Metal Mythology

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The Pantheon
Iommi - human name: Anthony Frank Iommi.
The Great Creator of the Metal Gods, and the God of Justice and Doom.
Ozzy - human name: John Michael Osbourne.
The first God of Metal and father of Alice Cooper. He was the figurehead God who ruled with Iommi, the Great Creator at his side. After Alice Cooper has taken over the Throne, Ozzy travelled through time, space and dimensions to become the Guardian of Metal in the world of the Brütal Legend.
Alice Cooper - human name: Vincent Damon Furnier.
The God of Poison who took over the Metal Throne after Ozzy's voluntary departure. Taken into the Patheon to become the God of Poison. Father of Halford.
Halford - human name: Robert John Arthur Halford.
The Metal God who is called the Chosen One. He resurected metal after it was betrayed by the Four Prophets. Travelled through time, space and dimensions along with Ozzy and Lemmy to the world of the Brütal Legend, where he split himself into two separate entities: the camp and evil General Lyonwhite and the (Fire) Baron. The latter represents his own self more.
Bruce Dickinson - God of Light and Arts, and heir to the Throne of Metal. His powers match that of the Chosen One himself, but they are known as friendly rivals.
Eddie the Head - Bruce Dickinson's chief advisor and the first God of Death. He is a strange creature that evolved from just a head, to a zombie-like human, to an actual zombie, to a cyborg, to an extraterrestrial monstrousity.
Vic Rattlehead - The ruler of the Mosh -the Land of Chaos- and loyal minion of Megadeth. Vic is a skeletal figure who embodies the phrase, "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil." His eyes are covered by a riveted-on visor, his mouth is clamped shut, and his ears are closed with metal caps. The only way to communicate with Vic is through Dave's telepathy.
Lemmy - human name: Ian Kilmister.
The God of Wine and Smoke, and Unintelligibility. A trusted advisor in the Court of Metal. Has traveled along with Ozzy and Halford through time, space and dimensions to become the Kill Master -a healing bass player- in the world of the Brütal Legend.
Cronos human name: Conrad Thomas Lant.
The wise prophet who brought forth the wisdom that lead to the creation of Black, Death, and Thrash metal. He led the Cult of Venom.
Danzig - human name: Glenn Allen Anzalone.
The God of Hardcore, a distant cousin to Metal. He is known as the Keeper of Balance the Bridge Between Metal and Punk, for he is well known in both.
ManOwaR – The legion of Gods of Black Wind, Fire, and Steel. Not loved by all metalheads because of their egotistical attitude.
Charlotte the Harlot – Goddess of Love and Beauty... and Prostitution. Lover of Eddie the Head.
Dio- human name: Ronald (Ronnie) James Padavona.
Known as the Holy Diver. The Messenger of the Metal Gods as well as the Prince of the Metal Gods. His death brought him to Ozzfest itself, where he continues his good work as the Metal Gods' messenger.
King Diamond - human name: Kim Bendix Petersen.
God of Black Magic, and the King of Storytelling and the Dark Arts.
Melissa - Goddess of Witchcraft. Lover of King Diamond.
Ripper- human name: Timothy S. (Tim) Owens.
The one who was trusted with Ozzfest in Halford's absence. After Halford's return, Ripper was asked to join the cult of the Iced Earth. He accepted, but soon left the cult after the return of Matt Barlow. He soon got a new place among the Metal Gods as Rob Halford's personal assassin.
Malmsteen - human name: Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck. Also known as: Yngwie J. Malmsteen.
The God of Shred.
KISS – The Four Prophets: The Demon, The Star, The Cat, and the Extra Terrestrial. They were seduced by the Demon known as Business and ultimately betrayed Metal to a thousand years of Darkness by converting themselves to the religion of Disco, before Rob Halford rose to power to resurrect the old ways.
Dr. Feelgood - The God of Healing and Ecstasy. Born from the Hair.
Schuldiner - human name: Charles Michael "Chuck" Schuldiner.
The second God of Death. His mortal body died in 2001, but this has only improved his powers of Death as it removed his mortal limitations.
Corpsegrinder - human name: George Fisher.
A prophet of the Death Cults. He leads the cult of the Cannibal Corpse.
Petrucci - human name: John Peter Petrucci.
God of skill and musical prowess.
Townsend - human name: Devin Garret Townsend.
The God of Creativity and Insanity. He is also worshipped in some cults as the Strapping Young Lad.
Dee Snider - human name: Daniel Snider.
The God of Wisdom and Rebellion.
Judas Priest - The cult of four who aided Halford in restoring Metal.
Iron Maiden - The cult of five who aid Bruce. Eddie usually roams the world with them.
The Big Four - The four cults of thrash that led the rebellion against the Hair and returned it to the Sunset Strip. They are Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, and are led by the great Metallica.
Metallica - The leading cult of the Big Four. It unfortunately fell to The Business.
Megadeth - The most aggressive and violent cult of the Big Four. Spawned from Metallica for revenge.
Slayer - The most evil cult of the Big Four.
Anthrax - The least aggressive but most cunning cult of the Big Four. They are also Gods of Insanity - a position they selflessly share with the Strapping Young Lad.
Dimebag – human name: Darrell Lance Abbott.
God of Wine, Beer, Alcohol, Parties and Merrymaking. Got killed during a ceremony, and was reincarnated for metal. Founder of the cult of Pantera.
Anselmo - human name: Philip Hansen Anselmo.
One of the head priests in the cult of Pantera.
Dave Mustaine - One of the original priests of the cult of Metallica. He was expelled from the cult and created the cult of Megadeth. After the fall of the cult of Metallica to the Business, Mustaine ascended to join the Court of Metal.
Lars Ulrich- One of the two head priests of the cult of Metallica. He was the first one to give in to the Business.
James Hetfield- The other head priest of the cult of Metallica. Unfortunately the second one to give in to the Business.
Cliff Burton- The fallen head priest of the cult of Metallica. He was killed and with his death began the fall of the cult - mostly into the clutches of -you guessed it- the Business.
Rob Zombie - Known as the Superbeast. Stole a portion of the Beast's power to use in the everlasting Battle for Metal.
Spider One - Younger brother of Rob Zombie. Leader of the Industrial Metal cult.
Dethklok - Blacker than the blackest black times infinity.
Court of Metal - The court in which the Metal Gods sat and ruled. Those Gods were Halford, Bruce Dickinson, Lemmy, Schuldiner, Ozzy, Dio, Mustaine, Iommi, Gaahl, Dee Snider, Townsend, and Petrucci. Hetfield and Ulrich were cast from the Court after turning to the Buisness.

Hell
Gaahl - human name: Kristian Eivind Espedal.
The God of Darkness and the Occult.
Abbath - human name: Olve Eikemo.
The God of the Mountains and the North.
Marilyn Manson - human name: Brian Hugh Warner.
The God of Fear. Controls the Nobodies. Some Metalheads doubt his rightful place among the Metal Gods, and some others even downright refuse to acknowledge him as such.
Varg Vikernes - human name: Kristian Larsson Vikernes.
Ruler of the Burzum, the Land of Fear. Slaid Euronymous to claim his throne.
Euronymous - human name: Øystein Aarseth
God of Deception and Trickery. Slain by Varg in a battle to gain the throne to God of Darkness.
The Reaper - Partner of the first God of Death (Eddie the Head).
The Ancient Mariner - Lord of the Seas.
Lord of the Flies - Commands the insects.
King Nothing - Responsible for Eddie The Head's first death, but now helps Eddie and the Reaper with the dead.
Phantom Lord - Also helps with the dead (there's a lot of dead people).

Enemies of Metal
The Business - The Demon that wages war on Metal. It spawns many horrific creatures in an attempt to overthrow metal. It was also the one who seduced the four prophets of KISS to turn from the old ways.
The Courts of Evil - The soulless beings led by Tipper Gore. They are a sect belonging to The Business
Tipper Gore - The evil one who tried to overthow Heavy Metal with The Hair.
Emo - A breed of depressing teenagers who thrive on depressing music.
Post-Hardcore - Demons that were rejected from the Metal. They are a hybrid of the Scene and Metal, but they themselves are pure evil.
Fallout Boy - One of the leading cults of Emo.
My Chemical Romance - One of the leading cults of Emo.
Panic! at the Disco - One of the leading cults of Emo.
Hawthorne Heights - One of the leading cults of Emo.

Neutral
Scene - Mutant offspring of emo who thrive on poppy annoying music.
Limp Bizkit - the founding cult of Nu-Metal.
Nirvana - The leading church of Grunge.
Nuclear Assault - One of the first Metalcore cults.
Breakdown - One of the first Metalcore cults.
Biohazard - One of the first Metalcore cults.
Avenged Sevenfold - One of the leading modern Metalcore cults.
Bullet for My Vallentine - One of the leading modern Metalcore cults.
Trivium - One of the leading modern Metalcore cults.

Places of Signifigance
Ozzfest - AKA, Stage. The land of the Metal Gods. Named after its first ruler.
22 Acacia Avenue - The Palace of Charlotte the Harlot.
Hell - Land of eternal punishment for the wicked dead who misinterpret the true message of Metal, with different levels for different kinds of evil. Eddie the Head's Palace.
- Crystal Mountain - a mountain in Hell where the God of Death lives.
The Mosh - The land where Chaos and Destruction are constant, and ruled by Vic Rattlehead. Birthplace of the cults of thrash.
The Sunset Strip - The land of Ecstasy. Home of Doctor Feelgood and birthplace of the Hair.
Birmingham - the void that was before time. It was from this void that Ozzy created Ozzfest while Iommi created the Metal Gods.
Seattle - the birthplace of Grunge.

Mythological Beasts
The Electric Eye - The eye in the sky that observes the world below and reports to Halford.
The Exciter - The tempter of mortals that was born out of lust.
The Hellion - The metallic bird that Halford rides to get where he wishes.
The Painkiller - A half-man half-machine warrior of a prophecy that will one day save humankind from Armageddon.
The Night Crawler
The Hellrider
The Demonizer
The Sentinal - One of the guards of the entrance to Ozzfest.
The Metallion - Another one of the guards of Ozzfest (no crap music is getting in there!)
The Jugulator - The great beast that was created in the metal god's absence.
The Master of Puppets - The creature born from Metallica, bound to control all human life. It is said to be destroyed by its very creators, however.
The Prowler - Bruce Dickinson's personal assassin.
The Iron Man - Ozzy's guard.
The Teenage Frankenstein - Alice Cooper's guards. There are 18 of them.
The Soul Intruders - Bruce Dickinson's band of warriors.
The Beast - The mortal enemy of Eddie the head. Its number is 666. It constantly fights Eddie for a place by Bruce Dickinson's throne, though Eddie's loyalty to Dickinson constantly helps him gain the upper hand.
The Hair - The wave of Heavy Metal that took over in the 80s.
The Nobodies - The soulless drones that strike fear in all. Controlled by Marilyn Manson.
Set Abominae - Known as the Antichrist and the Wicked One That Comes This Way. As foretold by Matt Barlow after having seen a vision of it, it has been claimed to walk the Earth another day and destroy mankind after being born on the sixth day of the sixth month of an unknown year, in the sixth hour of that day.

Heroes
The Mötley Crüe - Band of rebels born from the Hair. Loyal minions of Dr. Feelgood.
The Iced Earth - The two Gods of Speed who led the rebellion against Emo; Jon Schaffer and Matt Barlow.
Jon Schaffer - The head priest of the Iced Earth, and the one who got blessed with a piece of the Metal Gods' Creator's fingers. As such, he's one of the fastest guitar players alive.
Matt Barlow - The second-in-command of the Iced Earth. Blessed with a portion of the Metal God's eyesight. As such, he receives visions from possible futures such as the arrival of the Antichrist -Set Abominae- into our world and Ten Thousand Strong standing up against it.
The Blue Öyster Cult - The cult that has gained the power of Cowbell from the Ancient Blue Öyster.
The Reaper - Loyal minion of the Blue Öyster Cult.
Rhapsody of Fire - A cult that studied the ancient arts of Nature's Magic, and are able to cast Holy Thunderforce among many more such spells.

Blind Guardian - One of the speed metal cults who assisted the Iced Earth.
Hammerfall - One of the Speed Metal cults who assisted the Iced Earth.
Primal Fear - One of the Speed Metal cults who assisted the Iced Earth.
Firewind - One of the Speed Metal cults who assisted the Iced Earth.
Disturbed - A relatively new cult of four Indestructible ones who created the Disturbagram to unite the humans' most commonly known religions, to step into The Night as people with Ten Thousand Fists in the air against those who are Deified wrongly, as they were Down with the Sickness and its Perfect Insanity. They asked Morbus to help reclaim the sacred Metal Crown during the Great War of Metal, and claimed to not believe in the Devil to make the Beast become less powerful by making it lose people who have faith in it, and as such help Eddie overcome his mortal enemy.
Morbus – Also known as "The Guy". Loyal minion of Disturbed. A tall male with ripped muscles and a large grin, head cloaked by a hood and an outfit made up of a torn rope/hood type cloak, along with multiple chains and torn clothing. He has superhuman strength and flight, and can even charge his fist to deliver an even more powerful blow. The impact of this blow can become even more powerful when it is dealt from a greater height. He also has the power to reverse Time itself to an extend if enough people are around to raise fists with him.

Metal Mythology

NOTE: I know that not all of this makes sense, for example, i know that Ozzfest came much later, but just bear with me.

CREATION

Before the world we live in today existed, there was a vast place known as Birmingham.
Hippies and soft rock ruled everything. Then, a man named Tony Iommi sacrificed his fingers to create the guitar, and drums and bass. He put everything together, and created the Divine Music called Heavy Metal. And he saw that this was good.
After Iommi created the Divine Music, he and his friend and fellow Metal God Ozzy Osbourne felt the absence of listeners. And so Ozzy took over Heavy Metal and created Ozzfest. Using this, Heavy Metal was spread. Ozzy then created Sabbath, Lord of Darkness. He also created the Iron Man, who served as Ozzy's right hand man and guard.

The Gods mated with their women and produced children that were half-divine, half-mortal.
Those children in turn mated with other mortal women, producing children that were less godly. So every generation would be less divine than the previous. The Gods saw that this was bad, so they occasionally bless mortals with godly powers, so that the Divine Music would not die out. These blessed ones are known as Heroes.

THE NEXT GENERATION

As Ozzy grew old, and as Heavy Metal branched out, new Metal Gods were created. The strongest one was the male Alice Cooper. Ozzy recognized Alice's talents and accepted him as his son. Alice had a band of servants recruited for him known as the Teenage Frankenstein.
Eventually, Alice took over Ozzfest, which kept its name for its original ruler.

BETRAYAL

With Alice Cooper now ruling Ozzfest, new Gods began to emerge. Dee Snider, the God of Wisdom and Rebellion was one of them. Also, four Prophets appeared. They were a musician, a cat, an alien, and a demon. They were known as KISS. It seemed as if they would become the next rulers of Ozzfest, but slowly they were deceived and eventually, they sold out and converted to the religion of Disco, killing Heavy Metal. But all was not lost, for from the remains of Metal rose a new wave of Hard Rock. And from that, Halford was born.

REDEMPTION

With disco rampant and metal dead, all hope rested with Halford. Alice recognized this and accepted him as his son, as Ozzy had done with him. So Halford assembled four great warriors and formed the cult of the Judas Priest (most commonly known simply as "Judas Priest"). Judas Priest restored Heavy Metal by creating a new wave of metal that blew the crap out of Disco. KISS then realized their mistake and redeemed themselves by making Metal once again. Alice Cooper stepped down from the Metal Throne, and Halford ruled Ozzfest. Under Halford's rule, Heavy Metal seemed to explode into full power. Many great Metal Gods were created, but the one that stood out from the rest was Bruce Dickinson. Halford accepted him as his son, like Alice and Ozzy had done. Bruce formed the cult of the Iron Maiden, named after the mortal's torture device.
And then, all was at peace for metal... Haha! Peaceful metal. Yeah right!

The Rise of the Hair

After Halford restored peace to Heavy Metal (and by peace, we of course mean loud and crazy strength and power), all was well. With Bruce and Iron Maiden and Halford and Judas Priest, all was perfect. Especially in a land called the Sunset Strip. There Heavy Metal thrived, but it was contained in the Strip. So Halford, unknowingly, released the Metal from the Strip. Metal exploded to all corners of the known world. At first all was good, but soon, the Metal that was released went out of control. It became the force known as the Hair. It became so powerful, that not even Halford -the Metal God himself- could stop it. And so the world was engulfed in the Hair's might. But luckily, it was still Metal. Halford may not have had control, but the Hair also protected all of Ozzfest.

The Wrath of the Courts of Evil.

The Hair was still at large, which was not entirely bad.
Halford could do nothing to stop it, but there was no need to, so all was well. But then, one day, a woman appeared in the Strip. With disgust, she looked at the core of the Hair. Then she struck. The woman was Tipper Gore. She despised all the world and wished to overthrow Halford and destroy Metal. But in order to do that, she needed to get through the Hair. And at first, it seemed she would. Seeing this threat, Halford sent the Wise One -Dee Snider-, to deal with the shrew. Dee and Tipper fought for weeks on end, but in the end, Dee was victorious. He defeated Tipper Gore, but in the process, the Hair was strengthened. All was well once again.

The Fall of the Hair

With the Hair still in complete control, there was not much for the Metal Gods to do. But was peaceful, though rather boring. But eventually, Halford noticed that -while the Hair was a great mass of Metal- it was converting Metal itself into Pop!
Fearing the downfall of Metal, Halford found an underground form of Metal known as Thrash. These bands were immune to the powers of the Hair. So Halford summoned the four most powerful groups. They were known as The Big Four.
Led by Metallica, there was Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer. These four had great power, which they used to defeat the Hair. Beaten, the Hair was allowed to live, but was under the control of the Big Four. Once again, all was well.

The Dark Side of Metal

Grunge:
The Hair had been tamed and all was well. More Thrash cults had emerged to praise the Metal Gods. The Metal Gods became famous among mortals for their musical skills. They played with all their hearts, and mortals loved their music. All was good.
But a new threat was just emerging. A new type of worship, Grunge, had begun. They came from a far-off contry called Seattle. This new religion was spawned by Metal and another religion known as Punk. At first, it was not considered much of a threat, but things changed. The leading church of Grunge was the church of Nirvana. Nirvana was confronted by the newly tamed Hair, and Nirvana smote the Hair out of existence. This concerned the Metal God. But what was more concerning was how quickly Grunge began to grow. Halford decided to take action. He secretly assembled his strongest men. Dee Snider, the God of Wisdom and Rebellion. Bruce Dickinson, heir to the Throne of Ozzfest. And the Big Four, the founders of Thrash. Many more soldiers were assembled to defeat this menace, among which were the cults of the Judas Priest and the Iron Maiden. But as they were about to attack, Nirvana's Head Priest took his own life. After the fall of the church of Nirvana, Grunge became peaceful and coincided with the metal society. All was well again.

Nu-Metal:
After the taming of Grunge, all was normal. Until one of the Big Four made a fatal mistake.
One of them was often overlooked and ignored. This was the cult of Antrax, which soon felt resentment towards the other Metal Gods. Anthrax went into the ancient grounds of the Rap religion. There, an Outsider came to them. He said he could help Anthrax get revenge against the other Metal Gods. Anthrax agreed, and the Outsider gave them a small glass bottle which contained Unholy Bile, and told them to follow a few ritual steps if they want revenge.
Anthrax was to don loose clothing, drink the Unholy Bile, and chant a few words in a monotonous tone, over and over again in a loop. Anthrax followed those steps, and heard a thunderous sound from the ground. Hundreds of humans sprang forth from the earth below them. These were born from purgatory, a place that neither the noble Gods nor the Underworld would accept or bless. They were rejects, and skilled in lying, cheating, and trickery. They were known as the Pretenders. Doing this, they opened new doors. Doors that were meant to never be opened.
Pretty soon, other cults began crossing into the realm of Rap.
Then came the day when a cult was formed. This cult was called Limp Bizkit. They merged the gap between Metal and Rap and created the unholy union which is Nu-Metal. This cult quickly grew into a new religion. This amused the Metal Gods at first, but the true worshippers of Metal were not happy with this new blasphemous religion. But sadly, there was nothing that could be done. Nu-Metal had arisen, but that was nothing compared to what would come next.

Emo:
Forming from the old teachings of the Church of Nirvana, and the religion of Punk, Emo was formed. There were many cults that emerged, but the most dangerous were Fallout Boy, My Chemical Romance, Panic! at the Disco, and Hawthorne Heights. These cults were hated by all metal worshippers, but all the non-believers flocked to this new religion and embraced it. The Metal Gods, however, could do nothing to stop this without starting a full-out war, because they were unfortunately out-numbered. Emo scene just kept growing.

The news of the Pretenders' birth did not reach the Gods of Crystal Mountain. One day, the Metal Gods were busy celebrating their Divine Music in the annual celebration for mortals at Ozzfest. This celebration bore the same name as the Metal Gods' realm.
Lemmy, being the God of Wine, had brewed a special drink for this occasion. The Pretenders slipped in unnoticed, led by the wretched cult of Slipknot. They tainted the wine with Unholy Bile, and left. The Metal worshippers drank without suspecting, and were instantly transformed. From that day on, they turned away from Heavy Metal, and instead started worshipping the Unholy Noise that belongs to the Pretenders.

Metalcore:
With the help they got from the Pretenders, Emo was taking over the world and the Metal Gods could do nothing. Things looked grim, but they were about to get worse. Some Priests from a far-off religion known as Hardcore Punk emerged and discovered the tattered remains of Phillip Anselmo's teachings. They also discovered the cults of Thrash. From these teachings they formed a new religion. Metalcore was born. This religion was lead by the cults that started the religion. They were known as Nuclear Assault, Breakdown, and Biohazard. At first, there was no threat at all. But then it happened. The cults began to twist and change, becoming influenced by Emo religion. The cults today are known as Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet for My Vallentine, and Trivium. But while Nu-Metal slowly dwindled, Metalcore only grew stronger. The world was in chaos, and there seemed to be nothing that could stop it. The world seemed to be doomed....

Metal Mythology: Hope and Speed

The Emergance of The Gods of Speed

The world was in chaos. Emo had taken over with the Pretenders' help, and Metalcore joined it. And on top of that, Rap began to move into territory owned by the Metalheads. Many were enslaved, but none were converted. All seemed bleak, but then a miracle happened. Out of nowhere, the Metal Gods decided to bless two mortals to become Heroes. They were known as Matt Barlow and Jon Schaffer. They were the Gods of Speed. They joined together to form a new pure metal alliance known as the Iced Earth! The Iced Earth began to fight back against Emo and the Pretenders, converting many of them into Metalheads. The rebellion had begun!

The Metal Rebellion

The Iced Earth quickly became one of the most powerful forces Metal had to offer, but they were still no match for the combined strength of Emo. They needed help. And then from unknown lands, many more Heroes. They were led by a cult known as Blind Guardian. With them were other cults known as Hammerfall, Gamma Ray, Primal Fear, and Firewind. Speed Metal was born. Led by the Iced Earth, these cults fought together against Metalcore and Emo. Metal now had a fighting chance.

The Return of True Metal

Now that Speed Metal had truly emerged, Emo and Metalcore had sent their full force against Metal. Realising this, Halford decided that he had no choice but to take action. The Metal Gods returned to fight alongside the Iced Earth and Speed Metal. Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, KISS, Manowar, and many other cults of the Metal Gods returned, more powerful than ever to take a stand against Emo threat. The war had begun!

Metal Mythology: Thrash Metal

(Yes, I know it's kinda out of order. Sue me.)

The Birth of Megadeth

When the Hair was born, there was much resentment. Many small underground cults were formed. These cults were referred to as Thrash. The strongest of these cults was called Metallica. But one of the leading Priests of Metallica -Dave- had many fights with the other two Priests - Lars and James. Dave was expelled from the cult. Enraged, Dave vowed his revenge. He started a new thrash cult called Megadeth. The strength of this cult almost matched Metallica's. During the war against the Hair, the two cults were forced to join together to stop a common enemy, but their feud lives on today. Recently, Metallica has lost many followers and Megadeth has gained many, but no one knows for sure which is the more powerful. The feud is one which will last till the end of time.

The Mighty Pantera and the Great Dimebag

During the reign of the Hair, many bands were spawned from it. Few were well-known, but the story of the Hair Metal cult that became Thrash lives on. They were known as Pantera. Pantera was just another tool for the Hair, but when the Big Four defeated the Hair, Pantera died and was reborn as a Thrash cult. This new cult, led by the great Dimebag, was more powerful than any of the Big Four. Their power rivaled the Metal God Halford himself, but they did not have any desire to take over the Metal Throne. Instead, Dimebag became the god of Alcoholic and Parties and invented the "Black Toothed Grin", the drink of the Metal Gods. All was well again, however, it would not last.

The fall of Pantera

Pantera was the most powerful Thrash cult there was, but there were many internal fights within the cult. One of the head Priests of the cult -Anselmo- had many fights with Dimebag. There were conspiracy theories about Anselmo, as well as rituals invoving a forbidden herb called Heroin. In the end, it tore Pantera to pieces.

The Death and Rebirth of Dimebag

Dimebag watched in horror as his cult fell to pieces. He fell into a deep depression. He tried to start a new cult, but it was nowhere near as powerful as Pantera. During one of his ceremonies, an old Pantera extremist killed Dimebag. No-one knows why, but it is speculated that he blamed Dimebag for the fall of Pantera. Many mourned his death. They brought him offerings of beer and other alcoholic beverages. But even though he died, his soul lives on. He was brought back from the dead to rock on for eternity in Ozzfest.

Metal Mythology: Eddie the Head

Eddie The Head (full name Edward The Head (Edward T.H–– the remainder of his surname is hidden by a clump of soil on his grave) was born with no body, no arms, and no legs. All he had was a head. But despite this major birth defect, his parents still loved him very much. Then on his sixteenth birthday, they run into a doctor that says "Hey, I can give Eddie a body"... so his parents are going totally nuts because finally their kid can have a body and be like other normal people.
When Eddie got there, they were really excited and said, "Have we got a surprise for you. It's the best present ever!" They showed him, and Eddie said, "Oh no, not another fuckin' hat!".

After hours of intense and painful surgery, his body was complete.

Many years later, Eddie dressed to look pretty much similar to an average metalhead: long, whitened of time, unruly hair, white t-shirt and jeans. He did many rebellious things, such as mooning people from inside a bus while flipping them off. But he also swapped some children's Christmas parents with musical instruments - including a microphone. These children have much later on their lives found each other and became Iron Maiden
He found himself one day in his own room, defending himself against an attacker with his guitar.
He lost the fight, took a big blow to the head and woke up inside a wide room with a single machine. He pressed a button on the machine, and a metal song started to play - much to his amusement.
But disaster struck soon, and he was almost squashed by several dropping sound amplifiers. One of the amps fell down right beside him, and crushed the floor underneath. This made Eddie fall down, down, down near an alley in which he glared for a moment, holding a broken bottle, to spot a young man running, unbeknownst to him to his own death. Several band names (Scorpions, Judas Priest, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin...) are spray painted on the wall beside Eddie.

Eddie rushed into the alley, using the broken bottle to kill the monster and save the youth's life, after which he moved on his way.
He was strangely enough approached by two women who swooned over Eddie. Eddie laughed heartily at the women, and put his arms around them as they went to walk over to a house. Along their way, he noticed several posters of the band Iron Maiden, again much to his amusement.
What they didn't know, however, was that a military woman was waiting around a corner with an assault rifle.
As soon as the three passed the corner, the woman unleashed a hail of bullets at them. She killed the two women, but Eddie survived the attack although he remained groggy for a while.

As soon as Eddie came again to his senses, he didn't only notice the corpses of the women, but also noticed one of the Iron Maiden posters torn apart!
He soon spotted the silhouette of the woman dressed in a military uniform tearing Iron Maiden posters. Enraged with a lust for vengeance, he screamed at the woman who then fled for her life, but Eddie of course chased her.
She managed to hide herself around a corner, waiting for Eddie to come closer. She held up a nightstick, with which she struck Eddie hard on the head as soon as he came near.
Still groggy, Eddie saw the woman flee again and looked around to spot a pick-up truck. Excited, he entered the truck and went to chase the woman again, laughing maniacally.
The woman continued to run and rushed into another alley. Keeping his eye on the woman, Eddie didn't notice the big truck on time and collided with it.
Eddie, however, survived the accident without harm aside from being groggy again.
Having lost sight of his enemy, Eddie continued to simply roam the streets. A fog soon covered the areas, but that didn't bother Eddie at all. All he could think of was the woman who did him wrong. This distracted him from what lay ahead in front of him, and he tripped over a small toy car.
Visualizing the car as the woman's head, he went into a raging fury and destroyed the car. Satisfied with this destruction, he continued his way. But he was soon held back by a small boy. The boy told Eddie that the destroyed car was his. So Eddie went to give the car back to the boy and they both went their own ways again... but the boy glared at Eddie with a lust for vengeance.
Eddie then walked nearby a book store, where he noticed a book called "Murders in the Rue Morgue". This further inspired his thoughts to kill his new enemy. So he broke into a martial arts gym, where he messed up the wires to the security system and noticed a katana, taking it along. The boy followed him, noticing his every move but not saying a word or making his appearance noticeable by Eddie.
That is, until Eddie himself did notice the boy and posed to the boy with his katana in a combat-ready manner, lights set ablaze behind and over him. The boy was somehow unimpressed by this, but Eddie ignored it. Instead, he heard footsteps nearby. He looked up, and indeed noticed his enemy again.
Still filled with a raging lust for revenge, Eddie chased after the woman. She ran into an alley, seeing Eddie stalking her. He slowly walked towards his enemy, as she became overcome with fear.
Eddie looked around for a weapon. He spotted a nearby dead body and ran over to it. It was near this body where he found his axe. Eddie used the axe to attack his enemy, who managed to cling onto his shirt with the last bits of her strength. Eddie then put the axe away, and used a knife to end her life for good. Eddie then decided to finally take a closer look at the woman's name-tag. It said "Tatcher".

Eddie then continued to look for a place for shelter.
He came across an open window. Curious, he climbed inside and noticed an old love of his sitting near a mirror. Charlotte. The Harlot. Eddie and Charlotte then went to the Paradise Club and spent the rest of the night together, after which she sent him away to get some groceries.
The boy, however, was not far away. The boy stared at a nearby brick, which flew up and struck Eddie's skull, killing him.
The boy's eyes lit up red and an evil smile crossed over his face.

As soon as Eddie examined his new surroundings, he noticed he was sent to Hell. Frustrated, he went for a walk through the realm of eternal damnation. Along his way, he met a little devil... which he crushed under his foot. Laughing while walking, he found another little devil. As he was about to crush that one, he noticed a whole army of little devils. Panicked, Eddie ran for his life and noticed the boy again.
The boy offered to help Eddie - all he had to do was stand behind a rock. Eddie did so, and fell into a cliff.

Frustrated again, Eddie went walking once more. Then, a megaphone started to speak:
"We want information. Information. Who are you? The new number two?" a giant "2" then crushed Eddie "Who is number one?" and a giant "1" fell atop of Eddie's skull "You are number six!" and a giant "6" fell as well.

Filled with rage, Eddie threw the giant numbers away, declaring "I am not a number! I am a free man!" as he attacked the megaphone and destroyed it... but it still managed to emit an evil laughter.

Eddie then got locked up in a cage, and one of the little devils laughed at him. Big mistake, because Eddie crushed the imp and took its pitchfork to unlock his cage.
Running again, he soon entered a virtual Acacia Avenue, and came across number 22 - the home of Charlotte the Harlot. Entering the house, he noticed a sexy female silhouette on the bed which he thought was of Charlotte. Alas, it was an imp holding up two fake legs.

Eddie then got forced by an army of imps to go somewhere. He got led towards a rock that held the boy atop of it.
The boy descended the rock and walked over to Eddie. Eddie then told the boy he would discipline him. Taking off one of his shoes, he took the boy over to another rock and placed the boy over his knees, removing the boy's pants. It was at that time when he noticed a birthmark on the boy's buttcheek: 666.

Frightened, Eddie let go of the boy - who indeed transformed into the Devil.

Eddie and the Devil then got into a fight, with Hell's legions cheering for each of them. Eddie lost the fight, and the Devil thought he was the true victor. Laughing maniacally, the Devil soon found his head getting torn off by Eddie, who then held it up amidst Hellfire with a diabolical smile as he showed it to the legions of Hell.

One of the imps then recovered the Devil's body, and brought it to Eddie with some strings. Filled with extasy, Eddie tied the strings around parts of the Devil's body and made a puppet out of him.

Now overcome with pure joy -he after all did the impossible - beat the Devil-, Eddie went on his merry way. He started his own radio, which he himself hosted. He called it Radio Hell, audible at 666 FM.
However, he also wanted to go back to Charlotte. Somehow.
So he used Hell's supercomputer to find a way back. He then noticed Iron Maiden's tour bus - Bruce Dickinson returned to Iron Maiden.
Surprised by this positive turn of events, Eddie went to find a way back to Charlotte again. But instead, he found a picture of Heaven.
He used the keyboard to ask the computer how to conquer Heaven. It replied that Eddie shouldn't ask such a difficult question.

But Eddie really wanted to go to Heaven, so he inflated some balloons that should help him fly. But they popped, and he fell back into Hell.
Eddie then asked the computer how to fly. It replied "Wings".
After several failed attempts to fly -among which Eddie used a jetpack-, Eddie got a pair of bat-like wings. Eddie then wanted to use the wings to fly out of Hell. But he got stopped by a barrier. Frustrated, Eddie simply descended back to Hell and got himself a cloak to cover his body, declaring himself the new ruler of Hell.

Then one day, a man named Icarus climbed the piled-up damned souls in an attempt to escape Hell.
Afraid that this man might manage to achieve what he couldn't, Eddie spread his wings and presented his newfound flame-thrower which he used to spurt some flames into the air as a warning. Icarus looked back, but ignored the warning. Eddie then decided to fly over to Icarus, firing his flames onto the damned on his way to Icarus.
However, Icarus managed to reach the top and flew away. Icarus managed to evade many attempts to stop him, including one by Eddie's largest Demon. Icarus then flew higher and higher, evading more Demons on his way as he reached the sun.
However, Eddie flew up in front of the sun as well, firing his flame-thrower to burn away Icarus' wings and scorching his skin as the man fell back into Hell.
Eddie then flew back down and put on his cloak to retain his position as ruler of Hell.
One day, the Devil resurrected himself and decided he wanted vengeance. To do so, he tried to fuse himself with Eddie, forcing Eddie to wreak havoc on Earth and impale Bruce Dickinson. This caused Bruce's appearance to look like Eddie, and attack political leaders.
But this act has actually angered Eddie, so he went over to a pipe organ in Hell that could help him exorcise himself.

Eddie then one day noticed an immense stairway emerging beside him, with a thundering voice calling out to him. Ascending the stairway to Heaven, he came across the Gates of Heaven and went inside however, he soon came across the hand of God as God spoke to him. Eddie was deemed unworthy of entering Heaven but worthy of re-entering life on Earth.

In the meantime -also during Eddie's attempt to stop the flight of Icarus-, Eddie's body on Earth got possessed by the Devil. The youth whose life got saved before by Eddie studied hard to become an exorcist and managed to save Eddie's body from possession... by tossing it out of a window and crushing its skull - removing its top half.

But Eddie's spirit got sent back into his body, which was buried days after the exorcism.
Eddie got sent back to life and managed to use all his might to get out of his grave, grabbing the grave-digger by the neck and killing him.

Eddie then went over to Charlotte, and told everything to her. She deemed him insane, and secretly phoned the nearest insane asylum - the Sanctuary.
Eddie got taken away by men in white coats who took him over to the Sanctuary.
Eddie soon found himself in a torturous lobotomy and was then put in a straight jacket and placed in an isolation cell, chained to the walls of a padded cell with the top of his shaved cranium having been cut open to indicate that his brain was removed. A metal plate on his forehead connected the upper part of the skull with the rest of his head. He maintained this state for a long time.

One of the guards then one day brought Eddie some food. Eddie growled at the guard, and spat on him. The guard then tossed the plate at Eddie's head, causing his head to bleed a bit as he roared at the guard again, apeshit with rage. The rage helped him burst the chains and tear the straight jacket apart. Killing the guard, he used the guard's pistol and nightstick to make his way out of the facility... only to be stopped in his tracks by a more competent guard who trapped Eddie and sent him to the electric chair.
However, Eddie survived the various volts coursing through his body. In fact, it gave him a temporary power to control electricity! The electricity then surged around him and sent him back in time...

Eddie looked around, and noticed a calendar that said "July 10, 1940". He then heard someone puffing. He looked around to see Winston Churchill smoking a cigar.
The air raid siren then blared, and Churchill commanded Eddie to get abourd a plane as well, tossing him a pilot uniform. Eddie saluted the man, got into the uniform and entered one of the planes.
His newfound desire to redeem himself Eddie managed to destroy plenty of German planes. However, the remaining planes managed to destroy his plane and as Eddie fell down to the ground, the electric energy surged around him again and he got once again sent through time and space.

As Eddie examined his surroundings again, he noticed he was in 1953. He quickly reached for a nearby assault rifle as he heard an incoming attack. After he was done getting rid of the attackers, he went to sit on a wall while holding his rifle upwards... as an atomic bomb explosion occured behind him. Surprised by the Explosion, Eddie stared at it for a while, as the electric energy surged around him again to send him through time and space once more.

Eddie was now atop of a rock with the corpses of dead British soldiers near him and two swords stuck in the ground nearby. Donning the uniform of one of the soldiers, Eddie growled with anger, taking the swords as he jumped off the rock and running over to what he recognized as the enemy - the Americans.
After a long battle against the Americans, Eddie took up the Union Jack and stood near the slain troopers to honour his fallen comrades as Death stood behind him. Eddie then got sent through time and space again by the electrical surge.

This time, he got sent back to ancient England where he got shackled once more.
However, his superhuman strength let him get out of his bondage again and he donned himself in the traditional gear and dyed his hair red while painting his face, as he led England's troops against the invading Scotsmen. After that, he got sent through time once more...
This time, he got sent to ancient Egypt, where he entered a pyramid that had hieroglyphs of himself killing Margaret Tatcher and the Devil, but also showing his interaction with God.
The Egyptians then spotted Eddie, deeming him to be the Pharaoh. In his honour, they mummified him and brought him to the chambers inside the Eddie-Sphinx.

Once inside, Death approached him again and granted Eddie the power to open his sarcophagus' lid. Eddie then attempted and succeeded to break his chains, and went on to smash the wall as he escaped the tomb.
However, the Egyptians spotted him again and chased him as he ran off.
The electric energy surged around him again, and Eddie got sent through time once more.

He re-emerged in Egypt again, but this time in our own time. He roamed the area, and was found by Iron Maiden. Eddie explained to them that he really wants to go back to 22 Acacia Avenue, to get back with Charlotte.
Bruce Dickinson told him they could take Eddie to Charlotte, if Eddie would be their secret weapon in return. Not really sure what they meant, Eddie accepted the position. Bruce then gave Eddie his Denim Jacket of Unity, as well as a leather jacket and other cool gear.

Nazi airplanes then arrived on the scene, and went to bomb the pyramids near the group. Angered, Iron Maiden and Eddie entered their own plane and got into an airborne battle against the Nazi aircrafts.
Eddie then continued to remain Iron Maiden's servant for many years to come, also promoting unity with Iron Maiden - more so because they kept their promise to him.

Then one day, he felt the electrical surge sending him through time again. But this time, he was sent to year of 2050.
Standing on top of a huge building, Eddie went to enter it. He soon fell into a machine that reconstructed his body with cybernetic implants, but also removed his brain that got sent back in time. It turned out that his brain was responsible for the random electrical surge that kept sending him through time. However, he was still deemed a failure, and the Tyrell Corporation dumped Eddie into the trash.
Emerging from the trash, Eddie drew one of the guns to destroy the aircraft near him and continued his way.

He soon noticed another cyborg nearby - about to tear another Iron Maiden poster apart. Eddie fired one of his guns at the cyborg, and then walked over to the 'borg to tower over her. He recognized the cyborg as a reconstructed Margaret Tatcher, making him laugh hard.
But Iron Maiden stood nearby him, noticing the new figure Eddie's become. As they approached him, Bruce Dickinson handed Eddie back his brain. Excited, Eddie accepted his brain back and they went for a drink in the Aces High Bar.
Eddie then went with Iron Maiden to the Marquee Club, serving as their official mascot.
Eddie then told Iron Maiden that he'd like to explore space for a while. So he said good-bye to his friends, and went over to Tyrell Corporation again - this time breaking a wall to enter the main office, while holding up one of his guns in a threatening manner.
He forced the head of Tyrell Corp to provide Eddie with his own spacecraft.

Eddie got his craft and entered it. Upon examination of the spacecraft, Eddie spotted a hat, boots and a brown longcoat and noticed that it also contained a time machine. However, he used the craft to chase an enemy spacecraft. The fight destroyed his own spacecraft, and he crashed it into another planet where he spent some time visiting the local saloons every now and then. During one of his travels and enjoying a drink in a saloon, Eddie noticed several furry creatures being enslaved by aliens. He decided to rescue them.
In exchange of his benevolence, Eddie asked some days later if they knew a way for him to get back to Earth. They nodded and brought him to a one-way tele-portal. Eddie entered it, and he got blasted through time and space again, arriving on Earth in present time.

Meanwhile, the Devil has entered the maternity ward of a hospital, looking for a 7th son of a 7th son. But he couldn't find one. Frustrated, he threw his hat onto the ground in anger, waking up the sleeping babies.
A burly nurse entered the room, and punched the Devil out of it.

Eddie then walked over to Riggs' Studios where Derek Riggs used his magical artist skill to remodel Eddie as a biker, also giving Eddie the keys to a nice motorcycle.
Eddie used the motorcycle to soar through the air and snatch a Union Jack from a nearby building

Eddie then accidentally drove his cycle on a tack, popping one of its tires as he smacked his head into a wall.
As he got up again, he got a vision in his head being cracked open by a spoon that scoops up some of his brain fluid like it were egg yolk, while a hand on a screwdriver thrusts through his skull and removes his brain. Eddie shook his head for a while and noticed he stood near a building with a sign that said "The Prophet - I'll tell you the truth".
Eddie got curious about his fortune, so he entered. The prophet, an old man with a long mustache and beard, sat across of him near a table and stared into a crystal ball. The vision he saw was of a giant Eddie-head with smoke around it and snakes emerging from the smoke with the a cat-like Devil atop of it holding a contract, while Eddie's mouth depicted prison bars that hold the prophet inside with Hellfire blazing near the Eddie-head.
The prophet then told Eddie to get out of his house, and Eddie did run away. The prophet threw his crystal ball after Eddie, which struck him.
Eddie got another vision while unconscious...

This vision first showed a paradise-like land of ice and snow. Eddie himself reached for an apple and ate it, only to find it stuck somewhere and impossible for him to digest. Eddie then reached out under his chest, holding out his own womb that soon itself bursted apart and gave birth to a son: Eddie's seventh son, of a seventh son.
Eddie then let go of his son, who then went his own way. Eddie's legs then grew back, and he also found sa torn-up Iron Maiden shirt and jeans. He moved over to one of the ice statues, where he found and played a guitar for a while.

Eddie shook himself out of the vision, and took the crystal ball with him over to 22 Acacia Avenue. He emtered a room with green walls and a desk. He placed two candles atop of the desk -one of an Angel and one of a Devil-, along with an ancient book and various other items. As he looked into the crystal ball, Death soon stood near him as Eddie started to write what he saw. The candlesticks then continued to tell Eddie what to write down - things of benevolence and things of selfish gain.
After a while, this two-sidedness drove Eddie mad and he visualized himself as his skull being impaled by a drill which also impaled a human eye while his own head showed three faces; each firing laser from the bionic eye or electricity from his own eye while his tongues and cranium were set on fire. Death then helped Eddie snap out of it, and Eddie then saw a disastar happening in the crystal ball. Wanting to do whatever in his power to stop it, he went over to the local authorities to see if they could help him. But of course they refused and an enemy army was about to invade England.
So Eddie held up the crystal ball, which brought several soldiers back to life and created a tank with a symbol emblazoned on it as well as the flags and helmets consisting on Eddie's head wearing a helmet and adorned by two crossed assault rifles, not unlike a Jolly Rodger. It also gave Eddie a soldier's uniform. Eddie then got atop of the tank, being the leader of this zombie army. And he ordered his army to charge the enemy. Soon enough, they won. But Eddie got killed again, and he got buried. However, Death was fond of Eddie and revived him. Now filled with a lust for power, Eddie went to put a lot of television sets on a pile and burning them.
Eddie then got into many more fights against evil, one of them being against Jason Voorhees and another one against an alien that transformed humans into alien monstrousities. During the fight, the enemy alien zapped him in an attempt to kill Eddie. But instead, it unleashed a hidden power from inside of Eddie - which he used to destroy the alien and turn the humans back to normal.
One of the humans he saved turned treacherous on Eddie, though, and chopped off one of Eddie's hands. Angered, Eddie went to kill the human with his newly-placed claw.

After all he's been through, Eddie finally got the title and powers of God of Death, taking over the original Death's position. This granted him many powers, such as transforming into a tree-monster and showing his image in the clouds to keep an eye on things.
He used his powers as God of Death to attack the BBC Broadcasting House. His great political success made him King of Earth as Edward the Great, and he as such became an interplanetary public speaker for Earth, knowing that -as King of the Earth with the powers of the God of Death-, he now had had the world in his hands.
. A statue was also erect in his honour, but the people of Earth turned rebellious on Eddie when they found out that Eddie's newfound lust for power has driven him aloof and insane.
After his decrowning, Eddie spent some time in Virtual Reality, where he caused some chaos just for kicks, shit and giggles
At some point during his virtual escapades, Eddie created a virtual old riverboat and served as its main host. At some other point, he lost his position as main host and his virtual appearance changed. He had no choice but to gamble even more during card games and dice games. He regained power, and became master of the virtual world.
But he soon got bored of that, and returned to the real world as God of Death. He invited dead people over to his realm, where he held a masked ball while also traveling back and forth to Iron Maiden's very own world of metal, having fun with the cult by doing weird things with them such as pretending to swallow them them. In the real world, Eddie became somewhat of a boogeyman, giving people nightmares and manipulating the weather. But he didn't forsake his duty as God of Death. More rather, he did something to keep his duty more interesting: get himself a coach and two black horses to ride the roads and collect the souls of the dead.

At some point in time, Eddie went to explore space again. During his travels, a bombardment of cosmic radiation started to transform his body into an immensely strong, big and grotesque form. Along his way through space, he went to chase
While on the planet, a "Cleaner" ship about to invade a planet to steal an ancient relic. The pilot's goal was to not only retrieve the relic, but also destroy the planet with Eddie on it. Little did he know that Eddie has become stronger, tougher, faster and more aggressive over the years he's been stuck and the man had to use an explosive to escape from Eddie - only to be killed by Eddie on board of his own ship.

Sometime later, Bruce Dickinson managed to concuct a substance that he knows would help the now different world of the future. he manages to escape the tyrant's robots and runs into an old theater where he meets up with a female fortune teller. The lady shows Bruce an image of a flooded world that gets restored by strange seeds carried by flying robots. A boy then appears, carrying a briefcase not unlike Bruce's. His face reveals to look like Bruce, and the briefcase contains the same substance in Bruce's case.
The boy then throws the substance away to break it while Bruce in the real world does so as well. This causes a gigantic and rampaging Eddie to appear and destroy the unnecessary evils of the different world.

After his rampage, Eddie and Bruce talked to each other again. Eddie agreed to be his minion once more, but only if he otherwise gets to do what he likes. And Bruce agreed.

End Of The Story