Chapter I: Vinterlands
Bienvenue compagnons dans ce hall rempli d'épées Là où nous guerriers tombés, festoyons et combattons Les verres se remplissaient et les barils se vidaient L'odeur du sanglier nous remplissait le nez Mais il ne faut pas oublier, nos frères d'armes qui sont tombés Avant que cette corne touche vos lèvres Levez-la aux Einherjers! They fought with us, now they are gone to Valhöll Drink and sing well, Odin is to be pleased Feast with us my good friends in memories of the braves For they were companions in war and in mead Sorrows are not a shame so you can drown them in mead For it's the best way to honour their death Nous voilà compagnons sur la grande plaine brulée Là où les armées combattront et se détruiront Le ciel se remplissait et les corps se vidaient De leur sang une dernière fois ne perdez pas la joie Mais il ne faut pas oublier tous les deux qui vont tomber Avant que Fenrir mange la Lune Levez votre hache au Ragnarök
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Across the grazing field two armies gather around Waiting for the battle to begin, looking at each other Trying to gauge their strengths they found their numbers are even The generals rode their horses to the center of the plain They chose a duel was to decide their fate Each side then rallied his most glorious warrior to fight for their own Jarl Swords and axes swing the air, shields and armours block just fair Blood and sparks in many sights in the Duel of Hundred Lights We cannot already tell who's going to win this fight One army will go to Hel at the end of this bloody night The battle still continued no hits were ever made Exhaustion was bringing this to an end Shields were blasted in shards Swords were slippery from sweat Chainmail slowed down their pace The two armies watched nervously As swings were getting lame no winner was still in sight But in a desperate swing guided by Tyr himself They stabbed each other to death Bravely, they battled The warriors fell both dead The night became silent for a brief moment Each Jarl rallied his troops So they can break this tie forsaken by Tyr
Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 18, 2026
From luscious forests to rocky steppes, From the green lands to the snow covered peaks Us travelers have been everywhere Looking for a place for the brave to call home We have soon, so many things You people wouldn't believe Attack ships on fire by the Strait of Gibraltar Flaming arrows glitter near the Constantinople Gates! From the white dunes to the highest cliffs From the fjords of the North to the eastern jungle, Us travelers have been everywhen Seeking for the time when our golden age will rise We have seen the midnight's light reveal the scum of Jötunheim Humans devoured by feral greed As the Colosseum trembled with cheers But now, the winds of time shove our sails to the new world The land of the vines, of savage beasts Flat horned behemoths, a place for the brave to call home We ran upon a thousand roads We glided on the waves of a hundred seas By the fury of the darkest fate We've been exiled in strange aeons We sold our talents to highborns To the merchant's guild or royal navy By the blessing of the weirdest fate We've been promised to a Frakking badass life From Upsalla down to Thingvellir By the laws of the North we have been found guilty Us travellers have been thrown ashore Now we're going to find the place to call home Banishment is a convenient and amazing form of punishment Now we have the chance to make a new kingdom our own And sow the seeds of our legacy!
Submitted by Immortal — Apr 18, 2026
Our longboat has sailed on the seven seas we sought many delights We fought the mightiest knights Our axes are ready to strike with ease, we conquer this new ground We defend what we've found Our oars are swift and the wind is strong Now lands await at the end of this sea The Northern Sea is not foreign to us Its violent storms, its temper is known to the vikings since ever The stars and the winds are our allies, don't misuse them at any cost Or in the ice sea we'll be lost Untie the ropes get on the ship and prepare the journey (We all must) Share our hopes what we find shall be all written in lai (Forever) This famous tale of us Vinlanders will be folklore And our names will be known for the discoveries we will make Our longboat is docked and we wait the need We don't look at the east we rest and let us feast Our cups are filled with this tasty mead We thank Eric the Red for his land we've been led Our journey is getting near the end We leave Greenland for the Vinland as we cast off Rolling hills and riches await us Leif Erikson and his tale have always guided our sail The skraelings will flee our heavy steel Loki's created these goblins we shall kill these living sins
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 18, 2026
They won't take the name of a king They fight for many tales to sing With the power of their steel and steeds They will ride to the endless fields One thousand years ago not so far from here The son of a king deserted He rode to many places and to many marches Finding men inspired by his quest But on his journey he made enemies Rules of this land were afraid Their dream of a freedom was too great for them To be left alive in this world They won't take the name of a king They fight for many tales to sing With the power of their steel and steeds They will ride to the endless fields Strike against the ground Charge towards the storm He rode with his blood brothers With their swords pointed to the sky As Freyr watched upon him Blessing his men with power and might They didn't need more But one day the king attacked our friend He fought bravely guiding his own to victory They won't take the name of a king They fight for many tales to sing With the power of their steel and steeds They will ride to the endless fields Strike against the ground Charge towards the storm
Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 18, 2026
From the green fields of Ireland Comes a banished scholar Truth invaded his writing hand He claimed the sun was a star Condemned for heresy, condemned for liberty No walls could shelter him, the light of hope was dim Liberty he found with us Thrace is another's home, a dark and stoic man Raised in the culture of Rome War and raids were his ban He met with many races, he went to many places To the Vinland he once went, With his master's death he paid his rent He will make his name with us We are all exiled from our native lands We don't think of going back there We will conquer and live by our own hands We claim the Vinland as our own lair This land calls for our victory, prepare yourselves for discovery Unknown lands are dangerous, conquering is far from gracious The Vinland standard we shall raise The Vanir and Ãsir we shall praise The old continent is is just memories so make yourselves at ease! In the heartland of Europe lived a honourable count His rankings were amongst the top His mighty castle up on a mount but pious he was not Some wanted him to rot Accused of heresy, he went away In the North he wanted to stay He will make his fief with us Grim fjords and dark skies built a ferocious man Christianity he denies, berserking he killed and ran Burning every church he saw, raiding the next abbey He had a taste for things raw His ship sailing to the next bay He will shed much blood with us
Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 18, 2026
Nous avons voyagé par la montre et la boussole Afin de vous porter un présent Une facon de connecter avec les entrailles de la Terre Et de tuer l'inertie qui envahit nos vies (Roi, Mendiant et Poète) Les empires tomberont quand nous nous lèveront (Savant, Voyante et Maître-lame) La liberté de nos fils est à la portée du poing What we leave for this world is a kingdom of awe What we build with our hands is the ale that ease our soul What we yell at the top of our lungs is the call to freedom, to our home The songs we sing and the stories we tell are retaliation to the downfall Fall Ge royaume est celui de la feste infinie Des légendes et présages de la sagesse d'Odin Que ceux qui arrivent à garder leurs sens Ecrivent les mémoires de cette nuit
Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 18, 2026
Ossnjallr maðr Hyggsk munu ei lifa Ef hann við vig varask En elli gefr Honum engi firð thott honum geirar gefi Thamr eg rás enos tid Al böf dæ kornisjá sáley Kále klád thor to vososi deblaum bery Stév a bri se fimm de brusli Rejdnald haplley a sjen tla beyr Nu kump thon djuska dei Remuv kebab ondira Sken vudra lotonn soy boan tubarnak Deyr fé deyja fraendr deyr sjalfr it sama (Thunn kivatit ankris) En ordstirr Deyr aldregi hveim er sér gedan getr! (Thunn kivatit ankris) Sjpopo mankey do sjur deyr djeub skeypo kuafu dirr dey plysr Gildo rua fok of fvit, kyak Ralu mey du bua maur pla reychafey servi fruaja Tanka mua Distoriam sey maur doput ley tepassey Tadunney un estid sja tai unn kriss debanga tu furr moa thfu
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 18, 2026
Sur la froide mer du Nord Suède et Norvège Envoyèrent leur flotte de guerre Se battre dans les fjords Rain of fire coming from every side Along with the sounds of the screaming men They jumped from the ships Fleeing from the flaming sails The waves are fierce The wind is growing stronger Ãgir's fury will win Against us mortal men Les vaisseaux maintenant en morceaux Flottant sur la mer glaciale Qui d'autre à remporté cette guerre Que le dieu des profondeurs?
Submitted by The Void — Apr 18, 2026
The enemy ambushed the land They've taken all the gold we had But never will they take our pride And the faith we have to our gods The blood of the elders Is pouring in the rain of pain Our wives and our children Defend themselves in vain Something has to be done We can't let this go on Us, Vinlanders will sacrifice our lives To defend the legacy of this land We will crush every enemy we'll see With the power and the glory that'll lead us to victory We fought for days and days And never saw the end Many men have given their life To the good of the ancestors land Now that the battle's coming to an end After several weeks of assault We're now claimed as the heroes Who saved the honour of our land
Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 18, 2026
They came from the western lands With faith in an unique God that rules them all They thought they could convert us With swords and with empty words of gifting We fought for our gods We fought for our own pagan land Perkons didn't strike them down A sign that the battle we fight is in vain Spearheads that pierce through metal Axes that are always fatal Arrows that are never amiss The men will not survive this Perkons with his rolling thunder Dievas with his role as father Saule with her rays of pure bill The gods will not survive this Now, forever, we all must defent the land As the battle leaned for them There was nowhere to leave but the shores And then waiting for harsh judgement We knew there was no hope left for this They fought for their God They fought smiting us vile pagans Our ways will not survive time Their ways will prevail for we are lost Now, forever, we all must defend our sacred ways
Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 18, 2026
We are venturing fourth far into the unknown Hills extend before us all across this land Don't make it such a fuss, it is not what we planned We don't care, we are lost, but we're not ready to unpack The sun is setting behind us but we are not looking back What shall we find on this side of the earth? How did we get to the end of this sea? When will we find our homes and our wives? Where are the places that will welcome us? Now we gather around with fire and with song We're ready for one more round, it has been too long Drink your horns filled with mead, for It's the end of your days We are Distoriam, Thor Don't leave us from your gaze! Sir Thomas Samæl Friedrik Rex I: guitars, vocalsFrakkur the Wise: Irish bouzouki, pibcorn, vocalsSophie the Tavern Wench: keyboards, hurdy-gurdy, vocals (backing)Yann "Stormblood" Pouliot: bass, vocals (backing)Sire Le Brave: guitars (lead), vocals (backing)Le-Tappeux du Pied-Chaussé: drums, mandolin, flute, vocals (backing)Thanks to wangdelphi for sending these lyrics. Submits, comments, corrections are welcomed at webmaster@darklyrics.com DISTORIAM LYRICS
Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 18, 2026