BAND NAME: To End All Suffering
GENRE: Unblack Metal / Thrash / Metalcore / Punk
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: Singapore
One of the logos has Chinese characters. In simplified Chinese, these are " 灭罪 ", and in traditional Chinese, they're " 滅罪 ". These roughly translate to "extinguish guilt", something Shaojun hopes to achieve through his music. "Guilt is a type of suffering, and hopefully our music can put an end to it, to let go of the hurts that we had been through."[1]
Also, a couple places append SG to the band name. It's not really part of the band name; it's just an abbreviation for Singapore. ("SG" that country's TLD, for example.)
Not sure when the project started, but the earliest post on Instagram is from 18 November 2022.
While the project has had basically the same style throughout, earlier material had more metalcore influence. Newer material has more thrash/punk influence.
Lineup:
𝕾𝖍𝖆𝖔𝖏𝖚𝖓 少軍 - All instruments, Vocals
Links:
Bandcamp
Instagram
KKBox
Boomplay
YouTube
Spotify
Amazon
Apple Music
iHeartRadio
Unofficial links:
Unblack Metal Wallpapers
Discography:
Restoration (single, 3 December, 2022, Independent)
Format: Digital
Apple /
Spotify / etc (OFFICIAL)
Also
stream on YouTube (OFFICIAL)
1) Restoration
3:49, lyrics:
Seems like we've gone too far
Whenever we feel like we believe in something, it gets destroyed
Why do the things of this world sound so promising
But the only promise they ever fulfilled is to lose your soul
Can we see beyond this age
The things written in the Ancient of Days
I guess it's time to be reborn
I guess it's time to start things over
And though the world may not see it
I hope it gets to those whose hearts are lost
I don't wanna live my life thinking about myself
I just wanna know how we can still be in love
My heart yearns for You
To make all things right again
Justice must prevail
But who will believe in this
How can we believe in justice without mercy
And how can we believe in salvation without hope
Polarised, we only know
One but not the other
Now the world plays a blame game
Making those found innocent to face the wrath of man
Full of shame, we placed the blame
On those whose hearts are aching
We've found ourselves
In a place of bitter hope
Though what is left now
Is only but your soul
How can we pay a price
For a debt to be crucified
Who makes up for the pain
For us who are so ashamed
Come for us
We pray for You to take us to a better place
Be my sword, be my shield
The armour that will never fail
Strengthen my soul
Strengthen my soul
Strengthen my soul
Strengthen my soul
She sobs through the night
Tears stream down her cheeks
Among all her lovers, there is no one left to comfort her
All her friends have betrayed her, and become her enemies
(Lamentations 1:2)
But the Light still remains
And though we walk through the valleys of the shadows of death
We will not fear
(Psalms 23:4)
2) Restoration
3:49, instrumental
Open Heavens (single, 9 December, 2022, Independent)
Format: Digital
Apple / Spotify /etc (OFFICIAL)
Also stream on YouTube (OFFICIAL)
1) Open Heavens
3:51, see below for lyrics
Breathe (single, 14 December, 2022, Independent)
Format: Digital
Apple /
Spotify / etc (OFFICIAL)
Also
stream on YouTube (OFFICIAL)
1) Breathe2:00, instrumental
Through the Storms / 过风暴 (EP, 24 December, 2022, Independent)
Format: Digital
Apple / Spotify / etc (OFFICIAL)
The acoustic versions have slightly different arrangements than the main versions.
1) Through the Storms
4:29, lyrics:
Your Spirit dwells in me
As Your home
You've come to bring us peace
Your Spirit dwells in me
As Your home
You've come to bring us peace
O Sovereign One
With my life in Your hands
Spirit lead me on
By Your power and Your might
I will ride through the storms
Your Spirit dwells in me
As Your home
You've come to bring us peace
Your Spirit dwells in me
As Your home
You've come to bring us peace
O Sovereign One
With my life in Your hands
Spirit lead me on
By Your power and Your might
I will ride through the storms
2) Open Heavens
3:51, lyrics:
Watch
As the
Heavens
Open
Behold
The King has arrived
For all creation hopes to be set free
From this bondage of corruption
And have been groaning together
In pains of childbirth until now
We ourselves also wait eagerly
For adoption as sons
For in this hope we were saved
Resurrect
Divine ascension
To rapture those, who hopes unending
There we worship
And there we bow down
Forevermore, until eternity
Rising bodies
Transformation
Break down those walls
Liberation
For He Himself is our peace
Who has made us both one and has
Broken down in His flesh, the diving wall of hostility
That He might create in Himself one new man in place of the two
And might reconcile us both to God
In one body through the cross
Jesus, Your blood, was shed for me
That I may come, before your throne
With confidence
True love shown
At the cross
I praise, for Your blood
For there is no greater love
Than to lay down one's life for a friend
You have laid down Your life for us
And have counted us as Your friends
As brothers
As family
And in that, I rejoice
3) Breathe
2:00, instrumental
4) Through the Storms (acoustic version)
4:02, lyrics:
Your Spirit dwells in me
As Your home
You've come to bring us peace
Your Spirit dwells in me
As Your home
You've come to bring us peace
O Sovereign One
With my life in Your hands
Spirit lead me on
Spirit lead me on
By Your power and Your might
I will ride through the storms
By Your power and Your might
I will ride through the storms
Your Spirit dwells in me
As Your home
You've come to bring us peace
Your Spirit dwells in me
As Your home
You've come to bring us peace
O Sovereign One
With my life in Your hands
Spirit lead me on
Spirit lead me on
5) Open Heavens (acoustic version)
3:22, lyrics:
Watch
As the
Heavens
Open
Behold
The King has arrived
For all creation hopes to be set free
From this bondage of corruption
And have been groaning together
In pains of childbirth until now
We ourselves also wait eagerly
For adoption as sons
For in this hope we were saved
Resurrect
Divine ascension
To rapture those, who hopes unending
There we worship
And there we bow down
Forevermore, until eternity
Rising bodies
Transformation
Break down those walls
Liberation
For He Himself is our peace
Who has made us both one and has
Broken down in His flesh, the diving wall of hostility
That He might create in Himself one new man in place of the two
And might reconcile us both to God
In one body through the cross
Jesus, Your blood, was shed for me
That I may come, before your throne
With confidence
True love shown
At the cross
I praise, for Your blood
Resurrect
Divine ascension
To rapture those, who hopes unending
There we worship
And there we bow down
Forevermore, until eternity
Resurrect
Divine ascension
To rapture those, who hopes unending...
Seraph / 六翼天使 (single, 30 January, 2023, Independent)
Format: Digital
Apple / Spotify / etc
1) Seraph 3:14, instrumental
Chariots (single, 13 Feburary, 2023, Independent)
Format: Digital
Apple / Spotify / etc
Also stream on YouTube (OFFICIAL)
Like the last several singles, this has a Chinese title, but I can't quite read it. It might be "天軍", but I'm not sure.
1) Chariots
3:14, lyrics:
Rise up and see
This is a revelation
Bloodied robe, a conqueror
His eyes are like a flame of fire
Make war and throw
The beast to the lake of fire
With a word from His mouth
He will rule them with a rod of iron
From above the armies ride
Arrayed in linen pure and white
King of kings and Lord of lords
His name is called the Word of God
To end the reign of sin
The whole world bows to Him
And all creation sings
"All hail the mighty King"
Strong towers must now fall
The kingdom is restored
Victory is yours
Heaven and earth
Shall pass and burn with fire
The former things shall be no more
As God comforts those who are lost
The end is near
Repent, be safe from fire
Now's the chance to make a choice
Destiny, not be destroyed
He wants to save your soul
But you must let it go
Don't hold onto the lies
Satan wants you to die
The armies fought, slain by the sword
Those found without the mark of God
The angel called birds of the sky
To gorge the flesh of those who died
To end the reign of sin
The whole world bows to Him
And all creation sings
"All hail the mighty King"
Strong towers must now fall
The kingdom is restored
Victory is yours
They'll never break us
They can never stop us
He will come back for us
Throw out the lies and let the spirit move
2) Seraph
3:14, instrumental
Yom Kippur (single)
Left: 23 March, 2023, Independent,
Apple /
Spotify / etc
Right: 9 March, 2024, Independent,
BandcampSeems the Bandcamp version was first published as a single, then later merged with "Where the Corpses Are".
1) Yom Kippur
4:02, see below for lyrics
Sabaoth (single, 4 April, 2023, Independent)
Format: Digital
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1) Sabaoth
4:40, see below for lyrics
Where the Corpses Are... ...the Vultures Will Gather. (album)
28 June, 2023, Independent,
Apple /
Spotify / etc
9 March, 2024, Independent,
Bandcamp
Also
stream on YouTube (OFFICIAL)
On Bandcamp, there are notes written for all of the songs:
1) "In the beginning...the earth was without form and void..."
2) "...out of dust, man was created..."
3) "...and man has become like God."
4) "One for the Lord, the other to Azazel"
5) "Conquest of Jericho, devote Canaan to destruction"
6) "Exiled to Babylon"
7) "You brood of vipers! Preaching for profit and fame!"
8) "Where the corpses are..."
9) "...the vultures will gather"
10) "The Host of the Heavenly Armies"
11) "...in spite of sin, He forgave us."
12) "This is the end of all suffering."
1) From the Formless Void
1:48, instrumental
2) Into the Realm of Mortal Existence
3:07, lyrics unknown
3) Behold, Man Has Become like One of Us
4:25, lyrics unknown
4) Yom Kippur
4:02, lyrics:
Rites written in the ancient of times
Atonement by blood for your sins
Chosen from the tribe of the Levites
Performed by the anointed high priest
He shall prepare a bull as a sin offering for himself
Cast your lots for the two goats
One for Adonai
The other for Azazel (Leviticus 16:8)
To the desert for the fierce might of God (Azazel)
A symbol of departure
Departure of the sins
He shall prepare two handfuls of incense
For the cloud to cover the mercy seat
Bring it inside the veil
So that the priest shall not die
Take the blood, from the bull
Sprinkle its blood
On the side and front of the ark (seven times)
Kill the goat
Take its blood
Atonement for transgressions
For the life of the flesh is in the blood
And blood is given to us
As atonement for your souls
For the price of sin is death
And death comes with the shedding of blood
He's come for us
To pay a ransom we can't afford
A price too high to pay
To cancel our debt of sin
Lamb of God
The purest blood
A sacrifice foretold in the rites of old
Became a curse
Death on the cross
To liberate us who don't deserve
Lamb of God
The purest blood
A sacrifice foretold in the rites of old
Became a curse
Death on the cross
To liberate us who don't deserve
A superior sacrifice that annuls the old covenant
Let us be covered in His blood
No longer going back to the old ways
Gone were the days of darkness
Yom Kippur
Day of Atonement
Yom Kippur
Day of Atonement
Yom Kippur
Day of Atonement
Yom Kippur
Day of Atonement
5) Planned Species Extinction
5:10, lyrics unknown
6) Exile the Posers
5:58, lyrics unknown
7) Vipers in the House of God
4:24, lyrics unknown
8) Where the Corpses are...
3:04, instrumental
9) ...the Vultures will Gather
4:48
10) Sabaoth
4:40, lyrics:
Blessed be the hosts of heaven
He who constructs the stars
And holds them in their place
Uncreated, Eternal One
A man of war, the Lord is His name
No other gods shall stand before Him
With Your hand mightiest in power
Overthrows all adversaries
The enemies they sought to destroy us
But in vain shall the nations rage
Sabaoth
The Lord of Hosts
Sabaoth
The Lord of Hosts
Mighty warriors
Men of valor
Draw your swords, do not be dismayed
An angel sent by God fights with us
"Who is like God?", Mi-Ka-El his name
He sends His angels to protect us
In triumph we shall live our days
No enemies can ever touch us
As we stand aligned with Yahweh
Mighty warriors
Men of valor
Draw your swords, do not be dismayed
An angel sent by God fights with us
"Who is like God?", Mi-Ka-El his name
He sends His angels to protect us
In triumph we shall live our days
No enemies can ever touch us
As we stand aligned with Yahweh
Stand your ground
In adoration
As He march through the earth in rage
You went out to salvage Your people
What can I do but to stand and gaze
Awestruck by Your mighty power
The sun and moon stood still in their place
Mountains scattered
The hills sank low
His were the everlasting ways
Sabaoth
The Lord of Hosts
Sabaoth
The Lord of Hosts
11) Spite
5:09, lyrics:
You loved in spite of our sin
Our hearts lay rested in Your word
Exalting Your glory
Surrender to greatness
Brace the storm that comes
This is called life
As I move forward
The past cannot define us
Brace the storm that comes
This is called life
As I move forward
The past cannot define us
Move away from the time
When we were once fools
Embrace this new life
Though the remnants of sin
May try to pull us back
Rage against the tide
Move away from the time
When we were once fools
Embrace this new life
Though the remnants of sin
May try to pull us back
Rage against the tide
From heavens you came
In humble demeanor
One death for us
To spite all the doubters
Mercy over judgment
You came despite defiance
Now we shall live
To spite all the liars
From heavens you came
In humble demeanor
One death for us
To spite all the doubters
Mercy over judgment
You came despite defiance
Now we shall live
To spite all the liars
Spite
Spite
Spite
From heavens you came
In humble demeanor
One death for us
To spite all the doubters
Mercy over judgment
You came despite defiance
Now we shall live
To spite all the liars
From heavens you came
In humble demeanor
One death for us
To spite all the doubters
Mercy over judgment
You came despite defiance
Now we shall live
To spite all the liars
12) To End All Suffering
6:05, lyrics unknown
Waymaker / 制路者 (single, 15 October, 2023, Independent)
Format: Digital
Apple / Spotify / etc (OFFICIAL)
1) Waymaker 4:15, instrumental
I AM the Tormentor / 我是折磨者 (EP, 19 March, 2024, Independent)
Format: Digital
Apple / Spotify / etc (OFFICIAL)
Also stream on YouTube (OFFICIAL)
The Chinese in track 1 translates to, "This is not Heaven, this is a prison". The song is based on Luke 16:19-31. The EP as a whole is inspired by Revelation 14:9-10.
1) Evil Resounds in the Pits of Hell
2:47, lyrics:
Why have I not listened?
To the warnings of the prophets?
My life, I have wasted
On falsehood and lies
这不是天国，这是监牢
这不是天国，这是监牢
Take me back to the living
Let me warn my five brothers
Don't let them fall
Don't let them fall to hell
这不是天国，这是监牢
这不是天国，这是监牢
2) I AM the Tormentor
3:50, lyrics unknown
3) Lost in the Chamber of Echoes
3:51, lyrics unknown
4) Terminate the Machine of Fornication
6:04, lyrics unknown
5) Thine Hour Hast Come (Horde cover)
4:00, lyrics:
At the dawning of time
Thine heart didst proclaim
Thy throne shall arise
Beyond the stars of God
And be enthroned on the northern sides
of that great mountain
Far above the clouds
Didst thou aspire to
but alas
This was not to be
So fallen thou art
As lightning to earth
Having once angelic splendor
Now the vilest abomination
An abode for maggots thou art
A shame
That once so beautiful
All is lost to become nothing
Behold
Lucifer
Son of the morning
Thine hour hast come
Thou will be stripped of power
And be lowered into the very depths of hell
Thy fate is worse than death
Eternal suffering and damnation
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IncompletePage, SimilarTo
1) What is the Chinese title for the "Chariots" single? 2) Missing lyrics (the rest of the "Where the Corpses ..." album, and the rest of the "I AM ..." EP.)
Miscellaneous stuff:
Alternate cover art, used on YouTube videos
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