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| Exodus – Class Dismissed (A Hate Primer) Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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"We decided to give everybody another taste of the new record… and it's about one of America's favorite pastimes, the school shooting. This song was primarily inspired by the massacre at Virginia Tech, as well as Columbine and the many other instances of unhinged individuals who decided to take out their wrath on their classmates, going all the way back to [University of Texas at Austin’s 1966 tower sniper] Charles J. Whitman." -- Gary Holt |
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| Exodus – Downfall Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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"Inspired by the fall from grace of the U.S. & other world-leading countries through the recession, war, & the general downfall of our once great nations." -- Gary Holt |
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| Exodus – The Ballad Of Leonard And Charles Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Leonard Lake & Charles Ng, 2 of northern California's most sadistic serial killers. Brutal sadists that raped, tortured, killed, & filmed their crimes against their victims. |
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| Exodus – Burn, Hollywood, Burn Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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"This is about my total hatred of reality TV stars - people famous for doing nothing more than being born rich or giving birth to too many kids at once, & my utter disbelief that anyone would watch it in the first place." -- Gary Holt |
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| Exodus – Nanking Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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This song is about the Japanese occupation of Nanking, China in 1937. What happened there & then was an insane level of brutality unleashed on the citizens of Nanking, including the systematic raping of the town's women. |
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| Exodus – March Of The Sycophants Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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"This was written after the 2008 Election, while watching angry mobs of white people, afraid of change, & the town hall meeting of old senior citizens screaming out against socialism all the while screaming for the government to keep their hands off of their socialized medicare." -- Gary Holt
A sycophant is a self-seeking,servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
The "plumber" refers to the right wing's metaphor for middle-class Americans. And the "small-minded rifle-packing hag" is a reference to vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin.
Also it describes the band's view of politicians that try to act Christian and hide behind the bible when acting the way they do as well as all the mindless sheep in the public that fall in line blindly and have no awareness of what is really going on. |
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| Exodus – Democide Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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This song is about government-sanctioned genocide. The word "democide" comes from the political scientist, R.J. Rummer |
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| Five Finger Death Punch – Hard To See Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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"It's about seemingly irresolvable differences. It's valid in just about any setting: politics, religion, relationships… Everything is 'only an opinion' based on limited information, yet people sometimes get attached to their point of views to the extreme…in fact, to the point they would launch wars over them." -- Zoltan Bathory
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| Trivium – Down From The Sky Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Trivium's views of George W. Bush's methods of handling the war that we are fighting right now in the Middle East |
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| Trivium – Into The Mouth Of Hell We March Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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The band is on a ship and then a storm, throwing everything at them (lightning, thunder, waves, torrential rain, et al) and them shipwrecking them on an island. They then move ahead with where the storm took them and when things get back to normal, the experience makes them stronger.
In summary, adversity can & will come at all of us in every shape & size but it is up to us to decide how we deal with it, what doesn't kill us will only make us stronger. The song also tries to teach us, vicariously, to make the most of our lives with the time that we have because we will never know when it will be our time to go. |
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| Trivium – Kirisute Gomen Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Kirisute Gomen is an old Japanese expression dating back to the Feudal Era where Samurai had the right to strike at anyone of a lower class who was compromising their honor.
In the song, it describes the band's attitude on those who try to undermine them that not only will they not be what they expect from them, but will take them down as well.
In summary, the expression "Kirisute Gomen" serves as a metaphor for the band and how they will deal with their antagonists/critics/enemies/etc. |
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| DevilDriver – Clouds Over California Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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This song is about the demise of friendship & the need to sweep up the dust & move on.
"It's about being friends with someone for a long, long time & then finally just going 'You know what? This isn't working. I'm done with this. Don't call me anymore.'" |
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| DevilDriver – Not All Who Wander Are Lost Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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This song looks at life through the eyes of someone determined to live in the moment.
"A lot of people get overwhelmed with life & what they're going to do 20 years from now, & often they're the ones who are going to die early from heart attack & stress. I'm one of the people who look at things on a daily basis & don't get swept up in what's yet to come." -- Dez Fafara |
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| Machine Head – Aesthetics Of Hate Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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"Aesthetics Of Hate" is a response to William Grim, who wrote an article on his website, The Iconoclast, titled "AESTHETICS OF HATE: R.I.P. DIMEBAG ABBOTT, & GOOD RIDDANCE", attacking Dimebag Darrell the day he was murdered & attacking the metal community as a whole for paying homage and respect to the slain guitarist. To say that Flynn was angry at Grim is an understatement, but you can't blame him. Flynn looked up to Dimebag as countless metalheads did. |
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| Chimaira – Resurrection Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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"It's a document of the last 5 years. We're saying 'fuck all the bad times' & that we're in a much better place right now, that song kind of sets up the theme of the entire record, really." -- Mark Hunter.
To sum it up, the song is about the band's 5-year stint with Roadrunner Records. The band felt Roadrunner Records was treating them like shit by keeping them in the backseat to other bands on the label. Ever since they left Roadrunner to join Ferret Records (For U.S. Distribution) & Nuclear Blast Records (For International Distribution), the band has felt they were free & rejuvenated. |
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