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Legacy of Desolation

by Upon Ruins

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    Professionally produced CD Mastered by Hugues Deslauriers (Augury, Vengeful). Artwork by Filip Ivanović (Origin, Augury), includes a 3 page foldout which contains all the album lyrics.

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    Limited Edition Vinyl of 100 hand numbered copies!

    Mastered specifically for Vinyl by Hugues Deslauriers (Augury, Vengeful). Artwork by Filip Ivanović (Origin, Augury), includes insert with lyrics.

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I hear their battle cry Betrayers of the gods and I stand with pride With sword and my shield held high I must fight to cleanse this land that is mine With Thor at my side I will crush the hearts of christ Into the storm I ride They will never take our land nor our gods This false christian king will die Where mountains collide Their blood runs, covers my eyes I fear no man I will cleanse these lands In the final hour of the storm I will purge this land and all will die Fight or die! Forward, forward, farmers you must Ride, now ride! Into battle we must take their Lives, their lives! Forward, forward, farmers you must Ride, now ride! Odin will prevail and crush their christ Bloody are the hands of divine On the fields where mountains collide In this final hour we ride high!
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People of the endless sands A vast empire River is the way of life The gift of the Nile Rulers of the foreign lands They cross the Sinai To conquer the delta The ending of a dynasty Conquered kingdom Under the sun On endless sands The rulers of the foreign lands Bronze weapons and armor Inexorable force Chariots afire People of the ancient sun Embrace Sakir-Har To rule Avaris And bring them prosperity Conquered kingdom Under the sun Rule foreign lands Upon the sands The Hyksos rule as one
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End of the 4th century An empire forced to its knees A process of decline now set in motion Collapsing economy Refusing to accept their defeat Rome must prevail Through valor and victory Through valor and victory! From the north they came Invasion of their homeland Had left them nothing Fraught and displaced An honest plea for a better life A chance to be free Rome then betrayed the Goths Ordered the assassination of their leaders Suffering endured A broken dream for a brave new world A life on their knees No life on your knees The time for peace has ended The barbarian’s revolt Tribes come join the masses A force now to behold Valens wants the glory Victory will come Gathering his armies The battle must be won Fortified brute forces Romans march for war Cavalry defeated Exhausted to the core Roman troops retreating Valens in dismay Abandoned by his forces To die in flames and decay
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I stand upon the shores Of this sacred holy land My blood runs cold Fierce winds from the north The mist unveils the end And i see Riders of the sea Fear no man Godless to me The black head of the dragon The deep bite of their steel A prayer in vain to bring us shelter No weapons shall we wield And i see Storm riders of the sea Fear no man Godless to me Lindisfarne is Now forsaken A burning darkness Unforgiven now The ravages of heathen men Will we see the coming dawn? Forgotten by the gods The burning shores of Lindisfarne Praying for salvation Will we see the coming dawn? Forsaken by my god Of distant shores and dragon skies They fly, they ride!
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Forlorn Hope 00:47
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Here we are the inheritors Of what’s left behind We made the pact The contract signed We pay the debt The price? Our lives This will be our Legacy of desolation Crawling backwards A legacy of desolation A legacy Poisoning our history We leave behind Like ashes In the sands of time Here we stand on the brink Are we condemned to fall? Invasive class to rule them all We rise to ruin only to crawl
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Winter War 05:20
’39 is the dawn of winter war A plan devised Confrontation through Designed aggression Offensive force Gathering at the Mannerheim Line On frozen fields is where they die Their blood runs cold Under the veil of a blackened sky They’ll die alone This winter war Shelling steel across The frozen fields of terror Karelia An armored force Amassed to crush the lines Frontal assault on Taipale The red army torn Divisions descend Mass casualties A nation scorned By the winter war Through snow and ice Frozen in agony The red army torn December‘s cold Motti strategy The ultimate price For winter war 1939 Now frozen in time Through fire and ice They pay the final price
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Rest upon the ashes Of the aftermath of war Cities lie in ruins What once was shall Be no more Kingdom of stone For a cold empty throne A world condemned to rubble Resources bled dry The bombs that scorched the earth And waste infected skies Reap what we’ve sown A cold empty throne Only in the end We see what could have been In a world condemned for all The tears we share.. As we fall

about

Hailing from the icy shores of the Canadian east coast, Upon Ruins debut album is a journey into humanity’s ruinous legacy and inevitable path to desolation. Each song showcases rich melodic guitar passages fused with crushing drums and groove laden rhythm. Released on CD via PRC Music - www.prcmusic.com

"comely solid and well-defined in offering the energy and emotion needed when listening to melodic death metal."
- www.metalbleedingcorp.com

"great sounding mixture of viking and melodic death metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this album." 8/10 - darkdoomgrinddeath.blogspot.com

"Melodic Death Metal that hearkens back to the Swedish greats of the 90's." 6/10 - www.metal-temple.com

"Legacy of Desolation is an exceptionally enjoyable piece of melodic death metal done right. It exhibits plenty of strengths, and very few of the traditional weaknesses. Sure to hit all of the right buttons for genre fans." 7.5/10 - deadrhetoric.com

credits

released September 21, 2018

Upon Ruins is:

Shane Forsyth (Rhythm Guitars & Vocals)
Howard Young (Rhythm & Lead Guitars)
Paul Shaw (Bass)
Greg Thompson (Drums)


Album Credits:

Recorded, Engineered & Mixed by Shane Forsyth
Between June 2017 & May 2018 at Black Lab Studios
Mastered by Hugues Deslauriers at Roarrr Sound Studio
All Music Written & Arranged by Upon Ruins
All Lyrics Written by Shane Forsyth
Keyboards on “Forlorn Hope” by Howard Young
Keyboards on “Legacy of Desolation” by Paul Shaw
Cover Art by Filip Ivanovic
Upon Ruins Logo by Dan Wilhelm
Layout by Paul Shaw

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