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Proving Our Mettle

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    “Proving our Mettle is a bare-chested scream of defiance, and a rallying call to the true,” continues Rayzor. “It is our banner planted firmly in the ground and from here we stand and fight. Fighting for Metal is not just a song: it’s a mission statement.”

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1.
Heavy Metal 03:13
Heavy Metal Heavy Metal Heavy Metal Heavy Metal Heavy Metal Heavy Metal When I look into your eyes I can see the power lies In your heart and is true This song is for you You can feel it in your blood it is pumping through your veins You can feel it in your heart As the pounding begins It is burning deep inside so let it out As the drums begin to pound Bass is rumbling the ground guitars roaring through the night Heavy Metal, Power, Might! As I walk on to the stage I can feel my heart ablaze As the power soars through me We fulfill our destiny
2.
Victory 04:39
Rise up, and be the one to lead Stand alone where others fail Take on the world, and do it on your own No-one to trust or let you down Fight And stand Your ground Never lose sight of the end Push on Defy The ones who hold you back Doubted from the start, never spared a chance Stand up and take it for yourself Smash their beliefs and throw them in their face The time is yours to set things straight Fight And stand Your ground Never lose sight of the end Push on Defy The ones who hold you back Victory See it in my eyes Victory Within my grasp Victory My time has come Victory (hold long) The future’s up to you, don’t sit back in the past Take control and rise above The Metal way, to never call it a day Stay true because there is no other path
3.
Under the cover of a darkening day The allies halt their retreat On the ridge of Mont Saint Jean Tomorrow the battle will be fought! The cavalry guard the last of the infantry Allied artillery lines the ridge The stalemate at Quatre bras Must not be made to look a defeat this is the day, this is the place, this is where we will stand, Seventh Coalition against Napoleon With no retreat and no respite we stand under the Iron Duke we will win the Battle of Waterloo With the dawn near 200,000 men begin to rise soaked and blue with the cold for the battle they prepare The allies form into their squares clutching their rifles tight if the calvary see them flinch the battle will be lost this is the day, this is the place, this is where we will stand, Seventh Coalition against Napoleon With no retreat and no respite we stand under the Iron Duke we will win the Battle of Waterloo
4.
A challenge has been sent, a threat against our lives Armed for the onslaught, prepare now or die Called now, to our fate, all men must fight. Trained hard, without fear, or compromise. Marching forth a wall comprised of steel man and beast Stand against this terror force, not another day you’ll see Called now, to our fate, all men must fight. Trained hard, without fear, or compromise. Death to, our enemies, their end has come On we ride, until we die Swords against the sky, shining through the flames. Hear the battle cry, long will live our names. The false know defeat, fallen to their graves Lying in our wake, a battlefield ablaze Through the haze rising up, their front line appears Silence now all breath is held, the time to strike is here Cold steel, shreds flesh and bone Blood gargled cries as we slay down the false No remorse, their screams are in vain Look into their eyes, as you twist in the blade
5.
Mist and darkness conspiring against us A flash in the dark silence torn apart We return fire as their shots land wide Amid the confusion terror is building Crew rush to arms and the battle is joined Across the deck the buccaneer cries “Helmsman turn to port Gunners reload and fire! Fight for your lives!” As the second ship appeared The treachery was revealed How deep did the treachery run? All knew but one Oblivious to it He has lost his ship Enemy unknown The buccaneer’s revenge The white flag rises up The buccaneer feels a blade His first mate leads him Away The guns are silent as ships near Crew makes their allegiance clear Before he flees he fires his gun The first mate falls Betrayed on that night He lived to flee He will return The buccaneer’s revenge Battling against the tide The buccaneer swims to shore Betrayed by his crew Friends cast him aside and left him to die Hatred burns within As he begins to plot his revenge Never did he suspect He never knew the reasons why He seeks his ship And seeks their supplies A small amount of poison The crew will slowly die Agony wont set in Until well to sea The buccaneer will wait Reclaim his ship for free
6.
The smelting of steel Crush the red rock Ship across the sea Remove the volatiles from coal Prepare to smelt Hammers rise, weapons forged Armour of the purest steel Victory is being forged It’s the smelting of steel Mix the iron With the coke Smelting of steel Limestone flux removes impurities Smelting of steel See the flames rise Smelting of steel Molten steel flows Smelting of steel Fire the furnace Purge the impurities Send the steel to the forge And create our weapons of fear
7.
The Gry Lion 06:59
Ruler of his land, passed to him by kin He must hunt a gry lion, the last of its kind To claim the throne for his own Securing his land, he hunts his game Though barbarians have united under one name The marked one will live just to see him die In the lonely desert the sun sets on the blood hills The oracle will come true the gry lion will die Opet will burn The kindness of the sunbird will cause the death of his king He didn’t know the enemy he made The gods can’t save them The army of the black king will follow him to death Numbers more than men can count Fate blows on the wind The oracle told them Told them they were doomed But the warning can’t save him The wheels turn too soon United the tide sweeps across The gry lion makes his stand Fight for every mile lost As the men dwindle before his hand Deserted by His sunbird The priests legion Still holds the line Courage hangs By a thread What will stop All this death? The end has come Fate has won The city begins to burn The last men fight and die Timon has revenge But still they fight To the last loyal man The Gry Lion will stand The army without number descends on them now Baal’s breath lights the sky terror fills the air They watch their kin burn Lines break upon the onslaught, at the temple they stand The hand of friendship the oracle foresaw The Lion falls on the Sunbird’s sword In the lonely desert the sun sets on the blood hills No memory remains of those great men History has been burned The kindness of the sunbird to the black king The sign of the gods was marked clear on him Their Gods betrayed them
8.
When darkness falls And hope seems lost Many will give up Many may fall But to those who stay true And fear not the false They will stand and fight They will prevail Into the night we ride Until the day we die Real men that never hide Metal never lies Brothers by my side Until the day we die Warriors by day and night For metal we fight Until the day we die Brothers of metal always fight Never to give in Never to forgive
9.
Forged from steel purity unmatched Possess the one who holds it Magic binds sword and man Immortality to he who wields it Fear it, the kiss of steel To this blade you’ll kneel Feel it, the kiss of steel Strike you with the hate I feel Know it, the kiss of steel The last thing you shall feel Taste it, the kiss of steel Your blood coats my blade of steel Lifetime lived a hundred times Torture of immortality Waiting for the one to come The one that will make me bleed Need it, the kiss of steel To this blade I am bound Want it, the kiss of steel Strike me give me release Know it, the kiss of steel The last thing I shall feel Taste it, the kiss of steel Honour me with the kiss of steel Seek it, the kiss of steel Release me from this world Crave it, the kiss of steel Pierce me make me feel Know it, the kiss of steel A warrior’s death comes to me Taste it, the kiss of steel My blood coats your blade of steel
10.
See the flames Light the sky As the false Come to war Bringing swords Of steel impure And with hearts Filled with deceit They come to fight us They invade our land Burning as they come But we will stand They think they can fight us They think they can win But where my brothers stand Will always be our land We stand and see their fear Draw swords as we wait Hammer sound as smiths work steel Blades sharpened, prepare to fight We are proving our mettle We walk through the flames We are made of metal We shall fear no pain They charge at us They break on our lines our swords cleave flesh their blood flows deep Though some will fall We will win the day valhalla awaits the glorious dead
11.
Trafalgar 06:11
As the sun rose above the white cliffs of Cape Trafalgar the opposing fleet was East by South around 10 miles The morning sung with British cheers, now their prey would be brought to battle A gentle wind blowing West Nor' West fills every sail Out numbered out gunned out manned But the allies are ill prepared By dusk this all will be over By dusk this all will be done Nelson and Collingwood lead the two columns of ships forth They make all haste to close and engage with the allied fleet Upon the Victory a signal from Nelson is raised ENGLAND EXPECTS THAT EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY Out Numbered Out gunned Out Manned But the allies are ill prepared The two columns are nearing Soon they will breach the line At noon the allies opened fire on the British warships bearing down on them The British hold their fire as the allies waste shots aiming too high and too long Collingwood closes first Drawing alongside a French warship and clearing off it's decks The first volley begins the carnage and the horror The allied line is breached The true battle has begun Nelson's ship strikes the center of the allied line unleashing fury on the Trinidad More British attack The air is full smoke From the shore the Spanish can hear the din of war In the horror of battle the casualties are climbing shots rip through flesh blood slicks the decks From Redoubtable's mast a shot is fired at the quarter deck and Lord Nelson falls Partial firing continued until the late afternoon by then of 33 17 ships had their colours struck The British fleet of just 27 had won the day Though Nelson was among the dead and a nation plunged into mourning Out numbered Out gunned Out manned But the allies were ill prepared In just 5 hours it was over And there were many thousands dead

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“Proving our Mettle is a bare-chested scream of defiance, and a rallying call to the true,” continues Rayzor. “It is our banner planted firmly in the ground and from here we stand and fight. Fighting for Metal is not just a song: it’s a mission statement.”

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released April 19, 2013

Songs by R. McGill, D. Jenkins and R. Chinchella

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METAL is a band straight out of the old school of traditional balls to the wall heavy metal. Think back to those heady glory days of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motorhead and Manowar, “when men were men and songs were forged with blood, sweat and steel," ... more

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