Here’s the Album Art + Title Track Lyrics for Slayer’s Repentless
Finally, some good news regarding Slayer’s Repentless*: the album art, by Brazil’s Marcelo Vasco, is pretty cool!
Additionally, the band has announced that they’ll release the title track as a digital single this Friday, June 19. According to Kerry King, the song is intended as an ode to the late Jeff Hanneman:
“‘Repentless’ is my Jeff tribute. I call it the ‘ HannemAnthem.’ It’s my perspective of Jeff’s perspective, it’s what I think…if Jeff wrote a song for himself, ‘Repentless’ would be it.”
“HannemAnthem.” That’s friggin’ adorable!
Perhaps even more interesting: the band has already released the song’s (very, very silly) lyrics, and they seem to be taking direct aim at the modern metal scene and the music business in general. I’m not sure Slayer have ever addressed this topic head-on in a song before; this is the kind of thing which is usually reserved for guys like Nikki Sixx and Sully Erna who need to prove what rebels they are.
Arrogance, violence, world in disarray
Dealing with insanity every fuckin’ day
I hate the life, hate the fame, hate the fuckin’ scene
Pissing match of egos, fuck their vanity
Ain’t got the time, I don’t want anything from you
Feeding on my tolerance is all you fuckin’ do
No looking back, no regrets, no apologies
What you get is what you seeLive fast, on high
Repentless, let it rideMy songs relive the atrocities
Can’t take society any fuckin’ more
Intensity, anarchy, hatred amplified
Playing this shit is all that keeps me alive
I leave it all on the road living on the stage
This is my life where I kill it everyday
So take you shot, bottom’s up, this is no lie
I’ll be beating this guitar ’til the day I dieLive fast, on high
Repentless, let it rideI hate the life, hate the fame, hate fuckin’ scene
Pissing match of egos, fuck their vanity
Ain’t got the time, I don’t want anything from you
Feeding on my tolerance is all you fuckin’ do
No looking back, no regrets, no apologies
What you get is what you see
We’re all killing ourselves a little more everydayLive fast, on high
Repentless, let it ride
Repentless is out 9/11 on Nuclear Blast.
*Actual title of the album as selected by adults.
