SABBAT: Blood for the Blood God - White Dwarf #95 Flexi Disc (1987)

In 1987 White Dwarf Magazine released a flexi disc recorded by metal band, Sabbat. It was a 7 minute track titled, Blood for the Blood God. I don't know if I was able to get my son to understand what a flexi disc was but he did get across to me how much he disliked the music. I on the other hand love it. It's really an insane piece that makes huge back and forth leaps of style. Really tasty.

 SABBAT

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD

[1. The Nightmare Begins]

(The) once the mighty cities now crumbled and turned to sand
Here dwelt the Old Slaine (the Masters)
Infinite wisdom (a god given right)
To these genetic scientists forming new life
Yet these powerful beings could never have known
Their seeds of destruction were already sown

See how the void gates that held back the Chaos foe
Shudder and shatter, an entropy overload
Spewing forth creatures, obscene machinations
Malicious entities warping creation
Shrouded in darkness they silently wait
Counting the days 'til the Blood God awakes

Armed with fury, cloaked by night
Mutations spawned by warpstone might
Shall now go forth, proliferate
To slay and conquer, dominate

[Chorus:]
From their holes and caverns deep
Ten million Orc and Goblin feet
With hungry hearts and sharpened knives
They come to take your worthless lives

[The Call To Arms]
"Blood for the Blood God!" [x2]

Die - Chaos claims thee [3 times]
Die - Chaos takes thy soul
Thy soul

Die - Chaos claims thee [3 times]
Die - Chaos takes thy soul

[2. Let Battle Commence]

Flee now in terror as darkness descends
The forces of nature relentlessly bend
Spreading the cancer, perverse permutations
Chaotic entropy, warped malformations
'Til where once was beauty lies chaos and war
And that which was lawful is lawful no more

Down below this sleeping city
Red eyes filled with rage, not pity
Stalk our dreams with tooth and claw
And crave for human flesh to gnaw

[Chorus:]
From their holes and caverns deep
Ten million Orc and Goblin feet
With hungry hearts and sharpened knives
They come to take your worthless lives

[The Call To Arms]
"Blood for the Blood God!" [x2]

Die - Chaos claims thee [x3]
Die - Chaos takes thy soul
Thy soul

Die - Chaos claims thee [3]
Die - Chaos takes thy soul

[Guitar solo]

[3. The Field Is Lost]

In tattered shreds our broken ranks
Are swept before this flood
Chaos creatures rend our flesh
And drink our blood

[The Blood God Arises]
"I am Khorne, I am Death
Fear my name, my icy breath
Feel the power, a deadly chill
When I say 'die' then die you will!"

See how the void gates that held back the Chaos foe
Shudder and shatter, an entropy overload
Spewing forth creatures, obscene machinations
Malicious entities warping creation
Shrouded in darkness they silently wait
Counting the days 'til the Blood God awakes

[Chorus:]
Armed with fury, cloaked by night
Mutations spawned by warpstone might
Shall now go forth, proliferate
To slay and conquer, dominate

From their holes and caverns deep
Ten million Orc and Goblin feet
With hungry hearts and sharpened knives
They come to take your worthless lives

[The Call To Arms]
"Blood for the Blood God!" [x2]

[4. The Despairing End]

Where are the heroes in this hour of need?
Stouthearted and brave men who never will concede
To the forces of Chaos, hold back their might?
Who dares to stand proud when the Warhammer strikes?

Lord of the Rings Mid-Sixties Paperback Cover Art

I was thinking about when I first read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. It was 1975 and I just turned 14; my first year in high school. I was staying with my Grandmother for a few days and had asked her to pick up the books when she went shopping while I was in school. I remember sitting in her bedroom pulling the books carefully from a paperbag. I sat on her bed marveling at the covers. It was the mid 70's Ballentine editions with Tolkien's own art, not the mid 60's editions posted above. Reading those books was a unique experience. So much so, I can vividly recall many moments of where I was and what time it was while reading them. It was as if I was straddling two worlds for the couple of weeks I spent devouring those four books.


In 1978 I bought a t-shirt with the the painting from the Ballentine '65 edition on it. I remember wearing it one day at work at my Father's Marina. It had just rained at the end of the day. When I walked outside to start closing up I was greeted with a sky that was identical to the that in the picture on my shirt. It's strange how these seemingly insignificant memories can linger so steadfastly for a lifetime.

Left are the covers of the pirated Ace edition from 1965. I've long wanted to see these and just found them this morning on the The Hobbit Movie website under the 'Collecting' link.


9 years ago I inherited my Grandmother's bedroom set which had originally belonged to my Great-grandmother. I cherish the ornately carved pieces not just because of how beautiful they are and not just because Nana loved the set so much but also because for me the set is symbolic of my discovery of Middle Earth one fall evening in 1975. 

The Hobbit Movie site:
http://derhobbit-film.de/indexengl.shtml

Graeme's Fantasy Book Review Giveaway

I'm stoked!!! I won Graeme's giveaway for Death and Dishonour a few weeks ago at his Fantasy Book Review Blog http://www.graemesfantasybookreview.com/ . Can't wait until it arrives from the publisher, Black Library. I'll review it as soon as I'm done reading. After that I'll start reading Gerorge R. R. Martin's  A Song of Ice and Fire series. I've really been looking forward to beginning the series ever since reading the Hedge Knight comic book series. I hope to finish reading that before the movie's released.

Why Warhammer?

My 11 year old son loves fantasy art and literature. I guess he gets that from me. When I was his age I wrote and illustrated my own books and comics. Most of it was gory horror stuff based on my love of Warren Magazines like Famous Monsters of Filmland, Creepy and Eerie. (Vampirilla, while I would leer at it sitting amongst the other titles, was a bit too risque for me to bring home at 11 or 12 years old.) I also collected little Trolls at the time and fantasized about miniature homes in miniature worlds tucked away in the woods behind the home I grew up in. I didn't think too much about who lived in these hidden realms, just that they were there and I found evidence of these places in the strange flora that grew there, plants that seemed to be not of this world.

Freshmen year in high school opened a whole new world for me. My English teacher introduced a couple of friends and me to Tolkien and backwoods survival studies. Outdoor Survival was already an interest of mine since third grade when my Father had given me a few books on the subject. My Teacher, Judith Kumm, rekindled that interest along with a new found passion for Fantasy Literature. While hobbies and interests have changed often over the course of the past 34 years, those 2 have remained constants. I guess it was inevitable that my Son would share these interests with me (as if he had a choice!).

Friday night is Warhammer Night at our house. I like spending this time with Ian painting minis, talking about developing our armies and planning the terrain we want to construct. We can also casually talk about school, friends and the things he wants to do, bonding in a way I thought we could through Scouting but can't because I have so many responsibilities to the group as Scoutmaster of a very young Troop.

My plan is to update this blog weekly with pictures documenting our progress painting armies and developing terrain and scenery. I'll include observations about the impact this hobby has on our relationship and family dynamics. I'd also like to include updates on other interests of mine and relate those interests to the game. For example, I enjoy listening to some Black Metal. In my mind it has a connection to Warhammer's Chaos Warriors, the army I'm planning to build. Fantasy Lit, Board Games, Canoeing, Hiking, Camping and a budding interest in the Society for Creative Anachronism and the Religion of Druidry will also be covered in future posts.

So, to Mrs Kumm where ever you are, Thank You for being the kooky, inspiring Teacher who sparked a life long passion that now fuels a hobby I share with my Son. And to the rest of you, Welcome to Warhammer and Son!