NOTE: This is a Christian band from the United Kingdom. Not to be confused with (secular?) bands from Germany, Brazil, and the USA!
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BAND NAME: Bloodwork
GENRE: Death/Black Metal
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: United Kingdom (London, England)
Some places say they formed in 2003, but it was actually 2002. (For example, they're mentioned in 2002 on [this page].)
I have almost no frame of reference for what their pre-2013 music sounded like; only one song. It seems they've kept generally the same style over the years, but older stuff is a bit more death metal-oriented, while newer material is a bit more black metal-oriented.
They went on hold at some point after 2005 and were active again by 2008.
Lineup:
Jeff Mortimer - Vocals
Michael Bryzak - Guitars, Vocals
James Box - Bass (early), Guitars/Vocals (now)
Ben Martin - Bass
Jon Rushforth - Drums
Past members:
Graham "Grey" Fraser - Vocals
Adrian - Drums
Jasen Whyte - Drums
Links:
Official website
Facebook
Bandcamp (label)
Instagram
Spotify
Deezer
Amazon
Apple Music
ReverbNation
Myspace
Myspace @ archive.org (see also 2008)
Official site @ archive.org
Discography:
In His Death (demo, 1 January - 15 July, 2003, Tarantula)
Format: CD (slimcase, 50 copies)sold out
Most places say this was released in 2004. However, it was actually released no later than 15 July, 2003.
This is written on the artwork:
"Limited to 50 copies, after that reproduce this yourself!"
... so apparently it's legal to distribute this audio if anyone happens to have it?
1) Bloodshed
3:32, lyrics:
Spirit of cleansing, wash my soul
Spirit of life, you bring tranquility, you are joy
From the well of everlasting pour out your peace
Completeness is found in you
With you I am one with creation
With you all my desires are met
With you I fly to the throne of the King of kings
Burn in me, consuming me, overflow in me
Carry me away to the highest heavens,
be my guide and protector
In you I live,
In you I will die
In you I will exist for all eternity
By your blood, we have life
In your wounds we are healed
In your death we are clean
Nothing more for us to do
Bloodshed, divine gift to us
Oh bloodshed
Oh my master,
wash me in your,
in your precious blood
in your precious blood
Divine bloodshed
Divine bloodshed
Divine bloodshed
2) Yet I Walk
4:16, lyrics:
What makes love so powerful,
that you might mind me
even to give your, life to love as you do?
Man to man is so difficult
My mind cannot fathom the depth of your compassion...
Yet I walk and still live
You are so wondrous to me
But temporal is my mind
And this is almost blinding
Your word is all I need
Still I stand and look to see
And yet I walk and still live
And yet I walk and still live
In your appointed time revelation unfolds
Its your love that's the key,
can this love belong to me?
Faith knows it dwells in me
Father why are you so gracious
That you Almighty love me
Yet I walk and I live
You are so
wondrous to me
But temporal is my mind
And this is almost blinding
Your word is all I need
Still I stand
and look to see
And yet I walk and still live
And yet I walk and still live
Insufficient Flesh (EP, 1 January - 25 April, 2005, Tarantula)
Format: CD-R
1) Hammerbrain 3:14
2) Bloodshed 3:13
3) Dark Is the Day 2:57
4) Yet I Walk 4:17
5) Perfect Eternity 4:23
Deny the Fallen (single)
22 October, 2013, Endtime Productions, CD, digipak, limited (???) copies
2015, Endtime Productions, Digital
1) Deny the Fallen
5:24, see below for lyrics
2) Dreaming Future Memories (CD version only)
6:32, see below for lyrics
CD VERSION
VINYL VERSION
16 January, 2014, Endtime Productions, 12" Vinyl (33⅓ RPM), 500 copies
16 January, 2014, Endtime Productions, CD
12 April, 2014, Endtime Productions, Bandcamp
Guest appearances:
Darren Taylor - Vocals (additional, track 4)
Grey Fraser - Vocals (additional, track 4)
For the vinyl version, tracks 1-5 are on side A, and the rest are on side B. Note that the vinyl version has an extra track that the other versions don't, bringing the total from 8 up to 9.
1) Deny the Fallen
5:24, lyrics:
Cast down in utter defeat
He fell to this earth
Weakened but not destroyed
For his doom would come...
After his use had reached and end
A choice was he
To be rejected or embraced
To be offered to the sons of men
To illustrate their freedom
Through cunning lies
He deceived human kind
Believing his lies as they chose
They freely gave him dominion
Which we in our folly continue to do!
Does this show great power
That he deceived us?
Does this act command respect?
You blind fools!
It only shows our grasping ambition
Futile, since God already gave man dominion
We barter it all away
At the cost of our souls!
The oppressor is none but the deceiver:
Never our ally, always scheming vilest treachery
Thus I deny his filthy, disgusting, damnable name:
"Defeated art thou by the great LIBERATOR!"
No more shalt thou rise!
No more shall you twist our faith into chains
For the great GOD of old spilled His blood
To free us from your domination
Mercy: since it was we who
Surrendered to you at the start!
In His strength shall we reign with Him
While you burn, burn forever, reviled one!
2) World Without End
4:07, lyrics:
Gaze long into my eyes
The serpent forever banished
Light shines forth
Life from the blood of the covenant
Light shines forth
Hollowness dwells in my spirit
Demons circle my sphere
Negative colours paint across my mind
Staring across wastelands of decay
The end in sight
My strength is gone
Sobbing racks my body
Amongst chaos I cling to hope
The end in sight
The light burns in my mind
Immortal life - the Healer
In the distance the exit
Carry me through death
Anoint me
Cover me with the oil of life
My spirit aches to be with You
I will burn bright for You
Bear your light in blackest darkness
Keeper and SAVIOUR
Lover of my soul
Nothing can separate us...
Faces to the sky
Coming on the clouds of heaven
Final victory is ours
3) Hypocrisy of Hate
2:11, lyrics:
Who are we to you?
What do lives mean to you?
The stench of humanity
Assaulting your senses
People are worthless filth
Drowning in the misery
Of our own making
What possible hope is there for us?
If we are as pointless as you say
And not worth saving
What does your misanthropic
Thinking matter?
Hypocrisy of hate
If all humanity
Is doomed to destruction
Are you not part of the problem?
If all humanity is doomed...
You should hate your own life...
Lead the way!!!
4) Chasm
4:28, lyrics:
A world shared, but worlds apart
Standing in divided unity
One purpose and goal
Life and that in abundance
In JESUS a path to freedom
Found by some
The church a symbol of tyranny
For others
This is what divides
Engulfed by chaos
But the truth will set free
Embraced by light
An eternity divides
The chasm yawns wide
The CHRIST of history
Brought every mountain low
The CHRIST of history
Raised every valley
A voice to expose tyranny
To raise the oppressed
He lives to draw you to hope
He died to bridge the great divide
There is no difference between us
Of our own making
His blood will unite
Those who hunger
For freedom and life
We seem the same
But blood has cleansed us
We can share eternity
His blood unites us in strength
Now and forever
5) Shadow Aspect
5:30, lyrics:
Cursed and bound to this earth defiled
In chains of animal instinct
Vision focused by force on the present moment
These chains forged by hell
Each moment a link
Repeating animal acts until the moments end
When worms of mercy devour
The carcass that's imprisoned
A slave race, neither name nor face
Potential left to rot
In the filth of the slave pits
Yet in the darkest corner of the mind
The master lurks, proud and evil
Urging us to a promise of freedom untamed
Grand vistas of sated lusts and of desires
Beyond existence
The lie of life unrestrained
Flattering ourselves that we are in control
The master steers us towards
The death we abhor
Aspect of shadows deep within the mind:
The dark side of our nature we try to ignore
Behold the cycle repeat itself
A sentence of self-worship punctuated by death
Am I the hero or the villain
In this tale of my own emptiness?
But the lure of shadow aspects call
Is the proof of its bane
The need for life beyond this corrupted view
Exists because it is there to
Be found beyond the chains
A glimpse of a SAVIOUR and a life
With no chains
6) King of Chaos
6:35, lyrics:
In light unapproachable
In the darkness of mystery sits enthroned
The greatest KING - Lord of order and chaos
Who can know Him?
Who can perceive His thoughts?
For He sees all and all He sees is His domain
Forged He His kingdom
From His thought came all that is
Shaped on the anvil of His will
His hammer was His simple outspoken word
Out of the completeness of solitude
Came the desire for something beyond
The longing for communion with others
And with the desire so came the will
So He made the stars flames to light the night
And chose one out of billions to call the sun
Fashioned a world of splendour
For His new begotten kin
Thus purpose is seen in every
Known and unknown thing
For perfection of joy for His people
The desire to grow beyond
The confines of mere mortality
Is created henceforth by His will
To commune with the source of creation
Is to create a thing of utter beauty
A simple moment in a finite span of time
Yet within is contained all the weight of eternity
Forged He His kingdom...
And to be one in the everflowing
Stream of His SPIRIT
Beyond the seas of infinity
7) They Have Not Known
bonus track, vinyl version only
2:35, lyrics unknown
8) Escaping the Abyss
6:23, lyrics:
A cold sharp blade
Warm candle light flickers
Lost in the caverns of depression
I drift into spiritual realms
Demons screaming for pain
Unending voices pounding
Weak and despairing
I offer my flesh
Burning metal one with my cold skin
Rushing pain sears my senses
Deep release
Loyalty pledged through sacrifice
Invasion of body, mind and soul
Awaking to life, departing this world
I join them and pass into the void
Relentless cycle, wounding deeper
Addicted to damage
Self revulsion
I cry to my LORD to break the chains
Powerless to resist when evil calls
Surveying my scarred flesh
Praying to CHRIST
To release me
I cannot overcome the demons I have called
I have called...
Love answers with liberation
Soft light dispersing darkness
My flesh restored
A sacrifice to the LAMB
Peace envelopes within
Sheltering in brilliant light
Demons denied
Their voices silenced
My torment over, I walk in freedom
My life regained as I pass
Through the darkness
9) Dreaming Future Memories
6:32, lyrics:
By lust ensnared, by innocent blood extricated
I am welcomed into the hall of murderers
Dreaming future memories
So shocking: covered with blood and dirt
My dead children in my arms
Amongst the graves embracing those
Too late to protect
Her deceit - my selfishness
Combine to spawn a torment that lingers
A brutal reality created in
The most intimate of moments
Making divine decisions but
Unable to deal with the consequences
Crushed by my will, beaten by my own weakness
The passage of time cannot replace what's lost
Aeons could not erase the shame
Guilt washed away by the blood of GOD
The weight of memory remains
But as these years pass
Wounds opened by my own hand
Are healed by undeserved forgiveness
Though some may condemn
The blood on my hands
Their pride shall be their undoing
For I answer to Him above
Aware of my wrong
Souls can never be destroyed
A distant celestial reunion
To heal completely the sins of my past
To cleanse all the filth of my deeds
By lust ensnared
By holy blood extricated
I am welcomed into the new city of GOD
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INFO:
1) Were they formed in 2002 or 2003? 2) When were the first demo and EP released? 3) Missing lyrics. 4) Are the songs on the 2004 demo the same versions as the ones on the 2005 EP, or are they different (re-recorded, rewritten, etc)?
IMAGES:
1) Old logo. (It looks like it was made with a font. Perhaps someone recognizes it?) 2) Artwork for "In His Death". 3) "Deny the Fallen". 4) More, and better, layout photos for all releases.
Miscellaneous stuff:
1) These lyrics were shared on Facebook at the same time as the others from "World Without End", but they don't seem to appear in any of the songs ...
Excuses can never cover the misdeeds of men of cloth
Those who love nothing but power, money, status
Crusaders who slaughtered for political gain
There will always be those who misrepresent
........ Could these be from a cut song? Or maybe "They Have Not Known"?
2) The "in saecula saeculorum" graphic they use sometimes
Similar to: [SECULAR] Nader Sadek, Alf Eridano Akhernar, Epic of Empyrea, North (Pol), Aptrgangr (IL/US), Xoth, [CHRISTIAN] Crimson Moonlight, Apokatastasis, In-Conquered, Ofanim, Skald in Veum, Vinlandic Hate, (add more later)
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