Among The Weirdcong

Annotation

Sodom, a heavy metal band formed in 1981, in Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The group had a revolving line-up. They released a few Vietnam-related songs: "Persecution Mania" (1987) on Persecution Mania, "Agent Orange" and "Magic Dragon" (1989) on Agent Orange, "Capture the Flag" (1990) on Better Off Dead, and "Among the Weidcong" & "Napalm in the Morning" (2001) on M-16. This thrash metal album was war-themed (Steamhammer # SPV 085-72442 CD), with several tracks focused on Vietnam. This included the song "Among the Weidcong" about "aggressive jungle war". The track "Napalm in the Morning" - a reference to the surfing scene in the film Apocalypse Now (1979), directed by the political liberal and dove Francis Ford Coppola. Captain Kilgore (Robert Duvall) of the Air Cavalry attacks a Vietcong held village while playing Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" on the loud speakers of his helicopter. Once on the ground, Kilgore strips of his shirt and scarf and prepares to go surfing with explosions and gunshots all around. As fighter jets bomb the forest behind the Vietcong village, Kilgore says happily "I love the smell of napalm in the morning….smells like victory".Dozens of songs are influenced by Apocalypse Now either in title or lyrics, especially the quote "smell of napalm in the moring". Here are a select few "Charlie Don't Surf" by The Clash on Sandinista! (1980) Napalm Beach" by The Five on Napalm Beach / Excite Me (1981) Beach Party Vietnam" by The Dead Milkmen on Eat Your Paisley! (1986) Rambo Rat" by The Queers on Grow Up (1990) The War in Vietnam" by New Scene on Technomakinita 2 (1991) Back to Nam EP" by Commando Alan Jamming Nam (1994) Wa Wa Zat!!" by David Lee Roth on DLR Band (1998) Vietnam" by Big Red on Big Redemption (1999) New World Disorder" by Biohazard on New World Disorder (1999) Napalm in the Morning" by Sodom on M-16 (2001) Hysteria" by Knives Out! on Black Mass Hysteria (2012)

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — European Songs

This thrash metal album was war-themed (Steamhammer # SPV 085-72442 CD), with several tracks focused on Vietnam. This included the song "Among the Weidcong" about "aggressive jungle war". Sodom, a heavy metal band formed in 1981, in Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The group had a revolving line-up. They released a few Vietnam-related songs: "Persecution Mania" (1987) on Persecution Mania, "Agent Orange" and "Magic Dragon" (1989) on Agent Orange, "Capture the Flag" (1990) on Better Off Dead, and "Among the Weidcong" & "Napalm in the Morning" (2001) on M-16.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — Metal Songs

Sodom, a heavy metal band formed in 1981, in Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The group had a revolving line-up. They released a few Vietnam-related songs: "Persecution Mania" (1987) on Persecution Mania, "Agent Orange" and "Magic Dragon" (1989) on Agent Orange, "Capture the Flag" (1990) on Better Off Dead, and "Among the Weidcong" & "Napalm in the Morning" (2001) on M-16. This thrash metal album was war-themed (Steamhammer # SPV 085-72442 CD), with several tracks focused on Vietnam. This included the song "Among the Weidcong" about "aggressive jungle war". The track "Napalm in the Morning" - a reference to the surfing scene in the film Apocalypse Now (1979), directed by the political liberal and dove Francis Ford Coppola. Captain Kilgore (Robert Duvall) of the Air Cavalry attacks a Vietcong held village while playing Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" on the loud speakers of his helicopter. Once on the ground, Kilgore strips of his shirt and scarf and prepares to go surfing with explosions and gunshots all around. As fighter jets bomb the forest behind the Vietcong village, Kilgore says happily "I love the smell of napalm in the morning….smells like victory".Dozens of songs are influenced by Apocalypse Now either in title or lyrics, especially the quote "smell of napalm in the moring". Here are a select few:

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: Seems like dead men want to leave their graves / Point to anything they love to hate / Broken skulls reflection all around / Execution, blood beneath the walls / Aggressive jungle war, breaking through the lines / Slaughter according to your evil rites / Your death will be methodic, gonna lose my way / Among the weirdcong / Machine gun fire, chain reaction, shredded brains / Among the weirdcong... / Antipathy to the gloating face / Dissection till your soul will leave again / Impact shock absorbs my energy / Bullets cutting through the rotten meat / Aggressive jungle war, breaking through the lines / Slaughter according to your evil rites / Your death will be methodic, gonna lose my way / Among the weirdcong / Machine gun fire, chain reaction, shredded brains / Among the weirdcong.... / Emotions died, extinguished deep inside / Impurity made blood turns into wine / When I saw my friends impaled to death / Dishonoured and condemned their strength / Aggressive jungle war, breaking through the lines / Slaughter according to your evil rites / Your death will be methodic, gonna lose my way... I love the smell of napalm in the morning... it smells like victory" / Decease is just an irony of fate / Multiple rites, I'm gonna lose my way / Paraphiliac body control / To slay the phantom from my soul / You're gonna die / Unholy evil prophets rise / Fire's raining from the endless skies / Can you hear the final thunder roaring? / Napalm in the morning / Napalm in the morning /…

About the artist

German thrash metal band formed in 1981 in Gelsenkirchen, West Germany; their album 'Agent Orange' (1989), themed on the Vietnam War, became one of the genre's biggest German successes. [Source: Wikipedia]

Themes

Combat · Jungle · VC

In collections

European Songs · Metal Songs