Jedna z nejvýraznějších metalových skupin světa, klasikové tohoto stylu (zpočátku řazeni k odrůdě thrash nebo speed). Sami přiznávají prvotní vliv Black Sabbath. Navíc výborní instrumentalisté. Skupina vzniká v r. 1981 v americkém Norwalku...
Don't tread on me, say don't tread on me
Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail
Once you provoke her, rattling of her tail
Never begins it, never, but once engaged...
Never surrenders, showing the fangs of rage
Don't tread on me
[chorus:]
So be it
Threaten no more
To secure peace is to prepare for war
So be it
Settle the score
Touch me again for the words
that you'll hear evermore...
Don't tread on me
Love it or leave it,
she with the deadly bite
Quick is the blue tongue,
forked as the lighting strike
Shining with brightness,
always on surveillance
The eyes, they never close,
emblem of vigilance
Say don't tread on me
[chorus]
So be it
Threaten no more
To secure peace is to prepare for war
Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail
Once you provoke her, rattling of her tail
