GRUESOME “Savage Land”

Savage Land
Trapped In Hell
Demonized
Hideous
Gangrene
Closed Casket
Psychic Twin
Gruesome

GRUESOME:

Daniel Gonzalez – Guitar

Matt Harvey – Vocals, guitar
Robin Mazen – Bass
Gus Rios – Drums, guitar

Produced by Gus Rios and Daniel Gonzalez

Recorded by Gus Rios and Daniel Gonzalez at Riversound Studios, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Mixed by Jarrett Pritchard at Mana Studios, St. Petersburg, Florida
Mastered by Jarrett Pritchard at New Constellation R.M.P., Longwood, Florida
Music and lyrics by Matt Harvey
Guest guitar solo on “Closed Casket” by James Murphy

Cover art by Ed Repka

Photography by Niuvis Martin
Layout by Jacob Speis
Gruesome logo designed by Matt Harvey (with help from Col Jones)
Executive Producer Matthew F. Jacobson for Relapse Records

Respectfully dedicated to the memory of “Evil” Chuck Schuldiner, May 13, 1967 – December 13, 2001 R.I.P.

GRUESOME thanks:
James Murphy, Sean, Paul, Stevie D, Max, Eric and the DTA camp, Rennie and Relapse Records, Col Jones for help
with the logo, Ed Repka, all members of the various incarnations of DEATH for inspiration

Gus thanks:
Matt Harvey for channeling the spirit of Chuck and writing these killer songs! Daniel Gonzalez and Robin Mazen for
joining in on the Gruesome fun; Andy Z, Chris Stanke and everyone at Sabian Cymbals, Terry Bissette and Aaron
Vishria at Tama drums, Steve Lobmeier at Evans Drumheads, Joe Testa and Ben Davies at Vic Firth drumsticks,
Rennie Jaffe and everyone at Relapse Records, Jarrett Pritchard, Eric Greif and Perseverance Holdings Ltd, Sean
Reinert, Max Phelps, Steve DiGiorgio, and Paul Masvidal..DTA!!!, Ian McDonald and everyone at Sickdrummer
Magazine, Ed Repka, James Murphy for the killer solo!!, Brian Fitzpatrick for lending me some great mics!, and of
course the legend that is Chuck Schuldiner...one cannot overstate the importance of this man's music and vision! I
only hope that his legion of fans can hopefully enjoy what we have created as much as I have; it is done absolutely in
his honor! Rotting while they breathe DEATH comes slow!!!

Robin thanks:
I would like to begin with Matt, Gus and Dan without you guys this would not be possible and once again I am more
than grateful, my Mom and family, all my awesome friends worldwide (I wish I could list everyone but, there is not
enough paper to do that, you should know who you are), my bandmates in THRASH ATTACK, DERKETA and
CASTRATOR, all the bands and crew I have toured with that have taught me a lot. Also, special shout outs to Pat
O'Brien, Andy Adcock, Scott Patrick, Brian Beazelbrain, Den of Sin and My 70,000 Tons of Metal family. Last but not
least, thanks to everyone that was involved in making this record happen. Hell Yeah!!!

Daniel would like to thank:

My creators, Tilin and Pedro….The Gonzalez, Rosas, Poveda family compound….Rebekah Gonzalez for support
and
inspiration….Mauro Cordoba and Jarrett “Lord Supreme Overlord of Radness” Pritchard for helping me accomplish
this
album and for always looking out for me….My POSSESSED family, Jeff, Emilio, Bobby, Mike and Ben….My Death
Metal
Brothers, Mike Fortier, Mitchell Luna, Derek Roddy, Nick Barker, Alejandro Ayala and Danny Morris….Matt and
Gus for re-spawning the flame of Old School DEATH, and Robin for completing a lineup of awesome people......
Everyone
from the Miami/Orlando Scum Family….Rennie and Relapse Records, Mike Orrigo and Ibanez Guitars, Ed Repka,
Lindsey
Turnbull, James Murphy, Moony Mokosova, Niuvis Martin and everybody that has supported the band since its
inception….all the friends and bands around the globe I’ve met and played with throughout the years. BBSS. ALL
HAIL DEATH
METAL!!!

Matt says cheerz to the following mutants:

My lovely bride-to-be Camilla Auchterlounie, my family at large and specifically my Dad Dave Harvey, the
EXHUMED extended family, the CRETIN guys and gals, the GRAVEHILL crue, the REPULSION dudes, the DTA
organization, Mike Orrigo at Ibanez guitars, Scott Marceau, Jarrett, Gus (and his Dad) who breathed new life into old
DEATH riffs with his enthusiasm, Dan and Robin, Jarrett Pritchard for his scientific knowledge, my friends in all the
fine bands I've toured and played with over the last few years and all the other maniacs I've partied with out there,
you may know who you are, or like me, your memory may be a bit fuzzy...

Endorsement logos:
Ibanez Guitars, Seymour Duncan Pickups, Tama Drums, Sabian Cymbals, Evans Drum Heads, Vic Firth Drumsticks

Savage Land

Isolated primitives
Brutal way of life they live
Ritual of sacrifice
Victims are consumed alive

Uncivilized, a distant land

Untouched by ways, of modern man
Tie you down, and make you bleed
Upon your bones, they soon will feed

Savage land of brutal gore

Never should have been explored
As your limbs they carve and hack
You know you're never coming back
Savage land, where you will die
Never understanding why
Headhunter sharpens his knife
Drawing near to take your fucking life

Their ways, best left undisturbed

Your tortured cries, will go unheard

Guitar solo - Dan

Guitar solo - Gus

Tied and bound to bloody stakes

Death and life, is theirs to take
What means so much to you and me
They destroy so easily

Uncivilized, a distant land

Untouched by ways, of modern man
Tie you down, and make you bleed
Upon your bones, they soon will feed

Savage land of brutal gore

Never should have been explored
As your limbs they carve and hack
You know you're never coming back
Savage land, where you will die
Never understanding why
Headhunter sharpens his knife
Drawing near to take your fucking life

Trapped in Hell

A doorway into darkness

A puzzle to unlock
Discover realms of madness
Entered through the box

Solve the box, unlock the door

To a world of terror, death and gore

Sadistic twisted creatures

From netherworlds beyond
Offer sickening pleasures
For you to feast upon

Pleasure turns to pain

You will not return again

Trapped in hell
Scream in agony
Trapped in hell
Forever you will be
Trapped in hell

Guitar solo - Dan

Guitar solo – Gus / Matt

Labyrinth of horrors
No escape in sight
A place of gory torture
And never ending night

Hooks tear through, your bleeding flesh

Hear them laugh, as you plead for death

See skin flayed from bodies

Gouged eyes look on
Leviathan awakes
To drag you down beyond

Pleasure turns to pain

You will not return again

Trapped in hell
Scream in agony
Trapped in hell
Forever you will be
Trapped in hell

Demonized

Your mind, no longer your own

Within your thoughts, evil powers grow

It takes hold of your soul

Never to let go

Raped by darkness, you writhe in pain

Holy pages, now burn in flames

Speak in ancient tongues

Words of hate come spilling forth
Evil's work is done
In its thrall forevermore

An innocent mind
No longer divine - Demonized

Vomit, on the cross

Undead whores, sucking cock
Your soul, is raped and torn
In Satan's name, you are reborn

Guitar solo - Dan

Twisted, infested by evil and death

Blasphemies, spewed 'til your last breath

It takes hold of your soul

Never to let go

Raped by darkness, you writhe in pain

Holy pages, burn in hell's flames

Speak in ancient tongues

Words of hate come spilling forth
Evil's work is done
In its thrall forevermore

An innocent mind
No longer divine
Demonized

Guitar solo – Dan

Hideous

Orphaned by society
To a human menagerie
A normal life they'll never lead
Condemned to dwell in mockery

Twisted features greet you

Calling you to come inside
Wretched sights await you
Avert your gaze so horrified

Some distorted, mentally

Live lives in, obscurity
Stricken by, deformity
Amusements sold, to you and me

The sights that you will see within

Livid flesh, misshapen limbs
Vacant stare a grotesque gaze
Protruding from a wretched face so -
Hideous
Freakish nature on display
Hideous
Turn your eyes and look away
Hideous
Oddities of yesterday
Hideous
They never asked to be this way

Guitar solo – Matt

Guitar solo – Dan

Born conjoined to this fate

Deformed, twisted rancid state
Turn in fear toward the gate
Leave here before it's too late

Twisted features greet you

Calling you to come inside
Wretched sights await you
Avert your gaze so horrified

Some distorted, mentally

Live lives in, obscurity
Stricken by, deformity
Amusements sold, to you and me

The sights that you will see within

Livid flesh, misshapen limbs
Vacant stare a grotesque gaze
Protruding from a wretched face so -

Hideous
Freakish nature on display
Hideous
Turn your eyes and look away
Hideous
Oddities of yesterday
Hideous
They never asked to be this way

Gangrene

Death is pulsing, from within

Crawling through, your sickly skin

Fingers clutch life as it fades

Slowly turn from green to gray

Tissue death, bones are revealed

Necrosis spreads, your fate is sealed

Your morbid limbs, wither away

Even as you live, you decay
The time has passed, to amputate
Rotting alive, your grisly fate -
Gangrene

Guitar solos - Dan

Hands and feet, now memories

Bones and meat, is all you see
Facial features rotted through
Death closing its grip on you

Tissue death, bones are revealed

Necrosis spreads, your fate is sealed

Your morbid limbs, wither away

Even as you live, you decay
The time has passed, to amputate
Rotting alive, your grisly fate -
Gangrene

Closed Casket

Gruesome death, too horrible to bear

The coffin sealed, a hellish sight we're spared

Turn, and look away

From the face, of decay

Morbid thoughts, buried just beneath

The mockery, of a funeral wreath

Dismembered, memories
Of a life, that used to be

Death lies waiting just beyond

A rotting corpse left when they're gone
Open grave to seal them in
They will never rise again

Closed casket

Guitar solo - James

Horrid fate, to which we all are doomed

To leave this life, and enter the tomb

The grave, is never far away

Your end, may be today?

Death lies waiting just beyond

A rotting corpse left when they're gone
Open grave to seal them in
They will never rise again

Closed casket

Psychic Twin

Inside his mind – a presence lurks, seeking control

No outward sign – as it silently strengthens its hold

Buried deep within

Darkness creeping toward the skin

Twisting his thoughts – dwelling on the cold and the dead

Sanity rots – visions drenched in red

Losing his grip on reality

Death is all he can see

Raise the axe

Scream out for blood
Evil buried within
Psychic twin

Trail of bodies left behind

How could they be so blind?
Hidden from his own eyes
A morbid truth beneath the lies

Guitar solo - Dan

Guitar solo - Gus

Now fully awake – the violence that no one suspects

Lives he will take – the person they least expect

No one ever knew

The evil that slowly grew

Raise the axe

Scream out for blood
Evil buried within
Psychic twin

Gruesome

Rising heaps of bodies, immolated dead

The hellish stench of corpses, burning black and red

Rituals to re-animate, gravestones bleed

Unholy initiate, demon seed

Enter realms of desolation

Accursed hellscape
Gouge out your eyes in desperation
You know there's no escape – no escape!

Corpses feed upon your flesh, haunting death – Gruesome

Drink the blood they now let flow, drag your soul below – Gruesome
Trapped in hell, in pain you cry, now you beg to die – Gruesome
Zombie masters you now serve, in this hell on earth - Gruesome

Guitar solo – Gus

Guitar solo – Dan
Guitar solo - Gus
Guitar solo – Dan

Carved upon the altar, sacrifice by suicide

Hooks rend you to pieces, a grisly way to die

Holy man hangs rotting, a dark day dawns

Undead rise to sacrifice, the newly born

Cannibals surround you

Closing in for the feast
Body parts strewn all around you
Soon you'll be deceased – deceased!

Pages inked in human blood, evil conquers good – Gruesome

Armies of the dead command, blood flows though the land – Gruesome
Vomit from the rancid smell, controlled by evil spells - Gruesome
Staring at your severed head, you are dead - Gruesome