Instruments of Death - Lyrics - Vengeance Rising

Vengeance Rising was an American Christian thrash metal band from Los Angeles, California. Fronted by vocalist Roger Martinez, they originally formed as Vengeance in 1987, but changed their name in 1989 to avoid conflict with another band from the Netherlands. Band members Larry Farkas, Doug Thieme, Roger Dale Martin, and Glenn Mancaruso left following Once Dead and formed the band Die Happy. Roger Martinez stayed on to record two more studio albums, but aside from him, Vengeance Rising's lineup changed for each subsequent album. While the group was a ground breaking Christian metal band, today Vengeance Rising is known for vocalist Martinez's turning from Christianity to Satanism to atheism, since he has continuously done interviews about it. AllMusic describes Vengeance Rising's history as "one of the most entertaining and bizarre stories in the realm of heavy metal."

Given the time to repent they fail to reply To the just and Holy one they now await to die God's enemies will lick the dust, a fact they fully deny He holds them in derision, in vain they rage against the Christ Instruments of death They set their face against His way, inward they are destruction Mock insults they do hurl, they care not for the instruction They's answer for their every word unless they turn to Him He wait's for them in mercy before the slaying begins He bends the bow and also prepares the instruments of death He'll use in the final war, give up before it begins Instruments of death They set their face against His way, inward they are destruction Mock insults they do hurl, they care not for the instruction God is a just judge, angry with the wicked every day If you do not turn back you will face the day When you stand before Him in a fear you can't conceive He beckons you to check the facts so that you will believe We ask not that you take some blind leap in the dark Our faith is based on fact, God doesn't miss the mark The fact is that He still cares enough to tell you once again Come into the fold, join the force of God, not to die but to live