HeavyMetalPoet

For four decades, heavy metal and hard rock has used as its lyrics some of the finest poetry of our age. It is time to honor these poets and their words.

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"Darkness imprisoning me/All that I see/Absolute horror/I cannot live/I cannot die/Trapped in myself" - Metallica. Vivid, nighmarish, dire.

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"Generals gathered in their masses/Just like witches at black masses" - Black Sabbath. Eeire, potent, volatile.

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Bon Jovi : "It's all the same, only the names have changed." Poignant, powerful, chilling.

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Some call them heavy metal lyrics. I call them The Poetry Of Our Age.