1. |
Legion
04:19
|
|||
|
I am the conjurer who brings to life your dreams
I’m the sorcerer whose name most would abandon
And yet in times of war and need they fear to fall
Freeing me once more to come protect their land
Wonders created thus far
Oh my pride
Rise to the edge of the night
How can one set the rules to guard all of mankind
When morality is merely a suggestion?
I can summon power no mortal man has seen
Unafraid to use whatever I have at my hand
Wonders created thus far
Oh my pride
I need you to come forth and
Break through the binds keeping you chained
And should you become lost
Create your own star
Dividing light brings forth new change
So leave behind your fated path and victory shall find you
Where will you go
After your tale is complete?
Never believing that this day would come
There’s nothing to fear
Follow me
Break through the binds keeping you chained
And should you become lost
Create your own star
Dividing light brings forth new change
For all that you see shall be yours
Welcome to your new world
Unleash yourself & break free
|
||||
2. |
Beyond the Sleep
04:33
|
|||
|
Silver-tongued deceiver poisoning with armored words
Cradling the world with your lies; but this is nothing new
Using fairytales to hypnotize
Someone please wake the dreamers
So they may silence the noise
Did they happen to see where the light led?
Taking the truth with them as they left
Riddles with no explanation
Evil wears the skin of mortal men
Spinning out their mouths into your head
Never trust the one who promises
Answers past the doors of where they tread
Someone please wake the dreamers
So they may silence the noise
Where are they now? Who can see tomorrow?
Raising the doubt of freedom from this mystery
I defy the laws of conscience
Determining which way to go
Follow the tales and you’ll be shown
Listen to me and you will know
Don’t question why; my will be done
Someone please wake the dreamers
So they may silence the noise
Leaving behind chaos in their absence
Dashing the hopes of knowing what’s beyond the sleep
|
||||
3. |
Chimera
07:11
|
|||
|
As the wind begins to wail just before the storm
It’s becoming clearer to me now
And all around me I can hear the waves
Revealing shores finally found
Seabreeze whispers of fortunes to behold
Clandestine port of ages
Past the gates lay the memories of kings
With all that I have dreamt locked inside
A lifetime spent waiting
An end to my searching
The winding chambers lead the way below
And into the arms of my fate
I reach a reward that was never there
And watch it shift into my worst fear
Nightmare made real
Hubris now named fear
Dreams fade with an elusive mirage
That twists and turns before my eyes
A horror that I can’t escape disguised
As my one desire
Into the belly of the beast
With fleeting hope, my only friend
One final glance into the void
And the Chimera grins
Dreams fade with an elusive mirage
That twists and turns before my eyes
A horror that I can’t escape disguised
As my last desire
|
||||
4. |
The Fall of Kingdoms
05:40
|
|||
|
In the last days of my kingdom
And the final hours of my life
I wonder what I leave behind
You, who I’ve seen in my dreams before
You’ve wandered into your fate
And past the point of my life
How were we to know
that an evening of tales from a lifetime ago
would come to life before our eyes?
And try as you might
To endure
So long as the last of my blood lives
My kingdom will never be lost
For a new age has come to seal out the darkness and reach a new dawn
Give me your hand and I plead you take this burden
You and you alone
Rulers rise and fall
But their legacies live on forever
Remember me and remember my words
So long as the last of my blood lives
My kingdom will never be lost
For a new age has come to seal out the darkness and reach a new dawn
My end is nigh
I’m afraid I can go on no longer
Remember me and remember my words
So long as the last of my blood lives
My kingdom will never be lost
For a new age has come to seal out the darkness and reach a new dawn
So long as the last of my blood lives
My kingdom will never be lost
For too many lives are at stake to wait on
So strike out and reach a new dawn
|
||||
5. |
Black Arcana
04:37
|
|||
|
The time has come for me tonight to let my soul take flight
I’ll return into the fire
For one wish, for one time
I’ll seize the dark inside
And raise myself higher
Wondering minds often find there’s no boundaries
Dreaming eyes see beyond the veil of reality
Yet most pretend
And few protest
The time has come for me tonight to let my soul take flight
I’ll return into the fire
For one wish, for one time
I’ll seize the dark inside
And raise myself higher
Tearing away into the unknown scares the fragile hearted
Stealing the quill & writing a new page sates the hungry heart
And here I stand
Fate in my hands
The time has come for me tonight to let my soul take flight
I’ll return into the fire
For one wish, for one time
I’ll seize the dark inside
And raise myself higher
Ripping into your darkest fears
Feast upon a weakness
I tread where you won’t dare
I breathe in the night, inhale this arcane air
The time has come for me tonight to let my soul take flight
I’ll return into the fire
For one wish, for one time
I’ll seize the dark inside
And raise myself higher
The time is now, this is the night
I let my soul take flight
I’m returning to the fire
For one wish, for one time
I’ve seized the dark inside
Raising ever higher
|
||||
6. |
Monarch
05:34
|
|||
|
White embers lead the way to undiscovered planes
Cloaked in the shade of the familiar
With searing pain brings endless loss
The compass lies and the map is long gone
There is no path to find the way
Am I alone in this place?
Where there once was an orchard of comfort
There’s naught for me now
With nowhere left to hide my shame for the life that I’ve lost
My sun & moon have given way unto strange crimson skies
But I can’t see where this happiness lies
Fate stole the air
Taking from me
All that I envisioned life were to be
Embrace the dissolve into rebirth
Where there once was an orchard of comfort
There’s naught for me now
With nowhere left to hide my shame for the life that I’ve lost
Free from shallow hearts & empty minds
My soul departs into the sea of this savage unknown
Free for a while
Beyond the tide of where I had once stood
Time shields my eyes
And as I surrendered
To the darkness
Allowed the old to die
The prison was a chrysalis
A second chance at life
Staring past the maw into the arms
Of what I feared and yearned for most
Where there once was an orchard of comfort
A new sapling grows
With no more need to harbor shame for the life that I’ve lost
From the fertile soil of my mind I’ll plant a world in the shade of all that I’ve learned
At journey’s end I will emerge where horizon meets the sea with my past leaving me
Unveiled from stories dressed in gold who’d give their lives to be reborn
And from the shattered sky I’ve found the truth
And straight from the ashes
Life starts anew
|
||||
7. |
Into the Grey
04:00
|
|||
|
The coming storm brings a change
The eye of fate shifts its gaze
The sky will show the way to rend fear from my heart
Tempest that has been foretold
One look is all I need to know
I'll walk the path ahead that I see now so clearly
Lost in the dreams of something more
All the days of my life
To go on this journey at last
And hold true meaning in my grasp
I'll sacrifice everything that I've ever held close
My past life torn asunder
For the burden of my purpose
Shall not weigh down anyone else
Calls I no longer can ignore
For my land, for myself
A moment before I've gone
I will grieve this life that I leave to my memory
A wind carrying me thus far
From my love
All that I've known
Into the Grey
I've found my sense of
peace that leads the way to release
Time to let go of
All of my fears from the dark
A moment before I've gone
I will grieve this life that I leave to my memory
A wind carrying me thus far
From my love
All that I've known
Farewell to these days I've loved
Once I leave
I promise to safeguard these memories
I cannot wait anymore
I must go
To where my soul belongs
|
||||
8. |
Immortelle
04:52
|
|||
|
I have been waiting all alone
Stone and shadow to call home
Time is but an endless void
An Ouroboros full of limitless joy
Live for tonight
And the light please leave me
Take what you might
And the night please guide me
Empty succor from a cup
A thousand sips are not enough
Come join me on the other side
Pain and pleasure never hide
Below a moonless sky
I beg you to fly
Forever in an instant
You’re the first on my mind
Just put your hand in mine
Close shut your eyes
It’ll all be over soon
My gift unto you
An offering to experience
Life with power like you’ve never seen
With me
Come taste eternity
Below a moonless sky
I beg you to fly
Forever in an instant
You’re the first on my mind
Just put your hand in mine
Close shut your eyes
It’ll all be over soon
My gift unto you
Endless night
Time to fly!
|
||||
9. |
Eventide
06:54
|
|||
|
In the still, quiet of night the world is surrounded
In silence
Enraptured by the calm
Yet I can see that you wait for sleep
And pray for reunion in your dreams
I’m the gentle touch of dusk’s fading light
That guides your way to restful slumber
I’m the whisper on the wind as the leaves intertwine
And dance their way between the twilight divide
Adorned in robes of stars
I’ll comfort you
Never apart
Tide with the moon
As the leaves turn to ashes in the snow
I, too, must go away
Fear not for my fate
As the daylight dies
And night steals the skies
In gossamer bloom
I’ll find my way to you
Forget your thoughts of the veil caught between us
Embrace me when your courage departs
Unravel patterns that will light up the dark
Know that I’ll never be far
As the leaves turn to ashes in the snow
I, too, must go away
Fear not for my fate
As the daylight dies
And night steals the skies
In gossamer bloom
I’ll find my way to you
As the daylight dies
And night steals the skies
In shades of reveries revealing
Echoes of distant dreams left in the past
With the eventide
Taking o’er the skies
In violet-amber hues
You’ll find me beside you
|
||||
Empress Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Formed in September 2018, Empress is a Philadelphia based Symphonic/Power Metal band with influences such as Kamelot, Symphony X, Epica and Nightwish.
If you like Empress, you may also like:
supported by 39 fans who also own “Fateweaver”
Pair some epic power metal and heavy metal and you have yourself an amazing album. Produce an album like Abyss and you have an instant classic. I can't wait to hear what comes next from this talented group.
go to album
Damned For All Time
by Sacred Outcry
featured on Bandcamp Radio Jan 8, 2021
go to album
The Fallen King
by Frozen Crown
Race car fast power metal from Milan, Italy.
go to album
The Uncertain Hour
by Graveshadow
featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 5, 2022
go to album
The Saberlight Chronicles
by Fellowship
supported by 27 fans who also own “Fateweaver”
Heart, hope, and humility come together with stellar songwriting and performances to make a uniquely uplifting and wonderful power metal album.
go to album
