Strident - Oblivion

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Jo Ellis' Blue Room Studios, Ladismith, South Africa.

Personnel:

Deon van Heerden: Vocals and guitar
Christian Burgess: Drums
Piet Delport: Bass and backing vocals
Grethe van der Merwe: Guest vocals and piano
Jo Ellis: Guest solo

Music and Lyrics:
Deon van Heerden & Piet Delport

Lyrics:

Intro:

Every story begins
Every story must end
Every page we turn
Not knowing when the Gods
Will return to the realm of man
Come to reclaim creation again...

Verse 1:

Here we stand, on the eve of oblivion
Blood-red horizons bode our ultimate fate
Undying gods awaken from their uneasy sleep
They have returned, come to retake and to reforge

Pre-chorus:

There are no heroes this day
There are no champions of myth come to save us

Chorus:

When the sky cracks open
And fire scorches the Earth
When the fury of the gods descends from above
The prophecies of man, forgotten in the shadow
Of the final blinding light

Verse:

"Save yourself," cry the meek and the brave alike
All will abandon hope under blackening skies
Mountains quake and decay into dust once more
Shrouding the sun, the moon and the stars in eternal night

Pre-chorus:

There is no calm in the eye of this storm
There are no prayers, no sins to atone
The end has begun

Chorus:

Until the seal is broken, and thunder shatters the Earth
Until the stars are torn from Heaven above
In this final hour nothing but ashes and dust remain
Of all that was and would be

Solos: van Heerden / Ellis

Bridge:

Hear as the voice of the gods finally speaks
Without love or mercy
Hear as the voice of the gods casts us away
Into oblivion

Here we stand, as one
Born of the stars, all that we are
All that we were, unto the stars
Returned

Chorus:

When the sky cracks open
And fire scorches the Earth
Until the gods themselves step down from above
The memory of man, just one more fleeting shadow
In the final blinding light

When the seal is broken, and thunder shatters the Earth
Until the stars are torn from Heaven above
In this final hour, nothing but ashes and dust remain
Of all that was and would be

Strident - Oblivion (ft. Grethe van der Merwe)

A track from the upcoming Strident album, recorded at Jo Ellis' BlooRoom Studios in Ladismith, South Africa.

Written and orchestrated by Deon van Heerden. 
Produced, Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Jo Ellis.

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Lyrics:

Above the Ashes

Verse 1

Silence,
Can you hear?
The whisper on the wind,
A challenge to begin
He has walked this world,
A nomad
Forgotten prophet
Of the coming storm

Verse 2

He is lost, but still he wanders
Treading secret paths
Bearer of a name forgotten
The relic of a broken past
He is still, yet he speaks thunder
In a tongue lost long ago
A man who stands both slave and master
To fortune’s call

Prechorus 1

He stands alone there
His eyes turned to the setting sun
As the stars guide him onward this night
His destiny enshrined as he rides

Verse 3

The rain has come
The storm clouds blacken out the sun
As his dreams grow dark and troubled
He feels his day is soon to come
The day when all will stand and die as one
When our song will drown the thunder

Prechorus 2

When we’ll stand together there
Our eyes turned to the rising sun
As the earth burns below us we’ll ride
Our destinies entwined as we rise

Chorus

Above the ashes
Through the wind and snow
Through the eyes of life itself
He’ll wander, a stranger lost in time
You will hear his song
When the stars resound with his name

Desert scene

Whispers in the dark that dance like shadows in the flame
Keep council in the dead of night, they beckon
A test to pass by daylight’s break, a gamble with his soul
To conquer or to be enslaved forever
Stares deep into the eye of the abyss
'Til cold morning’s light ends the demon’s test

Glorious section

Oh, when fate calls to us
It may be on trumpets high
Or as voices on the wind
It speaks in many tongues
Its wisdom cloaked in history
Wreathed in sacred flames it calls
And challenges the will
The resolve
To rise above the ashes
To rise and heed its call

Solo: Niell

Chorus 

Rise
Above the ashes
Through the wind and snow
Through the eyes of life itself
He’ll wander, a stranger lost in time
You will hear his song
When the stars resound with his name

Strident - Above the Ashes

The latest studio track by South Africa's Strident. 

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jo Ellis at BlooRoom Studios, Ladismith, South Africa.

Written and orchestrated by Deon van Heerden and Piet Delport.

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Lyrics:

Pro Patria Mori

Verse 1

Take my hand, as we walk through the firestorm
In this maelstrom of death, a young soldier’s breath chokes away
Faithful, as he watches the towers fall
Dulce et decorum est, pro patria mori

Prechorus 1

Once men and kings fought and died side-by-side
Their destinies ruled by the swords in their hands

Verse 2

A king, a song, a fire long gone
Cowards take flight, and watch as their kingdoms burn
Forsaking their oaths, taken by promises of power and gold
By a tyrant’s command, they march and they fall  

Prechorus 2

Monuments burn down to ashes and rust
Dreams left in ruins, our hopes turn to dust

Chorus 1

Dying men cry to Heaven
Fire swallows the sun
Leave the dead as vultures circle
Soon the order will come, to

March! March! March! March! (Bow your head and)
March! March! March! March! (Leave the dead and)

Verse 3

March! The doomed have no choice, but to carry the burden of history
Lost; the dead have no voice; only ruins left burning as the…

Prechorus 3

…Night comes down
Heavy the hammer that shatters the crown

Chorus 2 (double)

Dying men cry to Heaven
Fire swallows the sun
Leave the dead as the vultures circle
Soon the order will come

How can faith but falter
‘Neath machines in the sky?
Shadows of men, now wait in silence
For the order to die

Guitar Harmony (Deon)
Guitar solo (Niell)

Bridge

Where angels fear to tread, we...

March! March! March! March! (Bow your head and)
March! March! March! March! (Leave the dead and)
March! March! March! March! (Bow your head and)
March! March! March! March! (Leave the dead and)
March!

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