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UNIFICATION

Piet Sielck: Guitar, lead and backing Vocals
Kai Hansen: Guitar, lead and backing Vocals
Jan-S. Eckert: Bass, backing Vocals*
Andreas Kück: Keyboards and backing Vocals
Dan Zimmerman: Drums and Percussion

* some lead vocals on "Unchained"
Produced by Piet Sielck *
Co-Produced by Iron Savior
Mixed by Piet Sielck at powerhouse in Oct. '98
"Deadly Sleep" mixed by Piet and Kai
Recorded by Piet Sielck at Powerhouse (Voc/Git/Keys)
and KARO Studios (Drums/Bass) in June, July, Sept. '98
Kai´s vocals and guitars recorded at Hansen Studios
The basis: Bassguitar on all tracks by Jan-S. Eckert
Keyboards on all tracks by Andreas Kueck
Drums on all tracks by Dan Zimmermann
Rhythm guitars on all tracks except * by Piet Sielck *
Rhythm guitars by Kai Hansen
Guest musicians: Uwe Lulis of Grave Digger (Sologuitar on "The Battle")
Mr. Lulis appears courtesy of GUN Records
Claudia Solms (Female choir vocals on "Forevermore" - better than any "ohh" or "ahh" sample can do!)
Jason Breitwege (Narrator's voice on "Captain's Log")
Internet http://porter.desy.de/is provided by Jason Breitwege
Iron Savior contact:
Kai Karczewski
Hellkamp 54
20255 Hamburg
Cover by Kristian Huitula
Artwork by Marisa JACOBIde:sign
Photos by Melanie Dreysse


 
1)Coming Home 5:22
2)Starborn 4:36
3)Deadly Sleep 5:09
4)Forces Of Rage 5:46
  5)Captain's Log1:02
6)Brothers (Of ThePast) 4:42
7)Eye To Eye 5:51
8)Mind Over Matter 5:34
9)Prisoner Of TheVoid 4:43
10)The Battle 5:46
11)Unchained 6:09
12)Forevermore 5:15
13)Metal Invaders 3:48
14)Gorgar (Vers.98) 4:06
15)Neon Knights 3:53
16)Dragonslayer 5:24

 

 

The Story

In the year 2110 earth is controlled by the Iron Savior. The giganticmachine - built in Atlantis to defend the lost continent against its enemies,the so-called Alliance - still is mistaken. The computer-unit analysisstill identifies man as the destroyer of Atlantis. So it continues to carryout the prime directive: Protect Atlantis and conquer the Alliance.

On earth only a few people managed to hide from the bloodhounds of theSavior in the former Earth-Defense-Headquarters (E.D.H.) underneath theeverlasting ice of Greenland. The machine, from the very first moment ofits arrival, was transmitting signals directly to the Atlantic Ocean, NorthAfrica, South America and the Easter islands. This behavior led some peopleto the "theory of Atlantis". And in fact after a major searchfor anything related to the old myth some artifacts were found on the Azoresand on the Easter islands. The dig on the Easter islands uncovered somethinglike the entrance to an ancient structure of unknown purpose. Shieldedand protected by force fields of unknown sources the station couldn't beentered by anybody yet. But all of a sudden another transmission - similarto the Savior's transmission but yet different - was detected. Sensorsindicated that the source must be located right in the heart of the ancientstructure.

The attempts to enter the station made the last Atlantian on earth awakefrom his 300.000 years lasting stasis sleep. Now the "Sleeper"is the last member alive of the Atlantian Iron Savior Defense program.But when he transmitted the secret codes to direct the controls of theSavior to his station something unexpected happened. The computer unitrefused to obey his command. It almost appeared to him, as if the unitis conscious - with a will of it's own, just like an organic life form.

The awakening of the sleeper and the contact with the last Atlantianon earth brought a lot of clarity and turned the "theory of Atlantis"into a hard fact. On the other hand the situation did not change at allsince the machine seems to disobey the orders of its creators. The onlychance to free mankind from the Savior is now to awake the bio unit. Buteven this seems doubtful if the robot in deed developed a consciousnessand now acts like a being with emotions and the hunger for power. It isvery much likely that the computer will also disobey the orders of thebio unit. So the Savior needs to be defeated or destroyed which at thistime seems to be impossible.

In this situation a big fleet of alien vessels enters the solar system.They have come from the distant planet of Caldaris to investigate on thetransmission of the Iron Savior. The Caldarins are the ancestors of theAtlantian fugitives. Their forefathers left the dying civilization of Atlantisto find a new home in the vastness of space. But over the millenniums theyforgot about their origin and the Old World became a myth of legends andtales. But the Calderins never gave up the search although thousands ofexpeditions returned to Calderis without a clue. But this time they havereached their final destiny.

Together with the sleeper mankind is able to make contact and explainthe fatal mistake of the Savior. So now with the unexpected help from thestars earth will fight the final battle and it seems, that the Savior canbe defeated.

And the time of unification for all of mankind is about to come.


 
 

Coming Home

The Caldarins - heirs of Atlantis - sent out a huge fleetto
investigate on the Iron Savior's transmission.
Finally they are entering the Solar system.
But will they understand the fatal error of the ancientmachine ..


Music and lyrics by P. Sielck
All vocals by Piet


 
Lost in the dark milleniums ago
Where is the place where's the place called home
On fire they rode to flee from the fall
Their future was doomed they've foreseen it all
Mythical world of the ancient empire
secret and hidden
but some day we shall return
Ancient calls from anywhere in time
we have to follow the sign
Distant voices - sources unknown
Where to they lead us
Where will we go
On the scent for the lost Coming home
Riff Solo: Piet
Chasing a shadow in stardust and haze
Where will we find traces of our race
The engines are roaring
we're leaving ground once more
is it for real - will we fail
like so often before
Ancient calls from somewhere in time
we have to follow the sign
Distant voices - sources unknown
Where to they lead us
Where will we go
On the scent for the lost
Coming home
Main Solo: Piet/Kai/Piet/Kai/both
Mythical world of the ancient empire
is it for real - will we fail
like so often before
Ancient calls from somewhere
Star of the old
guide us - give us hope
Star ...

 

 
 

Starborn

The fugitives of Atlantis are searching the vastness ofspace to find a new home.
For several generations this trek of the last survivershas been on the quest.
They are the starborn children of Atlantis.
Music and lyrics by P. Sielck
Lead and backing vocals by Piet
Choir vocals by Jan and Piet

 

 

Bound to the stars, bound to a land

Unspoiled and virgin
This journey has to end
Out in the cold, lonely we feel
Outcast and homeless
In coffins made of steel
Far beyond - so far beyond a strange horizon
History - the past is lost but we will live on
Still on the quest
Forever we're riding
No place to rest
In deep space we're gliding
Starborn children - their destiny
Starborn out in the cold - their sanctuary
Faster than light we cruise the unknown
Into the dark we've been thrown
Starborn and lost in the cold
Where can we go, where will we find
Shelter and silence
From all we've left behind
So many times we thought we had it all
But we had to follow
The stars and their call
Memories - of all we've left will fade away
Atlantis will - be lost in war and will decay
Goddess of fate
Forever we're riding
Light up the shade
In deep space we're gliding
Starborn children - their destiny
Solo: Piet
Goddess of fate
Forever we're riding
Light up the shade
In deep space we're gliding
Starborn children - their destiny

 

 
 

Deadly Sleep

The sleeper outlasted 300.000 years in stasis sleep.
Now, when the savior has returned, he must awake to fulfillhis destiny.
Music and lyrics by K. Hansen
Lead and backing vocals by Kai and Piet
Choir vocals by Piet

 

 

Kai: Welcome back home,
it's been so long, we've missed you,
been searching for honor and glory
out in the dark I have fought for survival
as thunder and gunfire were roaring
Back home, the time and the place of
my own my future is calling I know
i do believe there is no other place i can go
I must return from my deadly sleep
the only chance I've been given - my destiny
take me home, take me home
Black as a hole is the soil I was walking
as black as the troops were before me
relentless attack as my eyes started bleeding,
get razed to the ground by the soaring
It's time, you better be leading me home
our future is calling I know
I am the answer to all the remaining unknown
I must return from my deadly sleep
the only choice I've been given,-my destiny
take me home
Solo Kai
Piet: Roaring, embracing the thunder
Twisting and turning around
Locked in I will not go under
Save me before I will drown

Solo 2: Kai
I must return
Take me home - take me home
Take me home - take me home
Take me home - take me home
Let me go - let me go
Back to my home, back to the people I know
Out in the cold but where can I go I don't know
Where can I go I don't know
Come and take me home

 

 
 

Forces Of Rage

A small cell of resistance hides from the Iron Savior underthe everlasting ice of Greenland.
Their ultimate goal is to free the world from the roboter'sthreat.
The battle might be lost, but the war is not over yet ...
Music and lyrics by P. Sielck
All vocals by Piet

 

 

Under the ice we hide from your stare
buried in grief and despair
We're the derbies, the scattered remains,
leaves in the storm who is lashing the world
Destiny calls, extinction of man
will it all happen again
But yet we're alive, unbroken we stand
to banish the conqueror who's taken the land
We'll be a thorn in your unhuman flesh
There'll be a time for retortion
We'll break the fetters, we'll never give in
although it seems our end will begin
Forces united - forces arise
Legions of iron descent from the skies
Dark knight - you'll never defeat
The immortal spirit of freedom
Savior - watch out beware
We will engage
The forces of rage
Starbirds are gliding on winds of decay
merciless hunting the pray
Infernal machine, the hatchet of war
sharp as a razor will cut back the claw
We'll be the virus - a deadly disease
the fever is burning inside you
To bring you to fail is the ultimate aim
We'll rise from the ashes again and again
Forces united - forces arise
Legions of iron descent from the skies
Free - at least for a moment in time
Years - how many years have gone by
In fury and wrath we're looking above
Forging the sword, the blade of reprisal
Leaders of man let's ride out again
From fire and ice a blazing star will arise
Solo: Piet
We'll be a thorn in your unhuman flesh

Forces united - forces arise
 
 
 

Captain's Log

Music and lyrics by P. Sielck
Narrator's voice by Jason Breitwege

It is the year 2110.
The world is threatened by war once again.
The unknown vessel sent out armed forces appearing to be machinesto invade earth.
The air and almost the entire surface is now under their control.
Research on the origin of the ship indicates
that it might be related to the
lost continent of Atlantis.
So the answers are given in the past,
somewhere in the infinity of space and time.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Brothers (of the Past)

The sleeper is trying to get in contact with the bio-unitof the savior.
Thay are the last ancient Atlantian beings which makes thembrothers of the past.
Music and lyrics by P. Sielck
All vocals by Piet

 

 

Devastation - radiation - paralyzing fear
Terrorizing demons rising - termination's here
Stratospheric - energetic- drifting on the stream
Agonizing isolation inside the machine
Reborn in chaos and war
What has it all been good for
Reach out and take my hand
The children must life, the killing must end
Brother - you must awake
Brother - before it's too late
Here we stand
Like shadows of great things in the past
Hear my call, oh brother
Let's right the wrongs at last
Lifeless bloodhound - executor of our fatal law
Blinded by your wrong conclusion truth you see no more
Now the defender attacks
The land he was supposed to protect
This is our legacy
Together we're facing our destiny
Brother - you must awake
Solo: Piet / Kai / Piet / Kai / both
Reach out and take my hand
The children must life, the killing must end
This is our legacy
Together we're facing our destiny
Brother - you must awake
We are brothers of the past
Uhh, let's right the wrongs at last

 

 
 
 
 

Eye To Eye

Describes the terror of war from the personal view of asimple man
fighting the iron troops eye to eye.

Music and lyrics by P. Sielck
Lead and backing vocals by Piet Choir vocals by Jan and Piet

 

 

Into the night moonless cold and black
Hell is waiting, there is no turning back
Suddenly the air was on fire
Your buddy never had a chance
His blood on your hands you'll never forget
his cold and lifeless glance
Times of war are times of death
and now the killing is on
Now the killing is on
Mortal fear is creeping in your mind
and soul tonight
Nowhere to hide
Eye to eye - facing the enemy
Brave at heart - fighting for liberty
Heroes or fools
Out in the fields bitterness rules
Eye to eye - facing a deadly thread
Don't look back - look straight ahead
with the will to survive
Just keep up the faith
and victory is on your side
You closed his eyes
Forever he'll rest
Another victim another live
The hawks are hunting and you are the pray
so keep yourself alive
Flames of fury like the purgatory
burning high, burning the sky
Eye to eye - facing the enemy
Solo 1: Kai
Unlimited rage - rage
is driving you mad
Unlimited fury - fury
twisting in your head
Can't stand the pain - pain
it's driving you insane
You scream for vengeance - vengeance
but who's to blame
Aimless - like a drifter on the sea
Caught up in reality of war
Restless - always on the run
Hopes and dreams, they're gone
Take me away

Solo 2: Piet
Eye to eye - facing the enemy

Eye to eye - facing the enemy
Face to face - heroes or fools
Back to back - out in the fields
the bitterness rules
Eye to eye - look straight ahead
Face to face - the will to survive
Don't look back - just keep up the faith
And victory is on your side
On your side at last

 

 
 
 

Mind Over Matter

During the millenniums in deep space the computer unit developeda consciousness.
It actually became "alive".
Since this unique form of existance is unknown to the computer
the unit suffers major disorientation.
Music and lyrics by P. Sielck
All vocals by Piet

 

 

Am I alive, do I exist
Am I the goddess of justice
A body of metal, a mind made of circuits
Although I think and I'm conscious
What is my species, where is my soul
or am I dead as a rock
Is this my spirit or just a program
written on memory blocks
What is my aim
I am what can't be
A mind in a digital brain
It is the mind - mind over matter
The power has brought me to live
In lakes of doubts and oceans of my questions
I had to dive
Give me guidance - in torrents of time
Give me answers - creators of mine from the past
Mind over matter at last
So much to learn, so much to see
So many things to explore
Too little I know, am I a being
or just a failure at all
Please heal my pain
The silence of ungiven answers
will drive me insane
It is the mind - mind over matter
Conscious or dead - beginning or end
Mind of circuits - heal the pain
Going insane - lakes of doubts
Torrents of time - oceans of questions
Creators of mine
Answers I need guidance I want
Conscious or dead - beginning or end
Solo: Piet
It is the mind - mind over matter

 

 
 
 

Prisoner Of The Void

The bio-unit is about to return to the reality of life.
For far too long it has been wandering through
a world of dream, illusions and madness.
It wants to return from his prison in the void
Music and lyrics by P. Sielck
All vocals by Piet

 

 

Have I returned from the dead
a lightning was striking my head
Clarity's filling my mind
I am refined
Unlock the gate to reality
Leaving the maze to be free
Tangled in a realm
of fantasy and dreams
Blinded by delusion and pain
I must escape - break the chain
Countless years
of existence in the cold
Now I'm at the mercy
of the one I've once controlled
From far beyond the ending of all time
I saw the light saving me from the night
Eternal slave your master has returned
Obey and release me
The prisoner of the void
Uhh, I've been traveling
the darkest dimension
A disembodied soul
in damnation
But then I found sanctuary
Peaceful rest in my own entity
Now I realize
We have reached the final shore
Oh, I can't allow him
To destroy it anymore
From far beyond
Demons of time I have felt your embrace
Out in the vastness now I know your face
Oh I gave into the power of thought
Now I must use it to leave my
Sepulchral vault
Solo: Piet / both/ Kai
From far beyond
the ending of all time
I saw the light
saving me from the night
Eternal slave
Your master has returned
Hear my command
From far beyond
I have been seeing the light
Eternal gods
Hear my entreaty and free me
Release me from the void

 

 
 
 
 

The Battle

The Calederans have made contact with man.
Together there c´are facing the moment of truth
as the final battle against the machine from the past isabout to begin
Music and lyrics by P. Sielck
Lead and backing vocals by Piet
Choir vocals by Jan and Piet

 

 

Reflections of light paint the horizon
Silver and weak he is glowing
Beauty arises in front of my eyes
Were are we going
My heart wants to weep
The word is goodbye
Will I return
Oh, will I see it again
Will I live - will I die
The land has been bleeding in war
Nothing will be like it has been before
A moment in silence in the dawn
Facing the upcoming storm
So let the battle - let the battle begin
Armies are marching against us tonight
In unity we stand to fight
A shiver is send down my spine
As we await the final attack
Wings launch, weapons load
Cold sweat runs down the back of my neck
We'll break through the gate
The sky we'll invade
The tyrant will burn and the world it will turn
Tonight is the night
Darkness or light
Freedom will be our guide
So let the battle - let the battle begin
The blade of reprisal is ready to strike
In unity we stand to fight - to fight!
Solo 1+2: Piet / Solo 3: Kai
So let the battle - let the battle begin
Armies are marching against us tonight
In unity we stand to fight
So let the battle - let the battle begin
The blade of reprisal is ready to strike
In unity we stand to fight
Solo 4: Uwe Lulis

 

 

Unchained

The battle has been won and earth is free again.
The Iron Savior was forced to leave the solar system, butit couldn´t be destroyed.
For now earth seems to be relieved from the tyrant in thesky.

Music and lyrics by P. Sielck
Lead and backing vocals by Jan and Piet
Choir vocals by Jan and Piet

 

 

Jan: A new day is born
In peace and in silence
Rays of the sun
Rip through the clouds
Piet: A new age is to come
Jan: The darkness decays
The heavens are shining
golden and blue enlightening the dawn
Piet: A New World will move on
So many lives
Out in the fields oh so many have died
Now we will rise
The chains that have held us are broken
and now we are
Free - from the tyrant
The conqueror's been banished
Free - and united
The throne in the sky now is
Free - free from the tyrant
Relentless we fought to be
Free - free and united
We have outlasted the war
The shadows of war
Jan: They came from the stars
to search a forgotten land
Rescue they brought
With thunder they fought
Piet: The tide has turned as the appeared
So many tears
Ohh, we will always remember the years
Earth has been burned
but then they returned
to save us and now we are
Free - from the tyrant
Solo 1: Piet
Jan: No more we'll fight
Piet: Return to the light
Jan: The conqueror's been banished
Piet: The savior has vanished
Jan: The mighty machine
Piet: a million life's dream
Both: outlasted the past
Both: out in the vast
Solo 2: Piet / Solo 3: Kai
Free - from the tyrant
After the war
The world is unchained
Freedom we've gained
The Savior's been banished
The fortress has vanished
In peace and in silence
The world will move on
Darkness and war
No more we'll fight
We have returned - returned to the light


Forevermore

Unification of all man ...
Music and lyrics by K. Hansen
Lead vocals by Kai
Backing vocals by Kai and Piet
Choir vocals by just everybody

 

 

Hello, is anybody out there
People can't you hear
Can't you hear my cry
Listen it's time to leave the nightmare
I'm calling out for all of you
From beyond our space and time
Rise and be free
From the darkest of dreams
And let us be forever
An eternal flame
And forevermore our union will remain
Now I see the rising evening star
Shining down on earth
Like always been before
Take my hand
This is our Promised Land
And let us be forever
An eternal flame
And forevermore our union will remain
Solo: Kai
I have no fear
And now for all of us
The end is drawing near
The power of destiny we hold in hand
The spirit of freedom that will never end
For all eternity we hold the flame
And forevermore our union will remain

And forevermore I wish it will remain
Forevermore - Forever


Gorgar

Music and lyrics by K. Hansen
Lead and backing vocals by Kai
Choir vocals by Jan and Piet

Solo 1: Piet / Solo2: Kai
 
 

Neon Knights

Music and lyrics by Black Sabbath - Dio, Butler, Iommi,Ward
All vocals by Piet
Solo 1: Kai / Solo 2: Piet


Dragonslayer

Perfomed by Excelsis
Music and lyrics by Excelsis
EXCELSIS,
winner of the RockHard band battle competition
during the "Atlantis Falling Tour '98