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Secular Eden

by ANLMA

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Wilson WTF. This album is genius. A perfect mix of deathcore, post-hardcore, prog, and djent that I've never heard before. If any underground band deserves more love it's ANLMA. It's too hard to pick a track, as each one is stellar, but Sentience gives the others a run for their money. Favorite track: Sentience.
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1.
Sentience 05:45
Peripheral vision expands Complex language emerges Connections are formed From Observations I’ve reached the next plane of existence External to Myself I now perceive the world around me, sentience providing clues to manipulate Civilizations gravitating towards rivers and forests to cultivate and create a new realm. I, I believe that i'm truly alive I believe that i’ve received the gift of inner sight I’ve conceived these ideal thoughts of mine presently i do concede i previously was blind Observing more than just the physical... And with all these connections society’s born A new moral standard is set With this realization of our power We can be God We are the sentient beings And we shall inherit the Earth I have become the all-seeing The omnipotent behemoth I, I believe that i'm truly alive I believe that i’ve received the gift of inner sight I’ve conceived these ideal thoughts of mine Presently i do concede i previously was blind And now I stand here wide awake in paradise Wandering wondering what could be next for this gifted life Equipped with knowledge over all that’s wrong or right Infallible unmalleable; divinity is I Peripheral vision expands Complex language emerges Connections are formed From observations I’ve reached the next plane of existence
2.
We are the dominant species Roaming the Earth United by a common will to survive Bound by a moral law we share Bound by a common fear of the unknown We can advance our populace Beyond its infancy Driven by devotion to our bordered empathy The gathering of technologies And reaping of the land Only affirm the fact that we are the alpha beings We gather up all worldly belief systems (one unified religion) And advocate for the combination (of all education) To keep the order and the direction (they’ll learn obedience) Millions of individuals willing to die (for the collective) I know it’s hard to coexist When just a moment ago It was a fight for survival We’ve invented so many of these perceptions And yet forgot who sets the standard We can advance our populace Beyond its infancy Driven by devotion to our bordered empathy The gathering of technologies And reaping of the land Only affirm the fact that we are the alpha beings (If this is a dream then how can i be awake) Bound by a moral law we share Bound by a common fear of the unknown Now we command the oceans The waves and winds propel our vessel's sails No harsh terrain or temperature Can keep us from our grand inheritance
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Now my roots are planted in the ground And spread towards the (center of the Earth) My branches reach desperately for the sky My tendrils grasping (far out of our reach) Now we command the oceans The waves and winds propel our vessel's sails No harsh terrain or temperature Can keep us from our grand inheritance Flowers of knowledge have blossomed and bear fruit The seeds they blow (idly through the wind) We ride the currents to the corners of the Earth Fated to germinate (sown in virgin soil) And still we're sailing onward Safe underneath the starry moonlit sky No blackened night or scorching day Can keep us from our grand inheritance As they travel unaware of a looming presence. Ever thinking no greater force can bring forth their slated demise. With brashness they must have forgot the essence of their adolescence. And as I approach [closer their] confidence in self becoming wilted. A sudden realization that they are only human. And try as they may they cannot control the forces of nature. It seems we are not the elite All these resources we lay at our feet They mean nothing in the greater scheme of things We thought ourselves to be All-powerful Ever-knowing But now that we are brought to our knees We crawl at the mercy of... Here i write to you offering all i have left please accept my apologies (Will we ever know the purpose of our existence Is it possible one day I'll find where i fit within it all) Now that I'm sinking far out of my league I can see we were way too far over our heads all along (Will we as a people ever learn? Maybe the living could still know a paradise before they reach the benthic) Here i stand with the blood and ink on my hands penning my will to whomever will receive this (Receive the burden of your consciousness this is your grand inheritance let it not become corrupted keep your head up) Could it be a gift or a curse? This sentient mind has left all warm nostalgia behind (And to those who receive this the stubborn survivors please ask yourselves will we ever learn?)
4.
Jormungandr 02:49
Like the paradox of the two serpents Power consumes the power hungry A process of elimination The evolution of man An illogical conclusion Measure of human value devalues human life An apeirogon with only one perceivable side Greed, the lifeblood, to dissipate our hunger A precedent of power Directing genetic genocide Watch as I create a perfect breed, Faceless numbers cast in the incinerator of a grand design Their lives burn as fuel for our mechanical ego Sacrificial, Beneficial, Degradation, It’s Inhumane Is this what our ancestry turned out to be? We are not strong enough to heed this warning It is apparent our grand inheritance has failed
5.
The Augury 02:24
A word of warning from the bottom of my concern You know the all-powerful always strive for more But the omniscients they never learn Don't you know that power is heavier than gold And as you carry the weight of a name, it will only get heavier Chaos reaches out to everyone who lives in fear And then the tantalizing freedom (from freedom) it never disappears Are we gonna let our primitive impulses lead our connection to nature asunder? Its as if we have forgotten (we can’t be living in delusion) We too are a part of this cycle. I know at times it can seem overwhelming, This burden of your consciousness But you cannot teeter on the fence of sanity It's is time that you make a choice A review has shown You have chosen a path that will lead to the destruction of your people
6.
Desistance 07:49
So is this what we’ve come to? No turning back we’ve signed in ink and blood You are a failed experiment; The product of vital lessons forever neglected (and forgotten) Now as you receive this witness [The] terminal stage of human history The final hour of the hottest day approaches The tainted water on the shore licks at the heels of their Great city The Earth begins to rumble beneath Clouds part to reveal a carmine sky The fires of the ego machine are spreading outward The old Inherent greed within is spreading outward The Alpha Collective has caved in on itself The Alpha Collective no longer spreading Now that were brought to our knees We crawl at the mercy of Our own terrifying nature We spelled our end in blood Burn in blood we lie Deceived by our design The Earth she crumbles in our wake We pay the ultimate price It’s far too cold for nostalgia To ever awaken now So please let me sleep with all My warmest memories Above me the dust blots out the moon Below me the place of my birth lies in ruin We may have met our end So let the memory live in these words “We were a failed experiment; Concealing our fear till the bitter end Though there will be none to receive this Here is our last apology”
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Secular Eden 16:56
I. 2nd awakening Like a newborn (screaming) wailing upon its first breath My initial moments are met with confusion Trapped underneath the wreckage of the house i razed Somehow I still exist Is consciousness an illusion? Stuck inside an empty vessel My soul screams to be released Reaching towards the next plane of existence All sentient life disbanded Only organic life survives Thriving in this new ecology Bring forth a new age [Humankind forever left behind] [After smoke has cleared] And I’ve left this body I can see in this darkness I feel as if this loneliness is all that I've ever known So why does it feel so unfamiliar? Stranded, abandoned, bereft of grace Forlorn in this war torn and toxic place Sentenced to existence But where is the meaning in this? Stranded, abandoned, bereft of grace Stuck in this war torn and toxic space Sentience to Desistance Where is the meaning in this? I am perceiving an esoteric plane of existence Fibers of the universe run through my being Enveloped by these connections Despite a new understanding of this universe The deadliest of my sins have have made atonement remiss Forsaken by these connections I’ve shed the weight of an earthly body Shred the waiting of the fourth dimension Reaching for the end as it reaches back for me II. Visions A process of our evolution Elimination of man The only logical conclusion Is that the serpent will reach its heart I heard her crying out The familiar face I’ve seen in my sleep The time has come to face the repercussions of past choices Greed has paved its path to seal us beneath her ground In retrospect our physical plane now erased We can finally face our guilt The Pride of man his biggest foe a Lust for me he’ll never know Greed, no longer a lifeblood but a harbinger of Death Envious of his gods he disavows religion Gluttonous need for conveyance Ultimately turns man into Sloth Wrath the only thing left to betray I heard her crying out (Silence then comes a vision) The familiar face I’ve seen in my sleep Critical; the folly of our emotions so Pitiful; the way we act on everything we hide We're terrified and paralyzed with feral mind and open eyes Masking at all costs our Fragility; a phallic culture devoid of Humility; vomiting he can't hold down his pride Terrified and paralyzed with narrow mind and open eyes Oh the things we keep suppressed (And now we found the way; a way into our graves And now we fall away; away from our grave mistake) III. Road To Purgatory Now that the smoke has cleared And darkness has bled through the light (Patiently awaiting) I stand outside this empty vessel (Patiently awaiting some sort of response from the nothingness) Our populace has advanced To the point of Secular trance Our vessels sails have failed The Alpha Beings begin their ascension [Now begin the ascension] [Patiently awaiting Judgement] Stuck in the void Until my final jurisdiction After death Before Birth Separated from time Counting to infinity I can see the light Inching closer and closer IV. Judgement and Deliverance All conscious beings have vanished from the earth Now anticipating their final decree Then reverberates in resounding timbres A voice which declares “You are banished from this Secular Eden” Critical; the folly of our emotions so Pitiful; the way we act on everything we hide We're terrified and paralyzed with feral mind and open eyes Masking at all costs our Fragility; a phallic culture devoid of Humility; vomiting he can't hold down his pride Terrified and paralyzed with feral mind and narrow eyes Oh the things we keep suppressed Will we ever know the purpose of our existence? Is it possible one day I’ll find where I fit within it all? Will we as a people ever learn? Will we ever learn?

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released April 20, 2019

Written by ANLMA
Produced by ANLMA and Ryan Harvey at Meserole Sound
Mastered by Ermin Havidovic at Systematic Productions

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