Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
Released on December 23rd, 2018
Label: Independent
Erymanthon: Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Drum Machine
All music and lyrics written by Erymanthon
Cover design by Erymanthon
Front cover painting: The Final Day of Sagunto
by Francisco Domingo Marquès
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at Darkwoods Studios
Produced by Erymanthon and Atman
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"A very special dedication, the most important one, goes to
Quorthon
You inspired me to take up this project again, and influenced me
in a very profund way. My biggest regret is that I will never be
able to meet you... I was born too late, and You were gone far too soon.
But even though You’re no longer with us, You still live within your everlasting
music and the endless legacy of artists that You inspired.
This album, this whole project, is not only a tribute, it’s also the only way
I have now to get in contact with You, and to carry on your memory with pride.
As long as your legacy will last, You’ll continue to live within us.
May You hear our voices in the Glorious Hall Up High.
Hails my Master, You’ll never be forgotten!"
(From the album's insert)
1. Tomorrow
Cold, black night
Campfires light up
A deafening silence
Breaks the air
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A thousand men
Their hearts in hell
Their souls in pain
Their minds in fear
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Tomorrow
The battle will stand
A day of glory
A day of death
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Shields will be cracked
Men will be slain
Tomorrow will be
A Fine Day To Die
2. The Day Of Sorrow
The cold morning breeze
Whispers gently among the tents
The bright warm sunrise
Awakens this plain of sorrow
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The armies take sides
Shining bright for the armors and swords
The eyes open wide
Shining bright for the tears of fear
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The horns roar loud
Men run and shout
"Triumph in Glory
Or in honor Die!"
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Steel clashes
Skulls are smashed
Blood is spilled
Die!
3. Thunder, Blood and Fire
The endless plain is filled with
Running men, knights and shouts
The air is filled with fear
Clouds of dust rise from the ground
The steel in swords, axes and shields
Clashes in deafening Thunder
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Thunder, Blood and Fire!
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The shining spears of steel arise
Men shout loud with pride
Swords cut deep in the flesh
And tear it off from bones
The wounded scream in pain and death
And fall in their spilled Blood
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Thunder, Blood and Fire!
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The archers shoot with their bows
The burning arrows fly
The tar is spilled on enemies
The torches light up bright
The red, high, steaming, burning flames
Rise like infernal Fire!
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Thunder, Blood and Fire!
4. Chant of Glory Eternal
When the Sun will rise
We'll march on the fields of war
In Glory we will triumph
Or in Honor we will die
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Oh wise Gods, give us strenght and pride
Oh Mars, fight at our side
Oh Jupiter, give us victory
Oh Destiny, mantain our memory
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And if in war I'll fall
Oh mates, bury me with my sword
And shall my memory stay alive
When my Time has come to Die
5. Soldiers of Rome
Leaving my Land on this dark day
Visions of death I see on my way
Needed to fight, needed to slay
On the dark plains so far away
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Shall you support me and be at my side
Great Gods of war and forefathers of mine
Shall we spread our way open wide
Shall we throw the enemies all aside
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A cold wind through my hair blows from the mountainside
And cold black clouds gather up high
Strike do lightning and thunder from darkened skies
Soldiers of Rome, given is the sign!
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Shall you my shield, faithful and strong
Protect the one to whom you belong
And you, my lethal shining sword
Don't hesitate to make them breath no more
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A cold wind through my hair blows from the mountainside
And the black clouds in the sky open wide
Shines down the sun on the land of the fight
Soldiers of Rome, march on them tight!
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Now we will march through the sunlight
And we will make our way to the fight
And we will crawl in the black night
And we will silently take their lives
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When we will proudly triumph in this war
The sign of Victory we'll bring back home
And of the ones who will have to die
The names shall be remembered with pride
6. Gloria et Mortem
I take my last look at the sky
Just before I die
Before the last glimpse of life
In me goes away
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I can feel the steel in my flesh
Excruciating pain
I lay in my own blood
As my limbs get colder
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Looking at the horizon far away
We see the enemies who came from beyond
With nothing but Death and Pride at our sides
For our Land we must go on
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As we saw the enemies
We prepared to fight
I took my place in the first lines
Holding my sword tight in my hand
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We kept marching on them tight
But they came from the sides
My fate was said, I have to Die
But won't die my Honor nor my Pride
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Now our enemies are all around
And many of our men lay dying on the ground
But with our Pride and our Honor inside
For our Land we must go on
7. Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
Prologue
(instrumental)
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Chapter 1
Surrounded by dust on this bloody ground
The furious battle I see all around
Fear strikes my heart on this land of fight
I know that today I have to Die
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When our weapons like lightning shine
And roaring like thunder the horns give the sign
With our pride and our mouths open wide
Launching the yell of war we march on Tight
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We proceed towards the enemies on the plain
Our swords and our shields all pointed at them
With deafening thunder the first lines collide
Time to slay or be slain, begun has the Fight
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Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum!
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Chapter 2
Now many thousands miles from home you stand amidst this deadly hell
You witness this scenery of destruction, you stand in this place of chaos and death
And you think back to your loved ones as you strive to save the Land
Is it worth the sorrow and pain, is it worth descending in Hades?
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But then you think back to your honor doctrine and follow your warrior pride
To grant times of peace for your Land, take up arms and prepare to fight
March on your enemies with pride, hold your sword in your hand tight
With strong voice chant to the Gods up high, should this be your day to die
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Chapter 3
Hear me up in the Sky
Great Gods way up high
and stay here at my side
Now that I've death beside
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This is My Day To Die!
Die!
Die!
Die!
8. His Last Sunset
Along the darkening mountains and plains
Among the bodies left there from the fight
There was a soldier, his soul was slain
Wounded to death in the fight
He cried in pain and feared the night
Neither more hopes nor words to say
'Cause when the sunset would have brought the night
He would have Passed Away
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And then the nostalgic memories came
Of the ones he loved and were to him near
And those of the times he deceived and hurt them
Pierced his feelings like spears
His heart was now filled with sorrow and fear
And of regret now he cried in vain
'Cause he knew that time was coming near
For him to Pass Away
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And now the horizon at the end of the plain
Was coloured by the bright red sunlight
He lifted his teary eyes again
Watching his last sunset
And as he lost the will to fight
The setting Sun put an end to the day
And when the Day gave way to the Night
Alone he Passed Away