Heavy Load - “Walhalla Warriors” (from the much discussed “Secret Album”)

We had to go to sea
For a task that´s sealed
for the treasure of life
Ooh, fight good and fight hard
on the battlefield
Yeah, life is an endless strife

We´re sailing across the waters
In the colden night
in a storm so strong
We´re heading south
ooh in all our might
and the future to us belong

Back to sea Walhalla Warriors
sail on, sail on
Back to sea Walhalla Warriors
Hi and ho, hi and ho

We´re close but yet far to go
Lay side and behold
In battle I´m a beast
The reward is glory
Glory and more gold
and the Walhalla feast

We are the Walhalla Warriors
we gonna sail for ever and more

Back to sea Walhalla Warriors
sail on, sail on
Back to sea Walhalla Warriors
Hi and ho, hi and ho

Yeah, on this journey of life
Our deeds are free from sin
and the sea is lashed to foam
so row and beat windward
Haul and catch the wind
Sail on forever on

We are the Walhalla Warriors
we gonna sail for ever and more
We are the Walhalla Warriors
we gonna sail for ever and more

Back to sea Walhalla Warriors
sail on, sail on
Back to sea Walhalla Warriors
Hi and ho, hi and ho

Στην περσινή επανένωση των Heavy Load είχαμε αναφερθεί εγκαίρως. To reunion πέραν από συναυλίες θα έχει και δισκογραφικό αποτέλεσμα. Το album τιτλοφορείται "Secret Album", αναμένεται την επόμενη χρονιά (2019) και ως πρόγευση οι Σουηδοί metallers μας προσφέρουν απόσπασμα από ένα ακυκλοφόρητο τραγούδι, το "Walhalla Warriors"...

Heavy Load: «We have published an extract from the first mix of the previously unreleased Heavy Load song "Walhalla Warriors". The song is planned to be included on Heavy Load’s forthcoming album, expected to be released in 2019. In addition, "Walhalla Warriors" will be played live at Heavy Load’s comeback concerts in 2018.

Walhalla Warriors was recorded by Ragne and Styrbjörn Wahlquist during their long period of silence and absence from the public’s eyes and ears; that is, 1986-2001. This creative period was grinded to a halt by the flood that befell their studio the night before New Year’s Eve.»

Band: Heavy Load
Country of origin: Sweden
Location: Stockholm
Status: Active
Formed in: 1976
Genre: Heavy/Power Metal
Lyrical themes: Freedom, Honor, Metal, Vikings
Years active: 1976-1983, 1985, 1987, 2017-present

Vocals and guitars: Ragne Wahlquist
Drums and backing vocals: Styrbjörn Wahlquist
Music and lyrics: Ragne Wahlquist
Arranged by: Wahlquist Brothers
Recorded and mixed at: Thunderload Studios 1986-1987