(Music : Azagthoth / Lyrics : Vincent)
Cold finger on the trigger
Behind a line drawn in the sand
Anger rise !
We fight a war with much at stake
The rights of birth that no one can take
Overflowing with anger
A soon to be awakening
Will be martyrs on to glory
Dawn fings us in this rage
As it must be
This dawn of the mad
My finger on the button
With what¹s so foreign in my sights
Anger rise !
We wage a war ... our nature to preserve
By any means... our enemies be gone
No longer can we wait
As an enemy drains our future
As the light of a new day shines
Our anger fuels our march this dawn
Call of duty ... all the minutemen rise and shine
Call of duty ... only sovereigns stand the test of time



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    You have a dirty mouth, little girl. Firstly, I have never said that I didn't like Morbid Angel, Secondly, I agree that for their time, Morbid Angel were heavy, but times have changed, mainstream bands have drawn many of their influences from death metal bands like Morbid Angel and have surpased them in terms of speed and brutality. If Killswitch Engage had released "Alive or just breathing" at the same time as Morbid Angel put out "Covenent", can you honestly tell me that anyone would have claimed Morbid Angel were heavier? Not a chance.

    quiffpornon February 26, 2005   Link
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    Morbid Angel will always be heavier than that Killswitch Engage bullshit, and don't come here saying "it's the concept that makes a band heavy"

    XDZUltraon March 02, 2005   Link
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    "don't come here saying "it's the concept that makes a band heavy"" - This is just one of the reasons that everybody hates you. You act all superior, despite the fact that A) You have misquoted me and B) You didn't understand the point I was making anyway.

    My point, which obviously went right over your head, was that while 'Blasphemy' (the page, from which you attempted to quote me) doesn't sound heavy to me, in musical terms, the subject behind it is heavy, in the same way that 'Henry: Portrait of a serial Killer' is a heavier film than 'Shallow Hal' (Don't worry, I don't expect you to understand anything I am saying, but unfortunately, I can't dumb it down anymore, for you).

    If Killswitch Engage had released 'Alive or Just breathing' at the same time as 'Alters of Madness' was released, Killswitch Engage's album would have been hailed as the heavier of the two, because of the speed and the depth of the vocals.

    So go ahead and post another mindless little rant about how I take it in the ass and how Killswitch Engage are a bunch of wet fags because every time you reply, you just hammer home the point, that you are uneducated and incapable of independent thought.

    quiffpornon March 03, 2005   Link
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    And you are always saying that morbid angel and death metal sucks, then you write those lame posts, where you talk talk talk and say nothing, but as that's a big post, everybody goes like "yes, this guy knows how to talk".. but the truth is you only say shit in your posts, like killswitch engage being heavier than morbid angel, like saying killswitch engage was Pure Heavy Metal. You are really a stupid gay.

    XDZUltraon March 06, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Everybody, please read the post above mine. ^^^^ By the end of it, you will hate him too.

    quiffpornon March 08, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Or hate you instead, depends on the IQ level of the person o reads it, If it is a High IQ, the person who reads it will hate you, if it is a low, very low IQ, the person who reads it will hate me.

    XDZUltraon March 08, 2005   Link
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    Regardless of the their IQ, they will hate you because you are a trouble making little anus, who resorts to childish name calling, in the absence of any kind of meaningful argument.

    If they have a high IQ, they will notice that you didn't answer any of my points and will probably attribute that to the fact that you know I am right and are just trying to save face by ignoring anything I have to say, in favour of spouting off a bunch of meaningless garbage.

    If they have a low IQ, they will still have a higher one than you and will therefore look down on you for being so stupid and for using phrases like "stupid gay" and "quiffgay", the like of which, normal people disregard by age 12.

    quiffpornon March 08, 2005   Link
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    Again and again, you continue to only post lies in your posts, I answered you post about killswitch engage, saying it sucked, and if they had released any album at the same time as "Altars of Madness", It would still suck and it would still be a gay band. And you are the trouble maker, always picking on death metal bands, saying they suck.

    XDZUltraon March 08, 2005   Link
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    Sure you like morbid angel, and you do respect them a lot, we can see that in your posts...

    XDZUltraon March 09, 2005   Link
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    I'm glad to hear it.

    quiffpornon March 09, 2005   Link

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