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The Year of Capricorn

by Soldiers of Forgiveness

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progpower Moody, haunting, beautiful piece of art that sucks you into the story from the first note and stays with you long after listening. If this album does not touch you, you are not human. Favorite track: The GAME of Life.
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Power Metal God long time symphonic/power metal fan and I'm 146% satisfied with this band / album! massive work of art with killer choruses (the heart of pariah, in the eyes of other gods etc) and overall killer music writing. I've tried to listen this album in the background but couldn't... I've had those moments of power stances on my couch with long and piercing gazes at the troubled sky with hard thoughts about the nearest future of humanity (thanks to the lyrics). So yeah, music of a special kind! Thanks! Favorite track: The Shadows of Their Gods.
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Riffmaster General legendary! truly an opus magnum of an album, a little bit overwhelmed with its power and might at the moment, surely will give it more spins in the future but here are some of the highlights: MONSTER KEYBOARDS of super high level of progressiveness and The Story behind this album, not to mention powerful vocals, cool hooks and overall bells and whistles here and there! hands down this album just... whoaaaa! Favorite track: The Heart of Pariah.
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Сats and Metal Media this an stunningly epic, truly emotional, amazingly melodic and very very composed album. Every song is a chapter of great story about a fictional world with 3 big forces ruling its universe! Really enjoyed the narrative and music part which is just flawless! 100% recommend! Favorite track: The Heart of Pariah.
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1.
LYRICS Across the lands, from shore to shore, we hear the sirens of the war. Their wailing constantly reminds us we can't live like this any more. When and how this all was started is only known by the departed, the living don't seem to care or remember any more. Can we end this endless night and stop the pointless fight? War can tell us who is left but not who is right. How did the differences in cultures turn them all into vultures whose blind submission to their hallows leads us all to the gallows where man is killing man for reasons that seem to change with seasons. The sound of horns will never glorify the crimes of your kind. Who can grow the seeds of LOVE, when the only light above ….creates the shadows of their gods.
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LYRICS So maybe your God has a name, but you are just pawns of this GAME. We will never bow to you... 'cause we bow to the mountains In this time of false messiahs, we are the unbeloved pariahs. Our questions are not welcome in the halls of Gods. In this age of inquisition, knowledge is our ammunition to fight the armies of believers in the war of words. In this world of contradiction, we separate the facts from fiction with open minds and dedication to research and learn. In these days of superstition, we have no tunnel vision. We look behind the smoke and mirrors in our quest for truth. PRE-CHORUS So maybe your God has a name, but you are just pawns of this GAME. We will never bow to you... CHORUS 'Cause we bow to the mountains We will bow to the thunder We will bow to the fire And the life of wonder We won't bow to your icons We won't bow to your nation We won't bow to your doctrines or your false salvation In this world of man-made wonders, nature finances their blunders. They will pay the debts with interest - come the payback time. In this age of guns and slaughters, we educate our sons and daughters. We teach our girls and boys that everyone has an equal voice. We know that HATE will always divide whatever LOVE tries to unite. That is how the GAME is played, ever since the dawn of TIME. HATE created Gods just to divide us, they are not designed to guide us. They are sum of all the prayers from the zealous men.
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LYRICS In the dead of night, we saw them from tower, five hundred men or more in power. We thought they are more of the same, misguided men, just pawns of the GAME. And telling stories of the afterlife in the name of their gods. With practiced smiles they went door to door, told beautiful versions of their lore. Their bread and wine would cure us all, extending our lives forevermore. They seem have all solutions to problems we don't have. PRE-CHORUS: You can try to get under my skin if you are ready to face what's lurking within. We are advocates of peace, so why don't you just: CHORUS Stop that GAME, I have learned to know its name. I've seen the ones like you and you are all the same. You told me lies, I can see it in your eyes. You have the clothes of a lamb, but you are slaughter in disguise. We thought they were just another pest, with different symbol on their chest. But there is something in the air, something that caught us unaware. What do they hide behind their smiles with eyes cold as ice? We've seen it before, we know how it ends, when enemies start calling us friends. We need to find a way to survive. Our faith is wanted dead or alive. We can fight the loaded questions, but not the loaded guns. PRE-CHORUS: Our armies may look weak, but we will not turn the other cheek. We are advocates of peace, so why don't you just: CHORUS
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LYRICS What gives you right to tell me stories of where you've never been. What gives you right to judge us on what you believe is sin? You can't claim your path is right if that is the only path you've tried. The burden of proof lies with you and you alone. Your fathers passed you stories of salvation and sin, it's time to break the cycle and seek your own voice deep within. Learn to form your own opinions, stop being your fathers' minions. It's your duty to question and seek the truth until it is found. CHORUS When you believe in One and I believe in None, what makes us different, you and I, is I don't wear a gun When you believe in One and I believe in None, we are all the same in the eyes of other gods TIME heals all wounds. TIME lights up the suns and moons. It is TIME that separates the living from the dead. There are things we can't explain, but they are not for your god to claim. TIME has its reasons and will share them with us some day. In our world the snakes aren't talking, deep waters are not for walking. You will not see us turn the waters into wine You should look behind the blind, before it closes your open mind. It's your duty to question and seek the truth until it is found. We can't be sons of Cain and Abel, we know it is just a fable. Your book is ruler guide for power-hungry men. What you tell is just a story, if you peel away the glory. Read your book in full and you will understand. CHORUS Your book tells to love thy brothers, why create new mourning mothers? We are children of the same TIMES anyway. What could save you and me … is LOVE of those who disagree. LOVE has the power to heal the hearts of jealous gods. CHORUS When you believe in One and I believe in None, we are all the same in the eyes of other gods. When you believe in One and I believe in None, what can save us, you and me…… is LOVE….of those who disagree.
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LYRICS It's hard to understand the HATE and all the reasons for the war. All because of their faith and what we are living for. We don't believe in their salvation, so we gained a reputation, became the black sheep of the nation…living in the shadows of their gods. Hated, damned and despised, we are like lepers in their eyes. They can take away our rights. But there is something they can never take away…..they are the flames…that burn…. in the heart of pariah. We have no god to die for. We are prepared to die for the cause. We have no god to kill for. We kill the lies to expose the flaws. We are never invited, we are as welcome as the thieves. Unanimously indicted for the murder of their false beliefs. PRE-CHORUS We don't believe in their salvation, so we got a reputation….of the black sheep….of the nation When they take away our voice, my brothers and sisters, we just have to make some noise. CHORUS We have the heart of pariah, can't stop the fire in our heart We go into the fire, if you need us to play the part We have no messiah, that's what is tearing them apart We are the pagan guerrilla, our grenades will only break their hearts. We are not tolerated, only shadows will behold our face. Universally hated, for making the world a better place. This is what we are made of, this is why we are singing our song, when the world is broken and majority is always wrong.
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LYRICS When you look at myself, what do you see? Do you see just a shadow of what I used to be? When you see me smiling, I am smiling for all the good TIMEs. Before the war, there was a time, when songs like this could still make me cry. When you see me crying, I am crying for all the good TIMEs. One moonless night, they came ashore. Tried to make us bow to their icons of lore. We would never choose their heaven, our heaven is all the good TIMEs. Eternal life, who is it for, when your gods rule by the weapons of war and they build walls between us, and all the good TIMEs. They poisoned our rivers, they burned our inns, to make us believe and to free us from sins. For us there is no salvation, our sins are all the good TIMEs. We begged for mercy: "please let them live, they are the future and have so much to give'……now they live in the "all the good TIMEs" world. What is my purpose, what is my goal? They have killed my kin and I am losing my soul. I would trade all glory of the world…. for all the good TIMEs. All I have left is the songs that we sing, let the songs and music be our new king. To find our purpose in the world, let’s sing for all the good TIMEs. Let’s sing for all the good TIMEs Let’s sing for all the good TIMEs sake Let’s sing for all the good TIMEs Let’s hear it for all the good TIMEs sake We are only pawns of LOVE and HATE, one move away from check-and-mate. We know that HATE will always divide, whatever LOVE tries to unite. When the outcomes are not fair, TIME will notice, TIME will care. We may not live to see our justice, but we can feel it in the air. When the leaves are falling to the ground, one story ends, another one is found. Your pagan hearts will still resound, from six feet underground. Every day our future meets the past, we live it like it was our last. As long as our pagan hearts will ache, we live for all the good TIMEs sake.
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LYRICS Dear Ophelia, I hope this message finds you well. We have not talked in years, I wish I had better news to tell. Five hundred men came from the west, Your Gods symbols on their chest. The wanted our faith dead or alive. Only a handful did survive. I have no word for the state we are in, your brother and I are the last of your kin. Your mother now rests on The Hill. And little Joy, she is missing still…. Can I ask you to come back, please? Let's unite the team we used to be. I won't question your beliefs, but I still have to ask you this: Where is your higher power … in our darkest hour? If he is only testing your faith, that is a gruesome test to take. You don't have to share my beliefs, just want you to come back, please. Bring your music and bring your art …to give our culture a brand new start. Please forgive what I've done, I was not trained to raise anyone. My mistakes are too many to mention, but I always had good intentions. But where is your higher power….. in our darkest hour? If he doesn't answer your prayers, he may be on the side of the slayers. You don't have to share my beliefs, just want you to come back, please. I hope you find it in your heart to give me a brand new start. You have never seen me cry but you know why this ink will never dry. Your father Josef. On the Year of Capricorn.
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LYRICS You can bury your head to the sand my friend but you can't hide from sands of TIME. You can cover your eyes with your hands my friend but you can't hide from hands of TIME. And just before you know, you are reaping all that you have sown, and the only thing that you will know is TIME, TIME will find you all! Time will look into your eyes to see if you've been naughty or nice, and there is no use for your disguise 'cause TIME, TIME will find you all! You can run, run, run but you can't hide, cause time will find you all! It's too late to turn the tide, cause TIME will find you all! You can pray and you can weep, but you are in this way too deep, your Karma will be yours to keep and TIME, TIME, will find you all! There's no place for you to hide, TIME will not be on your side, it won't forgive your genocide and TIME, TIME, will find you all!
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LYRICS Flaming streets, do you remember me, there’s abundance of history for both you and me Flaming streets, destruction is all I see. Will you ever make me feel like in my memories? CHORUS Memories, they will never die They are always on my mind They are the key to bring life back again to these flaming streets Streets of slain, you are my memory lane, you taught me to love again…and few lessons in pain. Gone are the days of your paths and your alleyways. The grandeur of yesterdays is now covered in haze. CHORUS They can wash the blood off their hands, but TIME will never understand. TIME will make them pay the price and bring the glory back to our lands. Time will right all their wrongs. Time is the heartbeat in our songs. Put your faith in TIME and you will see that TIME will heal the Flaming streets.
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LYRICS LOVE's part: ----------------- Here we are my friends, but this is not the end. This is just another time for a new beginning. The sooner you realize that prayers are waste of time, the sooner we can start again. It will never be the same. But HATE is a young man's game. Try to clear your mind of all the blood they shed. Please don't regret, it's all in your head. Now it's time to start again. Greater men have fallen to justify what they believe is right. They call it The Game of Life. CHORUS: It's the Last song, so sing along, raise a toast to the times where you and I belong.Through all we know, we have lost our souls. But you can see the future when you look through the bullet holes. Greater men have fallen to justify what they believe is right. They call it The Game of Life. Look how the river flows, the tide comes and goes. They wash away the past to pave the way for new tomorrows. Maybe there is a hole in the place where old dreams go. But now is time to dream again. Greater men have fallen to justify what they believe is right. They call it The Game of Life. CHORUS . Many tears have fallen to justify our way of life…..that's part of the Game of Life. TIME's part: ---------------- It will never be the same, we need to Stop That Game. We need to reunite all those whose god has a name. Too many men have fallen to justify what they believe is right, in The Game of Life. The answer is deep within, beneath the color of your skin. It is time to free your mind of salvation and sin. Too many men have fallen to justify what they believe is right, in The Game of Life. Compassion is what you need, to love those who disagree. No more genocides, no more Flaming Streets. Too many men have fallen to justify what they believe is right, in The Game of Life. No matter what they say, LOVE is the only way. If you feed the HATE it will only lead you astray. Too many men have fallen to justify what they believe is right, in The Game of Life. It’s the last song, so sing along. Put your faith in LOVE and TIME and you will not go wrong. Through all you know, you have lost your souls, but you can see the future when you look through the bullet holes. Too many men have fallen to justify what they believe is right, in The Game of Life.

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Dear friends from another time,

Here is our debut album that introduces you to a GAME that is played in our time. We are humble bards and historians who bear the heavy burden of chronicling the events of the GAME and our dark world so that future generations (if any) can learn from them.

All proceeds from album sales shall be donated to the charity of your choice, kindly send us a message if you have a charity of your liking. Here is The Year of Capricorn.

The Year of Capricorn
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Our world is ruled by three eternal forces: TIME, LOVE and HATE. They control the fate of the world and its pawns (humans) by playing “The GAME of Life”.

TIME is the original creator of life and its goal is to ensure that the GAME continues and evolves. Its secondary goal is to ensure some kind of justice and fairness for the pawns.

In a way, TIME is the impartial “banker” and “dungeon master” for the GAME. LOVE’s goal is to unite the pawns and HATE’s goal is to divide the pawns.

For each round of the game, TIME awards influence to LOVE and HATE and they can choose to use the influence as they desire.

TIME also devises its own plan based on current state of the world and previous events. The plan is generally based on ensuring longer term justice as well as evolving the state of the world for the better. But these plans can often be spoilt by what LOVE and HATE are able to accomplish during any given round of the game.

The current round of the game is “The Year of Capricorn”. LOVE is concerned about the recent developments of the world that made The Order of Cain rise to the power during The Year of Scorpio. LOVE feels that HATE is bending the rules with the creation of Gods which has been very successful strategy in dividing the pawns and it has made a dramatic long-term impact in the GAME.

TIME is also concerned about the current state of the world. While TIME does not take sides, it has to ensure that the GAME continues. The recent developments are putting the continuation at risk. Something needs to change for The Year of Aquarius.

---- Meanwhile in the world ----

In the Year of Capricorn, the ruling religion is The Order of Cain. They have been able to establish their dominance by eradication of many competition religions. Many religions still exist and what all of them have in common is the continuous fight for dominance and the universal hate for a group that they are loathingly calling “The Children of the Nameless God”.

They are a group of pariahs who question the very idea of Gods and religions. While they are not militarized, they are militant in their spirit and are perceived as ideologically dangerous group as they are effective in spreading non-religious propaganda and making people question the beliefs they have inherited from their fathers and rulers.

They are the "peaceful protesters" who have educated themselves about the GAME which makes them resilient to the influence of HATE. That's why they are the last remaining group who still believe that TIME is the creator of life so they worship the times they are given and live to make most of it as that's the only time there ever is.

But they also know that the times are not always kind and the most devastating of them all turns out to be The Year of Capricorn - as that is when The Order of Cain locates their hideout with devastating results.

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Soldiers of Forgiveness Seattle, Washington

We are bards from another time and we.chronicle the events of the GAME that is played in our time.

The GAME is played in rounds and every album we release represents a single round of the GAME.

We also collaborate with people in your time to raise funds to good causes with our music and take a stance on important issues.
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