BAND NAME: Drop Dead
GENRE: Thrash Metal / Death Metal
STATUS: Split-up
LOCATION: Indianapolis, Indiana
Lineup:
Kevin Mabry - Vocals, Guitars
Ritchie Wilkinson - Guitars
Shawn Nugent - Bass
John Williams - Drums
Past members:
Mike Miller - Guitars
Bryan Parmer - Guitars
Jason Smith - Bass
Roger Haney - Bass
Dave Pearson - Bass
Kris Weiskittel - Drums
Scott Unsel - Drums
Links:
Discography:
Ending The Sadness (demo, 1988, Independent) (Cassette)
Side A:
1. The Dawning 3:03
2. Ending The Sadness 4:00
3. Fall Of The Deadly Fortress 3:50
Side B:
4. The Revolution 3:54
5. Escape Destruction 3:30
6. Doomsday 2:40
Drop Dead (demo, 1989, Independent) (Cassette)
Side A:
1. Legions Of Shame 1:17
2. Humanity's Fate 3:28
Quest for domination
Over the ones we all despise
Fuck this whole damn system
Overthrow this nation of lies
Death to conformity, break the chains of hate
Clouds of darkness, swarm society
Thousands upon thousands, gather for the fall of humanity
Sickening is the future, if we cannot become one race
A unified society
We must dominate
3. Cryptic Burial 2:29
Damnation above ground, denied a human grave
Saturation of faith, as your soul bows down in shame
Screaming out in sorrow
Descend into flames
Lying in your crypt, your body decayed
Bottled in a concrete tomb
You still exist beyond death
Now the one you used to pray to holds you in his grasp
The cold black walls never rest
Lost to temptation
You dwell in this filth
A screaming death is the way you'll die
Side B:
4. Silent War 4:37
The youth of today is shattered
Fucked out of everything
A legion that is dying
To put an end to conformity
Brewing is the silent war
A revolution by the damned
An army without prejudice
Give rebellion the upper hand
Rich republican assholes are the ones to blame
It makes me sick to look at this country of shame
Why can't we live in peace, we're digging our own graves
Children of the overlord, come and take me away
Misery fills our lives
With death and hate and apathy
Fight for a new beginning
It's the only way to break free
5. Signs Of The Coming 2:47
Segregation of a rotting land
The hand of power falls on the common man
Anticipation of what the world will bring
With countries run under bigotry
For becoming is the son of slaughter with wings of destiny
A million years of blackened hate
A reign of blasphemy
Hindrance to mankind, the ruler of dismay
But evil's time soon will come on Judgement Day
If we ignore the signs of the coming
And do not strive for peace
We will not receive salvation
All signs of hope obsolete
6. Massacre In Session 3:55
Massacre in session, this is Judgement Day
Nails in the coffin, the dark is your only way
Prisoner 'till decision, you hail useless words of praise
There's no escape from torture, life was already hell
Anyway
Welcome to purgatory
Time is precious as death draws near
Let no other inflict you with fear
High above in the skies
Your maker laughs as he watches you die
Our Forgotten Destiny (demo, 1990, Mercy Records Inc.) (Cassette)
Side A:
1. Our Forgotten Destiny 4:25
Religion, feasted by reality
Though only one road is golden
A place of harmony
Angels, descending from the heavens
The scared kingdom
Out forgotten destiny
Kingdom shall rise against kingdom
Nation against nation
Mountains shall crumble into the sea
Dessert sun scorches mother earth
Beginning of a new age, beyond
The sunset of our hopeless ways
A new heaven and a new earth
No more of the devil's way
The antichrist will descend
With the suppression of truth
Deceives until the very end
But it's a battle that he will lose
Wise man stands on Shadow's Hill
Looks to the heavens above
Says "Lord, let the last days come,
And your promise of victory be done..."
2. A Man Of The Forlorn 3:16
Soldier dies for his country
They will not recognize his pain
In the end he was fighting for nothing
Except our puppet leaders and their game
The prophets see the young man's fate
Racing like the wind
His mind bent on destruction, his evil thrives within
A creature born of flesh, now joins the buried dead
With his spirit defeated by wickedness
And the sickness in his head
This day and age, man is pushed
'Til he can take no more
Shackles of our heritage
Embrace and make him scorn
Trapped and blinded by the force
That shuns him from living grace
He dwells in sin, and lives within
This sacrilegious age
Lead me to salvation
Cries man of the forlorn
"You must seek the higher powers
For your shelter from the storm"
3. Clouds On The Horizon 4:03
Demented children, your faith is of a darkest star
That will fade into obliteration
With its fury of growing hate
The beat makes it mark in trouble tribulation times
But the light overcometh dark
Says the holy book of rhymes
Spreading its deception, to both the young and old
A tale of lasting truth, this fable must be told
Great waters of impurity, they are flowing strong
And ongoing like the tide, we impel ourselves along
An overlay of darkness, the warlord deceives
Like a sailor in the ocean
The fiend's words ride on the breeze
Lucifer is calling
To a world that praises his name
As clouds on the horizon
Descend, and tell the future of our days...
Cold winds are blowing
Spreading the word of the beast
Forcing demented thoughts to creep within our minds
And the false prophets are teaching you all they know is wrong
It's a decadence of their values
We must overcome them all
4. The March Of Empire 4:26
The master returns from heaven
His glorious angels fill the sky
Holy empire rises
Kingdom of Most High
The white horse prepares for battles
Gathering armies from shore to shore
God's army overcomes in the battle of evermore...
The march of empire, a furnace of fire
Destroying the liar, the march of empire
Gather them to hallowed castles
Coming are the killing fields
Messiah in all his glory
Put an end to all this hell
Holy man patient and waiting
Through our days of iniquity but man of weak faith still doubting
Claims its something he just can't see
Imagine a world of peace and harmony
Life a life submission
Gateway of serenity
Side B:
5. Oppression 4:01
The devil and his deceit
Harvest of our souls
Your faith overcome
Nothing else can be done
Oppressed by our society
They say keep it to myself
Not wanting to face reality
That only Jesus can save you from hell
Are we all too deep in sin
Too blind to even see
That we're leaving a life so dim
To a life of eternity
Don't let the pressure of this world
Keep you down and take your soul
Battlefields are being formed
They hail their flag of war
Lost angel in their majesty
Must fight, cannot ignore
Hiding from the truth
Society soon will fall
Living in the grand illusion
Destruction beheads us all
Until the end, the very end
I will believe
Awaiting my death and resurrection
Awaiting to be free...
6. Falling From Grace 3:19
Life facades, demodulation
Downfall of mankind
We seem to make our own translation
Poisoned by the world outside
Can't you see what we're doing to ourselves
Falling from grace and salvation
Forsaking our redemption
How can righteousness stand tall
If the enlightened ones won't answer their call
We must stay strong in faith
To win the battles and the wars we wage
Galloping strong and free
Horse of serenity
Charging the storm of a decaying society
Blind leading the blind
Deeper and deeper we fall...
7. Peace 3:37
New generation is born
Morbid world, insubordination
An ancient page is torn
From the book of immortality
Second seal, red horse
Taking peace from the earth
The wicked man of this world
In distrust and hate, proclaims unity
Saying one world, don't be deceived
By our ways of ignorance, this will not be
In these days of adversity
We're led astray in this wilderness of sin
Struggle for your humility
Fear the wrath of the very end
8. New Frontier 3:04
You paint such a pretty picture of all this sick decay
Racism, prejudice, everything must be your way
You tell me what's right and what's wrong
And expect for me to sing your allegiance song
Well my youth paints its message on government's wall
System's for the big and rich, not the poor of small
But my Saviour is in the spirit realm
A new world of hope, beyond reform
Millions bewildered in Satan's land
Where is the love for our fellow man?
Journey far away to a better place
Heaven, make no mistake
Great is the sin that we all live
Thinking for ourselves, only to win
An angel pours his vial of wrath
It's time to make a change...
March Of Empire (single, 1993, A.R.T. Records) (7" Vinyl)
Side A:
1. Clouds On The Horizon 4:03
Side B:
2. The March Of Empire 4:26
Death By Fusion (compilation)
1994, Hipswervy (CD)
???, Independent, Unofficial (CD-R)
Tracks 1-6 are from "Ending The Sadness".
Tracks 7-12 are from "Drop Dead".
Tracks 13-20 are from "Our Forgotten Destiny".
1. The Dawning 3:04
2. Ending The Sadness 4:00
3. Fall Of The Deadly Fortress 3:51
4. The Revolution 3:54
5. Escape Destruction 3:30
6. Doomsday 2:40
7. Legions Of Shame 1:17
8. Humanity's Fate 3:28
9. Cryptic Burial 2:29
10. Silent War 4:37
11. Signs Of The Coming 2:47
12. Massacre In Session 3:55
13. Our Forgotten Destiny 4:25
14. A Man Of The Forlorn 3:16
15. Clouds On The Horizon 4:03
16. The March Of Empire 4:25
17. Oppression 4:01
18. Falling From Grace 3:19
19. Peace 3:16
20. New Frontier 3:03
A.R.T. Records Singles Series Vol. 1 (split, June 15, 2018, Limited Edition) (CD)
1. Drop Dead - Clouds On The Horizon
2. Drop Dead - March Of Empire
3. Drop Dead - Oppression
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