Era of the Apostate, by Absence Of The Sacred

Era of the Apostate

by Absence Of The Sacred

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1.	Anno Domini (Intro) 00:27	lyrics	buy track
Instrumental
2.	Era of the Apostate 03:11	lyrics	buy track
We glorify the iconoclast Deification of the self Awakened from this ignorance That used to blind us all Break the frail structure Of the pitiful lie View what was once alive Now left empty inside Artificial ways of life Transparent obligations Negating towards euphoria The undying adulation All bodies now rise The Era approaches, unhindered Hands raised in epiphany New-found apostasy Deconstructing false ideologies Coalescing conceptual frames The inception of godlessness Impeding paradigm shift When fiction deforms truth Fragmented words become esoteric When fiction becomes belief Metaphysical self-annihilation Deconstructing false ideologies Coalescing conceptual frames The inception of godlessness Impeding paradigm shift
3.	Catalysts For Cataclysms 03:45	lyrics	buy track
Tools of the flesh ingrained into subservience Slaves to masters of the same flesh Loss of will paves the way Churning to support the pillars of avarice These are the catalysts For cataclysms These hands have felt the blood Of wasted years that have come and gone These eyes have witnessed horrors Of humanity's disgrace Drink from the dichotomy of apathy Existing to only be part of the blind Guiding hands that bring you down Past the ground We have wrought destruction Harbingers to what we have built Empires of tyranny and closed mentalities We are the bastard scourge That holds open the gates of war Of genocide, suicide, homicide and disease Fear and disconcertion Ignorance and blind devotion Raw material for total dystopia Emotionless and dead to the touch
4.	The Divine Failure 03:40	lyrics	buy track
Martyr, this is your coronation Covered in my life’s bloodshed Practicality does not involve fervent prayer For my actions speak louder than your words Crucified and crowned with shame You are to blame for your mistakes Just as I have learnt from your false ways Believing in your gospel of suicide You contaminate the blood of innocence Mine has the potency of venom Ineffectuality is tiring on the mind Meaningless words that fade away with time This is the hollow ridiculing the empty Hypocrisy embodying the worshipped corpse From the fear of death an illusion is born Blessed in contempt and ignorance To all the countless preachers and prophets I cast down these defeatist principles For I have lived my life through my own beliefs For nothing is stronger than the will of one Creation of the divine is a failure of the human spirit.
5.	These Hollow Graves 05:25	lyrics	buy track
Solitude is where they dwell In the silent ground Desolate confines of life Diminished to nothing Memories rot with their flesh Forgotten men now laid to rest Thriving under shadowed earth Nameless and begotten to the worms They lie still in wait for the End of times to come Unconsecrated In unknown burial grounds The loneliness of death With blood upon their hands For the sons of vengeance Are the seeds of mortal man Before their fall they could only see... The certainty of their final breath to be Ceasing the movement in flailing limbs The lights died from the whites of their eyes Memories rot with their flesh Forgotten men now laid to rest Thriving under shadowed earth Nameless and begotten to the worms
6.	Elements of Reprisal 04:24	lyrics	buy track
Reign the icons Of a suffocated age Deadened eyes Of the lost and victimized Architects of lies Construct kingdoms of filth Disembody the truth Hollow and empty words Remnants of appalling days Malignant thoughts consume innate View the world through static lines Believe the fiction for the will is dead Reap through contradiction Laws of the world inclined Ravage in extermination Laws of the world denied Rise in proclamation Stand in the face of adversity Paradigms of slavery Overthrown in hallowed reprise Shadowed not by vulnerability Focused in derision The collapse of empiricism Advent salvation Forwards in return fire Vengeance sworn in blood and tears Tear down the monuments The dying testaments of our humanity Elements of which paves the way Towards a brave new world Watch as the weak slowly fade The dying testaments of our humanity Reap through contradiction Laws of the world inclined Ravage in extermination Laws of the world denied
7.	A Past Revived (Instrumental) 03:26	info	buy track
8.	Empires of the Fallen 03:56	lyrics	buy track
As we witnessed the fall of man Where the cities of the dead stand A revelation calls for the dying end Kingdoms of the damned Crushed by opposing hands Agonizing rupture of politicide Tear away In tides of blood Purify the infected ones Cleanse through Rebellion renewed Utopian degeneracy Burn away In flames of hate Cremate and annihilate Acerbate The weak and afraid Kneel before the apostate Downfall… Reach for the hand that bleeds Bite down… In the name of heresy Felled reign… Illusions of this grand hypocrisy Decrowning… Propagators of deceit Tear away In tides of blood Purify the infected ones Cleanse through Rebellion renewed Utopian degeneracy Burn away In flames of hate Cremate and annihilate Acerbate The weak and afraid Kneel before the apostate As we witnessed the fall of man Where the cities of the dead stand A revelation calls for the dying end Kingdoms of the damned Crushed by opposing hands Agonizing rupture of politicide
9.	Unholy War (Cover) 02:40	info	buy track

about

“Absence Of The Sacred is a multi-national band, based in Singapore but consisting of members from Indonesia and the US as well as Singapore. Their style straddles the line between death and thrash metal, as the vocals are clearly in the death camp but the music sometimes sides toward traditional thrash in addition to some nice death riffing. The production is fine with a few rough edges, which is a good thing given the current trend toward pristine ProTools production jobs. This is a band worth checking out, as they manage to inject a touch of originality into the songs without losing focus.”
- Brian Russ of BNRMETAL.COM

"The harbingers of modern death are back with their second full length production, Era of the Apostate! Released by Vrykoblast Productions, the album opens with an intro track, Anno Domini, which leads into the title track. When the title track kicks in, the album takes off and the listener falls into a frenzy of lightning-fast riffs, intense musical arrangements and brutal growls. Era of the Apostate, the album, is a tale and a warning, a revelation and a mystery, a bold confrontation and a screeching proclamation all at once."
- Live Magazine (Singapore)

"Cool version of the tune, it’s the most sincere form of flattery when someone takes the time to learn a piece of our art, and also makes their own interpretation of it!! VERY COOL!"
- Kelly Shaefer of ATHEIST on the cover of “Unholy War”

credits

released March 1, 2008

Mia Priest: Songwriting/Lyrics/Guitars/Vocals
Hans Yamin: Drums/Keys
Darren C: Lead Guitars and Solos
Mike Kalember: Bass

Recorded at TNT Studios and Busybug Studios
Recorded by Wong Ah Boy and Mike Kalember
Mixed and Mastered by Mike Kalember

Introductory Speech on "Elements of Reprisal" taken from BABYLON 5, written by J. Michael Straczynski and performed by Andreas Katsulas. Copyrighted by Warner Brothers and J. Michael Stracyznski.

"Unholy War" music originally by ATHEIST, lyrics by Kelly Shaefer.