The Antagonist Eternal

by Tash

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1.	Where Nothing Grows 06:04	info	buy track
2.	The Destroyer 04:14	lyrics	buy track
With the trumpet blast of the fifth angel I am released from the eternal abyss Brought up from the dark to bring torture Through smoke which blacks out the sun Known as the angel of the bottomless pit My army of locusts from hell Sodom and Gomorrah will pale compared To what I shall bring to be My army rushes to war Blood thirsty cries in the night To overcome the two and see them slain Up from the ocean We are set upon the land To destroy the forces of our meager foes No God will save you now And the lands burn I am the son of perdition I am the forever enslaved I have waited an eternity To unleash my wrath Seven heads with ten horns And on the horns, ten crowns And on each head A blasphemous name As I rise from the sea And as the Babylon whore intoxicates the earth With the wine of her fornications I shall have revenge for my eons locked away Wrath bent with will I slay
3.	In Total Defiance of the Cross 04:07	lyrics	buy track
Sacrilegious nature of existence Leading the weak to servitude through lies Preying on the smallest bit of conscience To justify the need for your wealth Go spread your cancer somewhere else The beauty of free will is that I think for myself There’s never been a leg to stand on So you use a cross To make it seem so noble I stand in direct opposition To demand Christianity stand down And since that for them is never an option I can never and will never back down So you think you can be forgiven For your grievous sins Have no fear, they’re not forgotten We’re sick and tired of the pious oppression Go spread your disease somewhere else If I wish to know, then I’ll find out for myself No one hasn’t heard your tired dogma I’m fucking sick of magic words
4.	Black Magic 05:15	lyrics	buy track
For selfish gain I’ve come to this Evil become my slave I commit the darkest of abominations To conjure death and pain Heretic, I scream into the night My lust for power unending I can raise the dead, and summon demons Or make you give birth to a monster The blood pact I signed unending Immortal dead to walk the earth The hatred and malice of a thousand demons Drink from the chalice filled with black blood The future I’ve seen turned to fire The end for all, so grim I will make sure that your last moments live Are wrought with agony and torment I will show you pain to drive you mad You will rot from inside out And the plague of your life will grind to an end Choking on the bile and blood The blood pact I signed unending Immortal dead to walk the earth The hatred and malice of a thousand demons Drink from the chalice filled with black blood
5.	Lords of Control 05:21	lyrics	buy track
An establishment of order To break down barbarian hold There had to be a consequence To establish total control Given that life was shit for everyone And totally made of pain They had to invent a way to make us listen And also to make us pay So the structure came to being Destroying all in its way Through fear of eternal damnation They try to make us behave And though none of it has ever been proven They would control every bit of your life Just in case their ancient fairy tale Just happens to be right I will not bow I will not obey I will not submit I will not be enslaved If you wish to rule the world Tell them God is with you Because then they’ll follow blindly along And none of them can judge you To prey on those so weak of mind That they cannot think for themselves Is the lowest crime there is on earth I would see them burn in hell
6.	The Wretchedness of Flesh 03:18	lyrics	buy track
People speak of balance And seem to ignore decay Born into the world so helpless And in weakness we all stay The flesh is frail and brittle And easily ruined A fickle host at best For the hungers of the flesh Some are in denial Claiming to be above But deep inside their souls burn Both with hatred and with love So as we continue to act out the mockery That we call civilized life Our animal side over-analyzed But never cast aside I cannot stand the pride some take In thinking they stand so tall It might be a blade, a germ, or a bullet But something kills us all And if you don’t believe in frailty Time waits for you, believe For one day the reaper comes for you Because no one dodges death
7.	Solace of the Flame 04:30	lyrics	buy track
All hail the cleansing fire All hail its wrath All hail the desolation Left in its path The cursed flames so hungry On the sacred they feed As a tool and a weapon They meet our need Torch Burn without mercy Scorched There will be no remains The night Veiling suspicion Fire Burn your tradition to the ground Stare deep into the fire And feel it take hold You are locked in entrancement Beyond your control We were told it’s the devil But it delivers from them And it flames bring our freedom Again and again
8.	Blasphemer Immortal 04:38	lyrics	buy track
I’ve walked the earth alone for centuries My existence a curse that I cannot die My crimes so ancient, the details are lost Even the ancient texts are not old enough I am the source of rebellion I have become the essence of dissent So I take it out upon the world And sow the seeds of future revolution All it takes is a whisper sowing the seeds of doubt The questions build, the answers never come Nations ripped apart, tribes divided My work is never done, my work is never done The universe fuck the law Its purpose betraying Humans kill each other which cannot agree So tell yourself I don’t exist, all more the better The cursed seeds I plant will grow And you can’t try to stop me, no one knows my name Your words mean nothing, your god is not here And the fantasy that you’re all safe From the reach of my influence Is childish fancy at best And though you will pretend to feel safety All around you the planet burns
9.	In Ash and Ruin 04:41	lyrics	buy track
All of the things which make your life precious And all the people you hold in esteem In a thousand years No one will remember The reasons you strived and felt pain The sources of longing and of love All burned away in fire And what remains is ash and ruin Blessed you feel to know yourself But very shortly you do not exist Great is the fall of the present Day fades to night and no one remembers All great despair at the coming dark State of decay that I know so well Forests and fields will fade away And what remains is ash and ruin Cultures and countries will fall And what remains is ash and ruin Fall from grace Your flesh and bone to dust The emphasis of your culture Your humanity is lost A song sung into the howling wind To deaf ears your praises sung If not by our own hand Death waits for you at the gates Your life never mattered And you are nothing, erased
10.	In Screaming Winter, In Blackest Night 02:53	lyrics	buy track
The snow thick on the ground The forest vast and unknown The wind howling through the trees The wolves howl through the storm The ancient evil ones emerge When there’s no trace of light In the screaming winter In blackest night My people born into frost Our wilderness deadly From children we’re taught To be quick or be dead But still sometimes in the darkness A hand reaches out and grabs And those that they take never return
11.	False Gods Prophecy 04:32	lyrics	buy track
From our childhood, taught there’s two sides A constant battle between light and darkness But there are many forces at work Many perspectives that all crave power Great is the sadness and misery of those Confused at their own source of light Bastard deceivers enslaving the weak To conquer their flock and control You can’t see the wolf if you can’t see in the dark But there is more than one kind Craving your flesh and smelling your blood They wait to devour the blind So many so selfish and hording the wealth And so many starving in vain The rich man so paranoid of thieves in the night And the poorest cry out in pain So concerned are the pious of a mythical devil They cannot look upon themselves For while they obsess over going to heaven They are putting so many through hell All is lost All will rot All is a lie While false gods prophecy Don’t listen to the wisdom of a babbling fool There’s not a god for him to have heard from Abandoning reason is the beginning of madness And there’s just to many madmen here Suffer the loss and pray to the light To bring you change which you seek For praying for things instead of doing them Is how you convert strong to weak Hell bent on the power and wealth obtained The church remains in strength They need your devotion and money you give To keep you at chains length But never question their own contradictions Or they will call you lost It’s important to keep you wounded and blinded No matter what the cost People must know that their belief is unfounded A delusion acquired in youth How many churches do I need to burn Before you will listen to truth All is lost All will rot All is a lie While false gods prophecy
12.	Death Rising 01:04	lyrics
And they moved within the darkness knowing no light, stating that there was no such thing. And when the light was brought upon them, they fled in fear saying, 'This cannot be the light! For we know what light is!'. The darkness was their home, and they knew only their home. And when the angel of light came before them open armed with a message of peace, they shunned him. And when he tried to give them water, they claimed poison without drinking. And when he offered food to fill their bellies forever more, they chastised saying, 'No one meal can ever fill.' And when he asked them why they thought that, they began throwing stones. And when the angel died, the men devoured his body for food, and the universe wept. For the men were truly lost
13.	The Antagonist Eternal 04:23	lyrics	buy track
Bastard faith of hope eternal You know no light Become of hopelessness You claim to need so much Your faith is baseless Your god untrue And through the time given You would stone to death your brethren I can never have sympathy I will not, and cannot repent I am who you all will see Gate through which all shall pass Stab your way into your own You only feed my hunger Satan and God, both are myths I am the only constant I am the stillness The bringer of sorrow The only thing you all have in common The taker of children and warriors alike Fires consume, and then bring to stillness Holy men and pagans alike You may think you can, but you cannot keep running Look upon your destiny, and know your time is soon I can never have sympathy I will not, and cannot repent I am who you all will see Gate through which all shall pass

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This album was recorded between late June and early September 2014. It includes themes of violence, death, the occult, anti-christianity, darkness, and ancient folklore. It was recorded using a 7 string guitar and a 5 string bass.

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released September 6, 2014

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Tash Sanford, North Carolina

Tash is a one man melodic black metal project based out of North Carolina. Utilizing extended range guitars and bass, Tash combines traditional Norwegian black metal, Swedish black metal, and dissonant death metal such as Nile and Morbid Angel. Lyrics focus on anti-Christianity, insanity, death, demonology and misanthropy. ... more