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Animal rights and liberation songs by 'decadence within' from the band's early days. At the time these songs were written (1986), the issue was topical due to a revision of animal welfare legislation in the United Kingdom.

The use of vivisection for the sake of comfort, luxury, profit, and vanity.

Demonstrations and clashes with the police over acts of civil disobedience protesting the conditions inside animal testing laboratories.

Song about animal cruelty, written from a perspective that frames the victims as if they were human beings subjected to such cruelty.

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'Fearless Vampire Killers' drag the pigsty from the land of the rising sun out into the light of day.

With garlands of garlic and shot buffalo, whose blood slowly withers away along with their bodies on the grassy plain.

'Decadence within.' It is better not to look too deeply into one's own inner self—for then one realizes the havoc one has wreaked. And one grasps the mindset that "life does not forgive 'humanity'"—understanding what the 1990s meant for the "Western lifestyle," and what they continue to mean to this day.

Two songs from 1993 fit this theme—alongside an album and an extensive tour across parts of Europe.

Musically, they feature complex song structures, with the vocals serving as a focal point. 'Decadence within' possesses authenticity; the technical playing skills can evolve around that foundation.