ICED EARTH - Damien (Album Track)

ICED EARTH - Damien (Album Track). Taken from the album, 'Horror Show', Century Media Records, 2001.

[danilorossini]

This IE horror show album always brings me up!
Damien is one of their best songs EVER.

And Horror Show Album is way underrated.
Their best performance as a band, is there!

I hope Jon can make his way again into music.

[TheSirse]

The golden age of Iced Earth. What a great album

[theister]

This album is way under-rated.  I think it is one of their best.

[ExileofHeaven]

One of IE's greatest songs and definitely one of my favorites. Dark, epic, heavy, overloaded with feelings and the aura of the supernatural. A fcking brilliant and haunting masterpiece.

[LaisSantana]

Iced Earth is one of the greatest bands of the world!!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻👽

[sinanuluc]

This is one of the rare songs that never bores me. It's been ages, man. And I still listen to it with the same joy and excitement. 01:20 that guitar riff and Marlow singing viciously "A beast resides in me". Still gives me chills. And the guitar in 07:12 omg what a simple but emotionally charged lead melody.

[beastkotathix]

That bass intro is just... 11/10
Goosebumps every time

[manuelgomes]

This is sheer brilliance.
The atonal melody is the poem that David Warner (RIP) recites in the first movie combined with that brutal and dark riff always shivers my soul. Full of references from the 3 movies, the Sam Neill monologue in The Final Conflict with Matt Barlow emanating an evil tribute in every whisper and tone, a delight to any horror fan.

A spine chilling music. Iced Earth at their very best.

And Dracula, of course.

[carlosnascimento]

I still remember vividly how blown away I was by this album when it released. I hadn't heard of Iced Earth up until that point and boy, I wasn't ready for this.

[JGM]

So the beast resides in me
Deep down I always knew
I never really did fit in
So diverse from all of you
Let him who comprehends
Know the number of the beast
It's a number of a man
A number just for me

As the boy becomes a man
Father's minions pave the way
Set in motion now, Armageddon
Final conflict, end of days

I embrace the hounds of hell
And the power they oblige
For the task that lies ahead
The Nazarene I'll crucify
They'll see the raptures of our kingdom
They'll see the truth to mankind
I'll show what hell truly is
The monotony of their lives

When the jews return to Zion
And a comet fills the sky
The Holy Roman Empire rises
And you and I must die
From the eternal sea he rises
Creating armies on either shore
Turning man against his brother
Till man exists no more

Nazarene, what can you offer?
Since the hour you vomited forth
From the gaping wound of a woman
You have done nothing but drown mens' soaring desires
In a deluge of sanctimonious morality
I was conceived of a jackal
Your pain on the cross was but a splinter
Compared to the agony of my father
I will drive deeper the thorns into your rancid carcass
You profaner of Isis
Cursed Nazarene
I will avenge thy torment

Now Disciples of the Watch
See your Prince of Darkness rise
Through famine and destruction
The Four Horsemen at my side
I demand a victory, I demand your sacrifice
Or spend all eternity
In the flaccid guts of Christ!

When the jews return to Zion
And a comet fills the sky
The Holy Roman Empire rises
And you and I must die
From the eternal sea he rises
Creating armies on either shore
Turning man against his brother
Till man exists no more

[rodrigolombasantarosa]

A masterpiece. This album is perfect. If you're a fan of the movie...this track is a treasure!

[omairsh]

That main melody is SO good, especially on the acoustic guitar

[StormRiderCL]

So the beast resides in me

Deep down I always knew

I never really did fit in

So diverse from all of you

Let him who comprehends

Know the number of the beast

It's a number of a man

A number just for me



As the boy becomes a man

Father's minions pave the way

Set in motion now, Armageddon,

Final conflict, end of days



I embrace the hounds of hell

And the power they oblige

For the task that lies ahead

The Nazarene I'll crucify

They'll see the raptures of our kingdom

They'll see the truth to mankind

I'll show what hell truly is

The monotony of their lives



(Chorus)

When the Jews return to Zion

And a comet fills the sky

The Holy Roman Empire rises

And you and I must die

From the eternal sea he rises

Creating armies on either shore

Turning man against his brother

Till man exists no more



(Interlude)

Nazarene, what can you offer?

Since the hour you vomited forth from the gaping womb of a woman

You have done nothing but drown men's soaring desires

In a delusion of sick sanctimonious morality

I was conceived of a jackal

Your pain on the cross was but a splinter compared to the agony of my father

I will drive deeper the thorns into your rancid carcass

You profaner of Isis

Cursed Nazarene

I will avenge thy torment



(Bridge)

Now Disciples of the Watch

See your Prince of Darkness rise

Through famine and destruction

The Four Horsemen at my side

I demand a victory, I demand a sacrifice

Or spend all eternity
In the flaccid gut of Christ!

[leiguo]

On the right occasion of passion, energy, experience, creation and skill, they made this masterpiece.

[broncobullfrog]

i can remember how bad this album was revieved back in the days...pathetic! Masterpiece!

[eschool]

Me and a buddy would play this before we would go fight back in the high school days! Fuck it still gives me chills to this day

[AliceInPantera]

I have to finally admit....this album was better than Dark Saga. Idk how that’s even possible, but it is

[bestboy]

Probably the most underrated metal band in existence

[jiilaa_with_randomness]

Two big D's on this album... Fantastic stuff! Hail Matt!!! \, , /

[nephalemresurrection]

They are most underrated bands in the world.