From the album "Grandpa's Guitar" -  This hard-to-record emotional track is an honor to Whitey's Grandfather, the man who taught him how to play guitar and educated him on country music.  Comes out December 16th, 2014.  

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Grandpa's Guitar

The Unforgiven (Piano Version)

Many years ago, I lived for a year in an old medieval town in Germany called Hann. Münden. I was a little lonely, and my heart was full of stories of knights, fairies, wolves, and mythical creatures. Fortunately, I am now happy again. I took the old songs out of my Cubase library, transferred them to Bitwig DAW, and remixed and rearranged them.

[Verse]
In the darkest night
Where shadows fall
A wulf roams free
Heed not his call
He's known as Ragnar
The lonely one
Seeking solace 'neath the pale moon's sun

Hear his howl
Echoes through the land
A wild soul
On a mission grand
Through fields and forests
He roams afar
A legendary wulf
Among the stars

[Verse 2]
With eyes like fire
Burning bright and fierce
Ragnar searches
For his heart's release
In quest for love
In this world so cold
His spirit strong
A story yet untold

Ragnar the Lonely Wulf

Another song from my time in Hann. Münden. The story of the honorable blacksmith who is madly in love with the lord's daughter. Remixed and new arranged with Bitwig DAW

[Verse]
The hammer sings on the anvil's face
In a forge of warmth and timeless grace
With sparks that dance in the dim-lit glow
The blacksmith works where the embers flow

[Verse 2]
His hands are rough yet soft in care
A soul of fire with strength laid bare
Each strike a song of the iron's will
A melody forged in the evening's still

[Chorus]
Oh gentle and strong
The blacksmith's art
With every beat it mends the heart
A rhythm of life
A tune so true
The lord’s own blacksmith in skies of blue

[Verse 3]
The bellows sigh
A low
Deep hum
The rhythm echoes where he’s from
The steel takes shape
A tale unfolds
A legacy wrought in the iron's hold

[Bridge]
The moonlight watches his quiet toil
As shadows dance on the earthen soil
The forge's heat
A guiding flame
A simple man
Yet a noble name

[Verse 4]
Through storms and trials his hammer swings
Crafting tools fit for kings and kings
His heart beats steady
A steady drum
The blacksmith's strength will never succumb

The Lord's Gentle Blacksmith

At the age of 21, I did my military service and became a member of the German Marines. I urgently needed a car to drive home from the barracks on weekends. I didn't have much money, so I bought a 10-year-old Opel Manta for $4,000. It was every working-class boy's dream. I loved it, the girls loved it, and the repair shop loved it. They couldn't get enough of the car.
[Verse]
Metal beast keeps me alive
Rusted doors frame the drive
Engine roars heard from far
I still love my old car

[Verse 2]
Piston pumping like a heart
Passing streets tearing apart
Headlights shine through the dark
Cruising paths leaving marks

[Chorus]
Rusty ride never tires
Worn out seats grips like pliers
Miles together countless scars
Still
I love my old car

[Verse 3]
Every dent tells a tale
Haunting ghosts down the trail
Busted radio cracked glass
Acceleration no looking back

[Verse 4]
Fuel gauge flickers red
Dead end road up ahead
Foot on gas chasing stars
Revving life through my old car

[Chorus]
Rusty ride never tires
Worn out seats grips like pliers
Miles together countless scars
Still
I love my old car

I Love My Old Car

In the 1970s, most of us trained in a trade. We saved up and bought motorcycles, had long hair, were wild, loved girls, rock music, and loud parties. Now we look old, but inside we've stayed the same. Hang in there, guys!
[Verse]
They call us gray shadows in the light
Wrinkled hands but fists still tight
In the 70s
We burned so bright
Rock in our veins riding all night

[Chorus]
Still the same young guys inside
Hearts pounding like a roaring ride
The leather’s cracked but the fire won’t hide
Still the same young guys inside

[Verse 2]
Hair was long and the nights were loud
Motorcycles screamed through the crowd
Loved the girls wild and unbowed
Now we’re old but damn still proud

[Prechorus]
Don’t you dare think we’ve faded away
The fire burns louder every day

[Chorus]
Still the same young guys inside
Hearts pounding like a roaring ride
The leather’s cracked but the fire won’t hide
Still the same young guys inside

[Bridge]
Turn the key hear the engine hum
Feel the beat of where we’re from
Past is a song that’s never done
Still living like the war’s just begun

Still the Same Inside

Angels Bleed Too

Third single from the forthcoming album — Dominion of the Damned

Dies Irae (Requiem for Heaven) marks the third descent from The Black Cross, a monumental chapter in the dark gospel of Dominion of the Damned.
Where the first two singles scorched the earth with fury and possession, Dies Irae opens the gates of heaven — only to burn them from within.

Led by Lilith’s haunting multilingual performance, the title track is a requiem sung in the tongues of the lost — French, Spanish, German, and Latin — a lament for the fall of light itself.
Michael answers with two of his most powerful works to date: “Wings of Dust”, a gothic metal elegy of broken angels, and “Blood Upon the Altar”, a relentless ritual hymn drenched in fire and sin.
The single closes with “Liturgia Obscura” — a brutal, defiant anthem where sacred Latin chants erupt into pure rebellion, sealing the unholy mass with guitars and thunder.

This is The Black Cross at their most cinematic and destructive — a requiem for divinity, a celebration of corruption, and a hymn for those who find beauty in ruin.
Heaven falls. Hell sings. The Black Cross stands eternal.

Dies Irae (Requiem For Heaven)

The Serpent’s Bride

Ashes In The Rain

🔥 ACHTUNG, Rock & Metal-Sünder! 🔥

Ja, ich hab's getan. Ich habe ein Wiegenlied veröffentlicht. 🤦‍♂️

Ich weiß, ihr erwartet Blast Beats und Texte über Drachen oder die Apokalypse. Stattdessen gibt’s jetzt: [Name des Songs einfügen, z.B. „Schlafe ein, Kleines Licht“]

Die Story: Diesen Text habe ich vor Jahren für meine Kinder geschrieben. Wenn man als Metalhead Papa wird, kommen plötzlich Gefühle hoch, die so weich sind, da hilft selbst die stärkste Verzerrung nicht mehr. 🤷‍♂️

Die Wahrheit: Der Text ist 100% Handarbeit vom Papa. Die zuckersüße Piano-Untermalung? Da musste die Künstliche Intelligenz ran. Ich hab's versucht, aber ich klinge am Klavier eher wie ein besoffener Orc. Also: KI-Arrangement, menschlicher Schmelz. Fühlt sich fast unglaublich an, wie viel Seele in dem Ding steckt!

Fazit: Legt die Gitarren kurz beiseite. Beruhigt eure Ohren. Und falls ihr auch kleine Metal-Erben habt: Hier ist euer neuer Einschlaf-Soundtrack. 🤘


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Stell die Lautstärke auf 11 – du bist da! 🔊
Ich bin das musikalische Mastermind hinter diesen Krach-Nummern (Rock/Metal). Ich spiele seit einem Vierteljahrhundert Bass und Gitarre, habe also mehr Saiten zerrissen, als du Hemden im Moshpit.
Ich schreibe die tiefgründigen/bekloppten Texte, und dann zwinge ich eine KI, das alles in brutale Songs zu gießen. Funktioniert überraschend gut, wenn man weiß, was man will!
Musik ist mein Leben – deins hoffentlich auch! Wenn du auf ehrliche, witzige und richtig laute Musik stehst, bist du hier richtig.
Lass ein Abo da, bevor dir der Sound-Druck die Ohren wegbläst! 💀
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