- published: 02 Jun 2014
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A battle cry is a yell or chant taken up in battle, usually by members of the same military unit. Battle cries are not necessarily articulate, although they often aim to invoke patriotic or religious sentiment. Their purpose is a combination of arousing aggression and esprit de corps on one's own side and causing intimidation on the hostile side.
Battle cries are a universal form of display behaviour (i.e., threat display) aiming at competitive advantage, ideally by overstating one's own aggressive potential to a point where the enemy prefers to avoid confrontation altogether and opts to flee. In order to overstate one's potential for aggression, battle cries need to be as loud as possible, and have historically often been amplified by acoustic devices such as horns, drums, conches, carnyxes, bagpipes, bugles, etc. (see also martial music).
Battle cries are closely related to other behavioral patterns of human aggression, such as war dances and taunting, performed during the "warming up" phase preceding the escalation of physical violence.
Perimeters guarded
Mother land's at stake
There is no god today
Gorund units arrive
Bloodlust is the answer
The Flying demons are on their way
Battle cry
The blood drunks roar
Battle Cry
Today they die
Formations of horror
Overwhelming power
They will feel a world of pain
Screaming vengeance
Felling millions
Today we feast today they burn
Neuralized
We act as one
Impenetrable force
Pray to your lord to save your life
They come in numbers
But they count for nothing
Say your prayers because now you die
Our knives will be tearing the enemies
From ear to ear deafening screams
There will be no prisoners of war
Today we propagate - hate
Fear the battle cry
Fear the battle cry
Perimeters guarded
Mother land's at stake
There is no god today
Gorund units arrive
Bloodlust is the answer
The Flying demons are on their way
Battle cry
The blood drunks roar
Battle Cry
Today they die
Formations of horror
Overwhelming power
They will feel a world of pain
Screaming vengeance
Felling millions
Today we feast today they burn