World Burns to Death

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Glorious Butcheries 00:00 Tools
Death is Psychosomatic 00:00 Tools
The Sucking of the Missile Cock 00:00 Tools
Fall on Your Sword 00:00 Tools
The Dead Sing This Hymn 00:00 Tools
Apparatus 00:00 Tools
Wind of Cruelty 00:00 Tools
In The Conquests Of Madmen 00:00 Tools
Boiling blood 00:00 Tools
Back to zero 00:00 Tools
Sarajevo snapshot 00:00 Tools
Those who have come to the end 00:00 Tools
Wretched Sons of Kursk 00:00 Tools
Acid in the Face of Human Rights 00:00 Tools
Triumph of evil 00:00 Tools
A grim task ahead 00:00 Tools
All the Young Turks 00:00 Tools
The frenzied hacking of swords 00:00 Tools
Sheisse Krieg 00:00 Tools
World Burns to Death 00:00 Tools
Open Wound 00:00 Tools
Pigs Get Fat While Hogs Get Slaughtered 00:00 Tools
Children Gone To Shadow 00:00 Tools
They Fill Their Graves With Our Bones 00:00 Tools
They Want A War 00:00 Tools
...in Fear of Your Bombs 00:00 Tools
Terminated With Extreme Prejudice 00:00 Tools
Blood And Dishonor 00:00 Tools
Red Locusts 00:00 Tools
come and see 00:00 Tools
Black Hundreds 00:00 Tools
Holocaust Rehearsals 00:00 Tools
The Same Old Lies 00:00 Tools
A Wormwood Star 00:00 Tools
Excrement of the Gods 00:00 Tools
In the Country of the Blind... The One-Eyed Man Is King 00:00 Tools
curse them forever 00:00 Tools
Whom the Gods Destroy... They First Make Ridiculous 00:00 Tools
Silent Hunger 00:00 Tools
Night Without End 00:00 Tools
In the Conquest of Madmen 00:00 Tools
An Outpost Of Hell 00:00 Tools
The Glories Of Our Blood 00:00 Tools
Whom the Gods Destroy...They First Make Ridiculous 00:00 Tools
Destroy This Power / Twist The Knife / Pull The Trigger 00:00 Tools
In the Country of the Blind...The One-Eyed Man is King 00:00 Tools
The Dead Sing This Hymn: 00:00 Tools
In the Country of the Blind... 00:00 Tools
No One Is Right If No One Is Left 00:00 Tools
Whom the Gods Destroy... They 00:00 Tools
Babylon Endures 00:00 Tools
The War Can Go On Forever 00:00 Tools
Whom The Gods Destroy They First Make Ridiculous 00:00 Tools
...and the cities shall be you 00:00 Tools
Black Becomes The Sun 00:00 Tools
...and the cities shall be your tombs 00:00 Tools
Destroy This Power, Twist the Knife, Pull the Trigger 00:00 Tools
... In Fear Of Your Bombs 00:00 Tools
No One Is Right, If No One Is Left 00:00 Tools
Destroy This Power/Twist The Knife/Pull The Trigger 00:00 Tools
They Teach Us How To Die... But Never How To Live 00:00 Tools
They Teach Us How To Die... Bu 00:00 Tools
The Life-Long Process Of Dyrin 00:00 Tools
In The Country Of The Blind The One-Eyed Man Is King 00:00 Tools
Whom The Gods Destroy They First Mark 00:00 Tools
Here A Dream Dies Everyday 00:00 Tools
No One Is Right, If No One Is 00:00 Tools
The Life-Long Process Of Dying 00:00 Tools
The Life Long Process Of Dying 00:00 Tools
They Teach Us How To Die 00:00 Tools
The Life-Long Process Of Dyring 00:00 Tools
In The Country Of The Blind 00:00 Tools
The frenzied hacking of swords/Excrement of the gods 00:00 Tools
In The Country Of The Blind The One Eyed Man Is King 00:00 Tools
Destroy This Power-Twist The Knife-Pull The Trigger 00:00 Tools
Holocaust Rehearals 00:00 Tools
Here A Dream Dies Every Day 00:00 Tools
Whom the Gods Destroy 00:00 Tools
In The Country Of The Blind The One 00:00 Tools
Whom The Gods Destroy... 00:00 Tools
Destroy The Power/Twist The Kn 00:00 Tools
Glorious Butchers 00:00 Tools
Destroy the Power / Twist the Knife / Pull the Trigger 00:00 Tools
Destroy this Power - Twist the Knife - Pull the Trigger 00:00 Tools
They Teach Us How to Die...But Never How to Live 00:00 Tools
Destroy This Power/Twist The Knife/ Pull The Trigger 00:00 Tools
in the country of the blind the one 00:00 Tools
戦争はいつまでも続くであろう... (The War Can Go On Forever) 00:00 Tools
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they fill their graves with our bodies 00:00 Tools
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黒が太陽と化す (Black Becomes The Sun) 00:00 Tools
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They Fill Their Graves With Our Bone 00:00 Tools
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Totalitarian Sodomy - Track 01 00:00 Tools
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In The Country Of The Blind...The One Eyed Man Is King 00:00 Tools
The Life-Long Process Of Dyri 00:00 Tools
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Whom The Gods Destroy They... 00:00 Tools
...And The Cities Shall Be Your Tomb 00:00 Tools
And The Cities Shall Be Your Tombs 00:00 Tools
track from split with disclose 00:00 Tools
02 - The Dead Sing This Hymn 00:00 Tools
Whom the Gods Destroy ... They First Make Ridiculous 00:00 Tools
World Burns To Death - Babylon endures 00:00 Tools
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The Frenzied Hacking Of Swords - Excrement Of The Gods 00:00 Tools
Destroy The Power/Twist The Knife/Pull The Trigger 00:00 Tools
Totalitarian Sodomy - Track 02 00:00 Tools
03 - in the conquests of madmen 00:00 Tools
they teach us how to die but.... never how to live 00:00 Tools
In The Country Of The Blind ... The One-Eyed Man Is King 00:00 Tools
The Sucking Of The Missle-Cock 00:00 Tools
whom the gods destroy, they first mark 00:00 Tools
Blood and Dishonour 00:00 Tools
Totalitarian Sodomy - Track 03 00:00 Tools
In The Country Of The Blind The One Eyed-Man Is King 00:00 Tools
07 - Fall on your sword 00:00 Tools
Whom the Gods Destroy...They F 00:00 Tools
09 - wind of cruelty 00:00 Tools
They Teach Us How To Die... 00:00 Tools
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Whom The Gods Destroy...They First Make Rediculous 00:00 Tools
Totalitarian Sodomy - Track 04 00:00 Tools
Totalitarian Sodomy - Track 08 00:00 Tools
Totalitarian Sodomy - Track 05 00:00 Tools
whom the gods destroy, they first make ridiculous 00:00 Tools
Totalitarian Sodomy - Track 07 00:00 Tools
Destroy This Power / Twist The 00:00 Tools
Sheisse Kreig 00:00 Tools
The Frenzied Hacking Of Swords-Excrement Of The Gods 00:00 Tools
Totalitarian Sodomy - Track 09 00:00 Tools
They Teach Us How To Die..But Never How To Live 00:00 Tools
death is phycosomatic 00:00 Tools
They Teach Us How To Die But Never How To Live 00:00 Tools
Totalitarian Sodomy - Track 12 00:00 Tools
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Totalitarian Sodomy - Track 11 00:00 Tools
10 - apparatus 00:00 Tools
The Frenzied Hacking Of Swords / Excrement Of The Gods 00:00 Tools
The Red Locust 00:00 Tools
the dead sing the hymn 00:00 Tools
05 - the sucking of the missle-cock 00:00 Tools
... And The Cities Shall Be Your Tombs 00:00 Tools
Totalitarian Sodomy - Track 10 00:00 Tools
In The Country of The Blind, The One-Eyed Man Is King 00:00 Tools
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Totalitarian Sodomy - Track 06 00:00 Tools
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shiesse krieg 00:00 Tools
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in the country of the blind... the one eyed man is king 00:00 Tools
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world burns to death - 3 - the glories of our blood 00:00 Tools
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World Burns To Death is a hardcore punk/D-beat band from Austin, Texas. Formed in 2000, the current lineup (as of June, 2006) consists of: Severed Head of State lead vocalist Jack Control Scorched Earth Policy; Zac Tew, guitar; Craig Merritt, bass; and Jon Guerinot, drums. Current and former members are also involved with other bands, including From Ashes Rise, Kegcharge, The Bulemics, and Krematorium Dogs. World Burns To Death's singer, Jack Control, was stabbed outside of a show in late January, 2006. The weapon, a 5" knife, barely missed his heart. World Burns To Death take their name from the title of a song by the early 1980s Finnish hardcore punk band Bastards. In addition, the name reflects the band's apocalyptic imagery and grim outlook on world events. Sometimes the band's name is abbreviated as WB2D or WBTD. The Finnish band referenced in World Burns To Death's name also serves to connote the band's sound: A thrashy, gloom-heavy, driving form of hardcore punk inspired by Scandinavian hardcore bands like Anti-Cimex and Riistetyt. As well, World Burns To Death's music reflects the tradition of '80s purist American hardcore (Negative Approach and Minor Threat), European bands influenced by, and including, Discharge, and Japanese hardcore punk (Burning Spirits). Also in the mix may be hints of black metal and crust. The earliest World Burns To Death EPs are astonishingly fast and lean more in the direction of Japanese hardcore punk. The band's debut full-length, 2002's The Sucking of the Missile Cock, saw the tempo slow slightly. Also displayed on the LP are greater attention to songwriting and production. Whereas the earliest EPs sound raw and almost impossibly fast, The Sucking of the Missile Cock has a larger, richer sound, with vocal duties alternating between Jack Control and guitarist Zac Tew. The LP was almost universally lauded in punk fanzines and websites upon its release. In 2002, famous British DJ John Peel played songs from World Burns To Death's Human Meat...Tossed to the Dogs of War 7" EP and accorded it "recommended" status at his webpage before his death. World Burns To Death currently tour and record in a militantly underground milieu of DIY punk bands that includes Tragedy, Bury the Living, Paintbox, Hellshock, Inepsy, Gouka, and others. The insert in Sucking of the Missile Cock underscores the band's underground convictions: "No Fucking Copyright...Fuck That Shit." Almost without exception, World Burns To Death's aesthetic preference is for Holocaust imagery in accordance with their allegiance to victims of oppression and hatred of fascism; t-shirts, posters, and record covers stick to this formula. These images mirror the lyrical themes of the band, which detail crimes against humanity, religious hypocrisy, religion's effect on society, class oppression, nationalism, and man's general inhumanity to man. The 'tsadi' logo is the band's striking logo usually appears written in Hebrew, in the Chaya font. The Hebrew wording might appear to be a literal translation of the band's name, but it is not. Rather, it is "World Burns To Death" typed out on a standard English computer keyboard with the Chaya font installed. Thus, pressing the "W" key on a standard English computer keyboard would produce the corresponding Hebrew symbol, a 'tsadi' (which looks somewhat like the English letter "y"). The tsadi (sometimes spelled "tzaadi") has become the band's logo. The logo is also noteworthy because the symbol is an inscription commonly used on Israeli army munitions. In addition, the tsadi "Y"-looking symbol is of prime significance in the Kabbalah (the Hebrew metaphysical scripture) identifying "one who fights for the righteous good of mankind". This duality of a cryptic non-language written in an occult alphabet, as well as the deep symbolism, creates an imagery and lexicon that has incited confusion and controversy with those exposed to the aesthetic. The usage of the Chaya lettering lends the band's releases a perhaps unintentional occult look, something that may have helped the band gain popularity among members of the black metal community. (Fenriz of Darkthrone cites World Burns To Death as a favorite band, as does Maniac from Mayhem.) The band's English font is an Anglicized version of Chaya font characters. This font may have been inspired by that used on the cover of Simon Wiesenthal's 1990 book Justice, Not Vengeance. Singer Jack Control designs the fonts, writes the lyrics, and provides the band's graphics. World Burns To Death's lyrics focus almost obsessively on war crimes, religious and class oppression, militarism, and, more directly, the consequences thereof. As singer Jack Control noted in an interview, "Murdering the innocent in the name of 'democracy,' destabilizing economies in the name of 'capitalism,' installing brutal dictatorships in the name of 'freedom'" are all terrible injustices and serve to fill the lyrical coffers of World Burns To Death. The band's lyric sheets contain references to, or quotes from, writer William Shakespeare, German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, individualist anarchist Max Stirner, leftist writers Susan Sontag and Herbert Marcuse, political prisoner Stephen Biko, and others. Sometimes quoted for ironic effect are the inscriptions above concentration camps, such as the "Welcome to the Jewish State" statement written on Belzec's gates, which is quoted in the No Dawn Comes...Night Without End 7" EP. Although the imagery of death camps, gulags, and scenes of genocide appear often (in artwork and lyrics), the point is to underscore the effects of war, barbarism, and ultimately to expose the bleak horror of the human condition, and not celebrate or exploit in in any way (as the lyrics indicate). Some of World Burns To Death's lyrics focus on traditional punk concerns, like the hypocrisy of patriotism within the punk scene, such as the title song of The Sucking of the Missile Cock: "Punks wrapped up in fucking flags / I'd like to wrap you up in body bags / Take your fucking toe tags / Add them to the list of traitors / When did this patriotic pox / Start infecting our punk rock? / Cops and jocks in mohawks / Sucking on the missile cock." Other songs cover terrorism (and how it's selectively defined by powerful interests), global imperialism, the tendency of many people to be complicit in their own oppression ("In the Country of the Blind...the One Eyed Man is King"), and more. One of the first of World Burns To Death's tours was the Texas-only "Triple Terror Tour" with Inepsy and Spazm 151. The arrival of 2003 saw a "Queimando Para a Morte" tour of Brazil. Fall of 2004 saw the "Ghoulish Killing Orgy" tour; and Fall of 2005 saw the "Those Who Have Come To The End" tour of the US west coast. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.