[Originally released by Bathory in 1988 on the album "Blood Fire Death"] [Music and lyrics: Quorthon] [8:28] Orgy of silence, conspiracy of peace Only the so...

[This recording originally released by Emperor in 1999 on the split album "Thorns versus Emperor"] [Music and lyrics: Snorre Ruch] [5:58] By the Moon's haze a...

(Words, music, arrangements: Ihsahn) Hark, O'Nightspirit Father of my dark self From within this realm, wherein Thou dwelleth By this lake of blood, from which ...

Hark, O'Nightspirit Father of my dark self From within this realm, wherein Thou dwelleth By this lake of blood, from which we feed to breed I call silently for ...

Icaros, I dare you For I possess the wings of faith Though, heavy on my shoulders No measurement can prove their weight Still, a burden are they not to me I am ...

Beyond the great vast forest, surrounded by majestic mountains, dark rivers float like tears of sorrow Frost submerge the holy ring of fire They shall rise agai...

The heavens are lit by the stars where years of secrets of universal forces lay hid They shine so bright, but yet they have seen more evil than time itself Refl...

[Originally released by Darkthrone in 1990 on the album "Soulside Journey"] [4:14] Into the abyss I fall And Dark is the reich of the dead A portal to reach t...

[Originally released in 1999 on the album "IX Equilibrium"] [Music: Ihsahn, Samoth] [Lyrics: Ihsahn] [4:41] Curse you, all men Whose coil is strong I recognis...

Reason This demigod, unto which you cluster Sacrilege You sacrifive the purity of the air beneath your wings A slow and painful ritual to burn the youth you los...

he looked upon the world and saw that it was still depraved as him though not like him for him, as all but closed like them not him unaware he was already ca...

he is an empty shell - shell-shocked luciferian soul he is an empty shell - drained and sealed he is an empty shell - penetrating cold he is an empty shell - e...

[Words: Ihsahn/ Music & arrangements: Samoth & Ihsahn] In an endless maze begotten To dead ends led by fools I sought a plague For those who smiled at walls In...

[Originally released by Mayhem in 1994 on the album "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas"] [5:12] Every time this year This dark fog will appear Up from the tombs it co...

when all is dark there are no points of reference and we no longer navigate by the stars we just end up somewhere nowhere where lights are dim and shades of b...

[Originally released by Mercyful Fate in 1984 on the album "Don't Break the Oath"] [Music: K Diamond and M Denner] [Words: K Diamond] [2:25] This magic wint...

and again he came to cherish the comfort of mysteries inspiring and far away timeless in the moment they painted immortality forever drawn towards the centre o...

Mightiest am I, but I am not alone in this cosmos of mine For the black hills consists of black souls, souls that already dies one thousand deaths Behind the st...

Landscapes Entrance my mind with thoughts of ancient times I wonder Did they walk this path Open seas An endless horizon they seem I wonder where did they go N...

in the wordless chamber they feared death desperately thus they clustered to the fruits of the earth craving dispersion as if to avoid knowing why in the wordl...

O' mighty Lord of the Night Master of beasts Bringer of awe and derision Thou whose spirit lieth upon every act of oppression, hatred and strife Thou whose pres...

As the Darkness creeps over the Northern mountains of Norway and the silence reach the woods, I awake and rise Into the night I wander, like many nights before,...

[Originally released in 1992 on the demo album "Wrath of the Tyrant"] [Music by Ihsahn and Samoth] [2:08] Earthquakes are breaking the silence, A vision of hat...

[Original recording originally released in 1992 on the demo album "Wrath of the Tyrant"] [This recording orginally released on a Nordic Metal compilation CD] [...

[Originally released in 1992 on the demo album "Wrath of the Tyrant"] [Music by Ihsahn and Samoth] [4:30] Once our lord has come again, All black hearts will c...

Night Of The Graveless Souls When the *** are creeping in Dark is the *** tonight Winds of storms are gathering Seem to ignite the flame A dream in the shadow o...

Hark For I speak of purity I am unconquerable In my worship I am invincible on my crusade However hard the strikes may be However deep the wounds This blood imm...

[Music: Ihsahn, Samoth] [Lyrics: Ihsahn] Ever behind me Rise a shadow Taller than I Yet, with a certain resemblance How many times Do I have to contemplate my...

Ever behind me Rise a shadow taller than I Yet, with a certain resemblance How many times do I have to contemplate my own reflection And say: I have been blind?...

-Originaly featured on the "In The Nightside Eclipse" album under the title "Inno a Satana" Original music & arrangements by Insahn & Samoth (Classical arrangem...

Four eyes as two in one the forward circular view that never ends An orbital voyage throughout the endless sphere of all Where time is lost and everything trans...

(Words: Ihsahn/ Music: Ihsahn & Samoth/ /Arrangements: Ihsahn) Vide Ravens caw in reverence Anthems to the Welkin at dusk In celebration of the few The kin Beyo...

[Original recording originally released in 1992 on the demo album "Wrath of the Tyrant"] [This recording orginally released in 1994 on the EP "As the Shadows Ri...

Benighted darker and darker as I walk through the woods, into the silent shadows As the sky goes from dark to black ice cold whispers burns my skin From nowhere...

and after years in dark tunnels he came to silence there was nothing he realised that the cheering cries of worship were but echoes of his harsh outspoken wor...

(Words: Ihsahn/ Music: Ihsahn & Samoth/ Arrangements: Samoth & Ihsahn) Memories of torment strikes me Attempts were made to suffocate me at birth Fools I was al...

Like the tide, shadows flow towards the shore of light The night comes whirling like a maelstrom Warring waves of cracking clouds embrace this nightside landsca...

and as if awaken from eternal sleep he sought a mentor for he no longer knew his position "It is time after miracles and I am its prophet I have not come to c...

The land was created, in the name of the chosen, and the waves thrown, for men to see the one who made men to be Prevailed from the source of Icon E The waves o...

teach me the tongue of fire so that I may set the world ablaze for it is cold and this blindness can no longer give me shelter teach me the tongue of fire so th...

[Music: Ihsahn] [Lurics: Ihsahn] All raised To be men Given image and path Supreme Idolised warriors Bright steel Burning rage Never too late to try Stand tall...

"I hereby commit my body to the ground sterilised and wrapped in plastic foil being an object of this space and time this body should remain concealed for it h...

(Words, music & arrangements: Ihsahn) Close your eyes And gaze into this realm That I reveal See where eternities are born Close your eyes Behold the powers of ...

May the wolves start to howl again May the age of darkness arise We will travel for eternitys into the unknown to reach what we seek Fight the ways through the ...

[Original recording originally released in 1992 on the demo album "Wrath of the Tyrant"] [This recording orginally released in 1994 on the EP "As the Shadows Ri...

Deep Green Dark Chaos Blinded I run down these paths By heart I know them They lead to the searing cliffs Stout they stand above the waters edge Lifeless And t...

The wolves bark with wind - in summertime?? As the moon pass(es) the shadows It was a grim tale Frostfirst?? are therein?? from the earthly wom ??through the ...

(Words: Ihsahn/ Music: Samoth & Ihsahn [opening theme originally composed by Euronymous]/ Arrangements: Samoth & Ihsahn) Drawn towards these lands again Seeking...