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BAND NAME: The Autumn League
BAND NAME: The Autumn League
GENRE: Atmospheric Blackened Death Metal
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: Australia (Sydney, New South Wales)
Formed in 2012.
Lineup:
JP Somers - All instruments, Vocals (early), Unknown (now)
May have other members: "Somers was driven to seek out like-minded musicians to add life and color to The Autumn League's maturing sound"[1], but I'm not sure if other members were ever actually added to the lineup?...
Links:
Bandcamp (label)
Discography:
(artwork
not
available)
title unknown (demo, UNRELEASED)
Planned, but never released. Contained the track "City & Sea", which was later released on YouTube (scroll down further for info on that), but no more info is currently known.
??) City & Sea 7:38
(artwork
not
available)
title unknown (demo, UNRELEASED)
Planned, but never released. Contained the track "City & Sea", which was later released on YouTube (scroll down further for info on that), but no more info is currently known.
??) City & Sea 7:38
Hour Is at Hand (single, 22 January, 2013, Independent)
Format: Digital / YouTube
Format: Digital / YouTube
Stream (OFFICIAL)
NOTE:
The Autumn League's bio on Facebook mentions this as a single, but I'm not actually 100% sure if this refers to the YouTube video or not? Was it released on any other sites, or on any other formats?
1) Hour Is at Hand 8:39, see below for lyrics
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Concept of Irony (album)
23 May, 2014, This Way Records, CD, link expired
(???) 11 August, 2014, Independent, CD (possibly this? CD)
6 December, 2015, Rottweiler Records, Bandcamp
Guest appearances:
Jack Preston - Vocals (track 15)
So... this is a mess.
Discogs lists an independent version of the album being released on 11 August. Where does this come from? Is it the one on BigCartel, or is "soundseven" a label? If so, when was the "soundseven" version released??
1) The Hour Is at Hand
8:27, lyrics:
Black ice, screaming tires, we were on our way
Your wheel, indestructible feel, riding high on that night in July
We were young and foolish, I lead the way
I remember your feet cut on glass, as I carried you away
This night three years back we all went our separate way
You lost your love to eternity above, have you ever wished I was in her place
They called me, to say you’re unwell, it’s been so long since I bid you farewell
In the corner of a darkened room you weep, let me shoulder your grief
Your heart strings play a dirge unending, a lamentation for the good old days
It won’t bring her back, she’s not coming back, so come with me
You were called my friend
The hour is at hand, the time is now, to die to your old self, death to your old self
By the blood of the Lamb, the chains are broken, you’re set free, again
Stumbling in bleakness, darkness your new bride
Frozen heart, calloused soul, the mist in your eyes
Come away from the shadows, there’s nothing to fear in light
What made you turn to this, this path so forsaken
Was it the night we lost her, was it the night she was taken
All the inner emptiness the fear and trembling
That bound you tight now stripped away
In Christ, your spirit revived
The peace you craved, has come your way
Despair had her way with us, we were in our own strength
Out from the wilderness, consuming fire the Spirit within
2) A Flame Within
5:06, lyrics:
Fan the fire, a flame within
My desire, to walk in Your way
Written on our heart, Your word lives in us
A lamp unto our feet, a light unto our path
This is the hour of change
A seed sewn in faith, a harvest by Your grace
Faithful father and friend, Your love has no end
He is alive, sins forgiven
Out from the grave, He is risen
He is alive, out from the grave
The blood shed for all, even those who bring You scorn
On this very day, though they turn away
You love them just the same, our lives forever changed
No more need of false high’s, His blood breaking chains
You’re real, You’re real, Your presence we feel
You guide, You provide, unto our flesh we die
Your Son was crucified, that we might have life
Your power at work in us, it’s in You we trust
As darkness fades away, in You we’re not afraid
Press into the One, who gave His Son
Who by His blood, has overcome
3) Hope & Despair
2:05, partial lyrics:
"I love my husband very much. If I must fix it, (?) I've been (?) ever since. I seem to be in a horrible dream. I have nothing left. Leave me at least this one memory."
[sample, woman's voice, possibly from a movie?]
4) Lament
4:04, lyrics:
It was you in the storm far from home
The rushing tide called you out alone
There you stood on the shores of regret
Not a soul to hear your final lament
All that you gave became a weight around your neck
These days nothing is ever the same
The way things were now forever changed
And so you turned to anything
That brought you peace temporarily
Weary soldier the battle rages on
In you mind and in your heart so forlorn
Hold on, I'll be there tonight
We'll find our way to a shelter we can hide
Until the storms of life subside
A blank stare reflects the chaos in your mind
Haunting memories on display in your eyes
If I could take it away this very day
I'd re-write time and take your place
But here and now we must find somehow
A way to peace your mind to be sound
Deliverer we call upon your name
Silence the screaming erase the pain
You took our place and bore the scars
To the sea this anguish we now cast
5) We the Redeemed
5:12, lyrics:
Crucified the victory won
In this hour I become
Saved by grace through faith I pass
From death to life, I’m washed in blood
You have taken all the weight of my iniquity
Price was paid and now I wonder at Your majesty
My God
No curse can assault your throne
My Saviour
Raised to life and You’ll return
Rest… Peace… Grace… Life…
Spirit have your way in my heart
Let me live to glorify Your name
I want more of You in every day
And less of my destructive way
I confess… and am weak in my own strength
I repent… and ask forgiveness
To all who step out in faith, You meet them in their darkest place
To any who come you receive, with open arms to set them free
If ‘a crutch’ they call Your way, then it’s this I need every day
For when I’ve lost my way and strayed, it’s by Your grace that I’m sustained
Lord my God you died for me
That I might live and be redeemed
In blood and fire born anew
With all I have I worship You
To all who step out in faith, You meet them in their darkest place
To any who come You receive, with open arms to set them free
I’m free, praise Your name Lord Jesus
My Saviour, my Redeemer
6) Change
3:31, lyrics:
Take my hand and we’ll soar through cloudless skies
The Word in our heart, spirit, soul and mind
We’ll run through fields with the sun in our eyes
Untouched by the shadows of our old lives
We will honour You, with arms wide we are praising Your name
Everything that was shaken, is now restored, whole again, again whole
Spirit changed in me tonight, as I bowed down and closed my eyes
I lift Your name I lift it high, my filth it melts before Your light
Though our soul may wrestle the change, nothing can take what You gave away
Dusk and night, dawn and day, death brought life in us today - change
7) State of the Soul
5:07, lyrics:
In my heart I don’t feel a thing, not a thing, these days
All that was in our hearts we gave, away, as we were leaving
Why my soul are you downcast
Why are you so disturbed within me
I speak to you now soul and say
Put your hope in the Almighty, and give Him praise
My soul my soul to God you must say
I remember You now on this bleakest of days
Deep calls to deep, in the roar of Your waterfalls
Your love like the waves permeates my thoughts
8) The End of Enmity
3:27, lyrics:
Sky turns grey
Vengeance pulsating in your heart
Brother are you on your way
To turn my bones into dust
Awareness and truth became my guide
On the day you sold your firstborn rite
For all I gained I paid a price
Never again saw mother before she died
I see you in the distance
Crimson in your eye
The cold steel that sidles your waistband
Screams justice in your mind
Did you care not
For my peace offering
Will you take away
All that I have
In this hour I can only trust
For You o Lord have said
I will surely make you prosper
And You are faithful, You are faithful
My twin you’ve placed your arms
Around my neck and wept
How I’ve longed for this moment
Enmity laid to rest
9) Homeward
3:35, lyrics:
Say it’s all been a big mistake
You’ve changed your mind now you’re on your way
To tell me we can start again
As we walk forward renewed in every way
Home… now…
Home-ward
Sorrow’s time will end
Broken hearts will mend
I wish you were here again
But I’m praying for you my friend
That though I’m not around
A deeper love you’ve found
In Him whose grace abounds
Who’ll keep you safe and sound
Home… now…
Homeward
10) Nightingale
6:10, lyrics unknown
11) Weightlessness
1:53, lyrics unknown
12) These Remain
2:17, lyrics:
Faith, hope, love…
New start now…
Sunshine in my life today
Your grace mine to take
13) Vow
4:53, lyrics:
I’ll forget you…
The early picture spoke a thousand words within a busy mind
But it faded with time and now it’s lost its sheen and then it told a lie
We know that with what’s gone on there’s enough brokenness in this life
So we’ll make tonight’s decision last if you think it’s worth our while
The fracturing we sustained after all that didn’t happen on that sunny day
Our for better or worse was left unsaid but now healing is on its way
With the silence I wonder from time-to-time is it easier for you now
Have you closed the door and thought no more of our unspoken vow
I was battered in this recent time, but that’s a rule of the game
It’s over now – you played your best, and I tried to do the same
Come to an end, stormy season be dead
Let this stormy season be dead
Let this stormy season soon come to an end
Now it’s all said and done there’s nothing left for us here
Back-to-back we walk forward never turning to see what’s there
When did God say no, when did he change His mind
Why didn’t He tell me, that we weren’t right
I guess I’m still waiting, to hear that message too
In the meantime I’ll go a different way in respect of you
Jesus my healer, my Saviour, and my friend
Let this stormy season soon come to an end
By Your grace deliver Your weary laden child
Tend to the wounds sustained while wandering in the wild
14) Epilogue
1:36, lyrics unknown
15) The View from Here
4:02, lyrics:
There’s an aching in the heart when I’m alone
There’s an emptiness that no one ever knows
And I found my shelter on the dark side of the moon
But years turn like pages and the end it comes too soon for you
Hand by hand I burn these souvenirs
Cause now I understand
Cause now I understand the view from here
The view from here
Never thought of the other side
And when would come my time to die
Looking back I see time fly
And the fragments of life go by
Nothing to lose and all to gain
And I know things will never be the same
There’s a time and a place for every state
Whether deeper you will fall or you wake
And I saw my reflection in an angel passing by
But who will tell that angel I’m a stranger in my eyes
The road I take is all my doing
The bed I make, the bed I’m burning
8:27, lyrics:
Black ice, screaming tires, we were on our way
Your wheel, indestructible feel, riding high on that night in July
We were young and foolish, I lead the way
I remember your feet cut on glass, as I carried you away
This night three years back we all went our separate way
You lost your love to eternity above, have you ever wished I was in her place
They called me, to say you’re unwell, it’s been so long since I bid you farewell
In the corner of a darkened room you weep, let me shoulder your grief
Your heart strings play a dirge unending, a lamentation for the good old days
It won’t bring her back, she’s not coming back, so come with me
You were called my friend
The hour is at hand, the time is now, to die to your old self, death to your old self
By the blood of the Lamb, the chains are broken, you’re set free, again
Stumbling in bleakness, darkness your new bride
Frozen heart, calloused soul, the mist in your eyes
Come away from the shadows, there’s nothing to fear in light
What made you turn to this, this path so forsaken
Was it the night we lost her, was it the night she was taken
All the inner emptiness the fear and trembling
That bound you tight now stripped away
In Christ, your spirit revived
The peace you craved, has come your way
Despair had her way with us, we were in our own strength
Out from the wilderness, consuming fire the Spirit within
2) A Flame Within
5:06, lyrics:
Fan the fire, a flame within
My desire, to walk in Your way
Written on our heart, Your word lives in us
A lamp unto our feet, a light unto our path
This is the hour of change
A seed sewn in faith, a harvest by Your grace
Faithful father and friend, Your love has no end
He is alive, sins forgiven
Out from the grave, He is risen
He is alive, out from the grave
The blood shed for all, even those who bring You scorn
On this very day, though they turn away
You love them just the same, our lives forever changed
No more need of false high’s, His blood breaking chains
You’re real, You’re real, Your presence we feel
You guide, You provide, unto our flesh we die
Your Son was crucified, that we might have life
Your power at work in us, it’s in You we trust
As darkness fades away, in You we’re not afraid
Press into the One, who gave His Son
Who by His blood, has overcome
3) Hope & Despair
2:05, partial lyrics:
"I love my husband very much. If I must fix it, (?) I've been (?) ever since. I seem to be in a horrible dream. I have nothing left. Leave me at least this one memory."
[sample, woman's voice, possibly from a movie?]
4) Lament
4:04, lyrics:
It was you in the storm far from home
The rushing tide called you out alone
There you stood on the shores of regret
Not a soul to hear your final lament
All that you gave became a weight around your neck
These days nothing is ever the same
The way things were now forever changed
And so you turned to anything
That brought you peace temporarily
Weary soldier the battle rages on
In you mind and in your heart so forlorn
Hold on, I'll be there tonight
We'll find our way to a shelter we can hide
Until the storms of life subside
A blank stare reflects the chaos in your mind
Haunting memories on display in your eyes
If I could take it away this very day
I'd re-write time and take your place
But here and now we must find somehow
A way to peace your mind to be sound
Deliverer we call upon your name
Silence the screaming erase the pain
You took our place and bore the scars
To the sea this anguish we now cast
5) We the Redeemed
5:12, lyrics:
Crucified the victory won
In this hour I become
Saved by grace through faith I pass
From death to life, I’m washed in blood
You have taken all the weight of my iniquity
Price was paid and now I wonder at Your majesty
My God
No curse can assault your throne
My Saviour
Raised to life and You’ll return
Rest… Peace… Grace… Life…
Spirit have your way in my heart
Let me live to glorify Your name
I want more of You in every day
And less of my destructive way
I confess… and am weak in my own strength
I repent… and ask forgiveness
To all who step out in faith, You meet them in their darkest place
To any who come you receive, with open arms to set them free
If ‘a crutch’ they call Your way, then it’s this I need every day
For when I’ve lost my way and strayed, it’s by Your grace that I’m sustained
Lord my God you died for me
That I might live and be redeemed
In blood and fire born anew
With all I have I worship You
To all who step out in faith, You meet them in their darkest place
To any who come You receive, with open arms to set them free
I’m free, praise Your name Lord Jesus
My Saviour, my Redeemer
6) Change
3:31, lyrics:
Take my hand and we’ll soar through cloudless skies
The Word in our heart, spirit, soul and mind
We’ll run through fields with the sun in our eyes
Untouched by the shadows of our old lives
We will honour You, with arms wide we are praising Your name
Everything that was shaken, is now restored, whole again, again whole
Spirit changed in me tonight, as I bowed down and closed my eyes
I lift Your name I lift it high, my filth it melts before Your light
Though our soul may wrestle the change, nothing can take what You gave away
Dusk and night, dawn and day, death brought life in us today - change
7) State of the Soul
5:07, lyrics:
In my heart I don’t feel a thing, not a thing, these days
All that was in our hearts we gave, away, as we were leaving
Why my soul are you downcast
Why are you so disturbed within me
I speak to you now soul and say
Put your hope in the Almighty, and give Him praise
My soul my soul to God you must say
I remember You now on this bleakest of days
Deep calls to deep, in the roar of Your waterfalls
Your love like the waves permeates my thoughts
8) The End of Enmity
3:27, lyrics:
Sky turns grey
Vengeance pulsating in your heart
Brother are you on your way
To turn my bones into dust
Awareness and truth became my guide
On the day you sold your firstborn rite
For all I gained I paid a price
Never again saw mother before she died
I see you in the distance
Crimson in your eye
The cold steel that sidles your waistband
Screams justice in your mind
Did you care not
For my peace offering
Will you take away
All that I have
In this hour I can only trust
For You o Lord have said
I will surely make you prosper
And You are faithful, You are faithful
My twin you’ve placed your arms
Around my neck and wept
How I’ve longed for this moment
Enmity laid to rest
9) Homeward
3:35, lyrics:
Say it’s all been a big mistake
You’ve changed your mind now you’re on your way
To tell me we can start again
As we walk forward renewed in every way
Home… now…
Home-ward
Sorrow’s time will end
Broken hearts will mend
I wish you were here again
But I’m praying for you my friend
That though I’m not around
A deeper love you’ve found
In Him whose grace abounds
Who’ll keep you safe and sound
Home… now…
Homeward
10) Nightingale
6:10, lyrics unknown
11) Weightlessness
1:53, lyrics unknown
12) These Remain
2:17, lyrics:
Faith, hope, love…
New start now…
Sunshine in my life today
Your grace mine to take
13) Vow
4:53, lyrics:
I’ll forget you…
The early picture spoke a thousand words within a busy mind
But it faded with time and now it’s lost its sheen and then it told a lie
We know that with what’s gone on there’s enough brokenness in this life
So we’ll make tonight’s decision last if you think it’s worth our while
The fracturing we sustained after all that didn’t happen on that sunny day
Our for better or worse was left unsaid but now healing is on its way
With the silence I wonder from time-to-time is it easier for you now
Have you closed the door and thought no more of our unspoken vow
I was battered in this recent time, but that’s a rule of the game
It’s over now – you played your best, and I tried to do the same
Come to an end, stormy season be dead
Let this stormy season be dead
Let this stormy season soon come to an end
Now it’s all said and done there’s nothing left for us here
Back-to-back we walk forward never turning to see what’s there
When did God say no, when did he change His mind
Why didn’t He tell me, that we weren’t right
I guess I’m still waiting, to hear that message too
In the meantime I’ll go a different way in respect of you
Jesus my healer, my Saviour, and my friend
Let this stormy season soon come to an end
By Your grace deliver Your weary laden child
Tend to the wounds sustained while wandering in the wild
14) Epilogue
1:36, lyrics unknown
15) The View from Here
4:02, lyrics:
There’s an aching in the heart when I’m alone
There’s an emptiness that no one ever knows
And I found my shelter on the dark side of the moon
But years turn like pages and the end it comes too soon for you
Hand by hand I burn these souvenirs
Cause now I understand
Cause now I understand the view from here
The view from here
Never thought of the other side
And when would come my time to die
Looking back I see time fly
And the fragments of life go by
Nothing to lose and all to gain
And I know things will never be the same
There’s a time and a place for every state
Whether deeper you will fall or you wake
And I saw my reflection in an angel passing by
But who will tell that angel I’m a stranger in my eyes
The road I take is all my doing
The bed I make, the bed I’m burning
City & Sea (single, 6 July, 2014, Independent)
Format: Digital / YouTube
Format: Digital / YouTube
Written in the video description:
"Rough recording of a track that was originally written to be part of a demo. The band never released the demo (nor the track). Instead, they began writing material for an album, titled 'Concept or Irony', which was released in 2014."
1) City & Sea
7:38, lyrics unknown
Lament (single, 19 March, 2015, Rottweiler Records)
Format: Digital / Noisetrade
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)
1) Lament 4:27, see above for lyrics
The Pack Vol. 1 (compilation, 20 May, 2016, Rottweiler Records)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)
9) The Autumn League - The End of Enmity 3:27, see above for lyrics
Format: Digital / Noisetrade
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)
1) Lament 4:27, see above for lyrics
The Pack Vol. 1 (compilation, 20 May, 2016, Rottweiler Records)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)
9) The Autumn League - The End of Enmity 3:27, see above for lyrics
Kill the Ill - A Benefit Compilation for Shawn Browning (February, 2017, Thumper Punk Records)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)
The date on Bandcamp is 18 February, but it was set manually -- it was released sometime between 10 and 25 February, of 2017.
28) The Autumn League - The End of Enmity 3:27, see above for lyrics
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)
The date on Bandcamp is 18 February, but it was set manually -- it was released sometime between 10 and 25 February, of 2017.
28) The Autumn League - The End of Enmity 3:27, see above for lyrics
(artwork
not
available)
title unknown (album, UPCOMING)
From Facebook:
"[. . .] we did had five or six tracks written and studio ready in late 2016, but decided to bench them and chart a new course - the one we're currently on. [. . .] The benched tracks may see the light of day as bonus tracks, or a retrospective EP at some point"
More info about the new material will be added as it becomes available!
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INFO:
1) More info on the "Hour Is at Hand" single? 2) More info on the CD versions of "Concept of Irony". 3) The lyrics for "Hope & Despair", "Nightingale", "Weightlessness", "Epilogue", and "City & Sea". 4) Does this project have an official logo? 5) More info on the old demo?
IMAGES:
The "Lament" single.
IMAGES:
The "Lament" single.
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