This page is not done yet. For example there are a lot of V/A compilations that still need to be added. Hopefully what's here will suffice for now!
^ Early logo ........ v Current logo
The picture on the left is a standard band photo. (I'm not certain when it's from.) The one on the right is intended to serve the purpose of a "band photo" after they decided to symbolically become a "memberless band". It was illustrated by Azhar.
BAND NAME: Kekal
GENRE: Melodic/Progressive/Avant-Garde Black Metal (1995-2001), Electronic/Alternative Metal, Trip-Hop, Rock (2007-present), a mix of both styles (2001-2005)
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: Indonesia (early), International (Indonesia / Canada, now)
Formed in August 1995.
This band is added here based on their early/mid-era material.
This band no longer identifies as Christian. I'm not precisely sure when the change happened, but it was no later than mid-2015 when Jeffray began identifying as gnostic. A comment on ask.fm indicates Jeffray was moving away from it in 2014.
The word "kekal" means "eternal" in Indonesian.
On 12 August, 2009, they announced that Kekal would continue as an "institution", rather than a "band". Based on this, they claim the band has no members anymore, but rather "contributors". Jeffray and Levi are confirmed to be among those contributors (ask.fm). Also, it's confirmed that some people formerly associated with Kekal have contributed too. But other than this, all contributors are totally anonymous.
About the old logo, Kekal say: This very first Kekal band logo, also known as the "fire logo", was only used in a very short time - from August to December 1995, and was only publicly distributed through the limited demo cassette & some photocopied newsletters. Since early 1996, the logo has changed into the one that's still being used today, although the first version was slightly different.
While acknowledging that black metal has influenced their music a lot (especially in the earlier days), Kekal do not and have never considered themselves a "black metal" band.
All of Kekal's stuff that they own the rights to (ie, not currently owned by record labels etc) is released under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
Last-known lineup, 2009:
Jeffray Arwadi (formerly "Yeris") - Guitars, Vocals, Drums, Programming
Leo Setiawan - Guitars, Vocals
Azhar Levi Sianturi - Bass, Vocals
Past members:
Newbabe - Bass, Vocals
Harry - Vocals
Links:
Official website (kekal.org)
Old site @ archive.org (thtunderground / TRIPOD, 2001)
Old site @ archive.org (thtunderground / TRIPOD, 1999)
Old site @ archive.org (thtunderground/kekal)
Old site @ archive.org (cjb.net, just a redirect to thtunderground)
Band page @ Clenchedfist's old site (archive.org)
Band page @ Flesh Walker's old site
Band page @ Hitam Kelam's old site (archive.org)
Old forum @ archive.org (doesn't work + apparently there were other forums before this, possibly 4... Any info?)
Unofficial links:
Unblack Metal Wallpapers
Discography:
(artwork
not
available)
Limited Demo-Cassette (demo, November, 1995, Independent)
Format: K7 Cassette, limited 20 copies
This demo used their old "fire logo".
1) Spirits of the Unblack 5:57
2) No Master 3:50
3) Kebangkitan Orang Mati 5:07
4) Introduce Me to Immortality 2:26
Old site @ archive.org (thtunderground / TRIPOD, 1999)
Old site @ archive.org (thtunderground/kekal)
Old site @ archive.org (cjb.net, just a redirect to thtunderground)
Band page @ Clenchedfist's old site (archive.org)
Band page @ Flesh Walker's old site
Band page @ Hitam Kelam's old site (archive.org)
Old forum @ archive.org (doesn't work + apparently there were other forums before this, possibly 4... Any info?)
Unofficial links:
Unblack Metal Wallpapers
Discography:
(artwork
not
available)
Limited Demo-Cassette (demo, November, 1995, Independent)
Format: K7 Cassette, limited 20 copies
This demo used their old "fire logo".
1) Spirits of the Unblack 5:57
2) No Master 3:50
3) Kebangkitan Orang Mati 5:07
4) Introduce Me to Immortality 2:26
(artwork
not
available)
title unknown (demo, UNRELEASED)
Mentioned in the "Spirits from the Ancient Days" liner notes, and on archive.org. Recorded in January, 1996, and described as a "demo session". Unreleased because they didn't like how it sounded. "Most" of the songs were re-recorded for "Beyond the Glimpse of Dreams", indicating this had at least one song that didn't appear on that album. I have no more info about it right now, sorry.
Hana, who would later do guest female vocals on other albums, appeared on this demo for one song, but it's not clear which one.
??) Rotting Youth
+ other songs
...........................................Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae (demo)
Left: 1996, THT Productions, Cassette, limited 500 copies
Right: ????, Cassette
The right version was found on eBay. The seller notes, "Budget cassette and cover. I know that this was released with a more professional cover, so I don't know if this is simply a very underground original copy or just a fan dub." The tracklist on this version is the same as the other version.
Written in the inlay as "Contra Spirituália Nequítiae".
Tracks 1-4 are the demo itself; tracks 5-8 are from the "Spirits of the Unblack" demo.
Side 1 - "Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae"
1) Act I - War in Heaven: The Fall of the Ancient Serpent
3:30, instrumental track, but this text is written:
"Maka timbullah peperangan di sorga. Mikhael dan malaikat-malaikatnya berperang melawan naga itu, dan naga itu dibantu oleh malaikat-malaikatnya, tetapi mereka tidak dapat bertahan; mereka tidak, mendapat tempat lagi di sorga. Dan naga besar itu, si ular tua, yang disebut iblis stau satan, yang menyesatkan seluruh dunia, dilemparkan ke bawah; ia dilemparkan ke bumi bersama-sama dengan malaikat-malaikatnya."
-Wahyu 12:7-9 / Revelation 12:7-9
2) Act II - Demonicide
4:01, partial lyrics:
Satan fell down to this earth and spread the darkness
Shame, that once you were an angel but now you're God's (?)
(Invert?) the darkness
It's a (?) to those in the light
(?)
(?) war, not love to the darkside
(?) name of Jesus Christ, all the demons (scared?)
Word of God (?) the demons (?)
and then send them away!!!
Light has the power and authority to (exorcise?)
(?) the evil spirits
Demonicide along with God
In the name of Jesus Christ, (?) the power of (?)
Word of God, a two-edged sword
Send the demons to hell!!!
Bring it for war, the (sharp?) two-edged sword!
And (?) every single spirit of (?)
Those who put the Word for their armor...
... will surely win the spiritual war!!
3) Act III - Miracles at the Persecution
2:35, partial lyrics:
(?) persecution (?) followers of Christ
Believers (tortured?) because of their belief
Receiving threats, violence and intimidations
Unfair treatment (?) everyday
Blood of martyrs have not dried still
We still feel (?) from those who oppose
Yet the merciful God opens the door of forgiveness...
... if they want to return to Him
I've seen miracles at aggression
The Lord never let it (?)
We're not afraid if God is on our side
Many miracles had happened, it will be the sign
The Gospel shall not die
No man or (?)
Don't let fear (?) us from serving the Lord
4) Act IV - The Return of the Holy Lamb
5:55, partial lyrics:
And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. - Revelation 20:7-10 (KJV)
The Lord shall (?) bring the judgment upon mankind
There will be no exception, all (?) face a (?)
Life or death for the quick and the dead
Face the great white throne
Be blessed eternally or be damned forever
Spiritual conversion necessary
Approaching, receiving (repentance?) in Christ
Names (?) be written in a book of life...
... (?) entering the gate of New Earth
The return of the Holy Lamb, bring the judgment upon mankind
Spiritual conversion before too late
Seeking, receiving (repentance?) in Christ
And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. - Revelation 21:22-27 (KJV)
Side 2 - "Spirits..."
5) Spirits of the Unblack
5:57, see below for lyrics
6) No Master
3:50, partial lyrics:
Joined the power of darkness (?)
Served the ancient beast as (?) master
We (?) soul apart (?)
Waiting for "the promise" that we will reign in Hell
No master... (?) burned
When we came to that (?) place called Hell
We saw just (?) souls and (burning?) tongues
No one (?) no masters, just (?)
(?)
Before the (?) of judgment
(?)
7) Kebangkitan Orang Mati
5:07, lyrics unknown
8) Introduce Me to Immortality
2:26, partial lyrics:
I will follow the One that has introduced me to immortality
(?) eternal life with God
I should not depend on the mortal world
It just (shows?) the way to the grave
Left: 1996, THT Productions, Cassette, limited 500 copies
Right: ????, Cassette
The right version was found on eBay. The seller notes, "Budget cassette and cover. I know that this was released with a more professional cover, so I don't know if this is simply a very underground original copy or just a fan dub." The tracklist on this version is the same as the other version.
Written in the inlay as "Contra Spirituália Nequítiae".
Tracks 1-4 are the demo itself; tracks 5-8 are from the "Spirits of the Unblack" demo.
Side 1 - "Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae"
1) Act I - War in Heaven: The Fall of the Ancient Serpent
3:30, instrumental track, but this text is written:
"Maka timbullah peperangan di sorga. Mikhael dan malaikat-malaikatnya berperang melawan naga itu, dan naga itu dibantu oleh malaikat-malaikatnya, tetapi mereka tidak dapat bertahan; mereka tidak, mendapat tempat lagi di sorga. Dan naga besar itu, si ular tua, yang disebut iblis stau satan, yang menyesatkan seluruh dunia, dilemparkan ke bawah; ia dilemparkan ke bumi bersama-sama dengan malaikat-malaikatnya."
-Wahyu 12:7-9 / Revelation 12:7-9
2) Act II - Demonicide
4:01, partial lyrics:
Satan fell down to this earth and spread the darkness
Shame, that once you were an angel but now you're God's (?)
(Invert?) the darkness
It's a (?) to those in the light
(?)
(?) war, not love to the darkside
(?) name of Jesus Christ, all the demons (scared?)
Word of God (?) the demons (?)
and then send them away!!!
Light has the power and authority to (exorcise?)
(?) the evil spirits
Demonicide along with God
In the name of Jesus Christ, (?) the power of (?)
Word of God, a two-edged sword
Send the demons to hell!!!
Bring it for war, the (sharp?) two-edged sword!
And (?) every single spirit of (?)
Those who put the Word for their armor...
... will surely win the spiritual war!!
3) Act III - Miracles at the Persecution
2:35, partial lyrics:
(?) persecution (?) followers of Christ
Believers (tortured?) because of their belief
Receiving threats, violence and intimidations
Unfair treatment (?) everyday
Blood of martyrs have not dried still
We still feel (?) from those who oppose
Yet the merciful God opens the door of forgiveness...
... if they want to return to Him
I've seen miracles at aggression
The Lord never let it (?)
We're not afraid if God is on our side
Many miracles had happened, it will be the sign
The Gospel shall not die
No man or (?)
Don't let fear (?) us from serving the Lord
4) Act IV - The Return of the Holy Lamb
5:55, partial lyrics:
And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. - Revelation 20:7-10 (KJV)
The Lord shall (?) bring the judgment upon mankind
There will be no exception, all (?) face a (?)
Life or death for the quick and the dead
Face the great white throne
Be blessed eternally or be damned forever
Spiritual conversion necessary
Approaching, receiving (repentance?) in Christ
Names (?) be written in a book of life...
... (?) entering the gate of New Earth
The return of the Holy Lamb, bring the judgment upon mankind
Spiritual conversion before too late
Seeking, receiving (repentance?) in Christ
And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. - Revelation 21:22-27 (KJV)
Side 2 - "Spirits..."
5) Spirits of the Unblack
5:57, see below for lyrics
6) No Master
3:50, partial lyrics:
Joined the power of darkness (?)
Served the ancient beast as (?) master
We (?) soul apart (?)
Waiting for "the promise" that we will reign in Hell
No master... (?) burned
When we came to that (?) place called Hell
We saw just (?) souls and (burning?) tongues
No one (?) no masters, just (?)
(?)
Before the (?) of judgment
(?)
7) Kebangkitan Orang Mati
5:07, lyrics unknown
8) Introduce Me to Immortality
2:26, partial lyrics:
I will follow the One that has introduced me to immortality
(?) eternal life with God
I should not depend on the mortal world
It just (shows?) the way to the grave
THT CASSETTE VERSION
CANDLELIGHT PRODUCTIONS VERSION
UPCOMING 2023 VERSION?
Beyond the Glimpse of Dreams (album)
Top left / "... Dreams":
January, 1998, THT Productions, Cassette
Top right / "... Dreams":
1998, Valentine Sound Productions / VSP, Cassette
Bottom left / "... Dreams":
1998, Valentine Sound / VSP, CD
1998, Candlelight Productions, CD
October, 1998, Sonic Wave International, CD
Bottom right / "... Dreams MCMXCVIII":
2014, Independent, Bandcamp, Remastered
June, 2014, Persetan Records, CD, Remastered, limited (???) copies
UPCOMING, CD, Remastered again, label unknown
Top left / "... Dreams":
January, 1998, THT Productions, Cassette
Top right / "... Dreams":
1998, Valentine Sound Productions / VSP, Cassette
Bottom left / "... Dreams":
1998, Valentine Sound / VSP, CD
1998, Candlelight Productions, CD
October, 1998, Sonic Wave International, CD
Bottom right / "... Dreams MCMXCVIII":
2014, Independent, Bandcamp, Remastered
June, 2014, Persetan Records, CD, Remastered, limited (???) copies
UPCOMING, CD, Remastered again, label unknown
Guest appearances:
Julie - Vocals (female)
Hana - Vocals (female)
Vera - Vocals (female)
Habil Kurnia - Keyboards
Julie - Vocals (female)
Hana - Vocals (female)
Vera - Vocals (female)
Habil Kurnia - Keyboards
For both cassette versions, tracks 1-5 are on Side A, and 6-10 are on Side B.
Over 5000 copies of this were sold just between the years of 1998 and 2002.
Apparently the cassette version (at least one of them?) has a much more "raw" sound than the other versions.
The 2014 Bandcamp version was, of course, "released" in 2014. However, Bandcamp's internal publish date for it is all the way back on 12 January, 2010. Anyone know why this is? The album's not on archive.org.
The 2014 CD version was supposed to have six bonus tracks. The last one didn't fit on the disc so it was omitted. For some reason though, it's still mentioned on the packaging: "16) My Eternal Lover - 1996 demo version" (4:28).
Over 5000 copies of this were sold just between the years of 1998 and 2002.
Apparently the cassette version (at least one of them?) has a much more "raw" sound than the other versions.
The 2014 Bandcamp version was, of course, "released" in 2014. However, Bandcamp's internal publish date for it is all the way back on 12 January, 2010. Anyone know why this is? The album's not on archive.org.
The 2014 CD version was supposed to have six bonus tracks. The last one didn't fit on the disc so it was omitted. For some reason though, it's still mentioned on the packaging: "16) My Eternal Lover - 1996 demo version" (4:28).
1) Rotting Youth
3:32, lyrics:
Now as I walk through the scenes of disruption,
I see the dying of our generation
Adolescents are trapped, bound by chains of sin
Live as the living dead, putrefy until total death
Not to be the fools of the dark
Who are deceived by father of the lies
Life goes on, the earth still spinning around
But one day it shall be vanished,
Be reduced to ashes as destruction comes
No hope or no mercy for the putrefied ones
Not to be the fools of the dark
Who are deceived by father of the lies
We don't want to follow,
Don't want to be the rotting youth
(x2)
Leave the scenes and follow Christ
2) Armageddon
5:19, lyrics:
Deceiver of this world, beware
Tremble in your heart, you scared
Your destruction time is near
Have no mercy for your fear
Serpent's legions, devil troops
Terror drift in cries of war
The air is thin and time stands still
Soldiers ready for the kill
Prophecy shall be completed
As Satan crushed immortal
New world order, souls shall fall,
But the armies of god stands tall
In fire the earth devoured
Scattered bodies, eternal pain
Satan will be tormented
With his servants burned to dust
Prophecy shall be completed
As Satan crushed immortal
New world order, souls shall fall,
But the armies of god stands tall
When god destroy all heavens,
No star will be reserved
Fire came down from heaven
No evil thing shall be survived
Burning flesh, tainted wounds
Second death will follow soon
For the wicked, the price is death
When the book of life's been read
In fire the earth devoured
Scattered bodies, eternal pain
Satan is now tormented
With his servants burned to dust
3) Spirits
6:32, lyrics:
Spirits of the unblack exist in forgiveness
Bathe in blood of Christ, Holy Spirit inside
Spirits of the unblack, rising to eternity
Living in the wholeness, obedience to Christ
Praise him who conquer death!
Praise him who defeat Satan!
Jesus Christ destroyed Satan's head
Crushed his ugly head...victory!
Show the light to the dark
Unblack heart, unblack mind
Spread the word to the world
Unblack heart, unblack mind
Praise him who conquer death!
Praise him who defeat Satan!
Jesus Christ destroyed Satan's head
Crushed his ugly head...victory!
Spirits of the unblack exist in forgiveness
Bathe in blood of Christ, Holy Spirit inside
Spirits of the unblack, rising to eternity
Living in the wholeness, obedience to Christ
Praise him who conquer death!
Praise him who defeat Satan!
Jesus Christ destroyed Satan's head
Crushed his ugly head...victory!
No more enslavery by the darkness
We have chosen to follow Jesus
4) Deceived Minds
4:11, lyrics:
Deceived by the lost one, you worship the wrong idol
He told you he's the bringer of liberation
Manipulate and brainwash your mind with his lies
Enjoying cult following from the ignorance of man
Satanic dreams never become reality
Wasting life walking on path of deception
Relying on "the hope" that never be fulfilled
At the end, only eternal torture you must face
Is there any evidence of Satanic victory?
It's all in your mind, awakened by sin
A hope without faith in god is impotence
Illusions of power and glory are part of his deception
A logical philosophy?
You've betrayed, you've deceived
All creations belong to god the creator!
Face the fact, god is the only Lord
He give us Christ to banish all the sin
Satanic philosophy comes from nothing but lies
When you die, you will know who is right
5) The Conversion
5:49, lyrics:
I was born in the place of the fear
With all the difference surrounding me
The only knowledge I got was so dark
"Satan is the only Lord", they said
Lived in darkness, served the serpent
Nothing that's good I had to follow
Committed all crimes, "do what thou wilt"
Something evil stored inside my head
Rose from the ashes of confusion
I did not know what the truth's about
For this I was charged of being guilty
Of all crimes against humanity
Something happened within my life
In my darkest hour, came to me
The light of Christ, real divine love
I felt ashamed of all I have done
Forgiveness I found, he gave me a new life
Knowledge of the truth open up inside
The devil might steal my youth away,
But now he cannot stop my will to be free
Satan never fulfilled his promise to me
He just invert all the truth
Now I have a chance to live eternally
In Christ, my soul has been freed
6) Behind Those Images
3:17, lyrics:
Evil horror comprised within rhymes,
Fascinated to the darkside's representation
Hiding behind the sensational lines
A reference to somewhat blasphemous
Upon mankind's dark fantasies
Evil's stabbing from behind
Ignorance calls as he always tries
To use the words until he dies
When we looked others in need,
We must realize we're capable to care
How can we expect good respect from others
If we're still demonstrating apathy to society?
Upon mankind's dark fantasies
Evil's stabbing from behind
Those sensations soon will be
Forgotten forever in the clench of fire
Paradoxical life causes suffer to mind
All harmonies only found in Christ
Reality must we face, image of god
Feel the power of good, change the fate
7) Reality
5:19, lyrics:
Why should we proud to take
A direction we know it is not for mankind?
To astray we shall be
Why should we glorify the Hades and the death?
Those things are not the same
Completely lost their power
Too many aspects in this life will hurt us all
In control of sin, evil hides inside us
All our pain is real, darkness seems to be our nature
Easy to hate, but please open your eyes and see
The devil is defeated, darkness has lost its power
Fire and brimstone will torment him eternally
Death is overcome and never to rise again
What a waste of time to glorify his existence!
Jesus Christ shed his blood, took the sin of mankind
He provides us a way to attain life in eternity
Take the time to learn from the knowledge of the truth
Darkness will rise no more, it is reality
8) Escaping Eternal Suffering
5:18, lyrics:
No one is good in the eyes of almighty god
Creation inherit the seed which be the cause of death
Since the first man's fall, we all suffered the separation
No matter what norm and laws we create, we shall not be saved by them
Nobody but god himself who change the fate of human being
Far beyond the glimpse of dreams and longingness of these earthly wisdoms
Living by a faith in the son who was born as flesh and blood
He took over the natural consequences
Which was directed to us
The death and resurrection of Christ had paid the cost of damnation
Escaping the eternal suffering, reconciliation between god and mankind
9) A Day the Hatred Dies
6:15, lyrics:
Life, a picture of frustrating reality
Oppression surrounding the masses
He who has the power tends to be corrupt
What the hell, it's business as usual
War and murder in the name of god
Manipulations under the name of religions
Fraud in conspiracies for gaining profits
Those religious persons commit crimes everyday
Leave us here, they warp our perceptions
Hatred slowly grows in our hearts
Feeling hurt in the most delicate way
Screaming in a rage at those hypocrisies
Looking a place for our feet to show them
"We are not like you"
They are on God's side, so we are on the other
Does it make sense?
Minds are blind for the mistakes taken in hating hypocrisy
In fact we're all the victims of our hatred
Under the influence of sin, there is no way to live
An ideal life by our own strength
Religion hurts, but God will never let us down
Find the way in Him
10) My Eternal Lover
6:11, lyrics:
Remembering the day when You were crucified
Hung and nailed to the cross, a sacrifice for mankind
Your precious blood wash away the sin
More than just a hero, You are my savior
Remembering the day when You were arose from the dead
A total victory, banish away the stain of death
Your precious love lasting eternally
More than just a hero, You are my savior
I feel the warmth of Your love embraces me
Through the last days of imperfect life, there's a hope
Come quickly, come quickly,
come quickly O Lord Jesus
Come quickly, come quickly,
come quickly, giver of hope
You are the only truth, all praise and glory to You
Lord, I am waiting for Your second coming
Come quickly, come quickly,
come quickly O Lord Jesus
Come quickly, come quickly,
come quickly, my eternal lover
Come quickly, come quickly,
come quickly O Lord Jesus
Come quickly, come quickly,
come quickly, my eternal lover
BONUS TRACKS, 2014 CD VERSION ONLY
11) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act I 3:45
12) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act II 4:12
13) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act III 2:43
14) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act IV 6:10
15) Rotting Youth (1996 demo version) 3:24
3:32, lyrics:
Now as I walk through the scenes of disruption,
I see the dying of our generation
Adolescents are trapped, bound by chains of sin
Live as the living dead, putrefy until total death
Not to be the fools of the dark
Who are deceived by father of the lies
Life goes on, the earth still spinning around
But one day it shall be vanished,
Be reduced to ashes as destruction comes
No hope or no mercy for the putrefied ones
Not to be the fools of the dark
Who are deceived by father of the lies
We don't want to follow,
Don't want to be the rotting youth
(x2)
Leave the scenes and follow Christ
2) Armageddon
5:19, lyrics:
Deceiver of this world, beware
Tremble in your heart, you scared
Your destruction time is near
Have no mercy for your fear
Serpent's legions, devil troops
Terror drift in cries of war
The air is thin and time stands still
Soldiers ready for the kill
Prophecy shall be completed
As Satan crushed immortal
New world order, souls shall fall,
But the armies of god stands tall
In fire the earth devoured
Scattered bodies, eternal pain
Satan will be tormented
With his servants burned to dust
Prophecy shall be completed
As Satan crushed immortal
New world order, souls shall fall,
But the armies of god stands tall
When god destroy all heavens,
No star will be reserved
Fire came down from heaven
No evil thing shall be survived
Burning flesh, tainted wounds
Second death will follow soon
For the wicked, the price is death
When the book of life's been read
In fire the earth devoured
Scattered bodies, eternal pain
Satan is now tormented
With his servants burned to dust
3) Spirits
6:32, lyrics:
Spirits of the unblack exist in forgiveness
Bathe in blood of Christ, Holy Spirit inside
Spirits of the unblack, rising to eternity
Living in the wholeness, obedience to Christ
Praise him who conquer death!
Praise him who defeat Satan!
Jesus Christ destroyed Satan's head
Crushed his ugly head...victory!
Show the light to the dark
Unblack heart, unblack mind
Spread the word to the world
Unblack heart, unblack mind
Praise him who conquer death!
Praise him who defeat Satan!
Jesus Christ destroyed Satan's head
Crushed his ugly head...victory!
Spirits of the unblack exist in forgiveness
Bathe in blood of Christ, Holy Spirit inside
Spirits of the unblack, rising to eternity
Living in the wholeness, obedience to Christ
Praise him who conquer death!
Praise him who defeat Satan!
Jesus Christ destroyed Satan's head
Crushed his ugly head...victory!
No more enslavery by the darkness
We have chosen to follow Jesus
4) Deceived Minds
4:11, lyrics:
Deceived by the lost one, you worship the wrong idol
He told you he's the bringer of liberation
Manipulate and brainwash your mind with his lies
Enjoying cult following from the ignorance of man
Satanic dreams never become reality
Wasting life walking on path of deception
Relying on "the hope" that never be fulfilled
At the end, only eternal torture you must face
Is there any evidence of Satanic victory?
It's all in your mind, awakened by sin
A hope without faith in god is impotence
Illusions of power and glory are part of his deception
A logical philosophy?
You've betrayed, you've deceived
All creations belong to god the creator!
Face the fact, god is the only Lord
He give us Christ to banish all the sin
Satanic philosophy comes from nothing but lies
When you die, you will know who is right
5) The Conversion
5:49, lyrics:
I was born in the place of the fear
With all the difference surrounding me
The only knowledge I got was so dark
"Satan is the only Lord", they said
Lived in darkness, served the serpent
Nothing that's good I had to follow
Committed all crimes, "do what thou wilt"
Something evil stored inside my head
Rose from the ashes of confusion
I did not know what the truth's about
For this I was charged of being guilty
Of all crimes against humanity
Something happened within my life
In my darkest hour, came to me
The light of Christ, real divine love
I felt ashamed of all I have done
Forgiveness I found, he gave me a new life
Knowledge of the truth open up inside
The devil might steal my youth away,
But now he cannot stop my will to be free
Satan never fulfilled his promise to me
He just invert all the truth
Now I have a chance to live eternally
In Christ, my soul has been freed
6) Behind Those Images
3:17, lyrics:
Evil horror comprised within rhymes,
Fascinated to the darkside's representation
Hiding behind the sensational lines
A reference to somewhat blasphemous
Upon mankind's dark fantasies
Evil's stabbing from behind
Ignorance calls as he always tries
To use the words until he dies
When we looked others in need,
We must realize we're capable to care
How can we expect good respect from others
If we're still demonstrating apathy to society?
Upon mankind's dark fantasies
Evil's stabbing from behind
Those sensations soon will be
Forgotten forever in the clench of fire
Paradoxical life causes suffer to mind
All harmonies only found in Christ
Reality must we face, image of god
Feel the power of good, change the fate
7) Reality
5:19, lyrics:
Why should we proud to take
A direction we know it is not for mankind?
To astray we shall be
Why should we glorify the Hades and the death?
Those things are not the same
Completely lost their power
Too many aspects in this life will hurt us all
In control of sin, evil hides inside us
All our pain is real, darkness seems to be our nature
Easy to hate, but please open your eyes and see
The devil is defeated, darkness has lost its power
Fire and brimstone will torment him eternally
Death is overcome and never to rise again
What a waste of time to glorify his existence!
Jesus Christ shed his blood, took the sin of mankind
He provides us a way to attain life in eternity
Take the time to learn from the knowledge of the truth
Darkness will rise no more, it is reality
8) Escaping Eternal Suffering
5:18, lyrics:
No one is good in the eyes of almighty god
Creation inherit the seed which be the cause of death
Since the first man's fall, we all suffered the separation
No matter what norm and laws we create, we shall not be saved by them
Nobody but god himself who change the fate of human being
Far beyond the glimpse of dreams and longingness of these earthly wisdoms
Living by a faith in the son who was born as flesh and blood
He took over the natural consequences
Which was directed to us
The death and resurrection of Christ had paid the cost of damnation
Escaping the eternal suffering, reconciliation between god and mankind
9) A Day the Hatred Dies
6:15, lyrics:
Life, a picture of frustrating reality
Oppression surrounding the masses
He who has the power tends to be corrupt
What the hell, it's business as usual
War and murder in the name of god
Manipulations under the name of religions
Fraud in conspiracies for gaining profits
Those religious persons commit crimes everyday
Leave us here, they warp our perceptions
Hatred slowly grows in our hearts
Feeling hurt in the most delicate way
Screaming in a rage at those hypocrisies
Looking a place for our feet to show them
"We are not like you"
They are on God's side, so we are on the other
Does it make sense?
Minds are blind for the mistakes taken in hating hypocrisy
In fact we're all the victims of our hatred
Under the influence of sin, there is no way to live
An ideal life by our own strength
Religion hurts, but God will never let us down
Find the way in Him
10) My Eternal Lover
6:11, lyrics:
Remembering the day when You were crucified
Hung and nailed to the cross, a sacrifice for mankind
Your precious blood wash away the sin
More than just a hero, You are my savior
Remembering the day when You were arose from the dead
A total victory, banish away the stain of death
Your precious love lasting eternally
More than just a hero, You are my savior
I feel the warmth of Your love embraces me
Through the last days of imperfect life, there's a hope
Come quickly, come quickly,
come quickly O Lord Jesus
Come quickly, come quickly,
come quickly, giver of hope
You are the only truth, all praise and glory to You
Lord, I am waiting for Your second coming
Come quickly, come quickly,
come quickly O Lord Jesus
Come quickly, come quickly,
come quickly, my eternal lover
Come quickly, come quickly,
come quickly O Lord Jesus
Come quickly, come quickly,
come quickly, my eternal lover
BONUS TRACKS, 2014 CD VERSION ONLY
11) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act I 3:45
12) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act II 4:12
13) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act III 2:43
14) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act IV 6:10
15) Rotting Youth (1996 demo version) 3:24
MUSIC TRAX TAPE .................. FLESH WALKER CD
Embrace the Dead (album)
Top left:
30 August, 1999, THT Productions, Cassette
30 August, 1999, THT Productions, Cassette
Middle left:
February, 2001, THT Productions, CD-R, Remastered
Middle right:
2000, Music Trax + Third Eye, Cassette
Bottom:
8 August, 2010, Independent, Bandcamp, Remastered,link expired
February, 2001, THT Productions, CD-R, Remastered
Middle right:
2000, Music Trax + Third Eye, Cassette
Bottom:
8 August, 2010, Independent, Bandcamp, Remastered,
(not sure which artwork was used?)
2000, Candlelight Productions, CD
May, 2012, Independent, Bandcamp, Remastered,link expired
2000, Candlelight Productions, CD
May, 2012, Independent, Bandcamp, Remastered,
Guest appearances:
Vera - Vocals (female)
Habil Kurnia - Keyboards
For the 2 disc compilation featuring "1000 Thoughts of Violence", scroll down to 2017.
Vera - Vocals (female)
Habil Kurnia - Keyboards
For the 2 disc compilation featuring "1000 Thoughts of Violence", scroll down to 2017.
For the 1999 cassette, tracks 1-5 are on Side A, and tracks 6-9 are on Side B.
For the 2000 cassette, tracks 1-4 are on Side A, and 5-8 are on Side B.
There are allegations that Music Trax got the rights to release the cassette, then cut off communication with the band and label, presumably keeping the money. I'm not sure if this situation ever got worked out or not.
I got that the THT CD-R version was remastered, from [this page].
For the 2000 cassette, tracks 1-4 are on Side A, and 5-8 are on Side B.
There are allegations that Music Trax got the rights to release the cassette, then cut off communication with the band and label, presumably keeping the money. I'm not sure if this situation ever got worked out or not.
I got that the THT CD-R version was remastered, from [this page].
The 2010 Bandcamp version was limited to 1,000 free downloads. After that, it was taken down. It was put back up in May 2012 but at a price, not free.
The 2019 version has different mastering from the others; the remastering on that particular version was done in 2017 after the others were already released.
The 2019 version has different mastering from the others; the remastering on that particular version was done in 2017 after the others were already released.
STANDARD TRACKLIST
1) Longing for Truth
6:11, lyrics:
If I had a little time to empathize
On how the earth suffers the most
Tortured landscapes and dying forests
Witnessing the quality of mankind
Greed, corrupted minds
Perversion, misled goals
Something wrong here...
Life's not an imaginary time sequence
A reality line which forms the chronicles of our deeds
From birth time to our demise we spend
Our days of irresponsibility
Our civilizations continue to bottom-line
The plagues of earth that emphasize its severe conditions
History proved it
No one can escape from this fact!
Desperately - seeing our corrupted world
Done by hands - that help build and destroy
Who's to blame - for all degeneration?
Inside us - we are longing for the truth
Longing for truth!
Crying in confusion
Who will save this world
...from its destruction?
2) Embrace the Dead
5:24, lyrics:
"Another down of day arrives
But still nothing new under the sun
I'm waiting for the night again
Can't stand the hate whe I wake up"
"People come and go bite each other
There is no sign of peaceful life
Our hearts were filled with pain
As we did not know how to deal with hate"
A nature of mankind, we are dead since birth
Unware to the reality that we've sinned
Knowledge and wisdom have been cleared from our minds
All lead to consequence of eternal destruction
Merciful god really feels all our pain
Yes, he cries when we cry
He is hurt when we are hurt
"I will not let his happen
My love will protect you
From the hell that is approaching..."
The come his grace upon earth
Through the emaculate conception
And the virgin birth
Son is sent to embrace the dead
And his death give us eternal life
No ressurection without Christ
No incarnation without love
"If I know how much love god gives me
That the unsinned had to get torture
Why should I refuse to accept this grace?"
3) The Fearless and the Dedicated
7:52, lyrics:
Thousand years ago
In the first years of the Church
Terrors aimed to the Apostles...
...because of following the truth
Authorities opposed their teachings
Of love, hope, and faith
And if they couldn't find something to dispute
Oppression rose through the abuse of power
Those with thoughts of evil
Hate the word of god
They tried to stop the spirit of enlightenment
Attacking those that have a heart
And love for life
But the fearless ones are never giving up
Believe in the guidance of the Lord
Stand for the truth
Follow the way conscience goes
No one can stop your fire sincerity
Keep on fighting
Against all conspiracies
That based on the false intentions
There have been times of persecutions
And still present until today
In these wicked days, it's not an easy way
Through trials by fire faith is strengthen
Many people have gone away
Given up what they believe
If you live in fear then pray
God will give his children a power to
Fight, for the truth
A call of humanity
Never, feed the flesh...
...and give a chance to this wicked world
4) Source of Existence
6:39, lyrics:
From the earth minds are wondering
How could this great universe runs so well
Space and time, both follow the order
It makes us to think who's behind such things
Hail to the forests...
For they are the lungs of earth
Hail to the mountains...
For their amazing scenery
Look down into the smaller scale of reality
These living beings, exist to occupy our planet
The biological orders within our own bodies
They make us to think who create such things
Hail to the oceans...
For they bring the majestic waves
Hail to the rivers...
That keep flowing until the call
of The Last
"I am the Alpha and the Omega
... who is, who was, and who is to come
The Almighty"
It would take faith
To believe there was a process of creation
It would take more faith
To believe there's a coincidental existence
The quest for reason
Keeps compelling my thoughts and my emotions
Towards the fact
That there is an existence of a higher being
I bow to the source of universe
The Creator of all things seen and unseen
5) Healing
3:22, instrumental
6) The Final Call
5:16, lyrics:
These are days of our revival
The last moments for reaping the seeds sown
Civilizations must to be aware to all the signs
Signs of the end of our earthly time
Let the people see the coming of the Son of Man
The return of the Thunderous Might
We shall see the Holy One upon his throne
We shall meet the Risen face to face
Love has opened the gate to the eternity
Love that heals our wounds and scars
Love who washes away the dark taint of sin
The same love who once crucified
Let the people see the coming of the Son of Man
The return of the Thunderous Might
We shall see the Holy One upon his throne
We shall meet the Risen face to face
Down here, seeing our corrupted world
Drowning with its deadly desires
Religions, ideologies, and moral teachings
Cannot save us from the state called death
The Spirit has warned us time to time
As voces that heard beneath us
Calling the ones who are dying to see the truth
The ones who want to be saved
There is a way, a path to follow
A path of the great escape
A path where truth belongs there
Hear the final call...
7) From Within
4:48, lyrics:
I am, a creation of dust and made by dust
I am, a free entity with all the choices in front of me
In me, there is a will to live my life
In me, there is a destructive tendency built by hate
Questions asked, never satisfied with my existence
"To where I have to go? The purpose of my direction"
"Why must I face all these sufferings?"
I've been longing to find my reason to exist
A life of sin is reality I must accept
The Book clearly refers to fall of our ancestor
Many would call it as a tale and nothing more
But I can feel its truth in my own bad blood
Until I find the reason of my suffering...
...through the knowledge written in Bible
No one could make me satisfied with the answer
No one knows me, except The One who gives me breath
In fact there is only way god has prepared
I don't think it's wise to take all things just for granted
In fact that there are many distractions around
Try to keep myself from knowing his will
8) Scripture Before Struggle
6:48, lyrics:
In this world, the land that god created
Men must join together as one
But now, when hatred surrounds
Then we ask, "can we share this life together?"
Won't you take a look at our brothers and sisters
How many of them
Who let their souls being strayed?
Some people learn from all these tragedies
Bu themselves, they cannot help and save
So take a little time to think of it
Before everything's too late
About the world and the living
Which not eternal nor endless
"In years later,
All will realize what they have done
And they will try to throw the others the blame
Though it's still possible for us to cease
But it won't be the same as before"
Nothing same, everything changes
It's not the same anymore
This is scripture before struggle
Before you go to the battle
9) Millennium
10:00, lyrics:
Another year, another lesson to learn
Another task, another failure
Beneath these physical progressions
We've made one giant step of degradation
Reaching the point of no return
As this world falls beyond control
Should we call this "development"?
Or should we agree "it's a self-destruction"?
Time will no heal the wounds and scars
Through the ages that we've passed
The love we have is the love we deny
Where greed seems for more appealing
Millions have died as the victims of wars
And the millions live under extreme poverty
When we try to find something to blame,
our fingers are pointing of ourselves
It is so unpredictable... suddenly all drown so deep
Our world is now crumble
Crumbled-down withing a thousand year
Lord please forgive us, we are weak
Live this life so far away from You Way
Here we must face the consequence
So many years we've refused to seek the truth
Chosen to be under the influence...
...of ignorance
We've passed through the ages with greed
Creating all the profit-seeking systems
We built a tower without proper foundations
But now it's all too late as the tower falls...
This is what we are: helpless in our frustration
But yet I still hear the voice calling me back
I know I've wandered, so far away
From the pathway that is prepared for us
Everything changes
As we're approaching another millennium
But your love still remains the same
With the presence of you in our hearts
I believe, our love will survive
2000 MUSIC TRAX CASSETTE + FLESH WALKER CD TRACKLIST
1) Longing for Truth 6:11
2) Embrace the Dead 5:24
3) The Fearless and the Dedicated 7:52
4) Healing 3:22
5) The Final Call 5:16
6) From Within 4:48
7) Scripture Before Struggle 6:48
8) Millennium 10:00
2001 THT CD-R TRACKLIST
1) Longing for Truth 6:11
2) Embrace the Dead 5:24
3) The Fearless and the Dedicated 7:52
4) Source of Existence 6:39
5) Healing 3:22
6) The Final Call 5:16
7) From Within 4:48
8) Scripture Before Struggle 6:48
9) Millennium 10:00
10) Given Words 4:44 (bonus) (lyrics unknown)
2010 + 2019 BANDCAMP TRACKLIST
1) Longing for Truth 6:11
2) Embrace the Dead 5:24
3) The Fearless and the Dedicated 7:52
4) Healing 3:22
5) The Final Call 5:16
6) From Within 4:48
7) Scripture Before Struggle 6:48
8) Millennium 10:00
9) Embrace the Dead (live) 5:51
(Tracklist unknown for the 2012 Bandcamp version)
???
???
Vampiria Party '1 (compilation, year unknown, Extreme Noise Records)
Format: Cassette
[This page] says the comp was released in 2000. [This page] says 2001.
Side B, Track 3) Kekal - The Painful Experience
Self Krusher Compilation - 5th Anniversary THT Productions (Compilation, 2001, THT Productions)
Format: CD
2) Kekal - Source of Existence
4:48, see above for lyrics
2) Kekal - Source of Existence
4:48, see above for lyrics
The Painful Experience (album)
Left:
October, 2001, THT Productions, CD
October, 2001, Clenchedfist Records, CD
October, 2001, Fear Dark Records, CD
2015, Independent, Bandcamp, Remastered
Right:
August, 2002, HROM + HIRAX + Dark Angel, Cassette
(artwork unclear?)
October, 2001, THT Productions, Cassette
October, 2001, THT Productions, CD
October, 2001, Clenchedfist Records, CD
October, 2001, Fear Dark Records, CD
2015, Independent, Bandcamp, Remastered
Right:
August, 2002, HROM + HIRAX + Dark Angel, Cassette
(artwork unclear?)
October, 2001, THT Productions, Cassette
Guest appearances:
Doctor D - Vocals, "Samples, Arrangements"
Doctor D - Vocals, "Samples, Arrangements"
The album title "The Painful Experience" is a reference to the problems they encountered recording their previous album, "Embrace the Dead", "ranging from technical issues, financial difficulties, to many other things including the label rip-off and lack of promotion and distribution of the album".
On the HROM (etc) cassette version, tracks 1-6 are on Side A, and 7-12 are on Side B.
Bandcamp's internal publish date for the remastered version is all the way back on 12 January, 2010. Anyone know why this is?
STANDARD TRACKLIST
1) The Monsters Within
4:41, lyrics
Welcome to the world of violence,
hear the chants of hate,
where all anger and confusion
mixed down all this way.
Society won't take the blame
on these brutal acts.
Burning people, torture, killing,
what else can I say?
Blood is spilled on the ground,
body laid down in weakness.
They won't hear his pleading
when they pour the gasoline.
Paid in full for a little crime,
man, he's been kicked and beaten.
No more chance to escape,
just wait for his last breath.
Burn! Die!
Something sure must happen
if law is not functioning.
When the crimes are on the top,
none can take it any longer,
wilder than defined "anarchy".
"You cops, stay away!
We are kings of own neighbourhood,
to protect and to kill!"
Blood is spilled on the ground,
body laid down in weakness.
They won't hear his pleading
when they pour the gasoline.
Paid in full for a little crime,
man, he's been kicked and beaten.
No more chance to escape,
just wait for his last breath.
Burn! Die!
Worse than the animal,
evil is the nature of man.
Driven by sadistic plans of action,
can we save ourselves?
There is no one righteous, not even one...
what should we do to take away
all these monsters within?
2) Crave for Solid Ground
5:09, lyrics
It's just another extraction of sense,
watering the troubles of order
to invert the truth.
Build the empire upon the sand,
more lies behind this game, internal hollow.
In this life, anything can go too far.
All shall die.
See how long it could stand on there
with gold that won't be forever last.
Feel the time's running on and on,
all those have done would be in vain.
It could have been better
when it comes from the truth.
Earning every penny out of sweat and tears,
above the solid ground,
those walls will stand still.
The rock makes it stronger, up against the winds.
In this life, reality tests it all.
one shall live.
See which one will survive at last...
one who built it upon the rock or sand?
When these rain, floods and winds come in,
who shall live and who shall die?
So it's life for those who follow the truth.
Salvation.
3) Mean Attraction
4:15, lyrics
Televisions, breaking news popped out that night:
another explosion's attacked the city again.
Hospitals were filled with innocent victims,
death tolls are high, but none would down in fear.
Mean attraction, horror in sight,
spreading the terrors, to kill was not the mission.
But yet only death appears at the frontline.
What lies ahead, a situational chaos?
How far they've succeeded, none exactly knows.
Mean attraction, terror in sight,
human, the only species
with mass-murder capability.
Seething with disconcent,
political visions to obscure resolutions.
What reasons that stimulate madness
out of these poor brains?
Purpose never reached, when all become a part
of business as usual.
4) Like There's No Other Way to Go
4:18, lyrics
"What life means to you, my friend?"
A question asked to everyone I know.
It was so simple but carries the weight of mind,
as no one wants to know and even cares about.
Newspapers cover the same stuff everyday:
wars, crimes, disasters, problems still exist
as seen on TV and on Internet.
That costs our time with all those mortal affairs,
wondering why we should be here
surrounded by the literal horrors.
Should we accept this stagnant situation?
Like there's no other way to go,
many have found their ways to live,
creating philosophical types of reactions.
Realize it's only counter-concepts,
none would give a real solution.
Knowledge that comes from these crippled minds:
wars, crimes, disasters, problems still exist.
Register names on "club of ignorance",
partake in the state of confusion
the hearts that have been pierced from both sides...
None shall last forever, not even this life,
for we brought nothing into this world,
we cannot take anything out of the world.
Let's think about tomorrow, seek another day,
heading to the one world beyond, keep the minds free.
5) Behind Closed Doors
5:48, lyrics
It feels like our world
has been pushed to the edge
where beauty is being exploited
without the sense or respect.
Billions are doing theirs, never expecting the things
that would manifest themselves in a time to come.
With my eyes, I see you and your world is going down,
the colors fade away as black replaces all.
With my eyes, I see you and your world is going down,
images fade away as death replaces all.
Put the shadow in its place
as it supposed to appear.
The black shades are here beside us
as reflections of ours
when there is a light against
the antithesis of man-made knowledge.
From the void that comes through our optimisms,
we've learned to deny the potential excess,
where "why" is taboo and "how" is hyped.
Drifting from our very own pitiful existence,
minds that create an illusion of accomplishment.
Back from the tombs, the tragedy defines itself,
leading the ways to nowhere, where death is at the end!
With my eyes, I see you and your world is going down,
the colors fade away as black replaces all.
With my eyes, I see you and your world is going down,
images fade away as death replaces all.
A dismal portrait of mortal life,
betrayal of mankind's existence.
So many blind ambitions
with false motivations and false directions.
Caught in a cold confusion,
bearing all the lies of men.
I wish I could see my future life,
to look behind all these seemingly closed doors.
Illuminate me with true divine light,
O owner of the key to the world beyond...
6) After the Storm
5:43, lyrics
Shame on me, now I'm standing alone
when I turn my face far behind
the shadow of yesteryear's sighs.
Gradually his shape fades,
degrades under the law of time,
swallowed by the book of memories.
Forgive me for what I've committed.
Many times I fly, in the light, in the dark.
I just did it pointlessly,
reaching for something,
so distant...so alone.
Dreaming for another touch, I fly so high,
I just let myself falling,
wildly drifting on the air.
Marching the sounds of my inner ill,
hear the weeping of the bleeder...shout!
Crawls...reveals...this drowning hope here beneath.
Many times I give my mind a crown and lay down,
stiff unmoved and yet posed a dying mortal flesh.
Piercing the limits, stretch upon my hollow painted nest,
keep on questioning my daily breath...what a day!
No matter how intense I strike,
the anger still here and breed inside.
I hate myself, hating the light,
this pain I feel kills me outright.
What should I do to break this chain?
It's only you, my only strength to fight,
facing my mirrors of ideal reality.
Morning's pride arrives, enter my two wounded eyes,
brings her another ugliest blazing wrath.
Will I keep survive under this earth burning sun?
Why can't I seize the dusk,
the only chance I give my misery eulogy?
Dear Lord, I chocked by the plans of Thee.
Severely amazed, torture in doubt,
questions I've drawn, left and forgotten,
I pass the answers, I let my light dimmed.
7) Given Words
4:41, lyrics
Far from this age,
from the beginning of all creation,
it has been an order...
when or where we will be called to exist and to demise.
All is in control but not ours,
the law, free will, I give you...
know what it means: "The highest creation"
given to us freedom and authority,
wisdom and knowledge, and enough brain
to think and to learn, to grow with self-sufficient.
The law, free will, I give you,
won't you realize of your existence?
All is the best for you,
now as became the fallen ones,
you are unable to think even for yourselves.
How can you start to doubt Me in the minds?
With your hearts that turn to stone,
I can understand what pains you feel away from my presence.
I never blame you for your fragile minds,
now I give you My Word to know Me easier.
Words that fit to the corrupted
Words that fit to the sick
Words that fit to the disabled
Words that fit to those who doubt
Words that fit to the ignorant
Words that fit to the weak
Words that fit to the arrogant
Words that fit to all of us.
8) Militia Christi
4:05, lyrics
Erosions of minds, bodies, and souls...
this world's standard contaminate the life.
Follow the material, philosophical,
and the religious utopias.
Enslaved by the darkness, visions become absurd,
leading to a path of death where no one shall reign.
Only regret and endless pain that exist.
Overcome your illusions, join war against the powers,
against principalities, spiritual rulers of this world.
The freedom has been proclaimed,
a victory through the bloodshed
by the strength of his power and might.
No one else shall claim to be the winner.
The truth is here for the living,
let it become our influence
and used as the armor of battle.
Now, brutally we declare the war!
Come to our reality, join war against the powers,
against the principalities,
spiritual rulers of this world.
Militia Christi,
breaking the rules and traditions
that kept us all in chains of ritualistic vain.
Forever change the essence of religions,
love is the new law for all mankind.
The truth is here for the living,
let it become our influence,
and used as the armor of battle.
Now, brutally we declare the war!
9) The Painful Experience
7:53, lyrics
Would you like to share the pain with me?
Experience those darkest moments I once had.
You have become a part of me and I'm inside you,
reflecting all of myself through this suffering.
With pain, I have gained a victory over your death,
entered the darkest realm to give a light for you.
I was here, born as "a loser" in the eyes of the world,
bitterness that was taken, flesh that was torn.
Would you like to feel the pain that I felt?
Experience those darkest moments I once had.
If you said that you love me and believe in me,
won't you leave your glory and carry your cross with me?
The wound, the blood, the torture,
the mockery, the humiliation,
entered the darkest hell to give a light for you.
I was here, hanging on a tree of hate and disgust,
bitterness that was taken, blood that was spilled.
Does it really matter now?
In this age of technology,
will you forget all my pain
and refuse your suffering?
A cross to take, your cross to take.
Suffer with me,
suffer with me...
10) Via Dolorosa
4:10, instrumental
On the HROM (etc) cassette version, tracks 1-6 are on Side A, and 7-12 are on Side B.
Bandcamp's internal publish date for the remastered version is all the way back on 12 January, 2010. Anyone know why this is?
STANDARD TRACKLIST
1) The Monsters Within
4:41, lyrics
Welcome to the world of violence,
hear the chants of hate,
where all anger and confusion
mixed down all this way.
Society won't take the blame
on these brutal acts.
Burning people, torture, killing,
what else can I say?
Blood is spilled on the ground,
body laid down in weakness.
They won't hear his pleading
when they pour the gasoline.
Paid in full for a little crime,
man, he's been kicked and beaten.
No more chance to escape,
just wait for his last breath.
Burn! Die!
Something sure must happen
if law is not functioning.
When the crimes are on the top,
none can take it any longer,
wilder than defined "anarchy".
"You cops, stay away!
We are kings of own neighbourhood,
to protect and to kill!"
Blood is spilled on the ground,
body laid down in weakness.
They won't hear his pleading
when they pour the gasoline.
Paid in full for a little crime,
man, he's been kicked and beaten.
No more chance to escape,
just wait for his last breath.
Burn! Die!
Worse than the animal,
evil is the nature of man.
Driven by sadistic plans of action,
can we save ourselves?
There is no one righteous, not even one...
what should we do to take away
all these monsters within?
2) Crave for Solid Ground
5:09, lyrics
It's just another extraction of sense,
watering the troubles of order
to invert the truth.
Build the empire upon the sand,
more lies behind this game, internal hollow.
In this life, anything can go too far.
All shall die.
See how long it could stand on there
with gold that won't be forever last.
Feel the time's running on and on,
all those have done would be in vain.
It could have been better
when it comes from the truth.
Earning every penny out of sweat and tears,
above the solid ground,
those walls will stand still.
The rock makes it stronger, up against the winds.
In this life, reality tests it all.
one shall live.
See which one will survive at last...
one who built it upon the rock or sand?
When these rain, floods and winds come in,
who shall live and who shall die?
So it's life for those who follow the truth.
Salvation.
3) Mean Attraction
4:15, lyrics
Televisions, breaking news popped out that night:
another explosion's attacked the city again.
Hospitals were filled with innocent victims,
death tolls are high, but none would down in fear.
Mean attraction, horror in sight,
spreading the terrors, to kill was not the mission.
But yet only death appears at the frontline.
What lies ahead, a situational chaos?
How far they've succeeded, none exactly knows.
Mean attraction, terror in sight,
human, the only species
with mass-murder capability.
Seething with disconcent,
political visions to obscure resolutions.
What reasons that stimulate madness
out of these poor brains?
Purpose never reached, when all become a part
of business as usual.
4) Like There's No Other Way to Go
4:18, lyrics
"What life means to you, my friend?"
A question asked to everyone I know.
It was so simple but carries the weight of mind,
as no one wants to know and even cares about.
Newspapers cover the same stuff everyday:
wars, crimes, disasters, problems still exist
as seen on TV and on Internet.
That costs our time with all those mortal affairs,
wondering why we should be here
surrounded by the literal horrors.
Should we accept this stagnant situation?
Like there's no other way to go,
many have found their ways to live,
creating philosophical types of reactions.
Realize it's only counter-concepts,
none would give a real solution.
Knowledge that comes from these crippled minds:
wars, crimes, disasters, problems still exist.
Register names on "club of ignorance",
partake in the state of confusion
the hearts that have been pierced from both sides...
None shall last forever, not even this life,
for we brought nothing into this world,
we cannot take anything out of the world.
Let's think about tomorrow, seek another day,
heading to the one world beyond, keep the minds free.
5) Behind Closed Doors
5:48, lyrics
It feels like our world
has been pushed to the edge
where beauty is being exploited
without the sense or respect.
Billions are doing theirs, never expecting the things
that would manifest themselves in a time to come.
With my eyes, I see you and your world is going down,
the colors fade away as black replaces all.
With my eyes, I see you and your world is going down,
images fade away as death replaces all.
Put the shadow in its place
as it supposed to appear.
The black shades are here beside us
as reflections of ours
when there is a light against
the antithesis of man-made knowledge.
From the void that comes through our optimisms,
we've learned to deny the potential excess,
where "why" is taboo and "how" is hyped.
Drifting from our very own pitiful existence,
minds that create an illusion of accomplishment.
Back from the tombs, the tragedy defines itself,
leading the ways to nowhere, where death is at the end!
With my eyes, I see you and your world is going down,
the colors fade away as black replaces all.
With my eyes, I see you and your world is going down,
images fade away as death replaces all.
A dismal portrait of mortal life,
betrayal of mankind's existence.
So many blind ambitions
with false motivations and false directions.
Caught in a cold confusion,
bearing all the lies of men.
I wish I could see my future life,
to look behind all these seemingly closed doors.
Illuminate me with true divine light,
O owner of the key to the world beyond...
6) After the Storm
5:43, lyrics
Shame on me, now I'm standing alone
when I turn my face far behind
the shadow of yesteryear's sighs.
Gradually his shape fades,
degrades under the law of time,
swallowed by the book of memories.
Forgive me for what I've committed.
Many times I fly, in the light, in the dark.
I just did it pointlessly,
reaching for something,
so distant...so alone.
Dreaming for another touch, I fly so high,
I just let myself falling,
wildly drifting on the air.
Marching the sounds of my inner ill,
hear the weeping of the bleeder...shout!
Crawls...reveals...this drowning hope here beneath.
Many times I give my mind a crown and lay down,
stiff unmoved and yet posed a dying mortal flesh.
Piercing the limits, stretch upon my hollow painted nest,
keep on questioning my daily breath...what a day!
No matter how intense I strike,
the anger still here and breed inside.
I hate myself, hating the light,
this pain I feel kills me outright.
What should I do to break this chain?
It's only you, my only strength to fight,
facing my mirrors of ideal reality.
Morning's pride arrives, enter my two wounded eyes,
brings her another ugliest blazing wrath.
Will I keep survive under this earth burning sun?
Why can't I seize the dusk,
the only chance I give my misery eulogy?
Dear Lord, I chocked by the plans of Thee.
Severely amazed, torture in doubt,
questions I've drawn, left and forgotten,
I pass the answers, I let my light dimmed.
7) Given Words
4:41, lyrics
Far from this age,
from the beginning of all creation,
it has been an order...
when or where we will be called to exist and to demise.
All is in control but not ours,
the law, free will, I give you...
know what it means: "The highest creation"
given to us freedom and authority,
wisdom and knowledge, and enough brain
to think and to learn, to grow with self-sufficient.
The law, free will, I give you,
won't you realize of your existence?
All is the best for you,
now as became the fallen ones,
you are unable to think even for yourselves.
How can you start to doubt Me in the minds?
With your hearts that turn to stone,
I can understand what pains you feel away from my presence.
I never blame you for your fragile minds,
now I give you My Word to know Me easier.
Words that fit to the corrupted
Words that fit to the sick
Words that fit to the disabled
Words that fit to those who doubt
Words that fit to the ignorant
Words that fit to the weak
Words that fit to the arrogant
Words that fit to all of us.
8) Militia Christi
4:05, lyrics
Erosions of minds, bodies, and souls...
this world's standard contaminate the life.
Follow the material, philosophical,
and the religious utopias.
Enslaved by the darkness, visions become absurd,
leading to a path of death where no one shall reign.
Only regret and endless pain that exist.
Overcome your illusions, join war against the powers,
against principalities, spiritual rulers of this world.
The freedom has been proclaimed,
a victory through the bloodshed
by the strength of his power and might.
No one else shall claim to be the winner.
The truth is here for the living,
let it become our influence
and used as the armor of battle.
Now, brutally we declare the war!
Come to our reality, join war against the powers,
against the principalities,
spiritual rulers of this world.
Militia Christi,
breaking the rules and traditions
that kept us all in chains of ritualistic vain.
Forever change the essence of religions,
love is the new law for all mankind.
The truth is here for the living,
let it become our influence,
and used as the armor of battle.
Now, brutally we declare the war!
9) The Painful Experience
7:53, lyrics
Would you like to share the pain with me?
Experience those darkest moments I once had.
You have become a part of me and I'm inside you,
reflecting all of myself through this suffering.
With pain, I have gained a victory over your death,
entered the darkest realm to give a light for you.
I was here, born as "a loser" in the eyes of the world,
bitterness that was taken, flesh that was torn.
Would you like to feel the pain that I felt?
Experience those darkest moments I once had.
If you said that you love me and believe in me,
won't you leave your glory and carry your cross with me?
The wound, the blood, the torture,
the mockery, the humiliation,
entered the darkest hell to give a light for you.
I was here, hanging on a tree of hate and disgust,
bitterness that was taken, blood that was spilled.
Does it really matter now?
In this age of technology,
will you forget all my pain
and refuse your suffering?
A cross to take, your cross to take.
Suffer with me,
suffer with me...
10) Via Dolorosa
4:10, instrumental
FEAR DARK TRACKLIST
(tracks 1-10 are the same)
11) Like There's No Other Way to Remix 5:13
HROM CASSETTE TRACKLIST
(tracks 1-10 are the same)
11) Like There's No Other Way to Live (Remix) 5:14
12) (untitled) track length/lyrics unknown
(tracks 1-10 are the same)
11) Like There's No Other Way to Remix 5:13
HROM CASSETTE TRACKLIST
(tracks 1-10 are the same)
11) Like There's No Other Way to Live (Remix) 5:14
12) (untitled) track length/lyrics unknown
(Tracklist unknown for the THT cassette version)
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This split was originally planned to be called "Resist, Unite, Attack".[1] [2]
It's actually announced with that name in the "The Painful Experience" album layout.
1) Kekal - The Only Sound of Rain
6:13, lyrics:
A man is standing right against the mirror, to summon the past
His eyes look deep into the glass, expecting to see ol' days of fortune
But nothing good reflected on its surface, only tragic memories
The will of this old man has gone for long, and none can put it back!
What we do in life... Never be a failure...
What we decide to choose... A quality of each moment
Days and nights are passing over in a shift-like monotony
The pattern he's been familiar with, a discipline of life's elements
All those golden years he has left behind, got so hard to accept
Denying the fall and look to the throne, again and again...
What we do in life.... Never be a success...
What we gain for our living... Nothing but a survival kit...
The sky turned to grey as the rain started to fall down
No more crowds applause, no more stages, lights and cameras
The only sound he heard is the sound of a falling rain
The world is not the same, his life has never been the same
Does he forget the ancient words that say:
"Naked you came, so naked you shall leave"
We will take nothing out of this life's vanities
Except for our souls to be justified in this present world.
2) Kekal - Mean Attraction
4:12, lyrics:
Televisions breaking news popped out that night
Another explosions attacked the city again
Hospitals were filled with innocent victims
Death tolls are high, but none would down in fear
Mean attraction, horror in sight
Spreading the terrors, to kill was not the mission
But yet only death appears at the frontline
What lies ahead, a situational chaos?
How far they've succeeded? None exactly knows
Mean attraction, terror in sight,
Human, the only species with mass-murder capability
Seething with discontent
Political visions to obscure resolutions
What reasons that stimulate madness out of these poor brains?
Purpose never reached, when all become a part of business as usual.
3) Kekal - A Stranger So Close
5:32, lyrics:
Seems that they won't let this wrapped to an end
and make it as a forgotten tale of madness
A thing that once was far enough to comprehend
Yet now it's becoming a fracture of myself
As I woke up too early, bathed in sweat
The dream has just begun to disturb this peaceful mind
Overwhelmed in guilt just about every night
I hear the terror speaks for itself inside my head
Reality won't fade away that fast
You never ever know how to stop it
A cool dude today, could be a cruel beast the other day
Everything is totally possible
Alone in this struggle, too weak to fight
Sometimes I just want to die
Tortured in this fragile existence
O God, please take this pain from me...
Flesh stimulated lust and defecting impulses
Out to drive me crazy as I still can't figure out why
A stranger, so close enough to make it mine
Deeds after deeds, uncounted, I'm not in control...!
Born blind then crushed by nurturance
Mentally undesirable
I'm locked up beneath the surface
Now how can I honor myself...?
In the middle of life so surreal but yet so true!
4) Kekal - The Skull (Trouble cover)
5:54, lyrics:
This is My body
My sacrifice to you
this is my blood
which shall be shed for your sins
I have come to be the light of the world
not to judge but to save all of you
As darkness sets,
the agony begins
one of you will betray Me with a kiss of death
pray that you may not enter into temptation
God gives me strength, I'm going to be crucified
A crown of thorns
and disgraced by scourge
I took up My cross
had to carry it to the skull
do not weep for Me, but for you
and your children
Father forgive them for they know not what they do.
Why did we turn our backs on him?
How could we let it happen?
just stood and stared at the man on the cross
the time will come when we must face life alone.
You got to make up your mind
for what you know is right
let`s not be another face in the crowd
we can do it together
Let us pray
for those who crucify - Christ have mercy
for fools who follow fools - Christ have mercy
for those who walk in darkness - Christ have mercy
and for all of you - Christ will come again.
It's actually announced with that name in the "The Painful Experience" album layout.
1) Kekal - The Only Sound of Rain
6:13, lyrics:
A man is standing right against the mirror, to summon the past
His eyes look deep into the glass, expecting to see ol' days of fortune
But nothing good reflected on its surface, only tragic memories
The will of this old man has gone for long, and none can put it back!
What we do in life... Never be a failure...
What we decide to choose... A quality of each moment
Days and nights are passing over in a shift-like monotony
The pattern he's been familiar with, a discipline of life's elements
All those golden years he has left behind, got so hard to accept
Denying the fall and look to the throne, again and again...
What we do in life.... Never be a success...
What we gain for our living... Nothing but a survival kit...
The sky turned to grey as the rain started to fall down
No more crowds applause, no more stages, lights and cameras
The only sound he heard is the sound of a falling rain
The world is not the same, his life has never been the same
Does he forget the ancient words that say:
"Naked you came, so naked you shall leave"
We will take nothing out of this life's vanities
Except for our souls to be justified in this present world.
2) Kekal - Mean Attraction
4:12, lyrics:
Televisions breaking news popped out that night
Another explosions attacked the city again
Hospitals were filled with innocent victims
Death tolls are high, but none would down in fear
Mean attraction, horror in sight
Spreading the terrors, to kill was not the mission
But yet only death appears at the frontline
What lies ahead, a situational chaos?
How far they've succeeded? None exactly knows
Mean attraction, terror in sight,
Human, the only species with mass-murder capability
Seething with discontent
Political visions to obscure resolutions
What reasons that stimulate madness out of these poor brains?
Purpose never reached, when all become a part of business as usual.
3) Kekal - A Stranger So Close
5:32, lyrics:
Seems that they won't let this wrapped to an end
and make it as a forgotten tale of madness
A thing that once was far enough to comprehend
Yet now it's becoming a fracture of myself
As I woke up too early, bathed in sweat
The dream has just begun to disturb this peaceful mind
Overwhelmed in guilt just about every night
I hear the terror speaks for itself inside my head
Reality won't fade away that fast
You never ever know how to stop it
A cool dude today, could be a cruel beast the other day
Everything is totally possible
Alone in this struggle, too weak to fight
Sometimes I just want to die
Tortured in this fragile existence
O God, please take this pain from me...
Flesh stimulated lust and defecting impulses
Out to drive me crazy as I still can't figure out why
A stranger, so close enough to make it mine
Deeds after deeds, uncounted, I'm not in control...!
Born blind then crushed by nurturance
Mentally undesirable
I'm locked up beneath the surface
Now how can I honor myself...?
In the middle of life so surreal but yet so true!
4) Kekal - The Skull (Trouble cover)
5:54, lyrics:
This is My body
My sacrifice to you
this is my blood
which shall be shed for your sins
I have come to be the light of the world
not to judge but to save all of you
As darkness sets,
the agony begins
one of you will betray Me with a kiss of death
pray that you may not enter into temptation
God gives me strength, I'm going to be crucified
A crown of thorns
and disgraced by scourge
I took up My cross
had to carry it to the skull
do not weep for Me, but for you
and your children
Father forgive them for they know not what they do.
Why did we turn our backs on him?
How could we let it happen?
just stood and stared at the man on the cross
the time will come when we must face life alone.
You got to make up your mind
for what you know is right
let`s not be another face in the crowd
we can do it together
Let us pray
for those who crucify - Christ have mercy
for fools who follow fools - Christ have mercy
for those who walk in darkness - Christ have mercy
and for all of you - Christ will come again.
"The ultimate Trouble tribute sampler 2003".
"We do not sell CD-copies of this since 'End of Daze' is for free download."
More info available at the "link expired" link above.
"We do not sell CD-copies of this since 'End of Daze' is for free download."
More info available at the "link expired" link above.
8) Kekal - The Skull (Trouble cover)
5:54, see above for lyrics
5:54, see above for lyrics
Introduce Us to Immortality (compilation, 2003, THT Productions)
Format: CD
"The First 8 Years of Progression 1995 - 2003"
Tracks 1, 4, 8, and 10 are originally from Embrace the Dead (1999)
Track 2 is originally from Chaos & Warfare (2002)
Tracks 3, 7, and 12 are originall from The Painful Experience (2001)
Track 5 is originally from 1000 Thoughts of Violence (2003)
Tracks 6, 9, and 11 are originally from Beyond The Glimpse Of Dreams (1998)
Track 13 is originally from the 1995 demo (re-released on "Contra ..." 1996)
Apparently plans for this compilation go back before December 2000, but it was put on hold as the band were working on "The Painful Experience".
See above for lyrics!
Format: CD
"The First 8 Years of Progression 1995 - 2003"
Tracks 1, 4, 8, and 10 are originally from Embrace the Dead (1999)
Track 2 is originally from Chaos & Warfare (2002)
Tracks 3, 7, and 12 are originall from The Painful Experience (2001)
Track 5 is originally from 1000 Thoughts of Violence (2003)
Tracks 6, 9, and 11 are originally from Beyond The Glimpse Of Dreams (1998)
Track 13 is originally from the 1995 demo (re-released on "Contra ..." 1996)
Apparently plans for this compilation go back before December 2000, but it was put on hold as the band were working on "The Painful Experience".
See above for lyrics!
1) Source of Existence (re-recorded) 4:54
2) The Only Sound of Rain 6:16
3) Mean Attraction 4:15
4) Embrace the Dead (remastered) 5:23
5) Default 5:33
6) A Day the Hatred Dies (remastered) 5:57
7) Crave for Solid Ground 5:09
8) Healing (remastered) 3:22
9) Behind Those Images (remastered) 3:14
10) Millennium (remastered) 9:16
11) Rotting Youth (remastered) 3:27
12) The Painful Experience 7:53
13) Introduce Me to Immortality (remix) 2:17
2) The Only Sound of Rain 6:16
3) Mean Attraction 4:15
4) Embrace the Dead (remastered) 5:23
5) Default 5:33
6) A Day the Hatred Dies (remastered) 5:57
7) Crave for Solid Ground 5:09
8) Healing (remastered) 3:22
9) Behind Those Images (remastered) 3:14
10) Millennium (remastered) 9:16
11) Rotting Youth (remastered) 3:27
12) The Painful Experience 7:53
13) Introduce Me to Immortality (remix) 2:17
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1000 Thoughts of Violence (album)
Left:
February, 2003, Undying Music + Alfa Records, Cassette
August, 2003, Rock Express Records, Cassette
Right:
June, 2003, Fear Dark Records, CD
February, 2003, Undying Music + Alfa Records, Cassette
August, 2003, Rock Express Records, Cassette
Right:
June, 2003, Fear Dark Records, CD
Guest appearances:
Safrina - Vocals (female)
Doctor D - Samples, Effects, "Sound Manipulation", Programming
For the 2 disc compilation featuring "Embrace the Dead", scroll down to 2017.
Safrina - Vocals (female)
Doctor D - Samples, Effects, "Sound Manipulation", Programming
For the 2 disc compilation featuring "Embrace the Dead", scroll down to 2017.
According to ask.fm, the sound clip in the intro to "Subsession / Once ..." is adapted from a royalty free sample disc. Apparently the same sample disc was used by the composer of the video game "Postal".
1) Subsession / Once Again It Failed
4:36, lyrics:
Dripping blood as violent rages on, engulfing our soils
Death is here, ringing fatality of civilization
Massacre, the murders at random, attempted genocide
Thousand years, social paralysis, fathomless irony
Humankind in conflicting nature, the beauty and the beast
Death to share, bringing fatality to civilization
Ideologies and social systems based on human theories
So basically, we're all into products of our corrupted brains!
Deep in the void of our hollow hearts
Is there any space left for souls to rest?
Deep in the void of our wounded minds
Is there any chance left for souls to live?
"No time to clean your bloody hands, the stains are there in your own blood!"
Many years we've tried to look ahead and find some solutions
But once again they fail miserably, yet life's still going on
Is there any space left for souls to rest?
2) Vox Diaboli
4:30, lyrics:
Within our senseless will, driving motives
No absolution for one's desires
Changes are minor, yet impact is unaccountable
No standard for achieving satisfaction
Rising from the depths of needs
Voices that will take control
The dances of demons inside the brain
Post-modern struggle within a self
When the basics are covered, alternatives taken
Creatively made options, a new world chaos
Many to choose from, but more yet to offer
The world is not enough as sky is our limit
Derived from disturbances
Arrival of morbid signals
When insanity approaches
The weak is the one who denies his weakness
No need to evaluate sin and its values
When it came to degenerate our existence
Accepting the power to wash-over self
Transformation is imminent
Rising from the hollow core
Someone who must take control
Invite the flame to purge and burn
Ruling the battle within a self
3) In Continuum
5:44, lyrics:
This is where they rose and fell
Things will keep to follow the same patterns
Once ill-defined, now much-accepted
No such real sense of anomaly
Winds have blown away every inch-block of debris
From the rubbles of our tragic yesterdays
Scenes will always in changing positions
But I doubt if they are progressing and transforming
Way we manage our lives on earth is
The way we destroy our desirable future
And we have tried, at least we've tried
To heal ourselves and learn from the past
Unexpected, the gazing X-factors
Start to crush from the inside
Time has washed away all these traumatic moments the earth once had
But will our children be free from all the wars?
Scenes will always in changing positions
But I doubt if they are progressing and transforming
Way we manage our lives on earth is
The way we destroy our desirable future
Like thick black dots in continuum
We will never erase or take them off the line
So many nails have pierced down our wooden existence
Leaving all these black holes until it comes to an end
4) Paradigma Baru
2:32, instrumental
5) Artifacts of Modern Insanity
5:16, lyrics:
We're in the beginning of the end of time
In the middle of the countdown
It's impossible to turn around
But who's aware of it?
Lost in the fields of thick deceptions
Up all nights and all days,
Creating more goals
Based on worldly views
Here it is, anywhere we look around we'll see
Proof of mankind's grand achievements
Backed by technological sophistication
But should we proud of it?
Lost in the fields of thick deceptions
Up all nights and all days,
Creating more goals
Based on worldly views, in worldly ways
What's in our minds?
With all these philosophical kinds
Of-modern frames of thoughts
A new-found old insanity
As we lost in the fields of thick deceptions
Up all nights and all days,
Creating more goals
Based on worldly views, in worldly ways
6) Violent Society
5:03, lyrics:
Understanding the patterns of social life
To bring forth contradictory goals
There is no double-standard in any stance
To fight for something worth to fight for
A clash of interests
Reconciliation is nonsense
When law has been paralyzed
Regulations out of order
Who wants to bring a fresh air
To this sick violent world?
Smell of death as we breathe
Can we make a stand?
Mass confusion in the wake of grand ignorance
Political maneuvers, dancing on a vicious circle
"divide et impera", a plot of reducing power of pawns
We, people are just too uneducated to be aware
A clash of interests
Victims of a new democratic atmosphere
The ones with necrophilic minds shall rise
And none can stop them as everyone's free
Who dares to bring a fresh air
To this sick violent world?
Smell of death as we breathe
Can we make a stand?
An opera of madness we found each day
Waging destruction, fascination on deaths
With such weapons and C4's ready to kill
Paranoid grandiosity or necrophilic fantasy?
Time for confirmation
To speak louder than before
A life in a violent society
We shall stand...
7) Subsession II
4:56, instrumental
8) Default
5:34, lyrics:
A vanity rises in the middle of our motion
With ever-changing colours of illusive existential components
Unfictitious presence, scars and withdrawal,
Leaving us to wonder...
I want to see, but my eyes are blind
Should I seek for a guidance of my life?
Beyond a flock of confusion
I ask for a return to original form
Without any agreement or consensus
Determination has already been chosen
Free us from a process of decadence
Free us from a procession to our graves
Back to the state where things just started
Back to the place where I belong
I want to see, but my eyes are blind
Should I seek for a guidance of my life?
9) Beyond Numerical Reasons
12:19, lyrics:
[I - 404 - The Broken]
404 - file not found
404 - broken link
404 - virtual void
404 - and so it stands
A universal code of all unfound files
Deep within the world of hypertexts
A message presents in the absence of URL
Unable to access and to download
The web as a holistic approach
For us to collect all information
A dream of more accessible world
In this cybernetic ivory tower
Powerless, as it appears at our monitors
The world of imperfectness, the world of ours
[II - 911 - The Black]
3 digits on a dialing code
To access departments of rescue
Numbers known for help-assistance
Related with a social security
Lines of governmental services
Working in a complete duty
Units seemed to be flawless
With funds that appropriately flow
Still, the world who never sleeps
It will never give up its darkside
Even the rescue code can be taken
As a symbol to create one big tragedy
When the very eyes of the world
Moved by a singular defining moment
Those numbers became a point for another meaning
At time when people both cry, or rejoice,
In the awakening of war!
[III - 70x7 - To Forgive Is to Suffer]
How often shall we forgive?
Up to 3 times?
Up to 7 times?
No, it is up to 70x7
We hear a sound of weakness in our minds
The rhythm of the twilight, and rhythm of the night
To give the guilty ones their second lives
And death was only price, a suffering and pain
For us, the unforgiven who get redeemed for free
So can't we give our "enemies"
The unconditional state of forgiveness?
To forgive is to be hurt
To forgive is to suffer
4:36, lyrics:
Dripping blood as violent rages on, engulfing our soils
Death is here, ringing fatality of civilization
Massacre, the murders at random, attempted genocide
Thousand years, social paralysis, fathomless irony
Humankind in conflicting nature, the beauty and the beast
Death to share, bringing fatality to civilization
Ideologies and social systems based on human theories
So basically, we're all into products of our corrupted brains!
Deep in the void of our hollow hearts
Is there any space left for souls to rest?
Deep in the void of our wounded minds
Is there any chance left for souls to live?
"No time to clean your bloody hands, the stains are there in your own blood!"
Many years we've tried to look ahead and find some solutions
But once again they fail miserably, yet life's still going on
Is there any space left for souls to rest?
2) Vox Diaboli
4:30, lyrics:
Within our senseless will, driving motives
No absolution for one's desires
Changes are minor, yet impact is unaccountable
No standard for achieving satisfaction
Rising from the depths of needs
Voices that will take control
The dances of demons inside the brain
Post-modern struggle within a self
When the basics are covered, alternatives taken
Creatively made options, a new world chaos
Many to choose from, but more yet to offer
The world is not enough as sky is our limit
Derived from disturbances
Arrival of morbid signals
When insanity approaches
The weak is the one who denies his weakness
No need to evaluate sin and its values
When it came to degenerate our existence
Accepting the power to wash-over self
Transformation is imminent
Rising from the hollow core
Someone who must take control
Invite the flame to purge and burn
Ruling the battle within a self
3) In Continuum
5:44, lyrics:
This is where they rose and fell
Things will keep to follow the same patterns
Once ill-defined, now much-accepted
No such real sense of anomaly
Winds have blown away every inch-block of debris
From the rubbles of our tragic yesterdays
Scenes will always in changing positions
But I doubt if they are progressing and transforming
Way we manage our lives on earth is
The way we destroy our desirable future
And we have tried, at least we've tried
To heal ourselves and learn from the past
Unexpected, the gazing X-factors
Start to crush from the inside
Time has washed away all these traumatic moments the earth once had
But will our children be free from all the wars?
Scenes will always in changing positions
But I doubt if they are progressing and transforming
Way we manage our lives on earth is
The way we destroy our desirable future
Like thick black dots in continuum
We will never erase or take them off the line
So many nails have pierced down our wooden existence
Leaving all these black holes until it comes to an end
4) Paradigma Baru
2:32, instrumental
5) Artifacts of Modern Insanity
5:16, lyrics:
We're in the beginning of the end of time
In the middle of the countdown
It's impossible to turn around
But who's aware of it?
Lost in the fields of thick deceptions
Up all nights and all days,
Creating more goals
Based on worldly views
Here it is, anywhere we look around we'll see
Proof of mankind's grand achievements
Backed by technological sophistication
But should we proud of it?
Lost in the fields of thick deceptions
Up all nights and all days,
Creating more goals
Based on worldly views, in worldly ways
What's in our minds?
With all these philosophical kinds
Of-modern frames of thoughts
A new-found old insanity
As we lost in the fields of thick deceptions
Up all nights and all days,
Creating more goals
Based on worldly views, in worldly ways
6) Violent Society
5:03, lyrics:
Understanding the patterns of social life
To bring forth contradictory goals
There is no double-standard in any stance
To fight for something worth to fight for
A clash of interests
Reconciliation is nonsense
When law has been paralyzed
Regulations out of order
Who wants to bring a fresh air
To this sick violent world?
Smell of death as we breathe
Can we make a stand?
Mass confusion in the wake of grand ignorance
Political maneuvers, dancing on a vicious circle
"divide et impera", a plot of reducing power of pawns
We, people are just too uneducated to be aware
A clash of interests
Victims of a new democratic atmosphere
The ones with necrophilic minds shall rise
And none can stop them as everyone's free
Who dares to bring a fresh air
To this sick violent world?
Smell of death as we breathe
Can we make a stand?
An opera of madness we found each day
Waging destruction, fascination on deaths
With such weapons and C4's ready to kill
Paranoid grandiosity or necrophilic fantasy?
Time for confirmation
To speak louder than before
A life in a violent society
We shall stand...
7) Subsession II
4:56, instrumental
8) Default
5:34, lyrics:
A vanity rises in the middle of our motion
With ever-changing colours of illusive existential components
Unfictitious presence, scars and withdrawal,
Leaving us to wonder...
I want to see, but my eyes are blind
Should I seek for a guidance of my life?
Beyond a flock of confusion
I ask for a return to original form
Without any agreement or consensus
Determination has already been chosen
Free us from a process of decadence
Free us from a procession to our graves
Back to the state where things just started
Back to the place where I belong
I want to see, but my eyes are blind
Should I seek for a guidance of my life?
9) Beyond Numerical Reasons
12:19, lyrics:
[I - 404 - The Broken]
404 - file not found
404 - broken link
404 - virtual void
404 - and so it stands
A universal code of all unfound files
Deep within the world of hypertexts
A message presents in the absence of URL
Unable to access and to download
The web as a holistic approach
For us to collect all information
A dream of more accessible world
In this cybernetic ivory tower
Powerless, as it appears at our monitors
The world of imperfectness, the world of ours
[II - 911 - The Black]
3 digits on a dialing code
To access departments of rescue
Numbers known for help-assistance
Related with a social security
Lines of governmental services
Working in a complete duty
Units seemed to be flawless
With funds that appropriately flow
Still, the world who never sleeps
It will never give up its darkside
Even the rescue code can be taken
As a symbol to create one big tragedy
When the very eyes of the world
Moved by a singular defining moment
Those numbers became a point for another meaning
At time when people both cry, or rejoice,
In the awakening of war!
[III - 70x7 - To Forgive Is to Suffer]
How often shall we forgive?
Up to 3 times?
Up to 7 times?
No, it is up to 70x7
We hear a sound of weakness in our minds
The rhythm of the twilight, and rhythm of the night
To give the guilty ones their second lives
And death was only price, a suffering and pain
For us, the unforgiven who get redeemed for free
So can't we give our "enemies"
The unconditional state of forgiveness?
To forgive is to be hurt
To forgive is to suffer
Spirits from the Ancient Days (compilation/split, August, 2004, Kvlt Rekords)
Format: CD
Full title:
Spirits from the Ancient Days (A Collection of Early Demo Recordings)
Features some songs from their old band Obliteration.
Format: CD
Full title:
Spirits from the Ancient Days (A Collection of Early Demo Recordings)
Features some songs from their old band Obliteration.
KEKAL SONGS
1) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act II (2004 version) 3:56
2) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act III (2004 version) 2:22
3) Kebangkitan Orang Mati 5:02
4) No Master 3:43
5) Introduce Me to Immortality 2:15
6) Spirits of the Unblack 5:47
7) Rotting Youth 3:33
8) Reborn in the Light Part.2 1:47
9) Escaping Eternal Suffering 4:12
10) My Eternal Lover 4:28
11) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act I 3:30
12) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act II 4:01
13) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act III 2:35
14) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act IV 5:55
OBLITERATION SONGS
15) Obliteration Demo Track 1 1:07
16) Obliteration Demo Track 2 1:59
17) Obliteration Demo Track 3 00:36
18) Obliteration Demo Track 4 00:49
2) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act III (2004 version) 2:22
3) Kebangkitan Orang Mati 5:02
4) No Master 3:43
5) Introduce Me to Immortality 2:15
6) Spirits of the Unblack 5:47
7) Rotting Youth 3:33
8) Reborn in the Light Part.2 1:47
9) Escaping Eternal Suffering 4:12
10) My Eternal Lover 4:28
11) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act I 3:30
12) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act II 4:01
13) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act III 2:35
14) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act IV 5:55
OBLITERATION SONGS
15) Obliteration Demo Track 1 1:07
16) Obliteration Demo Track 2 1:59
17) Obliteration Demo Track 3 00:36
18) Obliteration Demo Track 4 00:49
(artwork
not
available)
A Dream for a Moment (single, 2004, THT Productions)
Format unknown
Mentioned on Metal Archives. I have no other info.
1) A Dream for a Moment
5:51, see below for lyrics
2) Default (live)
6:18
not
available)
A Dream for a Moment (single, 2004, THT Productions)
Format unknown
Mentioned on Metal Archives. I have no other info.
1) A Dream for a Moment
5:51, see below for lyrics
2) Default (live)
6:18
Kekal Live in Europe (live video, NOT SURE IF LEGIT)
The artwork is just the photo from their Wikipedia page with black edges and text written over it.
The artwork is just the photo from their Wikipedia page with black edges and text written over it.
I can't find any info about this, other than on database sites (RYM, MA, etc)
If this is legit, it was released in 2004 by SonnenGott Musik. It's a limited edition (150 copies) and it's in a jewel case. It's two DVDs.
If this is legit, it was released in 2004 by SonnenGott Musik. It's a limited edition (150 copies) and it's in a jewel case. It's two DVDs.
DVD 1
1) Live in (Linkoping) Sweden & (Zwickau) Germany 38:32
DVD 2
1) Live in (Ede & Zwolle) Holland + Boudisque (Amsterdam) 58:43
1) Live in (Linkoping) Sweden & (Zwickau) Germany 38:32
DVD 2
1) Live in (Ede & Zwolle) Holland + Boudisque (Amsterdam) 58:43
Metal Archives says this is the tracklist for "the sets". So I guess it's the same setlist across both DVDs?
1) Intro/Subsession II
2) Vox Diaboli
3) Embrace the Dead
4) Source of Existence (only in Sweden)
5) Artifacts of Modern Insanity
6) Default
7) Spirits
8) Mean Attraction
1) Intro/Subsession II
2) Vox Diaboli
3) Embrace the Dead
4) Source of Existence (only in Sweden)
5) Artifacts of Modern Insanity
6) Default
7) Spirits
8) Mean Attraction
Road Trip to Acidity (video, NOT SURE IF LEGIT, 2005, Independent)
Format: "Video CD" (150 copies)
This news site posted about it on 30 June, 2005, so presumably it was released sometime around then.
Metal Archives describes it thus:
" A documentary video CD (VCD format) of the Road Trip to Acidity (promo concert supporting the release of Acidity album). Featuring approx 42 minutes KEKAL concert, behind-the-scene, interviews, and bonus video-clip "A Dream for a Moment'. "
The news site states it's a 2 disc set.
??) concert (unknown song list)
??) behind the scenes
??) interviews
??) A Dream for Moment (music video) (bonus)
Format: "Video CD" (150 copies)
This news site posted about it on 30 June, 2005, so presumably it was released sometime around then.
Metal Archives describes it thus:
" A documentary video CD (VCD format) of the Road Trip to Acidity (promo concert supporting the release of Acidity album). Featuring approx 42 minutes KEKAL concert, behind-the-scene, interviews, and bonus video-clip "A Dream for a Moment'. "
The news site states it's a 2 disc set.
??) concert (unknown song list)
??) behind the scenes
??) interviews
??) A Dream for Moment (music video) (bonus)
................................................
Acidity (album)
Top left:
March, 2005, Fear Dark Records, CD (+ digital?)
August, 2009, Bandcamp, NOT SURE IF LEGIT(link expired?)
March, 2005, Fear Dark Records, CD (+ digital?)
August, 2009, Bandcamp, NOT SURE IF LEGIT
Top right:
June, 2014, Independent, Bandcamp, Remastered, link expired
February, 2021, Independent, Bandcamp, Remastered
Bottom:
February, 2005, THT Productions, Cassette
Guest appearances:
Guest appearances:
Newin Atmarumeksa - Vocals
Didi Priyadi - Guitars ("additional lead")
Jason De Ron - Guitars ("additional lead")
L. Rion - "Hybrid Drums"
June, 2014, Independent, Bandcamp, Remastered, link expired
February, 2021, Independent, Bandcamp, Remastered
Bottom:
February, 2005, THT Productions, Cassette
Guest appearances:
Guest appearances:
Newin Atmarumeksa - Vocals
Didi Priyadi - Guitars ("additional lead")
Jason De Ron - Guitars ("additional lead")
L. Rion - "Hybrid Drums"
The 2021 remaster has different mastering than the 2014 remaster.
For the cassette version, tracks 1-5 are on Side A, and 6-10 are on Side B.
Kekal mention Fear Dark did both a CD and digital version. I have no information about that digital version.
I'm not sure if the August 2009 version is legit. It's not mentioned in Kekal's own discography, and there seems to be very little info about it online.
Strangely, the 2021 version is said to contain 2 bonus tracks, but the page only has 10 songs, same as all the other versions.
Kekal mention Fear Dark did both a CD and digital version. I have no information about that digital version.
I'm not sure if the August 2009 version is legit. It's not mentioned in Kekal's own discography, and there seems to be very little info about it online.
Strangely, the 2021 version is said to contain 2 bonus tracks, but the page only has 10 songs, same as all the other versions.
1) Characteristicon
5:59, lyrics:
Set to believe in a peculiar way
Under a hyperlogical mental occurrence
A truth beyond standardization
Beyond structural representation
As we can see
As we can hear
As we can feel
In many ways
Images from distinct classifications
Elements of thoughts minus speculations
Bizarre primary definitions
Demand no equivalence
Equipped by senses and imaginations
Systematics cycles of consistency
Individuality within a solid
Uniformal characteristics
Now we can see
Now we can hear
Now we can feel
We are not the same
Blessed with different gifts
2) Strength in My Weakness
4:55, lyrics:
It came along in one concrete form
A knowledge that turned me upside down
Let us put it this way: a new experience
Of living a life without me as I
Accept the nature and origin
Of our human condition
Believe that something defective
Flows down inside the blood of mine
Not a best thing to do, from the world's mindframe
To see all my pride diminishing
Given away this kind of strength once I had
To be replaced by a thing called faith
Accept the nature and origin
Of our undisputable weakness
Believe in something invincible
To take control of my whole
Accept the nature and origin
Of our undisputable weakness
Believe in something invincible
To take over my self
3) Thy Neighbor's Morality
7:30, lyrics:
I believe it is a politically generated act
When hundreds of civilians entering the scene to execute punishment
Taking a somewhat fascistic solution within a socialist environment
An ambivalence of goals; to make a better world or just spreading a fear?
Creating an instability within a supposedly peaceful neighborhood
Claiming to be the keepers of the "law", they search for victims
No tolerance for all the outsiders who live outside the "rule"
The use of violence occurs, and ironically it is permittable
There is no such difference between ignorance and hypocrisy
Living in a system where
Togetherness supremely reigns
To act the same, behave the same
The biggest concerns: moral issues
Letting the neighbors become the watcher
Problems of mine are problems of theirs
The privacy severely invaded
Time to reap from worthless seeds
Who are they to be the judge
For someone who lives next door?
To act the same, behave the same
The biggest concerns: moral issues
Don't they know, have they ever realized?
They are as guilty as the ones they judged
The privacy severely invaded
Time to reap from worthless seeds
(x2) Thy neighbor’s morality
Thy neighbor’s morality
4) A Dream for a Moment
5:52, lyrics:
Feel our time is descending
A metamorphic significance
In a dream for a moment
It comes near as strange as we are
Communicate omni-verbally
Centers hope and facility
Let the Spirit prays what we long
To redesign our future needs
Portal of our wishes
Entrance to a stage of balance
A spiritual archetype
To survive the miserable world
Communicate omni-verbally
Gathers hope and facility
Let the Spirit prays what we long
To redesign our destiny
Beyond our frail elements of conscious
There is a multi-dimensional capacity
Creating strong synergy of wish and reality
A drive to idealize values and quality
Communicate omni-verbally
Centers hope and facility
Let the Spirit prays what we long
To redesign our future needs
5) Broken
4:46, lyrics:
These feelings I can't explain
Months and even years of yearning
For the beauty that never come
Each day I find only dying souls
I know we have to enjoy the life
Yet I'm still complaining everything
Ever seems like never... no more
Colours translated as black in sight
Overshadowed by uncertainty
When will it become calm again?
Storms of disillusion wrecked my mind
Pull me to the state of total chaos
I know we have to enjoy the life
Yet I'm still complaining everything
Where is my faith as I had in the past?
I need to get it back right now!
6) Envy and Its Manifesto
5:58, lyrics:
Now listen!
Let's talk about something we know well, and its name is envy
Certainly not a similar kind with jealousy
And it is not about relationship, nor politics, nor a system
But instead, it is something to do with an individual drive
I see a path which is leading towards a life of depravity
It is clear, the ignorance acts as a destroyer of limits
A conscience set by one's ethical values is now questioned
When the initial point for the crime is about to be committed and executed
Walk this way
Gaining a chronic Cain-complex
Fade away
And kill the core of contentment
Every page of a book has its own substance that linked to the rest
The same thing applied exactly to humankind
People were born with all different shapes and patterns and uniqueness
Imagine what would happen if everyone owns the same everything?
Walk this way
A lifeline has been made dysfunctional
Fade away
And kill the core of contentment
7) The Way of Thinking Beyond Comprehension
8:51, lyrics:
Think harder and think again
Out in a confusion
When we no longer know how
To decide and to make a choice
What is right and what is wrong
We are what we become
We are not the present "us"
When we are tired to swallow it
Digesting our immobility of experience
To become a machine of our society
Stamped down within these concrete fields
A second next before deadline
Reality testing, an asymmetric completion
Is this what we call "life"?
Caught in a state of endless stagnation
We are what we become
We are not the present "us"
When we are tired to swallow it
Digesting our immobility of experience
To become a machine of our society
Stamped down within these concrete fields
Think harder and think again…
Nothing is plain impossible
Even for things beyond human capability
As long as there is a chance
And there is time who provides moments
8) Romantika Destruksi
2:25, instrumental
9) Blessing in Disguise
5:37, lyrics:
Picture of reality
Carved by the sequence of history
All integrated into one
As a traumatic side of this world
We are the pilgrims of questions
Search for the meaning of life
Moments of joys and of sorrows
Fused together in our existence
He who has why in his life
Can bear with almost anyhow
He who has reason to live
From all his tragedies come a blessing in disguise
Many lives don't know where to go
Walk the paths of deception
Must I follow them for comfort
If I know they are far from the truth?
He who has why in his life
Can bear with almost anyhow
He who has reason to live
From all his tragedies come a blessing in disguise
10) Empty Space
4:08, lyrics:
“Some of us… just can’t live the kind of life that other people want us to live. No matter how hard you try, you just can’t do it.”
Shadows, a presence of a void within
Journey towards the edge of life
Frigid, an ice filled blood inside
Keep me from the state of being alive
Numbness, deleting passion in one strike
Running, wandering through these empty roads
Darkened, to paint myself into black
Kept me from the state of being alive
Pushing these eyes to get
To get the second sight
What I feel is no pain
What I sense is emptiness
You got to fill me now
You got to kill my flesh
You got to mold my brain
Restructuring my thoughts
You got to burn my vein
And boil my ice-cold blood
You got to set me free
And break my chains away
5:59, lyrics:
Set to believe in a peculiar way
Under a hyperlogical mental occurrence
A truth beyond standardization
Beyond structural representation
As we can see
As we can hear
As we can feel
In many ways
Images from distinct classifications
Elements of thoughts minus speculations
Bizarre primary definitions
Demand no equivalence
Equipped by senses and imaginations
Systematics cycles of consistency
Individuality within a solid
Uniformal characteristics
Now we can see
Now we can hear
Now we can feel
We are not the same
Blessed with different gifts
2) Strength in My Weakness
4:55, lyrics:
It came along in one concrete form
A knowledge that turned me upside down
Let us put it this way: a new experience
Of living a life without me as I
Accept the nature and origin
Of our human condition
Believe that something defective
Flows down inside the blood of mine
Not a best thing to do, from the world's mindframe
To see all my pride diminishing
Given away this kind of strength once I had
To be replaced by a thing called faith
Accept the nature and origin
Of our undisputable weakness
Believe in something invincible
To take control of my whole
Accept the nature and origin
Of our undisputable weakness
Believe in something invincible
To take over my self
3) Thy Neighbor's Morality
7:30, lyrics:
I believe it is a politically generated act
When hundreds of civilians entering the scene to execute punishment
Taking a somewhat fascistic solution within a socialist environment
An ambivalence of goals; to make a better world or just spreading a fear?
Creating an instability within a supposedly peaceful neighborhood
Claiming to be the keepers of the "law", they search for victims
No tolerance for all the outsiders who live outside the "rule"
The use of violence occurs, and ironically it is permittable
There is no such difference between ignorance and hypocrisy
Living in a system where
Togetherness supremely reigns
To act the same, behave the same
The biggest concerns: moral issues
Letting the neighbors become the watcher
Problems of mine are problems of theirs
The privacy severely invaded
Time to reap from worthless seeds
Who are they to be the judge
For someone who lives next door?
To act the same, behave the same
The biggest concerns: moral issues
Don't they know, have they ever realized?
They are as guilty as the ones they judged
The privacy severely invaded
Time to reap from worthless seeds
(x2) Thy neighbor’s morality
Thy neighbor’s morality
4) A Dream for a Moment
5:52, lyrics:
Feel our time is descending
A metamorphic significance
In a dream for a moment
It comes near as strange as we are
Communicate omni-verbally
Centers hope and facility
Let the Spirit prays what we long
To redesign our future needs
Portal of our wishes
Entrance to a stage of balance
A spiritual archetype
To survive the miserable world
Communicate omni-verbally
Gathers hope and facility
Let the Spirit prays what we long
To redesign our destiny
Beyond our frail elements of conscious
There is a multi-dimensional capacity
Creating strong synergy of wish and reality
A drive to idealize values and quality
Communicate omni-verbally
Centers hope and facility
Let the Spirit prays what we long
To redesign our future needs
5) Broken
4:46, lyrics:
These feelings I can't explain
Months and even years of yearning
For the beauty that never come
Each day I find only dying souls
I know we have to enjoy the life
Yet I'm still complaining everything
Ever seems like never... no more
Colours translated as black in sight
Overshadowed by uncertainty
When will it become calm again?
Storms of disillusion wrecked my mind
Pull me to the state of total chaos
I know we have to enjoy the life
Yet I'm still complaining everything
Where is my faith as I had in the past?
I need to get it back right now!
6) Envy and Its Manifesto
5:58, lyrics:
Now listen!
Let's talk about something we know well, and its name is envy
Certainly not a similar kind with jealousy
And it is not about relationship, nor politics, nor a system
But instead, it is something to do with an individual drive
I see a path which is leading towards a life of depravity
It is clear, the ignorance acts as a destroyer of limits
A conscience set by one's ethical values is now questioned
When the initial point for the crime is about to be committed and executed
Walk this way
Gaining a chronic Cain-complex
Fade away
And kill the core of contentment
Every page of a book has its own substance that linked to the rest
The same thing applied exactly to humankind
People were born with all different shapes and patterns and uniqueness
Imagine what would happen if everyone owns the same everything?
Walk this way
A lifeline has been made dysfunctional
Fade away
And kill the core of contentment
7) The Way of Thinking Beyond Comprehension
8:51, lyrics:
Think harder and think again
Out in a confusion
When we no longer know how
To decide and to make a choice
What is right and what is wrong
We are what we become
We are not the present "us"
When we are tired to swallow it
Digesting our immobility of experience
To become a machine of our society
Stamped down within these concrete fields
A second next before deadline
Reality testing, an asymmetric completion
Is this what we call "life"?
Caught in a state of endless stagnation
We are what we become
We are not the present "us"
When we are tired to swallow it
Digesting our immobility of experience
To become a machine of our society
Stamped down within these concrete fields
Think harder and think again…
Nothing is plain impossible
Even for things beyond human capability
As long as there is a chance
And there is time who provides moments
8) Romantika Destruksi
2:25, instrumental
9) Blessing in Disguise
5:37, lyrics:
Picture of reality
Carved by the sequence of history
All integrated into one
As a traumatic side of this world
We are the pilgrims of questions
Search for the meaning of life
Moments of joys and of sorrows
Fused together in our existence
He who has why in his life
Can bear with almost anyhow
He who has reason to live
From all his tragedies come a blessing in disguise
Many lives don't know where to go
Walk the paths of deception
Must I follow them for comfort
If I know they are far from the truth?
He who has why in his life
Can bear with almost anyhow
He who has reason to live
From all his tragedies come a blessing in disguise
10) Empty Space
4:08, lyrics:
“Some of us… just can’t live the kind of life that other people want us to live. No matter how hard you try, you just can’t do it.”
Shadows, a presence of a void within
Journey towards the edge of life
Frigid, an ice filled blood inside
Keep me from the state of being alive
Numbness, deleting passion in one strike
Running, wandering through these empty roads
Darkened, to paint myself into black
Kept me from the state of being alive
Pushing these eyes to get
To get the second sight
What I feel is no pain
What I sense is emptiness
You got to fill me now
You got to kill my flesh
You got to mold my brain
Restructuring my thoughts
You got to burn my vein
And boil my ice-cold blood
You got to set me free
And break my chains away
Embrace the Dead / 1000 Thoughts of Violence (compilation, 25 October, 2017, Hitam Kelam Records)
Format: 2 CDs (limited ??? copies)
Buy the CDs (OFFICIAL)
Two-disc jewel case, housed in a black slipcase. Contains remastered versions of both albums.
See above for lyrics!
Format: 2 CDs (limited ??? copies)
Buy the CDs (OFFICIAL)
Two-disc jewel case, housed in a black slipcase. Contains remastered versions of both albums.
See above for lyrics!
EMBRACE THE DEAD
1) Longing for Truth 6:11
2) Embrace the Dead 5:24
3) The Fearless and the Dedicated 7:52
4) Healing 3:22
5) The Final Call 5:16
6) From Within 4:48
7) Scripture Before Struggle 6:48
8) Millennium 10:00
1,000 THOUGHTS OF VIOLENCE
1) Subsession / Once Again It Failed 4:36
2) Vox Diaboli 4:30
3) In Continuum 5:44
4) Paradigma Baru 2:32
5) Artifacts of Modern Insanity 5:16
6) Violent Society 5:03
7) Subsession II 4:56
8) Default 5:34
9) Beyond Numerical Reasons 12:19
1) Longing for Truth 6:11
2) Embrace the Dead 5:24
3) The Fearless and the Dedicated 7:52
4) Healing 3:22
5) The Final Call 5:16
6) From Within 4:48
7) Scripture Before Struggle 6:48
8) Millennium 10:00
1,000 THOUGHTS OF VIOLENCE
1) Subsession / Once Again It Failed 4:36
2) Vox Diaboli 4:30
3) In Continuum 5:44
4) Paradigma Baru 2:32
5) Artifacts of Modern Insanity 5:16
6) Violent Society 5:03
7) Subsession II 4:56
8) Default 5:34
9) Beyond Numerical Reasons 12:19
Primal Spirits of the Immortal (compilation)
Left:
16 October, 2020, Depressive Illusions Records, Cassette, 66 copies
Right:
11 November, 2020, Independent, Bandcamp
4 February, 2021, Depressive Illusions Records, Bandcamp
16 October, 2020, Depressive Illusions Records, Cassette, 66 copies
Right:
11 November, 2020, Independent, Bandcamp
4 February, 2021, Depressive Illusions Records, Bandcamp
Written on the Bandcamp artwork:
"collection of early demos - remastered"
Someone on Discogs describes it as, "recorded on generic tapes with stickers".
1) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act II (2004 re-recorded) 3:56
2) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act III (2004 re-recorded) 2:21
3) Kebangkitan Orang Mati (1995 demo) 5:00
4) No Master (1995 demo, remixed in 2000) 3:42
5) Introduce Me to Immortality (1995 demo, remixed in 2000) 2:15
6) Spirits... (1996 demo) 5:46
7) Rotting Youth (1996 demo) 3:23
8) Reborn in the Light Act II (1996 demo) 1:47
9) Escaping Eternal Suffering (1996 demo) 4:11
10) My Eternal Lover (1996 demo) 4:27
11) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act I (1996 demo) 3:31
12) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act II (1996 demo) 4:00
13) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act III (1996 demo) 2:35
14) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act IV (1996 demo) 5:55
2) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act III (2004 re-recorded) 2:21
3) Kebangkitan Orang Mati (1995 demo) 5:00
4) No Master (1995 demo, remixed in 2000) 3:42
5) Introduce Me to Immortality (1995 demo, remixed in 2000) 2:15
6) Spirits... (1996 demo) 5:46
7) Rotting Youth (1996 demo) 3:23
8) Reborn in the Light Act II (1996 demo) 1:47
9) Escaping Eternal Suffering (1996 demo) 4:11
10) My Eternal Lover (1996 demo) 4:27
11) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act I (1996 demo) 3:31
12) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act II (1996 demo) 4:00
13) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act III (1996 demo) 2:35
14) Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act IV (1996 demo) 5:55
Not sure if these releases are Christian?:
- The Gathering of Ants, single, 2007
- The Habit of Fire, album, 2007
- Audible Minority, album, 2008
- 8, album, 2010
- Futuride, EP, 2011
- Autonomy, album, 2012
- Unsung Division, EP, 2013
- Eternitarian, compilation, 2023 (mostly secular but may feature Christian stuff?)
- The Gathering of Ants, single, 2007
- The Habit of Fire, album, 2007
- Audible Minority, album, 2008
- 8, album, 2010
- Futuride, EP, 2011
- Autonomy, album, 2012
- Unsung Division, EP, 2013
- Eternitarian, compilation, 2023 (mostly secular but may feature Christian stuff?)
Releases that are not Christian:
- Multilateral, album, 2015
- Luka, EP, 2015
- Root of All Evil, single, 2017
- Deeper Underground, album, 2018
- Quiet Eye / Spiritual Anarchism / Inward Journey / The Sleep System / Testimony / Driven / Zoe, all singles, 2019
- Quantum Resolution, album, 2020
- Alternate Frequency Reception, EP, 2021
- Anthropos Rising, single, 2021
- Born Anew, single, 2022
- Envisaged, album, 2022
- Multilateral, album, 2015
- Luka, EP, 2015
- Root of All Evil, single, 2017
- Deeper Underground, album, 2018
- Quiet Eye / Spiritual Anarchism / Inward Journey / The Sleep System / Testimony / Driven / Zoe, all singles, 2019
- Quantum Resolution, album, 2020
- Alternate Frequency Reception, EP, 2021
- Anthropos Rising, single, 2021
- Born Anew, single, 2022
- Envisaged, album, 2022
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INFO: Way too much to list. It seems strange since Kekal are so well-known, but surprisingly little info here is actually confirmed.
IMAGES: Nearly every single image here could use a better version.
Miscellaneous stuff:
1) The tape machine used to record their first demos.
2) Old website header.
3) Promotional banner for "Embrace the Dead".
2) Old website header.
3) Promotional banner for "Embrace the Dead".
Similar to: [SECULAR] Sigh, Lykathea Aflame, Cynic, Thy Catafalque, And Oceans / Havoc Unit, Ihsahn, Dødheimsgard / Dodheimsgard, Arcturus, Azure Emote, Forgotten Woods, In the Woods, Maudlin of the Well, Ved Buens Ende, Lux Occulta, [CHRISTIAN] Shamash, Drottnar, Excision, (add more later)
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