A Hill to Die Upon (Band)+41
Song-Dreams, Or, The Book of Heavy Metal
by Pyroxene
"Maybe there’s a place somewhere…where blood is raining on Crystal Mountain … and the Painkiller still rides across the sky … Indeed, there was such a place—a place where the dreams of a thousand songs had gathered and taken bodily form." The characters and places from heavy metal songs, like the Painkiller, the Stargazer, and the Universal Soldier, are gathered in a pocket dimension -- even when heavy metal has been outlawed by the government. No-Name (The Universal Soldier) wanders through the Song-Dream pocket dimension, seeking to find his lost identity, and where he comes from. Inspired by "The Exiles" by Ray Bradbury, "The Velveteen Rabbit," and numerous metal songs.