Grinding Advance

[Intro: Boonstra] Screaming through the razorwire Over corpses long forgotten Unyielding to the crossfire Closing distance to get it's shot Ordnance soars over no man's land An overture of shells Buildings turn to ceramite dust But your force is entrenched well The Hellhammer does not discriminate It's deadly payload incinerates Flames engulf, cover's not enough Molten slag once armour From the Hellhammer No chance to escape From the infernal offensive You can run but you can't hide The destruction comprehensive The fist of the Emperor Crushes all His foes Witness undeniable power Against all that will oppose [Guitar Solo: Gupta] The Hellhammer does not discriminate It's deadly payload incinerates Flames engulf, cover's not enough Molten slag once armour From the Hellhammer

Exhausting resources In an expedition for truth For relics of power For Imperial use The planet located A sector unexplored Looking for advantage In this endless war Expedition For discovery Exploration For humanity We land planetside Search teams spread out Drawn to the energy Where we last heard from our scouts Alien architecture Monoliths obsidian and cold As if no life existed Expedition For discovery Exploration For humanity Awaken [Guitar Solo: Gupta] The planet glows green They awake unseen Cold lifeless steel Will not yield Organic extinction begins Protocols run For annihilation [Effected Bass Clarinet Solo: Oolvai] The galaxy will burn You had your turn No slaves, only death To anything that draws breath Run [Mandolin Solo: Gupta]

I hear the slithering And crackling of chitin The beasts and aberrations Endlessly surrounding Right turn, then left No way out In over our heads Hide, don't make a sound The mind flayer Relishes terror The illithid cracks a head The first of us hits the ground dead We must escape These endless caves Running, retracing Heart racing, muscles aching Half the party lost If I escape, that'll be enough Dragging broken bodies An exit now in sight Approaching Bursting into light Living on to enjoy my spoils But at what cost? Sunrise honours the mighty Remembering those I have lost

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