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ValhallaBlack Sabbath

Released: August 20, 1990

Songwriter: Tony Martin (heavy metal vocalist) Neil Murray Cozy Powell Tony Iommi Geoff Nicholls

Producer: Black Sabbath

...of Valhalla

The Kingdom of Odin is the Kingdom of Gods
Where only souls of the brave may rest in peace
But someone among them had the skill of deceit
And raised the hand that would open the road to Hell

[Chorus]
When the winds of Valhalla run cold
Be sure that the blood will start to flow
When the winds of Valhalla run cold
Valhalla
Valhalla

The ring has been broken and a soul must be saved
Among the bravest of men, who rides to Hell
The longships are sailing and the chariots ride
And yes the anger of Thor will serve you well

[Chorus]
When the winds of Valhalla run cold
Be sure that the blood will start to flow
When the winds of Valhalla run cold

So raise your hands
Reach and Valhalla will save your soul
And raise your eyes
Odin will lead us on

They say that history repeats itself
Upon the year of the seventh Century
Well nobody knows, no you never can tell
So you'd better run now and hide away

[Chorus]
When the winds of Valhalla run cold
Be sure that the blood will start to flow
When the winds of Valhalla run cold

[Chorus]
When the winds of Valhalla run cold
Be sure that the blood will start to flow
When the winds of Valhalla run cold

Black Sabbath

From their start as a heavy blues-rock band called Earth in 1968, Black Sabbath survived over four decades with a total of 19 studio albums and numerous hits, but only “Paranoid” reached the top 10 UK Singles Chart, putting together one of the greatest rock bands of all time and setting the standards for music in their genre.

Virtually every single heavy metal band has cited the early Black Sabbath albums as a major musical influence and Black Sabbath have at least played some part in laying the foundations for most of heavy metal’s sub-genres, including thrash metal (“Symptom of the Universe” and “Into the Void”), doom metal (“Black Sabbath”) and stoner metal (“Sweet Leaf”). The band also explored many rock sub-genres, including hard rock (“Paranoid”), blues rock (“N.I.B.”), psychedelic rock (“Planet Caravan”) and, of course, the traditional heavy metal, being one of the precursors of this genre.

They were ranked by MTV as the “Greatest Metal Band” of all time and placed second in VH1’s “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock” list. Rolling Stone magazine ranked them number 85 in their “100 Greatest Artists of All Time.” They have sold over 70 million records worldwide. Black Sabbath were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. They have also won two Grammy Awards for Best Metal Performance.

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