Conquistadores by Dark Symphonic Power Metal band Timeless Rage from Germany is a song that doesn't just headbang, but provokes thought. Taken from the album "My Kingdom Come".
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The track marks the album's dramatic turning point – the place where sacred promises transform into bloody reality.
Following the album's majestic opening, "Conquistadores" tears down the shimmering facade at the fourth position of the tracklist.
The song is a relentless reckoning with the greed and tyranny that shaped history under the guise of faith.
With lines such as "They carved the cross in bleeding stone," the band captures the cruelty of the conquerors and poses a provocative question about the moral integrity of power and religion.
Lyrics
Conquistadores
They sailed on seas of burning cries,
With steel and flames in heaven's guise,
They carved the cross in bleeding stone,
And crowned their faith upon the bone
"Thy image, once of light and peace,
Now bow to me, their dark release."
Conquistadors! Kings of dust and pain!
Conquistadors! Blood shall be your gain!
Hail to you - Your crown is forged in fire
Your glory is your own desire
Hail to you - Your little children bleed
They kill, they burn, they call it creed!
Their banners dripped with orphaned tears,
They psalms were sung through shattered spears,
They scourged the weak, defile the pure
For gold and glory to endure.
"You still claim them, --- Lord of daylight
Your saints are beasts, --- losing eyesight
They bear your name, yet --- kneel before me
Faith is like tyranny?"
Hail to you - Your crown is forged in fire
Your glory is your own desire
Hail to you - Your little children bleed
They kill, they burn, they call it creed!
Conquistadors! Kings of dust and pain!
Conquistadors! Blood shall be your gain!
Hail to you - Your crown is forged in fire
Your glory is your own desire
Hail to you - Your little children bleed
They kill, they burn, they call it creed!
Hail to you - Your crown is forged in fire
Your glory is your own desire
Hail to you - Your little children bleed
They kill, they burn, they call it creed!
Lucifer: Behold, O Lord, your children bleed!
Gabriel: We praise our Lord defiantly
Lucifer: They kill, they burn, they call it creed!
Gabriel: A sacrifice for God indeed.
Lucifer: They wear your name yet kneel to me!
Gabriel: Faith consumed by tyranny!
Lucifer: Your heaven weeps, and I am free!
0:00 Intro - with steel and pathos into battle
0:33 Verse 1 - sacred promises transform into bloody reality
0:47 Pre-Chorus 1 - the sacral gravity of the theme
1:01 Chorus 1 - The Triumph of Darkness
1:34 Verse 2 - the unstoppable march of the invaders
1:48 Pre-Chorus 2 - criticism and doubt
2:05 Instrumental - the shimmering facade
2:37 Chorus 2 - The Triumph of Darkness
2:52 Bridge - the victims of greed and tyranny
3:26 Chorus 3 - The Triumph of Darkness
4:14 Outro - the freedom of shadows
Timeless Rage from Germany are known for delivering Symphonic Power Metal with male vocals and a bite. Rooted in European Power Metal and Symphonic Metal the band creates a soundscape as dense, dark and atmospheric as the Black Forest itself.
Combining soaring vocals, complex orchestrations and aggressive riffing, they have carved a niche for listeners who demand both melody and muscle in their metal.
Catchy enough to sing along, but heavy enough to rattle the soul!
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