Metal Thread 2: In Metal There Is No Law

[Impaled Nazarene]

So, the choir at my high school is learning a song that is the poem below put to music. And, while it sounds absolutely gorgeous in a choral setting, part of me wonders what it would sound like in something like a folk metal context with maybe some minor editing for flow or to better fit the style of music.

Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there; I did not die.[2]

I recognize that poem! Part of it is already in an atmospheric folk/black metal song. One of my favorites too.

It's by Summoning. The poem enters around here.

I would never find the burning domes and sands, where reign the sun, nor dare the snows, Nor seek in mountains dark, the landscapes of the men
Long lost to whom no pathway goes

[Cadonica]

Song of the day

[Kar-Esseria]

Song of the day

6/10

[Cadonica]

Song of the day

6/10

Do you know why it's the song of the day? Hint: It's not just some random "song of the day" choice.

[Szertica]

Song of the day

The moment that album started to suck.

[Kar-Esseria]

6/10

Do you know why it's the song of the day? Hint: It's not just some random "song of the day" choice.

I dunno, did the U.N. do something stupid today?

Because they've already put Saudi Arabia on the Human Rights Council, so I can't imagine how you could fuck up worse than that.

[Cadonica]

Do you know why it's the song of the day? Hint: It's not just some random "song of the day" choice.

I dunno, did the U.N. do something stupid today?

Because they've already put Saudi Arabia on the Human Rights Council, so I can't imagine how you could fuck up worse than that.

October 24th is international United Nations Day. Nothing more

[New Rob Halfordia]

I never said it was anywhere near as awful as people claim either. I just said it could've been better.

Well, if we're being realistic, every album by every artist can be better.

Wrong.

Judas Priest - Painkiller
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
Megadeth - Rust in Peace

These three albums are perfect.

[Impaled Nazarene]

Well, if we're being realistic, every album by every artist can be better.

Wrong.

Judas Priest - Painkiller
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
Megadeth - Rust in Peace

These three albums are perfect.

Skeletor is not wrong.

[Thurses]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPmLkF3e6Fc

NEW ANTHRAX BABYYYYYYYYYY

I've been waiting for this all year, and I'm not disappointed, still have to digest it for a while, but Scott and Co. seem to have struck gold again.

Between this, Repentless and Megadeth's single, it seems that Metallica is the only one of the Big Four that has yet to get their shit together.

james said theyre recording right now kid

[New Rob Halfordia]

Between this, Repentless and Megadeth's single, it seems that Metallica is the only one of the Big Four that has yet to get their shit together.

james said theyre recording right now kid

Who are you calling kid? I've been on this thread since before you were nothing.

[New Rob Halfordia]

In other news, I'm planning on getting a seven string.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/ ... 929?pfm=sp

[Kar-Esseria]

Well, if we're being realistic, every album by every artist can be better.

Wrong.

Judas Priest - Painkiller
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
Megadeth - Rust in Peace

These three albums are perfect.

[Citation Needed]

[New Rob Halfordia]

Wrong.

Judas Priest - Painkiller
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
Megadeth - Rust in Peace

These three albums are perfect.

[Citation Needed]

Oh, sorry, here you go.

http://youtu.be/QWLOKmyu40I
http://youtu.be/Y8E_zcERu5c
http://youtu.be/Fg6bbj48ggw

[Thurses]

[Cadonica]

(Image)

Approved.

[Impaled Nazarene]

In other news, I'm planning on getting a seven string.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/ ... 929?pfm=sp

A gibson company makes something other than 6 strings ?

[Kar-Esseria]

(Image)

[The New Sea Territory]

In other news, I'm planning on getting a seven string.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/ ... 929?pfm=sp

The body is so...simple. It isn't pointy.

[Kiaculta]

In other news, I'm planning on getting a seven string.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/ ... 929?pfm=sp

The body is so...simple. It isn't pointy.

Welcome to a signature element of Matt Heafy's image. Simple. He even looks like some guy who works at a sport shop or something like that.

[Kar-Esseria]

[Citation Needed]

Oh, sorry, here you go.

http://youtu.be/QWLOKmyu40I
http://youtu.be/Y8E_zcERu5c
http://youtu.be/Fg6bbj48ggw

As amazing as all those albums are (especially Screaming for Vengeance), they're not perfect. Nothing is perfect.

[Kiaculta]

Oh, sorry, here you go.

http://youtu.be/QWLOKmyu40I
http://youtu.be/Y8E_zcERu5c
http://youtu.be/Fg6bbj48ggw

As amazing as all those albums are (especially Screaming for Vengeance), they're not perfect. Nothing is perfect.

Except Seether. They're the epitome of greatness, eh?

[NeuPolska]

I have the perfect song to begin an album with.

I want something folkier as an intro for my Slavic/Polish dedicated album, but without a lack of badassery. I happened to find a great legend that I've surprisingly never heard of before:

Poland has always been a land of strong and courageous knights. Many old
tales claim that the bravest of the knights never died, but have been asleep
for centuries in a cavern beneath Mount Pisana.

Once, in a mountain village, a stranger entered a blacksmith shop. He told
the blacksmith that he could earn a rich reward for doing a special job, but
he must promise not to tell anyone. The blacksmith agreed. The stranger
took a gold bar from under his coat and asked the blacksmith to make a
horseshoe from it. When this was done, the stranger led him to the
Koscieliska Valley. After hours of walking, they came to a cave hidden by
rocks and trees.
There was a bright golden light inside the cave. On the floor was an army of
knights in full armor, resting their helmeted heads on saddles as if they were
pillows. In their hands were battle axes and spears. Along the walls of the
cave stood beautiful sleeping horses covered with blankets made of delicate
fabric and horseshoes made of gold.
The stranger told the amazed blacksmith to replace the broken shoe of a
great stallion with the golden horseshoe he had made. The horse did not get
up even when the blacksmith nailed the horseshoe to the stallion's hoof.
Of course, the curious blacksmith asked many questions, but this was all the
stranger would tell him: the knights had been in a deep sleep for hundreds of
years and they would not wake until the time came for a great battle. On that
day, thunder would shake the earth and the sky, giant pine trees would
break like little sticks, and boulders would crash down the mountainsides.
The knights would then gallop out of the cave to fight for Poland once more.
When the job was done, the stranger led the blacksmith back to his village
and made him swear never to tell a living soul about what he had seen.
Then, the stranger paid the blacksmith with a bag of gold and vanished.
The foolish blacksmith could not keep from telling anyone about what he
saw. First, he told his wife and then his neighbors. Soon everyone knew his
secret. However, the moment the blacksmith broke his word, his bag of gold
turned to sand and although he searched for the cave many times, he was
never able to find it

So this song will be about those knights awakening and heading out to battle once more. Going to need a really good riff for it.

[Cadonica]

As amazing as all those albums are (especially Screaming for Vengeance), they're not perfect. Nothing is perfect.

Except Seether. They're the epitome of greatness, eh?

Why do you keep bringing non-metal bands up all the fucking time? It got old hundreds of pages ago. Stop it already.

[Hurdegaryp]

Except Seether. They're the epitome of greatness, eh?

Why do you keep bringing non-metal bands up all the fucking time? It got old hundreds of pages ago. Stop it already.

Maybe he'll see the error of his ways by the time Metal Thread 69 inspires posters to make even more immature remarks than is normally the case. Maybe not.