glory
    Leave all your fear behind
    Come join the path of glory
    Release me set me free

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  3. 7. Winter Of Souls


    Facing the storm
    And there's no one by my side
    The curse will take its toll
    Is it justice or a foolish pride

    As the wind is blowing cold
    And the winter takes control
    How can I survive

    In higher lights we seem to drown
    We hold the key but not the crown
    In higher lights we seem to drown
    We hold the key but not the crown
    Look into my eyes and see
    For all the wisdom I still bleed
    And only willow trees will bring
    Oblivion

    [Chorus:]
    Haunted by the lust of my father
    Revenge is mine and down falls the kingdom
    Conceived of his greed and a harsh reality
    Haunted by the lust of my father
    Revenge is mine and down falls the kingdom
    Your ill-gotten son
    Your flesh and your blood

    Faith fools the day
    The honest man will fail my don
    Facing another wound
    Can't hold back the storm
    Soon the winter reigns my heart
    We're both caught in agony

    In higher lights we seem to drown
    We hold the key but not the crown
    Oh I wish that I could turn back
    Reach out for the grail and find it
    I would offer soul and life
    Feel the emptiness my dark son

    [Chorus:]
    Haunted by the lust of my father
    Revenge is mine and down falls the kingdom
    Conceived of his greed and a harsh reality
    Haunted by the lust of my father
    Revenge is mine and down falls the kingdom
    The sorrow he feels shall last forevermore

    Feel this cold winter night
    Frozen spirits in ice
    Can't wash away the misery
    The dark

    War will take place at dawn
    There's no choice it's all fate
    I'm not strong enough
    The path lies clearly ahead
    There's no way out
    Can't hold back all the greed
    And all the good deeds
    They are past
    There's no choice it's all fate
    It's so hopeless
    Too long I was blind

    [Chorus:]
    Haunted by the lust of my father
    Revenge is mine and down falls the kingdom
    Conceived of his greed and a harsh reality
    Haunted by the lust of my father
    Revenge is mine and down falls the kingdom
    By spilling our blood we are one bound
    Forevermore
    Haunted by the lust of my father
    Revenge is mine and down falls the kingdom
    Conceived of his greed and a harsh reality


    8. Whistler


    Beloved mother
    There is no guilt
    In what I have done
    It's far too late
    To turn it back
    To turn it back
    Slowly they move
    One by one
    Food for the clan
    Your kingdom will come

    Slowly they're marching
    One by one
    Follow my magic tune
    It is so easy
    Her eyes
    Her pale cold eyes
    Are watching over me
    I've never felt alone
    All the children
    For her glory

    A fair price and
    The deal was fixed
    I did my part
    And they betrayed
    I cleared their problem well
    But I trusted lies

    [Chorus:]
    All your children went astray
    Pay the price for ignorance
    Praise and glory to the clan
    Watch your step I'll bring the end

    Rats prepare their feast
    Queen will be quite pleased
    All your children went astray
    Pay the price for ignorance
    Praise the glorious race of rats
    One by one they'll join their dance

    Hungry souls they shall be fed
    Praise the wisdom of the rats
    All the children went astray
    Pay the price for ignorance

    Now you know fear
    Face the unknown
    Dwell in tears

    The story's told
    You may have learned
    Dare not to betray
    The whistler
    You should consider
    You might fail
    You should consider
    You might fail

    All your children went astray
    Pay the price for ignorance
    Praise the glorious race of rats
    One by one they'll
    Join their dance

    All your children went astray
    Pay the price for ignorance
    All your children went astray
    Pay the price for ignorance
    Food for the clan
    Praise to the rats

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  4. 9. Tear Down The Wall


    Deep in the void
    My heart still bleeds
    Azrael

    I am the only one
    Here on the edge of life
    Leaving this world behind
    Dance on the edge of time

    I think it is time now
    To take what is mine

    It all turns to black
    A prophet or fool
    Who's acting like god
    As wicked and cruel
    Follow my sign
    As the mad gnome says
    And now I'll dance
    Into the sun

    [Chorus:]
    Tear down the wall
    Let silence and madness reign
    There is no future nor the past
    Let us dwell in agony
    Tear down the wall - I'll wipe out starlight
    Let us tear it down - Let us tear down the wall

    He can't hold it back
    Afraid of himself
    The pain in his eyes
    He is lifeless inside - Nothing is real
    As the old gnome says
    I think it is time now
    To take what is mine

    [Chorus:]
    Tear down the wall
    My madness you will follow
    Tear down the wall
    And don't look back
    Tear down the wall
    There is no future nor the past
    Let us tear down the wall

    The void seems like a cold asylum
    I search for the last leaf
    Hope, how I can find the answers
    If all guardian angels are gone


    10. Gallows Pole


    Endless stairs
    A guiding light
    It seems to shine bright
    But it's cold
    Wicked signs will mark our way
    Wicked signs will mark our way
    Mark our way
    Mark our way

    Call me Messiah - I am god
    A true lord but alone
    Call me a liar - oh I won't deny
    That I'm mad

    Am I evil am I good
    Mad existence, faith and greed

    The universe a gallows Pole
    Extinction of the living soul

    Towards the sun we'll keep moving
    Fate I hold in hand
    Dancing 'til the end
    I am condemned
    Oh I bring all mankind's end
    The end
    Oh I've seen
    All life die

    A shattered heart an empty soul
    Just one false move and it took its toll
    The rising of an evil seed
    I can't describe the pain I feel
    Outside it's dark inside it's cold
    The sun still shines bright
    But its time is short

    Endless stairs
    A guiding light
    That once was warm
    But now it's bitter cold

    It's freezing hearts
    It's freezing souls
    Soon icy shades will cover all
    It pretends to be alive
    It pretends to be alive
    Be alive
    Be alive
    Be alive

    Collapse of the mother
    All will die
    The void it frightens me
    I've faced the demon
    And he dwells inside

    And when I laugh it's tears I hid
    And when I cry it's joy inside
    A foul disease has stained the land
    The bitter harvest of a dying bloom
    And when I cry it's joy inside
    A wicked smile for all the tears I hide
    It hurts to hold all the pain I feel
    The bitter harvest of a dying bloom

    Nothing is real
    Nothing but him

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  5. 11. My Last Sunrise


    The lamb, the rose
    They don't exist
    The lamb, the rose
    They don't exist

    These are my last words
    I need to rest
    In fear and anger
    I'll lay down my head
    A faithless spirit in a broken man

    Everything is burning
    Rotten flesh keeps burning
    It's MY LAST SUNRISE in fear

    The grail's in pieces
    All the bliss is gone
    The rose has dried out
    And the lamb got slaughtered long ago
    The hope became another lie
    Like the non-existing father god
    I'll close my eyes, goodbye

    Don't wait for me on the other side
    Everything is burning
    Rotten flesh keeps burning
    It's MY LAST SUNRISE in fear
    Don't wait for me on the other side

    Golgotha - had seen nothing else but
    A carpenter's death
    Golgotha - not more maybe not even that

    Suffer, grief and pain
    Have driven me insane

    Can't you see
    There's nothing real
    But you and I
    And I say goodbye

    Hear no evil, speak no evil
    See no evil, feel no evil
    Dream no evil, fear no evil
    Touch no evil, taste no evil
    All I see and hear is evil
    All I think and feel is evil


    12. Chant (Outro)





    13. White Room (Bonus) [Ceam Cover]



    In the white room, with black curtains, near the station
    Blackroof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings
    Silver horses run down moonbeams in your dark eyes
    Dawnlight smiles on your leaving my contentment

    [Chorus:]
    I wait in this place - where the sun never shines
    I wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves

    You said no strings could secure you at the station
    Platform ticket, restless diesel, goodbye windows
    I walked into such a sad time at the station
    As I walked out felt my own need just beginning

    [Chorus:]
    I wait in the cue - where the trains come back
    Lie with you - where the shadows run from themselves.

    [Intro]

    At the party she was kindness in the hard crowd
    Consolation for the only now forgotten
    Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in your dark eyes
    She just dressing goodbye windows, tired starlings.

    [Chorus:]
    I sleep in this place with a lonely crowd
    Lie in the dark - where the shadows run from themselves

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