Lord Raptor's Requiem

By ARCAIDE Arrangements · Thrash Metal · From the album Arcade Onslaught

(Darkstalkers) Lord Raptor's Requiem is the sixth song off Arcade Onslaught, a double album filled with songs with lyrics inspired by old school coin-op arcade games. The song was inspired by the Capcom Darkstalkers series of fighter coin-op games.

Click "Watch Video" below to view a lyrics video I made for the song.

Thank you for listening. I hope you enjoy!

LYRICS:

I rose from the rot with a six-string scythe

Shredding hymns in the catacombs of night

Blood moon grins as the crypt doors crack

My flesh is gone, but my fury’s back

The succubus dances in velvet flame

Her kiss is poison, her love’s a game

I stalk the shadows where the monsters breed

Feeding on fear, you will beg and plead

Midnight throne, I rise undead

Ozom’s pawn with a crown in my head

Six-string slayer, soul collector

Stage-lit slaughter, throne defector

Majigen calls, I shred through screams

Blood-soaked riffs and shattered dreams

I’ll burn the king, I’ll take his name

In Makai’s fire, I stake my claim

Demetri’s eyes burn like funeral pyres

He drinks the dusk, sets the void on fire

Felicia howls in the alley’s gloom

Her claws trace hymns of impending doom

I fought the beast with the soul of steam

Victor’s heart sparks in a lightning scream

The mummy weeps in a sandstorm’s wail

I tore his curse from beneath the veil

I am the riff in the requiem’s breath

The solo that screams through eternal death

My bones are tuned to the devil’s key

A melody forged in agony

Midnight throne, I rise undead

Ozom’s pawn with a crown in my head

Six-string slayer, soul collector

Stage-lit slaughter, throne defector

Majigen calls, I shred through screams

Blood-soaked riffs and shattered dreams

I’ll burn the king, I’ll take his name

In Makai’s fire, I stake my claim

The clock strikes thirteen—time is ash

I ride the tremor of a spectral crash

Pyre-lit stage, infernal crowd

I scream for vengeance, loud and proud

So let the world decay in rust

Let angels choke on demon dust

I’ll reign in riffs, in death’s domain

A god of gore in a haunted game

Watch the Lord Raptor's Requiem music video

About Thrash Metal

Fast, aggressive metal emphasizing rapid-fire riffing, intense drumming, and punk-influenced energy, pioneered in the 1980s as extreme metal's velocity standard. Bands include: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth

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