Pastor Butcher

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S&D's only socially conscious album, and the first album to have a song pertaining to the creation of Nova Europa.

Background

Music

Significance

Track listing

Track listing:

1. King of the Broken Cross - Song about Nazi-ism and racism in general; the "Broken Cross" of the title is a swastika

2. Brotherhood of Bleeding Eyes - The misdeeds of a Knight Templar who is seen as the perfect example of his order

3. Pastor Butcher - Wars and murders "justified" by religion, portrayed in song

4. March of the Imperial - The rise of Nova Europa, heralding an end to an era in Europe

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1. Empire of Shattered Glass - Krystallnacht and the rise of the Nazis, transforms into a song about the Confederacy

2. Crescent of Death - A song about the late-20th and early-21st century crises in the Middle East; play on the name "Fertile Crescent"

3. Unhealing - The song is summed up by the chorus: And these wounds they are unhealing/Our sunburns aren't peeling/Tell me Father/Is this your loving God?"

4. Bloodwine - The Satanic Temptation of Jesus, as envisioned by Lefty Harris (I offer you wine/I offer you dough/I offer you sun and earth below/You feed me your lies/You draw me your hate/You don't understand that you've come too late/I'll free them from you/Every last one/And with my dying breath will come the setting sun/I'll make that happen/I promise you/You'll wish you'd taken my offer before we're through)

5. Caveat Emptor - A song about religion in general, saying "Buyer Beware".

Meaning

Impact

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