BLITZKRIEG - Armageddon - (Demo 1980)

[@LarryBarry39]

The 3:50 - 4:33 section never had a better recording. This is the best version of Armageddon.

[@filipr8386]

"Frightned children, they're scared to hell!" that some doom metal lyrics by the end. This band is criminally overlooked; absolutely amazing stuff

[@SkullCrushingVideos]

Currently listening to: Blitzkrieg - Armageddon

[@tomescumihnea6554]

me 2

[@candidosiqueira7828]

Adoro essa fantástica banda de heavy metal rock 🎸🎸 🎸👊👊🇧🇷

[@leonardferenc1850]

2:52 u can clearly hear inspiration for Metallica' s Phantom Lord bridge

[@android1012]

The vocals in that section remind me of Danzig as well.

[@AMetalheadsJourney]

Yeah, it's like they just ripped that riff off.. lol

[@joaquinleon4114]

@@AMetalheadsJourney not really, you can’t get much simpler than a chromatic descend

[@KevinMarxTheWarning]

@@AMetalheadsJourney They did - Metaillica loved NWBHM - Diamond Head - Am I Eveil

[@SandwichSalami]

metallica didnt exist yet though

[@ryanbillings3605]

This is fuckn awesome,I like the raw sound and tone.

[@cryo6662]

lyrics It's a holocaust coming from the East, A great angry bird, spreading its word, And we're gonna be its feast, The sky will be red and the ground will shake, The day of Judgement has come, Armageddon has arrived. [Chorus:] Who will balance my life against yours? Who will hold my soul in his hand? Who will deliver me to the Devil? Who can rid the Earth of this evil? The World is in the bloody hands of Fate, Warheads burn, they can't return, The hour is too late, The Sands of Time are running dry, The bird is in full flight, Armageddon has arrived. [Chorus] Marching, marching, off to war we go, Leading, leading, our bloody seeds to sow, Onward, onward, life is bloody fine, Marching, marching, We haven't got much time, Atomic rain falls from the sky, To wash blood from the land, Frightened children are praying, The sky is red with the Fires of Hell, Destiny is stillborn, Destiny is stillborn. Frightened children, They're scared to Hell, They've heard the tolling of The Great Black Bell, They're so scared, They're scared to Hell. Frightened children, They're scared to Hell, They've heard that Satan has a tale to tell, They're so scared, They're scared to Hell.

[@ericv7720]

Definitely some Cold War angst here, set against some serious Deep Purplish speed riffage!

[@Varnicus]

So much better than the overproduced album version

[@kasebmohamed5468]

a good bridge between 70s heavy metal and Misfits' style of punk! with a singing style that surely had a great impact on James Hetfield (he sounds almost the same on his early demos)

[@murheimsyrt9777]

that's what I thought, but their voices are compatible too, james doesn't struggle like he does when he is trying to mimic Sean Harris voice

[@hmpz36911]

A bit deeper here than James. He was definitely using Harris as a blueprint.

[@valerizaykov179]

epic sound one of my farorite NWOBHM bands

[@Olibuu]

Found this song and my god very powerful compared to the other two songs !

[@mikewerse4872]

Metal bands best work is always the demos punk bands always the first ep, anything on the John peel show classic

[@rogeriofernandes772]

ROCK LIVES!!!!

[@Steadyawake]

SICK

[@FabaianaFz]

Simplesmente foda,muito bom.

[@laurenzgraffilpenstein8117]

Very new for 80...

[@harryhoffer9804]

lethal

[@deep7448]

bro why u not making songs now ?

[@Marty-z1y]

They're probably in their 60's and 70's by now

[@roaming740]

wow... so james took his voice from here he sounds EXACTLY like young james hetfield

[@murheimsyrt9777]

This music is fuckin awesome And maybe, MAYBE fade to black intro was inspired by this song.

[@The_Weasel_]

Metallica in general was inspired by this band

[@KevinMarxTheWarning]

Metallica used to have stacks of NWBHM tracks in their early sets

[@KevinMarxTheWarning]

This was far better than the album version and lyrics better on 'Frightened Children' part. The extra lyrics they added on the album ruined the atmosphere of the song

[@LarryBarry39]

Agreed. There was so much echo on the new version, too. Only the “marching, marching, of to war we go” segment really sounded better.

[@KevinMarxTheWarning]

@@LarryBarry39 Totally agree. It's a master of a song - brilliant 44 years old !!

[@giorgosargirakis9160]

kalo /εινει αφεντικο ??/

[@DarkEmoSophia]

Thin Lizzy rip off

[@Astartes40000]

+Ana Sofia Cardoso which song?

[@jebmeta2685]

What are You stupid

[@MarquisLeary34]

Ummmm...care to elaborate? I've listened to Thin Lizzy, and I'm pretty sure I could tell Blitzkrieg apart from them.

[@Nightbreakereturns]

The first riff is Are you ready by Thin lizzy.

[@MarquisLeary34]

@@Nightbreakereturns It's a similar vibe, yes, but not even close to what I call a rip-off. A rip off would more be Killing Joke taking The Damned's riff and subsequently Nirvana using the same riff for Come As You Are. This doesn't fit, I think.