Hounds of Blood

Screaming through the razorwire Over corpses long forgotten Unyielding to the crossfire Closing distance to get it's shot Ordnance soars over no man's land An overture of shells Buildings turn to ceramite dust But your force is entrenched well The Hellhammer does not discriminate It's deadly payload incinerates Flames engulf, cover's not enough Molten slag once armour From the Hellhammer No chance to escape From the infernal offensive You can run but you can't hide The destruction comprehensive The fist of the Emperor Crushes all His foes Witness undeniable power Against all that will oppose The Hellhammer does not discriminate It's deadly payload incinerates Flames engulf, cover's not enough Molten slag once armour From the Hellhammer

Carapace And venom awaits As we leap from the trenches Sealing our fates No mercy In this torrent of blood My life isn't worth this So I turn my back on my God I see it in his eyes There's no compromise Into death's jaws we ride Advance or die The Commissar stands Pistol trained on me I see the zeal in his eyes And on his lips, "heresy!" Uncounted loss of life Motivational sacrifice I see it in his eyes There's no compromise Into death's jaws we ride Advance or die I bow my head and kneel And on my temple I feel the burning steel No compromise

Born in hell On an invalid planet Trained to kill, trained to die In front of their own cannons Facing extinction Side by side Advancing under artillery fire From their own iron line Death Korps, forward Lord MIlitant Advances one million men Grinds them into paste Then sends one more million in Smoking corpses of their comrades Molded into trenches No pride, no fear Only duty quenches Death Korps, forward

The slipgate opens and Out he walks Unyielding assault The axe, the hound And two smoking barrels Stand your ground Defensive powerhouse It only gets harder Against the marauder Cat and mouse One mistake And then he'll pounce Hands get sweaty When you're not ready And with a swift move There's a beheading The axe The hound Cede some ground And wait for The flash of green A missed opportunity Now the hound's released Impact of shotgun shells Determined to end Your siege on Hell The axe The hound Cede some ground And wait for The flash of green Fire! Rip and tear [until it is done]

Exhausting resources In an expedition for truth For relics of power For Imperial use The planet located A sector unexplored Looking for advantage In this endless war Expedition For discovery Exploration For humanity We land planetside Search teams spread out Drawn to the energy Where we last heard from our scouts Alien architecture Monoliths obsidian and cold As if no life existed Expedition For discovery Exploration For humanity Awaken The planet glows green They awake unseen Cold lifeless steel Will not yield Organic extinction begins Protocols run For annihilation [Effected Bass Clarinet Solo: Oolvai] The galaxy will burn You had your turn No slaves, only death To anything that draws breath