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The Cleansing by @augustburnsred
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Music & Lyrics by JB Brubaker
I watched you from the sky
As populations rise
Feasting on Earth like flies
Ensuring your demise
Generations repeating the pattern
Their stories told but never changed their minds
A life of excess, keep feeding the glutton
Bask in filth like a hoard of swine
Come now, watch the fall
You begged for relief, now I bring you the cleansing
Come now, watch the fall
A plague of contempt, a down pouring of pain
I’ve watched you from the sky
As the impoverished die
Pay no heed to their cries
Now tremble as I rise
Feel my pestilent hands
Pernicious touch
My ruinous arms embracing you
My blade to the hoard
Avenging the dirt, I’ll spare but few
It takes but one to make
A spark to emanate
The masses, soon to wake
Their voices resonate
Exposed for who I am
No more hiding in the shadows
I’m praised by the weeds
I’m cursed to the gallows
A hero of the heathens
I’m a pillar of despair
A vast and vacant chasm of darkness
You’ll find me there
You’ll find me there
As I move on through the hoard
Insistent on spreading my rage
Underneath black dirt and dried up tears
Their faces begin to change
A man rose to his feet
His temper refused defeat
A song for the runaway
The people, they heard him say
“Take back your voice
Lift your heads
And focus your eyes on the sky
Our time must not yet end
Together we will mend
We will mend
Our time must not yet end
Together we will mend
This song’s for you my friends
This time, these lives, this world
Is ours to tend”
From the throne to the thorns
I’ve watched you from the sky
As the sun starts to rise
Revealing my disguise
I can finally close my eyes
Come now, watch my fall
Come now, watch my fall
Come now, watch my fall
My deceit created defiance
Come now, watch my fall
My treachery led to their triumph
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The intro + this song is a golden example of how to tell a compelling story through song no matter what genre you like. ABR is aging like a fine wine, the most consistent band of all time!
This is your friendly reminder that Christ took the bullet for you and then overcame death itself by being resurrected so that you’d believe in Him as the proven way out of this mess and “not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
Anti NWO song
"Te observé desde el cielo
Mientras las poblaciones aumentaban
Festejando en la Tierra como moscas
Asegurando tu ruina
Generaciones repitiendo el patrón
Sus historias contadas pero nunca cambiaron sus mentes
Una vida de excesos, siguiendo alimentando al glotón
Disfrutando de la suciedad como una horda de cerdos
Ven ahora, observa la caída
Rogaste por alivio, ahora te traigo la purificación
Ven ahora, observa la caída
Una plaga de desprecio, un diluvio de dolor
Te observé desde el cielo
Mientras los empobrecidos mueren
No prestes atención a sus gritos
Ahora tiembla mientras me elevo
Siente mis manos pestilentes
Toque pernicioso
Mis brazos ruinosos te abrazan
Mi cuchilla para la horda
Vengando la suciedad, perdonaré a unos pocos (perdonaré a unos pocos)
Solo hace falta uno para encender
Una chispa para emanar
Las masas, pronto despertarán
Sus voces resonarán
Expuesto por lo que soy
No más escondiéndome en las sombras
Soy alabado por las malas hierbas
Estoy condenado al patíbulo
Un héroe de los paganos
Soy un pilar de desesperación
Un abismo vasto y vacío de oscuridad
(Nos encontrarás allí)
Nos encontrarás allí
Mientras avanzo a través de la horda
Insistente en propagar mi rabia
Bajo tierra negra y lágrimas secas
Sus rostros comienzan a cambiar
Un hombre se puso de pie
Su temperamento se negó a ser vencido
Una canción para el fugitivo
La gente, le oyó decir
"Recupera tu voz, alza la cabeza
Y enfoca tus ojos en el cielo
Nuestro tiempo no debe terminar aún
Juntos, juntos, juntos sanaremos
Sanaremos"
Nuestro tiempo no debe terminar aún
Juntos sanaremos
Esta canción es para ustedes, mis amigos
Esta vez, estas vidas, este mundo
Son nuestros para cuidar
Desde el trono hasta las espinas
Te observé desde el cielo
Mientras el sol comienza a salir
Revelando mi disfraz
Finalmente puedo cerrar mis ojos
Ven ahora, observa mi caída
Ven ahora, observa mi caída
Ven ahora, observa mi caída
Mi engaño creó desafío
Ven ahora, observa mi caída
Mi traición llevó a su triunfo"
Sharptone leveled this band up, OMFG.. idk how im just hearing this? I love this!
The whole song is fantastic but the bit between 5:00–5:15 gives me chills. The double base right there is 🤌🏼
That transition from black metal into post prog is beautiful!
“You begged for relief, now I bring you the cleansing.” Best lyrics off the album. Straight Sodom and Gomorrah vibes. Love it.
My God this sound is evil goodness
Never been much of a fan before, but this album is damn good. It reminds me of what Killswitch did waaaay back in the day when The End of Heartache came out. Taking a super heavy genre and kinda mainstreaming it a bit. I don't mean that as an insult at all, either. This album slaps.
A simply phenomenal album
Uuuuuuuuuu Lala the best is yet to come….. From ABR
Unblack metal vibes 🔥🔥
Have loved ABR since Burner and fell head over heels with Constellation. Never ever a disappointment, and while most bands end up changing their sound over time. ABR has just continued to master and perfect what makes them, them.
deafheavencore
Hands down their darkest song to date. I can definitely feel some Black Metal blast beats that Matt engage on this one, which I absolutely love.
Wow the energy in this is godly like! Love it
Lyrics for this song are amazing. Like if you know what they are about.
2:26 hits different for ABR and I absolutely love it.
This song caught me off guard and had no right to go this hard. Whole album is phenomenal
This is magical
The ending, phenomenal 10/10.
Epic
5:30 starts to remind me of Hallelujah. Beautiful.
Loving Jake's highs on this! Reminds me of Messengers. Amazing progressive metal track. What an opener!
I haven’t even made it through the rest of the album because I can’t get past this song. “From the throne to the thorns.” Yyyyyoooooooooo.
4:46 That part 🥵
They may be a Christian band but God damn!
This epic part may be the all time best of ABR.
since when were lorna shore here 🤣
that sounds so sweet, thanks for playing
One word: f*cking EPIC!
Technically, two words, right?
HOLY SHIT ITS BLACK METAL
best band ever.
BlackM august??? 🤘🤘🤘
Holy shit, I’ve been ignoring this band for so many years and today I decided to give them a chance and wow, i am speechless, what a hell of a song, this song caught me off guard since the very first second and i was instantly blown away
I'll tell you what, matt can beat the hell out of a drumset
That interlude giving me phantom anthem vibes
Dare I say one of the best ABR songs?
Black metal ✅ Metalcore ✅ Shoe Gaze✅ Death Metal ✅ Thrash ✅ …engage badassery🤘🔥👍