The Fall Of The King (also known as The Fallen King) is an unidentified USPM (United States Power Metal) song.
Search History[]
The song was first posted to the the Metal Archives forum on September 3rd, 2009 by user SLED1025. They said that it was recorded off of either WJCU (college radio) or Z-Rock. They said that all of the songs on the tape were released in 1988 or earlier, transcribed the lyrics, and provided an .mp3 file of the song.
On December 3rd, 2020, Twitter user ArmadorThrash posted a different recording of the song, which is confirmed to be from Z-Rock. Both were recorded in around 1987.
A day later, the discussion about the song continued on the Heavy Metal Rarities Forums, where it was suggested that the lyrics could be found in the Metal Archives.[1]
On December 9th, 2020, Armador posted another video of their recording, and the song played after it was Wham, Wham by Mad Reign, which released in 1986.
On December 13th, 2020, ArmadorThrash submitted the song to Ian Christe’s ROOTS metal history show on SiriusXM Liquid Metal, asking who the song was by.[2]
Over time, the song was reuploaded to YouTube by several users, such as Bazillion Points Books, Lostwave Tombo, LostwaveFinder, Jadon Herr, Zumi, X-S Bravo, BubblegumBlitz, No Background, Q, Revolutionary_War, Anon0122, Ofrix, AlianTheObscure, and multiple others, amassing over 240k views.
On March 21st, 2021, SLED1025, the first OP, reposted the song to YouTube. Later that year, the DJ who apparently played the song, Pat Dawsey, was contacted, and said he didn’t remember the song.
Presumed lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
The sky is filled with ash and smoke
The towers burn, the walls they crumble
The bodies lie about the fields
No one is left to win the battle
[Pre-chorus]
The people can't believe their eyes
The king has fallen, see him die
A time of mystery, a time of death
The evil one's promise has been kept
[Chorus]
The fall, the fallen king
The fall, the fallen king
[Verse 2]
The night sky is filled with fire
See the king on his royal pyre
Fool to think that he could win
Against such evil, against such sin
[Pre-chorus]
The people can't believe their eyes
The king has fallen, see him die
A time of mystery, a time of death
The evil one's promise has been kept
[Chorus]
The Fall,
The Fallen king
The Fall,
The Fallen king
[Guitar]
[Verse 3]
The king's time has come to pass
The wicked one has come at last
A time of fear, a time of pain
Cannot escape the evil one's reign
[Pre-chorus]
The people can't believe their eyes
The king has fallen, see him die
A time of mystery, a time of death
The evil one's promise has been kept
[Chorus]
The Fall,
The Fallen king
The Fall,
The Fallen king
The Fall,
The Fallen king
The Fall, the fallen king
[Guitar ends]
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