Hate Merchant!! [Intro] [Cold darkwave pads] [Low haunting drone] [Distant detuned keys] [No vocals] [Disturbing rise] [Distorted synth-sub creeping in] [Ultra low stop-start bass riff] [Kick heavy, almost no snare] [Explode into full chug] [Verse 1] [Downtuned machine cycle riff] [Sub bass slab] [Spoken] They made a list and wrote my name Like ink could make the charge the same God, my house, my land, my gun That was enough to get it done [Hard mid-range yell] I would not trade a child for ease I would not call the murders peace [Fry scream] I would not bless the open gate Or call the lie a better fate [Pre-Chorus] [Hard mid-range yell] They needed a villain They needed a brand [Fry scream] So they sold the word “hate” With a shaking hand [Chorus 1] [Full crushing slab] [Layered gang shouts] Hate merchant That’s the name they gave [Hard mid-range yell] For saying a child is a child [Fry scream] And a grave is a grave [Layered gang shouts] Hate merchant They printed the sign [Hard mid-range yell] I just refused to sell [Intense held scream] What was never [Held scream] Mine! [Chant] Hate Merchant Hate Merchant! [Return to Lead riff 16 Bars] [Verse 2] [Tight stop-start low riff] [Subdued bark] They tax the living, tax the dead Then lose the take in phantom beds One law for them, one law for me A scale that only tilts for thieves [Hard mid-range yell] They smile and call the silence kind While fathers bury what they cannot find [Fry scream] They preach compassion from the stand With someone else’s blood on their hands [Pre-Chorus] [Hard mid-range yell] They needed a merchant They needed a face [Fry scream] Someone who still remembered The cost of the trade! [Chorus 2] [Full crushing slab] [Layered gang shouts] Hate merchant That’s the name they gave [Hard mid-range yell] For saying a man is a man [Fry scream] And that God was betrayed [Layered gang shouts] Hate merchant They printed the sign [Hard mid-range yell] I just refused to sell [Intense held scream] What was never [Held scream] Mine! [Chant] Hate Merchant! Hate Merchant! [Return to main riffs 16 Bars] [Verse 3] [Machine gun low chugs] [Cold bark] You wanted a merchant, then look at the stand I don’t sell silence and I don’t sell the land [Hard mid-range yell] No more permission, no soft appeals The gate stays shut and the rot gets peeled [Cold bark] You asked for a villain to carry the blame I’ll sell you the answer they buried in shame [Fry scream] You don’t talk a viper into laying down The Violent Solution is the only one I’ve found [Solo] [Explosive] [24 Bars] [Maximum intensity] [Darkwave pads under] [Super heavy synth-bass with long reverb] [Fast twin guitar riffs] [Long held shrieking shred] [Chaotic, do not blend, do not soften] [Build then crash into half-time] [Bridge] [Half-time] [Crushing low chugs] [Droning synth bass] [Rising intensity] [Start restrained] You wanted a name I gave you a shop I sell what they buried And I will not stop [Build] [Guitars thicken] [Kicks heavier] [Hard mid-range yell] I sell the truth They wrapped in a grave I sell the rifle I sell the faith [Rising vocals] I sell the Law I sell the Blame I sell the Verdict They hung on My Name [Maximum rise] [Do not drop] [Fry scream] If Hate is the Product Then take a look at My Stand [Layered gang shouts] I’m The Hate Merchant [Held grit roar] And I wear it as my Brand! (Haaaaaate!) [Final Chorus] [Maximum impact] [Wall of fused low guitar and synth-sub] [Layered gang shouts] Hate merchant That’s the name they gave [Hard mid-range yell] For saying a child is a child [Fry scream] And a grave is a grave [Layered gang shouts] Hate merchant It's a brand I own [Hard mid-range yell] I just refused to bow [Intense held scream] I made my hate a [Held scream] Throne! (Hate) [Barked chant] I am The Hate Merchant! [Hard mid-range yell] Hate merchant [Layered gang shouts] Hate merchant [Fry scream] Hate merchant [Held scream] Hate merchant! [Outro] [Full crushing slab holds] [Kick avalanche] [Held scream] Hate merchant! [Hard stop] [Pads and drone return, colder than the intro] [One last low chug] [Dead silence]
