Doomsday Psalm, by Dystopia A.D.

Doomsday Psalm

by Dystopia A.D.

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catwizard So technical and so much variety in the vocals. Favorite track: Doomsday Psalm.

	Imperial Dawn 00:00 / 07:09

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1.	Imperial Dawn 07:09	lyrics	buy track
Onward with modern weaponry To colonize and to leech The edge of our destiny is Onward! Beyond the sky Beyond our boundaries We’ll find a new place to Bleed until dry Burn into ashes We are the sign of an oncoming age We are the masters so Bow down Embrace the New Dawn That beckons you Animantibus terrae Bring me your feeble desires Animantibus terrae Free from blight, disease Drink from The blood that runs through All that I am And all that you see Imperial dawn First light of ascendency rises We’ll burn down it all Just to enshrine our dominion There’s blood in the air we breathe There’s pain in the water The absence of empathy There for the taking You are the signs of a crumbling age We have no masters so Pray to a deaf god that Waits for your epilogue Animantibus terrae The sand beneath our feet Feeds on our agony Far from the life we left behind Is this the end of our age? Have we discovered doom? Is this the end of all we were? Imperial dawn First light of ascendency rises We’ll burn down it all Just to enshrine our dominion Imperial dawn Birthright, a dim aberration When everything’s gone The world forgets our dominion
2.	Terminal Lucidity 05:52	lyrics	buy track
Wasting away Broken and enslaved Waiting for another reiteration Programmed to seek Grief and misery Waiting for the fruit of your machinations Bask in prosperity Meaningless and ill-concieved From ashes we are born From loving arms Our lives are torn The serpent slowly creeps, and it curls around your neck Fade as it grips your life and it robs you of your strength Savor your final breath As a life unseen Reveals itself to you These are the remnants of Your existence The taste of regret Now the final strains Of daylight wash away Begging for another reiteration Living on your knees Flailing towards your grave Knowing that your pilgrimage was a lie Reject your god That feeds your blindness Refuse sanity Reject the motives That drain your soul Refuse to be free Another day Broken and enslaved Searching for reprieve from isolation Wasting away Flailing towards your grave Betrayed by your spurious machinations The serpent slowly creeps, and it curls around your neck Fade as it grips your life and it robs you of your strength Savor your final breath As a life unseen Reveals itself to you These are the remnants of Your existence The taste of regret
3.	Fields of Carrion 04:54	lyrics	buy track
Night falls Burning pyres Casting ghosts in the sky Blood boils The stench of death A cruel reminder of destiny Mass graves for remains of the infected Black waves wash the ashes from the sand We’ll find a way to carry on Through fields of carrion This plague may one day bury us all Smoldering In quarantine Survival through isolation The cold wind Is whispering Prayers of desperation Mass graves for the remains of the infected Black waves wash the ashes from the sand We’ll find a way to carry on Through fields of carrion This plague may one day bury us all Inhale the darkness of this blistering scourge Bleed from within as the virus begins Consuming your flesh while your spirit is purged Armor and vests and shelters protect From the trappings of war But there’s no defense For advanced pestilence A bulletproof swarm I retch on the taste of blood Fall to my knees with a sickening thud I die, fire in my lungs A feeble goodbye drifts from the tongue We’ll find a way to carry on Through fields of carrion This plague may one day bury us all And when the reaper comes for me I'll die with dignity No wasted tears no sympathy The last bells crack the sky Steadfast in the face of death A plague born of unnatural design Steadfast in the face of death
4.	Force-fed Soma 04:27	lyrics	buy track
Undead Suspended in lethargy Count down the days till your doom Force fed Vitriol daily From the day you are ripped from the womb Misled and rendered unconscious Deluded by the machine Undead No longer responsive Dull and brainwashed by your disease Expose the unseen tyrants Shed the blinding webs they weave Expose the rightful culprit Your willingness to sell your beliefs Fires rage on Fueled by the tomes of dissent Fires rage on Fueled by the obscene Refuse The invasion of rot The venom they pour down your throat Fires rage on But they cannot erase your resolve
5.	Lost Shores 02:42		buy track
6.	Doomsday Psalm 05:18	lyrics	buy track
Bury your head In a mountain of ashes The plan to sabotage your world underway Summon the tides The black leviathan Purge the accusers Born into chaos Our true forms emerge Reveal a world undone Burn out your eyes As the pillars of fire rain Down From the sky At the architects’ hands Choke on the fumes Of a planet consumed By your own ignorance At the architects’ hands Drowning In a fathomless void Bury your head In a mountain of lies Dying Mankind destroyed This the end The debt of your arrogance paid Summon the tides The black leviathan Purge the accusers Born into chaos Our true forms emerge Embrace the presence of terror Bow to your gods Your ending is near Embrace the presence of fear Bow to your gods Embrace the fear Burn out your eyes Reveal a world undone Burn out your eyes As the pillars of fire rain Down From the sky At the architects’ hands Choke on the fumes Of a planet consumed By your own ignorance At the architects’ hands Drowning In a fathomless void
7.	As Skies Collapse 05:14	lyrics	buy track
Searching For an unbroken universe Treading the edge where the earth meets the skies Grasping At ethereal straws Fleeting illusions Vapor and dust Impeding delusions Vapor and dust Fathomless misery Awaken again Rise from your failed crusade Myriad realms Adrift in the sky Follow the aether The confluence of every path An hourglass Of time collapsed The answer to your sorrow Dying Again and again Reset the cycle Sisyphean Vapor that slips through your hands Draining The bounds of my essence Burdened by failure Lost in my grief Grasping At ethereal straws Fleeting illusions Vapor and dust Impeding delusions Follow the aether The confluence of every path An hourglass Of time collapsed The answer to your sorrow
8.	Howl of Barghest 04:34	lyrics	buy track
Wrapped in a starless sky Dead earth beneath your bare skin Watched by a thousand eyes waiting They’ve come to take your life Run from The hellhound’s cry The pack approaches swiftly Sky is black The hounds are At your back The howl of Barghest Finds you Lost in abandoned wastelands Stalked by the mountain’s ghost Watched by a thousand eyes waiting They’ve come to take your life March to The promise of sands The desolate bliss Of the ocean’s abyss March to A cold biting doom The desolate bliss Of the ocean’s abyss Run from The hellhound’s cry The pack approaches swiftly Sky is black The hounds are At your back The howl of Barghest Finds you

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"Between the excellent guitars, solid vocals and adventurous, many-faceted songwriting, Whitby and Shishido have delivered an ambitious and impressive album that invites regular revisiting. There are precious few reasons any fan of progressive death metal should not be checking out Doomsday Psalm." - Angry Metal Guy

"In a genre that has become pretty saturated as of lately with bands, DYSTOPIA A.D. keeps their brand of Melo-Death fresh and current. There are so many varied elements both within the vocals and the music, that the album is not one-dimensional in scope. These guys are talented, and this was a pleasurable listening experience." - Metal Temple

"The production is excellent, the songwriting is refined and the singing displays a very pleasant variety, going through different distorted vocal registers. In particular, Dystopia AD are good when the sound opens up and becomes more atmospheric, demonstrating a beautiful compositional creativity. Surprising." - Aristocrazia Webzine

"Some projects suffer to establish a musical identity with so much variety in their sound. But Doomsday Psalm dismisses that concern, emerging as a dynamic and focused record." - Decibel

"Doomsday Psalm sits at the intersection of countless metal subgenres where it is able to carve out a diverse and varied sound that never falls into pastiche." - The Progressive Subway

"It would be so easy to label Dystopia A.D. and “Doomsday Psalm” as Melodic Death Metal, but that would be unfair to a band that works so hard to make a difference in the world of Extreme Metal." - Metal Addicts

"The vocals are something that struck me almost instantly. What you’ll realise soon enough is that the vocals is never comprised of a singular performance, one track alone may have as many as three unique vocal deliveries; all of which are delivered with ecstatic bile and energy" - The Razors Edge

credits

released December 2, 2022

Aki Shishido – Lead guitar
Chris Whitby – Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, drum programming

Additional personnel:

Charlie Munro – drum arrangement, mixing, mastering, additional lead guitar on “Terminal Lucidity”
Vinnie D’Agostino – flutes on “As Skies Collapse” and “Howl of Barghest”
Nate Trier – trumpet on “Force-fed Soma”
Alejo Perez – percussion on “Howl of Barghest”

Artwork:

Cover art by Adam Burke of Nightjar Illustration
Dystopia A.D. logo by Luciferium War Graphics

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Dystopia A.D. South Orange, New Jersey

Dystopia A.D. is a progressive death metal band formed in 2017 featuring Aki Shishido and Chris Whitby.

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