I'm not even going to try to explain this one. I believe it's simply an evil fairy tale about an all powerful sorcerer who controls evil wizards who live in the mountains.
This song is about the Emperor (or the god of a major religion, ie. Christianity) who is served by his wizards to recruit more followers "How many wizards that serve me with evil. I know not. My empire has no limits." . More or less what it is saying is followers of religion are superstitious and blind to reason, and that god is essentially a fictional idea created by mankind's superstitions "Boiling their spells in cauldrons of black gold. Far up in the mountains, where the rain fall not far, yet the sun cannot reach". Additionally, the emperor,...
This song is about the Emperor (or the god of a major religion, ie. Christianity) who is served by his wizards to recruit more followers "How many wizards that serve me with evil. I know not. My empire has no limits." . More or less what it is saying is followers of religion are superstitious and blind to reason, and that god is essentially a fictional idea created by mankind's superstitions "Boiling their spells in cauldrons of black gold. Far up in the mountains, where the rain fall not far, yet the sun cannot reach". Additionally, the emperor, or god, doesn't even have to instill fear into the hearts of man, they do it to themselves "Watching the mortals "discovering" my chronicles, guarded by the old demons, even unknown to me. Once destroyed to feast upon the screaming souls that was destroyed in my future. How many wizards that serve me with evil. I know not. My empire has no limits. " The emperor (or this idea of a man made god) has a corrupt agenda, and so do his followers "Because I am the spirit of their existence. I am them. "
I'm not even going to try to explain this one. I believe it's simply an evil fairy tale about an all powerful sorcerer who controls evil wizards who live in the mountains.
Note of interest: My band does a decent cover of this song. If anyone wants to hear it, the MP3 is located at http://www.purestmetal.com/blackwizvocals.mp3
This song is about the Emperor (or the god of a major religion, ie. Christianity) who is served by his wizards to recruit more followers "How many wizards that serve me with evil. I know not. My empire has no limits." . More or less what it is saying is followers of religion are superstitious and blind to reason, and that god is essentially a fictional idea created by mankind's superstitions "Boiling their spells in cauldrons of black gold. Far up in the mountains, where the rain fall not far, yet the sun cannot reach". Additionally, the emperor,...
This song is about the Emperor (or the god of a major religion, ie. Christianity) who is served by his wizards to recruit more followers "How many wizards that serve me with evil. I know not. My empire has no limits." . More or less what it is saying is followers of religion are superstitious and blind to reason, and that god is essentially a fictional idea created by mankind's superstitions "Boiling their spells in cauldrons of black gold. Far up in the mountains, where the rain fall not far, yet the sun cannot reach". Additionally, the emperor, or god, doesn't even have to instill fear into the hearts of man, they do it to themselves "Watching the mortals "discovering" my chronicles, guarded by the old demons, even unknown to me. Once destroyed to feast upon the screaming souls that was destroyed in my future. How many wizards that serve me with evil. I know not. My empire has no limits. " The emperor (or this idea of a man made god) has a corrupt agenda, and so do his followers "Because I am the spirit of their existence. I am them. "
Well put.
Well put.