Manowar - The Warriors Prayer

Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York, formed in 1980. They are known for writing lyrics with an emphasis on the heavy metal genre itself, fantasy (particularly sword and sorcery) and mythological topics (particularly Norse mythology). Manowar's sound is loud and bombastic; in an interview for MTV in February 2007, bassist Joey DeMaio lamented that "these days, there's a real lack of big, epic metal that is drenched with crushing guitars and choirs and orchestras... so it's nice to be one of the few bands that's actually doing that." In 1984 the band was included in the Guinness Book of World Records for delivering the loudest performance, a record which they have since broken on 2 occasions. They also hold the world record for the longest heavy metal concert after playing for 5 hours and 1 minute in Bulgaria in 2008.
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- Grandfather, tell me a story !
- Alright, go and get your storybook
- No, no, not one of those, a real story !
- A real story ?
- Yes, tell me about when you were a boy.
- Well, then I shall have to take you back
with me, a long way in time...

It was my thirteenth year on a cold winter's
day, as I walked through the enchanted forest,
I heard the sound of horses and men at arms,
I felt compelled to walk on and find the place
of these sounds, and when the forest did clear
I was standing on a hill. Before me, (there?)
was a great plane. Upon it, the armies of the
world, standing, waiting. I thought to myself,
for whom or for what are they waiting ?
Suddenly a gust of wind came up from the north.
There appeared a lone rider, holding a sword
of steel. Then from the south came another,
bearing a battle ax. From the east came a third,
holding a spiked club. And finally, from the west,
a rider who wielded a great hammer of war.
With them came their soldiers of death, followed
by an army of immortals. They were few in number,
but the look in their eyes told all who beheld
them that they would leave this day only in
victory or death. And there was a great silence...

My heart began to pound, storm clouds filled
the sky with darkness, rain came, and the four
winds blew with such anger that I held fast to
a tree. I watched the four riders raise their
weapons into the air. Without warning, screaming
their war cry. They led the attack, down to
the battle they rode. They met the armies of
the world with a mighty clash ! I could feel
the ground shake, the earth drank much blood
that day ! Each of the four, was unto himself,
a whirlwind of doom !!!!!!!!!!
When the smoke did clear, many thousands
were dead. There was much blood and gore.
Their bodies lay broken and scattered across
the battlefield, like brown leaves blown by
the wind. And I saw the four ride together
to the top of the hill, while below them the
soldiers of death assembled, all those who
would now swear allegiance to them. And the
four spoke the words of 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 mighty hail.
Cover me with death if I should ever fail.

Glory, Majesty, Unity
Hail, Hail, Hail

And as I stood and looked on, I heard the
armies of the world hail them without end, and
their voices of victory carried long and far
throughout the land !

- Well that's it. Did you like the story ?
- Yeah, it was great !
- Oh Good, I'm glad. Now off to bed with you.
- Grandfather ?
- Yes ?
- Who were those four men ?
- Who were they ? They were the Metal Kings !!!!!!

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[DarqTalonAzel]

Boy: "Grandfather, tell me a story!"

Grandfather: "Oh, alright. Go get your storybook."

Boy:"No, no, not one of those. A REAL story."

Grandfather:" A REAALLL story...alright, go get a REAL storybook."

Boy: :(

[Hemorrhophrodite]

Few weeks ago a friend was moving out of his apartment and celebrating that event we got wasted like a pack of little bitches. While burning sixth or seventh blunt of weed he put this album into the stereo. None of us heard this song for years so for four minutes we sat like scared kids. And at the moment the grandfather said "THEY WERE THE METAL KINGS" we went berserk and demolished that little furniture still left in the apartment. I woke up in the park without my shoes the next morning.

[TheSamhigham]

Alright Grandad..... Give it up, I'm pretty sure that you're life isn't that exciting.

[gabijkk]

@SantusFaustusI it has in a way... 

[Cybermonkey342]

That's a classic! Epic!

[kon007nic]

so epic , especially in the end .. it reminds me the first WoW trailer

[SantusFaustusI]

This story don't have any logical sense. It's just "epic".

[TSroyal13]

This ending is so epic like nothing else!!!

[aqajahua]

hail from Finland!

[ford7777777]

I don't know who the Narrator is but its not Wells or Lee, Grandfather has a Welsh accent..

[mordstor]

@shmucko13 old man: They were the metal kings!  me: WTF!? LMAO WUT? REALLY? HAHAHAHAHA OMG

it's just really funny to me, not bad, just funny.

[131313ROD]

- Who were those four men ?

- Who were they ? They were the Metal Kings !!!!!!

HAIL , HAIL , HAIL and KILL

METAL KINGS FOREVERRRRRRRRRRRRR !!!!!!