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Something Old: An updated recording of a fan favourite from Absolute Zero's 1994 release, "Torn". Probably the only song from that album that has been in every AZ or Syndicate set in the last 23 years, so it was the obvious choice...

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Life has become a cheap joke/ A tool for a homeboy to improve his rep/ Knife plus a couple grams of coke/ A simple equation for the average man’s death/ Choke on the unmanning fear/ That makes it so hard to leave your house each day/ Smoked for a case of beer/ Everyone’s learning the American way
We all pay the price/ Our money and our lives/ Our pride and our dignity left by the wayside/ We all pay the price/ Our money and our lives/ Exercise the right to take a life
Why? Where’s our failing?/ So many fail to see the value of their fellow man/ Die, they’re already nailing/ The lid of your coffin ‘cause you tried to take a stand/ Bail, get away from the sharks/ The circle’s getting smaller and it’s soon too late for flight/ Flail at the shapes in the dark/ You know you can’t escape the terrors of the night
Shopkeeper turns at the sound of his door/ Three kids having fun and he’s bleeding on the floor/ Cabdriver turns for the money he’s owed/ Gets a blade in the throat, left to die in the road/ A girl gets off the bus on the way home from class/ She’s viciously raped and left to weep on the grass/ Used to think we’re different, but now I know/ We’re all just fresh bodies for the horrorshow

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from Something New, Something Old, Something Borrowed, Zero Sold, released December 25, 2017
Music: J. Mackowycz, J. Visser, G. Novak, M. Zoller
Lyrics: G. Novak

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The Blackcloud Syndicate Toronto, Ontario

The next phase of 90s metal act Absolute Zero, The Blackcloud Syndicate is fast, mean riffs, pounding drums and in-your-face vocals with some of the best, thought-provoking lyrics in metal. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the band has released two EPs with tracking underway for a full-length release. ... more

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