Today is one of the most unique and awesome bands I've come to know. Haggard is amazing, a mix of Death metal, Opera, and Classical music makes a great combo.This song by them was the first I heard and boy it did make a huge impact on me. I never thought I'd find a band like this. This song is perfect, the intro makes you think you are listening to a classical piece until you hear the drums kick in and then it gets heavy <3 the clean opreaic vocals open in and then the growls hit. This song is just so amazing. I hope you enjoy <3

Artist: Haggard

Song: Awaking The Centuries

Album: Awaking The Centuries

Genre: Classical Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Death Metal

Country: Germany





lyrics:
Awaking the Centuries
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In the books of what will be
Written by the demon lord?
Never lift your head up to the east
'cause darkness wakes the beast!
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Der Kerzen Schein
Er leuchtet fahl
Als das Sonnenlicht er stahl
Und nur das große Himmelszelt
Bezeugt das Ende dieser Welt
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So feed the spark
Welcome to the land of dark
Death in all the centuries is what I left behind
Take my hand
Forgotten in the promised land
Death in all the centuries is what I left behind
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The knowledge, brought to the world
Is growing with a bitter taste
In a dream I saw things that will be
Centuries away
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Des Mondes Schein
Er leuchtet fahl
Das Herz der Finsternis er stahl
Nun gleißend Lichte ihn umgibt
Und doch des Menschen Hoffnung siegt...?
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So feed the spark
Welcome to the land of dark
Death in all the centuries is what I left behind
Take my hand
Forgotten in the promised land
Death in all the centuries is what I left behind
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The night when evil steps out of the dark
And the cross is rising again
And fires are keeping the light
Burn, my friend...
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And the sign of humanity is burning tonight
I can't escape from this ritual silence
Humanity's burning tonight
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When I open my eyes
I see soldiers in the fields
Dead bodies on the ground
There are children inbetween
Explosions shock the land
And the evil shows its face
The one called Hister rises
This is the fall of grace...
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Beast ferocious from hunger will swim across rivers
The greater part of the region will be against the Hister
The great one will cause it to be dragged in an iron cage
When the German child will observe nothing
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In the books of what will be
Written by the demon lord?
Never lift your head up to the east
'cause darkness wakes the beast!
-
Der Kerzen Schein
Er leuchtet fahl
Als das Sonnenlicht er stahl
Und nur das große Himmelszelt
Bezeugt das Ende dieser Welt
-
So feed the spark
Welcome to the land of dark
Death in all the centuries is what I left behind
Take my hand
Forgotten in the promised land
Death in all the centuries is what I left behind
-
The knowledge, brought to the world
Is growing with a bitter taste
In a dream I saw things that will be
Centuries away
-
So feed the spark
Welcome to the land of dark
Death in all the centuries is what I left behind
Take my hand
Forgotten in the promised land
Death in all the centuries is what I left behind
-
And the sign of humanity is burning tonight
I can't escape from this ritual silence
Humanity's burning tonight