Exodus - Nanking Lyrics
Sadistic soldiers of the rising sun
1937's when the rape had begun
The ancient city fell under imperial rule
By an engine of war and lust, savage and cruel
Unbridled fury of the sick and obscene
Systematic sexual degradation
The more perverse the greater exaltation
Nowhere to hide, nowhere to run
They turned the waters of the Yangtze red with blood
Cast aside and brutalized
Terrific horror made to terrorize
Bestial and violent, six weeks of suffering
Their fate was beckoning
Tanks ran over men nailed to boards
Decapitations with an officer's sword
Gang rape of women, both the young and the old
Frozen to death in waters ice cold
Disembowelment, some are buried alive
Suicide's preferred for those who survive
The stench of corpses everywhere in the streets
Dogs feast on the rotting meat
Nowhere to hide, nowhere to run
They turned the waters of the Yangtze red with blood
Cast aside and brutalized
Terrific horror made to terrorize
Bestial and violent, six weeks of suffering
So black was the day they marched through the gates
Their fate was beckoning
It was the rape of Nanking
Thousands forced into prostitution
So many years and still no restitution
The carnage of Carthage so easily outdone
Add all the blood you get 1200 tons
Massacre removed from history books
No mention of men hung from iron hooks
All counter to the rules of war
They made a city an army's whore
Nowhere to hide, nowhere to run
They turned the waters of the Yangtze red with blood
Cast aside and brutalized
Terrific horror made to terrorize
Bestial and violent, six weeks of suffering
So black was the day, they marched through the gates
Their fate was beckoning
It was the rape of Nanking
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Exodus Nanking Comments
THRASH ANTHEM
fuck japan
any mecry
My niece had to do a senior history report on nanking. Showed her the lyrics and she used it as a reference. She got an A.
Heavy metal at it's awesomeness I love it
Best history lesson on nanking
History lesson included in this great badass song.. Exodus lyrics always has something to learn of them.Always opened my mind. Wakes up my curiosity.
Awesome!!!!!!
Hell mo fuckin yaaaa
Excellent metal 🤘💀🤘🎸🎸
Awesome metal 🤘💀🤘🎸🎸
This is excellent metal 🤘💀🤘🎸☠️ excellent guitar riffs, drums , bass & lyrics
鬼子我操你妈!!
操死他妈的
80 Years! Had to eat chinese today.
My great uncle was trapped there, but as an American, was not subjected to the brutality. The Nanking atrocities have been overshadow by holocaust in Europe but should not be forgotten either.
4:29 - eargasm
That guitar tone holy Fuck it's like a chainsaw ripping through your brain !
what an intro ! it was my ringtone when I was in highschool :) memoriiiiessss
This goes to whoever is dissapointed with Exodus ,get over it! After all it happened it is a fact proven history! Shouldn't you be really upset then with Slayer for "Angel of death" ? After all Joseph Mengela was an evil fuck just like the piece of shit being described in the song Nanking ! Hey, EXODUS keep up the great work and much love to all who are and have been in the band! You are in a league all your own,and are the Godfathers of bay area thrash!
lol the piece of shit being described in the song was the japanese army
I agree with you, chonghwa minkuo is the legit one , only for Taiwan.
chonghwa minkuo is the legit one
yes, for Chinese people,it belongs to China but for Taiwanese people, they don't think they belongs to China.I have a lot of friends from Taiwan and they don't admit that they're Chinese.If you go to some tickets websites, when bands plays in Taiwan, It'll say Taipei,Taiwan instead of Taipei, China but if they play in the mainland China, It'll say Shanghai, China. so it doesn't belongs to China at some point. Sorry for this 'spam' I don't mind if people mark me as spam...
中華民國 IS Taiwan, 中华人民共和国 IS China, two different countries
中華民國 IS China
Super collider is the supreme piece of shit imho
Ah but Endgame? That album has got to be one of the best Thrash albums of the 21st century!
I actually thought Th1rt3en was one of Megadeth's most technical and progressive releases. I don't like the other new stuff, though.
Exhibit B is perfect, EXODUS rules!
Really? I thought things got nothing but better from System onwards... missing out "Thirteen" as that was more of an EP.
really??which city??I'm sure they won't play near me :( nice icon btw XD
aren't you Taiwanese since your icon is the flag of Taiwan(中華民國)
>No political discussion to be found anywhere
Oh my god youtube you've let yourself go
megadeth sucks
Wize Minsc uncalled for
Of course, Megadeth is poor, boring, dull
Megadeth is way better technically and Mustaine's lyrics are far more diverse. Exodus is like Slayer in that they only sing about violence and most of theor songs sound similar. Still a great band though.
slayer cmon i have yet to here a half ass decent solo from that damn band its awful overkill testament for sure are still smashing that shit as usuall
testament's last two albums have been amazing
def the tone and recording is better than back then
Endgame is my favorite Megadeth album, its so heavy
not instead of metallica... instead of anthrax!
world painted blood is awesome!
exept the actual song 13 and sudden deaths alright too
Im a Chinese
this song is good
Sure are these 3 records not as good as Rust in Peace or Peace Sells. But I think The System has failed is the best Megadeth record since Youthanasia. And Risk has this special atmosphere.
But now I have to say.... Th1rt3en sucks.
Megadeth is my facourite band but you must admit that trust, risk, system has failed aint as good as first albums were.
thank god those bombs so killed more innocent civilains and not the guys who actually caused nanking right??
im not really a thrash fan but damn this is badass
or even Destruction
Hey! Don't forget my favorite MASSIVELY UNDER RATED METAL PIONEERS that influenced the newer bands like Trivium,Children Of Bodom,Arch Enemy,Bullet for my Vallentine and all those guys ... ANNIHILATOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
That's merely a response that spreads more hatred. The imperial Japanese government didn't exactly make it known to it's civilian population the horrors of it's campaign in mainland Asia. That said, there are individuals in Japan today that try to educate others of the severity of Japans crimes in world war II. To make blanket statements like that undermines those peoples efforts. And the bombing of another civilian population isn't exactly justice for the victims of Japans war.
Take out Metallica, there should be a Big 5:
5. Exodus, they're the smallest of the large Thrash bands, but have an opening band like Death Angel for them.
4. Testament, slightly bigger than Exodus.
3. Anthrax, come on, cut them some slack, they're fucking awesome, which is why they're huge.
2. Slayer, of course. They're the gods of thrash.
1. MEGADETH of course... they're the biggest thrash metal band in history... always will be. Metallica is no longer a thrash band. As much as I love them.
Agreed! Ha! Exodus + Overkill = Big 2!
No one, sound matters! :)
If you listen to Ironbound or The Electric Age by Overkill your opinion on that will change.
Considered as one of the worst atrocities in modern history. In December, 1937, Japanese troops entered the former capital city of China, Nanjing. For 6 weeks after its capture, the Japanese troops slaughtered an estimated 200,000-250,000 civilians and prisoners of war and raped over 20,000 women. This incident is commonly referred to as "The rape of Nanjing". The brutality of this incident surpassed that of the Holocaust in Europe.
My great uncle was trapped there, but as an American, was not subjected to the brutality. The Nanking atrocities have been overshadow by holocaust in Europe but should not be forgotten either.
@audisport damn fucking straight. had there been no nuclear attack, Operation Downfall would have killed as many as 800,000 Americans when 250,000 had fallen in the entire war. 500,000 purple hearts were made in preparation. these are still being awarded today.
it only takes one minute to make me wanna get any Exodus cd. god danm i wish my town sell better music
@audisport calm down and listen to this song
@Skissor666 or about the teutonic bands? like sodom, tankard, destruction, kreator, protector etc..?
@Skissor666 Not a fan of Slayer's newest album but it's definitely better than *****ica.
I lovee IIIIT
@pedropeter731 yes it is excellent. they shouldve done one over kamikazis, the bataan death march, or a song about the imperial soldiers complete disregard for human life, and honor for the emperor was a solitary goal
@Skissor666 exodus has evolved beautifully...progressively heavier...progressively meaner...nearly all those bands hit and missed at points..but exodus is offering up material as mean as any death metal band with the perspective and style of a thrash metal great. its amazing.
@eNnI088
Whats about Slayer, Testamanet, Megadeth, Death Angel, Heathen, or Overkill??
Exodus are probably the only thrash band of the 80's that are just as good if not even better than their old days.
@pedropeter731
Slayer's Killing Fields and Angel of Death are educational as well.
Songs with Historical References
Exodus - Nanking (The Rape of Nanking)
Slayer - Unit 731 (Japan's dreaded version of the Auschwitz Concentration camp)
this just proves that Heavy Metal is EDUCATIONAL!
JD Dominicus anything by Sabaton is a history lesson
Exodus Rulez, see you in Katowice on 10th August :)
this album is my personal top 10 albums of 2010 y fucking love this album!!!
@DietGrape It's very thrash. Just not old school thrash if that makes sense
RAPE OF NANKING!!!
metallica, slayer, megadeth, whatever old school bands you compare this album to, it destroyes them all. Exhibit b is a metal masterpiece.
@SarcasticS0B also "The Ballad Of Leonard And Charles" is base on a real life's scene
@daniel245 Exodus made it fucking perfect, the whole album, its fuckin insanity at its finest ^^
this song is a master piece the instrumental goes perfect with the lyrics
wha wha shut the fuck up slayer this,exodus that who gives a fuck its all tight ass metal that dont get no matter,besides u comparing two different strains if u want to get tech shut up enjoy earspank
@brnleague99 hey it is awesome they all came from the same momma
@brnleague99
lol ya, exodus is cool, but, never, abs never will reach slayers quality, not with the music and surely not about the lyrics...
and the vocals , c`mon, tom blows whole exodus away...its truth...
and always that pissing on other fans is lame... always just teasing... u must be a retards with a very small ego...poor fuck....
0:39 until 0:54 BEST PART!!!!
@SarcasticS0B Counter strike, Cliffs of gallipoli, Primo victoria, Back in control and many more.
Just listen to sabaton, great power metal and at the same time you can learn a lot.
This one time a teacher asked me what year was the independence war, and I actually started singing counterstrike in my head
@Ennosetsu
who cares.
WHY did you write eXodus instead of Exodus? Fuck you man.
@SarcasticS0B
You love it to learn from Lyrics.
Learn from Megadeth's Endame, United Abominations and Washington is Next.
Because these Songs are not only about the past but also about the presence.
@razorslice17 Except that the new megadeth is way better.
Damn, i love it when i learn from songs. First, it was "dead skin mask," then "44 minutes" and now this. All historical events, i'd never heard of. Too cool.
Exodus will come to China in September ! Fuck Yeah !
@brnleague99
WPB was good too, but this record is better overall.
However, Hate Worldwide from WPB is a killer song.
@GarrettGrrt
It's never to late for true love xP
Damn Exodus... how have I waited so long to fall in love with you?
Slayer WISHES World Painted Blood was this awesome.