Voyage Of The Damned - 2012

1. The Dark Beyond. 2. Enter Oblivion OJ-666. 3. Taken. 4. Slaughter Of Souls. 5. Leviathan. 6. The Final Odyssey. 7. Ten Years In Space. 8. Voyage Of The Damned. 9. With Different Eyes. 10. Dreams Of The Dead Moon. 11. Verge To Collide. 12. Realm Of Madness. 13. Warmaster Of Chaos. (Bonus Track)

 

Line up:
Martin Steene: Vocals
Kirk Backarach: Guitars
Martin Lund: Bass
Fritz Wagner: Drums

Album Info:

Keyboards and orchestral arrangements by Rune Stiassny

Guest appearance by:
Nils K. Rue - Vocals on Voyage of the Damned
Dave Ingram - Vocals on Slaughter Of Souls
Ivan Grosmeyer - Vocals on Taken
Bjørn Nilsen - Guitar solo on Warmaster Of Chaos

Drums recorded at Earplug Studio
Vocals recorded at Hellfire Studio
Guitars Recorded at Pathfinder Studio
Bass Recorded at Lundsound
Keyboards recorded at Wizards Workshop
Mixed and Mastered by Jacob Hansen at Hansen Studios
Cover Ilustration by Par Olofsson - www.parolofsson.se
Graphic Design by Jobert Mello - www.sledgehammergraphix.com
Photos by Michael Caddy Søndergaard - www.the-caddy.dk

 

- Lyrics -

 

The Dark Beyond
Music by: Rune Stiassny

(Instrumental)



Enter Oblivion OJ-666
Lyrics & Music by: Martin Steene

Take the backdoor into deep space
Enter the universe
There is no limit to this place
The birth of mankind's curse
Beyond time and into starlight
The unknown void awaits
Into the black we take a flight
The galaxy is the gate

Out here the silence is loud
The sound of dying stars
Get no clue what it’s all about
Since we left from Mars
The father of time and the mother of God
Destructive to the core
A magnetic force so powerful
There will be no final war

This fate I can’t comprehend
We fall into the dark
There is no escape from this place
Where time and space can bend
Enter oblivion
Exploiting fire in deep space
Enter oblivion
The darkest hour shows its face

A star crusade in the cosmos sky
The captain and the crew
Got no fear of the unknown
We all condemned to die

The last frontier for humanity
Flashes for our eyes
We take the ship from planet Earth
Into the event horizon

This fate I can’t comprehend
We fall into the dark
There is no escape from this place
Where time and space can bend
Enter oblivion
Exploiting fire in deep space
Enter oblivion
The darkest hour shows its face

Taken
Lyrics & Music by: Martin Steene

They will come in the night
Sky light up bright
They’ve been here before
The black hole is the door
Claim the right to test
The uninvited guest
Losing track of time
A universal crime

Blinded by the black
A mind control attack
Forever a slave to be
The truth will set you free

I think I’ve been taken
I might be mistaken
The truth will set you free
And I’m not faking
Taken

Denying all the facts
Surveillance all intact
The sequence we can’t break
Transmission kills like the plague

Evil comes in black
In time they will attack
Before the dawn of days
Mankind was meant to face
Blinded by the black
A mind control attack
Forever a slave to be
The truth will set you free

I think I’ve been taken
I might be mistaken
The truth will set you free
And I’m not faking
I think I’ve been taken
I might be mistaken
But I can’t stop shaking
And I’m not faking
Taken

They grab me in my dreams
Time stands still while they operate

Slaughter Of Souls
Lyrics by: Martin Steene & Music by: Kirk Backarach

Annihilation of your soul will begin

Hellraising dark shadows
Death embracing winds of fury
Night crawling strange walking
Hate feeding creatures marching
Dark kingdom ascending
From beyond hell force rising
This planet, doomed and curse
The slaughter of all mankind

In search of light and the truth
It’s the curse that lives in me and you, and the

Slaughter of souls, slaughter
When we enter the star gate
Nightmares of rage, nightmares
When we enter the star gate

The gateway that leads to
Destruction of it all
We enter the darkness
The virus eats our flesh and blood
In search of light and the truth
It’s the curse that lives in me and you, and the

Slaughter of souls, slaughter
When we enter the star gate
Nightmares of rage, nightmares
When we enter the star gate

We are the truth, we are the pain
That breath inside your mind
The bringer of hate, creator of death
Scavengers of universe

In search of light and the truth
It’s the curse that lives in me and you, and the

Slaughter of souls, slaughter
When we enter the star gate
Nightmares of rage, nightmares
When we enter the star gate
The extinction of passenger five is now complete

Leviathan
Lyrics & Music by: Martin Steene

I feel the weight pushing down on me
From a distant world beyond reality
Prepare for the arrival
From freezing cold in the galaxy
The time has come for mankind to make a stand
There is no survival

What can we do to stop the agony?
Have we passed the point of amnesty?
The time is running
From the sky comes the bringer of hate
The enemies emerge outside the gate
Empires are burning

In the hour of need we fight together
Against the unknown force
We face the deepest fear of mankind, in the

Jaws of the leviathan, in the jaws
Of the mighty beast, in the
Jaws of the leviathan, in the jaws
All hell breaks loose
Prepare for the arrival
There is no survival, no

The vision from the old prophecy
The ancient words of our destiny
The final conflict
Madness comes from way up high
Time to pray for your soul and say goodbye
There will be no retreat

In the hour of need we fight together
Against the unknown force
We face the deepest fear of mankind, in the

Jaws of the leviathan, in the jaws
Of the mighty beast, in the
Jaws of the leviathan, in the jaws
All hell breaks loose
Here comes the invasion

We fight in the darkness,
We hide in the shadows
Even if it takes for eternity
We will solve this conflict
On alien district
Until we finally are free

In the hour of need we fight together
Against the unknown force
We face the deepest fear of mankind, in the

Jaws of the leviathan, in the jaws
Of the mighty beast, in the
Jaws of the leviathan, in the jaws
All hell breaks loose
No survival

Prepare for the arrival
There will be no, no
No survival
We are in the jaws, we are in the jaws
Of the leviathan

The Final Odyssey
Lyrics & Music by: Martin Steene

It’s a cold night, a cold night in November
My mind is black but I still remember
Fell all alone, alone on this planet
I can’t compute, just can’t understand it

This is the final odyssey
Turn to pieces for eternity
Trapped in my own misery

In the silence, I die alone
In this moment, memories fade to gray
In the darkness, tears fall like rain
In the shadows of what was meant to be
Agony

I’m on my own, in digital darkness
Built to last, not to feel sadness
They closed down, the factory
Out of date, condemned by the company

This is the final odyssey
Turn to pieces for eternity
Trapped in my own misery

In the silence, I die alone
In this moment, memories fade to gray
In the darkness, tears fall like rain
In the shadows of what was meant to be
Agony

Vague flashes from the past
As long as the battery lasts
Soon it will be the end of me

Somehow it hurts deep inside
Feels like something in me has died

This is the final odyssey
Turn to pieces for eternity
Trapped in my own misery

In the silence, I die alone
In this moment, memories fade to gray
In the darkness, tears fall like rain
In the shadows of what was meant to be
10.000 light years away

Ten Years In Space
Lyrics by: Martin Steene & Music by: Kirk Backarach

Back in time, ten years ago
I heard a call of a hero
Stand the ground until the end
Straight into hell I was sent
We were told to hold the line
What to do, where do I sign
Do your best to earn the crown
Nothing said in hell I drown

The years have passed and still I carry on
The best days of my life are gone

Ten years in space, ten years
Mankind’s fall from grace
The years in space, ten years
Humanity shows its ugly face
Ugly face

In the dark I not alone
Endless days of agony
I fight my own misery
I guess this was my destiny
They told me lies and I was blind
Lost and found by the killing kind
Young and brave they made a slave
Now I kick back to the grave

The years have passed and still I carry on
The best days of my life are gone

Ten years in space, ten years
Mankind’s fall from grace
The years in space, ten years
Humanity shows its ugly face

I kick and I break you
Dominate and I take two
I hate and fall through
I die but I love you
I kick and I break you
Dominate and I take two
I hate and fall through
I die but I love you

I carry on

Ten years in space, ten years
Mankind’s fall from grace
The years in space, ten years
Humanity shows its ugly face
Ten years in space

Voyage Of The Damned
Lyrics by: Martin Steene & Music by: Kirk Backarach

Darkness taking over me
Left all alone in the cold stratosphere
Computerized technology
Am I victim of a conspiracy?

Something’s wrong, but there is no turning back now
I must carry on
A damned machine, frontiers of the unknown
This is how nightmares are born

Voyage of the damned
We ride into the starlight
Voyage of the damned
We walk into digital
Suffering

Chaos riding next to me
I can’t believe how this madness re-appears
The devil speaks frequently
Who are a friends and who are my enemies

Something’s wrong, but there is no turning back now
I must carry on
A damned machine, frontiers of the unknown
This is how nightmares are born

Voyage of the damned
We ride into the starlight
Voyage of the damned
We walk into digital
Suffering

I’m one with silence, darkness is my home
I’m one with the shadows, last one to reach eternity

I’m the first in line, no one will ever get in my way
I’m the one to shine, forever until judgementday

Gluttony, greed, sloth, anger, pride, lust, envy

Slowly I’m becoming something different
And I don’t know this face anymore
I feel deep inside things are changing
Things will never be like before

I see frontiers of endless darkness
I see the stars reach out for me

A trail of tears is all I left behind
I walk the guilty path
In the land of the blind
I search the universe and now I understand
The truth comes from within
There is no master plan

Trapped in a damned machine
This is how nightmares are born

Voyage of the damned
We ride into the starlight
Voyage of the damned
We walk into digital
Suffering
We ride the moonlight
Voyage of the damned
We ride the starlight
Voyage of the damned

My god its full of stars

With Different Eyes
Lyrics by: Martin Steene & Music by: Kirk Backarach

I walk among the ruins
And in the dark I’m losing
Every sense of time and space
I trusted you in silence
The truth you gave in return
The pain cuts like knives

When all is said and done
I twist and turn
I look into the sun and burn
Now I see with different eyes
Once again I close my soul
Now I see through all the lies
Looking through the mirror of disbelieve

I look close into the mirror
And what I see makes me a shiver
Is this the man I really am?
The guilt is haunting me
Madness will set me free
Condemned like a child of the damned

When all is said and done
I twist and turn
I look into the sun and burn
Now I see with different eyes
Once again I close my soul
Now I see through all the lies
Looking through the mirror of disbelieve

I twist I turn
And in the end I’ll burn
He will take my name
Straight into hell

When all is said and done
I twist and turn
I look into the sun and burn
Now I see with different eyes
Once again I close my soul
Now I see through all the lies
Looking through the mirror of disbelieve

Dreams Of The Dead Moon
Lyrics by: Martin Steene & Music by: Kirk Backarach

Standing alone with no one to turn to
This is my own nightmare without you
I don’t know where to go from here
My destiny or my darkest fear
Feeling dead but I’m still here and alive
The shadow land is where I am the king
I am drown to a place of suffering
Desperate thoughts circle in my head

The vision unfolds
The slaughter of souls
A nightmare so cold
In my sleep there is only

Dead dreams, dead dreams of the dead moon
Dead dreams, the voices from the void I blame
Dead dreams, dead dreams of the dead moon
Dead dreams, voices from the void call my name

Taking the blame, this story is stillborn
Walking in shame, all my thoughts are torn
Take my hand and feel the endless pain
A tortured soul broken and so slain
The vision unfolds
The slaughter of souls
A nightmare so cold
In my sleep there is only

Dead dreams, dead dreams of the dead moon
Dead dreams, the voices from the void I blame
Dead dreams, dead dreams of the dead moon
Dead dreams, voices from the void call my name

Call my name

The vision unfolds
The slaughter of souls
A nightmare so cold
In my sleep there is only

Dead dreams, dead dreams of the dead moon
Dead dreams, the voices from the void I blame
Dead dreams, dead dreams of the dead moon
Dead dreams, voices from the void call my name

Verge To Collide
Lyrics & Music by: Martin Steene

Verge to collide, I see my shadow burn
Verge to collide, now there is no return

Voices are calling, from far beyond
Insanity unfolding, in my unconscious mind
In sadness I’m falling, the shadows of my soul
Is closing, embracing, the fury from within

Look into the dark again, what do I see
The reflection reveals what’s inside

Verge to collide, I see my shadow burn
Verge to collide, now there is no return
Verge to collide, in this tunnel there is no light
Verge to collide, now there is no place to hide

Grim choices revealing, the path of misery
Sad voices still calling, I’m lost in agony

Look into the dark again, what do I see
The reflection reveals what’s inside

Verge to collide, I see my shadow burn
Verge to collide, now there is no return
Verge to collide, in this tunnel there is no light
Verge to collide, now there is no place to hide
Deep inside

I take the misery, I take the agony
And push it away from me
I put it down to sleep, nothing left to keep
I kill that dirty creep

Look into the dark again, what do I see
The reflection reveals what’s inside

Verge to collide, I see my shadow burn
Verge to collide, now there is no return
Verge to collide, in this tunnel there is no light
Verge to collide, now there is no place to hide
Deep inside

I take the misery, I take the agony
My symphony

Realm Of Madness
Lyrics by: Martin Steene & Music by: Kirk Backarach

I left my world behind
Traveled into the great unknown
I thought this path would lead
To my final salvation
An escape to the dark side
A journey to the underworld
Misguided now I see
It was the wrong evolution

Got an angel on my shoulder
But it’s the demon in my mind that speaks to me

Real of madness, has pulled me in
Real of madness, the master of sin
Real of madness, I try to escape
Real of madness, emotional rape

Come along with me my friends
I heard a voice in my dream
I show you a world
Beyond your imagination
I was weak and I was blind
A moment of clarity
I repent the devils deed
And now I’m left to suffer

Got an angel on my shoulder
But it’s the demon in my mind that speaks to me

Real of madness, has pulled me in
Real of madness, the master of sin
Real of madness, I try to escape
Real of madness, emotional rape

I don’t know my name anymore
I walk in shame forevermore
This is my confession to you
I’m sorry for the hell I’ll put you through

Real of madness, has pulled me in
Real of madness, the master of sin
Real of madness, I try to escape
Real of madness, emotional rape

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