Nice!
Still not my preferred genre, but awesome voice!
Ok, hate to honk my own horn, but here's another one of mine to keep things going.
Here's a character you're not likely to see on here for a while unless I need a new NPC underling in A Grain of Sand. See, being unable to play DnD or Dagorhir here at college thus far, I've been doing my roleplaying here and on my newly purchased World of Warcraft account. They actually have channels on there where people are supposed to roleplay(even if only just a little) and keep the "OMGoats, wut u doin?" "I'm goin to kill some quillboars, lol!" "Dude, my char's sexy! Look, I'm taking her armor off!" out of the interactions. So for example, I always greet people as my paladin with "Hail and well met!" cast a buffing spell, and tell them, "Light be with you, brother/sister!" and speak with a more regal vocabulary. A lot of Orc players hack up their grammar to sound like a big dumb orc, and troll players(WoW trolls are VERY different from LOTR trolls, btw) speak in Jamaican dialects sometimes.
Anyway, the character I have a song for is my very first one, an Undead rogue I named after Ishbaneer Shatten from Secrets in the Attic. The Undead, or Forsaken in WoW are the byproduct of a plague released by the forces of evil upon the former human nation of Lordaeron. Most who were afflicted rose and joined the ranks of the Undead Scourge army when they died, but some maintained their free will or were freed by a renegade Banshee, the former Elven ranger Sylvanas Windrunner. The Forsaken are generally a bitter, hateful, and despaired people, living on only because they would rather claw their way to tomorrow than die once again. They despise living humans, mostly because the refugees from Lordaeron thought they were Scourge and embarked on a crusade against them. Of course, the fact that the complacent human monarchs of Stormwynd were spared(the king of Lordaeron died at the hands of his own son, Arthas, who was consumed with lust for vengeance against the Scourge that he went mad and became a Death Knight), and that humans are... well... alive.
For Ishbaneer, though moreso for the entire race, I've chosen Burn it Down, by Avenged Sevenfold. It's lyrics are bitter, but holy crap this guy's a good singer, with incredible guitars backing him up. Good, melodic metal, but nobody can seem to write a song anymore without dropping an f-bomb.
So, I'll include censored lyrics(they only use it twice, so no big) and you can look the song up on Youtube. I highly suggested it, since its a pretty nice song, and the emotion of the melody fits Ishbaneer a lot better than the lyrics.
Rather than explain everything bit by bit, since I've surely bored everyone, I'm just gonna highlight significant lines.
Jealousy's an ugly word, but you don't seem to care
Converse behind my back, but now I'm here
Need no one to comply with me though everyone that I defeat
Dont need you, screw camaraderie, this rage will never go away
Hatred fuels my blood
I'll burn you down (You can't help me)
One king to watch the horsemen fail
I'll fight 'til the end (I won't help you)
I can't trust anyone (See it in my eyes)
Now I can understand
It's sorrow that feeds your lies
Whoa, yeah!
You're on my back when the water gets too deep for you to breathe
A crutch for you that won't always be there
Hide in the dark another day, the fear in you is here to stay
So keep the heck away from me and learn to trust the words I say
Hatred fuels my blood
I'll burn you down (You can't help me)
One king to watch the horsemen fail
I'll fight 'til the end (I won't help you)
I can't trust anyone (Witness and see it in my eyes)
(Chorus vocalizing)
Now I can understand
Put faith in you for the last time
It's sorrow that feeds your lies
Ha! Yeah, yeah!
Run from me before I tear you down (Be afraid)
You chose the wrong side (It feels so right)
I won't help you, let you rot away (Despise what you say - Chorus vocalizing)
Run towards the light exposing your soul (We won't be there by your side - Chorus vocalizing)
Salvation's dying (Somebody's crying)
We're all gone in the end (Chorus vocalizing)
Sweet child we'll miss you
Whoa, so far away, far away
I can't trust anyone (Witness and see it in my eyes - Chorus vocalizing)
Now I can understand (Put faith in you for the last time)
It's sorrow that feeds your lies
Falling away
Can't buy back time
Burn it down anyways
I fantasize about lycanthropy too(had fun running at full sprint in thef full moon's light last night with that song playing on my ipod.
