Formed, in ancient Rome, violent, age of steel
Man's, brutality, found new depths of pleasure
Slaves, captured in raging battles, forced, to fight, till the death
Senseless, brutal show of strength, immoral side of man
Fight, for your life, Fight, till the death!
Vile, sadistic games, elate, heartless souls
Roman, way of life, savour, a human sacrifice
Prisoners, could die by the sword, or live their lives in shame
Treacherous, murderous, thieves, helpless feast for the lions
Fight, for your life, Fight, till the death!
Refusal, to worship, the Gods, of the Roman State
Civil, disobedience, quickly, ends your life
Dying on display before thousands, their death will please tonight
Latin, spectacle of violence, Rome's malevolent society
They stand, alone, in the ring, with sword, in hand
Preparing, to fight for their lives, to fight till the death, to die for
Rome's pleasure
With blood, on their hands, a friend, lies bleeding before God
Impaled, sword plunged through their chest, hacked and mangled
Dragged through the death gates to hell!
Warriors on parade engaged in vicious Roman games
Fascinate imperial sovereignty
Entertainment for their sick and twisted vile pleasure
Two hundred years before Christ had walked this earth
Rome displaying it's violent nature
Falling as a civilization
Never to return again
credits
from UNHOLIER THAN THOU,
released November 7, 2018
Music and Lyrics by Steve Terror
Location made it hard for me to be on the tape trading circuit back in the day, so discovering this band in the 80s would have been hard from rural ohio. Glad I got to hear this now! Rivals all the stateside 2nd wave thrashers ! Recommend ! warchrist30
Got the chance to see them in November '23. I was really impressed and this album is a great representation of what they do. I was always a huge fan of Angelcorpse, and this band does a fine version of their own take on that blackened/thrash/death metal mx. Really, really great album. Bart