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Hell Kisses The Earth

by The Reckoning

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Kry.exe This band right here. This is good stuff. Really. Favorite track: Hunter Becomes Hunted.
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1.
V1: Raised - without a name Designed to do one thing Bred to kill, not to feel In death I make my life Now the sights are fixed on me Looks like I'm in their way They shouldn't underestimate Their fate was sealed today BR 1: I killed for you, now I'm the prey With such betrayal, there's Hell to pay You set me up to fall, one thing one you should know Chase me all you want, you cannot kill a shadow ! V2: Fade into the darkness A ghost with a gun Silent undertaker I'll take them one by one I never run - this is all I know I'll bring this to an end This is my survival Not just for revenge BR 2: I killed for you, now I'm the prey With such betrayal, there's Hell to pay You forgot, when you started this When the bullets fly, I never miss ! CH: The day you crossed my path You didn't know you signed your life away How does it feel To know I'm getting closer to you
2.
V1: We do what others would not dare Destroying cities everywhere We move like shadows through the air Just one more hit, we do not care CH: From the sky they come, screaming Can't stop the flames rampaging Their bodies broken in the dirt We watch as Hell Kisses the Earth V2: As searchlights try to seek us out Their guns attempt to take us down Our hearts, they seem to beat so loud We thunder on to our next town V3: We home in, deadly and so cruel Our cargo, deadliest of all Its job to crush, maim and maul We hit 'release' and down they fall
3.
V1: All the non believers and the ones who would deceive us Take your life and try to choke it to death Don't want you to aspire and leave them down in the mire In their shallow world of bitterness CH: Don't want you to succeed Think you're crazy to believe All the time they could wake up - realise But they'll never be content 'til they drag you down V2: Devoid of self awareness, pay no thought to anyone Ready to take all that you give Never moving forward, never seek a higher purpose Never see what life could be CH (Variation): Don't want you to succeed Think you're crazy to believe All the time they could wake up - realise But they'll only be content When they drag you down
4.
Lestat 13:46
V1: Down into the dark, deep below the streets Where no daylight penetrates my layer. Stale the air, cold and damp Alone I sit in my filthy, old armchair Hours have passed but I haven't moved I sit transfixed in my world of dark desire The screen, it flickers... and it sends the shadows dancing round my head. Br 1: Days are spent immersed in my fantasies With Price, Lee & Lugosi for company. Black & White, my dreams leap out from the screen All the time I'm watching them, all I can see is me ! V2: The walls are dark, Victorian green Layers of dust envelope everything. The life outside is not one for which I care To be defiled under every stranger's stare. Here in this world I am the one who is in control. Greater than all, I hear the darkness call. Moving pictures show the world in which I dare to be the prince, he can take me anywhere Br 2: Obsession fuelling my darkest dreams To become the one who, inside me, screams Just like a serpent I rise from my seat Reflection in the mirror, his power that I seek. Ch: And it stares back, the face of Lestat And the world, you may call me Lestat. The echos of her feet Through Gothic archways steal My breath, I glide transfixed The moon it guides me on her heels I must not let her see That I persue her so I walk the cobbled stone A wraith consumed, enthralled. I see the moonlight catch The paleness of her neck Beautiful shoulders bare My eyes caress and stare At last, her journey's end To the masqued ball she goes I follow her inside Can't let her out my sight What a scene awaits So elegent and loud The crowded dancefloor lures me and I start to look for her And then I spy her face and all else fades to a blur Willing our eyes to meet I stare and she begins to turn I stare into her eyes And she'll not look away Quickly I move up to her No words, she offers me her hand The music plays its part Now that she's in my arms She will never leave Always a part of me It's time to be alone, I want her to myself Into the cool night air, the music fades away Across the lawn we drift, past scented blossom trees Down to the water's edge, gentle ebbing of the stream My hand is round her waist as I pull her close to me I run my fingers down her face, trace the outline of her hair And then the kiss - a passion so furious I feel her breath on me as I move towards her neck She trembles to my touch, I run my mouth across her flesh Teeth bared, I poise - I wait until I hear her groan We both surrender to the bite - intense, divine A blood red charge of lust - the world in that moment is mine My eyes snap open and I let her fall away from me Backwards into the river, her kiss left searing inside She breathes her last breath as she gently floats away Beautiful in death - in me she'll never wither, never leave. Down I fall to earth, I awake to this bastard curse The dream has dissapeared once more, life is nought but a bitter whore Yet now, before my eyes, the room begins to shift The walls begin to melt away, drip and pour like burning flesh Demonic faces, hands reach out - a Gothic hell has come I feel him now, coursing through - I smile and I'm home I look up into his eyes, my burning, mad red eyes And the night, it beckons She's out there somewhere.
5.
To the Death 03:32
V1: I look through you, not in your eyes The loser is the one who dies Ready for this night, my hands start to shake Tensions start to rise, I'm taking you down V2: I'll tear you up and run you through This nitro demon's locked on you Take this warning, 'cause I know no fear My engine's screaming and our time is near CH: I see the fear in your eyes I won't back down, I am prepared to die The time for talking has passed If I must I'll race you to the death - yeah ! V3: The road stares back as we begin You can't back out, now that you're in I hammer the throttle and I speed right past Our time on Earth seems to be running out fast
6.
Turn to Dust 04:35
V1: Trapped in a maze of seld delusion Don't care to see your own reflection What have you got left that you call life ? Can't see the pattern of destruction CH: It's breaking down inside you You've no one left to turn to Drag yourself off the floor before You turn to dust V2: Tears down your mental architecture You have no faith left anymore Fear upon fear is holding you prisoner Welcome to the temple of denial V3: Cascading towers of affliction Despairing, you have just let go If you don't take control of your life Someone else will then control it for you
7.
Longboat 05:45
8.
V1: The sun cast its glare over the bloodstained land Hundreds of men lay dead all around Through the icy drifts and dead I wandered Desolate figure leaving trails in the snow Last man standing, I was weary and drawn The fury of battle had taken its toll A laugh sliced through the frost bitten air Before me stood a maiden with bright golden hair V2: Whiter than the pure, undriven snow Naked save for a light gossamer veil Her cruel laugh beckoned to follow where she ran Dazzled, my lust now fuelled aching limbs Across desolate plains of white I chased her As the blinding sun beat down on the snow I ran but she stayed beyond my reach 'til Two axe bearing figures arose, a trap I did meet V3: She danced in between the two giant men "Brothers I have brought you a fool to slay" With rage, I hacked the leg off the first The second I left with a half severed neck Alone now, she cowered bewteen the two dead men I pulled her to me lest she started to run Her ivory flesh was as cold as the snow Now this beguiling young temptress was mine V4: She writhed in my grasp as I kissed her cold lips A desperate cry and she slipped from my arms I watched as she held her arms straight to the sky Enveloped by a cold, blue flame she was gone Surrounded by my kinsmen, at last I awoke They tended my wounds as I told them my tale None would believe what I said 'til they saw There in my hand, the light gossamer veil

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released September 17, 2013

Rob Lundgren: Vocals
Ben Higgins: Guitars, bass, programming
Chris Poland: Guest solos on 'Hell Kisses the Earth'
Piotr Kaczor: Guest solos on 'Turn to Dust', 'To the Death' & 'Daughter of the Snow'

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The Reckoning Somerset, UK

The Reckoning is the heavy metal expressions of English guitarist and songwriter Ben Higgins, allied to the badass vocal talents of Rob Lundgren from Sweden.

The debut album, Defining Armageddon was released in December 2012 and the follow up album is under way with a release for 2013.
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