[Recorded October 1987. Never before released] [Intro piece, no words]
2. Crawl To Your Cross
[Recorded June 1989. Never before released]
Born by womb untouched by man Or a horny mortal man's error Flower power prophet of one Spelled dog in the mirror
You hide behind stained glass windows In fear of real world outside Kneeling prostitute your souls To reach his kingdom way up high
And then you castrate your pride in search Of answers to your prayers Well they may be reaching the heavens But they unanswered remain
If so let his anger strike me down Like lightning from clear sky For I'm questioning your lord His almightyness I defy
Sons of bitches whores of Christ Your f*cking prayers won't do When it comes closer to deadline You still don't have no f*cking clue
How one in heaven can sit patiently And watch the masses starve On empty stomachs they may go And to this kingdom it is far
In writtings you read and believe In seven days the hog Created light and what the f*ck else But then who created God
You think the death of one man Selfproclaimed the son of God a lost But raise Hell and high water coz I rock and roll Well, be my guest and crawl to your cross
The bigger cross the better Christian Says the book of God's commands But when you reach out you'll find No one to grab thy f*cking hand
And finally when truth comes clear About death then what will you do Y'see there's nowhere left to hide From the grave waiting for you too
I have the knowledge guts and need To questioning anything behind Those pretty promises of heaven Can't you see that you are blind
Because of one whose words you preach And fall onto your knees before Do not exist in fact I doubt He'll knock your fu*king doors
Sons of bitches whores of Christ Your prayers never could What I think faith in yourself and Sane minds and hard work really could
Because to put all hope in one uphigh Is sheer insanity It will show fatal to us all Yes, even f*cking dangerously
You call yourselves the chosen ones Because you've "seen" his light and soul Well I've got news for you I'm stronger Because I've got rock and roll
You think just coz you pray Your souls'll be saved at any cost While I'll burn coz I rock and roll Well, go one make my day crawl to your cross
3. Sacrifice
[Recorded January 1984. Released on limited Edition compilation album] ["Scandinavian Metal Attack", February 1984] [Note: This version is slightly different from the one on the "Bathory" album]
I summoned up the living dead and demons in the sky I drank from chalice warm and red and watched the virgin die
Present at ungodly births in holy paradise I spread eternal dark on earth And raped mother of Christ Oh, the mother of Christ
C'mon baby Raise your knife Welcome darling To my sacrifice (Oh, sacrifice Oh, sacrifice Oh, sacrifice)
Tie the angel to the altar sacrifice to lord in Hell Let the warm blood torrent baby moonlight set the night on spell
I saw the lightning strike in the skies and heard you roar in pain I lifted the knife and stroke once more your blood was mixed with rain
C'mon baby Raise your knife Welcome darling To my sacrifice (Oh, sacrifice Sacrifice)
(I summoned up the living dead And demons in the sky I drank from chalice warm and red And watched the virgin die Oh, die
Present at ungodly births in holy paradise I spread eternal dark on earth And raped mother of Christ Oh, the mother of Christ
C'mon baby Raise your knife Welcome darling To my sacrifice Oh, sacrifice Oh, sacrifice Oh, sacrifice)
4. Dies Irae
[Recorded February 1988. Released on album "Blood Fire Death", October 1988]
[Secret message: first letters of each line compose phrase] ["CHRIST THE BASTARD SON OF HEAVEN]
Creed of eternal life I swore Held my candle of light into the void Risen from the dead I death's powers wed In the name of the one with horns on head Sleep of eternity withdrawn as dark upon The life of mine drew the very end so near
The price another life The gospel of the horned one to spread Shore to shore eternally his words let hear
Be silent listen to the wind Crying out the answer to all mankind Call from other side speech of horned divine To end your search in hope to find As sure night divides the day and as sure day divides the night Raging flames is all that awaits us all on the other side Doomed the very moment The calls
Oh, see his star Ablaze his children (On the night the flames reach for the sky Now it's come to enter The neverending burning flame Onto you all his word is given) Fear not reach to take his hand
Hear our master calling us his children Eternal life is given death withdrawn As wolves among sheep we have wandered Victory lies beyond their spite and scorn Even the heavens shall burn when we are gathered Now when the flames reach for the sky
Dies Irae
5. Through Blood By Thunder
[Recorded April 1991. Released on album "Twilight Of The Gods", June 1991]
(For as long as the grass grows For as long as the stream flows And the sun shines down unto those *** For how long the wind blows And the sky is blue above us)
O, I am a man and I hold in my hand my fate Free as the wind as if even I had wings that carried me Still in the middle of the night Even I will need light to guide me So I turn my face to the sky from Where he with one eye is watching over me
My fathers' gods - I ride for you My fathers' gods - I fight for you My fathers' gods - I die for you My fathers' gods - I am coming through to you My fathers' gods - I am yours
Through blood by thunder
Sound of wings in the air and his ravens fly near to lead me So I will not fail to ride down the trail long time destined for me long before I was born
O, can you not see it is all carved in the tree of fate That a son of the north must forfill his destined course to follow the bond of blood
(Bond of blood Bond of blood Bond of blood Bond of blood Bond of blood Bond of blood Bond of blood Bond of blood Bond of blood Bond of blood)
6. You Don't Move Me (I Don't Give A Fuck)
[Recorded June 1983. 4-track demo, never before released]
Break my heart tear it apart And spit me in my eye Confuse my head treat me for dead And fill me your lies
You don't have to know your lines very well You don't have to lie the best Just act at your class just be an ass A c*nt among the rest
I couldn't care less You don't move me If you wanna roll around in shit Just like the rest
I don't give a damn I don't even give a f*ck
(You don't move me I don't give a f*ck You don't move me I don't give a f*ck)
One is stronger I've read somewhere You bet your ass it's true Make sure to love yourself 'Cause no one will ever love you
You've got to treat yourself Like the number one just to survive Or else you'll go a sorry one While choking on their lies
Take my advice It's better than their lies Man's best friend is still a greasy hand
You don't give a f*ck You don't even give a damn
I don't give a f*ck [x 4]
7. Oden's Ride Over Nordland
[Recorded February 1988. Released on album "Blood Fire Death", October 1988] [Intro piece, no words]
8. A Fine Day To Die
[Recorded February 1988. Released on album "Blood Fire Death", October 1988]
Orgy of silence Conspiracy of peace Only the master Of the cold northern breeze
Twinsun sink fading Behind the black lake Asleep is the mountains Yet the night is awake
Strange is the night Now black stars rise And many moons circle Through silent the night
Along the black mountainside Scattered By the campfires Awaiting the dawn
Two times a hundred men In battles Tried by the steel in the arrow Axe and the sword
By battle worn hunger torn awaitening For the sun to break through the cold haze And for the banners of Ebal to appear On the hill in the sun's first warm rays
The elder among the men Looked deep into The fire and spoke loud with pride Tomorrow is a fine day to die
Now the morning advance from far east Now the sun breaks through dustclouds and haze Now a forest of spears appears on the hill And the steel shines bright in the sun's first rays
Die Die Die
9. War
[Recorded June 1984. Released on album "Bathory", October 1984]
The bells of war doth chime tonight and the heaven shake with fear The earth commot the sky is in flames the battle is ever near
Troops of Hell tonight they storm The walls they so despise Heaven's gates are closing in The night is filled with cries
WAR, WAR, WAR
A crack of thunder, a smell of death the wind of mayhem blows Heaven in its final breath and God lose all control
Prayers for mercy cries for help won't stop the blasphemy Our troops emerge the sacred throne and the victory is complete
WAR, WAR, WAR
WAR, WAR, WAR
10. Enter The Eternal Fire
[Recorded September 1986. Released on album "Under The Sign Of The Black Mark"] [May 1987]
Leave the world of mortals to walk into the mist to stalk unto the other side Plains of otherness The utter emptiness Where time have ceased and dark and light collide Crossing the river of death and water cold Slowly walking up the bridge The jewelled bridge I walk for what seems a lifetime In the night it's jewels glow There on the other side On shore of no return The one for me awaits Cannot avoid the eyes In which the fire burns Comed this far it is too late
And He calls my name First a whispering then louder And he wants me to follow And to Enter the Eternal Fire......
I walk this endless night His eyes the only light Repeatedly he whispers my name Fingers move and twist Through crimson thick dark mist and voices cry of agony and pain Close now to his kingdom The bleak world dark and still I follow the voice whispering my name Approach the gate of sin Opened up to let me in and there, He stand in flames The price now I must pay for eternity my soul his claim For years of pleasures, victory and gold The one who stand in flames Now rise and walk my way and reach out for my soul
And He calls my name First a whispering then louder And he wants me to follow And to fall down. The Eternal Fire......
I stand at the jaws of the pit The heat scorch my flesh The fall seem never to end My hair burn My eyes can't see The flames slowly eat my soul The pain tears my mind Hear my cries oh Lord Have mercy oh Lord This can't be Raging flames all over me Inferno of heat Oh no, oh no, oh noooooo, noooooo, noooooo......
11. Song To Hall Up High
[Recorded June 1989. Released on album "Hammerheart", April 1990]
I know you watch over me Father of all the past And all that will ever be You are the first and the last
The watcher of all that lives The guardian of all that died
The one-eyed God way up high Who rules my world and the sky
Northern wind take my song up high To the Hall of glory in the sky So its gates shall greet me open wide When my time has come to die
12. Sadist (Tormentor)
[Recorded February 1985. Released on album "The Return", May 1985]
I love to see you writhe in throe The more you suffer my lust grows I slit your throat and tear your flesh My desire will be your death
SADIST (Tormentor)
I welter in blood I rape and I slay Stab sliver lacerate so many lusts to satisfy To still my hunger another must die
SADIST (Tormentor)
"But now the sand of time is running out" I feel old (so cold) Can hear the bell toll So week (must sleep) Can hear my victims shout Can't stand their cries their call
I gotta pay for my lusts... They're dragging me down...
13. Under The Runes
[Recorded April 1991. Released on album "Twilight Of The Gods", June 1991]
In great numbers we advance before dawn By the great hail this great fight is born Among the clouds now our black wings fills the air No more frontlines the holy battle is everywhere
Though death may await me on the battlefield I die to go on but by the great hail I will go, I am marching under the runes
Countless victories we fight side by side Deep down in the oceans on land and way up in the sky Comed this far now there is no way back or return If we do withdraw the horizon will seem to burn
Though death now is closing in on me I die to go on but by the great hail I will go, I am fighting under the runes
Standing here now amidst the hell we have made All signs of a wonder or to survive now seems to fade But I am a fighter and I still have my pride They are gonna have to kill, by my own hand I refuse to die
Though now death is all that awaits me I die to go on but by the great hail I will go I am dying under the runes
14. Equimanthorn
[Recorded September 1986. Released on album "Under The Sign Of The Black Mark"] [May 1987]
Grant me the powers of thunder And give me a sword forged in the raging Hell's fire Lend me the eight legged black stallion of Odin and I'll have my vengeance, oh, I'll kill with desire
Vengeance flows like boiling poison through my twisted veins Tonight I'll blood shed with wrath and set the night on flames Invincible in battle, wargods hear my deathwish cry I'll laugh in the face of death, I into glory ride
Snarling breath upon your backs, I'm vengeance incarnate Now it's time, the moment's comed, stand up now, face my hate See the fire in my eyes, the final light you'll see I send you to the darkness with my sword of thunder and steel
[Repeat second verse]
I let the bodies lie in shame I let mighty earth drink their blood I turn my face to eternal sky And praise my elders' God Equimanthorn hear my Hail You're the mighty four winds night and day Steel in every warrior's heart and sword The brave and wise in flesh and soul Equimanthorn, Equimanthorn, Equimanthorn, Equimanthorn, Equimanthorn, Equimanthorn, Equimanthorn, Equimanthorn
15. Blood Fire Death
[Recorded February 1988. Released on album "Blood Fire Death", October 1988]
Death's star on horizon Lightning and rain Black winds and thunder The skyline is in flames
Written in the red mist The sign of the one Who rides death's cold wind And walk disguised among
All you vagrant souls Of profane disbelieves False prophets and deceivers Shall swing from the trees
Soon the dawn shall arise For all the oppressed to arm A chariot of thunder shall be seen And bronze horns shall sound the alarm
Fist will raise like hammers To a cloudless black sky Bonds and chains Fall to the ground
Children of all slaves Stand united and proud All people of bondage shall triumph
And live by the sign of...
Blood Fire Death
The moment is chosen The battlefield is bare Take now thy stand people The true ones don't fear
Now choose your weapons And fall in the line Choose well your colours And follow your sign
Blood for all tears shed And fire for hate Death for what shall become All false ones' fate
The standard bearer is chosen And the day has just begun Shadows growing long by the rising Of the awakening sun
Fists raise like hammers To a clear sunny sky Bonds and chains fallen to the ground
Children of all slaves Now united and proud All people of bondage now triumph
Under the sign of...
Blood Fire Death
Children of all slaves Unite be proud Rise out of darkness and pain
A chariot of thunder and gold will come loud And a warrior of thunder and rain
With hair as white as snow, hammer of steel To set you free of your chains
And to lead you all where horses run free And the souls of your ancient ones reign
