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AFTERIMAGE

AFTERIMAGE

BAND NAME: Afterimage
GENRE: Death Metal / Metalcore
STATUS: Unknown
LOCATION: Barrington, Illinois

Lineup:
Mike Gleason - Vocals
Chris Sanchez - Guitars
Dan Gleason - Guitars
Eric Huber - Bass

Past Members:
Eric Lee - Guitars
James LoGalbo - Guitars
David DeStefano - Guitars
Justin Swanson - Guitars, Bass
Tom Hacker - Bass
Mike DeStefano - Drums
Slawek Kreller - Drums
Wes Sherwood - Drums
Brad Johnson - Drums

Links:


Discography:


Afterimage (demo, 2004, Independent) (format unknown)

1. Ab Aeterno
Where are they walking
Scales in their eyes
We see the people of the world shake
They tremble when you hide

All of life
All existence
From your fingers
Is creation

When the darkness surrounds me you shine your light in so brightly
Giving the will to move on
Your power reigns over all

All of life
All existence
From your fingers
Is creation

2. Release
Weigh me down
I fall through the ground
Lying in the element of earth

Suffer
I suffer
Suffer
I suffer
Again

My ground shakes
These gears crank

Every knee will bow
You can't take this pain on your own

Join with me
We vent the frustration
Now

Release pain
Release hatred
Behold this gift
We've found a release

I suffer no more
No more

Yet my heart will be filled with hope
When I fall into darkness
Because I will be caught
By the hand of the Savior
I will suffer no more

3. Death Was Defeated
War
It's coming
Death was defeated
On which side will you stand

He walks the ruins of Babylon
Where there is light
There is no darkness
Will you be the dust on the ground
The snake under his feet

Come my Savior
Stand among us

War
It's coming
Death was defeated
On which side will you stand

He walks the ruins of Babylon
Where there is light
There is no darkness
Will you be the dust on the ground
The snake under his feet

Come fight
On which side will you stand




Demo 4 (2005, Independent) (format unknown)

1. You Who Are Broken 7:27
I lie on the floor paralyzed
Mocked for crying out for assistance
I am in need of a healer
A savior above all things

Fear in my emotions
Soon I will perish

Why do you entertain evil thoughts
He says to the mockers he knows

You who are broken
He's waiting
Bow before him
The throne of God

The man before you is the Son of God
We kneel down unto him
On our knees

Son of God

2. Immersed 3:35
The victory of Jesus
Unfading light divine
Unto the truth open your eyes

Lord of heaven and earth
Pour the blood of Jesus over us
As His enemies watch
Their strongholds fall

Their skin is burnt by righteousness
The holy flame devours
The flesh of demons scorch

We have seen your victory
We have taken victory

Spirit of God be overflowing
Saints be empowered

We have seen your victory
We have taken victory




Burning Hands (demo, February 1, 2006, Independent) (format unknown)

1. Burning Hands 4:21
Spirit speak
Our nature binds us in dark chains from saving ourselves
We bring about our own end
In flames we will burrow with our burning hands digging distance into an eternity of damnation

But there must be a savior
A mighty warrior delivering those who deny themselves and bow before Him

Then I see the Lord
Towering over me he says
"I am the Alpha and Omega, beginning and the end
To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life"

Oh, I weep with repentance
I hear the Christ knocking and open
I will overcome by His strength
I will sit aside the throne with Him

2. Ab Aeterno 4:57
Where are they walking
Scales in their eyes
We see the people of the world shake
They tremble when you hide

All of life
All existence
From your fingers
Is creation

When the darkness surrounds me you shine your light in so brightly
Giving the will to move on
Your power reigns over all

All of life
All existence
From your fingers
Is creation

3. Death Was Defeated 4:48
War
It's coming
Death was defeated
On which side will you stand

He walks the ruins of Babylon
Where there is light
There is no darkness

Will you be the dust on the ground
The snake under his feet?

Come my Savior
Stand among us

War
It's coming
Death was defeated
On which side will you stand?

He walks the ruins of Babylon
Where there is light
There is no darkness

Will you be the dust on the ground
The snake under his feet?

Come fight
On which side will you stand?




Codex: Triumph In The Eschaton (EP, June 14, 2007, Independent) (CD, Digital)

1. Soulmender 4:06
Lord you have been our dwelling place

The fires of the acolytes are burning
A gathering of believers
His presence is here
The spirit resides in the...

Dwelling place of His followers
The weak and the zealous
In all who believe
In all who believe

Lord you have been our dwelling place

He is the sun
The radiant guide
Revealing Himself to those who do not seek
Constantly with open arms

Obstinate people
Pursuing your own imaginations

Oh that you would burst from the heavens
And come down from your throne
How the mountains would quake in Your presence

With the spirit
Let rebuilding begin
Bestow healing
Mend our souls

Oh that you would burst from the heavens
And come down from Your throne

2. Forged In Perfect Design 5:10
A promise since before the world began
And this will be Your new kingdom of perfection
The inheritance of eternal life

From His fingers
A new heaven and earth
The old is lost and forgotten
No more will the walls echo with weeping
Will death have strength over life
Rest comes for those dwell on the mountain
From theirs is the protected place

The old order will be dismantled

A promise since before the world began

And this will be Your new kingdom of perfection
The inheritance of eternal life

Never again will a child live only a few days
Descendants will live with their elders
And he who sees a hundred years
Will be youthful

The old order will be dismantled
Abolishment of human nature
Free from death, suffering, and sin

God help the souls of those who
Exclude you because of His name
And will sit outside the gates

3. You Who Are Broken 7:28
I lie on the floor paralyzed
Mocked for crying out for assistance
I am in need of a healer
A savior above all things

Fear in my emotions
Soon I will perish

Why do you entertain evil thoughts
He says to the mockers he knows

You who are broken
He's waiting
Bow before him
The throne of God

The man before you is the Son of God
We kneel down unto him
On our knees

Son of God

4. Immersed 3:35
The victory of Jesus
Unfading light divine
Unto the truth open your eyes

Lord of heaven and earth
Pour the blood of Jesus over us
As His enemies watch
Their strongholds fall

Their skin is burnt by righteousness
The holy flame devours
The flesh of demons scorch

We have seen your victory
We have taken victory

Spirit of God be overflowing
Saints be empowered

We have seen your victory
We have taken victory

5. Burning Hands 4:12
Spirit speak
Our nature binds us in dark chains from saving ourselves
We bring about our own end
In flames we will burrow with our burning hands digging distance into an eternity of damnation

But there must be a savior
A mighty warrior delivering those who deny themselves and bow before Him

Then I see the Lord
Towering over me he says
"I am the Alpha and Omega, beginning and the end
To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life"

Oh, I weep with repentance
I hear the Christ knocking and open
I will overcome by His strength
I will sit aside the throne with Him

6. Precursing The Final Millennia 5:46
When the thousand years are over
Satan will be released
From his prison

He will go out to deceive the nations
In the four corners of the earth
Patiently we wait
Against unrelenting assault

Minions gather to march the earth
Surrounding God's people

Then the Christ will descend in glorious light
With eyes like blazing fire
Surrounded by the entire army of Heaven
And how wild the flames that consumed
The great deceiver and his legions
Like ashes to sulfur, turned to dust
Let it be known that our God will be victorious

Amen
Come Lord Jesus
His grace be with us
Amen, come Lord Jesus
His grace be with God's people




Unveil The Unseen - Album Teaser (demo)

2012, Independent (CD-R)
January 5, 2013, Independent (Digital)

1. Cognitive Dissonance 4:13
On the edge of ocean fields
Reflections gaze into me
Sudden piercing revulsion
Crushing deep within

We waste away in time
Our worlds untie

Coexistence is no longer sustainable in my mind
Illusory axioms alter potential progress

Shrouded from sight
Man hides away
Futile attempt to escape infliction
Our lives cannot be concealed
Bring every fault into vision

Emanating waves of dissonance
From these contradictions
Unraveling

Further and further
Uncovering violations
The newly focused mind
Discordant concepts collide

Exposures bring to light
What we think we know

There is no way to endure this state of mind
And to prolong the strain would tear my soul apart

Emanating waves of dissonance
From these contradictions
Unraveling
Clarify these grave decisions
Utmost intangible
Uplift this confusion

2. Manifest The Impossible 4:30
Abstraction rendered into a visual phenomenon
Manifest the impossible
Everything that was once real is now unmasked
A distorted projection
Manifest the impossible

The painter's mark found in the macrocosm
Entire lines of reality form unworldly art
The expanses of the universe are laid before us
Yet within the confines of this world we hide

Drowned in a world that secludes us
They tell you there's only one way
Drowned as our minds are conditioned
Don't believe all that they say

Misapprehensions bound to human senses
To strive for all liberation through fallen ancient gods
The expanses of the universe are laid before us
Yet within the confines of this world we hide

Distorted projection
Manifest the impossible

Drowned in a world that secludes us
They tell you there's only one way
Drowned as our minds are conditioned
Don't believe all that they say

They dare deny the One that wrote
Eternity through stroke of cosmic pen
Deeper they fall away from Him
Though only by His will do they lash out
He calls to them by name
Return to me my child and be reborn
If only they could hear His voice
Through sounds of their own incapability

Drowned in a world that secludes us
They tell you there's only one way
Drowned as our minds are conditioned
Don't believe all that they say

3. Soulmender 3:54
Lord you have been our dwelling place

The fires of the acolytes are burning
A gathering of believers
His presence is here
The spirit resides in the...

Dwelling place of His followers
The weak and the zealous
In all who believe
In all who believe

Lord you have been our dwelling place

He is the sun
The radiant guide
Revealing Himself to those who do not seek
Constantly with open arms

Obstinate people
Pursuing your own imaginations

Oh that you would burst from the heavens
And come down from your throne
How the mountains would quake in Your presence

With the spirit
Let rebuilding begin
Bestow healing
Mend our souls

Oh that you would burst from the heavens
And come down from Your throne

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4. Rift 3:39
A radical corruption constricts the source
Total depravity in every feeling and thought

Cleanse us
Purge us
Break us

Ventures of death are the guiding line of our desires
Eternity alive inside to purify
Return us to the moment of our summoning
Expand our supplanted wisdom

Cleanse us
Purge us
Break us
Of our crumbling systems

Sanity lapsing in a mass of delusion
I will make my own way
Of no form, of no fashion our vanities reign
Lust for dominion and power enslaves

"I took no torch with which to light the sun, but the sun enlightened me"
Called to a new life, I cannot let go
Covered now and forever
The clearest lens is warped
The heights of our compassion inadequate
Alone we cannot transcend this focus of self
Light my path

Ventures of death are the guiding line of our desires
Eternity alive inside to purify
Return us to the moment of our summoning
Expand our supplanted wisdom

Sanity lapsing in a mass of delusion
I will make my own way
Of no form, of no fashion our vanities reign
Lust for dominion and power enslaves




Unveil The Unseen (album)

October 19, 2013, Independent (Digital)
November 13, 2013, Independent, Limited Edition (CD-R)

1. Inborn Disintegration 3:38
Building a monument inverted upon the altar
Preoccupation of the self (continual lapse of consciousness)
I am and there is no one besides me
And we will say, "We have become our own gods"

Be still (I am)
Silence (I was)
Know that (that I will always be)
Inborn disintegration overcomes us
Denying what we're meant to be

It is in us to deny submission
Far from the immaterial
Mankind (mankind)
In disarray
Complete control collapse

Exaltations for accomplishments of earthly gain
Infatuation with the way of all things peripheral
The reigning ideas
Conventional concepts
Reason alone can never conquer our sins

Be still (I am)
Silence (I was)
Know that (that I will always be)
Is there anything immaculate?
Find way to uplift the fate

Unworthy of this existence
To once again be given chance to die
And form anew

Inborn disintegration
Denying what we're meant to be
Complete control collapse
Mankind in disarray

2. Manifest The Impossible 4:18
Abstraction rendered into a visual phenomenon
Manifest the impossible
Everything that was once real is now unmasked
A distorted projection
Manifest the impossible

The painter's mark found in the macrocosm
Entire lines of reality form unworldly art
The expanses of the universe are laid before us
Yet within the confines of this world we hide

Drowned in a world that secludes us
They tell you there's only one way
Drowned as our minds are conditioned
Don't believe all that they say

Misapprehensions bound to human senses
To strive for all liberation through fallen ancient gods
The expanses of the universe are laid before us
Yet within the confines of this world we hide

Distorted projection
Manifest the impossible

Drowned in a world that secludes us
They tell you there's only one way
Drowned as our minds are conditioned
Don't believe all that they say

They dare deny the One that wrote
Eternity through stroke of cosmic pen
Deeper they fall away from Him
Though only by His will do they lash out
He calls to them by name
Return to me my child and be reborn
If only they could hear His voice
Through sounds of their own incapability

Drowned in a world that secludes us
They tell you there's only one way
Drowned as our minds are conditioned
Don't believe all that they say

3. Cognitive Dissonance 4:13
On the edge of ocean fields
Reflections gaze into me
Sudden piercing revulsion
Crushing deep within

We waste away in time
Our worlds untie

Coexistence is no longer sustainable in my mind
Illusory axioms alter potential progress

Shrouded from sight
Man hides away
Futile attempt to escape infliction
Our lives cannot be concealed
Bring every fault into vision

Emanating waves of dissonance
From these contradictions
Unraveling

Further and further
Uncovering violations
The newly focused mind
Discordant concepts collide

Exposures bring to light
What we think we know

There is no way to endure this state of mind
And to prolong the strain would tear my soul apart

Emanating waves of dissonance
From these contradictions
Unraveling
Clarify these grave decisions
Utmost intangible
Uplift this confusion

4. Soulmender 3:49
Lord you have been our dwelling place

The fires of the acolytes are burning
A gathering of believers
His presence is here
The spirit resides in the...

Dwelling place of His followers
The weak and the zealous
In all who believe
In all who believe

Lord you have been our dwelling place

He is the sun
The radiant guide
Revealing Himself to those who do not seek
Constantly with open arms

Obstinate people
Pursuing your own imaginations

Oh that you would burst from the heavens
And come down from your throne
How the mountains would quake in Your presence

With the spirit
Let rebuilding begin
Bestow healing
Mend our souls

Oh that you would burst from the heavens
And come down from Your throne

5. Unveil The Unseen 3:58
6. Calling Down The Sky 4:38
7. They Hide In Plain Sight 3:35
8. Nexus 4:22
9. Rift 3:36
A radical corruption constricts the source
Total depravity in every feeling and thought

Cleanse us
Purge us
Break us

Ventures of death are the guiding line of our desires
Eternity alive inside to purify
Return us to the moment of our summoning
Expand our supplanted wisdom

Cleanse us
Purge us
Break us
Of our crumbling systems

Sanity lapsing in a mass of delusion
I will make my own way
Of no form, of no fashion our vanities reign
Lust for dominion and power enslaves

"I took no torch with which to light the sun, but the sun enlightened me"
Called to a new life, I cannot let go
Covered now and forever
The clearest lens is warped
The heights of our compassion inadequate
Alone we cannot transcend this focus of self
Light my path

Ventures of death are the guiding line of our desires
Eternity alive inside to purify
Return us to the moment of our summoning
Expand our supplanted wisdom

Sanity lapsing in a mass of delusion
I will make my own way
Of no form, of no fashion our vanities reign
Lust for dominion and power enslaves

10. Forged In Perfect Design 5:00

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