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Strange Tales

by Corporate Sleaze

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1.
Torn Apart! 01:49
TORN APART! Every time a full moon hits, dead bodies fill the morgue Superstitions rear their head,but mostly go ignored Until one day, they find the mayor's daughter in a ditch Decapitated, disemboweled and missing all her limbs Torn apart By a werewolf's claws Homemade silver bullets start to circulate the town The mayor has a plan to take that evil fucker down Go on the hunt the next full moon and flush it from the dark The creature sees him coming and tears out the mayor's heart Torn apart By a werewolf's claws
2.
THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WOODS I can feel a gaze upon my back Something lingers, waiting to attack Prowling every trail in my wake Waiting 'til its prey is ripe to take A shudder down my spine My god, it's dark tonight Oh why did I come out here on my own? Can you see it in my eyes? Oh god, I'm terrified I'm trying not to show it But I swear to god There's something in the woods Something's moving out there in the dark And judging from the sound, it isn't far The stench of something awful on the winds I have to stop and ask myself again What am I doing here? My body shakes in fear Waiting is a torture all its own If I get out alive I swear I'll walk the line I've never been religious But I'm praying 'cause There's something in the woods
3.
Fangs! 01:31
FANGS! We hunt by day, while they are in their coffins sound asleep Driving wooden stakes into their heart They once were human, but those days have come and gone Now they only want to drink our blood You better stay out of the darkness Gather your crosses Don't invite strangers to your home Hang up some garlic Keep yourself gaurded Cause these bastards want your soul Promises of everlasing life may sound so sweet Often we romanticize the gloom These tortured men in walking corpses trick the weak Promising that strength will come with doom You better stay out of the darkness Gather your crosses Don't invite strangers to your home Hang up some garlic Keep yourself gaurded Cause these bastards want your soul There will be no sympathy for creatures of the night Drag them to the sun and watch them burn We shall eradicate as many as we find The ones we miss had better quickly learn That we're in control
4.
Ritual 02:35
RITUAL A secret society Is meeting tonight Full of wealthy and powerful men And with gluttony so pure They'll devour the poor But the man must be stripped of his skin In a ritual as old As the worship of gold Ceremonial consuming of flesh But the blood-lust inside Will not be satisfied 'Til they see a man beaten to death Bring in the victim alive so we can watch him suffer (Gather for the feast! Gather for the feast!) We are the privileged elite, these are spoils of war (Gather for the feast! Gather for the feast!) The flesh of the poor holds the secret to unending power (Gather for the feast! Gather for the feast!) We're ravenous men and we'll always be hungry for more Few men refuse To be led in this room For they don't have a clue what's in store But when one man escapes After learning his fate He soon barricades every door Then he liberates men Who were penned up with him And they cover the hallways in gas And they burn those alive Who are still trapped inside Once were powerful are now powerless Burn the oppressors alive so we can watch them suffer (Canceling the feast! Canceling the feast!) They are the ruling elite, we are prisoners of war (Canceling the feast! Canceling the feast!) Money is the only secret to unending power (Canceling the feast! Canceling the feast!) Greed is disease and will plague us until there's a cure Flames start to rise as the walls topple down Confusion and fear and men stripped of their crown The flicker of fire reflects in their eyes For arrogant men have been cut down to size Ashes and smoke billow up towards the sky Sending a signal off into the night A warning to those who sit perched at the top Vengeance will haunt you Until you are finally stopped
5.
DESPERATE SCREAMING I woke up from the depths of a nightmare Felt relieved it was only a dream Squinted hard at the darkness around me Trying to remember where I last fell asleep I try to sit up But I'm blocked and I can't get up And I realize I'm boxed in from my head to my feet The panic comes in spurts It dawns on me I'm buried in the earth It's getting hard to breathe Buried Breathing Desperate screaming Frantic pounding on my wooden surroundings I know it's futile, but I long to be free It's hard to fathom meeting death with inaction Knowing that asphyxiation's waiting for me It isn't often Someone accidentally buried in a coffin Lives to tell the tale out on the street My fate is sealed But it's awfully hard accepting this is real And not another dream Buried Breathing Desperate screaming
6.
The Artifact 02:13
THE ARTIFACT Its history is stained with blood A rare antiquity I thought I'd found it several times But all were forgeries This time, though, this time it's real My men have felt the curse Reaching out from ancient graves Morale could not be worse Spent my whole life searching, but I wish I'd never found The artifact that will soon take my life That precious relic should stay buried in the ground Dig it up and you sure to die Raid the tombs of kings For archaeology A legendary find One that predates time It comes at a price Ultimate sacrifice I can't think of worse Afflicted by a curse Spent my whole life searching, but I wish I'd never found The artifact that will soon take my life A precious relic that should never have been found How do you prepare yourself to die? Spent my whole life searching, but I wish I'd never found The artifact that will soon take my life That precious relic should stay buried in the ground Dig it up and you sure to die
7.
The Slasher 02:11
THE SLASHER A killer stalks the streets of a community I wonder if he'll come for me The sheriff vows to find out his identity In hopes that he Can end this killing spree Victims pile up, cops are facing scrutiny Every lead is a dead end Seems his face will soon be lost to history The case goes cold Wait 'til he kills again A murderer is on the prowl How many more will die before he's found? He lays in wait, and laughs out loud A sinister man An angry scowl Feel him staring when no one's around He lays in wait, without sound Seasons change And people move on with their lives Fear becomes a memory But something is forgotten as the time flies A murderer Is out there roaming free Ten years now He marks an anniversary Holding back a frantic grin Tonight he'll add a chapter to the mystery He'll kill again His streak will never end A murderer is on the prowl How many more will die before he's found? He lays in wait, and laughs out loud A sinister man An angry scowl Feel him staring when no one's around He lays in wait, without sound
8.
SPACE MADNESS The reaches of space are beyond our control Living in orbit has been pretty dull The loneliness hits me in spurts, but it's okay Mostly, I just sit and stare at a wall But sometimes I think about Earth And I wonder What all this was worth Was the science Worth losing my mind? 'Cause whatever was living Inside of me has died I've given up hope that I'll make it back home Space has an emptiness I've never known I long for the days back when I had companions Back before madness had stolen them all Sometimes I think about Earth And I wonder What all this was worth Was the science Worth losing my mind? 'Cause whatever was living Inside of me has died My fellow astronauts have locked me inside the cargo bay I'm a danger 'cause I have lost my mind I've succumb to the madness of space
9.
INVASION OF THE PARASITES Fragments of an asteroid plummet from the heavens Ripe with microscopic life Evolution has encoded their genetics To develop overnight Forming larva with an hour-long gestation They will soon control our minds Plans are set for worldwide domination Every human has to die It's not our planet anymore They now outnumber us No hope for rebellion We'll never find the master hive Soon they will rule the Earth Fuck these stupid parasites! So if you find this note Off in some distant future I'm glad that someone has survived But we have lost all hope For our own perseverance There's only panic left inside It's not our planet anymore
10.
ASSASSINS IN TIME Power Secured by control of a time machine Now history Will always be subject to change This is A weapon more powerful than any bomb Eliminating Enemies before they are born It seems to me Time machines Are something that no man should control But no paradox Will ever stop Men from fighting for control Sent back In time to the year 1982 To assassinate The ancestor of an awful man Our job: To kill on behalf of humanity And this is Something becoming routine It seems to me Time machines Are something that no man can control But no paradox Will ever stop Men from fighting for control The time machine is lost Replaced with an empty spot Some went wrong and it doesn't exist Inventors descending from The man we murdered in cold blood We are a paradox, and yet we exist Assassins stuck somewhere in time
11.
The Surgeon 01:48
THE SURGEON A man with science on his mind They call him wrong But who decides? How can you prove an afterlife Unless you bring The dead to life There is a fire in his eyes It clouds his thoughts And makes him blind A passion burning deep inside To raise the dead And clear his mind Just one experiment away from proving all his theories His colleagues had dismissed him several years before Someday they'll all regret His work with be prophetic He really thinks he can create a better world
12.
THE GUNSLINGER Paranoia peaks He is on the brink Shoot to kill Anyone who dares Step foot on these grounds Feds have formed a raid He'll go down in flames Shoot to kill Anyone who dares Step foot on these grounds
13.
I HOPE YOU DIE I hope you die and go to hell If there's no god, it's just as well I hope I live to see you Suffer eternally I hope you die and go to hell

about

What would it sound like if Stephen King and John Carpenter had a hardcore punk band? Corporate Sleaze may have the answer.

Strange Tales is an odd blend of atmosphere and energy, throwing organs and guitar synthesizers on top of fast-paced, tight-nit guitar riffs. Each song tells a different horror/sci-fi themed tale, with words shot out at rapid fire.

But it is the amalgamation of elements that sets Corporate Sleaze apart. It's catchy and angry. Like a demented carnival ride.

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released November 19, 2015

Corporate Sleaze is:
Tex Longhorn - vox
Oscar Hayes - organ
Sylvester Murdoch - guitar
Professor Armchair - guitar synth
Judith Priest - bass
Harry Henderson - drums

Produced by Todd Parker
Recorded at Brain Damaged Studios

All songs written by Corporate Sleaze

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