1. Repulsion are a lege… Read Full Bio ↴Repulsion may refer to two different bands:
1. Repulsion are a legendary band hailed as being one of the biggest influences on the grindcore genre, despite only releasing one official full length album entitled "Horrified" in 1989 (recorded in 1986).
The band formed in 1984 under the name Genocide, releasing three demos with this name. Later, they changed the name to the more "fitting name" for their style of music and lyrical content, which is Repulsion. With the name Repulsion, they released one full length album, two demos and a single. They broke up around 1991 and after over a decade, the band decided to reform again circa 2004.
Repulsion hold a legendary status as a band influencing countless earlier grindcore bands like Napalm Death, Carcass and Terrorizer. The band is also hailed as one of the first breeds of grindcore being mixed with death metal, influencing the goregrind genre heavily.
2. Repulsion was the original name of the legendary gothic/doom metal band Type O Negative. They released their demo album None More Negative during this time. Soon after they changed their name due to the above grindcore band already having the name.
Black Breath
Repulsion Lyrics
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Kill you with their breath - If you catch a smell
You've all will to live - Losing death
You are doomed to die - Smell the reapers of death
Fevered and delirious - Despairing dreams
Black shadow haunting you - It never leaves
Now you begin to feel unrelenting pain
Stiffening of the joints, death creeps in
Flesh is turning blue, the end begins
Screaming endlessly, until your death
Certain death comes at last
From the black breath
The song "Black Breath" by Repulsion is a grim and ominous meditation on mortality and the inevitability of death. The lyrics describe a scenario in which nine slaves of death are trapped in eternal hell, and anyone who catches a whiff of their breath is doomed to die. The song is a depiction of the feeling of unrelenting pain and despair that comes with the realization of one's own mortality.
The lyrics also describe the experience of living with the shadow of death constantly haunting you, and the sense of fevered delirium that can come with the realization that life is fleeting and death is always waiting in the wings. The song suggests that death is both inevitable and merciless, and that we are all ultimately doomed to succumb to its black breath.
Line by Line Meaning
Nine slaves of death - Trapped in eternal hell
There are nine beings who represent death, doomed to an endless existence of suffering and despair.
Kill you with their breath - If you catch a smell
These beings have the ability to kill with their breath, which is so toxic that even a whiff of it can be deadly.
You've all will to live - Losing death
As soon as you smell their breath, you start to lose your will to live, and death starts to seem like a better option.
You are doomed to die - Smell the reapers of death
If you smell their breath, you are guaranteed to die, and the only way to smell it is to be in close proximity to these beings, who are known as the reapers of death.
Fevered and delirious - Despairing dreams
Once you've been exposed to their breath, you start to experience feverish delirium, as well as disturbing dreams that add to your despair.
Black shadow haunting you - It never leaves
A black shadow looms over you constantly, and despite your best efforts, it never seems to go away.
Now you begin to feel unrelenting pain
Physical pain sets in, and it never stops or lets up, making your situation even more unbearable.
Before your life is through your gone insane
The combination of all these factors, plus the knowledge that your life is coming to an end, causes you to lose your mind before death takes you.
Stiffening of the joints, death creeps in
At this point, the signs of death are visible, as evidenced by the stiffening of joints and the slow, creeping approach of death itself.
Flesh is turning blue, the end begins
As death progresses, your flesh starts to turn blue, signaling that the end is near.
Screaming endlessly, until your death
You're now in such intense agony that you scream uncontrollably, day and night, until you finally succumb to death.
Certain death comes at last
There is no escaping death, and it will inevitably come, no matter how much you try to avoid it.
From the black breath
All of this horror and suffering is caused by the reapers of death and their deadly breath.
Contributed by Madelyn T. Suggest a correction in the comments below.