"Gladiator" | |
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4th track of Enslaved | |
Sung by | Max Cavalera |
Duration | 4:58 |
Genre(s) | Death metal, thrash metal, groove metal |
Written by | Max Cavalera |
Produced by | Zeuss, Max Cavalera |
Released in | 2012 |
Alternate title | "Hail Caesar" |
Previous track "Intervention" |
Next track "Legions" |
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"Gladiator" is a song included on the eighth album Enslaved, released in 2012. Though it has never been released as a single, this song leaked online on February 16, 2012 and officially began streaming on March 8, few days before the parent album was released.
This song details about the actions of Roman gladiators. Because 'Hail Caesar' is frequently and prominently heard during the song, "Hail Caesar" is the alternative title of "Gladiator".
"Gladiator" is one of the few melodic Soulfly songs. The song has a psychedelic-esque beginning and sitar is heard around a third the way through the track.
There is a fan-made music video made for this song. This video features a gladiator fighting the slave in the concert arena, with battle scenes taken from Spartacus: Blood and Sand, a TV series that may have inspired the song's lyrics.
Lyrics[]
Rome B.C.
Brutality
The arena of carnage and sin
Man and beast
Kill again
Everybody is going insane...
Hail Caesar...
Hail Caesar...
Hail Caesar...
Gladiator
Born in bondage
Kept in chains
Train to face the wrath of any man
Rome slave
Breeding hate
And dreams of freedom some day
Hail Caesar...
Hail Caesar...
Hail Caesar...
Gladiator
Born in bondage
Bleeding chains
Gladiator will rise again
Born slave
Born dead
Gladiator rise from the dead
Bloodsport, bloodfight
Execution comes tonight
Warrior, killer
Blood and sand will unite
Born slave, born dead
Execution of the dead
Warrior, Killer
Slaughter of the sinners
Hail... Hail... Hail... Gladiator
Hail... Hail... Hail... Gladiator
Gladiator... Hail!
Personnel[]
Band performers
- Max Cavalera – vocals, rhythm guitar, sitar
- Marc Rizzo – lead guitar
- Tony Campos – bass guitar
- David Kinkade – drums, percussion
Songwriter
- Max Cavalera – lyrics, music
Engineers and producers
- Zeuss – engineering, mixing, mastering, production
- Max Cavalera – co-production
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Live-only songs on various albums
"Spit" • "Beneath the Remains/Dead Embryonic Cells" • "Roots Bloody Roots" • "Attitude" • "Sanctuary" • "Polícia"