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Gone is the Light

by Antagonist

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1.
My Ghosts 02:53
We meet again my broken friend An apparition of the fiend who haunts my head My ghosts will always follow me Drink the wine The blood of Christ No redemption will save me from myself I’ve sealed my fate Damnation for eternity Faithless, reckless unapologetic Mortal wounds reflect my ultimate demise Damnation for eternity My ghosts will always follow me
2.
Buried alive in turbulent times swallowed completely a fire in the sky Voices are silenced disseminating the truth Such human waste the powers disgraced the feces we live in the blood you can taste Everything you’ve become spineless and heartless and silent Destroy the sun and let darkness overcome Wolves seek the flesh Gasping for one last breath A pig with a crown Apocalypse now Erasing progression the world crashing down It’s beyond belief your villainous, venomous ways Gone is the light but here comes the fight exhausted all options to do what is right Burn it all down down to the fucking ground
3.
Victims 03:04
Patience is no longer an option Virtue has all run out There’s no reasoning no discussion I won’t waste another second on you Your welcome is all worn out So long (too long) You won’t be mourned when you disappear Projecting your biggest fears No fucking mercy This means war Stand up and fight Pray to the void that lives inside Behold, a ritual of sacrifice Let’s look inside a festering cavity Behold, the truth, the lies Let’s look inside an empty godless shell
4.
The Broken 03:04
Propped up by puppet strings A ventriloquist’s dream A sideshow freak for all the world to see I belong to nothing, to no one In the grand scheme we are nothing All we have is here, now and never again Blessed are we to use our voice to scream for the silenced ones Fear is what drives you Hate is what blinds you Crossing the line Clutching the cross of lies Repugnance born again A reason to hate again You’ve won the battle but you’ll never win the war As long as there’s still a breath the voice of a monolith Blessed are we to use our voice to scream for the silenced ones Apathy is suicide the will to survive We fight for the broken ones
5.
Defeat will never spell the end A crushing loss I can’t defend Take in the pain breathe out regret exhale the negative Hatred that seeps into my veins Violence that gets the best of me Harness the ignorance to fuel the fight ahead Attacks from every direction I won’t give up, I can’t give in Physical deterioration I’m all but dead A mental force far from collapse It pulls me out out from the depths I’ll strike the final blow Ice water in my blood Strength of mind (Legends aren’t born, legends are made) To persist (against myself versus the world) Show no weakness Make no mistake, I am the snake Legends never die Strength of mind to persist Show no weakness Legends never die
6.
Worship 05:14
I hear the scratching Gangrene poisoning me Frayed senses, epileptic A pair of restless hands Twitching fingers An affliction, an addiction An earworm that will not die I try to pass the time Thrusting the blade to kill my mind Lessons I’ve learned but the itch returns It hooks, it burns The devil laughs as I do his work With nails deep inside me Tear my flesh, crucify me It hooks, it burns The devil laughs as I do his worst With nails deep inside Taste my flesh, satisfy Worship as one The father, the son The unholy reckoning
7.
Damnation 02:50
An exorcism is the only fucking cure The torture in my head My soul is dead and blackened I am the demon my hands soaked in human blood Falling from grace My sins are catching up to me The lies are leeches sinking teeth into cold, callous skin unforgivable sins As above, so below Temptation rears its wanton head An exorcism is the only fucking way Falling from grace My sins have caught up to me
8.
An endless cycle, a well-oiled machine Palaces erected for kings and queens In the margins, in the darkness the embers glow of one last hope Songs of revolt Drums of dissent All that you’ve bled just to exist We come from down below My country tis of thee Stronghold of slavery The shackles of oppression used by design No freedom, just for the chosen few Tearing your castles down to build the world anew Everything you’ve bled just to exist Generations of suffering just to be human
9.
Epilogue 04:15
Final words, a broken tongue A misanthropic song Portrait of a crippled man Where did I go wrong? Father time, old and wise decrepit just the same Lessons learned and stories told Hang my head in shame Exhausted everything I am Throw it all away Monuments collapse to dust Dying as we fade The purest love, a way of life Struggling to breathe It tears inside, scratch out my eyes I can’t bear witness to our demise Lost in my ways, alone, afraid I still have so much left to say It’s so hard to say goodbye Burning bridges, cutting ties Time has come, one last stand Fighting til the bitter end The tears I’ve shed, the blood I’ve bled all to be forgotten And when the bells have chimed apocalypse arrives the death of everything we know And when the war is over what will we be fighting for? The recognition of our struggle sacrifices we’ve endured A page in history will tell the story of our fight Some battles long forgotten others shaped the men that we’ve become Don’t burn these books they’ll save us when we’ve lost our way Reminders of our past mistakes reasons for decisions made Lay down our arms It’s time to rest It’s time to rest We cannot rest We’ll never rest
10.
Omega 08:08
I hear the moon it screams in rage In ancient tongues the gods have spoken A message to all humankind We’re the beginning and the end Creators of the greatest gift Eons ago Visions unfurled The newest hope A perfect world A consciousness bequeathed unto you We’re the beginning and the end Destroyers of your final gift Falling stars Catastrophe The pillars fall Humanity the deepest scar Blood of the innocent poisoning the Earth Extinction looming We had our chance We had it all We threw it all away but for what? We lost all hope gave up all love I see the moon the dimmest light The sun has set forevermore.

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On June 12, 2020, Antagonist will release their 5th full length studio album, and their first in 10 years. "Gone is the Light" (Infinite Strength Records) is a 10-track monolith that showcases the melodic-thrash metal sound that Antagonist has been perfecting for over the last 20 years, but also infuses styles that date back to their early influences as young music fans. Punk, classic rock, and 90's grunge find their way into tracks like "Worse Than Death," "Worship," and "From Down Below," while metalcore jams like "My Ghosts" and "Victims" inject a large dose of heavy groove that is signature Antagonist. Title track "Gone is the Light" is a throwback to mid-2000's "Exist"-era Antagonist that includes thrashy verses and soaring vocals, while closing track "Omega" is a heavy metal trip through the darkest recesses of outer space. For fans of Metallica, Killswitch Engage, Pantera, Avenged Sevenfold, Slipknot, Testament...

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released June 12, 2020

Music: Antagonist
Lyrics: Carlos Garcia
Recorded, mixed, mastered: Rollie Ulug @ Bright Light Studios. Santa Ana, CA
Album artwork: Daniel McBride

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ANTAGONIST's first full length in 10 years, "Gone is the Light", will be released on June 12, 2020. Check out the first single "My Ghosts," now available for download and streaming

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