@@rodrigoalbuquerque5015 They're about a character in two short stories that EC's vocalist Jason Tarpey wrote. Check out his book 'The Godblade' and its prequel "Vengeance of the Insane God" which appeared in the Swords and Steel Omnibus.
Exactly! I have these periods where I listen to bunch of other things but every now and then an album pops up in my recommendations - and I have an absolute blast with it! The line "I warned them once I am the hammer, they are like glowing iron" is so fucking good!
@Myrin Gaines, when you hammer iron hard and long enough it gets so hot it starts glowing. Hence this means "they" (his enemies) will get hammered by "the hammer" (by the hero of the story). Basically the narrator is saying that his enemies will get fucked.
@Myrin Gaines When you shape iron you heat it up until its red hot, which makes it malleable. The analogy is that he is in control of them, and is going to beat them into a shape he sees fit. Its fucking brilliant.
Reminds me of classic 80's American power metal, sounds like manowar and warlord, and I can hear a hint of candlemass tossed in there which makes it more awesome
I would love if there would be a book about that song...its just like you want to read about a super beastly 80s style band of barbarians in a bloody adventure in the middle of a massive war. This song simply inspires me
I have heard the album here on youtube but none of the other songs compare to this one - it's just beastly as fuck. Simpel, Heavy, Metal. Though the solo in my opinion is meh.
From the west I hear the riders of Tarsul have gone Into the North, they join Haiklan in war Let both rise up to meet my armies, they are battle-starved And I promised them a feast of two nations' blood For I am not Not to be crossed I command the guards of Lourn I am the hammer In the south Kynara forms her ranks 8000 strong To fight the demon priest of Ill Nitaar I warned them once I am the hammer, they are glowing iron No sorcery can force the Pyre Forge For I am not Not to be crossed I command the guards of Lourn I am the hammer Over the peaks, frost bitten riders of Tarsul have come Haiklan has joined them at their own demise Farick, I ask, my steel is tempered true and armor strong I've forged our brands in the rites of Pyre Forge For I am not Not to be crossed I command the guards of Lourn I am the hammer
This song take me back to 1985 to the golden age of Heavy Metal around the world. It remaind me to a band called Q5 and their Steel the light song very similar vibe.
I have no clue what he's singing about but it sounds epic. I thought all of these were Elric references but putting them into Google only brought up this song, so Eternal Champion came up with them on their own. Impressive.
So refreshing to hear true, no nonsense, nothing fancy metal!!! At 1:09 the picture that pops up is reminiscent of Exciters long live the loud album cover.
The way he sings "for I am not / not to be crossed" over that riff is too fucking good to be true.
Yes. That groove is sick.
So 1983 bay area
I play this when I'm bench pressing my max and I feel like the eternal champion
@@thraftofcaanan281 Its my bent over row song lol
@@thraftofcaanan281 I play this when I'm nailing posers to a wall!
this is not metal.. this is pure steel
steel is metal
PURE IRON
there's enough metal in here to rebuild the first death star finish the second death star and make a third one just cuz there's so much left over
@@LEMMY1107 man i must have been drunk when i wrote his idk what i was thinking
@@ladranik2658 just overwhelmed by pure epicness :D
Once in a decade there is a song that combines genius arrangement and sound with concise and literary lyrics. This is the song.
Absolutely amen brother!
Straight from 1983
This is very true. Almost like if this song was never invented, it has always existed!
What are those lyrics talking about? Sorry for the ignorance i'm new here
@@rodrigoalbuquerque5015 They're about a character in two short stories that EC's vocalist Jason Tarpey wrote. Check out his book 'The Godblade' and its prequel "Vengeance of the Insane God" which appeared in the Swords and Steel Omnibus.
This is the kind of shit that makes me fall in love with metal all over again
Bingo
One does not simply fall out of metal... ever.
@@MaximusAdonicus never fell out, in love with it all over again.
Exactly! I have these periods where I listen to bunch of other things but every now and then an album pops up in my recommendations - and I have an absolute blast with it! The line "I warned them once I am the hammer, they are like glowing iron" is so fucking good!
Conan listens to it too. Using a walkman .
Apostolos Chionas a walkman of steel.
Lithium ION battery
Crom laughs at your walkmans.
Conan prolly listens to conan
It's just the one track. On constant repeat
"I warned them once I am the hammer, they are like glowing iron" my mind exploded
@Myrin Gaines, when you hammer iron hard and long enough it gets so hot it starts glowing. Hence this means "they" (his enemies) will get hammered by "the hammer" (by the hero of the story). Basically the narrator is saying that his enemies will get fucked.
@Myrin Gaines no problem friend!
@Myrin Gaines When you shape iron you heat it up until its red hot, which makes it malleable. The analogy is that he is in control of them, and is going to beat them into a shape he sees fit. Its fucking brilliant.
Powerful lyrics for sure!
@@bannedagain1483 I've got to get a copy of the singers book, most of their songs are based on it
it's short, looks good and pulpy
Reminds me of classic 80's American power metal, sounds like manowar and warlord, and I can hear a hint of candlemass tossed in there which makes it more awesome
I can hear Candlemass in the guitar definitely
Warlord is one of Metal Blades finest moments of the 80s
The main riff sounds a bit like Helstar's Evil Reign
But 100x better than both bands!
@@Rising_Light Would explain why I like this, because I'm not a big fan of heavy metal but really love doom metal.
True Metal
This song makes me want to run through a goddamn brick wall.
5 people were not accepted into the Guards of Lourn.
32 are cunts
A legion of a ten thousand battle hardened warriors are armed to clash with the demon priests of ilvatar
37 frost-bitten riders of Tarsul have come over the peaks.
From the West, 39 people heard the riders of tarsul
The riders of Tarsul are the bad guys!
The spirit of Metal
I can't crank this loud enough.
Instantly added to my playlist and sent it to my daughter
Best song on the album without a doubt IMO. Savage!
Been living under a rock. This is incredible. Arthur and Blake in the band too. Fucking nuts. Hail Eternal Champion
We need a HBO show of The hammer and the guards of lourn, vs tarsul, haikan ,and the demon priests of IL NATAAR!!!!!
That feeling when you find your new favourite band.
I was about to say, these guys are like the new Manowar reinvented for the new millenium. Great riffs.
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My go-to song for lifting weights.
Try Armor of Ire for absolutely barbaric gainz
@@tatuira93Good song but too fast for lifting IMHO...
Love the 80's vibe in the song!! Looks like i found me a new favorite band.
Why don't you listen to 80s metal then? Like Heavy Load
Why not to encourage the newer bands that keep the spirit alive?
Blutroth is a baby who likes heavy loads
thats why I'm here, it has that 80's sound to it
Amazing
The vocals, man. So fucking good!
One does not simply walk into Mordor.
Lancelot Du Lac (galatian5) I know, you have to have this song playing in the background or it just won't work, frodo doesn't understand
@SADYEAR ゑぃヌ All these flavors and you chose to be Orc blood.
"i warned sauron once
he is the glowing iron
I AM THE HAMER
and i am NOT
NOT TO BE CROSSED!"
really good band . Love the clean vocals
I would love if there would be a book about that song...its just like you want to read about a super beastly 80s style band of barbarians in a bloody adventure in the middle of a massive war. This song simply inspires me
read lord of the rings
You kinda just described Icewind Dale
The Black Colossus
Read The Story of Hyboria and The Battles of Conan the Barbarian
The Godblade by J. Christopher Tarpey
Lifting weights to this is one thing but taking a dump while that chorus hits? Amazing 10/10 would recommend
If I was a fighter I would have chosen this song as my intro.
You are not the only one who thought about that :D
Aleksander Jacob Kusio you have to buy the album then , it has more amazing songs to choose from.
I have heard the album here on youtube but none of the other songs compare to this one - it's just beastly as fuck. Simpel, Heavy, Metal. Though the solo in my opinion is meh.
This song gets me so pumped up in the gym, I put this on and just throw weights around.
Everyone's a fighter, whether they deny it or not, physically or mentally, life is a war against time
Wow! This Is simply Amazing!
Keep It True
This is the most badass shit EVER! It's a massive statement but I'll stand by it since I cant get over it for even a day; two months into hearing it!
From the west I hear the riders of Tarsul have gone
Into the North, they join Haiklan in war
Let both rise up to meet my armies, they are battle-starved
And I promised them a feast of two nations' blood
For I am not
Not to be crossed
I command the guards of Lourn
I am the hammer
In the south Kynara forms her ranks 8000 strong
To fight the demon priest of Ill Nitaar
I warned them once I am the hammer, they are glowing iron
No sorcery can force the Pyre Forge
For I am not
Not to be crossed
I command the guards of Lourn
I am the hammer
Over the peaks, frost bitten riders of Tarsul have come
Haiklan has joined them at their own demise
Farick, I ask, my steel is tempered true and armor strong
I've forged our brands in the rites of Pyre Forge
For I am not
Not to be crossed
I command the guards of Lourn
I am the hammer
Got both CDs (The Armor Of Ire and Retaliator) and the LP is ordered !! Metal how it has to be !! The world needs more bands like this !!!
"I warned them once,
I am the Hammer,
They are glowing iron"
I want an excuse to use that line in my daily life.
"Honey, the Jehovah's Witnesses are back."
*grabs warhammer*
Have you tried modern-day politics
Great lyric for the back of a band t-shirt or something
Have a toddler. I let my boy know every day where he stands when we're wrestling.
This is my hype up song for doing max lifts at the gym and I love blasting it
It's settled. As soon as I get off work, I'm going home to play some fuckin' Golden Axe.
Best song of the album!
Metal.... period. These dudes really get it!
There are no words to describe how epically awesome this is.
Now tell wise man, what is that brings me back here, time and time again?
classic bad ass heavy metal! !!!!!
What is metal you ask?... THIS
Yea.....fuck Slipknot Manson tool bullshit
OP
The definition of True Metal!
@@theotherhouse5910 Manson is good:(
@@theotherhouse5910 we got a cool guy over here
Savatage influence. Love it.
And Michael Jackson too
I can't think of something more badass than being an Eternal Champion, anyway really badass track, the intro feels like a call for war
This popped up on a random playlist I was listening to and holy shit it's great.
Simplemente una canción épica, increíble ese sonido de la vieja escuela!
great band! i like how the singer is influenced by jon oliva from savatage with the high pitch 'AHH!'
I thought I was the only one who picked up on that!! Pure Mountain King era savatage vibes
It was so well done that I thought it was a hawk.
Great band!!!!
Fantástico!!!! Maravilhoso!!!!! I am from Brazil!!!!
Heavy AF
Freaking powerful
Ooooooo wtf? Unbelievable song-band!!!!!!!!!! I'm very happy band's like this have 80's sound... congratulations!!!!
Please spotify
I NEED it for my gym playlist
The armor of ire is such a superb album it surely must be a gift from the gods above.
Oh it is.
This song is beyond awesome!
Best Song ever... very amazing Song! GREAT
this song is amazing because it's basically fantasy theme shit talk
Pew Pew Pew PEWW I know it's great
hahahahahahhahahahah so true
It's a Hyborian Age diss track.
and it's awesome
how many bands do that?
That maybe true...but still it's the spirit of man that these creations come from...
The themes the spirit...
The mind...
Im getting ready to thrash into the skate bowl while this plays very loud
Thank you! I love lifting to this album and could never figure out all the lyrics. Better than I thought.
Immense.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I have to get this book.
Wow. Happened across this in April of 2021. I heard it first then, and that day was today.
Awesome! Greetings from the Crystal Viper squad, we are Metal Nation!
10/10 for the song name alone.
very nice song, the metal is reborning with this kind of bands, ...a new hope? just amazing , no more words. Greetings from Argentina.
The land of iron?
I shared some songs from Eternal Champion to broadcast them on Radio Saint Affrique FM. Thanx a lot, long living to rock 'n roll, you'ld the welcomes.
It's awesome to hear such good heavy metal music is made these days! :)
Mongol General:
Wrong! Conan! What is best in life?
Conan:
Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women.
in the conan world the 'mongols' are called khitan
This song should have way more "views"
WASHINGTON STREET SKATEPARK BROUGHT ME HERE !
Great fucking song! Can't wait to hear the rest of the album. Thanks Thrasher!
This goes with the barbarian costume in Doom Eternal perfect. The new theme song for The Slayer.
You also should check out Sumerlands. It has the the drummer and Guitarist from Eternal Champion. They are just as amazing.
Right on, Sumerlands kicks major ass too
amazing!
This song take me back to 1985 to the golden age of Heavy Metal around the world. It remaind me to a band called Q5 and their Steel the light song very similar vibe.
I'm happy to have this album..Bajabbers🖤🤘
I have no clue what he's singing about but it sounds epic. I thought all of these were Elric references but putting them into Google only brought up this song, so Eternal Champion came up with them on their own. Impressive.
Check The Godblade, by J. Christopher Tarpey 😉
Excellent !!!
This is GRAND. Really good stuff boys, keep it up!
This is really great stuff, looking forward to this album! True heavy metal! \m/
1000 tons of metal!
😮 wow
I want to play D&D with these dudes!
this album was forged in the halls hammer hall, pure savagery \m/
Grand Magus
Visigoth
Eternal Champion
Grand Magus is so bad compared to Visigoth and Eternal Champion. All of their newer stuff is horribly bland.
Check out Grey Wolf!
So when is this band touring Europe? I NEED to know!
come to my country, I will take you on tour to the most beautiful beaches you have ever seen !!
They are playing on Keep it True in Germany, good luck to get a ticket
Sometimes you get lucky, friends of mine have been there before.
100% correct and everyone I have told about this song says the same . It’s inspiring
Almighty!
They managed to make a heavy metal song with absolute SWAG. That's an accomplishment.
Ahora quiero escuchar todo el disco
This is one of the best intros I've heard. It's seriously on par with Sabbath's Into the Void.
Brilliant! listened to this video yesterday and got a CD today - I am old :)
Old? I got the tape
This is so fucking beautiful. The kind of song I play extra loud.
And when you get it loud enough it feels just right
this is absolutely amazing!!! second new band that i love now!!! eternal champion and saboter!!! crazy new bands!!! keep it true!!! \m/
Im going to check out Saboter!. Can't see how it will even come close to this, cos this is so darn incredible. I will keep fingers crossed.
IF YOUR HAIR STANDS UP IS THE BAROMETER OF WHICH SHALL MEASURE THE WORTH OF ANY SONG. THIS SONG HAS PASSED WITH EASE UNDER THE HAMMERS COLD HARD STEEL
The Heavy Metal panel at Salt Lake Comic Con was incredible, as was the show. Please come back to see us soon!
wooo... goosebumps - amazing
I love this.
amazing i can t wait for the release, hope to see you in some europeean festivals such as hellfest whatsoever !!!
They are on the lineup for the Keep It True festival 2017 (KIT)
So refreshing to hear true, no nonsense, nothing fancy metal!!! At 1:09 the picture that pops up is reminiscent of Exciters long live the loud album cover.
Brings back a old school Metallica feels
Crom will be somewhat pleased with this, even though he can’t be bothered.
Sooooo heavy