They laughed at their gods
And fought them in vain
So he turned his back on them
And left them in pain
Now here come the saints
With their banners held high
Each one of them martyrs
Quite willing to die
Wake the dead, the saints are in Hell
Wake the dead, they've come for the bell
Cover your fists
Razor your spears
It's been our possession
For 8,000 years
Fetch the scream eagles
Unleash the wild cats
Set loose the king cobras
And blood sucking bats
Wake the dead, the saints are in hell
Wake the dead, they've come for the bell
We are saints
In hell
We are saints
In hell
We're going down
Into the fire
We're going down
Into the fire
The streets run with blood from the mass mutilation
As carnage took toll for the bell
Abattoir, abattoir, mon Dieu quelle horreur
For a time is was like second hell
Saints in Hell
Saints in Hell
The battle is over, the saints are alive
How can we all thank you, we felt so despised
Saints in Hell
Saints in Hell
Saints in Hell
Saints in Hell
Saints in Hell
Saints in Hell
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I posted a vid for Saints in Hell a few years ago. One of my very favorite Priest tunes.
Originally Posted by Merde Furieux:
They laughed at their gods
And fought them in vain
So he turned his back on them
And left them in pain
Now here come the saints
With their banners held high
Each one of them martyrs
Quite willing to die
Wake the dead, the saints are in Hell
Wake the dead, they've come for the bell
Cover your fists
Razor your spears
It's been our possession
For 8,000 years
Fetch the scream eagles
Unleash the wild cats
Set loose the king cobras
And blood sucking bats
Wake the dead, the saints are in hell
Wake the dead, they've come for the bell
We are saints
In hell
We are saints
In hell
We're going down
Into the fire
We're going down
Into the fire
The streets run with blood from the mass mutilation
As carnage took toll for the bell
Abattoir, abattoir, mon Dieu quelle horreur
For a time is was like second hell
Saints in Hell
Saints in Hell
The battle is over, the saints are alive
How can we all thank you, we felt so despised
Saints in Hell
Saints in Hell
Saints in Hell
Saints in Hell
Saints in Hell
Saints in Hell
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Fates Warning reminds me of Fair Warning, not the music, but the name. I know you probably never heard of them. They were a disco band out of Miami who saw the writing on the wall in 1981, that disco was dying. They changed their name to Fates Warning, grew their hair and got a rock producer. The producer wrote the song She Don't Know Me, its the same song on Bon Jovi's first album and the only song Jon Bonjovi or a member of his band didn't write.
Fair Warning and Bon Jovi were both signed at the same time by Mercury Records. After both bands recorded a debut album, the label people looked at what they had, and decided Bon Jovi had more potential. They shelved the Fair Warning album and it was never released. The best song on the album they gave to Bon Jovi who recorded it and it was on their debut album. It became a hit after their first single Runaway. I prefer the FW version better, but they lacked the image that the label wanted.
Originally Posted by DeepPurple:
Fates Warning reminds me of Fair Warning, not the music, but the name. I know you probably never heard of them. They were a disco band out of Miami who saw the writing on the wall in 1981, that disco was dying. They changed their name to Fates Warning, grew their hair and got a rock producer. The producer wrote the song She Don't Know Me, its the same song on Bon Jovi's first album and the only song Jon Bonjovi or a member of his band didn't write.
Fair Warning and Bon Jovi were both signed at the same time by Mercury Records. After both bands recorded a debut album, the label people looked at what they had, and decided Bon Jovi had more potential. They shelved the Fair Warning album and it was never released. The best song on the album they gave to Bon Jovi who recorded it and it was on their debut album. It became a hit after their first single Runaway. I prefer the FW version better, but they lacked the image that the label wanted.
Very cool story. 1980-1983 I was a "metal head" and the metal scene was oversaturated with shit bands. For example, Pantera were posers before they cashed in on Metallica's success, who I'm not sure were all that orignal to begin with, BUT they did have street cred, and their compositions were pretty good. My older brother bought alot of Heavy Metal albums back then and I'd thumb through them but there was just too many to actually give a listen to them all. Fates Warning was one I always skipped over. There was Venom, Mercyful Fate, Witchfinder General ad nauseum.
So about two years ago I went to see Raven in a NJ bar, and before they hit the stage they were playing music from back in the day. So while waiting for Raven to come on the stage, I see this guy singing along to a pretty good song and I asked him "who's this" and he says "Fates Warning".
I was happy for Savatage, who later became Christmas Metal extravaganza. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Merde Furieux:
Very cool story. 1980-1983 I was a "metal head" and the metal scene was oversaturated with shit bands. For example, Pantera were posers before they cashed in on Metallica's success, who I'm not sure were all that orignal to begin with, BUT they did have street cred, and their compositions were pretty good. My older brother bought alot of Heavy Metal albums back then and I'd thumb through them but there was just too many to actually give a listen to them all. Fates Warning was one I always skipped over. There was Venom, Mercyful Fate, Witchfinder General ad nauseum.
So about two years ago I went to see Raven in a NJ bar, and before they hit the stage they were playing music from back in the day. So while waiting for Raven to come on the stage, I see this guy singing along to a pretty good song and I asked him "who's this" and he says "Fates Warning".
I was happy for Savatage, who later became Christmas Metal extravaganza.
If you like Savatage, did you ever listen to the album Dr. Butcher? It was a '94 side project of Jon Oliva and Chris Caffery, I'm not sure if it came out here, I had the German import CD.
Right now I'm really getting into Rammstein. They have a catchy metal sound, sort of like Evanescence, not so much in that sound but crunchy guitar with a pop melody. Rammstein sells out stadiums in Europe and Russia, they are huge over there. The lead singer Till Lindemann, he doesn't really sing, grew up in East Germany behind the wall and his first album he bought was Alice Cooper Welcome to My Nightmare.
For Savatage fans, Jon Olivia and Chris Cafferty side project. I use to sell a lot of these on the internet when it first came out as a German import only.