PRESS“Boasting that it's ready to"destroy anything in its path," Domestic Godzilla pack a furiously heavy wallop that actually sounds like it could back up that warning. A mix of studio and live tracks, 2 Hold You Over is packed with blistering, razor-sharp riffs, 10-ton bass, and intense aggression. The breakdown in"Solidarity" shows their hardcore influences and even thrashing at full speed during their live set, they maintain a Helmet-like precision ("Factotum"). The raging vocals add to the juggernaut that's sure to steamroll right over you.”-Patrick Conlan – Illinois Entertainer (10/03)“You've gotta love a band with a name like Domestic Godzilla that proclaims,"In rage we are as one!" The group's pummeling metal-edged hard-core almost lives up to the promise of its moniker and its motto on the debut album,"2 Hold You Over"; music this massive should sound a heck of a lot bigger.”-Jim Derogatis – Chicago Sun Times (5/23/03)"Too hardcore to be metal, too metal to be hardcore"- Justin #2 - Underground Communiqué Radio Show (WLUW 88.7 Chicago)"Hard-Core?..Damn right !... Blue Collar?... You F**kin' bet ... Who are They ???...4 Blue collar guys, and one passion for music is the basis of Domestic Godzilla. Bringin the nu-metal sound to all of Chicago land Domestic Godzilla has siezed (sic) the city much like the movie monster of its own name"- Rev Payne - Musicalministry.com"You could run a line through these guys and light up all of Chicago!"-Dan - Local Live Chicago (9/02)This four piece hardcore band from the Northwest side of Chicago specializes in straightforward, bash and throttle songs that have more in common with Pantera and Machine Head from the early/mid ‘90s than any of today’s rapcore bands. On songs like Solidarity and Guerrilla, the band stomps through angst-ridden anthems like real men, not poseurs or whiny brats. -Marianne Moro – Suite101.com (10/03)"SOLIDARITY" - The first to hit my ears is this piece of fire and rage. The rattle of guitars and drums sets the mood for a good a** kicking. The vocals come out of this conflaguration (sic) with a killer mix of beauty with hammer in hand. The middle breakdown gives this song some dimension. A ride through the tormented hates inside all of us. This is good. A mantra of unity."GUERRILLA" - A simple groove tune out of the starting gate. Though not as a strong song as the other two songs, I like this one for what it is. An unabashed fire-breathing dragon that wants your women and kill your men kind of song.The band itself is tight which makes this three song E.P. good. All in all, this is a good recording. So, I give these boys 3and1/2FUCKYEAS!!!E.A.P. – SickSounds.net (10/03)"Got style of their own! I really like the style of this band, the vocals are strong and the lyrics sound good, this is one of the better songs I've heard on this site"-Tommyguns56 from Flint, Michigan“Heavy as f**k. I’m not going to review this because if I make a mistake and say something wrong (they) might kill me in my sleep.”-Peck from Hayward, CaliforniaLYRICSPoint Blank: Media:Life has takenWhat it has given meI see the lies fall before meFrom this fake realityI know, I’ve grown, I’ve thrownMy life away from what’s realPlease take this crutch from my brain The seed will not be soured by youI taught myself to seeSociety’s liesTake apart this pictureTo recreate myself againThis world makes me wishI embraced the bliss of ignoranceI know, I’ve grown, I’ve thrownMy life will not be soured by yoursJust lies I see from you allSalute the mass segregationUnited we standA nation we fallTrust in this timeForce-fed prideWhy must we fightBelieve in what we seeAnd we'll play your gameAnd except the tragedyNo - Not the sameNow I know, I can’t change back the man I once wasNo - No more painNow I know, I can think for myselfNo - Not the sameNo - No more pain No more pain No more liesNo more painNo more liesRockstar:Look at them now standing right thereFilling their heads with the sour airShowing them thingsThey can never bringPromised everythingDoes this have to beNo- You will never be part of meSee- All the thing you will never beEverything could be so fucking so fucking frighteningEverything could be so fucking so fucking frighteningNo I'm not scaredI'm doing things and doing it my wayGetting them mad but that's okShowing them things they can never bringPromised everythingDoes this have to beNo- And you'll never be part of meAll the things you will never beEverything could be so fucking so fucking frighteningEverything could be so fucking so fucking frighteningNo I'm not scaredI don't want to be a fucking rockstarI just want to keep my feet planted right hereI don't really care if I go farI got my friendsI got my friendsI don't want to beI don't want to beEverything you see on fucking TVI don't want to beI don't want to beEverything you see on fucking TVI'm doing things and doing it my wayGetting them mad but that's okShowing them things they can never bringPromised everythingDoes this have to beNo- And you'll never be part of meAll the things you will never beEverything could be so fucking so fucking frighteningEverything could be so fucking so fucking frighteningNo I'm not scaredI don't want to be a fucking rockstarI just want to keep my feet planted right hereI don't really care if I go farI got my friendsI got my friendsI don't want to beI don't want to beEverything you see on fucking TVI don't want to beI don't want to beEverything you seeFactotum: No one sees what I believe No one believes what I see Never thought it would be this wayAnd now I try harderNever thought it would be this hard Now you know who we are Drop your fake life And get the f**k up Waiting, seeingThings raw and now I knowThat everything has become another typical neurotic daydream And I don't want to be a part of this ensemble Don't you fall for me Can't you see this part of meCaught up in dreams Grew up through all Left out of me I am the oneBrain numb from allThis inner battle, have I wonI can't believe the things have been so close to meNow I’m still lost in dreamsHow can I releaseCan’t you see this part of meCaught in dreamsGrew up though allLeft out of meI am the oneNot my timeI am, I am, I am FactotumBring me down calm my headFrom all this stressI need to get awayThese streets are all I knowMy youth is goneOne man standing strongAnd I need it every dayNo more time for myselfI need to recreateAnd my past have imagesNo more time for myselfNo one sees my painGet up - Get upLanguage Barrier:Time before meThoughts can hurt the head sometimesI live lifeBut gulit never lets me beThey just tell me just to relaseMy time is now and yours is mineLIES!Thoughts they come and go from meNever understand their stupid waysI play dumb- they'll never see the real meDistorted visionNo words of wisdomWhy do you say the things you sayLies- The world so full of lies and pain/hate Waste- Don't you talk to me- wasteSaying what I want to sayNot caring who's in my waySaying what I want to sayTry to become oneBecoming- what I hateI resist so I am freeYou don't know the truthWhy do you even try to knowI keep it hard in hereI am what I amThe apathy inside the manI am the one you hateLies- The world so full of lies and pain/hate Waste- Don't you talk to me- wasteCallow:I try so hard to be who you want me to be You will never know The things that I see when I fall asleep Only scars will show The way the world has treated me and my kind Society has no spine No one to confideIn the world is so cold So I will never know Who, who is real and who is so callow No. I take pride in what I fucking know now These lies that you see behind my eyes Become history These children of this time will be so blind Born in misery You think that all you need is sweet conformity The scars that trail your mind Are making you believeThat you never needed them So why don't you break away Now the chain that makes you follow on The trail of ignorance is their God You try to see insideNo - This world is so callow No - This world is so callow You try You try You will never know Brutal truth:Take back what they took awayExpress your prideClench your fist and open your mind to the things they try to hideFight back Make a scar on their sweet nationFight backThey’ll never knowTry to see inside my mindToo much too realTake this pain awayPeople stare down on me but they can’t really seeNo - On the levelYou'll fallCan you handle the brutal truthDon’t play in that fake world gameYou'll never winKeep that rage that flows right in your veinsFight backMake a scar on their sweet nationFight backThey'll never knowTake this pain away from meToo much too realGet up if you don’t feel itGet up, get up, get upGet up if you don’t feel itNo - On the levelYou'll fallCan you handle the brutal truth Dead Asleep:These times they take me hereA place I thought I'd never fearAbove the pain I seeA shell of a man that once was meWhat has become of meI became all I hateAs I await an early graveThousands I can’t recognizeWorthless tears shed from their eyesWhat has become of meWhy can’t I wake from this dreamBring me backIs this real or just a dreamIt couldn’t beThis suicide taking over meWhy do they careTear your eyes from this coward’s soulSo much lostWaking up is my only goalLife - Lost - Wake - Wake me upI try so hard to fightToo much to give my own lifeDead men should never winFalse respect is such a sinWhat has become of meWhy can’t I wake from this dreamBring me backIs this real or just a dreamIt couldn’t beThis suicide taking over me Why do they careTear your eyes from this coward’s soulSo much lostWaking up is my only goalLife - Lost - Wake - Wake me upNo time so I just blame you Now its time for cryI will never become like you This is what you doThis is what you doFather I hate you I am not like youSolidarity:Time has taken meAll the thoughts in mindWill not leaveAnd now I hate myselfConfused- but want to leanLife has shown me thingsI need to earnSolidarityBelievingUnitedFor one thing Pride- I've shown everythingI feel nothingSo now I want somethingUnite- We stand strongThe problem is theirsBut they still say we're all wrongSmothered- From all the pain They know why we're hereOr what we're trying to sayConquer the thing We know should not beBelieve in just one thing That will set us freeAgainst the minds of nowWe've lost the chainsThey put on us somehow In rage we are as oneBelievingUnited For one thing Guerrilla:Today I will tell myselfWhy do I believeThat this will every go awayFeelings I've kept down for so longNow I try to conquer daysI've been bleeding for so longNever get back the serenityBut now my thoughts are strong.I take these days all awayBack to where it was saneI need to get past all these trialsPlease God let me just be seenAnd now I know that I'm aloneI've been bleeding for so longGetting by with a chance I found myselfWith a vengeance and nothing more.Never going let it by againNo. never going to let it phase meNever going to let it hurt againCause all you want to do is play meAnd now I'm sleeping but dreaming and seeingThis vicious bite of reality has taken mepast and beyond the rage and mentalityNo one sees my rageVictims I see ones I craveBeaten by one with no nameShadows I try to enslaveNo way to saveNo way to tameYeah man, I'm a guerrilla of warfareThat's right I'm a guerrilla of warfareCome on step up to meRight now I'm going to make you feel the breedThat's right I'm a guerrilla of warfareThat's right I'm a guerrilla of warfareThe Plan:Do you know meDo you even careGot nothing better to doThen to fucking stareYou ask why my angerWell here's the bottom lineWhat this world have given meIs just a bunch of fucking liesWhy my angerWhy this hateWhy my angerTake another look aroundTake a look in my eyesGot nothing better to doThen to fucking stareYou try to make me smileAnd not use my brainI know I'm fucking rightYou coin me insaneWhy my angerWhy my hateWhy my amgerI will tempt your fucking fateGods plans for me have failedGovernments plans for me have failedSociety's plans for me have failedYour plans for me have failedMy plans for me- I'm going to rise My plans for me- I'm going to rise Born of fireNot going to wasteSo much desireLove now turns to hateThin about what your going to do nowYou got to help me outYou got to try to figure outThe things you don't knowSee! You got to try and figure out the...Things! That's going to help me bring back aroundWhy do I still feelMy time- You want to waste my time you mother fucking sh*tMy time- I've been growing into the things I dreamMy time- I don't care I just want it my wayMy time- I've got plansStomp:You want to know how it feels to be aliveYou feels that youv'e been good and you want to surviveEverything you've know it's been done like it shouldYou've blown away all my goosYou don't knowWhat I'm going to fucking doWhen I take your lifeI'm going to...STOMPYou'll go to heavenOr I'll take you straight to hellThe drugs in your house May have might as wellBeen thrown to the dogsCause you can't sell themLife isn't worth living cause your just worth sh*tYou don't knowWhat I'm going to fucking doWhen I take your lifeI'm going to...STOMPPain- so suffer- aloneThat's rightSlap the b**ch and make his a** crySo! Should've went and killed you out of this placeEvery mother f**ker you knowI want to see them piss all over your faceYou want to cry out loudAnd you never knew whyEverything you do and all you do is whineYou don't knowWhat I'm going to fucking doWhen I take your lifeI'm going to...BEAT YOU DOWN!Me To You:I'm gonna try toGet past all this sh*tThis constant lyingThis emotional tripYou say I am an anomalyA man who doesn't careDo you want to dieDo you ever tryMust you feed off my lifeYou were born fuckedThis is from me to youWhy can't you seeThe things you'veDone to meI've grown accustomed To this natural rageI see myselfAlways going throughThis hallway full of sh*tThat's keeping me to youDo you want to dieDo you ever tryMust you feed off my lifeYou were born fuckedWhen I'm coming throughWhen I get to youWhat are you going to doThis is from me to youWhen I'm going to showThings you will never knowYour thought are dead and oldThis is from me to youAnd this is where it endsDon't be so sureCause Gos won't mendAll the scars from beforeWhen I'm coming throughWhen I get to youWhat are you going to doThis is from me to youWhen I'm going to showThings you will never knowYour thought are dead and oldThis is from me to you