스웨덴 출신의 Death/Black 밴드 Gates of ishtar의 찬란한 데뷔 앨범이자 최고작으로 불리우는 앨범. 스위디쉬 멜로딕 데쓰의 전형을 따르고 있는 본작은 At the gates에 영향받은 강력한 보컬 톤과 아이언 메이든의 에픽적인 사운드에 짙은 영향을 보여주고 있다. WASP의 와일드한 커버 "Iwanna be sombody"는 이들의 사운드의 출발점을 보여주는 좋은 예이다. .... ....
Dark is the night of the dead, lifted away from the skies Facing the truth of the emperor, death to those of the light The people that you can't unleash Condemned to worship the holy cross Life is ending so fast, darkness has showed up its singn Waiting for death, is all that remains
Slaving for the signs of god, with your fate you will pay Every mark in the sky, showing you, you will die
As the sky turns black, you wonder why? The reason of this, you cannot try Creations of death, creations of life Your kingdom has come, your kingdom is gone
Where the winds of darkness blows Thats where I lost my soul Where the winds of darkness blows
Awaiting the dawnless realms, but a light from the past is too bright In clouds erased from the summer skies, another winter awaits for me From the ancient winters of frost, the sunset calls my name Leading me into seasons of front, as the cold freezes my tears
Greetings of fear, from darkened skies, creating fires of fear Greeting us all from nothingness, keeping our fires burning
I am the ancient one, the dawn awaits for me Leading me into seasons of frost, creation's calling for me I awake in the darkest time, it calls me from my grave Immortal ones await, the winter from the north
As silence reaps the shadows of frost, a path stands clear to me Leading me - into eternal winters...
What in this place of ice, can warm my heart again? Is this winter too cold for me? It's drowning me again In a palce of starts, I am king again, I drown in this crystal lake Oh, with a heart of ice
You say you don't wanna run and hide A face that no-one knows And everyone ya meet, you're gonna show You're nobody's slave, nobody's chains are holdin' you You hold your fist up high And rule the zoo
Oh, you just got to be Up high where the whole world's watchin me Cos I, I got the guts to be somebody To cry out
I wanna be somebody Be somebody soon I wanna be somebody Be somebody too
You say you don't wanna starve Or take the table crumbs that fall You don't wanna beg or plead at all You don't want no nine to five Your fingers to the bone You don't want the rock piles' bloody stones
Oh, you just got to be Up high where the whole world's watchin me Cos I, I got the guts to be somebody To cry out
I wanna be somebody Be somebody soon I wanna be somebody Be somebody too
I want shiny cars and dirty money Lotsa rock and roll I will live in fame and die in flames I'm never gettin' old
I wanna be somebody Be somebody soon I wanna be somebody Be somebody too