Blackstar Oppression Regime, by Rapid

Blackstar Oppression Regime

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1.	Manticore 03:32	lyrics	buy track
Spawn from darkest hell in shadows was raised The winged beast of the dark Standing on fours Cold stare in its eyes Persecuting humans to their Violent doom Hearing deads pipes Soon theres nothing to be found Condemned to die Manticore The hybrid terrorizing the lands Spitting a thousand arrows of death The winged monster of darkness On its hands no one survives The venom torturing the victims Humans its ultimate prey Devouring bodies from bone and blood Nothing will be left in sight Manticore
2.	The Arrival 05:35	lyrics	buy track
In the dead of night Woken by rumbling of A war drum louder than thunder Screams of wonder and fear Something's drawing near All eyes staring to space The drum starts pounding louder A deafening power That drowns all cries for help The sky lights up in flames Time to repent all sins The Gods have arrived From the burning sky Appears enormous city A silver castle of Gods Some marvel at this sight Others collapse and cry In fear of eternal damnation The drum has silenced Whole world is painted red By the mystic blaze above With bated breath we wait Opening of the gate What is the reason for their coming? Gods of the stars Cosmic Overlords They have the power to give or take Desicion is for their council to make Are we destined to live or die? Oh, tell us, show us, Gods of the stars In the Seventh Temple Holy statues have woken By breath of life from above Angels sculptured of stone Eyes shine with divine glow Searching for the chosen ones Through the dust and haze I see a burning gaze Unable to escape I am taken by force Yet I feel fear no more I am ready to ascend Gods of the stars Cosmic Overlords They have the power to give or take Desicion is for their council to make Are we destined to live or die? Oh, tell us, show us, Gods of the stars In the palace of light We learn the true meaning Of our species We chosen few Shall see the new dawn The world has come to its end Blinding burning light Power of the sun Harnessed to their use Destruction... In order of creation
3.	Edge Of Eternity 04:48	lyrics	buy track
Passing through the realms of darkness Sinking away to the unkown The great entrance of the underworld Glowing strong in its might Surrounded by vicious beings Moving beyond the river of fire Longing way back to excistense But from here there will be no return Sinister silence before the storm waiting the outburst of doom Judgement is here no mercy you'll kneel The faith is now defined Sinking down to madness Through the edge of forever Damned are gathered here on this hallowed ground Waiting for their final fate To be served Sinister silence before the storm waiting the outburst of doom Judgement is here no mercy youll kneel The faith is now defined Acheron awaits!! Horrific madness Visions beyond all apprehension Masses growing strong as the malevolent Spirits take the toll Drowning further to this fiery road As i see the face of evil appearing slowly before me Deserted visions appears as the lunacy strats to fade Madness growing strong Is my soul trapped in here in eternity Sinking down to madness Through the edge of forever Sinking down to madness Through the edge of forever
4.	Marines Of The Blackstar 06:29	lyrics	buy track
Gazing beneath the clouds As the silence shrouds the ground Another experiment cleared For the infinite research Harvesting the worlds Comanded by the lord Errosion creating another Deserted graveyard Through the cosmic storms they roam Travelling through hyperspace ions Turning magnetic fields upsidedown Creating new natural laws Marines of the blackstar Unknown technologies on their hands Laboratories twisting matters form Blackland scapes left to rot Human experimentations Constracting divine creations I nto a new god Through cosmic storms they roam Vortex generator accelerating the world Watching the worlds fall As the fields burn into apocalyptic (ash) Marines of the blackstar Crusading through the oceans of stars Crussing the resistance with the rays of gauss Beyond the blackstar Another experiment cleared for the lord
5.	Strike From Hell 03:58		buy track
6.	Destructive Force 04:16		buy track
7.	Queen Of Torment 03:58		buy track
8.	Hades Descends... The Dark Realms 05:35		buy track

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DYING VICTMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present RAPID’s striking debut mini-album, Blackstar Oppression Regime, on 12” vinyl and CD formats.The CD version will include the band’s Deadly Torment demo as bonus tracks.

Hailing from coldest Finland, RAPID create burning-black speed metalpunk. The band’s roots go back to 2013, when the three friends – vocalist/bassist Vincent Revenge, drummer Tapio "The Goon" Malmström, and guitarist Atte “Spectre” Nikku, the latter two then still members of Excuse – were playing covers of such bands as Venom, Motörhead, Hellhammer, Slayer, and Judas Priest. The next year became more serious, and they decided to name themselves RAPID and soon recorded their first demo, Rapid Metal Attack. In 2016, they released their second demo, Deadly Torment, and garnered some larger recognition, especially outside of Finland. That then led to a deal with Svart Records for the Ancient Force 7” EP, released in 2017.

Then, in 2020, after a few years of different phases, live shows, and strict practice and composing, RAPID recorded their breakout mini-album, Blackstar Oppression Regime. Immediately upon pressing “play,” lighting strikes and it’s apparent that RAPID are more juiced-up than ever, electricity literally bristling from every second of these four songs. Whereas prior RAPID recordings suggested more convenient subgenre categorization, here on Blackstar Oppression Regime is the attack ever so subtly more unique. There’s the urgency of hardcore punk, the hook-oriented propulsion of speed metal, and the spidery aura of old-wave black metal, but even then, that only tells half the RAPID story; some of the lead lines could come from classic deathrock, while the general hot-rockin’ that anchors everything is pure turn-of-the-‘80s heavy metal. Put together, especially with the power-trio’s charisma spilling over into everything, Blackstar Oppression Regime becomes a four-pronged attack of timeless metal anarchy.

Previously only available digitally, Blackstar Oppression Regime now sees physical release via DYING VICTIMS, both as a stand-alone 12” and on CD buttressed by Deadly Torment. RAPID have arrived!

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