Yesterday I told you about The Privatization Song [3]. Today I’m going to tell you about the metal band Ritual Carnage [4], whose new album “The Birth of Tragedy” ischock full of pro-freedom songs. Danny Carnage, the front man of the group and apparently its only American member (the rest are Japanese) happens to be a big fan of STR. The CD comes with a booklet that has all of the lyrics and pictures of the band members (each of whom is holding a different rifle or pistol).
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Cold war, out of date bureaucracies, Their stranglehold, Suffocates our liberties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 [5] 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 [6], 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 [7], however.
You can contact Danny Carnage here [8].
Good luck, guys, and keep on rocking the free world!
Links:
[1] http://strike-the-root.com/user/1
[2] http://strike-the-root.com/topics/other
[3] http://www.mackinac.org/4570
[4] http://www.ritualcarnage.com/
[5] http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/28/1030508070534.html
[6] http://www.ritualcarnage.com/tour.htm
[7] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000676WQ/qid=1030666208/sr=2-1/striketheroot-20
[8] mailto:ritualcarnage@hotmail.com
[9] http://strike-the-root.com/sites/default/files/pictures/picture-1.jpg