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"Slave to the Cross" is a track by Deicide, an influential American death metal band known for their intense sound and provocative lyrics. Featured on their album "In Torment in Hell," released in 1990, the song exemplifies Deicide's signature blend of aggressive guitar riffs, powerful drumming, and guttural vocals by vocalist Glen Benton. Thematically, the song delves into anti-religious and blasphemous subjects, a hallmark of Deicide's controversial style. "Slave to the Cross" has been praised by fans for its relentless energy and remains a staple in the band's live performances, solidifying Deicide's position in the death metal scene.
Killing, blood spilling for faith in your god
Spreading the message defending his fraud
Murder unheard of until their belief
Rape of the willing is blessed by the priest
Travel to new worlds enslaved under god
Destroy their cultures then leave them to rot
Purification, consent to concede
Killing the ones who will never believe
Annihilation, convert to the cross
Civilization all under one god
Slave to the cross
Slave to the cross
Splitting masses indivision
Genocidal inquisition
Unified through their religion
Wreck this world with heaven's wisdom
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Reign of the cross, the aggressor
Has killed more people than cancer
Slave to the cross of deception
When will we stop his infection
Slave to the cross
Slave to the cross
Slave to the cross
Slave to the cross
Slave to the cross
Slave to the cross
Slave to the cross
Slave to the cross
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Slave to the cross
Slave to the cross
Terrify into religion
Recify the church ambition
Crucify who will not listen
Wreck this world with heaven's wisdom
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Reign of the cross, the aggressor
Has killed more people than cancer
Slave to the cross of deception
When will we stop the infection
Slave to the cross
Slave to the cross
Slave to the cross
Slave to the cross
Slave to the cross
Slave to the cross
Slave to the cross
Slave to the cross