Winters Bane are a heavy/power metal band, formed in 1990. They have gone through extensive line-up changes throughout their history with only guitarist and sometime-vocalist Lou St. Paul featuring as an ever-present.
In their first incarnation with Tim "Ripper" Owens (who would later join Judas Priest and Iced Earth), they released the Heart of a Killer album in 1993, a concept piece based on the murderous exploits of a character called Judge Cohagen. This album was re-released in 2000 by Century Media Records as a 2-CD set, featuring a bootlegged live gig as a bonus disc.
After the departure of Owens, St. Paul took over the vocal duties for both the unreleased Season of Brutality and Girth, arguably Winters Bane's heaviest work to date.
Following the release of Girth, Winters Bane went into a period of semi-activity while searching for a full-time vocalist. By 2003, German Alexander Koch (ex-Spiral Tower, Powergod) was recruited and a demo was cut. Two years later St. Paul, Koch and veteran drummer Mark Cross entered the studio to record Redivivus, a full-length album released in 2006.
Hey Cohegan - this is the end of your worthless life
A shocking reality - it's a struggle within your mind
It's a tug-of-war between innocent and guilt
A question of your inner truth, a definition of yourself!
The judge could not believe his eyes
as the blade was coming nearer
Frozen as if crystallized - there was no way to win
A desperate act from a desperate plan
a cry let out from an insane man
Cohegan frumbled trough the drawer
The lights came on
Cohegan couldn't see the shadows danced
so he believe - he raised the gun
with an angry stare and no regrets
To terminate the eternity, to kill the silouette
His mind was wrecked but a tormented smile arose
When the hammer slammed into steel unleashing a lethal dose
The judge laid their denial as his kids stood in the hall
it was then he realized his wife lay there dead
Oh, she's dead
The lights came on
Cohegan couldn't see the shadows danced
so he believe - he raised the gun
with an angry stare and no regrets
To terminatethe eternity - to kill the silouette
The lights came on
Cohegan couldn't see the shadows danced
so he believe - he raised the gun
with an angry stare and no regrets