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Bonderkuil
08:53
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A place for scum and godless worms
The soil, ashen grey and bloodied
Our final destination
Where life turns into myth
Tortured, judged, condemned
A death march to our doom
The hangman is our guide
Listen, (how) the church bell tolls
One, the axe has struck the block
Twelve, smothered and consumed by fire
Five, still breathing while they burned
One, a severed hand, The Catherine wheel
"You belong to your father, the devil,
and you want to carry out
your father's desires.
He was a murderer from the beginning,
not holding to the truth"
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Sworn
08:57
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The black of night
Like a cloak on his shoulders
We have been summoned
To fulfill our blasphemous oath
When he calls, we will answer
When he rides, we will follow
When he strikes, these lands will burn
Under his flag, we'll rule the night...
They call him devil, fiend
Spawn from the pits below
Mock the cross, defiler, blasphemer
To the death, sworn and marked
Spectre in the dark - The blackest of all hearts
His will is our sole command
Spectre in the dark -The blackest of all hearts
We lay our lives in his hands
"Komt nader, gespuis en galgenaas
Vreest niet en hoort uw kapitein
Angst en verderf zullen wij brengen
De hel zal volgen in ons spoor
Stijgt op den bok, laat de toortsen laaien
Volgt mij, en scheur het land aan stukken"
An oath sworn to the dead man's hand
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The Gathering
01:16
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They rode by Night
09:12
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Villains gathered by their Captain
Sworn, the dead hand's oath
God renounced
The sacred Host, trampled
Band of thieves and gaggers
Struck fear into the hearts of men
Black riders in the sky
Hear their godless shrieks
They rode by night
Across houses - Across gardens
Across stakes - Leaving their mark of fire
The axe and garrote, the stake and gallows
These instruments of Faith
"Vreest niet den Bijbel, negeert gebod
Den dag is onzen keten, 's nachts zijn wij vrij
Op de rug van den bok,
ontsnappen wij het schavot
en vliegen naar den Duvel op Mookerhei!"
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The Scourge
11:08
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Behold, for I am the law!
Protector of the pious
Hunter of the wretched
I bring death to unbelievers
I shall cleanse our lands from this plague
I deliver divine justice
Cast down these heretics
Behold, for I am wrath!
Confess, damn you, confess!
Or you shall face whip and lash
Confess! Confess!
I will hang you!
I will hang every last one of you
And I will hunt you 'till my last breath!
Behold, for I am death!
Judgement and execution
All means to an end
to satisfy my bloodlust
Watch, my children, tremble
This lesson should not be forgotten
For I shall come if you stray from the path
Behold, for I am the scourge!
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The Nox Entity Belgium
Collective representing Lhaäd, Wolven, Rituals of the Dead Hand, Entartung & Nox.
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