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The Dawning

by Vortex

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    Best-of cd with 16 songs
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1.
H.M. Is King 03:26
H.M. Is King There is a thing that gets you going on There is a thing that will make you strong This thing that drive you wild and provokes the feelings of a child H.M. is a King His Majesty the King There was once a King of old a King who reigned with iron hand He used to wear a beard and axe and was called the King of saxe And ages later there’s still the songs that tell of feat of arms so strong and of the heroes of the saxe Medieval metal men with axes There is a thing that gets me going That song that rages like a storm From times before we were born Can’t tell a kiss from a bomb
2.
Metallic Dawning We gotta get it high ‘Cause low is much to low We gotta have it long ‘Cause short is much too short We wanna have it fast ‘Cause slow is much too slow We gonna live in a frenzy ‘Cause that’s the message of the dark lord Now we live in the dark But it is a time for a change We gonna get to the top But only with your support We live in dawning days And it is the time to re-arrange We wanna live in a frenzy ‘Cause that’s the will of the dark lord We gonna move you all Everywhere, everywhere We gonna prove you all What we’re worth We get it hight Low is much too low We have it long Short is too short We want it fast Slow is too slow We want the frenzy A gift from the dark lord
3.
Mountain 03:57
Mountain A cold wind’s blown away my folks These empty days and silent fields have left A scorching fire took the feelings I once had A singe of heat went through the land Could I be feeling like a mountain big and strong Could I be feeling like a mountain all day long There’s nothing left but emptiness and pain How can I live and continue this life I’m not a lunatic but silence is my name How can this kid grow big and strong A cold storm took my people long ago These empty days and silent fields have left A burning fire took away feelings I once had A crack of heat went through this land of ours
4.
Nightmares I have Not You see that there is not much left When they’ve been sensory-de-prived for so long And they’re no more then just skin and bones After they’ve been hunger-striking for weeks It’s nice to do a useful thing It’s fine to do a good job It’s nice to do a useful thing And nightmares I have not Sometimes I do awake at night Cold sweat is running down my back, oh lord But a real nightmare I have not cause I think what I do is for the best I don’t mind if they’re kidnappers or such Or commies or just ordinary thieves I don’t like hate and I really hate revenge And I think I do a decent job
5.
Land Of The Late I’m flying, I’m speeding out through the sky I’m winnin’, I’m loosin’ and I don’t know why They said it would be a nice trip to the end of time I’m racin’, I’m rushin’ along an endless line The land of the late, the land of the late I’m lookin’, I’m seein’, insects of rare shape Thery’re flyin’, they’re turnin’ and comin’ my way With wings like blades and million eye-sights I’m flyin’, I’m fleedin’, vanishin’ in the night To the land of the late, the late of the land I’m listenin’, I’m hearin’ noises of strange sound It’s frightenin’, though familiar, like a heartbeat pound It is repeated and amplified by odd-lookin machines I’m movin, I’m goin’, producin’ weird-lookin’ scenes In the land of the late, the late of the land I’m flying, I’m speeding out through the sky I’m loosin’, I’m winnin’ and I don’t know why It’s all whirlin’ so fast I’m loosin contact My goal is a land from which you never come back It’s the land of the late, late of the land
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Itching Desire Let loose these long gone feelings This look will ray forth light Her eyes will surely do the healing Electrified, I’m by your sight This overwhelming fire Going right through the brain Destruction of my body Itching, Itching Desire It’s coming in like it fades And then again it fades I try to get grip on the body But it is useless It’s like enthralling shades This is where I was afraid of always In silence it comes and then it hits I know I can’t have her for ever ‘Cause then she splashes and then she splits
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Gotta Get Away This machine's a pretty but a nasty one 't feels that it strength lies in your weakness When you come closer it, tears your body apart When you come to close it tears your limb from limb You gotta save yourself you gotta get away You gotta save yourself now It's a personal hell you be locked in You won't get out before you're burned by that fire It is just like being caught in a spiders web It won't let loose never let's you go You gotta save yourself you gotta get away You gotta save yourself now.
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With witches Help I can win with witches' help When this woman's around me all the time. How can I work? When there's always something in my way How can I get it done? I'LL have a grip ojn fate I won't loose, but win I'LL have a grip on fate I know I'II win I can win with witches' help It is the art to find the switch Somewhere inside of her I got to have a tool to get inside I'LL have a grip on fate, I won't loose but win I'LL have this grip on fate, I win I can win with witches help I gotta find these witches, I know they can help me With eveil spell and ancient craft Wipe this creature out of my life I'll win.
9.
Rollin´ To The War I'm gonna fight the beast by these walls I'm going to the east to the war I got myself a tank, witch fits me to a I You gotta see me rolling I'm metal machine I'm moving out I'm rolling east/west You gotta see me going down to hell And if I'm getting back, you never can tell Don't mind if they blow my head off, by these walls Don't mind if they blow my brains out, in that war I never used my head, so let it roll I never used my brains, so I don't need them no more I'm going to fight the beast near these walls I'm going to the west, to some kinda war They never used their heads, so let them roll They never used their brains, so they need them no more I'm moving out I'm rollin' east/west You gotta see me goin' I'm moving down to hell And if I'm getting back, You never you never can tell
10.
Metal Bats 05:27
Metal Bats I can here you knocking on the refrigerator door Sometimes I can hear you shouting You sure wonna get out While outside the wind is howling you're still inside the frig It is so obvious what you want, but I can let you out Till winter time is coming cut you to pieces and I'll feed you to the bats In wintertime I'LL let you out and metal bats won't tell Just what it's all about You talked about our having a relation, I guess we never had At least it did'nt work out my way But I don't talk about that, It was always you that did the talking You never listened to my words But now you're inside there, freezing and I won't let you out Till, Till, Till, Till winter time is coming, cut you in pieces and I'LL feed you to the bats In winter time I'LL let you out And metal bats won't tell just what it's all about You talked about us having a relation, I know we never had It just did't work out my way and I won't talk about that It was you who did the talking, never listened to my words Now I'LL keep you inside There freezing I'LL never let you out Till Till
11.
The Curse 04:00
The Curse The gates of hell, Swing wide As metal mutants, summon the powers of the Darkness Darkness Darkness Someone is living is despair He's under the influence of a bad influence His future has vanished into the air, never to return Damned curse will make you feel worse, it means a life without a hope Damned curse makes you feel worse without a single hope When you are living under a spell of a bad influence Damned influence You know your destination is hell From witch there'll be no return Of course we're all living under a spell Life is a bad influence, a damned influence And will someday end in hell Never to return to 'Mother Earth'
12.
Alienation 05:51
Alienation Yes 't was a time I know No 't is a thing that I won't forget Yes 't was so fine and won't come back again But I will see you Won't I, won't I ?? Well here I'm standing with my face looking at your face How come you know me any more? Here I stand with my hands outstretched to you How come you don't react like any other would do? What is happening to this world And where will this lead to? Well here I stand with my heart in my hand How come you don't recognize me no more? Here I lay my whole life at your feet How come your face don't show no expression at all? What is happening to this world And where will this lead to??
13.
Open the Gate Here comes a war and we are sailing through the night We are the beggars of the sea We got a task, a plan, a duty to fulfill Something to conquer, you will see We reach the land and all brave men get off the boats It is our voyage to The Brill We know no fear, or something silly of that kind All men inside, them them slay we will Open The Gate! It's rather cold, but soon it will be much too hot Especially for the ones inside We'll hit the gate and metal cracks the massive wood Inside we will, we'll get inside We're called the beggars and we are proud of such a name We're under orange command All that we ask for, is to open up that gate So we can get inside The Brill Open The Gate! It's rather cold, but soon it will be much too hot Not only for the ones inside We'll have to get ourselves inside these heavy walls And sure we'll conquer all The Brill We're called the beggars and we're proud of such a name We're under Orange's command All that we ask for is to open up that gate Inside we will, inside we will Open The Gate!
14.
Horrible dolls There is a night I wonna tell you about I laid down in a mercyfull sleep Sudden I wake up from this peacefull sleep Because of a frightening cry My head was not clear enough, by that time To realize what it had been A sudden movement in a corner of the room I couldn't see things at first sight Horrible Dolls get closer Horrible Dolls are near Horrible Dolls get to close Horrible Dolls, Horrible Dolls Here in my new house in a corner of the room Wich is filled with devilish air There is a staring of many evil eyes The staring is at me for sure Then at that moment I should have realized That living things there Were my dolls So now I know what a frightmare can be It came to me out of the dark Since there's a black doom Hanging in my room The house is filled with rotten smell I feel a cold strong hand caressing in my back A whisper turnes into a yell Even now I write this to you A dark shade is over my desk While the room now smells Of so much fresh blood I feel they are twisting my neck.
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Tormentress 05:48
Tormentress Alive Amazing grave contains my only baby Amazing grave took all I always loved Big car drove away my one and only hope Big rolls drove away what could what good have been so good ..Meat hook found her flesh at last Life will never have me in its sway again I still think of how she loved to see me suffer Often I see her in my dreadfull dreams She loved so much the things I hated most of all She was so fond of everything that made me blue It had me wake up every day in terror Ahe was my life, and life had me in its all-embracing sway It’s gonna be the death of me Sometimes early in the morning a whisper is carried by the wind Seems I can hear a voice that tells me why it had to be From out of amazing grave I can hear an awful cry for help She’s gone, she’s gone but I know that the torment stays

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Best-of album from 1998 with 16 songs released at Top Hole Records, The Netherlands.
Original Metal Bats album from 1985 and 9 re-recorded songs from the Demo period 1982/1986

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released March 18, 1998

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Since 1979 Heavy Metal band Vortex is working its way up in this world, playing in a traditional old-school style, known as NWOBHM. After all these years it showed everyone that Vortex is more popular than ever. 2019 Vortex celebrate it's 40th Anniversary with a lot of old and new material. And finally at last we will share all our releases here on Bandcamp. Beware, The Bats are still Flying... ... more

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