Battle songs?

[Taloras]

Does anyone know of any good mp3s of battle songs? or cds? The fighter im creating has a flair for languages....however, he also charges into battle either chanting the fighters prayer or a battle song....but i dont have any battle songs.

Fighters Prayer:

Lo, there do i see my father.
Lo, there do i see my mother, my sisters, and my brothers.
Lo, there do i see the line of my people, back to the beginning.
Lo, they do call to me.
They bid me take my place among them, in the Halls of the Valiant, where the brave may live forever.

Yes, its a minor adaptation of the Viking Prayer from the movie the 13th Warrior.

So anyway...does anyone know of any good sites w/ battle songs in mp3 format? Or any good cds w/ battle themes?

 

[ValamirCleaver]

Many songs by Manowar would serve as great battle hymns. Their website is www.manowar.com Here are samples of some of their lyrics.

The Warriors Prayer

Gods Of War I Call You
My Sword Is By My Side
I Seek A Life Of Honor Free From All False Pride
I Will Crack The Whip With A Bold And Mighty Hail
Cover Me With Death If I Should Ever Fail
Glory Majesty Unity
Hail Hail Hail


HAIL AND KILL

Brothers I Am Calling From The Valley Of The Kings
With Nothing To Atone
A Dark March Lies Ahead Together We Will Ride
Like Thunder From The Sky
May Your Sword Stay Wet Like A Young Girl In Her Prime
Hold Your Hammers High
Blood And Death Are Waiting Like A Raven In The Sky
I Was Born To Die
Hear Me While I Live Now As I Look Into Your Eyes
None Shall Hear A Lie
Now Power And Dominion Are Taken By The Will
By Divine Right Hail And Kill

Hail Hail Hail And Kill
Hail And Kill
Hail Hail Hail And Kill
Hail And Kill

My Father Was A Wolf I’m A Kinsman Of The Slain
Sworn To Rise Again
I Will Bring Salvation Punishment And Pain
The Hammer Of Hate Is Our Faith
Power And Dominion Are Taken By The Will
By Divine Right Hail And Kill

Hail Hail Hail And Kill
Hail And Kill
Hail Hail Hail And Kill
Hail And Kill

Rip Their Flesh Burn Their Hearts
Stab Them In The Eyes
Rape Their Women As They Cry
Kill Their Servants Burn Their Homes
Till There’s No Blood Left To Spill
Hail And Kill

Power And Dominion Are Taken By The Will
By Divine Right Hail And Kill

Hail Hail Hail And Kill
Hail And Kill


THE POWER OF THY SWORD

Lord Of Battle I Pray On Bended Knee Conquest By The Rising Sun
I’ll Wait For Thy Command With Flame And Blood At Hand
Glory And A Broken Sword
I’m The Master Of The World I Have No Fear Of Man Or Beast
Born Inside The Soul Of The World
Riding Hard Breaking Bone With Steel And Stone
Eternal Might I Was Born To Wield

Let Us Drink To The Battles We’ve Lived And We’ve Fought
Celebrate The Pain And Havoc We Have Wrought
Great Heroes Charge Into The Fight
From The North To The South In The Black Of Night

The Clash Of Honor Calls To Stand When Others Fall
Gods Of War Feel The Power Of My Sword

Drink To The Battles We’ve Lived And We’ve Fought
Celebrate The Pain And Havoc We Have Wrought
Great Heroes Charge Into The Fight
From The North To The South In The Black Of Night

Fierce Is My Blade Fierce Is My Hate
Born To Die In Battle I Laugh At My Fate
Now Pay In Blood When Your Blood Has Been Spilled
You’re Never Forgiven Death Is Fulfilled

The Clash Of Honor Calls To Stand When Others Fall
Gods Of War Feel The Power Of My Sword

The Clash Of Honor Calls
I Will Stand When Others Fall.
Open Magic Doors
They Will Know The Power Of My Sword

There Is Blood On My Hands There Is Blood In My Eyes
With Blood In My Voice I Scream As You Die
Thirsting For Vengeance And Mounds Of The Slain
Shaking The Forest Onto The Plain

Fierce Is My Blade Fierce Is My Hate
Born To Die In Battle I Laugh At My Fate
Now Pay In Blood When Your Blood Has Been Spilled
You’re Never Forgiven
Death Is Fulfilled

The Clash Of Honor Calls
To Stand When Others Fall
Gods Of War Feel The Power Of My Sword
They Will Know The Power Of My Sword

 

[dave_o]

!!!

Yes! MANOWAR!

'Three sons have I, and they ride, by my side! The Fierce, The Black, and The Wicked are their names! We ride down...'

Sorry, but Manowar is a rockin' band and it's good to see another fan.

Some other metal bands to check out, lyrically: Blind Guardian, Iced Earth, Shadows Fall.

 

[S'mon]

If you want _real_ battle songs (the kind that actually win battles, as opposed to Heavy Metal or whatever) you could do a search for 'Protestant/Loyalist/Orange Marching Songs' on Morpheus or whatever, mostly these Irish-Protestant battle hymns are folk songs and not in copyright.

 

[Oni]

May Your Sword Stay Wet Like A Young Girl In Her Prime

 

[S'mon]

Actually your Manowar lyrics would be good for a CE barbarian culture like eg Moorcock's Mabden; or skinhead bully-boys in the real world. I can't see any real military wanting to enthuse their troops before battle with that stuff, though!

 

[Maerdwyn]

http://www.contemplator.com/war.html

That site has a bunch of British/American/Canadian/Australian war songs from the past 3 centuries, both lyrics and midi files. (Songs of other types are elsewhere on the site)

 

[Taloras]

Thanks...ill look into em. now if only my cousin could find his cd burner!

 

[Genysys]

You might wanna try the lyrics to Metallica's "The Four Horsemen" or "Metal Militia". Good, old- school Metallica.

 

[kurt]

battle songs

Give Jethro Tull's "Broadsword" from "Broadsword and the Beast" a listen.