Evocatus

Devoted to Inevitable Death

The title track and fourth single from the album INEVITABLE DEATH, unleashed on Friday 29th August 2025 on @WormHoleDeathLabel ‪

Illustrated, animated, and edited by ⁨@VKI-ILL⁩
Devoted to Inevitable Death music by Douchkov, lyrics by Jones
Produced, mixed, and mastered by Ryan Huthnance - @EmissaryStudios
Logo by Carlo Santos

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Lyrics:
RED MIDNIGHT SKIES
FIRES RISING HIGH
TO ROME NOW WE RIDE
TAKE THEM BY SURPRISE

OUR ENEMY BEFORE US
THE TIBER AT THEIR BACKS
WATCH THEM FLEE ACROSS THE BRIDGE
ENGAGE OUR ATTACK

FOUR HUNDRED TRUMPETS
SOUNDING THE CHARGE
TAKE THE CITY SHOW NO MERCY
SLAUGHTER TO THE LAST

ONLY THREE REMAIN
ROME'S LAST DEFENCE
CUT THEM DOWN
AND SEND THEM ADRIFT

FOR THE BRIDGE WE TASTE THEIR STEEL
NO MORE CAN WE ADVANCE
THE DAUNTLESS THREE FIGHT LIKE MAD
THOUGHT TO NEVER HAVE A CHANCE
TO EVERY MAN UPON THE EARTH
DEATH COMES SOON OR LATE
HOW CAN ONE DIE BETTER
THAN FACING ODDS SO GREAT

BODIES PILED LEFT AND RIGHT
BUILT UP TO FORM A SHIELD
STILL THE ROMAN WARRIORS
SHOW NO SIGNS OF YIELD

RETREAT ACROSS THE BRIDGE MEN
FOR HERE I WILL HOLD
UNTIL THE CITY IS SECURE
AND THE BRIDGE LAYS BROKE BELOW

* CSD GUITAR SOLO *

BEHIND A MIGHTY CRASH
THE BRIDGE BEGAN TO SWAY
TWO OF THE THREE TURNED
AND TOOK FLIGHT AWAY

THE THIRD STANDS FIRM DEFIANT
NONE SHALL PASS THIS DAY
HE HELD THEM BACK ALL ALONE
UNTIL THE BRIDGE GAVE WAY

TO EVERY MAN UPON THE EARTH
DEATH COMES SOON OR LATE
HOW CAN ONE DIE BETTER
THAN FACING ODDS SO GREAT

AND IN THE NIGHTS OF WINTER
WHEN THE COLD NORTH WINDS BLOW
AND THE LONG HOWLING OF THE WOLF
IS HEARD AMIDST THE SNOW

WITH SORROW AND WITH HONOUR
STILL IS THE STORY TOLD
HOW WELL HORATIUS KEPT THE BRIDGE
AND SAVED ALL OF ROME

DEVOTED TO INEVITABLE DEATH
DEFIANT UNTIL THE END
DEVOTION TO IMPENDING DEATH
ALONE HE STOOD UNTIL THE END
AND DREW HIS LAST BREATH
DEVOTED TO INEVITABLE DEATH
UNTIL THE VERY END