Retrocide, by Zombies Ate My Girlfriend

Retrocide

by Zombies Ate My Girlfriend

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poetgrant Friggin' love you guys! Keep on rockin' on!

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whoa, gotta update this, second time through, Hail the Disaster really deserves my top spot on this album. Favorite track: Hail the Disaster.

murderone Kick-ass \M/ from RSA ! Hope to see you guys in North America ! I will represent ! You should come to our rockfest here in Canada ! Favorite track: Jahan.

liam joyce This shit is the shit
No shit.

GilbyRSARNMF This is the most ORIGINAL & FANtastic HEAVY GROOVE/DEATH METAL album... and also to show the rest of the world that South Africa has got AWESOME METAL!
\m/, (-.-) .\m/ Favorite track: Appropriate Hate Crimes.

Cobweb Spinner I have probably listened to this album more times start to finish than most other metal albums I own, which is in the hundreds. This is legit one of my top 10 albums of the last 5 years. Hell, maybe 10 years! Favorite track: Hail the Disaster.

fathead dog Awesome band! Not your typical "deathcore", I don't know if I would really classify their music as that. The rhythms are fast pace almost on the brink of "speed metal" and the breakdowns are appropriate, not like the typical chug chug, breakdown after breakdown "deathcore". ZAMG definitely has my attention! Favorite track: Dead Russian.

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1.	Appropriate Hate Crimes 04:36	lyrics	buy track
Kill kill kill like a fucking disease, and rend this earth onto its knees When enough’s not enough, it’s lurking inside you and me Kill kill kill like a fucking machine, the conqueror that lies within Our game was always up, the loaded deck the double bluff Your kings and queens are burning The wheels no longer turning And in the aftermath the best bets regret with no one left to judge you Already underwater The bastard of your sons and daughters now reap the slaughter Drink deep from insanity Kill kill kill like a fucking disease Our game was always up, the loaded deck the double bluff Kill kill kill like a fucking machine, a taste for all that is obscene We’ll toast the gods with brine, appropriate hate crimes Your kings and queens are burning The wheels no longer turning And in the aftermath the best bets regret with no one left to judge you Already underwater The bastard of your sons and daughters now reap the slaughter Drink deep from insanity Divide and conquer till death Fate – the great believer Gain – the one true leader Shame – the liberator This lumbering giant marches on and on Heaving, spreading till it’s done dying, eternally deserving Burn and fuck till we self destruct The forsaken path that we all trust Burn and fuck Divide and conquer till death Your kings and queens are burning The wheels no longer turning And in the aftermath the best bets regret with no one left to judge you
2.	The Spear 05:28	lyrics	buy track
Trend of the day, rape and betray The colourful smokescreen of false unity Lies and deceit, free hand outs and cheats Corruption and greed still running deep The vultures take flight Is this the gold at the end of the rainbow Another mass action strike, like the beggar that knocks at your window Don’t forget to scrub your back It’s better to earn than to plead The fat cat that eats and eats and eats I’m sorry to say It’s all gone astray, the spear of infidelity What’s the cause, the flavour of the day Here’s 34 reasons why it’s not working out Truth reconciled, race, the poster child Nameless faces look what we’ve all become A worldwide scapegoat for past horrors done Trend of the day, rape and betray The colourful smokescreen of false unity Lies and deceit, free hand outs and cheats Corruption and greed still running deep Waste, unity, space, a luxury The secrecy doesn’t matter to me, free speech ended when we all become free You’re kidding me, underprivileged is the name of the game Black and white certainly does make grey Forefathers shame my debt to be paid Trend of the day, rape and betray The colourful smokescreen of false unity Lies and deceit, free hand outs and cheats Corruption and greed still running deep This here is a sweet mockery The only enemy between us driven on for fear of yesterday This here is a sweet mockery Politics the strangest fellow it’s the bed they’ve made that we must slay My mind speaks of riches, my heart dismay Ignite the necklace, democracy is bliss A rose by any other still reeks of shit Our past provides through burdened eyes, a smokescreen for our own demise Sounds the call to come together Praise the bastards beat the fairies Nkosi fucking sikelel’ My mind speaks of riches, my heart dismay
3.	Burn the Scene 05:06	lyrics	buy track
It would seem so simple a task To rob me of my future present and past Now look at me as your fate becomes clearer Count your blessings while you can because the curtain draws nearer This never started with me giving a fuck The countless times I’ve caught you running your mouth Your hubris ends with me my friend, I am the cancer of men The tooth in the yard, one for all The war that keeps losing while the dead are rising We’re not trying hard, all for nothing You’re falling apart and the cracks are showing Fall to your knees In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king The tooth in the yard, one for all The war that keeps losing while the dead are rising We’re not trying hard, all for nothing You’re falling apart and the cracks are showing One up on me, even handicapped you couldn’t bring defeat Conspiracy, truthfully you had more chance of parting the sea Oh woe is me, here’s a lesson in humility Forsake the need you better kill your darlings cause they’re serving me Fall to your knees In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king History repeats itself again These minor transgressions, won’t matter in the end First sign of weakness is dripping everywhere Slipping under the cover’s, thought you had us panicking No mercy will be shown to the ones that forced my hand Too little too late you dumb fuck What the fuck did you think you motherfucker Rest in pain Samson brought to his knees, now turns to grieve Deceived by years of fallacy Rising amongst debris, the dirt that lies beneath Besieged it came apart so readily Skull fucked and left to bleed In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king
4.	Cold Cuts 04:30	lyrics	buy track
Hometown catastrophe Where excuses turn abuses and the end result is jealousy And then you’ll turn to me Naively pondering the reason for your latest major tragedy You’ll never get it, you’ll never get it, you’ll never get it even though you know we’ve said it You’ll never get it, you’ll never get it the reason for your pain is just inherent Go now, cradle your failures let it bring you comfort This time it’s meant to be what a tragic mentality Somehow, you’ll find your saviour and it won’t be me The game is up and you’re out of luck, your claim to fame is suffering Emancipation was never your forte No follow through and no persistence So quick with the tongue, that’s how it was done The result is your lonely existence You’ll never get it, you’ll never get it, you’ll never get it even though you know we’ve said it You’ll never get it, you’ll never get it the reason for your pain is just inherent Go now, cradle your failures let it bring you comfort This time it’s meant to be what a tragic mentality Somehow, you’ll find your saviour and it won’t be me The game is up and you’re out of luck, your claim to fame is suffering A nod is as good as a wink to a blind whore If I could only make you see, you are your own worst enemy Go now, cradle your failures let it bring you comfort This time it will never be Hometown catastrophe Around the bend lies another defence to waste away But in the end despite the warnings, intent on misery And then you’ll turn and see, no longer fair game on the open seas Naively pondering, my friend fairly weathered by the longest reckoning Go now, cradle your failures let it bring you comfort This time it’s meant to be what a tragic mentality Somehow, you’ll find your saviour and it won’t be me The game is up and you’re out of luck, your claim to fame is suffering A nod is as good as a wink to a blind whore If I could only make you see, you are your own worst enemy Go now, cradle your failures let it bring you comfort This time it will never be Hometown catastrophe
5.	Jahan 05:08	lyrics	buy track
Unconcerned with the ebb and flow of life and death Carries the ageless message of your love from age to age Should guilty seek asylum here Like one pardoned, he becomes free from sin Should a sinner make his way to this mansion All his past sins are to be washed away Wash it all away... The sight of this mansion creates sorrowing sighs And the sun and the moon shed tears from their eyes Shed tears from their eyes... The sycophant asylum Where no one knows how far it goes but that’s okay In this world this edifice has been made To display thereby our glory O king you are no more Your empire has vanished Your throne lies shattered Your minstrels sing no more Despite all this, the courier of your love untarnished by time Unwearied, unmoved by the rise and the fall of empires Unconcerned with the ebb and flow of life and death, the ageless message In death she lives, headless and waiting Till these minstrels sing no more The sight of this mansion creates sighs And the sun and the moon shed tears from their eyes
6.	Dead Russian 06:20	lyrics	buy track
Basking in the evening glow With the severed heads in the lion’s den Along it flows and steadily it creeps, waist deep When the undeniable tide of ill will seeps, neck deep Watching it falling to pieces This desperate internal momentum takes hold Round and round we go, snake skin Up a blind alley is a joy forever The shrill cold hand that runs down your back The inevitability, the kiss of death Watching it all fall to pieces This desperate internal momentum takes hold The dead of winter is easily misled In one fell swoop, the cumulative solace of nothingness Anguish, torture, despair, still rationing Twilight, tracks in the sand are deepening If you’re born to be hanged you’ll never drown He travels fastest who travels alone Hard feelings, no meaning, with nothing left to show Like a dead Russian left in the snow Hard times don’t fall on dead hearts, it’s best to let it go The relentless beat of the drum, the usurper of your place in the sun For the sweet solace of nothingness Anguish, torture, despair, still ambushing Twilight, cracks in the man are widening Episode nine If you’re born to be hanged you’ll never drown He travels fastest who travels alone Hard feelings, no meaning, with nothing left to show Like a dead Russian left in the snow Hard times don’t fall on dead hearts, it’s best to let it go The relentless beat of the drum, the usurper of your place in the sun Anguish torture despair sheer frustration couldn’t care Suffocate what I have become, tide and time wait for no one If you’re born to be hanged you’ll never drown
7.	Maranatha 05:31	lyrics	buy track
Dearly beloved today we gather, to bid farewell to all that matters With a loosened grip, this wayward ship forever in passing Maranatha, this is my home Between the devil and the deep blue sea, the one that sits at the top of the hanging tree It was fun while it lasted, the slave and the master One foot in the grave the scene now staged Maranatha, this is my home
8.	Retrocide 03:50	lyrics	buy track
One small seed, integrity, too quick to bleed One step too far to reach for the day, it lashes me Rob the grave, cold sweat depraved, rest well now slave The hidden blade that stabs at the brave Hail the new master, forefathers’ slayed and shamed Nothing but laughter, to spread, infect and resurrect Detest the power that’s inside, the key that unlocks the caged beast Retrocide shed your skin with me Retrocide burn the family tree Retrocide shed your skin with me Retrocide burn your family Blinding speed, why so surprised, progress tells no lies Just one more shit to add to the pile, now take me in No cheap tricks, or politics, you’ve had your time You go your way and I’ll go mine Hail the disaster, forefathers’ slayed and shamed Nothing but laughter, to spread, infect and resurrect Detest the power that’s inside, the key that unlocks the caged beast Retrocide The deceiver, believer, run from this heathen It’s the 7th day and I’m not resting Run, please leave, it’s what’s best for all and we need Just one motherfucker to stand tall and breathe Run, come see, what’s left is all but free It’s time for this to become more than just creed This is how it goes and if it ever shows One slice end it all for me In the darkest rain and in the deepest shame Hold tight when there’s nothing to see Hail the disaster
9.	Hail the Disaster 06:31	lyrics	buy track
Effortlessly the defiance in me burns a nation, of cowards Necessity is the mother of all but invention, the denial In the centre of me lies a cold dead end street Best quit while you’re ahead or find rest when you’re dead Effortlessly the defiance in me burns a nation, of desire Oh for the moment, stoke the fire Down in the dirt, where the best hope for the worst Hail the disaster Catastrophe aint got nothing on me Hail the disaster One small thought with nothing in my way, naivety is the perfect role play I’ll come to get you, force and forget you Agony that familiar ring, on your back as I spread those wings I can’t forget you, why would I want to Torches burn the mists of time Desolation with no reason nor rhyme Execution would be a blessing, so close within reach to find relief from this burden Hate me, spoil the lesson of the unleashed truth that was buried inside Hate me, my only possession test the will of men stand the test of time I’ll come to get you, fuck and forget you Agony that familiar ring, on your back as I spread those wings I can’t forget you, why would I want to Torches burns the mists of time Desolation with no reason nor rhyme Execution would be a blessing, so close within reach to find relief from this burden One more time, to be declined this love of mine Stale state of sweet divinity, the milk of all humanity Last time to be divine, this curse of mine Spare the rod and spoil the child some things are best left for the wild Hey can you believe this, still not my time Hedged bets on insecurity, rest assured I’ve done the crime Hey can you believe this, still towing the line Forced smiles and insincerity, all you cherished was meant to die Hail the disaster

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released February 28, 2015

Produced by Adriano Rodrigues and Louis Henn
Recorded at Burning Tone Studios
Mixed and Mastered by Louis Henn, Burning Tone Studios
All Music and Lyrics written by Adriano Rodrigues
All Drums written by Ferdi Groenewald
Photography by Seema Allie and Taariq Sepstar
Design by Vinci Illustration and Design.

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Zombies Ate My Girlfriend is a high energy modern metal band from Cape Town, South Africa.

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