Crucible Of Power, by Night Prowler

Crucible Of Power

by Night Prowler

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1.	Crucible Of Power 00:39	lyrics	buy track
Worldwide power games Human pawns being played Manufactured enemies Globalized hegemony Crucible of power (x2) At the top they keep score Moving men on a board All the while on the ground The Reaper’s scythe slashes down Crucible of power (x2)
2.	Hammer Of Justice 00:49	lyrics	buy track
Kill the pigs Kill the scum Can't wait no more Time has come Hammer of justice Hammer of... Kill the cops Kill the rats One man’s war Striking back Hammer of justice (x2) Justice is served!
3.	Their Law 00:52	lyrics	buy track
Live by their rules - No way Follow their lead - No way Take their abuse - No way Consume their disease - No way Live my life On my terms Fight their law At every turn Never Never No way No way Pressure mounts As we grow old Will we cave? Will we fold? Never Never No way No way Live by their rules - No way Follow their lead - No way Take their abuse - No way Consume their disease - No way Fight their law
4.	M.A.D. 00:39	lyrics	buy track
Global chess Utmost stakes Armament Escalates Perilous Strategy: I kill you You kill me No way out (x2) Destruction Guaranteed Diabolic Policy One false move Millions dead Tightrope act Razor’s edge No way out (x2) Racing towards Catastrophe On the brink Of World War III No way out (x3) No!
5.	World Of Abuse 00:34	lyrics	buy track
Dog eat dog Gotta fight There’s no choice In this life On the streets Violence rules Currency Of the fools World of abuse Can’t escape It’s no use Governed by An ugly truth In this world Conflict reigns Can’t avoid This brutal game World of abuse Force is law Sad but true Violence Is the rule Might makes right It’s not fair Come in peace But be prepared World of abuse
6.	Messiah 01:27	lyrics	buy track
Apocalyptic visions Barricaded doors Paranoid delusions Of impending war The end Is nigh The end War of attrition Inside his head Stockpiling munitions Preparing for the end The end Is nigh The end Messiah Manifesto written As the siege draws nigh He’s made his decision He’s prepared to die
7.	Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle 00:57	lyrics	buy track
All your heroes Dead in the grave Walking cliché Rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle Follow the path That they’ve paved Walking cliché Rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle You’re smashed, you’re trashed You’re a rock ‘n’ roll star Everyone knows who you are You’re a mess, you’re a wreck You’ll go far Drunken addict Image pays Walking cliché Rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle Killing yourself To be a cliché Walking cliché
8.	Perverted System 01:25	lyrics	buy track
Murderous cops Rule the streets Citizens shot Raped, and beat Chaos awaits Outside the door Climate of hate State of war The badge, the gun Climate of hate Perverted system Venomous courts Wield their might Staggering force Hopeless fight Weight of the law Crushes down Cries for reform Make no sound The gavel, the block Staggering force Perverted system The bars, the cell There’s no escape from this Perverted system
9.	Laughter In The Canyons 03:48	lyrics	buy track
Evil retreats From whence it came Slinking back Into it’s cave An uneasy peace Settles in Though still haunted by the specter Of Charlie’s grin Wave of fear Recedes at last Society’s boogeyman Is put in the past The American nightmare Comes to an end But how long ‘til it rears It’s ugly head again? The menace sleeps Terror hibernates Hidden in the desert While it builds it’s strength In the hills There’s laughter in the night Patiently waiting ‘Til the time is right Laughter in the canyons (x4)

about

The uneasy peace has been broken…

After a few years of silent hibernation, the Night Prowler slinks out from it’s cave to visit it’s trademark brand of menace upon the unsuspecting public one last time. Crucible Of Power is the fourth and final chapter in the Night Prowler narrative, drawing to a close a near decade long obsession with meat and potatoes hardcore music, crime, social control, clandestine government operations, megalomaniacal lunatics, the behind the scenes machinations of 1960’s American history, and the dog-eat-dog realities of a violent society. From a marriage of noir sensibilities and knuckleheaded hardcore simplicity comes nine new songs to add to the already formidable Night Prowler canon. In this instance the well of musical influence seems to be ever so slightly deeper than on previous releases. As usual, American hardcore “moron music” is the main ingredient in the formula, but an occasional nod to the UK or even crappy rudimentary thrash metal also finds it’s way into the mix this time around. Lyrical topics touched upon include, but are not limited to, the global power games played by those at the top of the political food chain, a vigilante enacting violent retribution against the pigs and rats alike, stubborn refusal to play by society’s rules, the military strategy of Mutually Assured Destruction, a fatalist acceptance of the apparent truism of “might makes right”, the messianic delusions of a crazed survivalist preparing to make a final stand against the encroachment of the powers that be, the pathetic cliché of the drug addled rockstar and the music industry that glamorizes it, and the venomous force of the criminal justice system - from the murderous cops on the streets, to the corrupt courts, right up to the profiteering prisons - indeed all levels of the perverted system are squarely within the crosshairs of the Night Prowler. The cassette, and with it the entire Night Prowler series, reaches a crescendo with it’s final act, ‘Laughter In The Canyons’. A slow and ominous riff builds repetitiously as the echoing vocals describe the inevitable return of evil from the remote desert canyons on the outskirts of Los Angeles, California, where it’s been hiding since the early 1970’s, waiting patiently for the the right time to reemerge. At last, the song culminates in a swirling cacophony of maniacal laughter and eerie guitar leads, juxtaposed against the serene sounds of ‘Little Hands’ by troubled 60’s songwriter Skip Spence. Although seemingly incongruous on paper, somehow sinister Slayer-esque riffing and the subdued psychedelia of Spence’s bizarre strain of folk music become perfectly complimentary when viewed through the Night Prowler's scope. Strange bedfellows perhaps, but an appropriately unsettling finale to the Night Prowler tale.

credits

released October 20, 2017

Recorded and mixed at A Harder Commune - St. Paul, MN
Engineered and mixed by Matt Castore
Mastered at Audiosiege Mastering - Portland, OR
Mastered by Brad Boatright
Cover illustration by Frank Cieciorka
Released on cassette in North America by KRAM Records
Released on cassette in Europe by Hardware Records
Released on cassette in Canada by Slow Death Records
Released on cassette in South East Asia by Pissed Off/Hardcore Detonation/Bullwhip Records Records

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"One of the best I've heard in a long time from a US band with meat and potatoes on their plate" - Distort Fanzine #31

discography

Crucible Of Power

Oct 2017
Stalin's Boots

Jun 2015
Psychopath

Jan 2013
Crime Wave

Apr 2010
No Rights

Jun 2015

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