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Rating: I wanted to complete the official discography of the great Death, so I decided to review Fate, the fifth discographic release of Chuck Schuldiner's group. Analyzing it seems quite pointless, as it is a best of that is merely a compilation with tracks taken from the first four albums, of which the first three are considered from another galaxy compared to the refined and highly technical works the band got us used to later on.
Just for the record, we are looking at a decent best of, considering the presence of some pillars such as the immortal “Zombie Ritual,” the very aggressive “Mutilation,” “Left To Die,” and “Baptized In Blood,” the thoughtful “Spiritual Healing” and “Altering The Future,” the songs from “Human,” that is, the sensational “Suicide Machine” and “Toghether As One,” not to mention the emblematic song of the early Death, namely “Pull The Plug.” However, it must be said that there are many “famous cuts,” and just to name a few, I'll mention “Beyond The Unholy Grave,” “Leprosy,” “Low Life,” “Living Monstruosity,” “Flattening Of Emotions,” “Lack Of Comprehension,” and “Vacant Planets.” Well, I have nothing more to say about this Fate, except to recommend you acquire it (if you want it original though, you're out of luck as it has been out of print for a long time) only if you are fanatics of this great band, as it is much better to own all of Schuldiner's works, each one is fully worth the money spent...
Tracklist and Lyrics
01 Zombie Ritual (04:33)
Revengeful corpse out to kill
Smell the stench, Your guts will spill
Vomit for a mind, Maggots for a cock
With his axe the corpse will chop
Stare into his eyes
Now in his spell
Kiss the rotting flesh
Now you're in hell
Drink from the goblet, The goblet of gore
Taste the zombie's drug, Now you want more
Drifting from the living, Joining with the dead
Zombie dwelling maggots, Now infest your head
Zombie ritual
Zombie ritual
Ceremony now complete
Chosen one is now deceased
Fucking, Raping zombie whores
Killing, Feasting no remorse
Stare into his eyes
Now in his spell
Kiss the rotting flesh
Now you're in hell
Drink from the goblet, The goblet of gore
Taste the zombie's drug, Now you want more
Drifting from the living, Joining with the dead
Zombie dwelling maggots, Now infest your head
Zombie ritual
Zombie ritual
Zombie ritual
Zombie ritual
02 Together as One (04:08)
Labelled a creation of evil
Ridiculed for their shocking appearance
Sharing both please and pain
Two minds, Two hearts, One soul
Separating mentally
An illusion of privacy
Together - They absorb each other's lives
As One - They will live and they will die
A living hell has begun
Displayed as a nightmare
Criticized through words and eyes
As they stare
To the normal it seems grotesque
Connected by a bond of flesh
Two minds, Two hearts, One soul
Separating mentally
An illusion of privacy
Together - They absorb each other's lives
As One - They will live and they will die
A living hell has begun
03 Open Casket (04:56)
Approach the image filled with fear
As the image grows so clear
Future now takes full control
The one whose past you now behold
Touch - The flesh it is so cold
Turn away - You now have been told
Never to return, Memories will last
In the future, You'll think about the past
Never to forget, What you have seen
People come to pay respect
Taking pictures of the dead
That is what life comes to be
Once they lived, Now they're deceased
Death is oh so strange
The past no one can change
What you can't predict
Is how long you'll exist
Open casket - Open casket
Life will never be the same
Death can never be explained
It's their time to go beyond
Empty feeling when they're gone
Never to return, Memories will last
In the future, You'll think about the past
Never to forget, What you have seen
What can not be real you now believe
05 Mutilation (03:28)
Massacred, Hacked to death, My revenge
Slicing deep, Into your flesh, The pain intense
Dreams of hate, Misery, Fill my mind
Puke in your face in disgust, It's time to die
You must die in pain
You must die in pain
You must die in pain
You must die in pain
Mutilation
Mutilation
Mutilation
Mutilation
Mutilation
Mutilation
Staring your severed head in the face
I celebrate a faggot's death, Human disgrace
Hanging your mangled corpse for display
My revenge was fulfilled upon this day
You must die in pain
You must die in pain
You must die in pain
You must die in pain
Mutilation
Mutilation
Mutilation
Mutilation
Mutilation
Mutilation
You must die in pain
You must die in pain
You must die in pain
You must die in pain
Mutilation
Mutilation
Mutilation
Mutilation
Mutilation
Mutilation
06 Suicide Machine (04:22)
Controlling their lives
Deciding when and how they will die
A victim of someone else's choice
The ones who suffer have no voice
Manipulating destiny
When it comes to living, No one seems to care
But when it comes to wanting out
Those with power, Will be there
Prolong the pain
How long will it last?
Suicide machine
A request to die with dignity
Is that too much to ask?
Suicide machine
How easy it is to deny the pain
Of someone else's suffering
Robbed of natural abilities
In death they now seek tranquility
In a confused state of mind
Extending agony, They must be blind
Manipulating destiny
When it comes to living, No one seems to care
But when it comes to wanting out
Those with power, Will be there
Prolong the pain
How long will it last?
Suicide machine
A request to die with dignity
Is that too much to ask?
Suicide machine
07 Altering the Future (05:36)
Creating a life only to destroy
Saved from a life of the unemployed
Where crime is the only way to survive
Which is the best to be dead or alive?
Maybe a chance but maybe not
Born to be thrown in the trash to rot
To exist in this world may be a mistake
The one who is your child, it's their choice to make
Death and life taken so easily
Right or wrong, whose choice will it be?
Abortion, when it is needed
Execution, for those who deserve it
The giving and taking of life will always be
Altering the future
Look into the future to prepare us for our fate
Controlling our existence with every life we take
Life for a life should remain the rule
The innocent victim that is what's cruel
Look to the past is what we should do
When justice was done and justice was true
Using our laws to help their escape
An easy way out is what they create
Claiming insane is the way to freedom
People are stupid enough to believe them
Death and life taken so easily
Right or wrong, whose choice will it be?
Abortion, when it is needed
Execution, for those who deserve it
The giving and taking of life will always be
08 Baptized in Blood (04:30)
Under command a new-born child
Submerged in blood, The dead they smile
Growing possessed, Burning inside
A bloody feast for us tonight
The way of death
Is growing hear just take my hand
Skies grow black
Unholy corpses upon their land
The dead they gather around
Praising the child they found
Possessed, The child shall kill
The future is now revealed
Baptized in blood
Destined to burn
Baptized in blood
Reborn they'll learn
Gather around, Watch and see
A new creation of misery
Taking the place of the elderly dead
Forbidden ways now in his head
The way of death
Is growing hear just take my hand
Skies grow black
Unholy corpses upon their land
The dead they gather around
Praising the child they found
Possessed, The child shall kill
The future is now revealed
Baptized in blood
Destined to burn
Baptized in blood
Reborn they'll learn
Baptized in blood
Destined to burn
Baptized in blood
Reborn they'll learn
10 Pull the Plug (04:27)
Memory's all that's left behind
As I lay and wait to die
Little do they know
That I hear their choice of life
End it now, it is the only way
Too cruel, that is what they say
Release me from this lonely world
There is no hope - Why don't you
Pull the plug
Let me pass away
Pull the plug
Don't want to live this way
Once I had full control of my life
I now behold a machine decides my fate
End it now it's all to late
What has now been days, It seems like years
To stay like this is what I fear
Life ends so fast, So take your chance
And make it last
End it now, It is the only way
Too cruel, That is what they say
Release me from this lonely world
There is no hope - Why don't you
Pull the plug
Let me pass away
Pull the plug
Don't want to live this way
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