Thanatos - 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."
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Lying in the death trance, just before you die
Silent screams of horror, as you realize
Life on earth was not forever, as some how it seemed that way
Your true friends were we the Christians who tried to warn you of this day
We are the deathless, although the flesh will go, this is not the end of us,
onward we flow
Come to the light child and you will see, the kingdom of peace, forever free
As you fight the death grapple, you realize the shame
Of all the disobedience, you've lost at satan's game
There is no victory without Christ, although there are those who claim there
is
Deceivers of themselves, the death chamber is their end
Thanatos
When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth creature say
"Come and see" and I beheld, a pale horse, and a rider with a name
He was given the power, to kill a fourth and with him was hades
To use the beasts of the earth, the sword and hunger, and his name is
Thanatos
Grace before time began has now been revealed
Through the appearing of our savior Jesus Christ
Who abolished death and revealed
Thanatos where is your sting, you've been dealt the final blow
You could not hold messiah and eternally you will not exist
I'm calling you to carefully consider what I've said
Cause one day when you think it least, you may wake up dead
