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The Secret Fire

by Black Tower

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1.
DEATH MARCH We’ve gathered the brave To march Into the unknown Under the Lonely Mountain The time has come To take back what was ours We’re ready to die We’re ready to die We’re ready to die We’ve reached the mountain We can hear the beast roar We have blood on our swords We have blood on our swords
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Black Moon 02:10
BLACK MOON A funeral pyre’s lit ablaze The darkness eternal No light of day From these ashes a fire shall be woken The spell of darkness it will be broken Far above the mountain high A black moon rises and darkens the sky Under the black moon Under the black moon The forest’s grim Our rituals begin
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THE DARK LORD In the shadows of the night The darkest dreams of the night His demons run through the night Behold The Dark Lord, ruler of the night Cries, cries from this dark world Hear the voices they scream to be saved from the Lost, lost in these dark lands Hear the voices they scream to be saved from the Dark Lord’s command Break, break the chains that bind us to the night The veil of darkness keeps us from the light Break, break the chains that bind us to the night
4.
Riders 04:05 video
RIDERS Through the darkness to the light Fire is our only hope Cloaked black riders in the night Fire is our only… We burn our candles through the night We keep our fires burning bright Tonight The black candles burn Hear the crows cry Birds of ill omen Take to the sky
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Shadows 03:58
SHADOWS Unquiet souls trapped in the black A call from the dark, they’ve broken the pact Wandering souls A paleness holds Waiting for their day To fade away To fade away To fade away Trapped Trapped on this Earth These shadows are ghosts A broken oath Hear the whispers at night You hear their whispers at night These dead men are…
6.
Winter 03:50
WINTER The seasons change The winds sweep the plains Swallowed by darkness It’s colder than death Under the blackest sky Ice grips the Earth and I Don’t know if I will survive When ice grips the Earth Under the snow Our warm blood turns cold Swallowed by darkness It’s colder than death The winter sun Lies low above the trees In the darkness Life begins to freeze The freezing moon Lies high above the hills In the darkness The frost begins to kill
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THE DRAGON FLIES In a dark dream It came to me (I saw) The fires burn through the night In a dark dream It came to me (I saw) This Kingdom’s lost for all time The fires burn tonight The dragon wakes to take flight They know their last days are here There’s no magic to save them now
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Night Siege 05:07
NIGHT SIEGE Ten thousand men Atop their steeds The arrows pierce and They bleed and they bleed Usurpers of the throne Their cups filled with blood This Kingdom’s people They bleed, and they bleed, and they bleed A siege at night To take the Kingdom Take our freedom A war begins The time has come For their blood to run
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The Secret Fire is BLACK TOWER's inaugural collection of blood-soaked trad metal legends -- a not-so-subtle nod to both the phantasmagoria of Tolkien's tomes and the dark melodicism of Elixir, Master's Hammer, Maiden, Dissection, et al, all the while rooted firmly in the soil that bore such punk essentials as Against the Grain, Sleep In Safety, and November-Coming-Fire.


from Eric at Unspeakable Axe Records:

"Black Tower hail from Ottawa, but it might as well be Middle Earth. Or at least a Middle Earth as filtered through heavy metal. Tolkien would probably not approve, but generations raised on his books – as well as Iron Maiden and assorted black metal records – will nod their long-haired heads in appreciation.

In short, Black Tower is metal that wears its nerd credentials proudly on its sleeve. You don’t sing “Under the Lonely Mountain!” loud and proud in your opening song, or marry the sensibilities of Slough Feg to early Dissection and an almost Bad Religion-ish punk catchiness, without knowing exactly what you are. A lot goes into the mix, but as with any good recipe, what comes out has a flavor all its own."

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released June 2, 2015

Erin Ewing - Vocals / Guitar
Skottie Lobotomy - Vocals / Bass
Dave Williams - Drums / Vocals / Keys

Recorded / Mixed / Mastered by Topon Das at Apartment 2

Released on CD by Unspeakable Axe / Dark Descent Records
Released on LP by No Idea Records

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