Sad Legend is a Melodic Black Metal band from Seoul, South Korea. They for… Read Full Bio ↴Sad Legend is a Melodic Black Metal band from Seoul, South Korea. They formed in 1997.

Despite their country of origin, Sad Legend shares much in common with the NWOSDM bands, although including much more of a black metal influence. That then should describe the sound as very melodic, flowing, and quite atmospheric (provided significantly by the keyboards in this case). The riffs are not very complex, but they serve a very basic rhythmic purpose; there is also a very definite lead guitar that often performs a slow evolving melody (this contrast is similar to the clean guitar lead of older Hybernoid, but not quite as extreme).

It seems lately that the overall quality of a music is being hinged more and more not on the prowess of the individual musicians, but on the cumulative work from writing, to performing, to production. Sad Legend certainly is setting for an achievement in quality of production: the layers in the songs blend seemlessly, to the point where the low black metal style vocals fit in without compromise (a point that some will find more value in than others). The definite foreground has been mixed as to entwine you in the mystery, but balanced as to not prevent you from being swept away by the normally dark and depressing atmosphere. A solid uniform sound.

Current line-up

Naamah - Vocals (all), Bass, Guitar, Drums, Synths (Holymarsh, Kalpa, Silent Eye, Oathean (session)) (Drums/Vocals live)

Live/session members:

Na Byeong-Geol - Guitar
No Hwan-Su - Guitar
Lee Gang-Hyeon - Bass (Dark Ambition)

Axé
Sad Legend Lyrics

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빗속에 잠긴 세상을 보라! 썩어가는 저 시체더미...
창백함의 하늘은 저물고 망자를 위한 진혼곡이 울리네...
괴로움의 생을 슬퍼하도다! 노예의 몰살 시체더미...
성난 올빼미소리 들릴 때 망자를 위한 진혼곡이 울리네

죽어간 영혼을 깨우는 새벽 종소리
무자비함의 복수의 의지를 불태우네
노예의 삶을 이곳에 가르쳐주던

적장의 머리 뒤를 내리칠 도끼여

널 핍박한 악마의 종말의 시간이 다가오네 악마놈의 뒤를쫒아가!

분노의 도끼... 분노의 도끼... 분노의 도끼... 응징의 도끼를 들어!

적장의 피를 여기 뿌려 하늘의 영혼을 위로해주리요!
아! 응징의 새벽! 빼앗긴 성의 문이 영이고 최후를 맞이하네!

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Sad Legend's song "Axe" portray a world that is drowning in sorrow and suffering. The first verse speaks of a world that is locked in a downpour, with decaying corpses strewn about, and a pale sky that signals the requiem for the dead. The next lines reveal the agony felt by slaves and the sound of an anguished owl that is a lament for the dead. The second verse starts with the sound of a morning bell that awakens dying souls and kindles a relentless desire for revenge. The axe of revenge is raised to strike the head of the oppressor, who had taught slaves their cruel fate.

The chorus of the song repeats the phrases "the axe of anger" and "the axe of revenge," exhorting listeners to hold high the axe of vengeance and to sprinkle the blood of the oppressor on the sky to honor the souls of the dead. The song's climax evokes the symbolism of the dawn of judgement, where the gates of the lost city open to face their final destiny.

Line by Line Meaning

빗속에 잠긴 세상을 보라! 썩어가는 저 시체더미...
Look at the world hidden in the rain! Those decaying piles of corpses...

창백함의 하늘은 저물고 망자를 위한 진혼곡이 울리네...
The pale sky sets and a funeral song echoes for the dead...

괴로움의 생을 슬퍼하도다! 노예의 몰살 시체더미...
I mourn the miserable lives! Piles of dead slaves...

성난 올빼미소리 들릴 때 망자를 위한 진혼곡이 울리네
When the angry owl screams, a funeral song echoes for the dead

죽어간 영혼을 깨우는 새벽 종소리
The morning bell that wakes up the dying souls

무자비함의 복수의 의지를 불태우네
Igniting the will for merciless revenge

노예의 삶을 이곳에 가르쳐주던
Teaching the life of slaves here

적장의 머리 뒤를 내리칠 도끼여
The axe that strikes behind the general's head

널 핍박한 악마의 종말의 시간이 다가오네 악마놈의 뒤를쫒아가!
The time has come for the devil who persecuted you to chase after his own demise!

분노의 도끼... 분노의 도끼... 분노의 도끼... 응징의 도끼를 들어!
The axe of rage... the axe of rage... the axe of rage... pick up the revengeful axe!

적장의 피를 여기 뿌려 하늘의 영혼을 위로해주리요!
Sprinkle the general's blood here to comfort the souls in the sky!