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Principles of Oppression

by Tormenter

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Embarkation 05:53
Coins upon the eyes Grant you passage free from harm Raging deathly tides Haul your soul to hades depths Incinerated, from flesh to ash The corpse is set a drift Embarkation to a realm Where the living lay not eyes When life has ceased and all is black Phantom limbs will drag you down The soundless throngs of astral hordes Avert their eyes to your descent Agape this chasm baring teeth Devouring so fervently Sent crashing through ghastly shores Where you will board charon Spherically the damned orbit As you float through frantic seas Transcending all the images, you've painted of the afterlife Mournful echoes deafen you Concurrently the stillness grows Upon advent, the mariner Cranes his hand to hoard his toll Mortal Terminus You will not see through the fog of this abyss Mortal Terminus
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Shrapnel raining from the sky A mass inferno breeding, all loss of life When the iris blackens and the light begins to dim The choir serenades the dying with one final hymn Infest Possess Oppress These are the principles of oppression Whirlwinds of lead and crimson mist Unrelenting genocide, disguised as peace Leading sheep to drink from the waters of betrayal The iron hammer fall upon, the coffin's final nail Orphaned bodies line the streets The memories remain Dead in vain for principles that could not be defined In chaos tyrants thrive, in our blood they make their name Inhuman atrocities that we no longer tolerate
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Oathbreaker 03:39
Born to this world a product of servitude Indoctrinated in the womb, a nativity so lewd Sworn is the soul to consecrated vows Blessed wounds in severed flesh that the saviors endow Accursed by truth deprivation Abysmal mind contamination Enlightenment through heresy Pull the thread for all to see Imposed is a life free from all temptation Exile over amnesty silences inquisition Shadows eclipse the light of the unknown A sacrifice promised in the texts carved in stone Oathbreaker Disavow the cult that brought you Noxious misery with antiquated witchery Oathbreaker Imperious assault against The dismal beast The agony deceased
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Lost in the caverns of eternal guilt Confined to this unforgiving maze No light treads beneath a concrete sky Eye of penance glares, a vicious scourge agaze Maddened by the screams that deprive of sleep Insomniac arrest, nightmares made flesh Parades of horror plague my mind Screams of disgrace impale my heart No peace to be made, I'll never rest In darkness I dwell, as I face the sentencing A debt collected from beyond the grave As I drown in the flames of my private hell Time quickens with every grain of sand Endless misery is what my fortune tells Scars form a labyrinth upon my flesh Bequeathed to me is the suffering of the dead A torment, that exceeds the fear of dying Cadaverous winds carry me in death's embrace
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Recordatio 02:32
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You scream inside yourself To the concerns of no one else Hopeless, abandoned, left to rot No sooner can you tie the hangman's knot When the last tear hits the ground Will it even make a sound? Will it even make a sound? Sewing your hopes to whispered words As you beg on your knees Your fortunes knit to uncertainty No one answers your plees Prayers upon deaf ears Prayers upon deaf ears Solemn in silence Hope disappears You search inside yourself To find a void and nothing else A black hole chasm, stripped of life Lost in the construct of the human mind When the body hits the ground Will it even make a sound? Will it even make a sound?
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Saneless antagonist The vex burning in my eye Past the point of all resolve, remorse will not apply Enthralled is my loathing by the stench of your presence Your name upon an epitaph will acquis my warpath Forsaken, sanity as failed you To no extent will my vendetta end Self-idolatry, a master egotist Narcissistic policy, conceit the catalyst Maniacal outlier without a reason "why" Saneless Antagonist You lit the fire of my hatred Set the world ablaze Inciting mass hysteria A formulaic raze My patience has finally met The point of no return To see you hanging from a noose Is what I yearn Hope you burn Toxic drone that's black at heart and hides behind a mask Dead behind the eyes, an instrument of instinct
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Sirens deafens the populace An assault without warning Birds of prey on wings of steel Cruel merchants with death top deal Beckoned by tainted wisdom Senseless philosophy Incessant swarms terminate Onslaught begat of spite and hate Marching From the mouth of hell Adherent drones tasked to slay Slaughter those who stand in vain Infantries take center stage, the eternal massacre Operatic screams reverberate Infernal dirge to nauseate Innocence rendered to its knees Beneath the sky of fire Ebon is the cenotaph That will read your epitaph Risen From the mouth of hell Battalion seething at the helm Desecrate this unlit realm Life ascending as you know it Burned to ash, forced to submit Animus without end, in blackest night Tears are falling, blood is spilling Masses sleeping breathlessly Hatred without end Funerary Dawn
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Artwork by Andrei Bouzikov
All music written and Recorded by Tormenter
Produced by Randy Garcia and Alex Nazla

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released July 11, 2023

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Tormenter La Puente, California

Formed in 2007, Tormenter is an aggressive metal quintet from the San Gabriel Valley just east of Los Angeles. Blending forms of thrash, death, and melodic metal, the 5-piece onslaught have honed a sound they can call they're own. Metal is in need of a kick in the ass...Tormenter is here to oblige!

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Pulse of Terror (2010)
Phantom Time (2013)
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