La NWOBHM del Kendo

Scritta dagli Iron Maiden, e dedicata a Musashi Myamoto, storico fondatore dell’arte del Nito (combattimento con due spade) e guerriero senza sconfitte per tutta una vita, Sun and Steel consacra Musashi come icona metal e rammenta a tutti come il metal non sia solo un’accozzaglia di suoni elettrici ma abbia anche un senso culturale (non per niente Steve Harris è laureato in letteratura).

Vi fornisco il testo. La canzone è tratta dall’album Piece of Mind

Sun And Steel

[Dickinson / Smith]

Well, you killed your first man at 13,
Killer instinct, Animal supreme,
By 16 you had learned to fight
The way of the warrior, you took it as your right.

Sunlight, falling on your steel,
Death in life is your ideal,
Life is like a wheel

Through earth and water, fire and wind,
You came at last – nothing was the end,
Make a cut by fire and stones,
Take you and your blade and break you both
in two – break you both in two.

Sunlight, falling on your steel,
Death in life is your ideal,
Life is like a wheel rolling on and on.

musashi vs baiken