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Wyvern
Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 2214 Location: Costa Rica
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 1:47 am Post subject: Metal songs set in WWI and II |
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Motorhead - '1916'= WWI
Iron Maiden - 'Aces High' = WWII (Battle Of England)
Iron Maiden - 'Tailgunner' = WWII (Allied raids over Europe and Japan)
Iron Maiden - 'Run Silent, Run Deep' = WWII (there's a movie by the same name of submarine warfare)
Iron Maiden - 'Where Eagles Dare' = WWII (based on the book and movie)
Motorhead - 'Death Or Glory' = events of both wars (and many more) are depicted in the lyrics
Saxon - 'Broken Heroes' = as above
Saxon - 'Machine Gun' can be any modern war, but probably WWII (because of the traces)
Blue Oyster Cult - 'ME 262' = WWII (obvious isn't it?)
Grave Digger - 'Enola Gay (drop the bomb)' = WWII (another obvious one)
Thin Lizzy - 'Angel Of Death' = part of the lyrics concern WWII
Anthrax - 'The Enemy' = WWII (the Holocaust)
Metal Church - 'Western Alliance' = WWII (the Allies)
Riot - 'Soldier' (it can be any war but...)
Megadeth - 'Take No Prisoners' = WWII
Black Sabbath - 'Glory Ride' (I believe is WWII like the Kamikazes, but not sure).
Metallica - 'One' (usually associated with WWII, because of the landmine, but...)
I'm tired... [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] |
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Jake
Joined: 02 Mar 1999 Posts: 4963
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 4:36 pm Post subject: Metal songs set in WWI and II |
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quote: Originally posted by Mijarra:
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.
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For Whom the Bell Tolls is about the Spanish Civil War(1936-1939). So it takes place just before WWII.
Hiroshima - Uli Jon Roth(WWII) |
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Wyvern
Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 2214 Location: Costa Rica
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 4:39 pm Post subject: Metal songs set in WWI and II |
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Damn, I forgot that one:
'Hiroshima' - Baron Rojo |
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metalblood
Joined: 10 Aug 2001 Posts: 510 Location: Pittsburgh, PA USA
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 7:55 pm Post subject: Metal songs set in WWI and II |
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Continuing with Hiroshima
Legend- Hiroshima |
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chrisbjackson
Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Posts: 52 Location: Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 9:23 pm Post subject: Metal songs set in WWI and II |
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quote: Originally posted by Wyvern:
Saxon - 'Machine Gun' can be any modern war, but probably WWII (because of the traces)
I figured WWI because it mentions barbed wire, No Man's Land, and "wheels of terror" as tanks can still work as they did appear during the war. WWI had tracer flares, I'm looking right now at a book with a gouache by the German Expressionist Otto Dix called [i]Tracer Flares[/i] dated 1917. |
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Easy 8
Joined: 01 Jan 2003 Posts: 11 Location: Arlington, TX
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 10:35 pm Post subject: Metal songs set in WWI and II |
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Alcatrazz: Horoshima Mon Amour
Would Slayer's "Angel of Death" count? It's about the holacaust, so it's set in WWII. |
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Wyvern
Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 2214 Location: Costa Rica
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 11:23 pm Post subject: Metal songs set in WWI and II |
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quote: Originally posted by WatchingFromTheCorner:
quote: Originally posted by Wyvern:
Saxon - 'Machine Gun' can be any modern war, but probably WWII (because of the traces)
I figured WWI because it mentions barbed wire, No Man's Land, and "wheels of terror" as tanks can still work as they did appear during the war. WWI had tracer flares, I'm looking right now at a book with a gouache by the German Expressionist Otto Dix called [i]Tracer Flares[/i] dated 1917.
Cool! Because [i]flake[/i] and anti-aircraft fire (including traces) were more important in WWII, I thought that was a clue, but I do believe you are right on your assesment. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] |
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PHDPLUS
Joined: 11 Oct 2000 Posts: 305
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 7:34 pm Post subject: Metal songs set in WWI and II |
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quote: Originally posted by Easy 8:
Alcatrazz: Horoshima Mon Amour
Hiroshima mon Amour. Ah yes, a song that contains one of the best guitar solos in musical history. Excellent choice Easy 8! |
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Motorola
Joined: 21 Feb 2000 Posts: 587 Location: Planet Earth
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Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 12:47 am Post subject: Metal songs set in WWI and II |
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SS-3 by Slayer
I think this one is about the assasination of Heydrich ("the hangman of Prague") and the following reprisal, the liquidation of the village Lidice. The village was burned and all men above 16 years of age were shot. This happened on June 10, 1942. |
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