By the Emperor's graces, I hope you all enjoy listening to this as much as I enjoyed working with String on it. A different vocal style than what I'm used to singing, but I think it turned out really well. I'm a relatively new addition to the team but I'm so pumped to continue working with String and the rest of the team to keep making these kickass songs. The Emperor protects!

“Why was I a terrible father?….” “No, my sons are just horrible…”

"High lords of the Imperium, did you ruin my father's empire while I was dying?!?" "Ohhh bitch, bitch, bitch..." *Walks Away*

“The meaning of victory is not to merely defeat your enemy but to destroy him, to completely eradicate him from living memory, to leave no remnant of his endeavours, to crush his achievement and remove all record of his very existence. From that defeat there is no recovery. That is the meaning of victory.” -Lord Macharius

"And we will suffer any pain..." Emperor's Children: " You will? "

*Custodes player, listening to this song.* By His will, we shall carry his sigil to the stars! By His will alone, we shall let the dream be reborn by steel and flame! By His will and his alone!

I have failed, not only my very own sons but my imperium i sacrificed so much to build, malcador and mankind. Imprisoned upon this golden prison of death losing more of my sanity by the second through the millennias. Will i be better? will i be redeemed? Will my mind be not scattered enough to attown both my sins and my wayward sons? Malcador....why must i not have you now...when I'm at my lowest.

I'm still waiting for a full rock opera by you string

1st Time Listening: meh pretty good 2nd Time Listening: Thats really good. 3rd Time Listening: *I WILL NOT LET HIM TAKE MY THRONE! THE SEEDS OF HIS DEATH HAVE BEEN SOWN!*

"The weight upon my shoulders, I shall not let it fall." That's a powerful line.

The original song is about a normal soldier (canon fodder), patriot that gives himself to his russian motherland under Ivan the Terible, Peter the Great, and Stalin. In the last part he expreses his love for motherland and that he will give his life for it. Stringstorm's version is about servants of the Imperium, the Emperor, Macharius and Guilliman, and the last part shows that all humans from a imperial commisar to worker on an agrii world are all great servants of Imperium that give their life away for it. Truly a great choice of lyrics, keep it up StringStorm :D

The sun rises, the seasons change, StringStorm releases another banger. Such is the natural order.

“The Unwilling God” god that’s one hell of a name for the Emperor, the unwilling God-Emperor of Mankind.

"One thousand worlds lay conquered at my feet, Brought to their knees by my unrelenting fleet And when we should have persevered, My soldiers had embraced their fears; The unknown space kept that them here; Ventured not beyond his light My dream now lifeless; cold and dead Had we gone forth, they would have fled;" Yep, that's alexander in space for y'all

I feel my loyalty to the Emperor growing stronger after just listening to this. The combination of the lyrics and instrumental is just perfect

The first bit is the Emperor, Second is Macharius, Third is Guilliman. Fourth is Humanity. IN my Opinion at least

Father, I remember some Cadian i heard singing a song and it went like this: ""I said i would follow you through hell or high water, which is convenient since most days are simply hell". this is like the Emperor's personal version of the Cadian XXth song LOL.

'was I a terrible father ' Well no but actually yes

Ok I think I've got the order right Emperor Macharius Guilliman Multiple

Plamenev and StringStorm? A surprise, but a welcome one

"Was I a terrible father?" Even as a loyalist, and despiser of the forces of Chaos and their lies, yes. Yes, you were shitty father Emps.

Забавно, ведь я несколько раз предлагал Пламеневу сделать песню про Вархаммер....

The sabaton energy emitted by all of your songs and this in particular is amazing

I've never listen to the original, so, uh, I'll do that after listening to this. Also I managed to beat my notification here.

There’s something so cool about the flow of this song. Like the original it transitions from slow and smooth to fast and rough. The change shows the stark contrast between the ruler/general and the people/soldiers. In WH40K case it serves to almost map out the timeline with periods of stagnation in between epic battles or turning points in the story such as the Emperor killing Horus and Guilliman’s return.

It usually takes a couple of replays before I can appreciate the lyrics of your songs. Not this time - it sounded great on the first hearing. Good job, lad.

GW: Noooooo! Only we get to make (objectively shit) WH40K content! Community: **makes excellent content anyways**

I love how most thought this was a 40k song without realizing this song originally about Russia and all it struggle building her Empire through many tyrants, bloods, bodies and faiths.

Man you should really post the lyrics in the description or something. They're awesome

Тот момент, когда "Пушечное Мясо" как нельзя лучше подошло для атмосферы Империума.

I could see this as a song sung by literally every space marine chapter at once

I acctually loved the switch from Big E to G man

It's really telling how Robby G's segment smoothly transitioned into the segment about the normal people of the Imperium.

"was i a terrible father" everyone: yes

So to everyone that was worried if there would be any more 40K songs despite StringStorms continuous reassurances, does this assuage your fears or does your doubt persist?

People give him a lot of shit but Guilliman be carrying the imperium on his back

I really needed this today thanks StringStorm

Here's how I imagine the meaning behind some of the lyrics: For the first part, "Unwilling God", it's pretty obvious it is referencing the Emperor of Mankind. In my opinion, his lyrics are directly told from the siege of Terra, during his fight against Horus, as I will elaborate on it: "I see my blood" could possibly suggest he is seeing his own wounds inflicted by Horus, or referencing Horus since he is his son, so his blood proprely speaking "And know what I must do'' probably means he has to end this fight, finish off Horus. ''And hear his voice, with hatred burning through'' again does point the character he is pointing would be Horus, who's been corrupted by Chaos, expressing all negativity from it. ''Was I terrible a terrible father?" Obviously point big E reflecting on his past decision, to understand why and how his sons turned to Chaos, rejecting humanity. "Did I allow this slaughter" could means many things: the countless deaths happening from the siege or before against Chaos or how I would like to imagine, the emperor viewing his other son, Sanguinis, lifeless on the floor at the same time as he is thinking from the previous line. "I know I musn't falter" could mean the emperor recalling his duty, his role, his responsabilities for mankind "I cannot let it stand" the same thing as the previous line, but again, I like to imagine at this very sentence, we see Ollanius Pius throwing himself in front of Horus to try to protect the Emperor, the later, this bravery gave him enough resolve to go against Horus, his favorite son. "I will not let him take my throne" again referencing his battle against Horus, now with resolve to finish him off for good. "The seeds of his death have been sown" could mean he did finally put out Horus misery, and it is already too late to comeback, as Chaos pretty much took a toll on the imperium, lots of loyalist turned to traitors, etc. "And with Mercy for my own" could maybe mean he accepted the fact he made mistakes (about his doubt of why his sons turned against him) and want to be redempt from them, or maybe he could mean to spare the rest of the imperium, humankind, from chaos degeneracy, a plea to save them. I can imagine this scene where he is on his knees, holding Horus in his arms for a dramatic effect. "I hope you'll understand" could either mean he is speaking to Horus, metaphorically (as Big E banished his existence from the fight), or the rest of mankind or the other traitors, from the previous statement of mercy. During the scene and later with the instrumentals, I like to imagine him, being carried away from the ship directly to the palace heavily wounded, everyone around crying, the custodes and Dorn in tears, until he is connected to the golden throne and that's how the instrumentals ends on it. I'm too lazy to develop the rest but yeah, props to Stringstorm for giving lot of meaning and depth for each lyrics.

Thank you kind soul for this cover. My faith in the Imperium is now reinforced . One of many masterpieces you've created

Да ладно? Неожиданно.

You never disappoint Stringstorm, everything just sounded so damn perfect, well done, well done.

Now, to understand what this one is about, I normally just have to wait for the big brains to arrive.

Not a Warhammer fan, but I love Plamenev's music, and this is just as much of a banger as the original.

The raw emotion portrayed in the piece is masterfully done

Two birds with one stone, the song rocks and allow me to discover a very talented artist, what more could I ask

I always feel bad when hearing any reference of Big E killing Horus it’s so tragic.

As I previously said on Rimmy’s discord when you said you uploaded this “YESSS”

I always knew that one day you'd hit the crossover point from pretty good lyrics to truly great lyrics. Welp, it happened. It finally happened, and it is *glorious.*

How did I miss the release?! It’s a dream come true. Well, it’s true to the original song in the different way than I expected it to be, but it is a great take nevertheless. I love this! An awesome parody of an awesome song.

Always excited to see a new song

It was unexpected to see an English cover on Plamenev's song

Пхахахахаха, Пламенев!? Пламенев! Здесь? Чего не ожидал конечно, вот это коллаб)

For some reason some of this song reminds me of something I would hear in a musical play in a theater

FUCK man, Guilliman's so cool. Imagine that shit man. Waking up after millenia. Finding out your HOMEWORLD is under attack. Killing fucking EVERYTHING. Asking the guy who watched over, ASKING, not demanding, if you can take command. Then telling a Xeno THANKS FOR THE HELP, YOU MIGHT WANNA RUN. Then just... instantly going back on a Crusade to Terra. God what a fucking BADASS

Now that we know you haven’t stopped doing some 40k themes, wonder if you could do one based on the necrons? Or atleast a cover of the Hmkids Necron song.

Ok this may just be me but I think the middle section of the song is based of Lord Solar Macharius.

Never would I have imagine Plamenev+Stringstorm coop. I welcome this surprise.

Courage and Honour! Ave Imperator, gloria in excelsis Terra!

Until I looked up this video I thought the whole song was from Gullimen's perspective. From him losing to Fulgrim to him waking up and becoming the Lord Regent.

Yes more string music

Another amazing song!

Now officialy: Стрингшторм наш

Вау! Как неожиданно и приятно!

Yall have been coming out with some serious bangers lately man. Still waiting for our last stand of the blackwatch though lol.

0:45 Emps asking "Was I a terrible father?" Every Primarch: "Yes. Yes, you were"

3:02-3:43 Just amazing. Chills every time.

"For Motherland and Vostroyan Tsar!" So... That Russian colonial song?)

Aaaaaaand now to listen to this on repeat for the next couple days

Donned, it's re-donned my armour.

The Emperor has blessed my ears on this day, is there any hope for a tribute to the Thrones most loyal guardians anyday?

"Was i a terrible father ?" Angron,Magnus,Mortarion and literally every primarchs:yes yes you were

Офигеть ПАВЕЛ ПЛАМЕНЕВ ЗДЕСЬ!

Another stringestorm song lets gooo

Soo he was the man Behind the slaughter. 🐍 💀 no step on snek! 🇺🇸🇭🇰

BABE WAKE UP! STRING STORM UPLOADED A NEW SONG

Now this is epic

I can’t explain my sorrow at not being able to die for the God Emperor

[Loyalty increases]

Honestly one of your best songs

So happy to see that you are still doing this!

I'm just trying to figure out what fictional universe this song is about

somehow this song always plays while im drunk enough to regret the bad decisions & mistakes I've made in life & I FUCKING VIBE THAT

Паша, поздравляю, тебя нашла иностранная аудитория.

How the fuck has Stringstorm not even hit 100k subscribers yet? I never noticed, but I genuinely can’t believe it.

Absolutely stunning

This is a really good parity. Great work Stringstorm. Keep it up.

First two are the emperor, than the last one is gilleman. That’s what I’m hearing.

Слушал оригинал Пламенева кучу лет назад, а тут еще и такое!

Plamenev noticed your work and mentioned it in his VKontakte group)

Not being able to find this song on Spotify makes me sad. Though I can understand as it's a parody, I would love to listen to this song (and many of the other parodies) while I work.

So the Emperor is about to get out of his wheelchair?

Came here for the game Cannon Fodder ...

always a banger

Amazing work on this one

"Was I terrible father?" "Yes, you were"

Amazing song but real quick, re-dawning armor should be. Re-donning armor. As to don armor is to put it on, and to doff it is to take it off. On and off even being in the words themselves, as was likely intentional.

its a good day when StringStorm makes a new song.

for some reason youtube didnt bother to show me that the video exists (in subscriptions), oh well, great music as always!

This was a pleasant surprise when I opened youtube

Yet another amazing song.