Antares EP, by Release The Blackness

Antares EP

by Release The Blackness

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1.	In the Sacred Names 06:59	lyrics	buy track
Burden of light, remembrance of past visions Blindness is the answer of the exhausted one Losing the sense of living is life in itself The faith of vanity disavows reality In “God” nothingness is deified The will of the void is sanctified Values of decay, adoration of the absent Compassion is negation of existence I’ve seen the scribe of chaos destroy the myth The pillars of creation bow to his might I understand those words of wisdom They enlight the gloom of faith The majesty of the mind makes the heart of lies collapse Behold the mournful star Praise the call of instinct Worship its veiled whisper: The gift of life God is nothingness – nothingness is God Nihilism reigns in the sacred names Burden of light, remembrance of past visions Blindness is the answer of the exhausted one We still pray for what we want to be Because in the end we are nothing but neglect In “God” nothingness is deified The will of the void is sanctified Values of decay, adoration of the absent Compassion is negation of the existence
2.	The Allure of Darkness 05:11	lyrics	buy track
Fear the torture of confined words The subtle greed beyond a forbidden code Obliterated souls carved on shrines Embody the duality of sin Above the heavens Misled by corrupted grace You’ve witnessed the allure of darkness Betrayed, decived by their purity Obsessed by salvation they all will burn I reject To swallow contrived thought To lock myself in a bare cage Abnegate life to breed an army of lies Beyond decay I bow to none Bound to imperfection Torn by the unbearable Intoxicated light illuminates “What is my crime, what is my sin to suffer your fury?” Those who died won’t be forgotten Blessed with fear your soul will rot Release yourself in the blackness We won’t be your pariah They need thy demise They bless thy agony They need thy demise They bless thy agony Those who died won’t be forgotten Blessed with fear your soul will rot Release yourself in the blackness We won’t be your pariah
3.	Dogma 03:55	lyrics	buy track
Faith is something beyond understanding Overused word said to protect the untruth Feed their hopes with fake knowledge Embrace the lies and forget what’s true or false Your God’s eternal silence “Our world’s creator” – our minds’ destroyer! In thrall of Christianity beliefs Human intelligence chokes every time they say “Amen” Upon a pointless story they’ve built A spiritual empire based on godliness Drowning into an ocean of promise Your feeble mind begins to serve I will never embrace the dogma Even bleeding you still search For that last merciful act Erase your thoughts bearing their cross Become the ghost of your past self
4.	The Way of the Hollow Self 06:56	lyrics	buy track
I live caged into nothingness Obeying my own self-condemnation As I gaze at the curse of existence Sinking into this void of consciousness I free my soul in the desire of dying Because life is nothing but the mere reflection of What should have been but never was The fractal worthless search for an illusive perfection Nothingness will heal the oppression of the flesh Embrace the symmetry of eternal darkness A leading dirge - an hymn to chaos The sun reflects the flower of madness Follow the beauty of eternity Ascend to the way of the Hollow Self We are hopeless, we’re born to fall We’re trying to make sense in a senseless world We are worthless, futile and deceived By our own moral immolation A leading dirge - an hymn to chaos The sun reflects the flower of madness Follow the beauty of eternity Ascend to the way of the Hollow Self A crimson dawn dominates The barrenness of soulless beings Follow the beauty of eternity Ascend to the way of the Hollow Self
5.	A Crusade's Paradigm 07:57	lyrics	buy track
A sick voice calls for madness To devour all that craves for the Self The face of decay, the spirit of despair Rejoices in the fall of men As they blacken the sky Our securities crumble into fear In the age of pain and hate the weak shall not prevail Watch now as they claim the hegemony of freedom Void of misery awaits the weak Bliss collides with this absolute nonsense When every breath will define the end You all will stand proud as kings Blessed by blood, denying the gift of intellect When every breath will define the end We all will lie pale on the ground Soulless Gods are singing a crusade’s paradigm Through their eyes we see the shade of what we’ve been Reckless overlords of war Through their eyes we see the shade of what we are Puppets fearing truth Of course now they’re the beasts The ones we need to kill In name of our lies and pride Is that what you call faith? Is life the right price to pay? Our profits go beyond death When every breath will define the end You all will stand proud as kings Blessed by blood, denying the gift of intellect When every breath will define the end We all will lie pale on the ground Soulless Gods are screaming again and again and again When every breath will define the end We all will lie pale on the ground Soulless Gods are singing a crusade’s paradigm
6.	Antares 05:23	lyrics	buy track
Crimson Entity arise I need thine winds to guide me Overthrow the old dawn Thou shall reign the abyss Crimson Entity arise I need thine winds to feed me Scatter across space and time Reinforce the depths of my soul Into the dark you find your way to shine Realizing greatness you feel the end of times No cloud will now bury you in the sky Through vicious lands you fly – in life as in death You bled since you were born Breathing eternity Sever this flesh of yours Transcend: awake as the Universe Hominum spes te deflagrare spectant, mihi videris nomen tuum esse incendium. Doloris lux, mea virgine severa, simul ad obscura ascendemus. Sed nunc ardemus.

about

Antares is the debut EP for Release The Blackness, Technical Post-Thrash Metal act from Avellino, Italy.

The sound is a mixture of technicality, anger and groove, influenced by bands like Gojira, Decapitated, Behemoth, The Faceless, Opeth and many more.

Lyrically inspired by the nietzschean concept of nihilism and fallacy of existence, Antares focuses on the world's fall in nihility and the importance of individual power to rise above decadence.

credits

released August 26, 2017

Recorded and Mixed by Rocco Minichiello, Mastered by Seb Di Martino at SDM Recording Studios.

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Release The Blackness Avellino, Italy

Release The Blackness is an Italian Progressive Death Metal band, formed in 2015 in Avellino.

The band has published the EP 'Antares' in 2017 and its first full length 'Tragedy' in 2020, after signing with the UK based label 'Cult of Parthenope'.

The band has played with many international artists such as Harakiri For The Sky, Necrodeath, Genus Ordinis Dei and many more. ... more