[Tempo: 150 BPM] [Key: E minor] [Guitars: heavy palm-muted power riffs, slides, hammer-ons, pull-offs, rapid alternate picking] [Drums: double-kick bursts, tom rolls, martial accents] [Bass: locked with guitar riffs] [Keys: cathedral organ, dark sustained chords] [Choir: massive mixed choir, medieval tone, layered unisons] [Voice: male baritone-tenor, double-tracked, open-throat rasp, false-cord accents] [FX: hall reverb, subtle slapback delay on lead vocal] [Intro – organ + low male chant] [Organ: deep sustained Em chord] [Choir (low male unison): distant, solemn] [Voice spoken: baritone, layered, resonant] A storm is brewing in the sky... The gods celebrate! And the Valkyries? The Valkyries weep… [Verse 1 – heroic march] [Guitar: driving riff with palm muting] Serpents coil around the stone, Ælla’s pit becomes my throne. The venom rises through my veins— yet still I laugh above the pain. For death is nothing to the strong; I’ve walked with fire my whole life long. [Pre-Chorus – organ swell + choir whispers] [Choir (soft): “ahhh… ahhh…”] Hear the spears calling my name— hear the shields echo my fame… [Chorus – full choir + guitars exploding] [Choir: massive, octave spread] RAISE THE AXE—THE END IS NEAR! I FEAR NO DEATH, I HOLD NO TEAR. MY SONS SHALL RISE WHERE I FALL DOWN— THE RAVENS COME TO TAKE MY CROWN! [Verse 2 – faster, more melodic] [Guitar: galloping riff] I carved my name in foreign sands, I forged my fate with bloodied hands. Paris trembled at my roar, England’s rivers drank my war. Darkness folds across my sight— I smile; I lived a warrior’s right. [Pre-Chorus – harsher delivery] If this is where my breath must fade… then let my glory never fade… [Chorus – choir even stronger] RAISE THE AXE—THE END IS NEAR! THE RAVENS GATHER, BLACK AND CLEAR. MY BLOOD MAY FALL TO SERPENTS’ BITE— BUT VALHALLA SEES ME THROUGH THE NIGHT! [Bridge – organ solo + whispered voice] [Organ: minor modal run, dramatic] (whispered) Do you hear them…? Shields... spears... the footsteps of my sons... (shouted with rasp) THEY COME FOR ME—THEY COME WITH FIRE! MY DEATH SHALL FEED THEIR HOLY WRATH! [Solo – epic melodic tremolo + bends] [Final Chorus – choir + organ + full band] [Choir: triumphant, layered harmonies] RAISE THE AXE—THE END IS DONE! I STAND ALONE, BUT NOT OUTRUN. MY NAME SHALL THUNDER THROUGH THEIR BONES— A WAR-KING CARVED IN BLOOD AND STONE! [Outro – spoken + choir drone] [Organ: soft Em chord fade] May the ravens Huginn and Muninn carry away my eyessss... May the halls of Odin await me. I am coming. Valkyries, I am ready.
