My Warhammer 40K Metal project

[Lorcan Ward]

Hi guys! I haven't been posting here much lately but I do occasionally lurk. I recently became a dad which doesn't leave much if any free time. Somewhere in the madness of a newborn I thought it would be a good idea to finally finish up and get my music project out since life was only going to get busier. I started it in 2020 when I was reading Warhammer books and had a burst of inspiration for lyric ideas. One thing led to the next and I ended up with a double album of inspired songs. It was originally midi drums/bass etc but I slowly started hiring musicians to give it more of a band feel.

Every song is in a slightly different style to match the charcter/legion concept. It was a lot of fun to explore so many different metal genres and mix it together with my love of sci-fi.

Scythe of the Reaper - A tribute to Alexi Laiho


Men of Iron - Metalcore meets Melodic Death with some Power Metal elements


The Wolves of Fenris - Melodic Death Metal in the style of Ensiferum, In Flames, Aether Realm etc


Unbreakable - Sabaton/Iron Maiden style Power Metal

 

[BlackMastodon]

Jk, super cool and I'll check it out! Cool to hear about a longtime project come to fruition.

 

[Lorcan Ward]

^Ha the Tau song might be my favourite. It was really hard to write about them at first but once I got an idea rolling it came together. Imperium players won't be happy when they hear it! Out in March all going well.

 

[TheShreddinHand]

Some really good stuff!

 

[Lorcan Ward]

I dropped a few more tracks if anyone is interested. People seem to really like this project which is a strange feeling.

An industrial metal track inspired by Slipknot, Rammstein, Fear Factory, Mick Gordon and a ton of Nu-Metal bands. I wasn't expecting people to like this one cause it's so different but it's a favourite for many.

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Some Power Metal inspired by Stratovarius, Blind Guardian, Symphony X and Lindsey Stirling.

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Some faster pace Power Metal inspired by Children of Bodom, Firewind, Sonata Arctica, Dragonforce

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And another Children of Bodom style song with touches of Imperanon and Norther

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[Chiba666]

Nice, I’ve used 40k as inspiration across all 3 of my albums. So much material to draw from and who doesn’t like songs about war that never ends

 

[OmegaSlayer]

Man, I missed this when you posted it in January
Congrats for becoming a dad first, and congrats for pulling out your material, which is very cool!
Looking forward to hear more from you

 

[p0ke]

Thanks for bumping this guys! I didn't check the songs out yet but the descriptions sound like something I'd like, so I definitely will next time I get a chance.

And congrats on becoming a dad - it's the biggest pain in the ass in the world, but at the same time it's the most awesome thing in the world

 

[Emperoff]

Jk, super cool and I'll check it out! Cool to hear about a longtime project come to fruition.

Squidward kinda looks like a Tau, which makes this even funnier.

 

[p0ke]

Excellent songs man! Especially the CoB-style songs, I feel like there's a huge void for that sort of stuff these days.