Fatherland

Zeus greatly honoured, Zeus imperishable, here to you We experience redemptory and spreak, we declare Ow King, that from your head all the holy came Mother earth and mountains highest lines And the deep sea and all everything that the sky can embrace Ow Son of Cronos Zeus, leader, thunderer, brave-heart All-father, root of entire world and terminus of it Earth-shaker, Augmentor, Purgatorial, All-shaker Lightning, thunderer, fertile Zeus Hear me: variform and give health And holy peace and impiccable glory of wealth

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025

The blood of heroes never dried Nor the 300 ever died They're here on the field of Plataca On the tip of our poised spears They stand amongst the hoplites stern Braver than heroes vows The Persian shakes palled with fear At the sight of the phalanxes Spartans and Arcadians Athenians and Megarans 100000 hold the line... The blood of heroes never dried Nor the 300 ever died They're here on the field of Plataca On the tip of our poised spears Iron clad and armed with bronze A tide and woe upon the foe The hoplites like a war machine Rode down the Persian curse... Spartans and Arcadians Athenians and Megarans 100000 hold the line... Zeus let your eagle fly O'er the plain where they shall die Ares see your sons blood-dyed And in our deeds take grim delight... Louder than trumpets sound Braver than heroes vows Brighter that glory shines Our names shall stand in time...

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025

Guardian of the bridge Between the realms Of gods and mortal men, Stand your ground and scan With thy keen eye the far Horizon wherein only thou can see - Look for the end of days, Look for the coming Of dreaded Ragnarok... Grasp the hilt of your mighty sword, And sound the charge on Gjallarhorm! Guardian of the bridge, Call the Gods out of their halls - Bid Odin leave the golden walls And ride ahead, leading the Aesir forth Into one final war - for the glory Of the eternal and everlasting Fame of a warrior who fought And died on the side of light Whereon rides the day-bringing God... Guardian of the bridge, Between the sky and the sea - Heimdall, son of Odin, Thee I call! Descend from above And guard what is most sacred for me: My virtue and my honor In times of death, fire and war...

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025

Ye blood brothers of Sava The clarion calls Let down lutes and psalterias And take up your swords Tsar Lazar the glorious Heading the charge His breastplate and shield shine With the holy cross... Voyvoda Stepan rides at his side The mighty king Vukashin Goiko and Uglyesha Staring proudly into the sun Defying the fire, scorning the foe Freedom or death is their oath Ye sons of the empire The sun doth rise black Now's the time to due hands red But let your souls be write Tsar Lazar has fallen Under turkish sword Avenge him to the last man Freedom or death! Voyvoda Stepan bleeds by his side The mighty king Vukashin Goiko and Uglyesha Staring proudly into the sun Defying the fire, scorning the foe Freedom or death is their oath Must thou go my noble Tsar? Would that I were cold with those That laid their lives in the holy cause At the feet of the Serbian eagle... Would that the blade that sealed thy fate Be lodged ten times into my breast Than to see our only hope fail... Our dead call for revenge Remember Kosovo Left alone to brave the night We stood for out homeland God and the Tsar On the fields where we fell Now the Amaranths bloom...

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

Hark! The great bells tolls In a frantic tone of distress; A menace has come forth - Drakkars from the mist... Bestial prows lashed by waves, Can't you hear their silent howl? Terror from the sea - Flames consume the monastery... They left their mark on Normandy, Ruins and carnage, women that weep; Demons berserk, on the foe they press, The thirst of hate, the storm of swords, God is never there when they come In the black of night or early morn... Terror from the sea - Give up hope, turn and flee! The flames shall dance high, The vultures feast like kings; What prayers in vain, What tale of strife, The messenger doth bring? Where their swords may reign Wolves and worms be fed! Bestial prows lashed by waves, Can't you hear their silent howl? Terror from the sea - In blood they take their fee! Ashes rain softly down, Like gray, scorched snow... "This is the Devil's work!" The Abbot will solemnly say; "This is the doing of Beasts!" The knight appalled declares; "Had I warriors like those!" The king doth exclaim... Terror from the sea, Drakkars emerging from the mist! Terror from the sea, The Vikings are sailing to the East!

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025

Many roads we have traveled, Many skies we have seen: Only to the stars we have yet to be, There, where our hearts will forever beat! Homecoming sweet will be: Having braved the endless seas To see the green of Uppsala's hills, Homeward bound I be! Brothers let us sail to the North, Back to the land of our Fathers, Where the Gods of thunder and war Await our ship to reach the shore! Homecoming sweet will be: Having braved the endless seas To see the green of Uppsala's hills, Homeward bound I be!

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025

"Atlanteans... once blessed children of the light, now a corrupt, tyrannical empire. Legends tell us of the last days of Atlantis, when the Athenian army took up their spears, shields and swords against the yoke of repression and put an end to the hubris of the Atlanteans once and for all..." The horns of war call keen and clear - Hoist our standard to the sky! The armada raises sail The Atlantean host to brave! Hoplites of the free world stand, Cast your spears in tyranny's heart! Like the Olympians long ago, Give the blasphemers but death! The thirst of carnage now awake: Athena's sons are going to war! Atlantean hubris shall be no more When we storm their copper walls! In cloud and flame athwart the heaven, Their flying machines our arrows hail; The ancient vineyards shall give forth The sanguine wine of frothing gore... Their numbers melting fast from their array, Show no mercy, ours is the day! Defenders of the ancient world, Our triumph is steeped in laurels gold! They who invoked the wrath of Gods Now sink beneath an angry sea; They who fought for a vile cause Met with the justice of our swords!

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

Last night I had a dream Of Odin's raven on a tree Whose boughs were crooked In the form of the victory rune... War-magick binds The links of my chain maille My oaken shield is blessed By symbols arcane... Seals my fate, heals my wounds The victory rune! My heart is true, reunited we'll be soon The victory rune! Bloodlust reddens my eyes My voice becomes raw I'll see you where dead heroes lie In Valhalla's gold-thatched hall! As old mariners say The sky is a sea as well Wherein we are shall sail On the ship of Njord one day... Seals my fate, heals my wounds The victory rune! My heart is true, reunited we'll be soon The victory rune! Hundreds of years may pass But my people still march The victory rune 'round their neck Once against swordsmen Now 'gainst brigadeers There on top of the hill There's a lonely monolith Whereon inscribed is the story of my life The joys, the wars and my final victory

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025

Gather round and listen close I'll now sing you a song Of blessed days gone by As sung once upon a time... Close your eyes and fly away To blessed days 'Ere the Elves fled this world, 'Ere dwarfs turned to stone... The world was fair, The mountains tall, the sky clear - The rivers run crystalline 'Ere the dryads turned to willows... Close your eyes and fly away To blessed days 'Ere the Elves fled this world, 'Ere dwarfs turned to stone... Sing with me and dream Of the beauty that once was - Of the deep woods wherein The Faery folk did dwell... Can you remember at all The blessed days When knights roamed the land And dragons slain lay in their caves? Can you recall The name of the one The hero that put the giants to the sword And was hailed by all in a continent afar? Close your eyes and fly away To blessed days 'Ere the Elves fled this world, 'Ere dwarfs turned to stone...

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

See them squirming yonder Their camp is rank with fear; No breath dares blow the horn Only a whispered word - "The cataphracts are here!" Belisarius rides at dawn To greet the barbarians With steel, fire and sword He'll bring them to kneel Before the Empire's golden Double headed Eagle... "The cataphracts are here!" The enemy quakes in fear - Belisarius rides at dawn: Hellenic blood a' flowing In the brave Thracian's veins... Emperor Justinian has decreed That the cataphracts doth march To free the Eternal City anon From the clutches of the Ostrogoth... Belisarius rides at dawn Proud ahead of a legion Of cataphracts bound for war The imperial standard They carry forth...

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025

You were born in exile O sweet child of mine; Cruel Fates cast the die Yet thy star in the sky Promised what they defy... When you are old enough, A man strong in the arms, You will take up the sword That thy father once bore - On thy brow place his crown... When the day doth dawn red You shall have thy revenge On the curs that usurped Thine ancestral lands And the light of thy halls... You were born 'neath the sign O sweet child of mine; Rest assured, take thy sleep - And when thou shall awake You will find me there...

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025