Category: Metal Tuesday

This was the song that got me into Persuader, and later into Savage Circus.

Lyrics:

So what’s left when all is said and done
Who would deprive us our light to be
Lunacy unbound
But in the shadows eyes still lure
Awaiting every chance to set us free
Free us from our sanity

Trapped again
Haywire jaws
Lashing at us sinners
With broken fangs and claws

Fragments of pain will return
My life’s so precious to sacrifice
To this darkened world
You’re my nameless God
Earth you walked for infinity
Shattering my everything

Trapped again
Haywire jaws
Lashing at us sinners
With broken fangs and claws

You know it ain’t right, you know it ain’t so
There’s gotta be more to life than you know
Break the chains and see the light again
Maybe you’ll beg, maybe you’ll pray
Maybe there’s more to life than decay
Trade your soul for one more day

Finally, my swarming soul is free
But every time you set on me
You’ll be afraid to die
Sends shivers up my spine

Trapped again
Haywire jaws
Lashing at us sinners
With broken fangs and claws

You know it ain’t right, you know it ain’t so
There’s gotta be more to life than you know
Break the chains and see the light again
Maybe you’ll beg, maybe you’ll pray
Maybe there’s more to life than decay
Trade your soul for one more day

Humanity
A feeling weaker
Then your need to control

So much is asked in silence
My hands are soiled with blood
Your world spawned through violence
Evolution purgatory

Trapped again
Haywire jaws
Lashing at us sinners
With broken fangs and claws

This is a song based in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time universe. I particularly enjoy the chorus, which will stick in your head for a few days.

Lyrics:

Twas born upon the slopes of Dragonmount
The ancient blood flows through his veins
Twice he has lived and marked his age with blood
He’s come to break the world again
All the power he commands
He does not quite yet understand
By the sword in his hand
He will lead us on our final stand

Raise the banner
Lead us onward
Show the world now
Fear not the hatred and scorn
Gather forces
Fight the shadow
Time is right now
To spread the news of the Dragon Reborn

Your prophecies have no hold over me
I’ll not be used like those before
A puppet champion, unknowing pawn
I will not fight your final war
You’re a fool to believe
You can escape the wheel’s weave
For the mark that you see
Will be greater than you can conceive

And when the final battle comes to pass
The horn will sound across the land
And fallen heroes will arise to fight
To stand against the dark one’s hand
Tears will flow like the rain
The dragon’s blood will spill and stain
There will be war and pain
In the end, though, the light will remain

Sonata Arctica is one of my stable of decent power metal bands. I can put any of their albums in and just listen.

Lyrics in YouTube video.

Got this off of one of the picture blogs I follow. I haven’t been to a KFC in years, but it makes me want to hit one for dinner.

Another new band for Metal Tuesday: Brainstorm. Most of their music falls into “background music” for me, but this one I like a lot.

Lyrics in YouTube video.

Iron Maiden is one of those bands that are almost required before one can call themselves Metalheads. Out of their extensive repertoire, we’re doing “Run For the Hills.” Partly, because it’s a damned good song, and partly so I can use this graphic:

Lyrics in the YouTube video.

New Year means a new band debuting on Metal Tuesday. This week we have Messiah’s Kiss and their song “The Ancient Cries.”

Lyrics:

I am the one to blaze in the sky
Fearless l shattered the dawn
Caught in the crossfire, faceless, unknown
Awaited salvation to call

The seal has been broken when destiny calls
God of salvation arise
Bury my soul on altars of pain
Show me the way to eternal skies

Wide fire’s kissin’ the sun
Pounding the world for all eternity
Black clouds cover the sky escorting your ride
To the land of the ancient cries

I am the son of pleasure and pain
Rulers of darkness and light
Magic and wisdom, thunder and rain
Welcome this magical night

The seal has been broken when destiny calls
God of salvation arise
Bury my soul on altars of pain
Show me the way to eternal skies

Wide fire’s kissin’ the sun
Pounding the world for all eternity
Black clouds cover the sky escorting your ride
To the land of the ancient cries

Wide fire’s kissin’ the sun
Pounding the world for all eternity
Black clouds cover the sky escorting your ride
To the land of the ancient cries

Wide fire’s kissin’ the sun
Pounding the world for all eternity
Black clouds cover the sky escorting your ride
To the land of the ancient cries

To the land of the ancient
To the land of the ancient cries

Let’s end 2014 with Freddie Mercury.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=iUBwjyhRweQ

Lyrics in the YouTube video.

I’m putting this up for my readers who will be celebrating Christmas on Thursday. I realize that most people associate this song with Trans-Siberian Orchestra, but it was actually released originally on Savatage’s “Dead Winter Dead.” Hence, it is listed under Savatage on this blog.

Thus endeth the pedantry.