THE SYNICS AWAKENING


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BAND NAME: The Synics Awakening
GENRE: Symphonic Unblack Metal (early), Death Metal (now)
STATUS: Unknown
LOCATION: USA (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)

Formed in August, 2009.

Lineup:
Goukr - Rhythm Guitars (session, early), Vocals (now)
Kristian McKinny - All instruments

Past members:
Reza - Vocals

Links:
Discography:


The Dawn of Vengeance (single, 15 November, 2009, label unknown)
Format unknown

Tracklist unknown.



INDEPENDENT VERSION

The Dawn of Vengeance (album)

Top:
Left: 21 April, 2010, Independent, CD, limited 50 copies
Right: 28 August, 2010, Sullen Records (RIP-OFF LABEL), CD-R, 250 copies
Bottom:
late 2010 - early 2011, UMS Records (RIP-OFF LABEL), CD, (???) copies, sold out
30 January, 2015, SkyBurnsBlack Records, Bandcamp

The Unblack Metal Scene version was said to be "coming soon" on 12 December, 2010. It was released sometime between that date, and 25 April, 2011, when [this page] was saved, also with an "available now" notice written on it.

At least 50 copies exist of the Unblack Metal Scene version.

Note: I included 2 images of the "bottom" artwork, because I'm not sure which one is more accurate for the "Unblack Metal Scene" version. The left, darker artwork is the image used on Bandcamp, but... does anyone own the UMS version of this album, and can tell me whether the left or right artwork is more accurate?

1) The Day Knoweth No Man
1:38, lyrics:
(Matthew 24:36)
For the day an hour knoweth no man,
not even the angels or the son himself.
But only the lord father knows.

(Matthew 4:10 -11)
Get thee hence Satan for it is written.
Thou shall worship the lord thy God,
and him only thou shall serve.


2) Spellbound
4:54, lyrics:
The spoils of treason, spreading like a black plague
within our hearts, becoming enthralled through his every deceit.
Infected by the invalid one. he laughs at the cries of our defeat.

(Job 40:2)
Do you still want to argue with the almighty
You are God's critic, but do you have the answer.

His deception reigns down like total chaos
leading us down his crooked trails.
Our faith in God will be our only way out
our only way from becoming spellbound.

His terror rules the soul. haunting lives through his torment
for murder is yearning, to take this world.
but is his jealousy enough to break the true an faithful.

From out of the mist calls the great one.
speaking his vengeance through the whirlwind.

(Job 38:2-3)
Who is this that questions my wisdom
with such ignorant words ?
Brace yourself like a man
for i have some questions for you.

Beware, el diaboli

(Job 38:4)
Where were you when i laid the foundations of the earth?
Tell me if u know so much.
for the serpent is out to curse, an to fool mankind.

His deception reigns down like total chaos
leading us down his crooked trails.
Our faith in God will be are only way out
our only way from becoming spellbound.

We have been, spellbound...


3) Bringer of Light
3:36, lyrics:
As I lie, clinging to you on my deathbed
thoughts speak out like chaos.
i ask lord, why do i feel like everything's so lost
and yet so cold.

Yet so cold...

Taunting of razors, yearning to breach thy temple
breathing in pain, my echo's cry out. Save me...

Oh God, Bringer of light, save me
Oh God, Show me the light, before I die

As darkness surrounds me throughout every corner
Somehow your love, destroys all evil....

Oh Lord, my heart is calling out tonight.
deliver me from evil, destroy all with your everlasting light.

Oh Lord, let your grace deliver me from evil.
destroy all with your everlasting light

Oh God, Bringer of light, save me
Oh God, Show me the light, before I die


4) A Thief in the Night
1:34, lyrics:
(2 Peter 3:10)
The day of the lord will come as unexpectedly
as thief in the night. In which the heavens shall
pass away with a great noise.
An the very elements themselves will disappear
in fire. The earth and everything on it, will be
found to deserve judgement.


5) Thus I Have Spoken
4:32, lyrics:
Beware the claiming of prophets
yearning to deceive you with my name
Kingdoms will lead into warfare
nation against nation the blood will spill.

For sin will rampant throughout the lands
The Love in the world will grow cold as stone.

The quakes will shake the surface
poverty will sicken the lives of mankind
Gatherings of vultures will feast
Off the remains of the flesh, that plagues the land

For these are the signs
Of the end of it all. and yet to come

The sun will fade to black
The moon will shine no light.
Stars will fall from the night.
and the heavens will be shaken

For thus i have spoken
these warnings at the temple
Lighting will flash throughout the skies
when the son of man returns.

For the day of the Lord
Will come like a thief in the night
which the heavens shall pass
away with a great noise....


6) A Hail to Christ
5:14, lyrics:
You can hear his whispers
throughout the skies of night.
With pure gratification
tranquilizing your soul.
He is the bringer of light
the destroyer of darkness.

God of Life
Cleanse thy soul
Bring me the light
Hail to Christ

There's nothing left for me thy savior,
deliver me from this world.
To the heavens

These blackened days are growing short.
For Satan is alive
Chaos, destruction,
The silencing of all existence.
The cries of innocent beings,
shall bow before the Savior..

God of Life
Cleanse thy soul
Bring me the light
Hail to Christ

Death is near
Time is short
Only one way out
Hail to Christ


7) Whispers in the Dark
1:50, instrumental

8) The Return
2:13, lyrics:
The Lord has come to make his return
With power and glory His voice surrounds the earth.
As angels descend, Gathering the ones of his chosen.

(Revelations 1:7)
Behold he cometh with clouds
and every eye shall see him.

Clothed in greatness, for every eye shall dwell
Bow before the King, for He has returned.

He will send out his angels
with the mighty blast of a trumpet.
An they gather His chosen ones
from all over the world.
The Lord has returned.


9) Tribulation of Mournful Souls
5:38, lyrics:
Satan's arrived. His vengeance is rising
The countdown of destruction has begun.....
His Plot for Christians. is to meet there demise.

(Revelations 13:18)
Let the one with understanding
solve the meaning of the number
for it is a human number, his number is 666.

Before the council, This is the test of time.
beheaded or be marked with the number of the beast.
The cries of beings will reign throughout the world.

Perplexed by the roaring of seas
Nations will live in turmoil.
With Satan enthroned and chaos alive
This world is sure. to meets its doom.

(Luke 21:20-22)
Then Satan surrounds the city of Jerusalem.
forcing the people of Judea to flee to the hills.
for a period of time the city is trampled down by the gentiles
For These are the day of God's Vengeance

(Rev 19:14-18)
From the skies came the armies of heaven
The lord has returned
An Angel called to the vultures,
To Feast off the flesh of the wicked.

(Rev 20:2)
Satan i bound you in chains.
and throw you in contempt for a thousand years.

(Rev 20:3)
The Angel through him into the bottomless pit
which he locked so Satan could not deceive the nations any longer.
until the thousand years were fulfilled.
after that he'll be released for a short season.


10) Kingdom of Light and Glorification
1:03, instrumental

11) The Dawn of Vengeance
3:32, lyrics:
(Rev 20:7-9)
Satan has fled to nations
the final battle has come.
His army of darkness descends
towards the beloved kingdom of god

As Fire reigns down
from the heavens devouring evil..
Satan stares and wonders
as he excepts his own defeat.

(Rev 20:10)
Covered in his flesh
of burning sulfur he'll reign
Dwelling his eternal torment
forever till the end of time.

(Rev 20:11-14)
Sinners of earth its time
for the judgement has arrived.
Stand before his majestic white throne
the book of life is open.

The End has come

Death has come for the earth.
As cataclysmic storms
rain down like thunder.
At The roaring sound of his voice
he speaks with wrath.
For i am the alpha and the omega

He descends upon them with fire.
for the world and its sinners
are left to meet their doom.


12) At the Gates of Immortality
1:47, instrumental

BONUS TRACKS, INDEPENDENT VERSION
(none)

BONUS TRACKS, SULLEN VERSION
(UNKNOWN)

BONUS TRACKS, UNBLACK METAL SCENE VERSION
13) Prelude (Demo) 1:28, lyrics unknown
14) Spellbound (Demo) 4:46, lyrics unknown
15) Bringer of Light (Demo) 4:12, lyrics unknown
16) A Hail to Christ (Demo) 4:35, lyrics unknown

 BONUS TRACKS, SKYBURNSBLACK VERSION
13) Pure Eradication of Immoral Flesh
5:23, lyrics unknown

14) Prelude
1:27, instrumental

(artwork
not
available)

Divine Black Metal (UNRELEASED)

Mentioned in their Facebook bio. Kristian and Reza were working on this album after the debut, but after Reza left, it was never finished/released.


Hard & Heavy Compilation Volume II (compilation, 2010, Divine Metal Distro)
Format: Digital

Mentioned on Blabber Download on 23 September, 2010, so presumably it would have been uploaded around the same time. Apparently it wasn't available for very long, as the (yes, admittedly somewhat funny) comments confirm that by 8 February, 2011, the download had already expired.

13) The Synics Awakening - Spellbound 4:54, see above for lyrics


Diminishing Diabolical Strongholds Vol. 2 (compilation, December 2010, UMS Records (RIPOFF LABEL))
Format: CD

4) The Synics Awakening - Spellbound 4:56, see above for lyrics



Warclub Records Presents: "The Killing Fields" A Metal Compilation (2011, Warclub Records)
Format: CD

11) The Synics Awakening - Pure Eradication of Immoral Flesh 5:24



No Pity for a Coward (album)

7 July, 2011, InChrist Records, CD
2011, InChrist Records, Digital / BigCartel, link expired
2 February, 2015, SkyBurnsBlack Records, Bandcamp

Track 2 is misspelled on the SkyBurnsBlack version as "From Life to Death".

1) The Eternal Absence of God
5:05, lyrics:
Into the outer darkness
In the realm of the dead
Heaven loss, cowards suffer,
ensnared by the work of their hands
For many are called, but few are chosen
within this dying age
Guilty is the lake of fire
This is the second death

Down into the land of death,
the wicked's grave for rest
No repent to save your soul
The eternal absence of God

Cowards are cut to pieces,
assigned to reign in fire
Driven, sin-filled heretics
tortured for their acts of heresy
There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth,
this is the second death

Down into the land of death,
the wicked's grave for rest
No repent to save your soul
The eternal absence of God

The chosen will be recorded in the book of life
Those not saved on Judgment Day
will be thrown into the lake of death,
and every eye shall weep the dying price

Down into the land of death,
the wicked's grave for rest
No repent to save your soul
The eternal absence of God
The eternal absence of God


2) From Death to Life
3:33, lyrics:
Jesus, the Messiah, God's only begotten Son
The Blood that covers all sin
Struck down, whipped and nailed
for the salvation of us all

From death to life came the Son of Man
For His spirit's alive
Glory be Thy name

As darkness fell, He died upon the cross
only to rise again
Blood drenched, crowned in thorns
This man truly was the Son of God
As he rose from the dead,
the ground, it trembled with divine greatness

From death to life came the Son of Man
For His spirit's alive, glory be Thy name
JESUS!
For His spirit's alive, glory be Thy name

From death to life
I am the way, the truth and the life
I am the first and the last
Behold, I am the living one


3) No Pity for a Coward
4:52, lyrics:
Those deserving to die
must be put to their death for their own crimes
To death!

The dead will bury the dead
The dead will bury the dead

One life, and it's only you
Feast for the love of Christ
Dig deep to save your life, you'll serve the dying price
Demons awaiting to kill, driving for weakened soul
Rise up and seek the light, and be saved from the dead

Sin will kill
No pity for a coward
Coward!

Cowards, like blinded fools, stagger into the flames
Momma's boy plays heretic, burying his life into the grave
Once alive, now dead in sin
All hope is denied

Sin will kill
No pity for a coward
Dead will bury the dead
No pity for a coward

"For the wages of sin is death,
but the free gift of God
is eternal life through Christ Jesus."
(Romans 6:23)

Sin will kill you!


4) Face the Serpent... Crush and Kill pt. 1
1:25, lyrics:
Behold, serpent of the darkness,
get thee hence now, for it's written:

"Thou shall only worship the Lord thy God,
and Him only I shall, I shall serve..."
(Matthew 4:10-11)

With the Word of God as my sword,
I will cast you down unto your grave

Fear now, you deceiving false prophet of lies
By God I'm given all the power over you
And with said, I shall crush you
and send you to your death
Death! To your death!


5) The Divine Judgement
3:28, lyrics:
Floods of corpses pile by the numbers
at the commands of His will
His rage blazes like fire
The mountains, they crumble
to dust within His presence
What sorrow awaits who's guilty of sin

As judgment reigns down, the earth begins to tremble
and its people are destroyed
He shall take revenge on all who oppose Him
with vengeance and wrath

To the hearts of murder and lies:
why are you scheming against the Almighty God?
He will destroy you with one blow
He won't need to strike twice

By the sword of justice, many will be cast down
His chosen are free, but the lost
will suffer the divine judgement


6) Deserving to Die
4:23, lyrics:
Blinded, bound in sin
Laying in the bed of death
Foolish, evil hearts
Serving the creature in place of God
Perverted, immoral souls
trading the truth for a lie
You will suffer for your ways,
to those deserving to die

You fools, haters of God
You'll pay the sinful price
Abandoned free will to die for shameful desires

Burning for lust
Dark mind and confused
Deserving to die, turn now and run
Repent before the time or be destroyed!

"Flee from sexual immorality.
No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does.
But whoever sins sexually sins against their own body.
Do you not know that your bodies
are the temple of the Holy Spirit
who is in you, whom you have received from God?
You do not belong to yourself."
(1 Corinthians 6:18-19)

Captive, slave to sin
Chained from eternal light
God's justice will require
casting the wicked to their doom
Perverted, immoral souls
Trading the truth for a lie
You will suffer for your ways
To those deserving to die
You will suffer for your ways
To those deserving to die


7) Hallucinogenic Regrets
4:20, lyrics:
"Well, I want to say to you,
if you are not a Christian, and you're feeling that
you're doing pretty good right now,
don't be too easy on you:
the devil's not finished with you yet!"

This time you'll regret

You'll regret!
You'll regret!
You'll regret!
You'll regret!

Feel the rush of sin devour
the temple of the Lord
Self-mutilation
Lay your head back and witness
the nightmare of regrets
No life, no future

So how do you feel inside
as the poison fills your soul?
Now repent, for the deathclock has begun
Hallucinogenic regrets!

Staring down upon an empty glass
Suffering the bite of a venomous snake
Behold this vision of self-condemning sin,
for all shall perish a hopeless death
Death!

The coward's path to a dead-end grave
Led astray by the serpent's lies
This time you'll regret
You'll regret!
You'll regret!
You'll regret!
You'll regret!

"The wicked foster rebellion against God;
but the messenger of death will be sent against them."
(Proverbs 17:11)

"For the evildoer has no future hope,
and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out."
(Proverbs 24:19-20)

Death has come to the cliff edge
Intoxicated cries, self-annihilation
Faced with wages of your sin
and a grave of regrets
Repent or die

So how do you feel inside
as the poison fills your soul?
Now repent, for the deathclock has begun
Hallucinogenic regrets!

This time, this time you'll regret!


8) We Will Be Hated
3:34, lyrics:
I will speak the truth 'till the day I die
Day I rise
I will rebuke the sin that condemns my soul,
that takes control
With the world coming down, against me they judge
Judge not they shall
Reap what they have sown
For this is my life, so hate if you will
For I am the Lord's, so hate if you will

We will be hated
We serve Jesus
We will be hated, but in Christ we'll rise

I will follow my Lord
and worship His name
Serve Him 'til death
For when evil is near,
I crush it to dust and lay it to rest

You hate the words I preach,
yet you live upon lies,
so you despise the truth that I prevail
So say as you please
Nothing will stop me
We will be hated!

We will be hated
We serve Jesus
We will be hated, but in Christ we'll rise
The Word speaks all truth!


9) Face the Serpent... Bury and Repeat pt. 2
3:38, lyrics:
And with said, I shall crush you
and send you to your death!
Kill

Satan, tempter of sin
The shrewdest of all the wild
Rise up, devour, repeat
against the prince of deceit

Behold, serpent, your time has come
No more will you defeat my soul
I will only repeat to crush the sin
In God only I shall destroy you
Kill!

Face the serpent
Face the serpent
Face the serpent
Face the serpent

10) Through the Shadow of Death
1:44, instrumental

11) The Doom of Satan
3:44, lyrics:
Behold, Lucifer, the master of darkness and lies
The Lord of your defeat has come for your evil ways
You're doomed!

Guilty of deceit
The next stop is the lake of death
Bounded by chains before the God of judgment
"Vengeance is mine" thus saith the Lord
This vengeance is mine!

Satan, prince of hate,
you'll pay for what you've done
It will soon be over
for all who has hated the Son
Now condemned and thrown alive
Into the pit you go

Behold your defeat
as you're chained in the bottomless pit
Forsaken with no escape, left for a thousand years
You're doomed!

Shortly after this, forever will be in flames
In flames

As fire rains down from the heavens,
your face will read defeat
Witness this doom with sorrow
as you're thrown into the lake of death
Tortured through night and day
In burning sulfur you'll reign forever
This will be your doom
Your doom!


12) My Lord, Jesus
5:26, lyrics:
"Our Father which art in heaven
Hallowed be Thy name
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done
in earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our debts
as we forgive our debtors
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil
For thine is the Kingdom
and the power and the glory forever, amen..."
(Matthew 6:9-13)

Lord, give me strength
Lord, deliver me
You are my life and my passion
My Lord Jesus

My Father, build me strong in Your almighty power
Let salvation be my helmet
and the Word of God be my sword
in this fight against evil
Lead us to our victory, to Your heaven,
with all peace forever...amen

Lord, give me strength
Lord, deliver me
You are my life and my passion
My Lord Jesus

Nothing will stop me from worshiping You,
my Lord Jesus
 

13) A Hail to Christ (remix) (bonus track)
5:26, lyrics:
You can hear His whispers
Throughout the skies of night
With pure gratification
Tranquilizing your soul.
He is the bringer of light
The destroyer of darkness.

God of Life
Cleanse my soul
Bring me the light
Hail to Christ

There's nothing left for me my Savior,
Deliver me from this world
To the heavens

These blackened days are growing short.
For Satan is alive
Chaos, destruction,
The silencing of all existence
The cries of innocent beings
Shall bow before the Savior..

God of Life
Cleanse my soul
Bring me the light
Hail to Christ

Death is near
Time is short
Only one way out
Hail to Christ


14) Face the Serpent (full version) (bonus track)
4:58, lyrics:
Behold, serpent of the darkness,
get thee hence now, for it's written:

"Thou shall only worship the Lord thy God,
and Him only I shall, I shall serve..."
(Matthew 4:10-11)

With the Word of God as my sword,
I will cast you down unto your grave

Fear now, you deceiving false prophet of lies
By God I'm given all the power over you
And with said, I shall crush you
and send you to your death
Death! To your death!

Kill

Satan, tempter of sin
The shrewdest of all the wild
Rise up, devour, repeat
against the prince of deceit

Behold, serpent, your time has come
No more will you defeat my soul
I will only repeat to crush the sin
In God only I shall destroy you

Kill

Face the serpent
Face the serpent
Face the serpent
Face the serpent


Children of the Light (compilation, 16 April, 2011, UMS Records (RIPOFF LABEL), UNOFFICIAL)
Format: CD, limited 50 copies
sold out / sold out

Released without the knowledge or permission of most of the people involved. Even the cover artist who was commissioned to do the illustration above, had no idea that the CD was ever actually released, and especially had no idea most of the bands hadn't given permission to be on it.

Apparently there was a shirt available with this. I'm not sure what was on the shirt. At any rate, the shirt/CD combo was released on 24 April and limited to 12 copies.

See above for lyrics!

11) The Synics Awakening - The Eternal Absence of God 5:05
12) The Synics Awakening - Hallucinogenic Regrets 4:20
13) The Synics Awakening - No Pity for a Coward 4:52
14) The Synics Awakening - Face the Serpent... Crush and Kill 1:25


United We Skate Benefit Comp - Volume 4 Metal (16 June, 2015, Thumper Punk Records + SkyBurnsBlack Records)
Formats: CD and Bandcamp
Buy the CD (OFFICIAL)
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

21) The Synics Awakening - We Will Be Hated 3:34, see above for lyrics

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IncompletePage, CouldUseBetterImages, NeedsScriptureReferences
INFO:
1) Did the 2010 session member Dahnte actually appear on any of the band's releases? Did Goukr play guitar on any of their releases? 2) More info about the 2009 single. 3) When was the UMS version of "Dawn of Vengeance" released?
IMAGES:
1) The 2009 single. 2) All three versions of the "Dawn of Vengeance" album.







MISCELLANEOUS STUFF:

Left: 2010 band photos, with Goukr and Dahnte as session musicians.
Right: An image from their Facebook.

Left: The thumbnail for the digital download of "No Pity for a Coward".
Right: Unused artwork for the "Dawn of Vengeance" EP

The artwork for their two albums, from Drawnsword's blog.

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