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Slayer – Hardening of the Arteries [Violent Brains] (1985) | Track profile | Dork

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Hardening of the Arteries [Violent Brains]

Release date: 28th May 1985

From Violent Brains

About This Track

"Hardening of the Arteries [Violent Brains]" is a track by Slayer, from the album Violent Brains, released 28th May 1985. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Slayer.

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Lyrics

Hardening of the Arteries [Violent Brains]

[Verse 1]

Fear runs wild in the veins of the world

The hate turns the skies jet black

Death is assured in future plans

Why live if there's nothing there

Spectors of doom await the moment

The mallet is sure and precise

Cover the crypts of all mankind

With cloven hoof begone

[Chorus]

Sadistic minds

Delay the death

Of twisted life

Malicious world

[Verse 2]

The crippled youth try in dismay

To sabotage the carcass Earth

All new life must perish bеlow

Existence now is futile

Dеcrepit breath

Vile in its stench

A world in decay

Transgressor is as one

[Chorus]

Sadistic minds

Delay the death

Of twisted life

Malicious world

[Lead - King and Hanneman]

[Bridge]

Convulsions take the world in hand

Paralysis destroys

Nobody's out there to save us

Brutal seizure, now we die

[Chorus]

Sadistic minds

Delay the death

Of twisted life

Malicious world

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1985

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