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A tyrant (Greek τύραννος, tyrannos), in the modern English usage of the word, is an absolute ruler unrestrained by law or person, or one who has usurped legitimate sovereignty. Often described as a cruel character, a tyrant defends their position by oppressive means, tending to control almost everything in the state. The original Greek term, however, merely meant an authoritarian sovereign without reference to character, bearing no pejorative connotation during the Archaic and early Classical periods. However, it was clearly a negative word to Plato, a Greek philosopher, and on account of the decisive influence of philosophy on politics, its negative connotations only increased, continuing into the Hellenistic period. Plato and Aristotle define a tyrant as a person who rules without law, using extreme and cruel methods against both their own people and others. It is defined further in the Encyclopédie as a usurper of sovereign power who makes his subjects the victims of his passions and unjust desires, which he substitutes for laws. During the seventh and sixth centuries BC, tyranny was often looked upon as an intermediate stage between narrow oligarchy and more democratic forms of polity. However, in the late fifth and fourth centuries BC, a new kind of tyrant, the military dictator, arose, specifically in Sicily. Accusations of tyranny can be applied to a variety of types of government – by an individual (in an autocracy), by a minority (in an oligarchy, tyranny of the minority) or by a majority (in a democracy, tyranny of the majority). The definition is extended to other oppressive leadership and to oppressive policies. For example, a teacher may find the school administration, the textbook or standardized tests to be oppressive, considering each to represent a tyranny.
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Dead Forever: Tribute to Motörhead [2006]
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Killed by Death | 4:45 |
Tribute to Motorhead: Hammer Down [2006]
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Killed by Death | 4:45 |
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Burn the Earth | 3:44 |
Empire of Lies | 6:37 |
Search for the Soul | 5:00 |
Contingency | 4:25 |
Fear of Faith | 4:55 |
The Ottoman's Creed | 4:48 |
After Effect | 2:29 |
Black Hand | 5:06 |
Achilles | 5:35 |
When It Rains | 3:46 |
War and Peace (Rough Mix) | 5:54 |
Tyrant | 7:41 |
Honest | 3:21 |
Poison the Well | 4:27 |
End of the Line | 3:43 |
Bottom of the East Side | 2:51 |
Vita | 5:59 |
Degeneration | 5:32 |
Hardening of the Heart | 4:38 |
Dead Sacrament | 2:50 |
Take Me | 1:07 |
Disillusion | 4:11 |
Call of the Void | 5:36 |
Of Ash | 3:51 |
Kingslayer | 4:11 |
Into the Hades | 4:48 |
The Persuader | 2:49 |
Worldstone | 4:52 |
Vibez | 2:52 |
I, Master | 4:04 |
Pray for the Night | 3:48 |
Sins of the Many | 4:46 |
Devoid of All Life Incarnate | 4:26 |
The Sun, The Moon and The Truth | 4:08 |
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Wargod | 8:56 |
Maze of Inferno | 8:31 |
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