Fall of Saigon
2014 · Hellthrasher XXXVII · Finland
- Artist
- Decaying
- Title
- Fall of Saigon
- Release
- One to Conquer
- Year
- 2014
- Label
- Hellthrasher # XXXVII
- Format
- CD · Album
- Country
- Finland
- Genre
- Metal · Death Metal
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Death Metal group, formed in 2010 in Helsinki, Finland. Members included: Matias Nastolin (bass, guitar, vocals), Olli "Otu" Suurmunne (guitar, 2010-11), Benjam Lahdenpää (drums, 2011-present), Otso Polenius (guitar, 2011), Henri Hirvonen (guitar, 2011-present). This album contained two Vietnam War-related songs. The first, the song "Fall of Saigon" (Hellthrasher Productions # XXXVII), which kicked off with machine gun sound-effects, recalled the collapse of South Vietnam in 1975: "red flags will dominate... the war is over, the republic has fallen". The narrator also recalled the US presence and objective: "halt the red disease, Cold war at its peak, stop the communists".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: The tide is about to be turned / South is on a brink of collapse / Rapid advance toward the capital / Red flags will dominate the scenes / It was a just warning / That war had been done / US operations on foreign soil / To halt the red disease / Cold war at its peak / Stop the communists / Interest of the west vanished / At the fall of Saigon / Hastily retreating on a large scale / The republic was caught off guard / Total fall on all fronts / Foreign aid cut to meaningless / It was a just warning / That war had been done / US operations on foreign soil / To halt the red disease / Cold war at its peak / Stop the communists / Interest of the west vanished / At the fall of Saigon / The war is over / The republic has fallen Along the lines of southern Laos / NVA, focused on guerrilla warfare / With countless tons of ammunition / Thrown straight into combat / Moving vehicles and manpower / This supply route reigns supreme / Fuelled by something worth fighting for / A solid way to avoid a plain defeat / Determined to strike it down / But the trail is always shifting / Maintenance during the day and night / Tireless work force is unleashed / Carpet bombing on a daily basis / B-52s sweep the sky / The US air force, throttle set on full / Fulfilling a task which seems pointless / The origins are from a previous struggle / Baptized in battle / During the First Indochina War / First-rate engineering by VC / The group 559 assigned / Perfected all the concealment / Paved roads…
About the artist
Death Metal group, formed in 2010 in Helsinki, Finland; members include Matias Nastolin (bass, guitar, vocals), Benjam Lahdenpää (drums), Henri Hirvonen (guitar).
Themes
Fall of Saigon · Communism · Cold War · Combat · Guerrilla Warfare
From the release One to Conquer