Bal-sagoth In The Raven-haunted Forest Of Darkenhold Where Shadows Re Lyrics

In The Raven-haunted Forest Of Darkenhold Where Shadows Re Lyrics

The Words of the Forest-King on the Eve of the Nexus:

I am the immortal
King of the Deep Woods,

Servitor of the Old Gods of the Forest...

I
hear the whispered words of the trees...

Such ancient secrets they
sing...



Swaying serpents ring my oak-hewn throne,

Night and
shadow are my hunting dogs...

Ravenous, they howl to be unshackled,

That their maws may be glutted with the blood of my foes.



Raven's claw... tooth of the wolf



Ancient trees my brooding
sentinels,

Gnarled branches clawing the nighted heavens.

Spirits
who dwell in shadow, unfurl thy darkling wings...

Awaken, o' elder
creatures of this sylvan realm,

Stalk once more this ebon-cloaked eve.



I hear the whispered words of the trees,

Such ancient secrets
they sing...



I stand now at the anvil,

Adamantine hammer in
my hand,

In thunder-song the steel I smite,

A clarion heard
throughout this land.



(Yawning wide beneath me...) the jaws of the
worm...

(hearken, the spell is woven...) the call of the worm...

Raven's claw... tooth of the wolf



Ablaze upon the Altar of
Stone,

The Sigil of An-rayuth, the summoning!

Folk of the Mist,
Dwellers in Shadow,

The thrice-blessed wand of the Wood-Gods is
beckoning!

At the aeon-swathed Shrine of the Oak I kneel,

O' Oracle
of the Great Forest, hear me this night...



[The Sylvan Oracle
Speaks:]

The gods of the earth and sky are watching, the circle is nigh
on

complete... the nexus is at hand. But hearken... for a new enemy
approaches

from the east... an enemy who hide their poisoned blades
behind words of

falsehood sweetened with the ichors of carrion, to bind
men's minds with-a