Memoria Vetusta I: Fathers of the Icy Age

It was a stormy night of winter, the wind was cold and the moon was full The warriors of the Tyrant's army attacked the village and slaughtered our mothers, fathers, wives and sons In the silence of our decimated tribe, we were alive; The brothers were alive Our memories were on fire under the sea of Maganst "Earth, drink our tears of blood" Mutilated corpses in our head, we ran away Through the dephts of the dark forest we wan- dered, and fell in a dream of sorrow The next morning, awaked by the coldness of the dawn Some ravens encircled us and Ath the biggest came near us The talked to our soul in a very eerie tongue And we could understand the ancients words of the messenger of Dwarfh Ancient nation of a dying realm, we hear your song, she's flying in the wind Oh... you'll never see the child In the deepest sorrow, your tears are flowing in your wounds Oh... you'll never see the child Deep in the realm of Frostthrone, let the blood on the ground Oh... we are the children

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025

We walked during one day in our ancient land of wisdom With Ath as guide, prince of messenger in the sky Arrived in a blackened place lightened by hundreds of wolves eyes Ath, the biggest raven stopped and declared in eerie tongue "Follow the wolf in the forest... (Beyond your reality) Follow the wolf who knows the legend Listen to the call of the purple river (Beyond the human sense) And observe the other side of the shore" We left the darkness on wolf's tracks... (God of forest) Alone, on the way of our first initiation We left the darkness on wolf's tracks... (God among the men) As for the river's purple water, We left the voice of the mighty God of place On the other side of the shore, Dwarfh awaited us So, we took a bridge made of Gold and Jeweled to join him We floated in curiosity, with wolf in our heart Under a new sky, in a land of pure beauty In our veins, our blood was cold Our soul filled with a strange quiet We came near the shore We came near our destiny...The old man was there Listen to me "I know every deatil about you and your defunct trive The stars know the disgrace of this kingdom You'll get a revenge on the blood-thirsty man ...Initiation..."

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025

Months of fighting, months of ancestral wars Weapon throned on tombstone Strength throned on oath Great warriors alive in the breath of an ancient wise Stell with bastards flesh in our thoughts full of hatred Ceremonial oath in memory We praised in front of an eternal fire Old man in cold wind offered us the pure alloy ...And ravens flew in the sky ...And wolves howled in the night We called the natural forces of earth We incoqued the God of Knowledge The old man was initiated us He taught us wisdom through the ages Silently, a dark silouette crept... A shade came near us and told: "You possess the power of your fathers ...Fathers beyond the stars" We called the natural forces of earth We incoqued the God of Knowledge We called the soul of the great army We called the soul of death beyond clouds In memory of our deceased brothers We praised in front of an eternal fire ...And ravens flew in the sky ...And wolves howled in the night Old man in cold wind offered us a great destiny

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025

It was a frozen swamp where wandered some malicious spirit There was a funebre atmosphere and putrid smell of sulphur In the obscurity we could make out some transparent silouettes We were on the shadowy realm that some persons called Ghostwood Suddenly through the thick fog We begun to hear a strange macabre serenade The lugubrious choirs of the forsaken cursed spirits "Don't listen to the chants of the soul in sorrow They're like a trap to take you away from your path" The voices of the ancient warriors became oppressive More and more difficult to resist in the wood We tried to put our fingers in our ears but it was effectless So, we took a piece of ice and plunged it into our ears to cut out eardrums Then, we were rid of the spirit's hold, free of their harassment Deafness was the price to pay Deafness was the key Deafness was the key to go out of the haunted domain of ghostwood Suddenly, through the thick fog; we were alone We were alone with an eternal silence

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025

We had to go through a mysterious land among the twilight's creatures It was the land of witches, guardians of the dark lake enlighted by the moon Trees there were the tallest of Frostthrone In their trunks we could see the figures of the dead bodies Pure beauty of witches...so dangerous Embraced the paleness of their skin Pure beauty of their bloody eyes...so dangerous They suck the energy of every man who fell in their trap "Desire" Vampyric creatures on a throne of bones, We saw your true face in the flame of witchcraft "Hate in their bloody eyes" The trees became alive aorund us We swung our swords in the wind And we rushed in the fight to sow death with fury Pure beauty of witches...their head rolled on the ground Pure beauty of witches...their blood was sticky and as dark as the night Beheaded but still alive they laughted They danced with madness under the moon Tortured and dark soul in sorrow Immortal wives In a bath of malediction We sent their dismembered bodies to the grim lake Elements of creation, we call to thee Fathers of winds, storms cold and frost They create a blizzard on the land Pagan Gods destroyed the order of guardians They froze the lake's dark water Pure beauty of witches emprisoned in a coffin of ice Pure beauty of their bloody eyes immobilized in the mirror of eternity

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 26, 2025

War ! Revenge's day has come, let's spill the blood of the bastard In front of us the vast towers of the Maganst"s castle pierced the noctural beauty of the strarry sky The rays of the fullmoon enlighted the sinister gargoyles of stones Power in our eyes, hate and blood in our veins We were in the last battle In honnour of our tribe and Gods We praised the steel of our mighty sword Excited by the view of this bloody carnage The wolves hawled on the moutain of wisdom Mistress of the mist, recieved all the dead In the land of eternal twilight We saw a great gap in the ground Mother earth, recieved all the corpses War ! Revenge's day has come, let's spill the blood of the bastard Human flesh on steel Ancient nation we heard your song We had your life in our veins In memory of our cult, we crushed War ! The domain beyond the stars, Forest, land and sea beyond hate Cryed from freedom

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 26, 2025

Fathers ! From your mighty world Fathers ! We saw your tears of gold Messengers in the night ! We saw your drawing in the sky Wolves ! We heard your song beyond the montains We eternally danced on the ruins, in a land of wisdom In the name of forests In the name of stars In the name of all the stars In the name of storms We praised the magical knowledge We were on the way of the blood and fire With a sea of corpses in the valley In memory of our tribe we were alive Proud sons of ancient nation Proud sons of sacred song in the wind Proud sons behind a mirror of ice who told "Fathers of the Icy Age" ... In remembrance ...

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025