Convicted, by Cryptic Slaughter

Convicted

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Gwen Downing-Groth The classics never go out of style. Quintessential thrash masterpiece front to back.

G Opsteegh Some bands kick down a door. Cryptic Slaughter kicked down all the doors and set the stage for some many things to follow. Harsh! Fast! Aggressive! One of the best extreme albums of all time. Favorite track: Rage to Kill.

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1.	M.A.D. 01:24	lyrics	buy track
Mad - mutually assured destruction Mad - killed by inner combustion Mad - death throughout the nation Mad - total annihilation Both Russia and the U.S. Don’t want to be second best Build more bombs to be ahead Until the day that we’re all dead I see no reason for us to fight You are wrong and we are right All the money that you’ve spent Should be used in disarmament Join the army, see the world But you’re signing up for war Taught to kill men or child The more you kill, the more they smile After talks and all’s been said War is over, both countries dead The people gone, now it’s too late We’ve all shock the hand of fate The children of today are the killers of tomorrow Nothing in their future except for pain and sorrow They’ll send us off to war, to pay their cost Even if the war is won, we’re the ones who lost
2.	Little World 01:39	lyrics	buy track
Superior attitudes Change the way to think If you don’t get your way You’ll just sit back and sulk Do you know who I am? Do you really care? You think you’ve got me figured out You think your world is fair You live your little world That’s what I don’t get You make it all for yourself So no one else can fit You are the majority The world consists of you We’ll just wait and see Who’s been played the fool You’ve built your little world Now you’re stuck for good Now there’s no coming back There’s nothing you can do
3.	Sudden Death 01:44	lyrics	buy track
It’s always wrong, never right It’s always such a useless fight Living life with nothing to gain Tired of feeling burning pain Could hang it high ‘Til I die Could slit my throat Who would know? Could blow my head ‘Til I'm dead Could hold my breath For sudden death I'm waiting for a sign That it’s time for me to die Now it’s time for me to step Into nothingness
4.	Lowlife 02:32	lyrics	buy track
Time goes by and makes me Wonder what I'm here for I'm waiting for a sign or Someone to open the door At times my life seems at an error Without a real purpose Will I survive problems in my head And beneath my own surface? What the hell is going on? I feel like I'm dead Is it life around me Or am I fucked in the head? I'm tired of hypocrisy And murder by the state I'm sick of your stupid lies You tell us it’s okay Life seems at an end Death is on your back Ronnie and his generals Just sit back and laugh Time for you to act now To make one final stand There is no alternative Your life is in your hands You think that you’re the only one To solve your problems with a gun Does it make u feel like a man To take a life in your hands? There is no way out You’ll just have to fight it out No useless world to save Nuke threat and no escape
5.	Rage to Kill 01:49	lyrics	buy track
A victim is chosen His future awaits Someone is watching No one can tame Satisfied hunger Hatred within Can’t go on longer Internal conflict The psycho wants Innocent blood Kills without fear Living a hell Tortured by guilt Outrage survives Violence, his truth Rage to kill Blood will spill Blinded sight Lie from fright With no compassion Fear breeds his hate Constantly watching Deceiving the state Threatened by no one Too smart to get caught Always remembers The hatred he fought He cried out for help But nobody hears He knows that he’s insane Reflecting his fears Only a shotgun Will answer his prayers Attacking society Because nobody cares
6.	Rest In Pain 03:03	lyrics	buy track
Mindless screams from the field of hate Increase our panic as generals scheme Mangled bodies emerge from the smoke Unconsciously begging the night’s downfall Life is just a fantasy Death is felt in vain No control or destiny We will rest in pain The instinct to kill is what they expect Employed for destruction or the unbalanced will Expectations of truth are lost with the dead As thoughtless minds injure, all hope is lost Free will controls what’s left of our minds Survival drives our battered souls The pain we carry to the grave Shows indifference in the eyes of slaves
7.	Nuclear Future 04:16	lyrics	buy track
Will the hypocrisy ever cease? You made the bomb, and made the mistake Make us fight to cover your idiocy In this country with it’s so-called democracy We ask why and we get - no reply Then we ask about or future - we will die Forget our dreams and go to war - sudden death The bomb is dropped, it’s all over - nothing left Can’t you get it through your head? You’ll make us fight until we’re dead I won’t kill my friend or foe Fight your own war ‘cause I won’t go Finance your war with our death Won’t die for my country, screw the U.S. A country dying, we’ve got no say You fuck up, but we’re the ones who pay Won’t help the poor or be second best Either you like it or die like the rest We all mean nothing to our twisted earth Why kill one another, what’s it all worth? Use your head, and look what we’ve got A future filled with nothing, we are left to rot From disagreeing to the threat of war Blow us off the earth, will even up the score I won’t pay the price of fate To fulfill your lust and hate When it’s all over and it’s all been said You sit pretty, as we lie dead
8.	State Control 01:49	lyrics	buy track
Will the hypocrisy ever cease? You made the bomb, and made the mistake Make us fight to cover your idiocy In this country with it’s so-called democracy We ask why and we get - no reply Then we ask about or future - we will die Forget our dreams and go to war - sudden death The bomb is dropped, it’s all over - nothing left Can’t you get it through your head? You’ll make us fight until we’re dead I won’t kill my friend or foe Fight your own war ‘cause I won’t go Finance your war with our death Won’t die for my country, screw the U.S. A country dying, we’ve got no say You fuck up, but we’re the ones who pay Won’t help the poor or be second best Either you like it or die like the rest We all mean nothing to our twisted earth Why kill one another, what’s it all worth? Use your head, and look what we’ve got A future filled with nothing, we are left to rot From disagreeing to the threat of war Blow us off the earth, will even up the score I won’t pay the price of fate To fulfill your lust and hate When it’s all over and it’s all been said You sit pretty, as we lie dead
9.	Hypocrite 03:02	lyrics	buy track
You say you want to help me I know it isn’t true Useless lies behind my back I'm not a stupid fool I don’t need a lying friend The kind I'd rather kill You’d better think suicide Before I live my will You know that you’re a hypocrite I really hate the way you live You deserve anything you get We won’t put up with hypocrites You look me in the eye Tell me I'm your friend Then I catch you lying Time and time again I confront you with my hatred But you just deny Just another day for you And just another lie So long sucker, you pushed me too far One too many lies, now you’re seeing stars Lies to reality, now you’ve met fate Life for you is over, for you it’s too late You think you can get away Someday I'll make you pay
10.	War to the Knife 01:54	lyrics	buy track
Onward in battle, soldiers aware of their fate Following orders, though those we fight don’t we don’t hate Murdering children, nothing will stand in our way Destruction of life, but we are the ones who will pay Slaughter their faith Killing their youth Raping their land By the blood of my hand Thousands of troops, brought here against their will Innocent youth, trained and forced to kill Jungle warfare, can’t fight what we can’t see Senseless death, the harsh reality None of our business, but still we intervene Untold horrors the public has not seen Police action, it’s not a real war Foolish pride is what we’re fighting for
11.	Nation of Hate 01:24	lyrics	buy track
In this country, we live and we die Paranoid violence, we’re sick of your lies Hatred runs deep in the eyes of the youth Your prejudice is sickening, We’ll make the our own truth A country’s sin Or society’s bait We’re stuck in A nation of hate Used and abused, we can’t take anymore Stay out of our life, we can fight our own war You fucked up this world and left us to rot Now instincts and bullets are all that we’ve got Africa's dying, why should we care? We’ve got our own problems, no money to spare We have to buy nuclear bombs so we’ll prove With no future coming, we’ve got none to lose
12.	Black and White 02:07	lyrics	buy track
Violence throughout the land Racial groups, they plan attack I'm tired of white man’s crimes It looks to be for good this time Brother and brother They kill one another Without a real cause Fight for what’s fair For what’s really theirs Only to get themselves lost Whites took the land from the blacks Killed their children to keep them back Stole their land and shot their pride Started up this useless fight Riots start as whites flee Their last chance to be free Rocks fly throughout the skies A gun is shot, a child dies
13.	Reich of Torture 02:55	lyrics	buy track
Smiling as he speaks of death destroying lives unknown Killing ‘til his final breath Protecting his fallen throne March of the chamber of gas The line to end their lives As they die he starts to laugh Last thing heard are cries We have fought together side by side Killing humans as they die Burning souls once filled with life Now they’re filled with pain and strife Prisoner of one man’s hate Now facing their final day Try to reach their wired gate Who has their god saved? Running from the brightened light Shots fired as comrades fall Without guns they cannot fight Death for one and all They storm the gates on hopes to be free Many trampled in the frenzied flee Many fall as machine guns roar See yourself, but now as a bloody corpse Escape for you is nothing but a dream The bullets rip your flesh as you scream Your final breath is spent on cursed cries The tortured lives of Hitler take to the sky Is violence the way to get a point across? If you don’t get your way, it’s your own loss Don’t try to force people to see your way You shoot people down, someday you’ll pay A large racial barrier, when will it break? Blacks aren’t dumb, whites made the mistake Like to kill them, but they wouldn’t dare They’ll shoot back, what’s fair is fair
14.	Convicted 01:33	lyrics	buy track
You were convicted of a crime Now you’re out, you served your time With no skill, what can you do? Got no education, you’re nobody’s fool On the streets, you’ll have to steal Got no money for a nourishing meal A losing battle, you can’t survive A ringing in your head, pain in your eyes No friends, no fun, no life to lead No job, no pay, you can’t succeed Always hear “no,” a door in your face Keep to yourself, stay in your place You’ve lost your will, you have no care Society’s outcast, and it’s not fair You start to run, maybe get away You can’t hide it, it shows in your face I know you’ve tried, you begin to realize The only way out, you come to suicide
15.	Flesh of the Wench 02:36		buy track
16.	Necessity Supreme 02:45		buy track
17.	Life In Grave 01:36		buy track
18.	War to the Knife 02:17	lyrics	buy track
Onward in battle, soldiers aware of their fate Following orders, though those we fight don’t we don’t hate Murdering children, nothing will stand in our way Destruction of life, but we are the ones who will pay Slaughter their faith Killing their youth Raping their land By the blood of my hand Thousands of troops, brought here against their will Innocent youth, trained and forced to kill Jungle warfare, can’t fight what we can’t see Senseless death, the harsh reality None of our business, but still we intervene Untold horrors the public has not seen Police action, it’s not a real war Foolish pride is what we’re fighting for
19.	Rest In Pain 03:34	lyrics	buy track
Mindless screams from the field of hate Increase our panic as generals scheme Mangled bodies emerge from the smoke Unconsciously begging the night’s downfall Life is just a fantasy Death is felt in vain No control or destiny We will rest in pain The instinct to kill is what they expect Employed for destruction or the unbalanced will Expectations of truth are lost with the dead As thoughtless minds injure, all hope is lost Free will controls what’s left of our minds Survival drives our battered souls The pain we carry to the grave Shows indifference in the eyes of slaves
20.	Set Your Own Pace (Live) 02:19	lyrics	buy track
What's your ambition? Do you wanna go somewhere? You wanna be somebody? Do you think the others care? They'll give you false ideas And tell you what to do They'll say it's alright But you've been played a fool (You have to) make your own decisions And do things your own way No matter what they tell you You have to set your own pace You think you're something special? You'd better think again You're old enough to kill You just can't win Even if you're young You've just begun to fight Just no way to win But, you are in the right No doubt in your mind To do what you believe right Let them try and stop you You've just begun to fight Believe in your own thought There is no other way Fight there unfairness Set your own pace
21.	Positively (Live) 02:29	lyrics	buy track
You can push me down, but I'll still stand You can put me down, you're such a man I could care less what you think of me All you prove is insecurity I was never meant to be But I stay positively If progression is the least I see I will stay positively You insist you're right, but I prove you wrong I don't think you'll be here for long Why must you make others feel your sorrow? Today you'll fight, but what about tomorrow? Life around is turning black But I stay positively There is no turning back And I will stay positively
22.	Black and White (Live) 02:20	lyrics	buy track
Violence throughout the land Racial groups, they plan attack I'm tired of white man’s crimes It looks to be for good this time Brother and brother They kill one another Without a real cause Fight for what’s fair For what’s really theirs Only to get themselves lost Whites took the land from the blacks Killed their children to keep them back Stole their land and shot their pride Started up this useless fight Riots start as whites flee Their last chance to be free Rocks fly throughout the skies A gun is shot, a child dies
23.	Lowlife (Live) 02:59	lyrics	buy track
Time goes by and makes me Wonder what I'm here for I'm waiting for a sign or Someone to open the door At times my life seems at an error Without a real purpose Will I survive problems in my head And beneath my own surface? What the hell is going on? I feel like I'm dead Is it life around me Or am I fucked in the head? I'm tired of hypocrisy And murder by the state I'm sick of your stupid lies You tell us it’s okay Life seems at an end Death is on your back Ronnie and his generals Just sit back and laugh Time for you to act now To make one final stand There is no alternative Your life is in your hands You think that you’re the only one To solve your problems with a gun Does it make u feel like a man To take a life in your hands? There is no way out You’ll just have to fight it out No useless world to save Nuke threat and no escape

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Fused in crossover music that bears its dominance through a collection of punk and prescient metal riffs, Cryptic Slaughter (along with D.R.I., C.O.C. and the contributions of punkers like Discharge and The Exploited) built up the genre of thrash music from haphazard crossover to a science of more terrifying, instantaneous music. Deluxe, remastered reissue includes their Life in Grave demo from '85 and a live songs from '88 in Houston.

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released July 8, 2003

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