Ancient Bards
Ancient Bards is an Italian symphonic power metal band, formed in January 2… Read Full Bio ↴Ancient Bards is an Italian symphonic power metal band, formed in January 2006 by keyboard player Daniele Mazza.


The project, originated in the mind of Daniele Mazza, started to materialize in 2006 after Daniele met with bass player Martino Garattoni. The first stable line up was completed in 2007, with Sara Squadrani as singer, Alessandro Carichini as drummer, and Claudio Pietronik and Fabio Balducci as guitarists.

In September 2010, Alessandro left the band, to be replaced by a new drummer Federico Gatti. The latest line-up change occurred in the end of 2013 after recording the third album A New Dawn Ending, when Balducci left the band for personal reasons. Permanent replacement for Fabio has not been announced yet, but for live shows in 2014 the band has been joined by Simone Bertozzi as a guest second guitarist.

Albums
The style and concept of their 2010 debut album, The Alliance of the Kings, has been seen as inspired by fellow Italian band Rhapsody of Fire. The album is the first part of The Black Crystal Sword Saga with each song making up a single "episode"

The Italian and German editions of Metal Hammer commented on the "sophisticated songwriting" in this release. The latter magazine also found similarities to Anette Olzon in singer Sara Squadrani's voice.

The band's second album, Soulless Child, was released in 2011. It continues The Black Crystal Sword Saga introduced in the previous album. The reviewers of Metal Hammer Germany and Rock Hard agreed that the album had a tendency towards kitsch. While Metal Hammer found several positive remarks about individual tracks, Rock Hard criticised a lack of original hooks.

In April 2014, a third album, A New Dawn Ending, was released. This concluded the first part of The Black Crystal Sword Saga, making that section a complete trilogy.

Ancient Bards announced their fourth album in June 2018 entitled Origine - The Black Crystal Sword Saga Part 2. It is the beginning the second part of The Black Crystal Sword Saga and was released on 25 January 2019. They also announced on their Facebook page that touring guitarist Simone Bartozzi had been made a permanent band member after touring with them since 2014.
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Ancient Bards Lyrics


A Greater Purpose Thick, dark voracious clouds Wolfing down the tops of the hi…
A New Dawn Ending Just right before we left, I was catching my breath, I was…
Across This Life Ego fero densum malum primae noctis leti mei Look down d…
All That Is True [Storyteller] Standing by the window two shadows are getti…
Aureum Legacy My beloved precious children I have gathered you today for a…
Before the storm (spoken): The world seems to hold its breath anticip…
Broken Illusion [Alron] We're before the cavern's gates at the entrance of…
Daltor the Dragonhunter [Daltor] You, that fly in the sky Black Dragon die! Throw…
Dinanzi Al Flagello [Translation from Itialian] Full moon in the night Our f…
Faithful to Destiny [Alron] Oh Daltor, our fellow, you passed away you left to…
Fantasy's Wings At sunrise the village is already wide awake Behold! Everyth…
Farewell My Hero [Rahed] knight, withstand calm down, take your breath for…
Flaming Heart Be careful my son there's a bear there in the clearing, I…



Four Magic Elements [Storyteller] The journey began The fearless heroes left …
Frozen Mind [Shena] The kings are coming From their lands They're cal…
Gates Of Noland [Storyteller] Meanwhile the heroes are searching for a way …
Home Of The Rejects My brothers gather round, let's welcome our new guest! It's …
Hope Dies Last [Storyteller] Valiant knights laying still on the floor th…
Impious Dystopia The end crawls on the last two souls, in a barren world, all…
In My Arms As ages pass and fly away The men kept battling But in…
In The End Move it guys, let's get out of this place Everything is…
Light Have you ever felt a void numbing your soul, and lit a…
Lode Al Padre [The shadow] We reached for the rainbow And we followed th…
Melodies of Life Alone for a while I've been searching through the dark For…
Nightfall In Icy Forest [Storyteller] lodi a te infinte solitarie e infernali not…
Only The Brave [Alron] Making our way through the reign of the elves We res…
Prelude The story I'm about to tell you, happened long ago, in a…
Showdown Shyly I think of my father and the words that he…
Soulless Child [Sendor] Welcome my guests, I've been waiting for so long …
Struggle For Life Only darkness I can feel the beat of my heart getting…
The Birth Of Evil [Storyteller] In Westland one day A stranger appeared His…
The Great Divide * Part 1 - Farewell Father Soon after the beak of…
The Last Resort [Storyteller] It seems like the end is drawing near, Every…
Through My Veins [Shena] The battle wages on as cruel as it can be swords…
To The Master Of Darkness [Storyteller] A dazzling light rips the sky drawing lines…
Valiant Ride [Alron] Here we are, this little army will defeat the evil…


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