The first and only GWAR song sung by lead guitarist Flattus Maximus (Cory Smoot), “Release The Flies” is a sludgy, groove metal-inspired song about Flattus wanting to return to his home planet, the aptly-named Planet Home. It is the first GWAR song to utilize 8-stringed guitars.
Cory Smoot performe...
[Chorus]
Mount up
Rip torn
Launch beast
Reborn
Mount up
Rip torn
Launch beast
Reborn
[Verse 1]
Torture
Release the flies
Your karma's the stench of a thousand whores' thighs
My wrath has emerged from its bottomless pit
Unto a world drowning in shit
And you are it
[Chorus]
Mount up
Rip torn
Launch beast
Reborn
Mount up
Rip torn
Launch beast
Reborn
[Verse 2]
Torture
Release the flies
Your dogma's the sheen on a dying man's eyes
A plague to disrupt the intentions of your breeding
The maggot awaits
With your corpse I'm feeding
[Bridge]
We've been waiting for a long time
To leave this planet
[Solo]
Oh!
Hey!
Hey!
We don't know where we're going
We have no way of knowing
Which way to go to my planet home (Planet Home)
So I can go back to my throne
Release the Flies was written by Cory Smoot.
Release the Flies was produced by Cory Smoot.
GWAR released Release the Flies on Tue Aug 18 2009.
When asked about “Release The Flies” in a 2010 interview with Ultimate-Guitar, Cory Smoot said:
On ‘Release The Flies’, I actually played drums, guitar, bass and vocals […] That’s what’s cool about GWAR, which is that we’re a democracy and we all talk. We’re a bunch of crazy, cool artists that get...