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1. A German Power Metal band, formed in 1989
2. A Producer / DJ / Beatmaker from Hastings, Britain
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1. Wizard is a German Power Metal band, formed in 1989 by the drummer Sören van Heek. The band was often called "Germany's answer to Manowar". On some albums the lyrics are about battles, metal, war and steel. The exception were the albums Odin, which is a concept album about Norse mythology, Goochan which is a fantasy story about a witch (written by Volker Leson and author William B. Nuke), Thor which is also about north mythology and ... of wariwulfs and bluotvarwes which is about vampires and werewolfs (written by Wizard and Andre Wiesler, German author).
Wizard played at Wacken Open Air 2002, Bang Your Head!!! 2002, Keep It True 2004, Dokk'em Open Air 2006, Magic Circle Festival 2009 and is in the 2012 line-up of Hammerfest IV. In 2003 longtime guitarist Michael Maass quit the band because of health problems. In 2006 the band left the label Limb Music after four albums and joined the somewhat bigger label Massacre Records with a new album in mind to be released in January 27, 2007, titled Goochan. On may 18th, 2007, Michael Maass returned to the band after a three-year break. The band's 2009 album Thor received a positive review from The Pit reviewer Frank Heise, who praised "The Visitor" as the best track on it.
The band's 2011 album ...Of Wariwulfs and Bluotvarwes received a positive review from SLUG Magazine reviewer Dylan Chadwick noting that "well trodden, and admittedly formulaic, it's a resoundingly competent platter of steel-willed, fist pounding heavy metal that'll satisfy the most voracious headbanger's hunger."
Lightning
Wizard Lyrics
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And giants fall down dead
Lightning strikes with power
Crush them in their head
They fear the Hammer everywhere
The Thunder calls for death
No living thing will harm our god
Until the serpents' breath!
A battle rages high
[Refrain:]
Lightning, Thunder, Wind and Rain
Hammer's crushing heads and bones
And lightning strikes his foes
Dark rain's washing off the blood
While the Wind of anger blows
So many giants flood the world
They'll never be all gone.
Whatever we might fear at night
The Thundergod will battle on!
Up the fight is going on
Fly, goatdrawn waggon, fly!
The song "Lightning" by Wizard is about the Norse God of Thunder, Thor and his mighty hammer called Mjölnir. The song paints a vivid picture of Thor fighting against giants with his hammer, as lightning strikes fiercely from the sky. The lyrics describe how the might of Thor's hammer crushes the giants and no living thing can harm him until the day of Ragnarok when the serpents' breath will finally defeat the Thunder God. The song is a tribute to the Norse mythology and the brave deeds of the legendary God of Thunder.
The song opens with the powerful imagery of Mjölnir flying across the sky and giants falling down dead. The phrase "They fear the Hammer everywhere" suggests that the mere sight of Thor's hammer strikes dread into the hearts of his enemies. The refrain "Lightning, Thunder, Wind and Rain" is a nod to the universal power and fury of nature that Thor embodies. The lyrics go on to describe the relentless fight between Thor and the giants, with the sound of the mighty hammer crushing heads and bones, and lightning striking his foes.
Line by Line Meaning
Mjoellnir flies across the sky
The hammer of Thor swings across the sky with great force and speed
And giants fall down dead
The powerful gods are capable of easily defeating their mortal enemies with fatal blows
Lightning strikes with power
Electricity surges through the air with immense strength and energy
Crush them in their head
The gods aim for their opponents' head, delivering powerful strikes that crush their skulls
They fear the Hammer everywhere
The mere possibility of facing Thor's hammer strikes fear into the hearts of his enemies
The Thunder calls for death
The sound of thunder signals the impending doom of those in its path
No living thing will harm our god
The gods are indestructible and cannot be harmed by living beings
Until the serpents' breath!
The only ones who can harm the gods are powerful serpents who breathe deadly poison
From dark clouds fire falls to us
Bolts of lightning shoot down from dark, ominous clouds in the sky
A battle rages high
An intense battle is taking place in the skies above
Hammer's crushing heads and bones
Thor's hammer is capable of crushing the skulls and bones of his enemies
And lightning strikes his foes
Electricity courses through the air, striking and killing those who dare to fight the gods
Dark rain's washing off the blood
Rains pour down, washing away the blood of the fallen and cleansing the battlefield
While the Wind of anger blows
The angry winds roar, fueling the fury of the gods in battle
So many giants flood the world
Despite the gods' greatest efforts, the world is overrun with mortal enemies
They'll never be all gone.
The gods know that no matter how hard they fight, they will never be able to completely eliminate all of their enemies
Whatever we might fear at night
No matter what fears we may have at night, the Thundergod will always be there to protect us
The Thundergod will battle on!
No matter how challenging the battle, Thor will continue to fight with all his might
Up the fight is going on
The battle rages on, with no clear end in sight
Fly, goatdrawn waggon, fly!
The gods call for their vehicle to fly them to the next battle, driven by their trusty goat
Contributed by Austin C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
sinthoras
I think a very interesting question concerning north myths is, how big were Giants?
TheFiveShow
@Arcane Music Engine please come back my dude
sinthoras
i know
Arcane Music Engine
yeah I said that
sinthoras
still there are storys in which the giants truly are gigantic, like that with Utgardloki for example
Arcane Music Engine
Giants weren't necesserely big - that is a common misconception. Some giants in the myths were indeed very large but it was more of an exception than a rule. In old norse giants are simply named Jötuns (Jötunn singular, Jötnar plural) - and when the anglo saxon tribes brought their old germanic religion with them to the british isles and centuries later Norman's invaded and settled there, they looked at this word (Jötunn) and when they learn its context they compared it to the only familiar thing they knew of - which were the Titans of Greek myths because they were also enemies of the gods.
And because the Titans were indeed giant then the normans used their word for something large to describe the Jötuns of Norse Myths - Géant. Through centuries later as english evolved this became the word giant of course.
However in the myths giants are (generaly) not any different from the gods in shape. Gods and giants (jötuns) in Norse Myths should be thought of as two rival tribes, clans or even better families. The only way they differ from each other is that the gods are fundementaly creatures of order while the giants are of chaos. Where gods build, the giants destroy - and these two mindsets cannot coexist and that is why they are always at odds.
Thor is the one who holds the danger of the chaotic nature of the giants at bay because he always sets off on journeys to kill them by the thousands - keeping the balance between order and chaos. That's one of the main reasons Thor was the most beloved of gods in the Viking age - he was the very embodiment of a paragon hero that protects and preserves society from dangerous outside influences that threaten its colapse.
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Mjoellnir flies across the sky
And giants fall down dead
Lightning strikes with power
Crush them in their head