The Berserker / Music

• A few characters from Food for the Gods by Fireaxe, most notably The Black Knight.
• Manowar's "The Sons of Odin," in a particularly badass part of the song:
  Onward, into the heart of the battle fought the sons of Odin.
  Outnumbered many times, still they fought on.
  Blood poured forth from their wounds deep into the earth.
  Vultures waited for the broken shells that once were bodies.
  But Odin alone would choose the day they would enter Valhalla
  AND IN THEIR HOUR OF NEED HE SENT FORTH UNTO THEM... THE BERSERKER RAGE!
  NOW GODS AND MEN THEY ROSE UP FROM THE GROUND SCREAMING LIKE WILD ANIMALS,
  SUCH IS THE GIFT OF ABSOLUTE POWER!
  NO BLADE OR WEAPON COULD HARM THEM;
  THEY KILLED MEN AND HORSES ALIKE,
  AND ALL WHO STOOD BEFORE THEM
  DIED THAT DAY! HAIL GODS OF WAR!
• Heather Alexander's "Don't Call My Name In Battle" has a berserker giving some very important advice to his comrades:
  Don't call my name in battle — it's not wise.
  Do not distract me when you see a new soul in these eyes.
  For when the war god fills this flesh I wear,
  I am no more your friend; I am the spirit of the bear.
  Don't call my name in battle — stand away,
  For I will never hear you, but some other creature may.
  It never sees a friend, but only foes.
  Just count the bodies lying where this taken body goes.
  Don't call my name in battle — wait the time,
  Until I fall and rise again with eyes you know are mine.
  And then perhaps we'll rest and talk of home.
  But you'll not be surprised to see how much I walk alone.
• Brad Neely's Role Play Tournament (Be Aggressive) chronicles how a tabletop RPG player wins a tournament with his berserker-type character. It even goes as far as revealing his self-examination, in that despite his own admission of his lack of self-control, he just goes on punching holes in ships and ripping other characters asunder.
  Mirror, mirror, uh
  Up on the wall, uh
  Who's the baddest motherfucker of them all, uh
  Just like Columbus, uh
  He get the bloodlust, uh
  Just like Columbus he get murderous on purpose
• 'Berserker' by Rubén Álvarez (naturally)^note For English lyrics try Google translate — it works well on this one..
• The song "Valhall Awaits Me" by Amon Amarth is all about one.
  "SWORD IN MY HAND!
  AX ON MY SIDE!
  VALHALL AWAITS!
  SOON! I WILL DIE!
  SWORD IN MY HAND!
  AX ON MY SIDE!
  VALHALL AWAITS ME
  WHEN I DIE!
  BEARSKIN ON MY BACK!
  WOLF'S JAW ON MY HEAD!
  VALHALL AWAITS ME
  WHEN I'M DEAD!"
• Leslie Fish's "The Berserker" is another example of a berserker giving fair warning:
  So leave the devil where it lies
  Cast no blood into my eyes
  And never place my life in threat
  For when the monster comes alive
  If you survive, you won't forget....
  The roar when language falls away
  The vision leached to black and grey
  The speed that makes the wind feel slow
  The strength beyond the bone's design
  These are the signs I too well know....
• The titular character in Lord Huron's song "The World Ender":
  "Lord knows I should be pushing daisies
  I was 6 feet down, but something raised me up
  Sent back for to lift my curse
  I'm gonna get me a taste of some chaos first
  Untied, gonna get little wild
  Go screaming through the dark like a demon child
  Close your eyes now, the light is fading
  And the noise in the night is gonna get a little louder, baby"
• The members of GWAR. A literal one recently joined them.
• Berserkir by Brothers of Metal talks up the terror of facing one:
  He fights, he fights until he wins or dies
  No fear, no fear can touch him now
  In a sea of raging blood,
  The warrior cannot control
  The burden of this violent flood
  The madness in his soul
  He shouts, his shout will bring you crashing down
  Attack, no one can save you now
  Outnumbered he will charge into
  The carnage of the battle he's
  A savage and a maniac
  A mountain of a man
  Slaughter embodied, a storm in disguise
  A monster of battle, get ready to die
  He seeks and destroys, no escape from his might
  He fights for his life, and he lives for the fight!
  Enter fury, enter rage,
  See the madness in his gaze
  Unbreakable, a creature out of control
  Enter fire, enter death
  Smell the blood upon his breath
  Man or beast? Destruction released

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