Ores of Metal Crushed by the Hammer Hidden in the depths of the earth Gathering the mining workforce Criminals and Prisoners of war No one enters the mine freely The air is filled with poison Their lungs rot away The fierce and murderous demons If not expelled you will not escape No one should dig up the earth Removed to the Stygian shades In the depths of the earth it should be Despite the Metallurgy Arise all evil things which overtake mankind By it all things are torn asunder Javelins, pikes, picks, hoes and hammers We have given wings to iron And taught it to fly No one should dig up the earth Removed to the Stygian shades In the depths of the earth it should be Despite the Metallurgy What have you awaken? Within the depths of the earth When brought to light They proved the cause of great evil Citing the enemies of Crassus Thou hast thirsted for gold Therefore thou shall drink gold Accused of destruction and ruin Fraught with terror and peril The bitter hatred towards metal The plague of our lives Metal is forged in fire Smelted by heat But the fault lies within the Tyrant The Tyrant’s avarice and greed Its intrinsically evil deed No, Metal should not be condemned Sacrilege, warfare and greed Caused by an evil mind Not by the Metallurgy