Of Hell And High Water

by LadyAxe

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1.	Mother of Ships 04:59	lyrics	buy track
Powerful by land and sea Ruling them with iron hand Sailing on the wicked waves Gráinne Mhaol from Mhaigh Eo’s land Hail! Mother of Ships! Mother of Pirates! Let me fearless on the tides Mother of Ships! Mother of Pirates! Daughter of Ireland by my side Braving the mighty storm I am not afraid of pain Bring your animosity Cowering, you’ll hear my name Hear the horn Feel the spray I embrace the coming storm Óró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile Óró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile Óró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile Anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh Hail! Mother of Ships! Mother of Pirates! Let me fearless on the tides Mother of Ships! Mother of Pirates! Daughter of Ireland by my side ©LadyAxe2022
2.	From The Depths Come Iko Turso 04:53	lyrics	buy track
Where Louhi left off long ago I am raising up his might to rise Väinämöinen’s spell undone Listen to my cries! From the depths, he comes alive I command the icy tides Lift the creature from the deepest cold Red horizon on the waves Break to show him – the Beast of Old CHORUS: Iko Turso being your nightmare Conquer all my wicked foes Ancient One, the Bearded Monster To the sea, my sordid soul! ©LadyAxe2022
3.	The Priestess Calls 03:47	lyrics	buy track
Veni Cthulhu! Venite ad nos! Tenebrae enarrant gloriam infernalis Dei. Etiam umbrae adventum eius susurrant. Et animantia tenebras timent, quia ipsorum animae eum sentient. Ante portam mundi tui stamus. Veni Cthulhu! Venite ad nos! Nox et spiritus istius ricas tenebrarum ante eum aperiunto. Veni Cthulhu. Venite ad nos! Legiones noctis portam inter orbes nostros aperiunto. Vos in orbem nostrum. Veni Cthulhu! Venite ad nos! ©Necronomicon
4.	And I Saw The Sister Of Visund 06:39	lyrics	buy track
Aegir merely whispered as I came awake A sting of saline tongue burns my wounds Abandoned in the water, my brothers left me to Rán Through the smoke with depths beneath, I cried to them My Valkyrje is blind to me, but I died for them And here I saw a vessel, coming to my aid Empty as my breath The sister-ship of Visund, blackened by the flames Barren as my death CHORUS: I will fight this battle, I will live again The sister of Visund ferries me I will douse the fire of fate She will be my longship, my funeral to be The sister of Visund ferries me I’ll go where my glory awaits ©LadyAxe2022
5.	Malediction From The Black Reef 05:32	lyrics	buy track
Lo! Shooting at the Black Reef Little did we know what lay waiting down below Iä! Woke the dormant demon How were we to know of the misbegotten curse bestowed? Torpedo’s loosed it from its den A blasphemous abnormality I saw the change that took my men Their pandemonium of heresy CHORUS Ad Gloriam Dagon! Ad Gloriam Dagon! Ex Maledictum, Potentia Ad Gloriam Dagon! So! Fucking with the Deep Ones Left us never dying. Left us in the darkest blue Hark! Suffer deformation. Left us ever changing Left us an accursed crew ©LadyAxe2022

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***ATTENTION: LO-FI PRODUCTION***
This EP is about lore, history and mythology surrounding the sea, including Lovecraftian tropes, a historical Irish pirate queen, Norse and Finnish Mythology.

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released July 25, 2022

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LadyAxe Ballina, Ireland

Axe was the first female heavy metal artist in South Africa, back in 1992-3.

Now the Metal Matriarch is a solo artist that composes and plays everything herself, making home recordings where she lives in the Irish countryside. ... more