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[Hulehvalen]

Dwarves are manly. They chug booze like humans breathe and elves hug trees. A female dwarf will have a more manly beard than you ever will. A trained dwarf can dismember a bronze collosus. In short, they are really really manly. And what type of music is more manly than the various forms of metal?

So, I propose a project involving writing lyrics for a DF-themed metal album. And if we got any music geeks here, some music might be written. But the general idea is some heavy music and lyrics, with each song themed about a certain aspect of the life of a fort.
Knowing Mad Larks from this forum IRL, *cough*unfortunately*cough*, we've come up with a list of ideas for the names of songs and what they should be about, in a bit more detail.
So, without further ado, I give you our list of ideas:

#1: Strike the earth!
        An upbeat song about the trek to the site of the fort, about the grand expectations and such. Will be about the hard days under a steel-grey sky and the joy of getting a proper earthen/rocky roof over ones dwarven head again.

#2: Expansion
         Not sure if this song is important, as the expansion part with stockpiles, workshops etc might fit under Strike the earth!

#3: Trade
         Trade, both with the okay humies and those blasted elves. Frustrations in dealing with the liasons and just getting your own guy to the meeting room instead of the dinner table.


#4: Blasted Immigrants
         Pretty selfexplanatory, even though some people might find it a bit offensive. Must include curses at useless soapmakers and such.

#5: Wildlife Incoming
         Fuuuuuck! undead whales! And carps!.... and is that an elephant in the distance... O.O

#6: Under Siege
         Account of a siege, repelled by stalwart dwarves or entire fields of stonefall traps. Your choice, really.

#7: Accursed Nobles
         Those we all love to hate. How do we kill them? Flood the room? Drawbridge atomsmasher? Magma-involved "accident" at the newest dig?


#8: Giant Magma Penis
         Ahh, yes. The glory of building something impossible. Like a giant penis-shaped tower than spews magma. Operation Fuck the World might fit in here too.

#9: Terror of the deep
         Demons! And lots of them. Not really sure what the song should be about specifically.

#10: Fucking Miasma/Dwarf on Fire
         Year 16 of the fort. The last incursion of demons killed most of the guard, and left several dwarves on fire. The rotting carcases are spreading miasma, while the titular dwarves on fire are spreading it. Imagine Sankis from Boatmurdered's rampage.

#11: Survivors
         Sad, downbeat song. The last few survivors leave the fort, all of them scarred from their experiences.


I'm no songwriter myself, nor is Mad Larks. I just get silly ideas, but no means to carry them out. I there for just intend to throw this idea to the carps (meaning you guys and guyettes), to see if anyone would take up the mantle of making this idea a reality. And who knows, maybe metal wont fit the idea YOU got for it? Maybe we will see/hear/read some dwarfish pop, polka or just poetry. I don't know. Throw your ideas in the thread and maybe something awesome will be born. Like the offspring of a dwarf and a dragon.... Or a stonefall-trap dropping dragonskulls... I'll stop now.

[Poco a Poco]

I have to admit, this is kind of an awesome idea.

[DennyTom]

There is running discusion about something similar in mod section. You should post this there.

Personally I can not wait when somebody finish some song about DF.

[Footkerchief]

Haha.  Some of the song titles could stand to be a little more metal:

2. Strong Drink and Industrious Fire

3. Screams from the Depot

4. Fodder from the Mountainhomes

5. Beasts of the Field

[Willfor]

I would contribute, but my brother is the one with the amount of guitar skill necessary to play metal worth listening to. He won't consider playing DF because I play it (those of you with siblings will understand). I wouldn't feel right tricking him into recording something for something he wouldn't feel right about.

[Warlord255]

Clearly, you lads need to learn to prioritize. First things first - DRINKING SONGS!

It's new thread time.

[Mel_Vixen]

Make it an tripple album with a CD for frotress, Adventurer and legends mode. Legends could f.e. be more Classical with a Big orchestra (but still with metal elements).

[Earthquake Damage]

be more Classical with a Big orchestra (but still with metal elements).

Translation:  Symphonic metal like Therion or Nightwish.

I assume that's what you mean.

[DennyTom]

Make it an tripple album with a CD for frotress, Adventurer and legends mode. Legends could f.e. be more Classical with a Big orchestra (but still with metal elements).

One song would definitely need motif from In the Hall of Mountain King from Edvard Grieg

[Mel_Vixen]

Not "nightwish" more in the direction of "Merregnon".

[Kardos]

Therion style DF album, with a mix of Finntroll.

[Heavy Flak]

Symphonic metal is a nice idea, but I think with Dwarves, it would be more Folk Metal like Korpakalani and their use of violins and accordions.  I don't see them harmonizing, I see them pounding the hell out of instruments with an old-world fervor. 

[Maggarg - Eater of chicke]

I was thinking Melodic death metal a la Ensiferum.

[Areyar]

and the title of this poetic artefact would be ?

!!leaden pathfinding!!

for being heavymetal, full of musical tracks, also !! because flames are cool ...er hot.

It should menace with spikes too, obviously,
and be worth 4000dwarfbucks (~20Euro) proceeds goto our boyz in Seatle. .


or "Oh, Ortoclase !!" for being amazing rock.

[Boksi]

I might trying writing something for this. #5 looks interesting.