Iced Earth - Dante's Inferno Lyrics






Through the fiery caverns we sail
Virgil at my side my guide and master
Questing through the nine plains of hell
Infernal wisdom shall fill my soul
Slowly now the days departing
The darkened air releases me
Frightening visions of my journey
Entrance me to limbo I'm not
Free

Abandon all hope who enter here
Enter the gates, Charon awaits

Abandon all hope who enter here
For this is where all things are left behind
Every doubt and every cowardice must die
Souls of rage and anger whipping in despair

The souls that wail on this plain pray for death
Denial is the reason for their suffering
Forever being stung by wasps and demons breath
The blood and tears that fall serve the maggots need

Descention, thrusting to the second plain
Minos judges as his tail twines
Lustful thoughts and greed whip these wretched souls
A hurricane of hate mocks their helpless pleas

Drifting now down deeper, into eternal flames
Awake at the third circle, the cold and filthy rain
Punished for their gluttony, languid for all time
The earth it stinks of corpses, damned for all time
The vicious beast Cerberus, three heads, blooded eyes
Tears his talons through the air, all the sinners cry

Down, be still thy cursed wolf
The master scorns its name
Dive to the next plain
The sullen and the vain
Suffer for their greed
The prodigal they bleed
For all eternity
Plutus holds the key

Damned, the wrathful and the vain
Suffer the fifth plain
Cross the river Styx
Heed your crucifix
The muddied corpses cry
Howling to the sky
Reach the other side
Open wide the gate

Enter the sixth circle of barren land and flames
Passing through the gate of dis the furies scream her name
Belching forth in agony invoking her to rise
The spirit's rage consuming us the evil in their cries
Queen of vipers, queen of serpents
Cast their souls to stone
Spread to wealth of Gorgon's power
Medusa's inner soul

We're drawing ever closer to the seventh hell
They violate their neighbors, their god and themselves
We're sailing slowly through the boiling river of blood
Immersed in the depths below souls scream in agony
The twisted beast he laughs, he draws his arrow back
His sights on anyone exposing of their flesh
He impales their hearts with ease
And shrugs their piercing screams
Pity is they'll never die
They'll suffer here eternally

Imagine a place where every horror comes to life
Where every torture is real and time stands still
Eight fiery steps and we're closer to the end

In a cold and timeless grave buried head first in shit
Praying all the while for a quick and painless death
Scratching furiously at scabbed and oozing wounds

Lucifer... angel of light
Cast below god of ice
Ruling hell unholy trinity
The traitors freeze for all eternity
Lucifer... betrayer of god
Tormentor ruthless and cold
Judas' screaming here in agony
The traitors freeze for all eternity





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  1. J.... M....

    air👍

  2. A.... V....

    The quality of a download of this excellent song is pure shit!

  3. T.... o....

    This is such a classic Iced Earth song and the album the first got me into this band.

  4. V.... P....

    Dreamtale - Angel of light

  5. V.... P....

    Polyvagal Theory - NARM.. Hell is just the wound, the trauma, reappearing

  6. P.... ....

    Hail Satan!

  7. m.... g....

    Who's here in January 5 2020?

  8. h.... �....

    Şu zamanda Türk kalmışmıdır acaba ?

  9. H.... O....

    You need to try my Dante’s inferno ragout ... it’s to die for 👻

  10. z.... ....

    dantes inferno by iced earth > hell awaits by slayer

  11. w.... l....

    Sounds Awesome... https://youtu.be/bgoJtynNRa0

  12. J.... G....

    I'll get ya to a million views by this weekend...

  13. S.... V....

    Iced earth with Matt Barlow is the pinnacle of IE

  14. M.... ....

    παντεσπααααανι...

  15. D.... R....

    Orgasm 15.45

  16. s.... ....

    wow! first time hearing this....

  17. T.... S....

    Very very VERY good!

  18. R.... H....

    who's here from 2019 ? heheeeey still killing

    R.... H....

    right before church actually

    R.... H....

    @Jacob Woolbright You're going to church?

    R.... H....

    I’m from the future, 2020 \m/

    R.... H....

    this is what youtube recommends these days, can only mean one thing : algorithms still working

  19. T.... ....

    This song is the perfect combination of brutality and melody!!! These changes are simply great to hear.All are matching in a perfect way. 16 and a half minutes of absolute epicness.

  20. h.... c....

    εκει που λεει Mephisto εμεις λεμε "ρε Χρηστο!"

  21. A.... E....

    Almost as good as Metallica

  22. s.... ....

    some of the gnarliest triplets ever played

  23. C.... D....

    Thinking of Dante of DMC with this is quite tempting

  24. G.... K....

    Barlow the Best song!!!!!

  25. C.... M....

    Avyssaleo skotos!!!!!

  26. D.... A....

    Absolutely one master piece.

  27. L.... b....

    Jon's Rhythm is on par with James Hetfield in Master of Puppets!!

    L.... b....

    T T T Tempo

  28. V.... D....

    Through the fiery caverns we sail
    Virgil at my side, my guide and master
    Questing through the nine planes of Hell
    Infernal wisdom shall fill my soul
    Slowly now the days departing
    The darkened air releases me
    Frightening visions of my journey
    Entrance me to Limbo, I'm not free

    Abandon all hope who enter here
    Enter the gates, Charon awaits

    Abandon all hope who enter here
    For this is where all things are left behind
    Every doubt and every cowardice must die
    Souls of rage and anger whipping in despair

    The souls that wail on this plane pray for death
    Denial is the reason for their suffering
    Forever being stung by wasps and Demon's breath
    The blood and tears that fall serve the maggots' needs

    Descension
    Thrusting to the second plane
    Minos judges as his tail twines
    Lustful thoughts and greed whip these wretched souls
    A hurricane of hate mocks their helpless pleas

    Drifting now deeper into eternal flames
    Awake at the third circle
    The cold and filthy rain
    Punished for their gluttony
    Languid for all time
    The earth, it stinks of corpses
    Damned for all time

    The vicious beast Cerberus
    Three heads, blooded eyes
    Tears his talons through the air
    All sinners cry now
    All sinners cry

    Down, be still thy cursed wolf
    The master scorns its name
    Dive to the next plane
    The sullen and the vain
    Suffer for their greed
    The prodigal, they bleed
    For all eternity
    Plutus holds the key

    (Chanting, sounds like:)
    Zahnah, zantus shan mey
    Zeenah hotoh, Satanae
    Zahnah, zantus shan mey
    Zeenah hotoh, Satanae

    Damned, the wrathful and the vain
    Suffer the fifth plane
    Cross the river Styx
    Heed your crucifix
    The muddied corpses cry
    Howling to the sky
    Reach the other side
    Open wide the gates

    (Chanting, sounds like:)
    Zahnah, zantus shan mey
    Zeenah hotoh, Satanae
    Zahnah, zantus shan mey
    Zeenah hotoh, Satanae

    Enter the sixth circle of barren land and flames
    Passing through the gate of Dis
    The Furies scream her name
    Belching forth in agony
    Invoking her to rise
    The spirit's rage consuming us
    The evil in her cries

    Queen of vipers, queen of serpents
    Cast their souls to stone
    Spread the wealth of Gorgon's power
    Medusa's inner soul

    We're drawing ever closer
    To the seventh Hell
    They violate their neighbours
    Their God and themselves
    We're sailing slowly
    Through the boiling river of blood
    Immersed in the depths below
    Souls scream in agony

    The twisted beast, he laughs
    He draws his arrow back
    His sights on anyone
    Exposing of their flesh
    He impales their hearts with ease
    And shrugs their piercing screams
    Pity is, they'll never die
    They'll suffer here eternally

    (Chanting, sounds like:)
    Zine come sate dive
    Zine come sate dive
    Zine come sate dive
    Zine come sate dive

    Lucifer, Natas, Mephisto
    Natas, Baphomet, Natas, Asputis

    Imagine a place
    Where every horror comes to life
    Where every torture is real
    And time stands still
    Eight fiery steps and we're closer to the end

    In a cold and timeless grave
    Buried head first in shit
    Praying all the while
    For a quick and painless death
    Scratching furiously
    At scabbed and oozing wounds

    Lucifer, Angel of light
    Cast below, God of ice
    Ruling Hell, unholy trinity
    The traitors freeze for all eternity
    Lucifer, betrayer of God
    Tormentor, ruthless and cold
    Judas screaming here in agony
    The traitors freeze for all eternity

  29. v.... ....

    crappy sound quality

  30. M.... ....

    Captain's log, stardate 0318.4

    "We seem to be picking up an anomaly here. Spock, what's your analysis?"

    "It appears, captain, that we are approaching rogue sound waves of Justin Bieber music."

    "Suggestions?"

    "We could reroute some heavy metal to resonate as warp signature frequencies, and heading into the anomaly should cancel out its ear raping qualities for good."

    "Scotty, how long before you can rig up Iced Earth to the warp coils?"

    "About 72 hours minimum captain, but I'm not sure how well she'll hold."

    "You have 8 hours, Mr. Scott."

    "Aye sir."
    .
    .
    .
    "Captain, she's all rigged up and ready, but I'm not sure we have enough power!"

    "It'll work, Mr. Scott. Mr. Sulu, set a course for the rogue Bieber waves."

    "Oh myy Captain, this music is too gay for me!"

    "That's why we're here, Mr. Sulu. Scotty, on my mark, flip on Iced Earth. ...NOW MR. SCOTT!"

    "BABY BABY BAby..... ooohh........... through the fiERY CAVERNS WE SAIL!"

    "I think it's working!"

    "Oh myy Captain, when we get back, I'm going to play this on my podcast."

  31. s.... s....

    sounds much like metallica


    but dont get me wrong i love this band

    s.... s....

    Not even close ...first of all they have drums

  32. D.... ....

    I remember me at 1999. I heard this great song for the first time. So awesome and brutal. Today I love this song so much more...

    Great great stuff! 🤘🏻

  33. M.... F....

    I've got the game at home on the 360. Intense story just like this song. Cool

  34. S.... M....

    God, Lucifer, Dante and Judas, no matter what, would be headbanging to this

  35. D.... S....

    This is 16 minutes of pure awesomeness!!

  36. T.... T....

    Easily in my top 10 for best metal songs ever...

  37. P.... K....

    That riff at 6:20😍😍😍😍😍

  38. M.... L....

    Einer der geilsten anspruchsvollen Metalsongs, die es gibt🤘

  39. G.... F....

    AMAZING! I was looking for a powerful song with sick double bass drums and long riffs, just found it.

  40. S.... P....

    Doom 2016 :D

  41. M.... O....

    This album and Zoon from Nephilim can describe exactly what Hell is...

  42. J.... S....

    20 years later and I'm still headbanging and air guitaring like I first heard it. 34 now, cheers from Canada, barlow era is fuckin king

  43. S.... ....

    Ummm devil may cry? The title said dante and the lyrics said virgil

    S.... ....

    The book is wrote by Dante Alighieri. In the book, his guide was Virgil to navigate him through the inferno

  44. C.... 2....

    Riff fest

  45. m.... ....

    PITY IS THEY'LL NEVER DIE....

  46. H.... Y....

    Dante, cehennemi huni şeklinde düşünmüş öyle tasvir etmiştir. Cehennemi oluşturan huni çok büyük bir amfiteatr şeklindedir. İçi "daire" denilen konsantrik dokuz kattan yapılmıştır... Bu şarkıda o katları anlatır (-Ben kitabı okuyup , nette araştırırken buraya geldim, belli bi dkdan sonra ruhum karardı amk....)

    H.... Y....

    Ben imana bile geldim :)

  47. J.... V....

    One of the best Heavy Metal Albums by Iced Earth!! Love this One 👍

  48. J.... H....

    Every doubt and every cowardice must die.

  49. I.... ....

    The first minute of the song has a familiar sounding melody...
    * Cough cough Call of Ktulu Cough Cough *

  50. B.... C....

    Had a metal grimace throughout the song! Damn this is INTEEEEENNSEEE!!!

  51. A.... V....

    Heiiiii muie steauaa :))))

  52. M.... H....

    The most metal song I've ever heard

  53. S.... H....

    Bad ass tune

  54. �.... �....

    3:09 the most evil and infernal solo in the world

  55. V.... W....

    Why oh why must I be lost in the depths of my mind?

  56. j.... l....

    WELCOME TO HELL

  57. a.... b....

    Το ποιο ολοκληρωμένο μεταλ τραγούδι όλων των εποχών δεν υπάρχει καλύτερο όποιος ξέρει από μουσική έχει σατανικους στοίχους αλλά βάλτε φίλτρα Στον εγκέφαλο και ακουστε όσοι είναι με Τον Χριστό βγάλτε τα κακα λογια μόνο για την μουσική

  58. I.... s....

    Just amazing. Ништяяяк музло!!!! טוב מאוד.

  59. J.... J....

    "Cutted out ones"... xD Come on man, you're intelligent enough to post shit on YT but you can't speak like a normal human being?

  60. F.... L....

    ICED EARTH ROCKS Awesome GUITAR WORK

  61. m.... ....

    Masterpiece! Thx Iced Earth!

  62. I.... a....

    This would be good song to listen after reading divine comedy

  63. B.... S....

    Great!!!!!

  64. D.... L....

    Those Riffs were Impaling my soul

  65. C.... O....

    i love this song, it s touching my hearth deeply buttt it deserves better finishing. (not as lowering volume )

  66. G.... V....

    God of this system is Satan but for how long before the hell break loss.
    We living in the last days. Looft Jah and live forever and ever.

  67. G.... V....

    Best song ever

  68. m.... j....

    I followed this band since minute 1.They were at the top of their game here.

  69. T.... ....

    This is like if iron maiden went thrash metal

    T.... ....

    nope, nope

  70. G.... M....

    Suffer the fifth plain.... cross the river Styx.... heed thy crucifix....

  71. T.... R....

    5:25 👍👍👍

  72. w.... t....

    Chilling song, especially towards the end and love the keyboard outro

    "Imagine a place, where every horror comes to life. Where every torture is real and time stands still. Eight fiery steps and we're closer to the end.."

  73. L.... A....

    τι κοματαρα ειναι αυτη

  74. S.... D....

    Iced Earth zu ihrer besten Zeit!

  75. L.... A....

    Epic song

  76. w.... ....

    Idk but I think it's a little too short




    Jk jk 😂😂

  77. e.... ....

    sound is awful

  78. T.... K....

    Anyone else watching this in (Insert current year, month, day, hours, minutes by your currrent calendar measures and time zone)?

    T.... K....

    10:30 am atlantic time in Canda Sept 4 2019... been listening to this over and over because I always wanted to do a guitar cover of it

  79. A.... V....

    burn offerings and the dark Saga are their best.

  80. U.... J....

    Inferno entered in 6:21

    U.... J....

    That's when they enter the 4th circle

  81. N.... C....

    Iced Earth you F***in rock

  82. Z.... ....

    Oh god it sounds so bad

  83. C.... D....

    Damn. The like button isn't enough. This is a masterpiece.

  84. H.... B....

    This band is underrated but it should be overrated with how good the band plays. I don't understand the fucking media. Everybody in the new 21st Century pop culture is a bunch of fucking pussies.

  85. S.... S....

    DEMONIC !!!!! 💀💀💀

  86. t.... c....

    when you can't tell if you're listening to thrash or doom (that's a good thing lolol)

  87. P.... A....

    That ending is right out of the exorcist.

  88. P.... A....

    This is their best song for sure.

  89. A.... I....

    duuuude.. the drums are insane!!!

  90. S.... D....

    666k views at the time of this comment!

  91. Z.... ....

    This is the best piece of music written. Pure art in its heaviest form.

  92. L.... N....

    Disagree

  93. M.... E....

    Play this at my funeral.

  94. M.... ....

    Still awesome in 2018 :)

  95. D.... ....

    Infante?