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Awakening Inception [2018]

by Æpoch

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ZekeNigma
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ZekeNigma It's honestly hard to believe that such an awesome band hails from my own home city. I don't doubt that they will someday put Cambridge on the metal map with such epic prog/tech death like this. I dare say that Aepoch are the spiritual successors of Death, as they will certainly scratch that itch if you're looking for some proggy, technical, and melodic death metal that's in a league of its very own! Favorite track: The Expiration.
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Mark Arruda These guys are amazing. Great prog/tech deathmetal with some melodic guitar playing. These guys can really write songs, very well thought out. The guitar work is 10/10. Support your local scene!! Favorite track: Delirium Of Negation.
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miscmaster One fine piece of music this is!
One of those albums that needs multiple listens, but just one to know you're hooked!
Can't use the word catchy, no?
Well I'm gonna...with all due respect.

Why? Cause I caught myself doing a sing along on "mentally raped by christ"...and so did my colleagues at work.

Catchy, yet original, complicated and very well executed! Favorite track: Tabula Rasa.
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1.
Music by Chris Roche, Brett MacIntosh Lyrics by Brett MacIntosh, Chris Roche In essence time, is perspective A mutual fantasy Planets and atoms expanding as one in the cosmic equation Universal Expansion spreading to every mote and particle Time is stretching Forever equating to the growth of this plane of reality... Our understanding and limited sense prevent us from feeling The ground beneath our feet For us it's always the same Constant unchanging This paradox of existence, and experience Are both lock and key To solve the equation is to be, a GOD Experience the linked perspective of time and matter Reality erodes as time shatters In essence time, is perspective A mutual fantasy Planets and atoms expanding as one in the cosmic equation For us it's always the same Constant unchanging This paradox of existence, and experience Are both lock and key To solve the equation is to be, a GOD Experience the linked perspective of time and matter Reality erodes as time shatters Time is accelerating, at a ratio unknown to man A golden ratio Sacred geometry Knowledge allotted to the few A golden ratio In essence time, is perspective A mutual fantasy Try to imagine, if you will Reaching maximum density In the universe and it collapses just as fast as it created everything that’s all around you This is only one theory On this, finite existence (Callum) This fragile existence has been struck again With the Tremors that echo With impending doom, existence has halted, the circle is broken, Ouroboros! The trigger, the sequence of events has, Brought forth, Inevitable non-existence -Sanjay solo- Try to imagine, if you will Reaching maximum density In the universe and it collapses just as fast as it created everything that’s all around you This is only one theory On this, finite existence (Callum) This fragile existence has been struck again With the Tremors that echo With impending doom, existence has halted, the circle is broken, Ouroboros! The trigger, the sequence of events has, Brought forth, Inevitable non-existence
2.
Music by Bobby Chounramany, Chris Roche, Brett MacIntosh, Greg Carvalho Lyrics by Brett MacIntosh, Stevie Boiser I am that which is immortal yet I do not exist I am that which is immortal yet I do not exist Rotting Putrefaction Manifesting In me Distorted Perception Of reality Denial Of Existence (Stevie:) Psychosis envelops, Depressive delusions (Brett:) Convinced you're already dead! Neurons in the amygdala, are not processing information Causing me to experience, the Delirium Of Negation -Brett solo- -Taylor solo- -Kyle solo- (Stevie:) Banished to the state betwixt life and death - purgatory Forever damned to walk among the living... A shade, A spectre, Dead but not at rest. The shell It's withered To a skeletal wreck I long for silence, (Brett:) Gaze into the mirror At this human husk (Stevie:) Convinced you’re already dead! (Stevie:) Neurons in the amygdala, are not processing information Causing me to experience, the Delirium Of Negation -Brett solo- -Taylor solo-
3.
Music by Brett MacIntosh, Bobby Chounremany Lyrics by Brett MacIntosh I have witnessed the rebirth of the universe Everything we thought we knew, is eclipsing Galaxies, so far away, feel the effects of our expiration Assisting them, in evolution! This Red Giant that consumes all we know Giver and taker of life at its will Unable to sustain for eternity Surely other suns have expired Billions of years passing by Æpoch`s change its state over time Mass and size increasing leaving no hope For future civilization Luminosity of our solar-god changing The main sequence has come to an impending end! To come inhabit this sustainable planet Surely other suns have expired Leaving entire galaxies on the brink of extinction Surely other suns have expired! -Brett solo- -Kyle solo- As it size increases as does its appetite Subsequently it will consume all inner orbiting planets We will truly be food for the gods Helium and hydrogen have been exhausted Leaving nothing to keep our god-star stable Its rampage consumes the solar system Temperature increases, the brink of existence is forgotten! -Kyle solo- The final naked core will cool in time The everlasting White Dwarf shines on for eternity This Red Giant that consumes all we know Giver and taker of life at its will -Taylor solo- This Red Giant that consumes all we know Giver and taker of life! -Kyle solo-
4.
Tabula Rasa 05:59
Music by Bobby Chounramany, Brett MacIntosh, Chris Roche, Greg Carvalho, Kyle Edissi Lyrics by Brett MacIntosh, Chris Roche Communication through sensory perception Awakening the process at the moment of conception A fetal genius, unlocked potential, streaming into the mental reception The mind is perfect, yet doomed from the start To conformity's detriment Defector of, human genetic, stock Deception of the mind, beginning at birth To undermine a humans worth By ancient minds wasted who've tasted the thoughts Of those they deceive with their sinister plots To unravel our code And process genes And create a hive mind -A singular being A mass, of cells So easily, controlled By harbingers, of the populous! Themselves placed, high on top, of us! -Brett- -Bobby/Kyle lead- We are brought up, in malevolence We are raised by lies ...Constantly misinformed by propaganda The education system isn’t created to teach It creates slaves; obedient and weak ................................... We are brought up in disinformation We are raised by technology We are brought up with distraction; fed lies from birth! They fear our unmatched potential... Our mind that's capable of unearthly things That’s been handicapped, by centuries of greed -Taylor solo- Tabula Rasa the mind unlocked Watered down thoughts Polluted by media Used your mind, be a god! -Taylor solo- My consciousness beckons for more than this life We are sedated from the moment we take our first Breath. Dumbing us down so easy to control Allowing the powers that be to mould Our paths, as they please And the future, they infect with disease The mind is perfect, yet doomed from the start Set to fail, in a created, society Escalating to unfathomable proportions Corporations dictating and, defecating Open your mind, utilize your eye A limitless, effortless, way of life Disrupting the safety of modern day slavery To enhance our brain, to immortality Open you mind Use your eye Tabula Rasa!
5.
Music by Brett MacIntosh, Chris Roche Lyrics by Brett MacIntosh Aristocratic governments fabricate false dogmas A veil to block the populous from true light To enlighten us all, with tales of lore A messiah who's biography writ 10000, writ 10000, writ 10000, times before! Brainwashing citizens into submission; their brains are wiped clean of all hope Rotting our minds; it's food for the hive Gaining control with your treacherous lore Rotting our minds; it's food for the hive Gaining control with your treacherous lore Mentally Raped By Christ Mentally Raped By Christ Fueling wars with hate and strife ... And you'll be afraid, for the rest of your life Of the 'god' you lie down and pray to at night That punishment still waits in, the afterlife Rotting our minds; it's food for the hive Gaining control with your treacherous lore Doomed to be slaves of the mind Mentally Raped By Christ Mentally Raped By Christ Fueling wars with hate and strife Sedated population that works day and night Created false hope; glorified through the pope Misguided weak minded cattle to dope Working class scum to reprogram in time Through centuries fantasy begins to unwind Unraveling mysteries; the beginning of time Proving you're all just wasting your time being... Mentally Raped By Christ Mentally Raped By Christ Propaganda to end all true knowledge of life Mentally Raped By Christ! -Kyle solo- Mentally Raped By Christ Mentally Raped By Christ Propaganda to end all true knowledge of life Mentally Raped By Christ! Mentally Raped By Christ Mentally Raped By Christ Biblical logic is nonsense and shite Society's sedated by Christianity's false ways, Will we ever shed light to the truth? Powerful Romans, with prejudice minds A curse to change all concept of time Moulding the future for his successor A tyrant like no other kind Brainwashing citizens into submission; Their brains are wiped clean of all hope Rotting our minds; it's food for the hive Gaining control with your treacherous lore Rotting our minds; it's food for the hive Gaining control with your treacherous lore Mentally Raped By Christ Mentally Raped By Christ Worship the government Blindly you die Mentally Raped By Christ Blindly you die!
6.
Music by Brett MacIntosh, Chris Roche, Kyle Edissi, Bobby Chounramany Lyrics by Brett MacIntosh -Bobby lead- Your disgusting kind thrives off your own death We see your self-hatred and do nothing This could be stopped, but we refuse to interfere This Joy, this joy we get from seeing this slaughter And let your vile race live on and let your fucking reign prevail Basterdous tyrants - conscription madness - we must kill! Not for - then against them - against the whole world - we loath! Achieving nothing Burn Them At The Stakes - worthless cunts Wasting our air and our space all the impure blood Their time is up start the massacre till they're all gone Exterminate race - murder suicide - pray for the end Stop trying to fool your self You're not a god - you're a fucking animal! The only power you truly have is over your self …And nothing else.... -Kyle lead- -Brett lead-
7.
Music by Bobby Chounramany, Brett MacIntosh, Greg Carvalho Lyrics by Brett MacIntosh This seems surreal As I push my fingers through my frail flesh, I feel nothing I am numb Numb to the world, to which I will not return I’m an infant Alone in this womb of tranquility The essence of consciousness Dragged from my being! -Taylor solo- Darkness Surrounds my spirit In bliss I lose grip With Reality All thoughts Translated into a lucid dream As memories fade -Brett solo- …And when I emerge, not a man not beast Am I forgiven, for all I have said and done? Or will I be forced to bow to a mythical king? A tyrant if there ever was one.. Descending Having it all torn away from me Cannot express thought Only colours and shapes can describe this place Darkness Surrounds my spirit In bliss I lose grip With Reality All thoughts Translated into a lucid dream As memories fade -Greg solo-
8.
Music by Chris Roche, Brett MacIntosh Lyrics by Brett MacIntosh -Taylor solo- -Kyle solo- Descending into the dream-world My reality's but what I perceive Any malevolence that I run into, I have the power to undo... Sometimes you don't have, CONTROL Sometimes it seems like a movie screen Suddenly something is not going right Panic ensues, inside of me Black! Is my mind! In its depths, Fornicating with evils, inside my head Black! Is my mind! In its depths, Fornicating with evils, inside my head Shape-shifting it metamorphasizes in front of my face This can't be real, I want to wake up! I try to run through the thin air My efforts prove to be in vein This creation of mine knows me too well Nowhere to hide, inside my mind In a panic I begin to run Clumsily, I fall to the ground Terror piercing through my veins This can't be the end, for me In a jolt, I wake up Ascending from the dream-world Something still seems not right Sweat trickling down my spine Morphing The walls, start to melt, all around me Somehow I'm still trapped in this hell! -Kyle/ Brett/ Bobby lead- This is not, reality I know this can't be real Reality starts to bleed together With my thoughts Twisting & contorting all that I know To adhere to a sick definition of truth This is too real, I submit to your malicious will This can't be the end; I had so much to do with my (life) Life is over, say goodbye to all that you know (Enrico) I feel me essence start to fade Sucking life right out of me This being feeds off my fear And I am thoroughly horrified Any chance of getting out seems bleak: Trapped in my own thoughts My surroundings dissipate Crumble to dust I stare my demise right in the eyes And prepare my final thoughts to die In an urgent panic I scream one last time As I open my eyes to realize- I'm awake I'm alive But this ghastly creature of my Creation Awaits, in front of my face Formed From hate Terror grows! Departed from dreams it's following me, Into reality's wake! -Kyle solo-
9.
Music by Brett MacIntosh, Bobby Chounramany Lyrics by Brett MacIntosh -Kyle solo- To be considered dead Without a morgue No vital signs They must have died Last words were inaudible Greed and deception Has brought you to this final fate Miserably you get to see the final grave awaits Scouting the perimeter A bag of riches is unearthed Lustfully manipulated Homicide corruption Pertaining secret knowledge will be the downfall to your nature A backfired plan To betray and rob The one you 'loved' Once you're both down there in the dirt It feels so nice but you're terrified Unable to move or scream Paralyzed The fear shooting down your spine As you deny The fate you brought upon him and yourself Buried alive! -Matias solo- Unknown by the rest Innocent murder as they put you down Scattering the riches found Useless in a place like this When the soil hits your face Reality starts to take Open your eyes to realize You're never going to leave this place Considered Dead Without a morgue Paralyzed you`ve realized this is your last waking hour Lost and buried Buried alive Karmasphyxiation Miserably you come to be one with the dirt and sand Once you're both down there in the dirt It feels so nice but you're terrified Unable to move or scream Paralyzed The fear shooting down your spine As you deny The fate you brought upon him and yourself Buried alive!

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Features a bonus remaster of M.D.M.A. from our 2013 demo on CD version only

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released April 13, 2018

Greg Carvalho - Drums
Brett MacIntosh - 5 string Fretless Bass / Lead Vocals
Kyle Edissi - Guitar / backing Vocals (Tracks 1 & 3)
Taylor Wroblewski - Guitar

GUEST MUSICIANS:
Callum Clark of Ending Tyranny - guest vocals on Time : Perspective / Ouroboros Reborn
Sanjay Kumar of Wormhole, Perihelion & Equipoise - guest solo on Time : Perspective / Ouroboros Reborn
Stevie Boiser of Tethys, Equipoise & Ashen Horde - guest vocals on Delirium Of Negation
Enrico H Di Lorenzo of Hideous Divinity - guest vocals on Awakening Inception
Matias Quiroz of Bleak Flesh - guest solo on Karmasphyxiation

Co-produced by Brett MacIntosh and Jonah Kay
Engineered by Jonah Kay at HM studio. Drums engineered at our rehearsal spot.
Mixed by Nic Ultd
Mastered by Jamie King
Cover art by Justin Abraham
Logo by Arpad Korenci
Layout, title and logo placement by Malcolm Pugh

Rhythm guitars for tracks 2,3,4,6,7,8 tracked in part by Bobby Chounramany as well as the intro lead on Burn Them At The Stakes
Guitars on M.D.M.A. tracked in 2013 by Chris Roche & Bobby Chounramany. Solo on M.D.M.A. by Chris Roche tracked in 2013

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Æpoch Cambridge, Ontario

Progressive Death Metal with hints of Black Metal, Thrash and lots of melody.
New EP Hiraeth out now!

Æpoch is:
Brett MacIntosh: Fretless Bass, Vocals
Greg Carvalho: Drums
Nicholas Luck: Guitar
Ben Moore: Guitar
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