[Music by Adam Cook; lyrics by Michael Cook]



["The time for war has not yet come, but it will come, and that soon; and when it does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard."

- Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson



The double-headed eagle goes back to several thousand years B.C. with the Hittites and remains today in several coat-of-arms, the Albanian flag, and the Teutonic order.

This creature is such an amazing enigma that it was our first choice for the album cover and became the perfect symbol for this song of war.

It is common usage today, for sure, but we felt this eagle, along with Prometheus, had so much more to reveal.]



The Twin Heads: "Two beaks tear at a thousand nation's eyes

Wings beat upon the ears of all who dare to fight



My light shineth the way

Forward through ash and fog and fear

It is flaming madness I see... in all whom I command! 



Set flame to a million empirical states

That will not bare my faces

I am at peace with the madness of my race



Two beaks tear at a thousand nation's eyes

Wings beat upon the ears of all who dare to fight... 



The Warriors: "Beholdeth what we cannot see

God of gods! 

Law by nature, by will alone

Infinite Titanic Immortal



Oh! Faceless might

Grant us the sight

Through the ash and flame

The Hymns of chaos rise!"



The Poet: "Warring iron gods

And madness' undying flame

Carmen ex ignis

Cantus ex metus"