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'''''Food for the Gods''''' is the fourth album by the Californian metal band Fireaxe. And it is epic. Not epic in the sense that it's really cool, but epic in the [[The Epic|proper sense of the word]]. The full album is 4 hours long, comes on 3 discs, and spans ancient Assyria and their war with Babylon, Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ankhenaten's brutally enforced switch to monotheism, and Israel's conquest of Canaan under Joshua. And that's just disc 1.
The first two thirds of the album explores the role of religion in human history and the wars we have fought in the name of our gods all the way up to the modern era, including a few story arcs that take place [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]] which continue with this theme. These culminate with all life on earth being exterminated by some unnamed superweapon at the end of the second act. The third act follows the devil himself leading an army of damned souls to heaven [[Rage Against the Heavens|storming the pearly gates]], laying waste to the angelic host, and trying to ''[[Kill the God|kill God himself]]''.
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* [[The Aloner]] / [[Alone in
* [[Angry Mob Song]]: ''Raise the Black Flag''
* {{spoiler|[[Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu]]}}: Ultimately {{spoiler|God is defeated by the devil's army}}. This has the unfortunate side effect of {{spoiler|the complete and utter destruction of all of creation}}.
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* [[Do Not Go Gentle]]: It turns out the [[Complete Monster|the revolutionary leader]] from ''The Servant of Pain'' never actually expected to survive the coup. But he [[Sole Survivor|left behind]] [[Forced to Watch|one hell]] [[Revenge Through Corruption|of a]] [[Sins of Our Fathers|legacy]].
* [[Doomsday Device]]: In ''On Earth as it is in Hell'', this finally kills all humanity. [[It Got Worse|Then it gets worse]].
* [[The End of the World
* [[The French Revolution]]: Parts of ''Raise the Black Flag''.
* [[Getting Smilies Painted
* [[Gladiator Games]]: ''Guardian of the Realm''.
* [[Go Mad From the Isolation]]: It's implied that this is why [[The Berserker|the black knight]] went on a rampage.
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* [[Knight Templar]]: Much of the album is an examination of this mindset throughout history.
* [[The Legions of Hell]]: Featuring both demons and damned.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Food for the Gods refers to how humanity is ultimately just, well, [[Exactly What It Says
* [[The Nothing After Death]]: ''Cold and Dark Infinity'', which is actually sung by [[The Nothing After Death]].
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: The narrator of ''The Last Man (On Earth as it is in Hell Part III)''.
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* [[Rock Opera]]
* [[Sanity Slippage Song]]: ''Tapestry of Pain'', ''[[The Power of Hate|Hatred]] [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|Revenge]] [[Best Served Cold|and Death]]'', and above all ''River of Madness''.
* [[Self
* [[Solo Duet]]
* [[The Song Before the Storm]]: ''Welcome to my Realm''
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* [["The Villain Sucks" Song]]: ''Welcome to my Realm'', depending on whether you consider God a villain.
* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: The Black Knight, the unnamed narrator of ''The Last Man'' and, by the end of the album, every single being ever sent to Hell.
* [[World
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