First Ascent
by Kallias
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Epic album!Unique style!Hard blast beats,cool riffs and brutal death vocals!<3
Favorite track: Disembodied Existence.
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Irrational Fear feat. Jeff Loomis
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The Approach
00:45
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Falling means nothing
When you're secured
Over, under, backed up, tied up
Let go, find your
Inner conscious
Rock will bond this
Disconnected
My mind is on a path
To sabotage this
Inconsistent
I carry all this weight
In one direction
Watch me, take in
Short Story
This won't be my last time I climb this
Mountain Pass
I fried my mind
Broke my flow
Ran out of time
Lost my stoke
Fell from my line
Falling means nothing
When you're secured
Over, under, backed up, tied up
Let go, find your
Inner conscious
Rock will bond this
Miss Marsha White
Up on the ninth floor
Searching for a golden thimble
But there’s so much more
Climbing everything
Under the sun
Challenge my mind
Sending this time
I know I’ll go
Harder, better
Faster, stronger
Falling means nothing
When you're secured
Over, under, backed up, tied up
Let go, find your
Inner conscious
Rock will bond this
Miss Marsha White
Up on the ninth floor
Searching for a golden thimble
But there’s so much more
Test my patience
To work this passage
No divergence
Of mind and matter
Bending breaking
To reach this ending
Take me tighter
Don't want my cries heard
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Disembodied Existence
04:26
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Wake me, I can't see
Cant Breath, I’m in deep
Crushing my chest in
Dead end scream
Suffocating, infecting
Inverting me
Crown me in darkness
Shadows swarm
Disembodied existence
Free me now
Kneel, when you speak to me
I need you to look into my eyes and tell me what do you see?
When you look through me
Just another host left to breed
Another body to bleed into me
Veil me, a Black mask
Wide eyed, I will rise
Fight or Flight
Dark as Night
Hear me now
Strike you down
Crushing my chest in
Dead end scream
Suffocating, infecting
Inverting me
Kneel, when you speak to me
I need you to look into my eyes and tell me what do you see?
When you look through me
Just another host left to breed
Another body to bleed into me
Crown me in darkness
Shadows swarm
Disembodied existence
Free me now
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Slowly pulling, into the void
Getting darker, paratrophic
Our existence, a spec of dust
Never ending, gravitation
Slowly pulling into the void
Quantum theory, relativity
Matter eating lower boundary
Volume of space is reducing
Evolution backwards in time
Timeless state
In transparent space
Passing me by
In a cosmic wave
Open your mind, entering free
Keep on climbing the perfect line
Finding purpose in existence
There's no keeping the flow of time
One world is all
We have one life
Save each other
Rise
Slowly pulling into the void
Quantum theory, relativity
Matter eating lower boundary
Volume of space is reducing
Evolution backwards in time
Timeless state
In transparent space
Passing me by
In a cosmic wave
Reaching and pulling
I'm searching to find a purpose
Must this all be worth it?
Ascending, pretending
I'm mending
This division between us
Aligning the keys to heal us
It will fall, the world we know
We must band to change it all
In the eye of the storm
We thrive
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5. |
The Dark Machine
04:42
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Once upon a cold winter
I set the objective rather high
Nothing was stopping me then
Nothing is stopping me now
Commit to the line
You have chosen to climb
No turning back this time
Cold, hard and stout
Smashed my way out
Alas winter is here
Waiting all year
Get scared
Hold fast
On no, I'm losing this hold
Have you ever thought I would die this way?
Don't try to question this frigid dimension
I have fought to get this far today
High up off the ground
No where to be found
Try and stay alive
Descend before the night
Commit to the line
You have chosen to climb
No turning back
This time
Cold, hard, and stout
Smashed my way out
Lets do the winter dance
Take my hand
No Fear
Grip tight
Let go, in fear of control
In good time you will find
All these thoughts in my mind
Drowning in shallows
They haunt me through shadows
Disembody me and set me free
Call on your psych
Reach for the sky
Pull on the dark machines
Til the end of the line
No mercy for the weak
In the alpine
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Hold the hand of death
And try to stay relaxed
I'll keep you til the end
A message in your name
A memory aflame
The Valkyrie will send
A love to call by name
Your soul will live forever
Float into your paradise
Aim for the sky
Return to the womb
Where you will find light has left your eyes
Surrounded by loved ones who fill the room
Letting go of you
Close your eyes, arise
Walk your line, with pride
I can already notice the weight
As its leaving your face
Gaze deep into my eyes
Trust in the lows and highs
Sink, let go and you will trust
Know we're all a spec of dust
Return to the womb
Where you will find the light has left your eyes
Surrounded by loved ones who fill the room
Letting go of you
It’s time to say goodbye
I’ve loved
I’ve fallen
Got back up
He’s calling
I’m longing to live
I’ve fallen
Keep crawling back up
He’s calling
I’m longing to live
I’ve fallen
Got back up
He’s calling
I’m longing to live
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8. |
Lungta I: The Path
01:13
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9. |
Lungta II: Everlasting
06:51
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Christened by the thoughts of the
Spirits up in the air
Can't stop while I'm on top of
This Mountain in despair
In search of a route to carry through
Where we faltered
Carry us under your crescent wings
Capsized by the strength of the
Elements of the earth
And I won't stop til I'm spun out of
This journey after birth
Sanctioned into this mission
I train to suffer yet live
Yet I push through til I
Have nothing else left to give
In search of a route to carry through
Where we faltered
Carry us under your crescent wings
Lungta flap in the wind
And spread a spiritual blessing
On sentient beings
We are the subjects of despair
Imprisoned by the thoughts in our heads
Imprisoned by the thoughts in our head
Where we wander
Carry us under your ancient wings
Horses in the wind
Carried to the end
A journey I have begun
A path that I have chosen
In search of a route to carry through
Where we faltered
Carry us under your crescent wing
Resurrect my demons from theirs heads
Forge my soul towards success
Walk the sacred path
Of the wind warrior who's life
Will benefit all those inferior
Relative synchrony of the body and
Mind will help you see
Reviving stability
Coldest parts of the earth
I walk in the darkest of my own depths
Rise to the mountain
Do a sun salutation
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credits
released August 25, 2023
All music written by Kallias.
Lyrics: Papastavrou, Marrone
Orchestrations: Zaki Ali
Drums recorded by Zaki Ali, plus additional tracking and editing.
Mixed and mastered by Zack Ohren.
Guest features by Jeff Loomis, Rafael Trujillo, Colin Cook, Greg Burgess, and Alex Novick
All music written by Kallias.
Lyrics: Papastavrou, Marrone
Orchestrations: Zaki Ali
Drums recorded by Zaki Ali, plus additional tracking and editing.
Mixed and mastered by Zack Ohren.
Guest features by Jeff Loomis, Rafael Trujillo, Colin Cook, Greg Burgess, and Alex Novick
license
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Kallias California
Progressive metal 4 piece from CA/NY.
Nicole Papastavrou- Guitars, Vocals
Chris Marrone- Bass, Vocals
John Paul Andrade-Drums
Collin Cook- Guitar
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