arrangers:
- link: artist/4869
  names:
    en: 8-Bit Metal
catalog: N/A
categories:
- Game
category: Game
classification: Arrangement, Original Work
composers: []
covers:
- full: https://media.vgm.io/albums/28/10182/10182-1225193733.png
  medium: https://media.vgm.io/albums/28/10182/10182-1225193733.png
  name: Booklet Front
  thumb: https://media.vgm.io/albums/28/10182/10182-1225193733.png
- full: https://media.vgm.io/albums/28/10182/10182-1219338390.png
  medium: https://media.vgm.io/albums/28/10182/10182-1219338390.png
  name: Booklet Back
  thumb: https://media.vgm.io/albums/28/10182/10182-1219338390.png
discs:
- disc_length: '62:24'
  name: ''
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: The Heroes of Yesterday
    track_length: '2:00'
  - names:
      English: In the Year 200X
    track_length: '4:09'
  - names:
      English: Thirteenth Zodiac
    track_length: '5:35'
  - names:
      English: Saving the World Barechested
    track_length: '5:04'
  - names:
      English: The Founding of Booty Bay
    track_length: '4:43'
  - names:
      English: The Duke Got Nuked
    track_length: '4:08'
  - names:
      English: Bloodlines
    track_length: '4:56'
  - names:
      English: '''Twould Be Best'
    track_length: '1:05'
  - names:
      English: Moon Sugar
    track_length: '3:20'
  - names:
      English: The Devil and the Incarnate
    track_length: '5:00'
  - names:
      English: Behind the Mask
    track_length: '6:47'
  - names:
      English: Beyond the Mask
    track_length: '6:58'
  - names:
      English: Hatred Eternal
    track_length: '4:16'
  - names:
      English: Where All Things End
    track_length: '4:23'
link: album/10182
lyricists:
- link: artist/4869
  names:
    en: 8-Bit Metal
media_format: Digital
meta:
  added_date: 2008-08-21T09:01
  edited_date: 2022-09-14T14:52
  fetched_date: 2026-06-05T17:11
  freedb: 1
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 4210
name: 'RE: Discoveries'
names:
  en: 'RE: Discoveries'
  ja: 'RE: Discoveries'
  ja-latn: 'RE: Discoveries'
notes: '08/08/08 marks the release of RE: Discoveries, the first full-length album
  from the 8-Bit Metal project. One part heavy/power metal and one part chiptune,
  the 8-Bit Metal sound fuses electric guitars and sounds from the Nintendo Entertainment
  System to render original music and lyrics centered on classic video games from
  all eras.

  RE: Discoveries features the following tracks, written, recorded and individually
  shared on the internet over the course of three years:

  1. The Heroes of Yesterday (intro)

  2. In the Year 200X (Mega Man 2)

  3. Thirteenth Zodiac (Final Fantasy Tactics)

  4. Saving the World Barechested (Contra)

  5. The Founding of Booty Bay (World of Warcraft)

  6. The Duke Got Nuked (Duke Nukem Forever)

  7. Bloodlines (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night)

  8. ''Twould Be Best (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night)

  9. Moon Sugar (The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind)

  10. The Devil and the Incarnate (The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind)

  11. Behind the Mask (Final Fantasy IV)

  12. Beyond the Mask (Final Fantasy IV)

  13. Hatred Eternal (Final Fantasy IV)

  Bonus track (feat. Mitchell Emmen): Where All Things End (Doom Castle) (Final Fantasy
  Mystic Quest)

  Thirteenth Zodiac

  (Based on Final Fantasy Tactics. Special thanks to Jonathan Dagenais for additional
  keyboard and strings, and help with the bridge section.)

  Ramza:

  Black and white

  Two lions vie for the throne

  Torn in the fight

  Blood soaks the name I uphold

  Lord above, where have we gone astray?

  Every day, lives are taken away

  Who are we to decide?

  Shunned by the church and my own family

  I must stay true to my beliefs

  All the world''s a stage but I just can''t fit in

  Like a thirteenth zodiac

  Delita:

  Open your mind and you will perceive

  the voice of reason inside

  Listen but once and you''ll realize

  That there is no divide

  The Lucavi:

  Dare not oppose us, remember your status

  By now you of all should know

  Manipulation can be a solution

  The end justifies any means

  Ramza:

  Tell me friend, where have your ideals gone?

  Power will claim you before long

  You cannot win this fight

  Cast aside, forgotten by history

  No one will know what I''ve seen

  Demonic stones turning men into slaves

  To the thirteenth zodiac

  The Lucavi:

  Spoken from the sword, handed down from the stone

  Spoken from the sword, handed down from the stone

  Ramza:

  Shunned by the church and my own family

  I must stay true to my beliefs

  All the world''s a stage but I just can''t fit in

  Like a thirteenth zodiac

  Cast aside, forgotten by history (Is this my fate?)

  No one will know what I''ve seen (It''s a nightmare)

  Demonic stones turning men into slaves (For lust and greed)

  To the thirteenth zodiac

  Bloodlines

  (Based on Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.)

  Richter:

  Four years after the battle took place

  Under the glare of the moon

  Walking past the castle gate

  One more time I''ll fulfill my fate

  Called by a voice which I can''t ignore

  Enticing sounds and twists of the tongue

  Shaft:

  A vampire hunter without a foe

  Is dead and gone, and no hero

  Listen to me and soon you will see

  Immortality can be reached by glory

  Richter:

  Destroying evil with holy power

  For centuries we have prevailed

  You will be brought back but I guarantee

  My bloodline will triumph again

  Alucard:

  The world has changed during my timeless rest

  Evil has stirred, the balance''s disturbed

  Darkness and light, like a song out of tune

  The shadows at night play a symphony of doom

  Past the front gate and into the halls

  Where chaos awaits, the unending sprawl

  Someone has to be pulling the strings

  Why would a Belmont do such a thing?

  Blood of the sacred,

  Blood of the damned,

  Destinies woven

  in one melody

  Destroying evil with holy power

  For centuries they have prevailed

  Immortal father, I guarantee

  Your bloodline will end on this day

  Shaft:

  Congratulations young master hunter,

  You have achieved your one true goal...

  Where will you go now? (You have no purpose)

  What will you do now? (Your existence''s absurd)

  Richter:

  Lord, what have I done?

  Destroying evil with holy power

  For centuries we have prevailed

  You will be brought back but I guarantee

  My bloodline will triumph again

  Alucard:

  Immortal father, I guarantee

  Your bloodline will end on this day

  Behind the Mask

  (First part of a trilogy based on Final Fantasy IV.)

  High in the sky

  I''m facing alone

  My darkness inside

  So far from home

  Could this be the chance

  for me to atone

  for the sins of my past

  I hear the wind

  It''s whispering (in my ear)

  A servant of doom

  Guarding the tomb

  Climbing the steps

  I''m facing the test

  To break from my past

  And be free at last

  And as darkness recedes

  All becomes clear

  Still I will go on

  I see the Light

  It shines so bright (feel the fear)

  Piercing the black

  Tearing down my mask

  As I''m staring at myself

  In the mirror someone else

  stands alone facing me

  This is who I''ve come to be

  There''s so much he wants to say

  But he silently obeys

  The orders he was given

  By a dark sword shunned by heaven

  I''m searching for my soul

  Can I fill the hole (you can''t)

  Doubt takes its toll (again)

  Facing the darkness

  I''ll conquer myself

  And bring out my best

  As I''m staring at myself

  In the mirror someone else

  stands alone facing me

  This is who I''ve come to be

  There''s so much he wants to say

  But he silently obeys

  The orders that he received

  From a father-King long buried

  The Holy Light shines down on me

  It revealed the face hidden behind the mask

  The spineless man I was before

  Is no more

  The Founding of Booty Bay

  (Based on World of Warcraft.)

  Baron Revilgaz & his crew:

  Ev''ry one on lookout for the land of men!

  (Ev''ry one on lookout for the land of men)

  We''ve come to colonize,

  to bring the Goblin dream alive.

  (Land! Land!)

  Now ye scurvy dogs...

  (Land! Land!)

  Shiver me timbers!

  Looks like we''ve arrived

  The Steamwheedle Cartel will thrive!

  Heave-ho! (heave-ho!)

  The ship she''s a-turnin''

  Heave-ho! (heave-ho!)

  The fog''s come rollin''!

  Heave-ho! (heave-ho!)

  Can''t see where we''re goin''!

  Fleet Master Seahorn:

  Starboard...Port!

  Baron Revilgaz & his crew:

  Crashed me ship in Booty Bay

  Thought I might as well stay

  Glitterin'' prizes all around

  Heave-ho...

  (We crashed the ship in Booty Bay

  Looks like it''s there to stay

  Get the rum, another round

  For such a merry crowd!)

  Mogh the Undying:

  They come to defile our sacred temples,

  but they will soon learn to stay away from the voodoo...

  Zul''Dan ges mon

  Fil''Zul Deloth mar

  Fil''Los des Guth

  Zul''Garrath es

  Fel''Un Zen''Sma

  Iga! Iga!

  Felos Es

  Grende Voo!

  Grende Voo!

  Grende voo!

  Zan...

  Random Murloc:

  Rawgrlrlrlrrlglrl!!!

  Duke Falrevere:

  The Altar of Tides will soon sport their heads

  Damned be that Baron I said!

  The Bloodsail Buccaneers will win this fight

  This vale and its riches will be mine

  Baron Revilgaz & his crew:

  I crashed me ship in Booty Bay

  Thought I might as well stay

  Glitt''ring prizes all around

  Heave-ho

  (We crashed the ship in Booty Bay

  Looks like it''s there to stay

  Get the rum, another round

  For such a merry crowd!)

  Saving the World Barechested

  (Based on Contra.)

  A meteor falling

  Aliens invading

  The future is darkened and dreary

  A threat is emerging

  Red Falcon looming

  Send out the Contra force

  Waist-deep in water we''re wading along

  To the heart of the island, to strike at the core

  (Soon you''ll know fear)

  The enemy''s here, this is our war

  The world''s fate rests on

  their four shoulders

  Contra Force is rising

  Throughout the jungle machine guns are sounding the fight

  Their bullets are speaking, defending our homes

  They''re fighting for a better future for all

  For blue skies to shine again

  (Jump! Jump!)

  (Jump! Jump!)

  (Jump! Jump!)

  Avoid the falling rocks

  (Jump! Jump!)

  (Jump! Jump!)

  (Jump! Jump!)

  To the top of the waterfall

  The Red Falcon bleeds and falls to the ground

  As we defeat all their soldiers around

  Into their base, gate after gate

  Shooting machines, blown down to smithereens

  Contra Force is blazing

  Throughout the snowy peaks and high-tech factories beyond

  They''re reaching the end of their struggle at last

  The alien heart is the last thing to blast

  Soon we''ll be free again

  Freedom has been won back

  The Earth is at peace at last

  Their battle was yours friends you must understand

  These wars for your god, or for riches, for land,

  Hurt us all in the end

  Contra Force returning

  Throughout the nations, celebrations resound

  The lesson''s been learned and united we''ll stand

  The future is bright and the skies blue again

  The world''s fate is ours to make

  Five years later

  The alien invaders

  Have come back, repeating our history

  Their spaceship is firing

  Civilians are dying

  The Alien Wars begin

  Beyond the Mask

  (Second part of a trilogy based on Final Fantasy IV.)

  One to be born from a dragon

  Hoisting the light and the dark

  Arises high up in the sky to

  The still-land above

  Golbez:

  Am I the chosen, the savior of my race?

  The crystals are shedding their light silently

  They''re calling, they''re holding the key

  to my people''s fate

  Zemus:

  Rise up my friend and do as I tell

  Your deeds will be sung for centuries to come

  Golbez:

  Sometimes at night

  I hear someone fight

  Like a voice trapped inside

  That is trying to bring back the light

  I''m garbed all in black

  but there''s light left in me

  How I wish you could see

  Beyond the mask

  Zemus:

  The crystals will open the way to the moon

  The crystals will open the way to the moon

  Cecil:

  He''s just a dark knight

  Shadows clouding his sight

  He gave up the fight

  And has forever forsaken the light

  His soul is consumed

  In darkness entombed

  Now he''s helpless to see

  Beyond the mask

  Golbez:

  Who has been causing these evils before

  Have I lost my mind or was I bound to obey?

  Was I not speaking through my own voice

  Was someone behind or even leading the way?

  I wish I could say

  Someone else made me do all these things

  Against my own will

  But I think that I may have

  Resisted if not for a dark side in me

  I''m guilty

  Golbez & Cecil:

  Brothers we are, born from the moon

  Hoisting the light and the dark

  We''ll be rising, beyond the skies

  And beyond our masks

  Golbez:

  The madman will pay for all he took away

  My conscience, my free will, my existence itself

  Were stolen from me to further his goals

  But revenge will be mine

  Golbez & Cecil:

  One for myself

  Two for my king

  Three for our planet

  And four for the sake of your kin

  Hate, fear, regrets and the darkness they bring

  Form a mask on ourselves we must break

  Sometimes in life we aren''t given a choice

  But we can always strive to see the world

  Beyond the mask

  In the Year 200X

  (Based on Mega Man 2.)

  Out in the night

  Atop a skyscraper high

  The city lights are shining on

  And I know they''re worth fighting for

  I try my best to justify

  The meaning of my quest

  I long for peace and that is why

  Ironically I have to fight

  In 200X

  When the world''s in decay

  And the heroes of yesterday passed away

  A new man will rise

  And for mankind he''ll fight

  In the year 200X

  Running through the halls

  of a maze of crystal and ice

  The master waits beyond the gates

  With the power to freeze time

  When you face your demise

  Your weapon will be mine

  I can take on anything

  As long as I keep trying

  In 200X

  When the world''s in decay

  And the heroes of yesterday passed away

  A new man will rise

  And for mankind he''ll fight

  In the year 200X

  Oh, when will I see it?

  (A mirror of the world)

  Peace everlasting

  (The battle''s for)

  Man and machine and nothing in between

  In 200X

  Fire spreads out

  The oceans are swelling

  And storms shake the ground

  When science has failed

  My heart and soul still prevail

  I will save the world

  In 200X

  In the Year 200X

  Hatred Eternal

  (Final part of a trilogy based on Final Fantasy IV.)

  (Zeromus)

  Hatred

  Hatred Eternal

  (Zemus)

  Trapped inside the moon''s core

  For centuries I''ve grown so bitter

  I tried to command

  Other minds to claim a new land

  My kin''s home is gone

  And the Blue Planet shined so bright

  I said we should take

  The humans'' Earth and seal their fate

  (Cecil)

  Light guide my hand

  For darkness consumes all

  (Golbez)

  Piercing the black

  I''ll make the madman pay

  (Zeromus)

  Blackened in chaos I mastered the void

  A cosmos to doom and destroy

  Galaxies die for all things must end

  The stars are my will and they burn with pure

  Hatred

  Hatred Eternal

  (Golbez)

  So it ends for me

  in the darkness of space

  (Golbez & Cecil)

  Redemption can be far

  But never out of reach

  Moon Sugar

  (Based on The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. A Vision in a Dream: A Prelude.)

  Yesterday quickly slips away

  as the ship breaks the waves of my past

  Dreaming quietly, today’s gone in a hurry

  Images blurry of stars I can’t see

  A little more sweet Moon Sugar and the Lady speaks once more to me

  Apparently they’re taking me to the East and to my destiny

  Tomorrow

  Tomorrow

  To Morrowind

  Oooh…

  Valleys of ashes, a scar and a wound

  Or is it the Skooma that I have consumed?

  I dreamt of mountains ripped apart

  A golden mask hiding the blackest of hearts

  Oooh…

  Armies are marching to conquer these ancient lands

  But the Devil sleeps beneath

  Soon he’ll wake from his sleep

  Oooh…

  Ashes to ashes, a life left behind

  Somehow this island can turn back the time

  I dream of mountains no more when I see

  Darkened skies plagued with the Blight clouds

  that’ll spread beyond the seas

  The Moon Sugar shows me the signs of my destiny

  The Devil and the Incarnate

  (Based on The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.)

  Frontier, Conquest, the Legion marches

  Praise the Nine Divines and the Empire

  Freed from my cell, I was thrown in this land

  Everyone''s asking that I take a stand

  I don''t know what I should think

  Colonization attempts have been made

  The Empire''s plan was to assimilate

  The proud people of Morrowind

  Scenes from a life left behind forming up in my mind

  I know that I''ve been betrayed by my closest friends

  The Tribunal Temple is weakened by the corrupt Heart

  And the Devil speaks in dreams

  His power grows unseen

  Frontier, Conquest, the Legion marches

  Praise the Nine Divines and the Empire

  Born to uncertain parents,

  on a certain day, to a certain sign

  Seven visions I have seen

  Woman, tell me: what do they mean?

  The curses came and paved the way

  for the stories of old forgotten ages ago

  The people are besieged

  as darkness spreads disease

  and misery sweep this land high and low

  from Ebonheart to the Sea of Ghosts

  The ancient Immortal Evil is here

  Am I the hero of prophecy who''ll set them free?

  Will I be marked as a traitor to my emperor?

  The Ashlanders'' trials proved I am St. Nerevar reborn

  But the Devil has a scheme

  And his reasons seem sincere

  (Dagoth Ur:)

  By the winds of the blight all shall feel the divine

  And my house will arise from the ashes to life

  I will provide them with their freedom of yore

  to drive out the Empire and cast down the false gods

  Never again will the skies turn to ashen gray

  Now the Dreamers have been freed

  Soon they''ll wake from their sleep

  There''s still so much to do, I think I''ll stay

  in Morrowind

  Where All Things End (Doom Castle)

  (Cover version of "Doom Castle" from Final Fantasy Mystic Quest. Special thanks
  to Mitchell Emmen for the guitar solo!)

  Dark King:

  Come hither where all things end

  At last

  I''ll rule

  The one behind the 4 is

  darker than the night, and rises midst the land!

  Benjamin:

  Dark King, we meet at last...

  Dark King:

  Indeed, and now you will serve me...

  Benjamin:

  No!

  Dark King:

  Welcome to the power of Darkness!

  The crystals shine again

  In the Focus Tower

  Light flows in

  The Duke Got Nuked

  (Based on Duke Nukem Forever.)

  Let''s rock!

  Wake at noon, three beers soon

  and a pack of smokes to boot

  Another day waiting by

  the phone for a call

  9 years'' time, I''m feeling fine,

  I ain''t past my prime

  Just give me a piece

  and I''ll walk the streets

  I''ll blow their brains out

  and dump my feces...bwahaha!

  I''m gonna rip your head off and shit down your neck

  Hail to the king baby!

  Who wants some?

  I miss the good old days

  Reckless violence in the Red Light''s haze

  Oh yeah, hahahah

  *Sigh*

  "Glorified, steroidized

  hoodlum on the run"

  But now I''m just sitting around

  Getting my check on the first of every month

  You''re an inspiration for birth control

  You suck

  I don''t know why this is happening to me

  I''m still waiting to play the next part

  But nothing moves on

  Feels like forever

  When will I get to star again

  I''m still waiting, I''m still waiting

  I''m still waiting, I''m s...ick of waiting

  It''s time to kick ass and chew bubble-gum...and I''m all out of gum.

  Groovy!

  Damn...I''m looking good!

  I don''t know why this is happening to me

  I''m still waiting to play the next part

  But nothing moves on

  Feels like forever

  When will I get to star again

  I''m still waiting, I''m still waiting

  I''m still waiting, I''m s...ick of waiting

  I''m trapped in my gym

  Smoking and drinking and weightlifing

  They promised me a new gig

  But they let me down, time and time and time and time and time again

  I guess the Duke got nuked...hah!'
organizations:
- &id001
  names:
    en: Le Ludophile
  role: publisher
performers:
- link: artist/4869
  names:
    en: 8-Bit Metal
- names:
    en: Jonathan Dagenais
- names:
    en: Mitchell Emmen
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picture_thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/28/10182/10182-1225193733.png
platforms:
- NES (Famicom)
- PC
- SNES (Super Famicom)
- Sony PlayStation
products:
- link: product/2071
  names:
    en: Mega Man 2
    ja: ロックマン2 Dr.ワイリーの謎
    ja-latn: 'Rockman 2: Dr. Wily no Nazo'
- link: product/1334
  names:
    en: FINAL FANTASY MYSTIC QUEST
    ja: ファイナルファンタジーUSA ミスティッククエスト
    ja-latn: 'Final Fantasy USA: Mystic Quest'
- link: product/203
  names:
    en: FINAL FANTASY TACTICS
    ja: ファイナルファンタジータクティクス
    ja-latn: FINAL FANTASY TACTICS
- link: product/175
  names:
    en: FINAL FANTASY IV
    ja: ファイナルファンタジーIV
    ja-latn: FINAL FANTASY IV
- link: product/182
  names:
    en: FINAL FANTASY VI
    ja: ファイナルファンタジーVI
    ja-latn: FINAL FANTASY VI
- link: product/818
  names:
    en: 'Castlevania: Symphony of the Night'
    ja: 悪魔城ドラキュラX 月下の夜想曲
    ja-latn: 'Akumajou Dracula X: Gekka no Yasoukyoku'
- link: product/19633
  names:
    en: Duke Nukem Forever
    ja: Duke Nukem Forever
    ja-latn: Duke Nukem Forever
- link: product/1189
  names:
    en: World of Warcraft
    ja: World of Warcraft
    ja-latn: World of Warcraft
- link: product/2421
  names:
    en: 'The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind'
    ja: 'The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind'
    ja-latn: 'The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind'
- link: product/2093
  names:
    en: Contra
    ja: 魂斗羅
    ja-latn: Contra
publish_format: Doujin/Indie
publisher: *id001
related: []
release_date: '2008-08-08'
release_events: []
release_price:
  price: Free
reprints: []
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/10182?perpage=99999
votes: 0
websites:
  Official:
  - link: https://web.archive.org/web/20090504073650/www.le-ludophile.com/melomania.htm
    name: 8-Bit Metal and Other Musical Stuff (archived)
  - link: http://www.myspace.com/8bitmetal
    name: MySpace - 8-Bit Metal - Montreal, CA - Metal / Experimental / Electronica
