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Slave or Death
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An indelible stain on the nature of mankind.
Repeated the same, through history again and again.
It's fucking insane oppression and exploitation.
Slavery remains. Will we ever a see a true end to this mass suffering? No.
Forced into slavery.
Never be free or to choose death.
Sold as property, a commodity.
Just like the rest.
Slave or death.
Comply or die.
Slave or death
Chattel for life.
Slave or death
There is only one way out.
Your life decided. Your worth is zero.
An empty path full of suffering.
Inhumane cruelty, a fact of life now.
Dreaming of freedom. A hopeless fantasy.
Can't live like this, but your beliefs won't allow you to kill yourself.
A culture with an afterlife of zombie slaves.
Live through the labour, die with honor, return to the homeland.
For those who chose a suicide cannot be saved.
A new religion formed from the living horrors of slavery.
Death is a process believed to take its time.
The Vodou elements of Ti-Bon-Ange and Gros-Bon-Ange.
A stolen soul, subservient. A shell that looks and acts alive.
Forced into slavery.
Never be free or to choose death.
Sold as property, a commodity.
Worthless Existence.
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Who Rules the World?
04:04
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Tragedy crime and war
Presented as the norm.
Dominate perception
Of the world we live in.
Where is the evidence?
Of every occurrence
Is it fact or fiction?
Blatant propaganda
Never trust them.
Never again.
Fabricate fake beliefs.
Shaping society
To keep you consuming
Six corporate entities
Indoctrinate us all.
Global Manipulation. The truth is in disguise.
Warping the information. A masquerade. Malicious lies.
We see who rules the world now.
All fall for your deception. Hanging on to every lie.
Profit while millions suffer. No sympathy while millions die.
The Military-industrial complex.
The corporations who own the media.
You think we're living in a democracy.
We're always guided by the invisible hand.
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3. |
...Still At Large
03:54
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.44 Caliber Killer. Random victims slain.
Born to kill anyone.
He'll kill again.
No known connection. Hardwired to kill.
Hit and run. Still at large.
An unprovoked reign of terror.
I'll kill again. Demons orders.
I'll kill again cos I can.
I'll kill again and no one can stop me.
I am a monster. I am the Son of Sam.
Paranoid schizophrenic.
Cleansing the impure.
Never meant to be born.
Now the void is filled.
Terrorize an entire city. Millions live in fear.
Night after night. Who is next? When and where?
Sacrifice. You Must Die. I'll be back.
Stalking the streets, hunting humans.
Innocent lives need to end.
Taunting the police. Haunting letters.
Publicity promoting fear, panic, demonic terror.
To stop me you must kill me. The hunger won't subside.
Shoot me first. Shoot to kill.
Or you'll surely die.
Prowling for fair game. Live for the hunt.
Young victims, my life blood.
I don't belong on this Earth.
I'll kill again, 'til you kill me.
I'll kill again for Samhain.
I'll kill again for the demon I serve.
I am a monster. I am the Son Of Sam.
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4. |
Those Who Serve
02:55
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The way of the warrior. Samurai class.
Honor in the face of failure. Impending decimation.
Silence means war.
Face an imperial army, to avoid the empires rule.
See the Mongol invading ships appear. Knowing death or a victory is near.
Confident in the brutal task ahead. Massacre on both sides. Thousands dead.
Attack in small fleets. Taking Mongol heads.
Divine winds intervene. Survivors enslaved or killed.
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Exterminate
04:00
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Camp of extermination. Feel the pain of the past.
A chilling feeling between these walls of certain death.
An evil presence fills me. Hopelessness and despair.
Torture beyond imagination. Life is fear.
Exterminate. No one here survives.
Exterminate. Everyone here knows, soon everybody dies.
Horrendous execution. Public hangings to terrify.
Experimental murders to take innumerable lives.
Exterminate. No one here survives. Exterminate.
Zyklon B in the chambers. Smell of death in the air.
Misery, hopelessness mixed with fear.
Bodies hang in the courtyard. Signs of death everywhere.
The only certainty is that you'll die here.
Pain. Hate. Fear.
Psychotic Reich of ethnic cleansing. Attempt to reign a thousand years.
Inhumane acts never seen before. Enslaved to work, torture and kill.
Suspended from posts by the hands behind the back.
Effective medieval torture carried out.
Blinded, incarcerated, blacked out in a cell. Escape impossible.
Electric fence the only chance for a suicide.
Waiting for them to kill you or take your own life.
Demoralising knowing either way you'll die. Escape impossible.
You will die here. Escape impossible.
All will die here. Exterminated.
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6. |
Origins
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Found in codes of Mesopotamian tablets, ancient text on laws of slavery.
Written proof that this sinister institution existed as long as society.
Humanities need to enslave its people spans every culture and ethnicity.
Nascent messages passed down through the ages shows us the origins of savagery.
After Urakagina, the codes of Ur-Nammu.
Seven laws of slaves. Arad, Geme and the Lu.
Eshunna, Lipit-Ishtar , divide the free from slaves.
Worth less than animals when the shekels are paid.
The laws of Hammurabi gives us an eye for an eye.
Nesilim, from the Hittite Empire.
Ancient, established institution of slavery. Origins.
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536
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In an age full of plague and natural disaster, populace declines.
When the sun is obscured by volcanic ash and 50 million people die.
In the heart of the Darks Ages a chain of causality.
A catastrophic climatic event alters the course of history.
Famine, pestilence, drought and war in the tenth year of Justinian's reign.
The sun shines without brightness. No one knows if it will return again.
Social organisation almost completely collapsed.
Suffering, starvation, malnutrition. Nothing to harvest.
Ligurian mothers eat their babies to survive. Apocalyptic, half the population dies.
Famine, war, death. Conquest, pestilence.
Prophets predict the end. Religious Armageddon.
The sun goes dark. Blood coloured rain.
Two years of winter. Mass suffering.
Civilisation crumbles. Cities wiped out.
Climatic disaster, epidemic.
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8. |
Blood Moon Sonata
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9. |
Priestiality
06:39
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Created hell for so many innocent lives.
Crimes of the church that cannot be forgiven.
Predator priests in a system of enablers.
Accepted culture of abuse. Aiding and abetting the most heinous acts.
Trusted to protect. The epitome of hypocrisy.
Constant cover ups with their silence and secrecy.
Global evidence of these filthy perpetrators.
The silent shuffle. The rotation of religious rape.
Ruined countless lives. Poisoning souls to the point of suicide.
There is no redemption. Not even your fake messiah would grant you forgiveness.
There can be no forgiveness. Where is the justice?
An international crisis. And all roads lead to Rome.
Open the floodgates and burn the Vatican.
Displacement of priests is enabling acts of evil.
The complete failure of the justice system.
Strip them of their sovereignty. Abolish to protect.
Display them all in public hanging from their worthless, spineless necks.
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IMPERIAL SLAVE Palmerston North, New Zealand
Ruthless death metal from New Zealand. Our new album ...Still At Large is out now!
Sam Sheppard - Vocals
Anthony Hati - Guitars
Isaac Johnston-Lundy - Guitars
Achilles Manly - Bass
Matt Wright - Drums
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