bathory - intro lyrics

[instrumental]

[the snow covered plains...]
[early dawn...]

["as the village greets a new day, the old crow cries atop the pine.]
[spiritually bounded with nature and all creatures, great and small, the]
[hunting families sense danger as the cry of the old crow continues. a]
[rumble, at first loud enough to a human ear, grows into a deafening storm]
[of hooves thundering across the frozen tundra. then bursts into the]
[village, four times five riders clad in in armour black. swords drawn]
[glimmering int the awakening sun's light. cries echoes. throats are slit.]
[beautiful bodies fall to the frozen ground and limbs of able men are stewn]
[across the snowcovered plains. the blood colours the white snow red. women]
[and children are brought far north. hidden under the foliage of a majestic]
[tree, a ten year-old boy. when the shadows ahorse can no longer be heard,]
[he crawls out from his hideout to seek his loved ones. not a sound. not a]
[movement. no sign of life...]
[and thus begins the saga of blood on ice..."]