The Batlord

It's not often you get a good metal ballad. Most bands that do them are cheesy power metal or hair bands -- and while I love a good power ballad, they are generally not all that engaging on anything but a superficial level -- and so when I find a "good" one they tend to stand out.


Metallica might not be poets, but I think they really captured that sense of youthful hopelessness perfectly. It's so dark, and yet there's a naivete to the song that I'm sure was from an honest place.




Probably my fav metal ballad of all time. It's just so understated and creepy. The lyrics are disturbing but vague: until the voice over at the end of the song, it's unclear whether the lyrics are about a murder spree, drugs, madness, or what. Apparently the band also has lyrics about abortion, and if you use your imagination...

"She smiles like a child with flowers in her hair
With blood on her hands into the sun she stares
She feels it die, I heard her cry"

"Something cold is forced inside her
a tear spills down her cheek
Stillborn songs of a dead dreamer"

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