Their first three albums ('In a Time of Blood and Fire', 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination' and 'The Sacred Talisman') feature the former vocalist Anders Zackrisson, while the newer albums are sung by Johnny Lindkvist. Also the musical style has changed a bit during the years; some demo's were something more like death metal, but then the three first cd releases pure melodic power metal, and on "Afterlife" they took a bit heavier approach with influences of true heavy metal like Masterplan and Dream evil and even some thrash metal riffs, though the melodic choruses were kept right in the core of the songs.
They have released a few more albums since, with the latest ones being 'Grand Illusion' that came in 2005 and '8th Sin' that came out in 2007. The band keeps on fighting on and remains one of Scandinavia's best known power metal bands.
On June 21st, 2008 it was announced that guitarist Nils Norberg has left the band. On May 9th, 2010, Chris Rörland joined Nocturnal Rites. A video of him playing and Fredrik Mannberg talking a bit about him can be seen here.
Ring Of Steel
Nocturnal Rites Lyrics
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She heard about the ring
With powers that no man,
That no man would dare to face
The warrior headed north,
Riding through the night alone
Searching night and day for the
Secret of the ring
Lives forever
The legend brought the queen together
In from the darkness the warrior returned
And the ring that he held in his hand,
Had the powers
To freeze the world,
While the queen would bring madness
It's the ring of steel
A new day is rising,
The queen is laughing still
The ring that she wears
It's the evil itself
The secret of the legend lives forever
The legend brought the queen together
In from the darkness the warrior returned
And the ring that he held in his hand, had the powers
To freeze the world,
While the queen would bring madness
It's the ring of steel
The ring was founded again
By the rightful owners strong demand
The queen is laughing still out of control
The song "Ring of Steel" by Nocturnal Rites is an epic story about a queen who sends out a message about a powerful ring that no man would dare to face. A warrior sets out on a quest to find the secret of the ring and travels through the darkness and the night, searching relentlessly until he finds it. The legend of the ring lives forever and it brought the queen together. However, when the ring is returned to the queen, she wears it and becomes mad with power. The ring has the ability to freeze the world while the queen brings madness. In the end, the rightful owners demand the ring back and the queen is left laughing out of control.
Line by Line Meaning
The queen sent out a message,
The queen sent a message to inform people about the ring.
She heard about the ring
She received information about the existence of the ring.
With powers that no man,
The ring had supernatural powers that no man possessed.
That no man would dare to face
The powers of the ring were so intimidating that no one wanted to face them.
The warrior headed north,
The warrior started travelling towards the north.
Riding through the night alone
The warrior travelled through the night all alone.
Searching night and day for the Secret of the ring
The warrior searched every night and day for the secret of the ring.
The secret of the legend Lives forever
The secret of the legend of the ring will live forever.
The legend brought the queen together
The legend of the ring brought the queen and the warrior together.
In from the darkness the warrior returned
The warrior came back from his journey in the darkness.
And the ring that he held in his hand, had the powers
The ring that the warrior brought back had supernatural powers.
To freeze the world,
The ring had the power to freeze the entire world.
While the queen would bring madness
The queen would cause chaos and madness while wielding the ring.
It's the ring of steel
The name of the ring was 'The Ring of Steel'.
A new day is rising,
A new day is dawning in the kingdom.
The queen is laughing still
The queen is still laughing uncontrollably.
The ring that she wears
The evil ring is what she wears.
It's the evil itself
The ring is pure evil.
The ring was founded again By the rightful owners strong demand
The ring was found again after a strong demand made by the rightful owner.
The queen is laughing still out of control
The queen is still laughing out of control.
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denderfurger
the most underrated song ever by Nocturnal Rites i just love this song!
Joe´s Channel
Just in public! Best rated song by true fans! ;-)
Joe´s Channel
Oh,... i just recogniced that your commant is a while ago. (12 years...lol) I´lI hope, you´re still alive, well and into NR!
SteeleHard
This is what Power Metal meant to be!
Ángel
A true power metal classice, it brings me a lot of memories, hail Nocturnal Rites!!
StentorMetal
Anders Zacrisson es uno de los mejores cantantes del genero, lastima que ahora se dedique solo a producir bandas nuevas, hace poco volvió a cantar en un proyecto llamado PLANET STORM pero casi no se ha sabido nada de el. viva nocturnal con Anders. los que opinan que no canta bien no creo que sepan mucho de powermetal.
Juan Francisco Islas
Canta espectacular
Brayan Barragan Chavez
Nunca había escuchado a esta banda! Y desde el primer momento me sorprendí mucho!! Que calidad para hacer power metal! Este tipo de power es épico, la forma en que usan los instrumentos y la voz es impresionante!!!!
Proyecto Grial
Son muy bueno, saludo desde cordoba Argentina soy pablo #proyectogrial 🎶🎵🏆
serin kieto
esta cancion me trae unos recuedasos tan buenos esta cancion no tiene nada malo esto si es musica vivaaaaaa nocturnal rites