There are multiple artists with this name:

1) Mortician is a deathgr… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists with this name:

1) Mortician is a deathgrind band from Yonkers, New York. They were founded in 1989 as Casket, but after writing their first song, aptly called "Mortician," they decided to change the band name. They take their lyrical inspiration from horror movies, and most songs on their album start or end with an audio sample from that genre. Out of respect for their former drummer, and unable to find a worthy replacement, they opted to use a drum machine when recording their albums, but have a real drummer during live performances.

2) Mortician is a Heavy Metal band from Austria formed in 1983. They released an EP and two Demos.
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Mortician Lyrics

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Held captive by a group of thugs
Intent to kill and lust for blood
Terrorize and rape the victims
Rage unfolds its time for revenge
Hunting down the brutal sadists
Slashing, cutting razor slices

Blood splatters, splashing on the walls

Axe is sharpened ready to fall
Chopping, hacking, cut off the head
Brutal captors meet with their end
Broken body lying headless

Sliced up hacked and bettered corpses
Victims of a raging vengeance

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of the song "Axe" by Mortician depicts a story of a person who is held captive by a group of brutal thugs, whose intention is not only to kill but also rape their victims. The victim, who is filled with rage and a desire for revenge, hunts down the sadists with an axe, slashing and cutting them up into pieces. The emotion is explicitly portrayed in the lyrics when the victims' anger is unleashed as they attack their captors. The aggression is manifested in the words, 'Chopping, hacking, cut off the head,' as they seek to put an end to their oppressors.

The violent nature of the lyrics add to the overall theme of the song which is that of revenge. The lyrics display a graphic imagery of a bloody massacre, with victims lying headless and sliced up. The author uses blood splatters, razor slices, hacking and chopping to emphasize the intensity of the revenge. The song portrays the brutality of human nature and offers no remorse for the actions of the singer, who becomes a vigilante seeking justice for the victims.

Line by Line Meaning

Held captive by a group of thugs
Trapped and confined by a violent gang

Intent to kill and lust for blood
Driven by a desire to murder and spill blood

Terrorize and rape the victims
Inflict fear and sexually assault the innocent

Rage unfolds its time for revenge
Anger surges and it's now time for payback

Hunting down the brutal sadists
Tracking and pursuing the cruel perpetrators

Slashing, cutting razor slices
Using sharp tools to slice and cut the enemy

Blood splatters, splashing on the walls
Blood from the violence splashes and stains the walls

Axe is sharpened ready to fall
An axe is honed and prepared for use

Chopping, hacking, cut off the head
Chopping and hacking to remove the head

Brutal captors meet with their end
The cruel captors meet their demise

Broken body lying headless
The body is lifeless without its head