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Ritual Carnage by Rob
The first song that caught my eye was “Paradox of Democracy”: The Constitution is in confusion, Our present state of destitution In
torment founding fathers lay, Their visions lost, withered away The
New World Order politics, as Third World countries get their fix Future allies name their price, as the working class gets sacrificed United
Nation games, and foreign policy, no democracy, for the land of the
free, we
police the world, for no accord, paradox of state, obscure democracy Civil
liberties constrained, from partisan, lobbyist games Bureaucratic
systematic, Oppressive rhetoric from addicts Handout,
shellout, pity, plead, awards for laziness and greed No
more tears, no sorrow shed, for the gallery of invalids Massive
government expenses, comes fraud and waste, tax negligence Self-righteous,
unethical deeds, No balance of power, no liberty Governmental
subsidies, the current welfare luxuries, In torment founding fathers lay, their visions lost withered away This song includes an audio clip of parts of two sentences from Bush’s State of the Union speech that have been spliced together so he says, “Republicans and Democrats work together to blackmail the United States.” Then there’s “Fall of the Empire”: The
war on drugs, the war on terror, Total war on all mankind Defeatist
give in, nationalist will win, The bottomless surplus surge Oppression,
transgression, Fall of the empire Taxation,
Excessive, Abolishment of state The
puppet master, his strings become entangled Supremacy’s
fall, relinquishing all control Cold
war, out of date bureaucracies, Their stranglehold, Suffocates our
liberties The
D.E.A., plagued by inabilities, Covert operations dissolve The
puppet master, his strings become entangled Supremacy’s
fall, relinquishing all control Corruption ceases, deceitful policies void, Imperial end, anarcho-capitalist mode Horrific
tales, have become the inevitable, Closets are opened as skeletons are
revealed Innocence,
collateral damage, Cold steel knows no wrong Below those lyrics in the booklet, the URLs for Strike The Root and anti-state.com are listed, followed by: “I highly praise these 2 websites for influence and intelligent thought stimulation.” Pretty cool, huh? Another song with great lyrics is “Grave New World”: Welcome
to life, it’s your first day on earth, and debt has already incurred The
taxman comes knocking, it’s old Uncle Sam, his way of life must be
procured Pay
or imprisonment, you have no choice, tyranny’s supply and demand Governmental
monopolies, Big Brother’s robbing me, democracy
kills in the end Gun
control measures, our right to bear arms, inalienable rights in decline Hook,
line and sinkered, your faith in our leaders, their false hope and lies
stand confined America’s
drowning, with lawsuits conspiring, common sense meets its demise Political
overkill, favors left to fulfill, rebellions beginning to rise Life
on my knees, they do as they please, in this brave new world Who
can you trust, life is unjust, in this grave new world Too
much control, reality’s hold, in this brave new world Monetary
greed, surrounded by thieves, in this grave new world For
life and liberty, you must play their game, Revolution? No point things
will stay the same A
no win battle, everyone will lose No
point in voting, no candidate to choose Independence
from their dependent ways The
I.R.S. and all its red tape Big
government is robbing you and me Democracy
it kills, why can’t you see?! Open
your mouth, it may just mean your death Retaliation
is all they know, they’ll get you next Punished
for your point of view, free speech a myth Finger
points at you, removal is swift Guilty
of innocence, your life is no more Judicial
intervention, due process is ignored Stolen
identity, your past is erased All
previous signs of life are but a trace Brave
New World, Grave New World F***
your Brave New World! Into the grave, New World! Finally, I want to mention the song “Shroud of Secrecy,” which is about the horrific experiments on humans conducted by the Japanese government’s Unit 731 during the 1930s and '40s: A
million horrors scream abhorrent, from their shallow graves Blood
frenzied warriors, human slaughter, the weaker foe erased Imperial
oppression, colonial possession, fuels the fire Divinity’s
decadence, their world in chaos, divine empire Bittersweet
victory, no regard for humanity, forgotten history, under a shroud of
secrecy The
war machine screams at full throttle, awakening the damned Steel
forged for mass consumption, churning out the dead The
wings of death fly overhead, the dragon strikes below Gleaming
swords rip through the wind, Emperor’s soldiers of the throne Brokered
conspiracy to cover up the past, fragile history littered with broken
glass expose
the truth, don’t hide behind lies, time doesn’t heal those hideous
crimes Experimental
human testing, Unit 731 Pathogens,
bacteria, germs, bodies soon succumb Limbs
are frozen, bones are shattered, the smell of burning flesh Reprehensive
laboratory, butchers of innocence Tojo’s
will, once blessed to conquer, doomed and cursed to fail Arsenal
of divine power, steel showers and lethal hail Violated,
coerced to fight, senseless sacrifice Souls
are buried, stones left unturned, purgatory’s cries Bittersweet
end, displaced souls will never amend, forgotten crimes, a shroud of
secrecy of wartime So
how’s their music, you ask? Well, I’m not a metal fan, so I can’t really judge, but
it sounds pretty good to me, definitely worth a listen.
This is the band’s third album, they’re about to tour
Japan, and they’re on a major European record label, so they’ve
already achieved some commercial success. This CD’s cover art has been banned in the U.S. and no store will carry it, apparently because the baby’s diaper is an American flag. You can buy it here, however. You can contact Danny Carnage here. Good luck, guys, and keep on rocking the free world!
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