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chrisbjackson
Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Posts: 52 Location: Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 12:14 am Post subject: Metal songs set in WWI and II |
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There are tons of metal songs about war, and many of them are general enough to apply to a soldier's experience in just about any war within the last century. But some have clues in the lyrics that pin them down to a specific war, or maybe the artist has said it is.
WWI:
Saxon - Machine Gun
Motorhead - 1916
WWII:
Iron Maiden - Aces High
Blue Oyster Cult - ME 262
Angel Dust - Enlighten The Darkness CD
Raven - Run Silent Run Deep (mentions the North Atlantic)
Any good ones to put on while playing computer sims of WWII? |
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Metalfilm1
Joined: 15 Aug 1999 Posts: 3559 Location: Yonkers, NY 10710
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 1:34 am Post subject: Metal songs set in WWI and II |
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WWI: Skyforger-Latvian Riflemen (the entire album) |
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Nightofthecrime
Joined: 05 Jul 2000 Posts: 112 Location: Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 6:49 am Post subject: Metal songs set in WWI and II |
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WWII:
Iron Maiden - Where Eagles Dare
Slayer - The Final Command
- Behind the Crooked Cross
WW I
Black Label Society - 1919 Eternal (album) |
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EdwardTHead
Joined: 17 May 2000 Posts: 576 Location: Maryland
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 2:23 pm Post subject: Metal songs set in WWI and II |
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Iron Maiden Tailgunner
I always thought Maiden's Afraid to kill Strangers gave a WWII feel even though they say it's about the gulf war.
Oh yeah what about Motorhead's Bomber. |
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Metalfilm1
Joined: 15 Aug 1999 Posts: 3559 Location: Yonkers, NY 10710
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 6:19 pm Post subject: Metal songs set in WWI and II |
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"...a desert sand mound, a burial ground."
Nope, it's definitely about the Gulf War. |
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Mijarra
Joined: 28 Nov 2000 Posts: 1564 Location: Pennsylvania
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 10:19 pm Post subject: Metal songs set in WWI and II |
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quote: Originally posted by Metalfilm1:
"...a desert sand mound, a burial ground."
Nope, it's definitely about the Gulf War.
Could still be WWII...there was a lot of fighting in North Africa. I agree that it's probably about the Gulf War though. |
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Mijarra
Joined: 28 Nov 2000 Posts: 1564 Location: Pennsylvania
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 10:28 pm Post subject: Metal songs set in WWI and II |
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How about "For Whom the Bell Tolls"? I always thought that was about war, am I missing it? "For a hill men would kill, why they do not know..." etc.
"Take to the Sky" - Jag Panzer
Die With Your Boots On - 'Maiden
...and I can't believe no one has mentioned the most obvious Iron Maiden war song....The Trooper. That wouldn't be WWI or II though, as I don't think "muskets' were used still even in WWI. |
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Valhallen
Joined: 17 Jan 2000 Posts: 411 Location: US
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 10:33 pm Post subject: Metal songs set in WWI and II |
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quote: Originally posted by Mijarra:
...and I can't believe no one has mentioned the most obvious Iron Maiden war song....The Trooper. That wouldn't be WWI or II though, as I don't think "muskets' were used still even in WWI.
That song takes place during the Crimean War. |
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Metalfilm1
Joined: 15 Aug 1999 Posts: 3559 Location: Yonkers, NY 10710
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 12:35 am Post subject: Metal songs set in WWI and II |
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Indeed, it was the Crimean War.
Cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them... |
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