Voice of Destruction

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from The V.O.D. Archives Vol. II: Live '93 & Europe '95-'96 Track Doom taken from Bloedrivier album 1995 (Morbid Records)

Formed in 1986 as a punk band in Cape Town by guitarist Greg McEwan Marriot, V.O.D. are considered "the Godfathers of South African metal". from The V.O.D. Archives Vol. II: Live '93 & Europe '95-'96 Track Funeral taken from Bloedrivier album 1995 (Morbid Records) After incessant performances, underground tape compilation appearances and several demo effort releases, the band strikes it big by signing to German record label Morbid Records in 1995. Watershed album "Bloedrivier" (Afrikaans for "Blood River") was released the following year. V.O.D. toured through much of Europe, finally returning back home to play at the 1998 Oppikoppi and 1999 Woodstock festivals. The group disbanded in 1999 (with March 2009 having seen a reunion tour). Members have included vocalists Neil "The Viking", Stewart Hendry and finally Francois Breytenbach Blom; drummers Neil "Thunder", Dangerous Dan Dion and Paul André Blom; Johan De Jager on 2nd guitar (for a short period); Radley Clack (Wacky Clacky Radley) and Diccon Harper on bass duties; with the only constant being guitarist Greg McEwan Marriott.

from the 1995 Album BLOEDRIVIER (Recorded at Academy Studios, UK) https://voiceofdestruction.com/ The Carnival of Reality is chewing on this fragile veil of Sanity I’ve spun around what’s left of my world Days freeze into nights and nights melt into days again as the demons at my bolted door are forging their own key They scream my name I think I understand now My pointless life is taking a turn I laugh and scream my inhibitions crumble as they burn the asylum of imagination’s walls moan and sigh, as it dies My mind is a wasteland my world a frozen grave I slit the choking throat of my past I am one with the universe a black eternal wave I am what was and will be and the last I am the last I am what was and will be and the last Take my hand Satan I break you, Jesus I forsake you I am the Lord of Corruption I am the Voice of Destruction Unholy crown I rape you Crown of Thorns I break you I am the Lord of Corruption I am the Voice of Destruction Join me now Take my hand as you let go Join me now Let me possess the key to your soul Drown in the knowledge of my world as your new consciousness unfolds I’ll brush the tears from your eyes Embrace your former self’s demise Demise, Demon Take my Hand Join me now Satan I break you, Jesus I forsake you I am the Lord of Corruption I am the Voice of Destruction

Instrumental intro from V.O.D's Bloedrivier (Bloodriver) album. Battle of Bloodriver 16 Dec 1838 On Sunday 16 December 1838, a group of 464 Voortrekkers moving north to escape British colonial rule came under attack by 15,000 of Zulu King Dingane's impi warriors. The boers under command of Andries Pretorius formed their ox wagons into a defensive circle known as a laager. The impi's launched several waves of attack but were eventually beaten off. More than 3000 Zulu warriors lost their lives on the day that came to be known as the Battle of Blood River. The Voortrekkers suffered three injuries Visit https://voiceofdestruction.com