Grind/Death/Thrash metal from the barren wastelands of Cheyenne, WY.
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Violent Testimony is a four-piece grind/death/thrash band from the Cheyenne, Wyoming.
First formed in early 2014 by Nathan Yanchek (guitar), Dylan Newbury (drums), and Tylor Wade (vocals/guitar), Violent Testimony initially played thrash metal with some grind flavor. After playing handfuls of shows in the Rocky Mountain region, the band went on hiatus in mid-2015 while its members pursued other projects such as Casket Huffer and Dystopioid. The band later restarted in 2022 with the same members and a more vicious grind sound. With the addition of Than Wilson (Casket Huffer, ex-Dethroned, ex-Deadspeak) on bass, Violent Testimony has been aggressively writing, recording, and playing one rowdy show after the other, looking to push its sound and following to the next level. The band released its first EP "Devastate" in March 2024. Since that time, the band has recorded, mixed, and mastered a full-length's worth of songs totaling 19 songs, all currently unreleased. Eleven of those songs are linked below.
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Violent Testimony has had the honor of sharing the stage with epic bands such as DRI, No/Mas, BRAT, Bonginator, 908, Trigger, Spectral Voice, Groin, Genestealer, and many more.
(Unreleased) | Lyrics: Dust clouds engulf the sky. Desert plagues our land. Inevitable reality, guided by our hand. Human life extinguished, history is lost. No one to remember, that we have paid the cost. That we have paid the cost. If life replenished, we tried again, the same destruction would be our end. Would be our end. Dust clouds engulf the sky. Desert plagues our land. Inevitable reality, guided by our hand. Human life extinguished, history is lost. In due time, we will pay the cost. Human life extinguished, history is lost. In due time, we will pay the cost.
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(Unreleased) | Lyrics: Truancy of fact has left the spoils to the spender. A trail of blood and ash as a billion dollar splender. Covering the focus with the images of the martyrs. Killing innocence with a flashbang celebration. Hell raining from the sky in the first semester. Shit eating grins for all you have sequestered. Molten steel is showered in a blaze of fucking glory. Publicly admitted just to falsify the story. Projections from investment led to a demise of power. Two birds from a stone just to knock you off your towers. Agenda deep inside the walls ignition of defeat. The fourth remains a mystery. It missed its fucking mark. Repeating history? Will they stay in the dark? The fourth remains a mystery. It missed its fucking mark. Repeating history? Will they stay in the dark?
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(Unreleased) | Lyrics: This world has gone to ruin. I can't be born again. Lost in a sea of sin, I'll go down with the ship. On some holy mission. Waiting for Christ to save them from this pit, but ignorance is bliss. We're trapped in this realm. No one is pulling you out. Waiting for Christ to save them from this pit, but ignorance is bliss. But ignorance is bliss. No ascending to the clouds. Just keep paying your bills. This world has gone to ruin. I can't be born again. Lost in a sea of sin, I'll go down with the ship.
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(Unreleased) | Lyrics: Rye meal mixed with the urine of the inflicted. Baked in ashes and fed to the dogs. The verdict is in, The verdict is in, The verdict is in. Embers scatter miles away from witches burning at the stake. The smoke chokes the gathered crowd. Innocent lives lost. The crowd dazzled by the screams and the sight of charred bodies stacked so high, stacked so high. Brainwashed Christians lost in time. No mercy shown in the name of god. Brainwashed Christians lost in time. No mercy shown in the name of god.
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(Unreleased) | Lyrics: Transcend the flesh into hidden realms. As the blast beats echo through the darkened forest, I light the flame. The world dissolves into a fractal fire. The shrieking of guitar, the growls and the screams. A sound track of my journey. The universe unfolds before my fucking eyes. I'm caught in a dance of pleasure and pain. Whispers in the wind, they call out my name. Into the chaos of the cosmic abyss. Into the chaos of the cosmic abyss.
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(Unreleased) | Lyrics: A hidden truth obscured by lies. Justified by zeal. Communities torn apart. Wounds that never heal. From the crusades rampage to Solomon's purging fire. Across the land intolerance took it's toll. Difference condemned and stories left untold. From ancient land to modern days, the horrors persist where faith becomes a weapon. Humanity dismissed. Humanity dismissed. They use their faith to segregate. Beyond the labels we're all the same.
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(Unreleased) | Lyrics: It's war time. The harbor is swarming with men. Seeded wombs, women fucked like tramps. Belly's of the unwed seeking safe haven from public discrimination. The Provence of Nova Scotia. The ideal slaughter maternity home. Forced to work off the debt as their children are sold. Profits soaring sky-high. Business is so fucking good. The ideal slaughter maternity home. The unwanted thrown away, thrown away like garbage, left to rot. A dawning putrid stench wafting from a butter box. Profits shooting sky-high. Business is so fucking good. The ideal slaughter maternity home. Misled to believe it was a safe haven. Mother's forced to give up their babies. A diet of molasses for the unwanted. Thrown away like garbage, left to rot.
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(Unreleased) | Lyrics: Disposed mutilated corpse. Covered in gore. Dripping with putrid flesh. Enticing the swarm. Worms slime into the cavities. Infesting every hole. Flies devour the dripping skin. Titillating every flake. Centipedes crawl up and down. The maggots fill the meat. The beatles feast on human shit. Rotting carcass discharge. The devourment of rancid flesh. The never ending lust. Instectual penetration is coming for us. Centipedes crawl up and down. The maggots fill the meat. The beatles feast on human shit. Rotting carcass discharge. The devourment of rancid flesh. The never ending lust. Instectual penetration is coming for us. Covered in gore. Enticing the swarm. Worms slime into the cavities. Infesting every hole. Flies devour the dripping skin. Titillating every flake.
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(Unreleased) | Lyrics: Look at me when you come to collect. Strap me to a chair, let me feel the power. Spitting in my face out of pure disrespect. The end of my rope and my path was a mess. Destruction in my wake and infecting distress. Free me from my chains of your putrid disguise. Strap me to a chair. Let me feel the power. My demons are freed from my body and mind. 12000 volts, feel them coursing inside.
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(Unreleased) | Lyrics: A frenzy of bodies, they danced until they bled. Mass hysteria. They danced to their death. Dance, dance, dance. Swaying to the silence. The crowd joined in on the symphony of madness. A frenzy of bodies, they danced until they bled. Mass hysteria. They danced to their death.
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(Unreleased) | Lyrics: Corrupted by the violence and blinded from the truth. There is malice in our violence and we teach it to the youth. Cruelty and war, I got you in my crosshairs. Fueling it and more, burning cost the whores. Cities in shambles and the filth in the streets. The end is surely here and I am clenching in my seat. Corrupted by the violence and blinded from the truth. There is malice in our violence and we teach it to the youth. Cruelty and war, I got you in my crosshairs. Fueling it and more, burning cost the whores. Cities in shambles and the filth in the streets. The end is surely here and I am clenching in my seat. Brother against brother. Nation against nation. Fueling the flames of devastation. The seeds of war take root. Feeding on anger, spreading like soot. Brother against brother. Nation against nation. Fueling the flames of devastation. The seeds of war take root. Feeding on anger, spreading like soot. Borders become lines in sand as seeds of war take root in our land. Borders become lines in sand as seeds of war take root in our land. Borders become lines in sand as seeds of war take root in our land. Borders become lines in sand as seeds of war take root in our land. Wars disease. Humanities pleas. Men used as cannon fire.
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