BAND NAME: Becoming The Archetype
GENRE: Progressive/Melodic Death Metal / Metalcore
STATUS: Unknown
LOCATION: Georgia
Lineup:
Chris McCane - Vocals
Seth Hecox - Guitars, Keyboards
Daniel Gailey - Guitars
Cody Watkins - Bass
Chris Heaton - Drums
Past Members:
Jason Wisdom - Vocals, Bass
Sean Cunningham - Guitars
Alex Kenis - Guitars
Jon Star - Guitars
Brandon Lopez - Drums
Brent Duckett - Drums
Links:
Discography:
Terminate Damnation (album)
February 2005, Solid State Records, Promo, Sampler (CD)
August 30, 2005, Solid State Records (CD)
December 5, 2005, Abacus Recordings (CD)
2005, Capital Christian Music Group (Digital)
July 14, 2011, Broken Circles Records, Limited Edition (12" Vinyl)
Track 4 is divided into 3 part:
Pt. I: Deception
Pt. II: Lament
Pt. III: Triumph
1. March Of The Dead 1:48
2. Into Oblivion 6:03
It hurts to see you live your life revolving around death
And to see your heart when I can't see your face
So far away
One foot in front of the other, step to the right
Time has its way and I'll be right here waiting for you
3. One Man Parade 4:56
Behold the man without strength
The strongest man that ever lived
Behold the end of all things
The end of all things just beginning
The weak are marching on with one subjective
Take back the times
These days are evil
No one can stop them
The dead rise up to praise You
Your love goes far beyond the grave
It's life or death
Now make your choice
Whose side are you on?
4. Elegy 11:17
Death reigns over the earth
Oppressing justice and truth
Nations plagued by despair
Are collapsing hopelessly into themselves
We watch while sanity dies
Forever lost upon the Earth
Countless souls embracing condemnation
One by one marching to the grave
Into the mouth of the ruin that feeds upon the damned and the deceived
And they will cry there is no life here, only death
Deceived
Wide is the path that leads to destruction
Wide is that pathway down into the pit of despair
5. Night's Sorrow 3:57
6. The Epigone 5:03
There's nothing I can say that hasn't already been said
I'm just repeating myself repeating someone else
Equally incapable of uttering a single new thought
Yet you are ever worthy of adoration
So how can I for a moment cease to lift my heart in praise?
Your name is glory
My song is victory
And I will keep on singing
There is no opposition
Nothing can stand in your way
Make my life your own
7. Beyond Adaptation 2:36
I bear these scars
A constant reminder of my own inadequacy
I've held everything and nothing all at once
And all at once been altogether broken
But even scars fade with time
Only You remain
And my determination is not enough
Even so, I bear these scars
8. No Fall Too Far 5:48
My heart has never been enough
Breathing just barely gets me by
For a time
The consequences of being human won't be undone by human hands
I turn my head and see it all falling apart
But You're still here, un-phased by me
I'm holding on
I'm holding on to you
I move my eyes from fixation on a fallen world
I'm holding onto you, un-phased by me
These walls fall down around me but I will stand
And though my body be burned away I will live
Life
9. Ex Nihilo 5:08
The time has come
Arise from death
Victory is close at hand
Take up the sword and follow me
Out of nothing into a new creation
A thousand decades of despair will pass away in an instant
And You and I will be there
With hands raised in victory
Fall on your knees
The time has come
10. Denouement 1:51
11. The Trivial Paroxysm 6:35
So it begins
And I am surrounded by my enemies
Darkness seems like my closest friend
Suffering and waiting for you
Each breath feels like my last
But that won't stop me
I've seen the way it finds
I won't give up
Carry on til then
And though I'm incapable of sustaining myself even for a moment
I will outlive time
Carry on
The Physics Of Fire (album)
June 18, 2007, Solid State Records (CD)
???, Capitol Christian Music Group (Digital)
2007, Century Media Records, Promo (CD)
2007, Century Media Records, EMI (CD)
2007, Century Media Records, Solid State Records (CD)
1. Epoch Of War (The Physics Of Fire Pt. 3) 3:16
The number of men who carried the flame continued to increase
And a massive force was gathered just outside the prison
Where the evil one had trapped the souls of men
And with a sounding trumpet
In an instant the siege was underway
The forces of humanity swarmed the enemy camp
They stormed the gates relentlessly
Waving their torches and shouting together
There is none that can stand against the power of fire
2. Immolation 5:29
Oh the misery of my people
I've heard them crying out
Their lamentation
The deafening sound of sorrow
Clothed in anguish
They've been enslaved for generations
But now the time has come
I will deliver them
One fire burns within my soul
Consuming all of the doubt in my mind
Infusing my soul with purpose again
Awake from sleep my chosen people
Rise in resurrection
Break the bonds of slavery and step out into a new life
Hear the word spoken through flame
A fire that cannot be quenched
3. Autopsy 4:08
If my body was broken open and you could look inside
Would you only find flesh
Just the useless parts of an obsolete machine
Would there be any sign of life
Or would you only find death
Would there be any evidence of a human soul trying to escape
If a flame once burned within this shell
Set me on fire one last time
Is there a clear division of soul and spirit marrow and joint
Can the human body still give you glory even in death
May the ashes tell the story of what work was done within
May my soul pause to witness as this body goes up in flame
Set me on fire
4. The Great Fall (The Physics Of Fire Pt. 1) 4:10
In the time before the great fall
The power of fire was known to man
Imparted at creation as a vital component of the human soul
And the only knowledge that the enemy did not possess
And the reason that he deceived humanity
Many ages have passed since that time
When the evil one made his pact
When men were yet ignorant to the truth and easily deceived
In exchange for the keys to knowledge
Mankind gave up their immortal souls
Corrupted by the enemy
The souls were held
Encased in ice
Indefinitely
5. Nocturne 3:19
6. The Monolith 3:46
I stood at the foot of the mountain
And watched the fire descend
The earth trembled
Smoke filled the air
I heard the sound of a trumpet
Calling me into the darkness
I ascended to the top of the mountain
I stood in the center of the flame
Yet I was not consumed
7. Construct And Collapse 4:59
These are the times that try men's souls
In this the age of obscurity
The world awaits its own demise and all creation cries out
Unleash your devastation
Like a pestilence throughout the land
Bring utter desolation
Let your judgement fall
Pour out your power
Pour out your wrath
Assail the gates of sin and death
And scatter the council of the wicked
To devour evil where it dwells
End persecution
End torment
End despair
Reclaim your creation
8. Endure 2:50
This life is an open wound that will not heal
I cry out to God with all of my strength
Desperately I reach for Him in the night
This misery keeps my eyes from closing
Keeps my mouth from being able to speak
Is this as far as the arm of God extends
Has the fire burned itself out
There is no profit in this way of thinking
I must escape this frame of mind
And when I think of all He has done
When I consider all that He is
I am complete
9. Fire Made Flesh (The Physics Of Fire Pt. 2) 4:29
And so was the plight of man for generations
Their souls remained frozen
Enslaved in darkness
Until the day that fire fell from heaven
Those who witnessed the blaze took up torches
And carried them into all the earth
Bearing witness that fire would be the key
To undoing the enemy's grasp on their souls
Yet there were those who refused to believe
Since they had not seen the source of the blaze with their own eyes
Still many others left all they had behind
They took up torches and carried the flame
I will carry the flame to the end of the earth with me
This fire that burns forever is the only thing that sets me free
They marched deep into the depths of the earth
To reclaim their souls from the enemy
10. Second Death 6:03
Surrounded by darkness
My body cold
My spirit weak
My greatest attempts to start a fire have proved to be in vain
The flame always fades
The warmth never lasts
And the freezing grip of death is at my throat again
Consumed by despair
My final breath escapes
I can hear the sound of a fire burning all around me
Yet I see not light
I feel no warmth
I find no rest
11. The Balance Of Eternity (The Physics Of Fire Pt. 4) 8:49
They stood just inside the walls of the fortress
And looked out upon an endless sea of ice
At first the only sound was of burning torches
But another sound was rising
That of thousands of souls groaning in bitter agony
Trapped just below the surface and awakened by the presence of fire
The sound of the souls crying out for rebirth continued to grow
It became deafening and caused all of the men there
To fall on their knees
They drove their torches into the ground and watched as the ice began to melt away
The enemy's grasp was broken by the power of fire
And a great multitude of souls were reclaimed from the ice
But there were many others that did not respond
To the presence of fire
They remained frozen
Enslaved in darkness
Forever
When the mountains crumble into the sea
When the stars fall from the heaven and scorch the earth
Then every knee will bow before the flame
And every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord
Forever
Dichotomy (album)
November 25, 2008, Solid State Records (CD)
???, Capitol Christian Music Group (Digital)
1. Mountain Of Souls 5:16
I am a ghost
A phantom in a solid world
Standing at the foothills of forever
With no strength to carry on
Every step I take
Shines light on my defective state
But I won't ever fade away
Eternity is black and white
And I've been living in between
Another shade of gray
Put your arms around me
Lift up me up so I can see
The mountain of souls
The river of blood
Bury me in the river
That flows with blood forever
Carry me up to the mountain
Where the sacrifice was made
Where through a pool of light
We experience new spaces
2. Dichotomy 4:25
In this hour the tower shall fall!
Initially they rationalized with futile speculations
Which brought about their ultimately fatal calculations
They sewed their own eyes shut
To protect them from the light
Closed the doorway of their minds
Barred and sealed it tight
Their foolish hearts were darkened
Their vacant minds deceived
The lies that they exchanged for truth
Became all that they believed
They exchanged the incorruptible
For the image of fallen man
Worshiped creature rather than creator
The image rather than his hand
The heavens wait in silence
For the coming of the end
As man perfects his own imperfection
Destruction closes in
In the grave they chose to make their beds
And now all that they've created
Comes crashing down upon their heads
Death is waiting
In this hour the tower shall fall!
3. Artificial Immortality 3:58
Technology will conquer, biology will fall
Machines provide the means for the chosen few
To rise up and be "immortal"
Discard the body to elevate the intellect
Remove the head, remove the soul, implant the artificial
Remove the head, remove the soul, dehumanize... no!
Shake off the chains
The constraints of your mortality
This new evolution puts "perfection" within our grasp
Discard the body to elevate the intellect
Remove the head, remove the soul, implant the artificial
Remove the head, remove the soul, dehumanize... no!
I am not a mechanism
I am part of the resistance
I am an organism
An animal, a creature, I am a beast!
4. Self Existent 4:18
In the darkened tomb
I walked but only found it empty
My mind is tormented
My soul is shaken
As a flame is tormented by the wind and rain
As the earth is shaken by an earthquake
My heart has accepted
What my eyes could never have believed
I watched Him die
I watched Him die
In the silence death is defeated
In my spirit the battle rages on
And then I stepped into the light
I heard His voice, I saw His face
And then He stood there before me
A man buried but never dead
My heart has accepted
What my eyes could never have believed
I saw Him rise
I saw Him rise
He is alive!
And reigns forever
He is alive!
He'll reign forever
5. St. Anne's Lullaby 1:53
6. Ransom 4:04
The sky grows pale
And the sea turns black
Solid darkness falls all around me
Makes it hard to breathe
Makes it hard to think
But the darkness is not empty
It is bearing down upon me
Makes it hard to breathe
Makes it hard to think
And I know this can't go on
Oh death my worthy adversary
You've tormented me for far too long
He leapt into the arms of hell itself
That gave birth unto corruption
And battled with the undead corpse
Until its face was smashed beyond recognition
My hands have taught me terrible things
His hands have set me free!
7. Evil Unseen 4:04
There is a pattern of deception growing
Feeding off of our ignorance
It won't let go!
Until we let go
It wants control!
Just take a leap of faith
So many times we doom ourselves
But the root is always the same
We exchange our faith for rational thought
We trade our conscience for advanced reasoning
But there's no love in thought
Nothing that lasts in deduction
There's no hope in justifying wrong
Just death in rationalism
I am not of this world
And science cannot explain me
I will transcend death
This body will not contain me
This evil unseen must be defeated
This pattern must be destroyed
It hijacks the mind
It distorts our perception
Perverting the truth 'til it's gone
It won't let go!
Until we let go
It wants control!
Just take a leap of faith
Compromising faith will doom the generations
The cancer of mind-worship leaves the spirit to decay
Compromising faith will doom the generations
The cancer of mind-worship will leave your spirit to decay
8. How Great Thou Art 4:29
Oh Lord my God
When I in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder
Thy power throughout the universe displayed
And when I think that God his Son not sparing
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in
That on that cross my burden gladly bearing
He bled and died to take away my sin
When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart
Then I shall bow in humble adoration
And there proclaim my God how great Thou art
(Then sings my soul)
How great Thou art!
My God how great Thou art!
9. Deep Heaven 4:38
Awakened from the shadows
Leaving behind that cold and silent planet
Moving through infinity
Into the embrace of heaven
Eternity has overtaken me
Eternity is inside of me
My eyes have been illuminated
To reality; the fallen state of earth
Revelation penetrates the silence
Cuts to the center of my spirit
Destroys my previous conception of existence
Until this moment all that I have known
Is death's attempt at imitating life
(And for the first time I am truly alive)
Eternity has overtaken me
Eternity is inside of me
10. End Of The Age 6:30
The earth is shaking
Because of His wrath
The mountains tremble
At the sound of His voice
He pulls down the sky
To crush His enemies
He descends upon them with fire
He is clothed in greatness
His voice resounds throughout the earth
His vengeance no longer is contained
His light destroys the darkness
If He speaks the earth will crumble
If He moves the universe will fall
He is clothed in greatness
His voice resounds throughout the earth
With the valleys of the seas exposed
And the surface of the earth laid bare
He reached down into the void
He reached down and took hold of me!
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
Necrotizing Fasciitis (single)
September 14, 2009, Solid State Records (Digital)
???, Capital Christian Music Group (Digital)
1. Necrotizing Fasciitis 2:45
"Make it sound nasty!"
Necrotizing Fasciitis
Ooah...
Oh, yeah...
Destroy
Uaah...
Destroy
Destroy, destroy, destroy...
Born in darkness
Escaped the grave
Devouring flesh
Now embrace the plague
Born in darkness
Escaped the grave
Devouring flesh
Now embrace the plague!
Yeah...
Necrotizing Fasciitis
Embrace the plague
Yeah...
Celestial Completion (album)
March 29, 2011, Solid State Records (CD)
???, Capitol Christian Music Group (Digital)
1. The Resonant Frequency Of Flesh 2:11
There was a time
When we all sang the song of death
But now our bodies resonate
Out living souls reverberate
The music of eternal light
2. The Magnetic Sky 4:25
Here at the end of the world
Planets fall and we are rising
Soul and sky are magnetizing
Here at the end of the world
We are witnessing together
The inception of forever
Time begins to bend
And then it breaks
When it's all gone
We'll be movin' on, movin' on
Rising
Magnetizing
Lift the earth and like a wave
Carry us to shore
What a perfect
What a beautiful emptiness
And we will live forevermore
Crush the mountain in your hand
Drink the ocean dry
What a perfect
What a beautiful emptiness
To know that we will never die
A world within a world
A life that blooms in death
The blade that severs cleanly
Takes away the need for breath
A hand within a hand
A window in the eye
The heart becomes irrelevant
When the blood is on the outside
We have come alive
In this magnetic sky
We have come alive
And death shall be no more
This is what we were created for
3. Internal Illumination 5:10
Engage
Turn out the light
Internal illumination
And see, the earth is bright
With internal illumination
The ones who came before
Were only looking for decay
Forsaking and mistaking
What was hidden in their day
But now the veil is broken
The light is clearly seen
The lines begin to blur
And reveal what's always been
It's rising, it's growing
And all our hearts are glowing
It's raining, it's flooding
And we can feel it in our bones
Don't believe your eyes
The light is growing brighter
Don't accept the obvious
Time is a face upon the water
Shadow veils perception
Breeds deception and false doubt
In the soil of assumption
Seeds of hopelessness are found
No more painting shadows
On the canvas of life
No more drinking water
Out of wells that are dry
4. Path Of The Beam 5:00
The crooked path is becoming straight
As we move toward perfection
That old black rider ever chasing
No longer sets the direction
We ride on a beam of light
On a wave of pure precision
Our souls arise in endless flight
And we are one in perfect fusion
We ride into the atmosphere
And leave the world behind
Ride because the end is here
No force on earth can hold us down
There is truth in the illusion
But do not be deceived
There is a greater purpose
Than what is easily perceived
The presence of the light increases
While everything is growing dim
This fleeing world withers away
Revealing beauty concealed within
The evidence of perfection grows
While kingdoms rise and fall
The souls of men are drawn to the source
That binds us all
Makes us who we are
We are the sleepless ones
The ones who will be changed
The living, breathing, body of light
And we've got freedom coursing through our veins
5. Music Of The Spheres: Requiem Aeternam Part I 1:33
6. Elemental Wrath: Requiem Aeternam Part II 7:51
Deep within the ocean's keep
There lies a corpse in endless sleep
A searchlight pierces the abyss
And the darkness groans in great distress
I am the ocean
Keeper of every darkened soul
The never ending throat of death
That swallows continents whole
Now the ground is shaking
Midst the grinding gears
Dead for the takind
An iron hand appears
Moving up through time and space
Sun and sky reveal their face
A shock runs through the atmosphere
The wrath of air awakens here
I am the blackened sky
Waters quake beneath my hand
I am the end of nations
That rains death upon the land
There is a void where the heart should be
But a stone has held its place
While there is likeness of the human form
No existence lights his face
Take this heart if you'd survive
The coming wrath
Now come alive
All the earth is silent
The universe has shifted
Creation holds its breath
And the curse of death is lifted
7. Xenosynthesis: Requiem Aeternam Part III 3:16
The heart of flesh has taken root inside
The light of life has been injected
Like circuitry across the expanse of space and time
Another darkened soul has been connected
Soli Deo Gloria
You can't save yourself
Enemies are rising up against the light
Yet it will go on shining even in the darkest night
Lifted up from the ocean's tomb
His body modified, surgically improved
Given a heart that never stops beating
Given lungs for underwater breathing
To return to the ocean floor
To walk among the dead below
Despite the flesh, light will outpour
And in darkness hope will grow
The ocean echoes back the music of eternity
The blackest sky gives way to perfect beauty
Requiem Aeternam
Soli Deo Gloria
8. Invisible Creature 0:41
9. Cardiac Rebellion 5:17
From somewhere in the darkest depths
Within the cloth of secrets kept
Out of silence death maintained
Resounds a voice that shakes the frame
Listen now unto the call
Like nothing heard before
Living hearts begin to crawl
Bursting forth through stubborn flesh
The invisible nature is taking over
Taking over from within
The invisible creature is breaking through
Breaking through the skin
Hey!
Clear the way!
It's a revolution!
Cardiac rebellion!
And now we see them marching
Dragging bodies in their wake
To the call there is no stopping
It is forever that's at stake
It's a cardiac rebellion
So join the revolution
10. Reflect/Refract 4:37
All the lights are burning bright
All our bodies taking flight
The shadows cast are evidence
There is a deeper world than this
Hearts like candles light the way
Turning darkness into day
Let us all this light absorb
Until at last we are no more
Yet I am just a prism
Ceaselessly refracting
All of the light you are exacting
Flesh is dissolving in the light
Soaking the soul in radiation
The pathogens take hold at once
And begin transformation
Father of lights
Shine upon us here
Take the darkness from our hearts
Make it disappear
Reflect, refract
Break me
Remake me
A mirror that reflects your glory
Break me
Remake me
A mirror that reflects you perfectly
11. Breathing Light 6:32
The final chapter has already been written
The story has been told
In another dimension, beyond the reach of time
There is no more, no more to behold
See the artificial light now
It is flickering, fading away
Eternity is right now
It is fusing with today
Breathing light
We anticipate
Breathing light
Or suffocate
See the darkness that conceals you
Evaporating, exposing the soul
And as the light reveals you
Let it in, let it take control
As death corrupts
Beauty is revealed
As the whole world falls apart
Broken souls are healed
We are breathing light
It sets our hearts aglow
We are breathing light
Eternal is the overflow
O Holy Night (single)
December 6, 2011, Solid State Records (Digital)
???, Capitol Christian Music Group (Digital)
1. O Holy Night 4:18
Celestial Progression (EP)
April 17, 2012, Solid State Records (Digital)
???, Capitol Christian Music Group (Digital)
1. Breathing Liquid (Born Of Water Remix) 4:13
2. We Ride (Giant Robot Remix) 2:40
3. Invisible Sitar (Giant Robot Remix) 4:12
4. Elemental Bond (Giant Robot Remix) 3:22
5. Space Refraction (Giant Robot Remix) 3:15
6. Magnetic World (Giant Robot Remix) 4:04
The Time Bender (single, August 28, 2012, Solid State Records) (Digital)
1. The Time Bender 3:22
Traversing the infinite
Transcending the evident
Watch as reality bends to my will
Navigating eternity
Dispatching uncertainty
Navigating eternity
Behold in my presence
Time standing still
I am the future
I am the past
I have seen you breathe your last
Navigating eternity
Dispatching uncertainty
Navigating eternity
Behold in my presence
Time standing still
I am the end
I am the start
I am holding your beating heart
Day is night
Dark is light
Eternally self-existent
Traversing the infinite
Transcending the evident
Watch as reality bends to my will
I am the future
I am the past
I have seen you breathe your last
I Am (album)
September 14, 2012, Solid State Records (Digital)
September 18, 2012, Solid State Records (CD)
???, Capitol Christian Music Group (Digital)
1. The Ocean Walker 3:30
I walked
I walked
Across the ocean
To the island
Of the dead
I climbed
I climbed the mighty tidal-wave
All other
Men have dread
I alone am standing...
Standing in a
World of silence
The tsunami and the hurricane
Bow down
I alone am standing...
Standing in a
World of silence
The tsunami and the hurricane
Bow down
Bow down at my command
All the oceans
All the oceans filled with death
I have consumed
In a single breath
I am the fountainhead!
I am the fountainhead!
I am the fountainhead!
I'm bringing back the dead
I am the fountainhead!
I am the fountainhead!
I am the fountainhead!
I'm bringing back the dead
2. The Time Bender 3:23
Traversing the infinite
Transcending the evident
Watch as reality bends to my will
Navigating eternity
Dispatching uncertainty
Navigating eternity
Behold in my presence
Time standing still
I am the future
I am the past
I have seen you breathe your last
Navigating eternity
Dispatching uncertainty
Navigating eternity
Behold in my presence
Time standing still
I am the end
I am the start
I am holding your beating heart
Day is night
Dark is light
Eternally self-existent
Traversing the infinite
Transcending the evident
Watch as reality bends to my will
I am the future
I am the past
I have seen you breathe your last
3. The Eyes Of The Storm 2:55
I cause chaos and confusion
I put the sky in turmoil
I see the world as the sun does
I wreak havoc in a whirlwind
The wind is at my fingertips
And my voice is the lightning
And the thunder
Destruction
Is My work
To obliterate
Your petty structures
Destruction
Is My work
To obliterate
Your petty structures
To make your weak hearts quiver
To make you tremble
To create in you a sense of fear
To open your eyes
To your desperation
Destruction
Is My work
To obliterate
Your petty structures
Destruction
Is My work
To obliterate
Your petty structures
Oh how I long for you to say
"Consume my beating heart"
"From within"
From within
From the inside
Tear me apart
Consume my beating heart!
From within tear me apart!
Consuming my beating heart!
From within
Tear me apart!
4. The Sky Bearer 3:50
I carried the sky on my back
I caught the day that it fell
All of the world had turned black
And stared into
The mouth of hell
It crushed all the mountains
And the tops of the trees
For a moment it even brought me to my knees
On my shoulders I lifted impossible weight
Up the mountains I bore
Unbearable freight
It was in silence that I arose
And in silence infinity closed
There are no words wasted
When death is tasted
It was in silence that I arose
And in silence infinity closed
There are no words wasted
When death is tasted
I carried the sky on my back
I caught the day that it fell
All of the world had turned black
And stared into
The mouth of hell
It crushed all the mountains
And the tops of the trees
For a moment it even brought me to my knees
On my shoulders I lifted impossible weight
Up the mountains I bore
Unbearable freight
5. The Machine Killer 2:07
6. The War Ender 4:23
I spoke to the heart of darkness
Let there be light
Let there
Let there be light
I spoke to the heart of darkness
Let there
Let there be light
I reached into the dead man's chest
And brought him back to life
Let there
Let there be light
I am the shock to the system
Reanimation is in my hands
I am He that buries men alive
I am He that buries men alive
I am the shock to the system
Reanimation is in my hands
I hold the keys
Of life and death
And nothing can stand against my plans
Nothing can stand against my plans
I am He that buries men alive
Drowns them and draws them out to thrive
I make the blood flow through your veins
I am the author of your final chapter
The bringer of life and bringer of pain
For a time there is war
So that war can yield peace
But I am Lord
Despite your pain and disease
The trials and battles of life
The endless burden of strife
The final breath of these monsters
I will bring to pass
The final breath of these monsters
I will bring to pass
I lay in the ruins of the war machine
I conquer the conquering
War-ending angels I will deploy
The destroyer I will destroy
7. The Weapon Breaker 4:43
This is the day you die
Murder
Murder and hatred
Infliction
Infliction of pain
And creation
Creation of sorrow
Murder and hatred
Total annihilation
Destruction of soul that I've redeemed
Obliteration of lives that I've created
The scars of your lives
The sounds of your cries
Destruction
Obliteration
The scars of your lives
The sounds of your cries
Destruction of soul that I've redeemed
All these shall see their...
All these shall see their end
All these shall see their...
All these shall see their end
I will destroy your destructive desires
And nothing shall remain except
The life you live in Me
All these shall see their...
All these shall see their end
8. The Planet Maker 3:17
I create beauty out of nothing
Majesty spins from my hands
Worlds take form
Creation is torn
To make a new beginning
New life is my occupation
New creatures of My own creation
I make the things that need making
I wake the worlds that need waking
Creation is in my hands
To You my life I give
I make a perfect plan
To breathe the life into your skin
Creation is in my hands
To You my life I give
To You my life I give
I make a perfect plan
To breathe life
Breathe life into your skin
Creation is in my hands
To You my life I give
I make a perfect plan
To breathe the life into your skin
I am the maker of the worlds
I am the creator of the planets
I am the maker of the worlds
I am the creator of the planets
Creation is in my hands
To breathe the life into your skin
9. The Sun Eater 3:14
With resolve I walked an untraveled path
In anguish endured unspeakable wrath
I am the one who swallowed the sun
Who boldly declared
The impossible "done"
Perfection in mortal disguise
See it burning within my eyes
I am the light
I alone make the darkness bright
Darkness prevailed for an hour
Until I had consumed its power
Perfection in mortal disguise
See it burning within my eyes
I am the light
I alone make the darkness
I am the sun
For I am the omnipotent one
I alone am the light
I alone am the light
I alone am the light
I alone am the sun
For I am the omnipotent one
10. I AM 5:44
I am that I am
In ages past
I spoke to man
Like man would speak to me
I rode upon the four high winds
And crushed adversity
In ages past
I spoke to man
He spoke to me
And crushed adversity
My power was shown
In works of might
That My children might believe
The blinding weight of glory
No human eye could see
I am that I am
I move among your hearts
I swim inside your veins
I stay behind the scenes and speak
To hearts who would obey
My life infused with many sons
My truth inside your soul
My body is comprised of the nations
Who will make my Kingdom whole
I am that I am
I and my Father are one
"I move among your hearts"
"I swim inside your veins"
"I stay behind the scenes and speak"
"To hearts who would obey"
"My life infused with many sons"
"My truth inside your soul"
"My body is comprised of the nations"
"Who will make my Kingdom whole"
"Now I move among your hearts"
"And swim inside your veins"
"I stay behind the scenes and speak"
"To hearts who would obey"
I am that I am
I and my Father
The Calling (single, August 5, 2022, Solid State Records) (Digital)
1. The Calling 4:59
A thousand years, a thousand failures in the making
Myriad leaks have nearly killed the operation
Traitor
Judas
Impossible task, impossible odds we're undertaking
With black market supplies and information
No one has dared to face the journey we are making
Since it was outlawed no one has even tried
The hour is now, the voyage is critical
To shatter the boundary of the impossible
Only we can bring them home
Close your eyes and follow the light
Let reality bend itself around you
By conviction and not by sight
Answer the call from deep within you
Zealot
Mad man
Many arose and volunteered to go the distance
All failed to withstand the tests required to jump
Only one reluctant soul displayed resistance
To transdimensional-nano-particle radiation
Close your eyes and follow the light
Let reality bend itself around you
By conviction and not by sight
Answer the call from deep within you
Open the door
Step inside
All you've got to do now is survive...
2. The Remnant 4:48
We have not forgotten
We have not forgotten
We are a part of the resistance
The underground insurgent remnant
We bear this burden through the ages
Beneath the surface the war still rages on
They were the chosen ones
We have not forgotten
We are the only ones
Who refuse to let go
Separation
Countless dimensions in between
Communication
Severed ties with ancient mystery
No explanation
Only the silence of the unforgiving void
Dissociation
We can't let this memory be destroyed
We have not forgotten
We have not forgotten
This is the work of a hundred generations
To recover what was abandoned
To unlock the secret of the ancients
And traverse dimensional space again
They were the chosen ones
We have not forgotten
We are the only ones
Who refuse to let go
Separation
Countless dimensions in between
Communication
Severed ties with ancient mystery
No explanation
Only the silence of the unforgiving void
Dissociation
We can't let this memory be destroyed
Rebuild
Restore
Reclaim the truth and take the leap again
We have not forgotten
We have not forgotten
Rebuild
Restore
Reclaim the truth and take the leap again
3. The Lost Colony 3:49
The strongest and bravest that dwelt among us
The wisest, most clever
Twelve were selected
Chosen for the journey
Conditioned to survive
To move between dimensions
Driven past the pain
Tested in the fire
Molded to the aim
Singular in purpose
Precision process
No room for error
In the face of endless
Existential terror
A fraction survived to complete the journey
The others lost forever
Driven past the pain
Tested in the fire
Molded to the aim
Singular in purpose
Precision process
No room for error
In the face of endless
Existential terror
Resilient we watched their civilization grow
For decades we saw them make the planet their own
Then without a warning we lost connection
Silence
Only silence
Complete and total blackout
Blackout
Centuries of failed attempts
To reconnect with the colony
The governments of the world inept
Abort the effort entirely
Abort
Abort
Abort
Abort
Children Of The Great Extinction (album)
August 26, 2022, Solid State Records (CD, Digital)
October 19, 2022, Solid State Records, Limited Edition (12" Vinyl)
1. The Dead World 4:49
The world was dead from the start
When the ancients first found this planet
It was nothing but a wasteland
A roiling sea
Chaos and entropy
Uninhabited
Uninhabitable
No sign of life
A million miles away from home
No light to guide
Transplanting the seeds of hope
They moved the mountains into place
Terraformed the surface to their will
They sculpted oceans out of desert space
Flawless design in each detail
A formless void
A toxic tempest
A new beginning
Within their hands
They carved the rivers out of dust
Transplanted forests where they stand
Broke up the fallow planet's crust
Injected life into the land
No way to see it then
No way to predict
Hidden beneath the skin
The host could not detect
There is a curse upon the water
And now it lives within us all
It is a blight that will devour
It will devour us, it will devour us all
Lost forever
Lost inside our own flesh
2. The Lost Colony 3:49
The strongest and bravest that dwelt among us
The wisest, most clever
Twelve were selected
Chosen for the journey
Conditioned to survive
To move between dimensions
Driven past the pain
Tested in the fire
Molded to the aim
Singular in purpose
Precision process
No room for error
In the face of endless
Existential terror
A fraction survived to complete the journey
The others lost forever
Driven past the pain
Tested in the fire
Molded to the aim
Singular in purpose
Precision process
No room for error
In the face of endless
Existential terror
Resilient we watched their civilization grow
For decades we saw them make the planet their own
Then without a warning we lost connection
Silence
Only silence
Complete and total blackout
Blackout
Centuries of failed attempts
To reconnect with the colony
The governments of the world inept
Abort the effort entirely
Abort
Abort
Abort
Abort
3. The Remnant 4:48
We have not forgotten
We have not forgotten
We are a part of the resistance
The underground insurgent remnant
We bear this burden through the ages
Beneath the surface the war still rages on
They were the chosen ones
We have not forgotten
We are the only ones
Who refuse to let go
Separation
Countless dimensions in between
Communication
Severed ties with ancient mystery
No explanation
Only the silence of the unforgiving void
Dissociation
We can't let this memory be destroyed
We have not forgotten
We have not forgotten
This is the work of a hundred generations
To recover what was abandoned
To unlock the secret of the ancients
And traverse dimensional space again
They were the chosen ones
We have not forgotten
We are the only ones
Who refuse to let go
Separation
Countless dimensions in between
Communication
Severed ties with ancient mystery
No explanation
Only the silence of the unforgiving void
Dissociation
We can't let this memory be destroyed
Rebuild
Restore
Reclaim the truth and take the leap again
We have not forgotten
We have not forgotten
Rebuild
Restore
Reclaim the truth and take the leap again
4. The Calling 4:59
A thousand years, a thousand failures in the making
Myriad leaks have nearly killed the operation
Traitor
Judas
Impossible task, impossible odds we're undertaking
With black market supplies and information
No one has dared to face the journey we are making
Since it was outlawed no one has even tried
The hour is now, the voyage is critical
To shatter the boundary of the impossible
Only we can bring them home
Close your eyes and follow the light
Let reality bend itself around you
By conviction and not by sight
Answer the call from deep within you
Zealot
Mad man
Many arose and volunteered to go the distance
All failed to withstand the tests required to jump
Only one reluctant soul displayed resistance
To transdimensional-nano-particle radiation
Close your eyes and follow the light
Let reality bend itself around you
By conviction and not by sight
Answer the call from deep within you
Open the door
Step inside
All you've got to do now is survive...
5. The Phantom Field 2:48
(Instrumental)
6. The Awakening 6:15
Upon arrival of the waking hour
The only sound, the ringing in my ears
In the dark devoid of power
Through the black an alien planet draws near
Powerless awaiting descent
Incapable of physical motion
Suspended in the eternal present
Upon the waves of an infinite black abyss
I am sifted through the cracks
Within the fabric of reality
My consciousness reacts
To a new awakening
From beautiful chaos to deafening silence
And tortured sound of labored breathing
Descending faster and faster to the surface
Then all at once time and space stop moving
Blinding light
Shatters the darkness
Through the night
A voice emerges
I am the ancient of ancients
The beginning and end
The world below you has been corrupted
Not from without but from within
It was for this purpose you were chosen
Only you can end the curse now
Sacrifice your body for the broken
Your essence must be poured out
Like a bullet from a gun
Space and time
Come rushing back into focus
Tearing through the heavens
With fervent heat
Then finally crashing down into the ocean
7. The Hollow 4:53
Regaining strength and motor function
Rising and falling with the dark black waves
Removing life support, kicking the doorway open
The outside world comes rushing in
I can't remember the last time
I took a breath of my own
I'm letting go of the lifeline
I've never felt so alone
This world is hollow
Filled with selfish hollow creatures
Conceived in sorrow
Captive to their fragile features
Set adrift in a sea of shadows
The sound of screaming in the distance
On the horizon an object fast approaching
A wooden vessel filled with ghastly figures
8. The Ruins 3:58
So this is how it ends
Before it even starts
Apprehended by monstrous forms
Skin like feathers caked in mud
Nebulous speech, outstretched arms
Protruding veins, dripping blood
Sail across the blackened sea
To the village of the living things
Hollow eyes transfixed on me
The silence deafening
Standing in the ruins
A world forsaken
The empty faces of hollow creatures
Longing to awaken
Longing to awaken
Death comes for everyone
It's in the water, it's in the air
When every step is a loaded gun
Every breath is a prayer
Their bodies crumble at the slightest contact
Few have managed to survive
Endless endeavor just to stay intact
Completely hollow inside
I cannot comprehend
What my eyes have seen
Are these the children of men
That I was sent to redeem
9. The Curse 4:12
Welcome to the world of dead men
A thousand years had passed
After the water turned black
The curse spread quickly through the masses
Internal attack
The angel of death kept us alive
We crumbled in his hands
Beneath his watchful eye
There was no way to escape
Prognosis terminal
Inevitable ruin our fate
Til the arrival
He descended like fire from the heavens
Like a bolt of lightning from the sky
We crossed an ocean of death to reclaim him
Bringer of hope
Giver of life
The water of life he carried with him
We dashed it to the ground
Careless and desperate
A parade of corpses
Moving closer to extinction
Inexorable extirpation
Is there another way
Bring us back here
To the source
10. The Sacrament 8:35
Though your failures bind you
This death will not define you
Rise, renew
Extract the water from the body
Drink, consume
Absorb the life within the body
Move, regain
New life to animate the flesh
Go and reclaim the planet
They took his life in a jealous rage
He exposed their inadequacies
And shined a light upon their failures
Unblemished flesh, a painful reminder
Retrieved the capsule from the ocean's grasp
Co-opted systems to complete their task
They laid the corpse inside the metal frame
Connected tubes and wires to the lifeless veins
Not a single drop reclaimed was wasted
And when the sacrament was finished
The capsule closed and began to rise
Pierced the clouds and completely vanished
Veiled in obscurity
Hope was gone
The soul displaced
Clothed in his purity
A new day dawns
The past erased
It was a strange and dreadful strife
The day that life and death contended
The victory remained with life
The reign of death was ended
The ancient writing plainly says
Death is swallowed up in death
Now its sting is lost forever
Now its sting is lost forever
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