After a live rehearsal demo (Killer Instinct - 2002), two underground compilations (Metalvox … 1 e Fast Food Thrash Metal both from 2003) and plenty of gigs in all the dirty holes, from Distrito Federal and neighborhoods, Violator got the opportunity to travel to Asuncion and play in the Paraguayan lands. Among that, the band was invited as an opening act for the thrash metal legend, Destruction, and American deathbangers, Malevolent Creation.
In the first months of 2004, the band got in touch with Kill Again Records label through Metal Bloods Editor, Antônio Rolldão. After this union, what was supposed to be a second demo turned into the EP, Violent Mosh. Four songs of intense old school thrash metal, no open for modernity.
The strong label work, together with a hunger for playing live, resulted in over 40 gigs in the next two years. Violator traveled through 10 estates and had the honor to meet thrashers from all over Brazil. The tour for ending the EP promo, Moshing With Violence Tour 2005, took the band across Brazil's north-east and allowed the band to play in the middle of the Amazon Rainforest, in the city of Portel, after facing 20 hours of boat rides.
One of these thrash gigs was recorded for the fist edition of Da Tribo Rock Magazine. It came to stores in all countries, with a DVD that captures Violator's performance in Campinas/SP. Violent Mosh was also the first release from the band outside of Brazil. In a K7 tape version, just like the old 80s bands, the EP was released in Bolivia by Grim Art Productions. This copy was limited edition, with only 666 copies available.
The EP was above all expectations, which lead to another release. This time as a split with one of the greatest Brazilian thrash bands, Bywar. From the union of Violent Mosh and Invincible War, first album from the São Paulo headthrashers, Violent War was born. This brought a Violator special bonus, a version for Taurus Massacre, a historical band from Brazil.
In late 2005, the band got the worst news of all time. Their guitar player, friend and brother, Juan Leda, left the band to continue his studies in Argentina, where his family lives. The farewell show was with Filandian thrashcore band Maniacs of Força Macabra, a gig to remember, with underground spirit and United Forces. Those were feelings that the band always believed.
With Juan out of the band, it did not deter the will of doing thrash, living thrash and breathing thrash. Violator started the beginning of 2006 as a power trio. After six months locked up at Orbis studio in Brasília, the band comes up with the first full-length, Chemical Assault. The album release, in october of the same year, is also the return of the group with two guitars. Márcio Cambito joins the band and brings even more speed to the picks and insanity to the live perfomance. violator are stronger than ever. The violation has just begun!
Waiting To Exhale
Violator Lyrics
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Shotguns and bombs blazing your eyes
An addiction becomes transgression
And they will deliver the cure with despair
Suffocated for a compulsion
Poverty and drugs burning your lung
The smoke takes them to another place
Choked
(by) seclusion
Hidden
(with) repulsion
Can't these people realize
The solution is not victimize
The hand that guide the brutality
Wounds for money cleaning the streets
The problem of abandon
Should not be solved with more injure
The mistreatment of authority
It has a reason to please the rich
They want to profit with our city
Even with death as consequence
Can't these people realize
The solution is not victimize
Products of a violent state
That are waiting to exhale
For those who born in gutters
Choice is a mean illusion
The abhorrence they know all time
Is now the reason to end their lives
The lyrics to Violator's song "Waiting to Exhale" paint a vivid picture of the struggles faced by those living in poverty and struggling with addiction, particularly in the face of aggressive police tactics. The opening lines describe a sense of persecution and fear, with individuals being "hunted" and facing shotgun and bomb attacks from law enforcement. This sense of violence and aggression is portrayed as a response to addiction, which is seen as a "transgression" for which individuals must be "cured" through further despair.
The second verse focuses on the physical toll of addiction, with poverty and drug use leading to lung problems and suffocation. Smoking is portrayed as a means of escapism, helping people to forget the "living hell" of their reality. The chorus suggests that the solution is not to further victimize those already suffering, and calls out the authority figures who perpetrate violence against marginalized communities in order to profit.
The final verse speaks to the cycle of violence and despair faced by those who grow up in poverty, suggesting that for many, the "choice is a mean illusion" and that the "abhorrence they know all time" is what ultimately leads to a sense of hopelessness and desperation.
Overall, "Waiting to Exhale" is a powerful critique of systems of oppression and violence that perpetuate cycles of poverty and addiction. The song is a call for empathy and understanding, and a recognition that addressing these issues requires more than just punitive measures.
Line by Line Meaning
Persecuted and hunted by the police
Being relentlessly chased and pursued by the law enforcement
Shotguns and bombs blazing your eyes
Getting attacked by means of violence and explosives, blurring one's vision
An addiction becomes transgression
A dependency develops into a sinful behavior
And they will deliver the cure with despair
The remedy to the addiction will be provided while being depressed and hopeless
Suffocated for a compulsion
Being choked due to an irresistible urge
Poverty and drugs burning your lung
Living in destitution and the narcotics damaging lungs
The smoke takes them to another place
The puff of smoke serves as an escape route
No one would face this living hell
Nobody is brave enough to confront such wretched existence
Choked
Strangled
(by) seclusion
By separation from the rest of the world
Hidden
Concealed
(with) repulsion
Disgustingly
Can't these people realize
Don't these individuals comprehend
The solution is not victimize
The answer is not to make someone a victim
The hand that guide the brutality
The authorities who instruct violence
Wounds for money cleaning the streets
Earning money in return for causing injuries to clean the roads
The problem of abandon
The issue of being deserted
Should not be solved with more injure
The answer isn't causing more harm
The mistreatment of authority
The abuse of power shown by the government bodies
It has a reason to please the rich
They have a motive to satisfy the wealthy
They want to profit with our city
They aim to gain from our community
Even with death as consequence
Even if fatality is the aftermath
Products of a violent state
Offsprings of a belligerent government
That are waiting to exhale
Who are eager to breathe freely, finally
For those who born in gutters
For individuals who were born in the lowest of circumstances
Choice is a mean illusion
Having a choice is a cruel delusion
The abhorrence they know all time
The hatred they constantly experience
Is now the reason to end their lives
Is now the motive to terminate their existence
Writer(s): KENNETH EDMONDS
Contributed by Makayla T. Suggest a correction in the comments below.