"Pray to War..." was the third original track composed by Scythian when they were a two-piece rehearsal room band. The track appeared on the "Suffering to the Conquered" demo. It was refined for the debut album and was intended as the third track, before being switched with "Ares Guide My Blade" and "Shattered Idols".
lyrics
Pray to war!
Cold submission. Kneel!
Gather the plague of faithful!
The zealous, the fateless... the cleansing begins
Doom brigades
March ever onwards
Badlands made of flesh
Iron savage: kill for honour!
Charge through blood and scattered remains
Gone are they who ruled before us
Order was their lie
Justice found in heartless battle
In seas of spears we die
In sacred conflict, men as gods
Lead armies of attrition
Slaughter now becomes our privilege
Pray to war... the new religion
Purify with death!
Funeral pyres in thousands
Expel the souls of endless dead
Devolved to beasts and hounds of war
They rip and tear asunder
Pain becomes their exaltation
Penitence and thunder
Taint the skies with murder!
Hear curses cast with dying breath!
Silent reek of mass impalement
Harvesters are swarmed
Monuments of carrion burden poisoned earth
No victor lies among them
Purify with death!
Pray to war... Cold Submission
Pray to war... The New Religion
credits
from To Those Who Stand Against Us...,
released September 9, 2009
Written by A. Von Moller / J.C. Volgard in 2006
Lyrics by A. Von Moller
supported by 32 fans who also own “Pray to War...”
never been a big death metal fan but this is actually super accessible for the genre, has fun concepts, and personally i'm always a fan of albums with short tracklists and huge runtimes (for individual songs) Great time, good jumping on point for newbies too. alienasu
supported by 28 fans who also own “Pray to War...”
Greek Epic / Pagan / Black Metal. These guys kick serious butt & there are some fantastic melodies here as well as some great riffs. All with that distinctive triumphant & exclusively Greek edge. There is a clear Rotting Christ influence but these guys are much more subtle in their onslaught! I would be happy to wage war with giants to the sound of this & I am just a weakling nobody... :) Highly recommended!!! bmurator