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Expedition to the Barrier Peaks

by Olyphant

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Brown Jenkin 05:07
Twilight Falling unaware that Evil sleeps here Lay down My weary bones upon this bed I will not find peace Chorus This twisted hybrid thing Is haunting me In dreams at night I cannot hide It's watching me Fear Insanity Is breaking me Please wake me up Scream out No one can hear my voice Ringing silence Reach out Icy fingers wrapped around my throat I cannot break free [Chorus] Inter-dimensional travel Out of body when I sleep The nightmares make me weak Children's bones and ancient tomes Offerings to the Elder things Primeval Earthly kings Daylight Breaking o’er this town I won't see it Helpless Trapped inside this dream I hope to die These walls hold secrets [Chorus]
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Outside looking in at my cold and empty life The past is revealing my true self my perfect icy soul My heart set a flutter/Pale beauty/Perfect skin A new dalliance to ease a calculating troubled mind (Chorus) There’s no other way/I have hell to pay/I am the architect of doom These idle hands betray my master plan/I write my history in the blood of innocence Time is of the essence/Commit the perfect crime Cold, careful, precision/So meticulous, discrete, sublime Take pride in my work/The plot is thick with blood One way to end this story/Your corpse in perfect packaged pieces (Chorus) The time has come to wake the butcher/Drag the knife through bone and skin The dark passenger is taking over/Don't know where he ends and I begin True evil does exist/Alive and well inside of me Free from this cocoon I spread my wings and fly again (Chorus)
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Take my hand We’ll travel this dark land To the place where the river meets the sea Follow me Along this crooked path I will be your eyes to see Put your trust in me And out of shadow I will lead (Pre-chorus) The primeval forest’s a sinister road A trap for the craven, a test for the bold A place for the helpless when things fall apart Lost in the barrow, the trembling starts The boughs of the trees are twisted and gnarled The branches a blanket--a burial shroud A scaffold for traitors high up on the hill Death to the stranger that won’t bend to its will (Chorus) Can you remember the place? On the shoreline Lonely sky and sea Can you pick up the pace? Can you see that twilight's breaking? Night is drawing near Cold as death Alive and without breath Wicked whispers in the trees Tarry here And today may be your last Morgoth is drawing near (Pre-chorus) (Chorus) In the grey mist of dawn Hear the wind's song The chant of the sea Washing over me We're sailing away On wings of a new day Our worries abate The havens await on distant shorelines
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S3 00:54
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It started with a messenger in the years after the war Peculiar words upon his lips Macabre tales of devastation The villagers are scared and now the old king needs a hand Murder in the borderlands An evil from beyond the realms of man (Pre-chorus) The darkness swallows whole The hard and calloused souls of sinners The beast that haunts my dreams The bringer of the end of all things (Chorus) Darkness falls on wings of night The autumn moon brings second sight Lost in the mazes of my mind I’ll leave the world of light behind I traveled thirteen days and nights by land and over sea With a fellowship of strangers that were good for war but not for hunting Deep within the mountain pass the wind did howl and moan With mad disquietude we plunged fearful into the baleful shadows (Pre-chorus) (Chorus) Heaven help me I’m lost and abandoned and scared Someone help me My body is broken I’m chilled to the bone Alone in the dark Time is a memory in this dreadful place Trapped in a dream Helpless and pithless in the icy earth I will wait I have wandered way too deep What lies behind this wall of sleep? For love the wolf will eat the sheep When I awoke as from a dream My body healed, but my will was not my own The metamorphosis complete A lien on my body, and a mortgage on my soul
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The keepers of the ancient secrets Alchemists and knowledge seekers History in broken pieces Divine gifts to guide and teach us (Pre-chorus) History will be repeated The rise before the fall The circle of life (Chorus) (Whoa-oh) Progress claims a victory (Whoa-oh) Proclaim the new world order far and near! (Whoa-oh) Fall down on your knees believe! (Who-oh) The truth incarnate man-made deity! The fool upon the hill is weeping For the sick, the lame, the beaten A wisdom tooth impacted bleeding Rip it out and start believing (Pre-chorus) (Chorus) Change will come with upheaval and fear As the enlightenment draws near The pendulum of our own mad clockwork We are helpless to halt its swing (Pre-chorus) (Chorus)
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Slave 06:21
On the horizon there is a light that shines A haunted people just stand and stare, gathered in the darkness in despair Their earthly treasure’s a shattered dream Arise and watch the clock tick A growing terror, a nagging fear, hatred for the ones who put them here (Chorus) You could be free from pain, but you remain a slave And you could just break these chains, but you remain a captive to a system that failed This is the wasteland where hollow men will live Beneath the dark and painted skies, believing in the false and twisted lies (Chorus) Can you see them crawling in the maze Can you hear them crying to be saved Night calls, day falls, stumbling in the fray Limbs snap, bones crack, man becomes the prey Endless nightmare, the bell begins to toll Death comes swiftly, starving for your soul War’s rage, fires blaze, blackening the earth All die—Mankind crying for rebirth

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Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, the new LP from Olÿphant, finds our heroes expanding on their unique blend of classic metal and thrash via elements of prog, and stoner/doom. These 8 songs feature heavy riffage, soaring melodic vocals, shredding guitar leads, an explosive rhythm section, atmospheric touches and interludes, and a fantastical and macabre lyrical bent. For fans of Iron Maiden, early-Metallica, Mastodon, and early-The Sword.

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released October 7, 2016

Written, produced, mixed, and engineered by Olÿphant.
Mastered at New Alliance East, Cambridge - MA (www.newallianceeast.com)
All original artwork and packaging by William Collins (www.walkercreek.com/thamber, fineartamerica.com/profiles/5-william-collins.html).

Olÿphant is
Jeff Clarkson
Steve Dowsett
Scott Randall
Brett C. Hess
Andy Small

Credits
Jeff Clarkson – Bass guitars, backing vocals
Steve Dowsett – Drums, backing vocals
Scott Randall – Electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
Andy Small – Vocals, synthesizers
Brett C. Hess – Guitar solo on Incidents in the Butterfly Garden, backing vocals
Rachel Tuckman-Small – Vocals on The Expedition
Liz Blanton – Backing vocals
Alexander Blanton – Backing vocals
Dave Belleville – Backing vocals

Olÿphant would like to thank our fans, friends, and families, and all of the bands that we’ve played with and all of the promoters that have booked us over the years.

Special thanks to Dave and Ellen Clarkson, Rachel Tuckman-Small, Eva Small, Kimberly Clarkson, Liz Blanton, Alexander Blanton, Katy Dowsett, Kimber Hess, William Collins, Gary Gygax, Bohdan Kupka, Chris Harvey, Dante Gaeta, Dave Pycocsz and the staff at Major Magleashes, Chris at Metal Thursday, Joe Anzalone, Dave Belleville, Steve Belleville, Ben Schad, Mike Clayton, Joe and Tom from Riding Shotgun, The Good Captain, and H.P. Lovecraft.

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Olÿphant [ol-uh-funt] was formed in 2009. The band draws from a unique amalgam of musical influences including 80s thrash-, doom-, classic-, and modern progressive- metal. Lyrically and thematically, the band draws heavily from horror movies, Tolkien, Stephen King, H.P Lovecraft, and a variety of other tales of the weird, wild, and unexplained. ... more

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