Lineup:
Jon Schaffer - Vocals, rhythm guitar
Randy Shawver - Lead guitar
John Greely - Lead vocals
Dave Abell - Bass guitar
Richey Secchiari - Drums
Night of the Stormrider
Total time: (46:01)Angels Holocaust (4:52)
Music: Schaffer / Lyrics: Schaffer As I walk through the blackened forest Thoughts of hate and anger fill my soul The charred remains of the holy rollers Scream repentance though it's far too late I fight back the laughter at what I see The suffering healers false destined prophecy He didn't think yesterday of the end of his life The brainwashed fools born again of a thousand lies Hate filled screams break the silence Terrifying dreams filling up your head Blasphemy thrusting out, in the masses it reigns The mask of hypocrisy is slowly unveiled Fear the angels holocaust, they're screaming Dreams of pain forever entering your head Death and hatred loathing, on mankind it feeds Earth is dead and gone now, we've brought it to an end For the last time I've been betrayed Never again will I subject myself to this hypocrisy Something is drawing me to the other side Only time will tell my true destinyStormrider (4:47)
Music: Schaffer, Shawver / Lyrics: Schaffer As I travel through the astral plains I see the break ahead As though the sky has burst in flames Before the storm I dread Lightning breaks across the sky Blackish blue at night Riders ride on dismal clouds I scream at heavens light Storming demons travel through the night The time is almost here I lay in a jacket of steel My scream no one hears I can feel the storm approaching The pain is its' reality The death I breathe is in the air I feel no more, no longer care The trumpets sound as I break free This vision I see just can't be me What is this that I have done Why am I the chosen one Fight on, grab on Stormrider Stormrider Now the rider rides through the night The time is almost here As I lay wrapped in steel My scream no one hears Help me, through this hell inside My life's my own, it's my pride Carry on my solid dream Save me from this horrid scream Fight on, grab on Stormrider StormriderThe Path I Choose (5:52)
Music: Schaffer, Shawver / Lyrics: Schaffer During the last rays of the sacred moon I walk the desolate terrain cold and all alone The rider came to me a black tornado, a violent mass The cloud of evil rose, now I'm marked for all time Temptation befell me Darkness is calling for me This is the path that I choose This is the path that I choose Forced power besieged in me Showing visions of what will be Now obsessed with my fate I must go forth and conquer The chosen one to lead the pack This boiling hate has risen From the depths of my blackened heart This madness is my destiny Temptation befell me Darkness is calling for me This is the path that I choose This is the path that I chooseBefore the Vision (1:35)
Music: Abell, Shawver / Lyrics: Schaffer Spoken: Oh, God, am I going crazy What is happening to me, I need some answers I've been chosen by the darkest force in nature But why, why me? Call of the spirits: Go now, into the plains Seek out, the answers you'll find Visions will be shown to you At night by the lit desert moon Be strong, ride forth in pride Our destiny, lies in your hands Visions will be shown to you You're truly his chosen oneMystical End (4:44)
Music: Schaffer / Lyrics: Schaffer On the plains of the desert A murmured cry was heard From the echoes of a wind song Singing of a word The word of the land begotten Is very seldom taught To natives of the desert Which tribes of old have sought Way up in the sky the sun is burning bright All the natives screaming, screaming to be free The teachings of a wasted life and a darker death The burning sun is turning black falling from the sky Bridge As the moon fades away And the sun turns black The darkest fall from the sky Prepared for their attack In the dawning hour The doom and destruction begins Inside the natives minds It seems it never ends At once the sun turns back And the battle stops Everyone's in grave danger Except for those of the dead For the one who shall deceive us Is the one... On the day of the night things were always well But on the night of the light all night things fell Thrown into the pit you hear the natives scream The legend lives on in the Sun God's eyeDesert Rain (6:56)
Music: Schaffer, Abell / Lyrics: Schaffer The sympathy in my mind is growing cold Life is like the burning sand so I'm told The time is coming near when solitude appears Take the chains of oppression away Through the sands of time I'm marching on The blistering rays of hate strengthen me The violent mass has shown my destiny Does all of this justify the rage inside Chorus: The desert rain is changing me It's called on me to rise A world of hate and malice Yes, that's the way it seems The hour glass is running out The serpent rides with me We shall rise and conquer Crushing all that's weak All that's light is burning out The serpent rides with me Repeat chorusPure Evil (6:33)
Music: Schaffer, Shawver / Lyrics: Schaffer Cannons pound into the night Angels soar into the sky The battle rages on Deliverance unholy one The seeds of hate fly tonight Good and evil light the sky Another vision from inside I know it's wrong I can't deny For seven years I have reigned In this damned and desolate hell Now I've lived the masters vengeance It saved me from myself We paint the sky with blood tonight Setting free the damned to fight The whore of Babylon is here The end of the storm is near Chorus: Pure evil Feel the pain from the jackals wrath Pure evil Dance in flames for the final quest Hear the ghost of violence Fear the God of detriment The land on earth is soaked with blood Hear the screams of the helpless ones Axes yield and daggers fly Ripping through all flesh in sight We paint the sky with blood tonight Setting free the damned to fight The whore of Babylon is here The end of the storm is near Repeat chorusReaching the End (1:11)
Music: Schaffer / Lyrics: Schaffer Now I feel that I've reached the end And the end of my quest is close at hand What have I done I've reached the end And as my life slowly fades away There's not one single thing that I'd change What have I done I've reached the endTravel In Stygian (9:31)
Music: Schaffer / Lyrics: Schaffer Through the flames I watch As you plead on your knees The reaper awaits The ride that you take Through the lake, lake of flames Will decide your fate Was all of it worth eternal pain The path you chose to live in vain The river Styx is calling your number The hot winds of Hell breathe your name Bridge On the night that it came to me It was like nothing I'd ever seen A vision darker than death itself A violent cloud straight from the depths of hell And that's when I saw my destiny As it approached I was frozen still I couldn't move, couldn't scream for help Out of the darkness it reached for me And that's when it planted the evil seed And that's when I saw my destiny Chorus Travel in Stygian The damned scream my name Travel in Stygian I can't repent it's too late Travel in Stygian Hot winds blow upon me Travel in Stygian No remorse it's too late Bridge The henchman awaits you Yes that's right, step aboard We have a very long journey You owe us You got what you wanted In your mortal life Now your soul is in our grasp It's time Riding on the hot winds of hell Traveling down in the ship of pain I chose this fate no turning back The river Styx has called for me.