Fram ðǽm gréatan sǽ tó middangearde ic eom cumen. Hér ic wunie, and mín eaforan, oð worulde ende. These words were originally said by Elendil in quenya: Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinomë maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta. Which in english means: Out of the Great Sea to Middle-earth I am come. In this place will I abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the world.
Lyrics: Man your walls or flee, for this time we pay no fee Hear our last reply; may you answer with no retreat Bow your heads down low for the rule of the marshland king Stir the land awake for a tale the bards will sing See the storm rise across the sea Raven curse come to harry our shores They will not see the English flee Rally with your king from the isle of sanctuary Sons of Wessex fly! To secure our history Send the heralds forth for our loyalties to bind Righteous laws I vow for the sake of all our kind See the storm rise across the sea Raven curse come to harry our shoes They will not see the English flee Rise the great you are duty bound Grand defender, the bane of the Danes Turn the tidings at Ethandune Foolish is he who shuns understanding, Forsaking his task in this world Longing to reach the true honorable life, Leave my memory in noble works See the storm rise across the sea Raven curse come to harry our shoes They will not see the English flee Rise the great you are duty bound Grand defender, the bane of the Danes Spread the tidings of Ethandune
these guys got some really cool groves,almost hymn-anthem type .What a great find !!! In all my 65 years of Metal,this is at the top of my list as far as the style I always wanted to find !!!
You plastic fake bands that you call yourselves folk metal just pay attention here and you may learn something....it is more than the clothes you wear more than the angry faces and the toyswords you bear it is more than the paintings on your faces and your long hair....it is true straight from this band's heart.Listen to them cause they know better....FOREFATHER!
Freawulf you got me into forfarther just over a year ago I was searching for English folk music and was led to your when our England died Video never looked back since so yeah cheers mate ;)
Forefather are an amazing band , love them to be better known , I'm also glad they don't destroy their songs with extreme vocals, although I do like that style at the same time ...
Ongietan sceal gléaw hæle hú gǽstlic bið þonne ealre þisse worulde wela wéste stondeð Wóriað þá wínsalo waldend liegað dréame bidrorene duguþ eal gecrong Eall is earfoðlic eorþan ríce, onwendeð wyrda gesceaft hér bið mon lǽne hér bið mǽg lǽne ídel weorþeð þis eorþ! Can't find a translation though :p Either they wrote this themselves, or it's from a less than easily found piece of text.
26CLT Edge Ferox The lyrics are made up of various lines from the poem "The Wanderer," which is the meditation of a warrior in exile. Forgive my crappy translation, but here you go: A wise warrior ought to understand how ghastly it will be when all the wealth of this world lies waste. The wine-halls crumble, rulers lie dead, deprived of joy, the troops all fallen. All the earthly realm is difficult, the fate-decree [wyrda gesceaft] turns. Here man is fleeting, here kinsman [or woman] is fleeting, this earth is useless.
I adore this album. Solid, solid, solid. Killer endtrack, love how it just...leaves fading. Always makes me thing of a burning horizon and ghost ships at sea as the souls of the damned sail again...
