BAND NAME: As Hell Retreats
GENRE: Thrash Metal / Metalcore / Death Metal
STATUS: Split-up
LOCATION: Hendersonville, Tennessee
Lineup:
Jackson Greene - Vocals
Tyler Riley - Guitars
Taylor Jones - Bass
Trent Davenport - Drums
Past Members:
NL Carey - Vocals
Clint Clayton - Guitars
Kaleb Pitts - Guitars
Black Hardman - Guitars
Shibby Poole - Guitars
Nate Landreth - Bass
Seth Steele - Bass
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Discography:
2007 Demo (Independent) (format unknown)
1. Intro
2. Catharsis
3. Necrosis
4. Allocate
5. Closure
Acknowledgement (demo, 2008, Independent) (format unknown)
1. Reticent 2:36
2. Acknowledgement For The Aperture 2:46
3. Relinquishes Lead To Worse 4:00
4. Catharsis 2:48
5. A Man's Figment 2:17
Revival (album, May 25, 2010, Strike First Records) (CD)
1. Intro 1:35
2. Inferior 3:03
I am made as hell for your condemns on those who can't even decide what to be like
Your self-righteousness is giving all the wrong placements for an innocent man
What makes you think they are inferior?
What gives you the right, they're more of a sinner?
What makes you think you are better?
Who do you think you're fooling with your figments of...
Who do you think you're fooling with your figments of power?
Back off of them, it's not their fault
You don't know how to love - and by that you are a liar
For loving God, but not loving all
Quit treating them as inferiors and look at their interior
Back off of them
Back off of them
Back off of them
3. The Holy Thief 2:55
4. Raze 3:55
5. Resting With Closed Eyes 3:06
6. Messengers 2:56
Why do you look up to me when I am only human just like you?
I'm a failure, I fall
I never give my all
Don't depend on the person I am
I get lost in skepticism, too
I get lost
We're not gods, we're only messengers
Quit looking straight for the answers
Look up
Look up
Look up
To someone who gives His all without exceptions
The only thing I can do is give you aid
Because I can never guide you all the way
Because sooner or later I will be gone
And He will still be by your side
7. Contradiction 2:50
8. Revival 2:55
9. Poor God 3:49
You have done nothing
And You're becoming nothing in my life
I'm pushing You out, I'm getting rid of my faith
Because I want no part of this name
Because I don't want to be a part of this shame that we have created
I'm becoming a bastard, a fatherless son
My attempts to bring you back to the righteous core
Isn't working anymore
"What were you thinking giving up on him?" They would ask me
It's because it feels like He is never with me...
That monster
As I sit back and watch the world take you over with greed and power
All I can think to myself is "Poor God"
Poor God, I've given up on him
Poor God, for His name is being used for malice and violence
I'm going to try to pour God back in my life
And I'll fight, and I'll fight, and not hide
But will it be worth it?
Or will I still hear nothing?
Come on, you monster
Give me something
I am waiting
I'm only waiting...
Volition (album)
July 26, 2011, Ain't No Grave Recordings (CD)
2011, Century Media Records (Digital)
1. Young Heretic 3:14
I can only hope
That everything you tell me is righteous
Because I cannot see it all
I can only inherit it for my own safety
With no revelation of what this all means
I'll keep believing there is something
And only hope that I am living life with a meaning
But who are you? Who are you, God?
What am I looking for?
Am I afraid to search so I can keep my image clean?
Or should I cross this line, because I feel so alone?
I'm only feeling alone
Am I the only one who feels like I'm living a perceived lie?
With no revelation of what this all means
I'll keep believing there is something
And I can hope I'm living life with a meaning
Or am I living life for nothing?
2. The Loss 0:55
3. Matriarch 3:38
My matriarch, my anchor
Was the only thing to give me grasp and connection
To what love was to me and what love could ever be
Instead you decimate my thoughts of what a loving being I could have been
Now I will never reach that high
She was the saint that had believed in me, Lord
She was the only saint that I had eyes for
You left me here alone
What did I do?
I was starting to put my faith in you!
Could you not see that she was the only one that kept the single golden thread
From being cut from truth?
Nothing stays gold, or so I am told
Now may I be so bold to say that this life is worth nothing!
I am only so young, God
But you don't even flinch to take away my matriarch, my anchor
Innocence is dead
My matriarch, my anchor...is dead
4. Shun 3:12
I'm looking for answers.
I've been told I can find it here.
I've been praying, but I'm not feeling any better.
I come to you to seek truth.
Tell me now, why is she gone?
"Sometimes the good Lord gives and takes away,
And we will never understand.
You must know it is for a good intention."
And for that, he has lost my attention,
To love a murderer.
How can I forgive him for that?
"Faith is a key to keep your head up high."
Even that has been a struggle.
That's reality.
"But it is all for his plan,
I have faith in you, you know."
I've had enough of this reality.
I'm ready to throw it out,
My hope, my faith, and yours.
What makes you think I can still believe?
"Then take your little faith out of my walls! I've had enough!"
I was only finding comfort here.
Now you have shunned.
You've shunned me.
5. Heaven's Bane 3:20
Is this what you call "the truth, way, and life?"
To abolish the minds that won't see eye to eye?
Just know you're no better than me
Whether I'm a child of God or not
You're told to live and love
But instead, you try to think you're above everyone
Well, to your god that has influenced you:
I am no longer yours
I will separate my mind from those
Who have sacrificed themselves
To be poisoned by your words
That have never helped me
Is it hard to believe that I will not be like you, and I never will?
You manipulator, you don't control me anymore
You don't control my mind anymore
6. Misanthropist 3:34
I will not see eye to eye with mankind.
Misanthropy is clouding my mind.
With all the judgements surrounding me,
How can I be pure again?
The cynical ways are coming with full force.
Will there ever be an end?
If there was any hope in my heart, it faded away.
It faded away, along with my only saint.
As much as I want to believe in something,
Whether it be for a god or for man,
My hope has faded away.
The question stirs in my head:
Would I be going in this direction,
If the giant would have left me alone?
The answer will be unknown.
I'm yearning for connection,
I don't want to be alone, but I have no home.
No one can understand me, therefore no one can save me.
I can't even save myself...
7. A Beggar 2:45
As I walk in the black morning grave,
A man of wisdom is who I see.
Not the one we talk about in the sky,
But someone we spit on or deny,
Because of greed.
(Because of me!)
He is a man with something to prove,
And he has nothing to lose.
And while I do nothing for anyone, anymore...
He keeps firm for something greater.
I must learn.
8. And His Faith 3:11
A beggar with faith, I see.
But as I can tell, you have lost everything.
So what makes you keep believing?
What keeps you from giving?
Tell me now, because I need it more than ever!
"I know with all that has gone away,
You'd think that I would be filled with hate.
The things I've witnessed are examples of,
How reality's gear turns us.
If we face reality, that's when we'll feel true.
And with that, you will be able to find the truth."
So was it meant to be me?
To see the things I have seen?
To lose what comforted me?
"I've been in your position; given up on myself before,
What you can't forget is everything happens for a reason.
It's hard to keep that in mind,
But everything will be fine in the end."
Oh, how selfish I have been to think that I am nothing,
When you're out on the roads, out in the cold,
Where we throw our dignity!
And yet, you still have hope for this world.
"Just know you're worth something,
All it takes is faith.
I can only hope you have learned."
9. Transgress 3:38
Time has passed since I have encountered what I think is grace.
Is this destiny putting me back on the track of faith?
Is this destiny protecting me from seeing an early grave?
It's time to look forward.
No more sorrow.
But can I keep this up?
Can I keep my head up this time?
I finally feel sure of myself.
(Poisoned by anger, frustration, lust, and self-gratification.)
All the hate I had for this world,
I've only found myself deep in the core now,
With my transgression.
Distraction has been made my fixation.
God, there's no hope for me.
There's no truth I see.
I feel no love from the skies above.
So much for destiny and faith...
10. Desperation 3:07
Coming to terms as an insatiable man,
After searching for all these years.
It's time to admit of my ignorance;
I will not find her comfort here.
I've wasted my youth searching for lies.
No, nothing can save me now.
With eyes closed, I speculate on what I called my own,
Before death decided to play its role.
With eyes open, I realize that this world has nothing to offer.
All I have is hate!
This world has nothing to offer.
And I have no faith!
This world has nothing to offer,
So I will forsake my life!
And I will end it tonight!
This is my volition!
11. Creator(s) 2:10
"We both know that I am no comfort, no being anymore.
But what you do not realize is that death...
That death is only a beautiful way out of the restraints of our hardened lives.
It is a sight.
A rebirth.
So release me!
Because I have been released from your world and its sleep!
We will reunite on my sanctity's time...not yours."
Wake up.
12. Only Hope 6:29
"You coward! You try to rid yourself from this life!
With all the bitterness you had for this world,
I know you had a heart of gold like you used to have..."
"What have I done? I never showed care for my son.
This is the consequence for my negligence."
"...I can only hope you use it well on the sider side.
But I will keep hoping you do not pass.
So that it can be shared, so that your heart can be shared."
"I keep asking why you're still in pain,
If you wear the scars of my mistakes.
Oh, but I was wrong to throw you past my walls,
And wound you deeper still for questioning your faith.
But no man's doubts could ever change the truth,
And now I see how much you need to be in her arms forever...
I can only hope you wake up from this sleep so you can be the angel she would want you to be,
Whether it's here or up there.
We can only hope!"
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