Sabbat - A Cautionary Tale - BBC Radio 1 Friday Rock Show (Official Video)

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This version of A Cautionary Tale appears in the Sabbat: Mad Dogs and Englishmen 5LP/5CD Box Set out now.
Lyrics:
Faustus begin thine incantations;
Take great care to draw thy circle true.
By God you must prevail - For if you fail,
These demons make a meal of you.
Your soul shall be their meat;
A kingly feast for them to eat.
Beware, your future at hand;
Alas for thou art damned.
"Faustus seek repentance;
Abjure this evil art.
Cease this wretched wickedness,
And cleanse thy foolish heart.
For the evil that once served you,
Has made of you a slave;
And transformed your ‘bed of roses',
To a premature grave."
Then in a mighty flash of light,
Before thee Mephistopheles appears.
"I charge thee go and change thy shape,
For you fill my soul with fear.
Now swift-as-hell back to the fire;
Return an old Franciscan friar."
"Mortal command me while you can,
For surely art thou damned."
"Faustus be thou resolute,
In what thou wilt perform.
Ignore these righteous idiots,
Their Trinity to scorn.
For years of deprivation you receive eternal life;
But fame and wealth and maidens-fair,
Are by far the better price."
"Temptations all around me;
Is there nowhere I can turn?
Hellfire is all about me;
Now I know that I shall burn.
I face excommunication,
For the error of my ways;
To burn in Hell for all my days.
Bell, book and candle,
Candle, book, bell;
Forwards and backwards,
To damn me to Hell.
Jehovah I beg thee to have mercy on my soul
Jehovah I beg thee to have mercy on my soul
Jehovah I beg thee to have mercy on my soul
Have mercy on me
Begone foul beast that stands before me;
My God! The midnight hour chimes.
Oh Lord have mercy - He comes for me;
I haven't got much time.
I am awake - This is no dream,
I cry - But terror takes my scream.
And now my future is at hand;
Alas for thou art damned.
Alas for thou art damned.
"Think for just one moment,
And I'm sure that you will see;
The moral to this story,
That what must be shall be.
He who gives his soul to Hell,
Must dare to pay the price.
He versed in divinity,
Must live a noble life...
OR ELSE HE IS DAMNED!

[@davidcantu8720]

One of the greatest thrash bands ever. Couldn't help but notice that this version has a very strong Mercyful Fate vibe...fucking awesome!!!!!!!!!!

[@adrianaslund8605]

Yeah but Martin's vocals sound more like Chuck Schuldiner from Death. But more well articulated and more charismatic. It's abit like black metal vocals.

[@PropagandasaurusRex]

One of the most underrated metal bands of all time. And the first of a long history of great English metal bands.

[@maniamraja5543]

I listened this way back . Finally a re visit 2023

[@deanprince8602]

Great band! Gone but not forgotten!

[@annebennington]

Wow! I wasn't expecting this

[@BrutusMayhem567]

The animation and the style of the video is pretty frickin awesome for its time.

[@2000jago]

NOBODY writes lyrics like Martin Walkyier! A gifted wordsmith!

[@thatoldcomicsmell56]

Maybe at one time. But I would argue Danny Filth is just as great, but in a more poetic way

[@2000jago]

@@thatoldcomicsmell56 I stand by my opinion. Walkyier > Filth Read "The way of Wyrd" then read the lyric sheets for Dreamweaver. Pure genius.

[@adrianaslund8605]

Whoever touched up these old recordings(Andy Sneap maybe?) Did an outstanding job.

[@grantallan983]

Magnificent.

[@MRRIllustrations]

Best. Thrash. Metal. Band. Ever.

[@michaelmclaughlin6440]

Andy has done so many great things since Sabbat! I was with them form the moment I got their demo Fragments of a Faith Forgotten!

[@Purityjan]

the live films are from East Berlin 1990, with Kreator, Tankard and Coroner, it was an incredible concert

[@ZombifiedPreacher1]

So glad I saw them in NYC!

[@Frank-Discussion]

I was there too! Andy gave me a guitar pick

[@wilmckillop7363]

Awesome

[@jp7963]

Sabbat sounded their absolute best on the Friday Rock Show session on BBC Radio 1. Mainly, in part at least, due to the superior recording equipment and supremely talented personnel the BBC could offer back in the 1980's. As a result the (still wonderful) History of a Time to Come sounded weaker and tinnier. The Beeb had way more money than Noise records back then. Want an example of what I'm harping on about??? Listen to the BBC session track The 13th Disciple then compare it to its later inception duly named Horned is the Hunter on their debut. I think the radio "original" is way more brutal. PS - Interesting aside: As others have noted you can really hear the Mercyful Fate influence on this version of Tale and I feel MF themselves never sounded better than their own Friday Rock Show session. Both bands benefitting from the crisper yet rawer production. Both Sabbat and MF's "problem" - if that is the right word - was they were too far ahead of their time. Too unique and too advanced for an unsuspecting audience of the 1980's. No one had heard ANYTHING like King Diamond's vocals when their session landed. And a few years later no one had heard anything like Martin's when his otherwordly snarl either. Such as Death Metal and 2nd wave Black Metal were still another year or two away. The only thing near were Napalm Death who also benefited from the BBC on their now infamous Peel Sessions. Pioneering stuff that is only just being realised by new fans now.

[@JEKAZOL]

Love.

[@SYNAPTIKMETAL]

I loved the Friday Rock Show sessions. I remember I taped rham and played to death.

[@jimbojenkins1172]

Sàbbt fell asleep A good thrash record will keep me awaķe

[@markfrancis6886]

Some Inspiration for Cradle?

[@bvdaussiemetalhead9338]

🤘🤘

[@roberthladino8271]

Syncronicity thrash legends

[@strangermyers721]

A velocidade dos riffs é mt foda. Brutal e rápido, beira o death metal. Bom demais

[@miserablebugger7076]

I emember seeing them in 87 in Coventry probably at the general wolfe and there may have been about 10 people there we had a great night but there wasnt the support then . Oddly enough the suuport band that night turned into terrorvison and became big in the charts for a second. It was good night and one to remember. A great band and played a great set that night just ended up disapointed they never got bigger as they deserved it

[@vladanmarjanovic2344]

Great song. :D

[@michaelmclaughlin6440]

HAIL SABBAT!

[@toparky2470]

this is proto black metal 👊👊👊🤘

[@jimbojenkins1172]

Th I s band should've been so much bigger. Superb band in my view

[@theunclejesusshow8260]

Dayum 🔥🙌🔥🍳🧙‍♂️🎸

[@jonathanmcroberts8549]

How fast?

[@andygamesBR]

Why not include the "Mourning Has Broken" album in this box? That album is so underrated!

[@sixzerothreeonesevensixnine]

Because the band hate it and they want to keep everything friendly between label and artists. Just like Cold Lake wasn't in the CF box. I'd rather it was in too but

[@neilbower9052]

@@sixzerothreeonesevensixnine it's not even included in their discography on their website

[@adrianthemetalhead3890]

I hate Something like that, stand to your past and History

[@frenchbaguetteoui]

Because it sucks.

[@kalodner666]

I have to disagree in some ways as back in the day the Friday Rock Show was a radio channel. You could not broadcast vide on them by radio back then

[@richardcrook2112]

Music's got more bass and the vocals are higher pitched. I think I prefer the vocals on the album and the music here.

[@Feonor]

Between threath and speed-metall

[@adrianaslund8605]

And death/black metal.