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To Where Kings Lie Buried Beneath The Cairns

by Castle Of The Winds

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In the 11th Century AD, the Norman Conquest of Britain was resisted in The Old North by the Cumbric speaking peoples of Rheged and the remnants of the Kindgom of Strathclyde.

The battles that were fought in this region are remembered by such landmarks as huge burial mounds, and the many wild flowers that grow in places such as Rannerdale, where many of the dead had fallen.

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Rise, banners of war, don your helms
Shining steel, calloused hands
Conflict born, a traitors plans
Allies of hate, from sea and land
March, masking our strength, forth to arms
Hill and vale, final stand

Sons, of Hen Ogledd, make mythic ends
You ghosts of Dunmail Raise
Charge, through broken ranks
No forlorn hope, dark arrows fly
Drawn, from fell and field
Pledged to defend, 'til kings lie under cairns
Slopes, of Rannerdale, our battleground
A scarlet dawn

Clashes of shields, join hatred and pride
Buried waist deep by the slain
Brutes from the North, proud line of Strathclyde
Slaughtering those who invade
Violence and strife, a gathering storm
Valiantly stemming the tide
Knights clad in mail, who ravaged this realm
Binding weak lords to their will

Bind me, oh glorious night
Let swing your swords
Hear fury's call, burning free
Mighty, hammers fall
By Boethor drawn
To your grave, ’neath deathly Pikes

Blood, and thunder heed my call
Let honour, cleanse our souls
For gallant men now gone
Entombed, forever more

Born to die, like none before
Savage hearts, with spears held tall
Build this mound, with valiant dead
Under shade of Helvellyn
Sunset of a darkened age
Embers from our funeral blaze

credits

released December 1, 2021
Musical Arrangement & Lyrics by Angwyn
Drums by Ragnar Sverisson
Vocals by Vrenhin & Angwyn

Music recorded by Tom Dring at Vagrant Recordings
Vocals recorded at Sefton Park Caves, engineered at SAE by Winterquilt

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Castle Of The Winds Liverpool, UK

Label contact welcomed. Debut album "Until Segontium Burns" complete and awaiting physical release in 2022.

Second Wave Black Metal Worship based in Liverpool, United Kingdom

Hymns to The Old North and monuments of nature.
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