Metal (song)

"Metal" is a set of boss themes that play within the Burdens of Alexander in Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward, composed by Masayoshi Soken. The two themes are known as "Metal - Alexander Awakes" and "Metal - Brute Justice Mode".

Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward
"Metal - Alexander Awakes" plays when the party fights The Manipulator within the Burden of the Father, the final turn of Gordias. True to its name and in sharp contrast to the electric tones of the usual boss theme, Locus, "Metal - Alexander Awakes" is a heavy metal ballad in the language of the Goblins (perhaps sung by Quickthinx Allthoughts and his Illuminati), calling for "the End! Oh, the End! Yes, the End!" of the Warriors of Light. "Metal - Alexander Awakes" is also used when the party fights Onslaughter inside the Burden of the Son.

Before the party engages The Manipulator and Onslaughter in combat, an instrumental version of "Metal - Alexander Awakes" plays as the ambient music of the Burden of the Father. The lyrical version of the track was also used in a trailer for Alexander at PAX Prime 2015.

"Metal - Brute Justice Mode" is the theme of Brute Justice, the final boss of Alexander: Midas, created by the fusion of Onslaughter and its four sentai-like robots from the Arm of the Son, deep within the Burden of the Son. Fittingly for Brute Justice, who is likely modeled after, "Metal - Brute Justice Mode" is a 70s Tokusatsu-style jazz theme, created by remixing "Metal - Alexander Awakes" and Locus.

Metal - Alexander Awakes

 * Snap click crank wirr whizz wham boom!
 * Wheels humsing uplander doom!
 * Crack thoom snap bam bim bangy zoom!
 * Ah, nearsoon firebloom, crimson FOOM!
 * Stop dizzyheels of the wicked.
 * Defuse, pop! Debone, slup! Deflate...
 * No busydeals for the wicked.
 * Too late, far too late, far too late!


 * Wake the metal! (boom gobbiedoom!)
 * Create the Metal! (doom gobbieboom!)
 * Enfold the Metal! (boom gobbiedoom!)
 * Control the Metal! (doom gobbieboom!)
 * Embrace the Metal! (boom gobbiedoom!)
 * Reraise the Metal! (doom gobbieboom!)
 * Restore the Metal! (boom gobbiedoom!)
 * Live for the Metal! (doom gobbieboom!)


 * Slap tick clank purr kizz blam crash!
 * Bluehand back, uplander bash!
 * Whack vroom clap salm sing spinny splash!
 * Not farsoon we smash heads, we dash!
 * Boom! gobbie-bombs gobbie-neckbreaks
 * Again and again and again!
 * Doom! gobbie-hands gobbie-endmakes
 * The end! Oh, the end! Yes, the end!


 * Wake the Metal! (Metal!)
 * Create the Metal! (Metal!)
 * Enfold the Metal! (Metal!)
 * Control the Metal! (Metal!)
 * Embrace the Metal! (Metal!)
 * Reraise the Metal! (Metal!)
 * Restore the Metal! (Metal!)
 * Live for the Metal! (Metal!)

Metal - Brute Justice Mode

 * Snap click crank whirr whizz wham boom!
 * Wheels humsing uplander doom!
 * Crack thoom snap bam bim bangy zoom!
 * Ah, nearsoon farblown crimson foom!
 * Stop busydeals of the wicked,
 * Defuse, pop! Debone, slop! Deflate...


 * (Children cheer)
 * Twenty-two sectors tested
 * Fragments in one direction
 * Celestial noise detected
 * Delirium unsuspected


 * Static tuned in to reason (We're falling back right in with the system)
 * Time in the aether deepens (Who'll see you falling back to the end)
 * Transmissions blink uncompleted (We're falling back right in with the system)
 * Seven two three two three...&lt;send&gt; (Who'll see you falling back to the end)


 * Yes, falling back right in with the system
 * Who'll see you falling back to the end
 * When falling back is better than simply
 * Falling back into pieces again