Blood is falling like the rain
Its crimson cloak unveils again
The sound of guns can't hide their shame
And so we die on Paschendale
- Passchendaele, Iron Maiden
With the middle east on the brink of a full blown war and the horrific bombings in Bombay, I couldn't find a more appropriate song to listen to. This chartbuster from Iron Maiden was based on the siege of Passchendaele by the canadian forces during the first world war in 1917 which eventually led to the German defeat and the end of the war. Hard rock and haevy metal folks swear by this song, the guitaring is just mind blowing and the song brings out the gory and violence of the war and the anti-war emotions as well. Passchendaele, now called Passendale lies in the Belgian province of West Flanders.
