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At the Stroke of Midnight

by WOODEN STAKE

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Lyrics by: Vanessa Nocera Tenacious lamenting echoes through countryside Her keening signals a death to strike Horrid shrieks pierce and your ears bleed Enough to stop your heart and you can't even breathe Her mouth gaped wide; a broken jaw Wailing louder than the hooded crow's caw A mist appears against the moon An omen of your death coming soon She warns you now, a hag of the mist Your eyes close, but she persists "Come to me! Come with me!!" Approaching tenebrous woods, still she shrills Calling out your name, putting you in a spell Paralyzing your body, your heart grows weak The weeping lady, a ghost you now seek Her mouth gaped wide; a broken jaw Wailing louder than the hooded crow's caw A mist appears against the moon An omen of your death coming soon She warns you now, a hag of the mist Your tired eyes close, but she persists
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Lyrics by: Stevo and Vanessa Nocera Lurking in the dark shadows A fiend in black appears His rotted grin spreading fiendishly Lord of the Ghouls... Arise! Preying upon the unexpected To feast on their flesh is his aim The Black Caped Carnivore A demon in a human's guise... Black Caped Carnivore Blood guzzling carnivore Watching for you from the shadows Black Caped Carnivore Evil sinister carnivore He will find you wherever you go Living or dead they're all the same to the ghoul they are ready for feast Chugging their blood ravenously To promote his wicked life Rending muscle in violent fashion Stripping the bones of the dead Teeth sinking into glorious meat He shrieks to the moon in delight... Black Caped Carnivore Flesh gnawing carnivore Stalking his victim with meticulous eyes His black cape obscures him against the midnight skies He lunges forward in a hunger craze Ripping and eating your flesh, it's what he craves Black Caped Carnivore Blood guzzling carnivore Watching for you from the shadows Black Caped Carnivore Evil sinister carnivore He will find you wherever you go Chugging you blood!!! Stripping your bones!!!! Blood guzzling carnivore!!!!
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Lyrics by: Wayne Sarantopoulos Arise from the destitute sepulchre She; commander of the mystical shrouded souls Horned priestess of the shuddering coffin The sky engulfed beneath her treacherous wings Forever haunted by her spirit The ghost with an undead kiss Her prayers hang like a noose Curse of the Funeral Mistress This flickering chant blackens our psalms From the screaming earth comes a curse profane Centuries of monstrous sorrows worshiped Maiden of desolation writhing in enchanted pain A corpse in twilight's void Misery fills tall the urn Demons are now rising Heaven is soon to burn Heaven...will BURN! Arise from the destitute sepulchre She; commander of the mystical shrouded souls Horned priestess of the shuddering coffin The sky engulfed beneath her treacherous wings
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Lyrics by: Vanessa Nocera Smell of death in the autumnal wind As the daylight slowly descends A fire ceremony waits to begin Worshiping the evil within Chanting emerges through dismal woods Black cloaks with draping hoods Surround the body with a carved pentagram Down comes the knife clutched in their hands In the Godless Moonlight Offerings from a sacrifice In the Godless Moonlight Evil curses they recite Lifeless and bloody, the body lies Witnessed murder by terrified spies Running away with nowhere to hide The cloaked minions threaten their lives In the Godless Moonlight Offerings from a sacrifice In the Godless Moonlight Evil curses they recite Forces of darkness chasing them down No safe haven in the nearest town They heed a warning with a sorcerers rune They only feel impending doom
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Lyrics by: Vanessa Nocera A train ride through the fog With these cards, he sees all One man and his fatal tarot You can't escape Death's call Vampires, Voodoo and revenge Five men fade into oblivion The future is not what they see But, a past of what has already been Tap the deck three times, (ein, zwei, drei) Each read ends in death A dreaded ride they all regret The fortune teller vanishes They step out into blackened abyss Only to find death has read the black tarot And they arrive in Hell! Welcomed by a fleshless face Same ends, different means Nature's creeping vengeance A dark tale of lycanthropy Stealing voodoo from Drambala A crawling hand seeks revenge A wooded stake through the heart The spectre of death here to avenge Die Todeskarten des Dr. Schreck!! Tap the deck three times, (ein, zwei, drei) Each read ends in death A dreaded ride they all regret The fortune teller vanishes They step out into blackened abyss Only to find death has read the black tarot And they arrive in Hell! Welcomed by a fleshless face Same ends, different means Nature's creeping vengeance A dark tale of lycanthropy Stealing voodoo from Drambala A crawling hand seeks revenge A wooded stake through the heart The spectre of death here to avenge Die Todeskarten des Dr. Schreck!!
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Lyrics by: Vanessa Nocera Village plagued by vampirific crimes Innocent victims trapped within castle walls The Blood Countess prepares her rebirth Through their blood her youth is restored Luring virgins one by one She slashes until their veins run dry Bathing in scarlet, to stay forever young Old age she will defy! Deadly to behold The centuries old hag Drains her victims For a vanity bloodbath Condemned for her crimes, her secret revealed Wrath of the mourning has her killed Her ghostly return has her hunting blood Back to the castle, her revenge will come Torturing her prey, in many dreadful ways The Lady of Blood, continues to slay Practitioner of the Dark Arts Her floor covered in skeletons and cadaver parts Rituals carry on in moonlit sorcery In hopes it revives her waning beauty Blood thirst and a cannibalistic appetite Takes her in rapture on these austere nights Beating and biting and burning the flesh Nothing is left of her invited guests A bleak and darkened century of pain Her soul was damned, but still she reigns Village plagued by vampirific crimes Innocent victims trapped within castle walls The Blood Countess prepares her rebirth Through their blood her youth is restored Luring virgins one by one She slashes until their veins run dry Bathing in scarlet, to stay forever young Old age she will defy!
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Lyrics by: Billy Nocera On a full moon of darkness A tortured soul roams free Running from those who fear him He lurks behind foreboding trees At the stroke of midnight The curse transforms his face Blood thirsty and raving mad His bite procreates his race Into the forest of fear Terror rises to a new level A man-beast full of Hell Can you hear the howl of the Devil? His brood grows in numbers A legion of evil lives Think of all the nightmares That their horror gives Their wrath can not be stopped A legacy of terror begins The gypsy who created this Laughs and mocks her sins Into the forest of fear Terror rises to a new level A man-beast full of Hell Can you hear the howl of the Devil?
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Lyrics by: Vanessa Nocera Swearing vengeance as she's tied to the stake The mask of Satan is nailed to her face Interred in the crypt where a cross is in her sight Unable to live again until one night... Desecrate the cross Remove the mask of Satan Invoke the ageless witch Into the Godless haven Free from the cross to kill again Asa reincarnated for her revenge Stare into these eyers before you die With his blood, she was revived From deep in the crypt, she calls for him A vampire stirs from his rotten grave He follows her beckoning commands They are each others servant slaves Invoke the ageless witch Desecrate the cross Remove the mask of Satan Invoke the ageless witch Into the Godless haven Free from the cross to kill again Asa reincarnated for her revenge Stare into these eyes before you die With his blood, she was revived Swearing vengeance as she's tied to the stake The mask of Satan is nailed to here face Interred in the crypt where a cross is in her sight Unable to live again until one night...
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Lyrics by: Vanessa Nocera Miles of blood soaked land Habitat for un-rested spirits Tress overshadow the full moon Darkness consumes you Years of tortured souls Swirling and haunting the mortals Victims of neglect They come back for you Years of tortured souls Swirling and haunting the mortals Victims of neglect They come back for you Tormented screams heard With no one in sight You find that you can not breathe And you're frozen in fright Seeing things that are not there Smelling death in the heavy air You can't turn around Wherever you go you will be found Stalking in the Shadowlands Black figures chase you down Stalking in the Shadowlands Remorseless revenge all around The legend lives on through the dark of the moon The shadows that reside will own you soon Years of tortured souls Swirling and haunting mortals Victims of neglect They come back for you Years of tortured souls Swirling and haunting the mortals Victims of neglect They come back for you
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Lyrics by: Vanessa Nocera One night I was taken, by the 13 condemned Where they held Sabbaths; spilling the blood of men They brought before me, a girl that stood silent I could sense the evil; I could sense the violence All that is left now A book of curses And blood stained rocks By the 13 condemned Ominous screams in the distant woods Fear takes hold of me Alone with no one to save my soul The full moon is all I see Revenge on the mind of the 13 condemned I was in the middle of the black night so grim I looked at the Girl, her left shoulder revealed The mark of Satan's teeth, now my fate was sealed All that is left now A book of curses And blood stained rocks By the 13 condemned Denounce all that is pure Be damned for all eternity Eerie lights from the flames Dance across your sinister face Bleeding wounds from the 13 condemned The Mark of the Devil, and my soul descends
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Lyrics by: Vanessa Nocera Take your vows, Sign your name in blood Revered a false deity The curse of blasphemy Unholy and profane, That's how we want to be Sacred vows where evil spirits dwell Forbidden oath opens the gates to Hell Stand in the circle, Arms raised high The Godless ones Curse at the blackened sky Forbidden Oath! Sacred vows where evil spirits dwell Forbidden oath opens the gates to Hell Forbidden Oath! Holier than thou, That's how they want to be They hear what they want, And see only what they want to see No one knows what happens when we die The Good Book tells us, but it's all a fucking lie! Holier than thou, Forbidden Oath!
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WOODEN STAKE has unearthed its diabolical past with this collection CD of all the early demo and EP material!

You get over 70 minutes of their original, dark, and heart-impaling DOOM METAL featuring all of the songs from their following out of print releases: “Black Caped Carnivore” 7” EP, “Invoke the Ageless Witch” 7” EP, split 7” EP w/Druid Lord, split CD w/Blizaro, “Vampire Plague Exorcism” demo, as well as a brand new song (“Night of the Banshee”) recorded exclusively for this collection CD!

*The first 200 orders came with a miniature wooden stake inside the jewel case!

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released January 31, 2012

WOODEN STAKE is:
Vanessa Nocera: All Vocals and Bass
Wayne Sarantopoulos: Guitars and Drums

All metal written by Wayne
Vocal and bass arrangements by Vanessa

Track 1 previously unreleased
Tracks 2-3 taken from "Black Caped Carnivore" 7" EP
(Sorcerer's Pledge Records)
Track 4 taken from split 7" EP w/ DRUID LORD
(Altsphere Productions)
Tracks 5-6 taken from split CD w/ BLIZARO
(Razorback Recordings)
Tracks 7-8 taken from "Invoke the Ageless Witch" 7" EP
(Sarlacc Productions)
Tracks 9-13 taken from "Vampire Plague Exorcism" demo MCD
(Hexamorphosis Productions)

Cover art by Adam Geyer
Cover artwork concept by Billy and Vanessa Nocera

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WOODEN STAKE

Vanessa Hexe: All Vocals and Bass

Ghastly horror Doom Metal. Occult drenched riffs and demonic female banshee vocals

Past Members:
Wayne Sarantopoulos: Guitars and Drums
Willie Wardlaw:
Guitars and Drums
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