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Becoming The Ancients (2022 LP)

by Dead Nexus

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1.
Intro: Verse I pt. a: Through The Cosmos Life’s expanding Keep consuming Mind exploiting Like a plague Man’s Accomplished Life extension Bio hacking Cyro genic Mind expanding Hording the Lifeform Digital Synthesizing Engineering Mitochondria Ascending to God Hood We’ve created Exo Planets The DNA Of life itself Verse I pt. b: Every day that man’s expanding, We inch ever closer Realizing the full potential, We’ve created Conquering the solar system, Leaving nothing unturned Seeding every complex nation, Bend them to our will Becoming the Ancients, Of our own reality Collapsing the fabric, Of cosmic infinity Unleashing the madness, The infinity of self Unfathomable abomination, Lambs to the cosmic slaughter Pre Chorus: Fall to your knees, beg to the sky For there’s nothing but lies Underneath the barren, silent veil You’re the first life Solo Cole/Dan: Chorus I: As your final day arrives, Death will find you As your final day arrives, Death will find you Fire burning in your eyes, Illuminate the way Determination fills your mind, Just survive the day Assembled by the ancient ones, Catastrophic hate As your final day arrives, Death will find you Verse II pt. a: Postponing Oblivion Conquering Dominating Exterminating Roll the Dice Exposing the Bitter Truth The vastness The loneliness The emptiness Existential Dread Blurring the Boundary Liberating Eternity Beneath our feet We are god Engineering the End In organic Sentient Replicating Carbon Nano goo Verse II pt. b: Every day that man’s expanding, We inch ever closer Realizing the full potential, We’ve created Conquering the solar system, Leaving nothing unturned Seeding every complex nation, Bend them to our will Becoming the Ancients, Of our own reality Collapsing the fabric, Of cosmic infinity Unleashing the madness, The infinity of self Unfathomable abomination, Lambs to the cosmic slaughter Chorus II: As your final day arrives, Death will find you As your final day arrives, Death will find you Fire burning in your eyes, Illuminate the way Determination fills your mind, Just survive the day Assembled by the ancient ones, Catastrophic hate As your final day arrives, Death will find you Bridge/Re-Intro: Chorus III: As your final day arrives, Death will find you As your final day arrives, Death will find you Fire burning in your eyes, Illuminate the way Determination fills your mind, Just survive the day Assembled by the ancient ones, Catastrophic hate As your final day arrives, Death will find you Outro:
2.
Seats, at the table Negotiating the lives of man Worthless parasites, Deserve to die Minds corrupt, Their eyes are blind Discarding freedom Sacrificed alive Verse I b: Gathered at the, councils summit We’ve assembled, the defendant The treaty’s status? They’ve expanded What’s the purpose? Blood must be spilled! The spires location? It’s been secured The signals radiating? At full power Mutations occurring? In record numbers What’s the purpose? Blood must be spilled! Chorus x2: Stripped of my flesh and bleed dry Contain the fury or set it free Manifest my own destiny Curse the cosmos, I wander alone Verse II pt. A: Wolves, in the throne room Usurping, the power of man Through the years Bound and gagged Unknowing, what lies beneath The veil is tearing, Your fate awaits Verse II pt. B: The bodies piled, at the spire Their entrails, scattered and torn The peace they promised, they deceived us The power they hold, Blood must be spilled Cultivated, Through the cosmos Power growing, With every stone Ancients gathered, Collect the lifeforce Infinity postponed, Blood must be spilled Chorus x2: Stripped of my flesh and bleed dry Contain the fury or set it free Manifest my own destiny Curse the cosmos, I wander alone Breakdown: Chorus x2:
3.
Architect of Hate Verse I pt A: Deep inside, within every cell Lays the answers, to all our questions Locked away, can we find the key Understand our, true reality Breakdown: Verse I pt B: Designed to be, nothing but what we see Verse I pt C: Buried within our own cells, alive Unwind the coil of our fate, collide Decode the ancient’s rite replace, embrace We are the architect of hate, defined Bridge I: Verse II pt A: Deep inside, within every cell Lays the answers, to all our questions Locked away, can we find the key Understand our, true reality Chorus I: Man, corrupted since birth Holding the key To be reborn X2 Corrupted since birth Verse I pt B: Designed to be, nothing but what we see Verse I pt C: Our minds enslaved to the golden, embrace The fingerprint exposes the wrath, of God Free will constructed of false, beliefs We are the architect of hate, defined Chorus II: Man, corrupted since birth Holding the key To be reborn X2 Corrupted since birth Bridge II: Chorus III: Man, corrupted since birth Holding the key To be reborn X2 Corrupted since birth
4.
Intro: Verse I : Power, Stalks the Streets, Fresh from the Harvest Ruled, By your Need, Sleeves for the Slave Finance, Your Escape, Flesh for the Taking Current, Beneath you Skin, Mark of the Beast Pre Chorus: Countless Lives, Have Come and Gone Their worthless Days, Left Undone Wealth and Lust, On Borrowed Time Born in the Shadows, Harvest Divine Chorus: Now, Discard your Skin, Wash Away Infinity Up-, Load you Mind, Embrace your Destiny x2 Verse II pt. A: Reborn, Without Disease, Digital Reckoning Upgrade, Your Memories, Ripe for the Taking Night, Closes in, Stalking your Prey Endless, Lifetimes Lived, Wash it Away Verse II pt. B: The Promise, Of Eternity, Before Your Eyes Discarded, Parts of the Deceased, Life Renewed Baptized, In the Current of our Faith, Blasphemy The Power, Flows through the Core, Our Lifeforce Recycled, Flesh from the Harvester, Digital Mind Council’s, Elected you to Speak, Sacrifice Pre Chorus: Countless Lives, Have Come and Gone Their worthless Days, Left Undone Wealth and Lust, On Borrowed Time Born in the Shadows, Harvest Divine Chorus: Now, Discard your Skin, Wash Away Infinity Up-, Load you Mind, Embrace your Destiny x2 Breakdown: Offer your flesh to the new gods, HARVEST THEM! Pre Chorus: Countless Lives, Have Come and Gone Their worthless Days, Left Undone Wealth and Lust, On Borrowed Time Born in the Shadows, Harvest Divine Chorus: Now, Discard your Skin, Wash Away Infinity Up-, Load you Mind, Embrace your Destiny x2 Outro:
5.
Verse I pt.A: Profit! Greed! X4 Bloodied bodies line up for the cut Corporates dripping profits from their gut Mindless buying holding their lives shut Exploiting their lives for this worthless stuff Verse I pt.B: All systems running, All systems running, Maximize the body count All systems running, All systems running, Engage the organ grinder Inject the flesh, Inject the flesh, Exploit the workers bare Inject the flesh, Inject the flesh, Corporates profits must repair Turnaround: Verse II pt.A: Profit! Greed! X4 Deadly secrets driving their stocks up Backroom dealings bargain for their cut Hording all the assets worthless junk Ensure the masses keep their mouths shut Verse II pt.B: All systems running, All systems running, Maximize the body count All systems running, All systems running, Engage the organ grinder Inject the flesh, Inject the flesh, Exploit the workers bare Inject the flesh, Inject the flesh, Corporates profits must repair Turnaround: The pain we cause, consumed within Your final breath, this is the end Chorus I: All systems live for the world to see All people die for the end game Waiting in line for air to breathe Reeking of shit for the pigs gain The bodies stacked high I can’t see Polluted our minds from our back seat Controlling the masses directing our will The profits soar high while the earth stands still Bridge/Solo/Turnaround: Verse III pt.A: Profit! Greed! X4 Corporate profits nailing their lives shut Collapsing endless finance pay up Sacrifice the old their lives suck Feeding on their greed eyes sewn shut Verse III pt.B: All systems running, All systems running, Maximize the body count All systems running, All systems running, Engage the organ grinder Inject the flesh, Inject the flesh, Exploit the workers bare Inject the flesh, Inject the flesh, Corporates profits must repair Turnaround: The pain we cause, consumed within Your final breath, this is the end Chorus II: All systems live for the world to see All people die for the end game Waiting in line for air to breathe Reeking of shit for the pigs gain The bodies stacked high I can’t see Polluted our minds from our back seat Controlling the masses directing our will The profits soar high while the earth stands still Outro:
6.
Oath Breaker 05:09
Chorus I: Close your eyes, Death embrace us Drowning in lies, Oath Breaker Your demise, Fueled by hatred Now’s my time, to break you Post Chorus I: Dead in the eyes, power has corrupted them Dead in the eyes, more than it’s ever been Drowning in lies, the seal is opening X2 Drowning in lies, power breaks through Verse I pt A: Shadows dance under pale moonlight, to guide our way we trust This ends tonight Gathered by the ancient’s rite, to banish the false god We must tonight The vile spewed a hideous sight, transforms our way we must Unleash the fight The fragments light collects it’s might, to complete the seal we must Rule the night Verse I pt B: Dark fills our dreams, Washes away the fragments of our memories X2 The old one must feed, Consuming the power of what cannot be Breakdown: Chorus II: Close your eyes, Death embrace us Drowning in lies, Oath Breaker Your demise, Fueled by hatred Now’s my time, to break you Post Chorus II: Dead in the eyes, power has corrupted them Dead in the eyes, more than it’s ever been Drowning in lies, the seal is opening X2 Drowning in lies, power breaks through Verse II pt A: The temple fades and it’s out of sight, no prying eyes to breach This ends tonight Spill the seal so the angels hear, the blood drips down we must Win the fight Stoke the flame so it’ll feel the pain, one final step required to Complete the night The circle cast unleash the mass, the old one’s arms outstretched The plan is right Verse II pt B: Dark fills our dreams, Washes away the fragments of our memories X2 The old one must feed, Consuming the power of what cannot be Interlude/Bridge: Chorus III: Close your eyes, Death embrace us Drowning in lies, Oath Breaker Your demise, Fueled by hatred Now’s my time, to break you Now we lift the curse, as the old ones sing The power of the verse, has sealed the being Now we lift the curse, as the old ones sing The power of the verse, has sealed the being Close your eyes, Death embrace us Drowning in lies, Oath Breaker Your demise, Fueled by hatred Now’s my time, to break you
7.
Intro: Verse I pt.A: Lost in the dark, A singular candle Holding back, The emptiness of the void Darkness approaching, From the distance Holding the answers, Diamonds of the universe In the great expanse, Of the universe The infinite possibilities, Becoming on with the singularity Cast the earth behind, Break the chains that bind Engulfed by the abyss, Fission melting the flesh Verse I pt.B: The past lost to time, The memories divine Forging the path, I cannot escape The countless trials, I cannot be broken I will never faulter, Boulder of eternity Build up: Drifting through space, Obstacles unknown Orbiting the light, Singularity Break: Chorus x4: From the ashes, This cosmic dawn Night is lost, We will be born Verse II pt.A: Each day lost, A distance cannot be crossed Create our heaven, Spreading utopia Colonize the stars, Inhabit what must be ours Flesh holds the key, Upholding infinity Turn what’s inside out, The inner conflict Nuclear destruction, My will must be done I am the lord of light, Peer into my flame I must purify, Start time anew Verse II pt.B: Isolation lost at sea, Forsaken our destiny Our minds, Our legacy, Rebuilding the prophecy Agonizing I can’t unsee, Never ending hypocrisy Control the gears in motion, Survive eternity’s reign Chorus x4: From the ashes, This cosmic dawn Night is lost, We will be born Break/Bridge: Chorus x4: From the ashes, This cosmic dawn Night is lost, We will be born
8.
My Legacy 04:24
The thrill of the hunt, blood in the air Stalking my prey, gasping for air The sound of sharp pain, Fills the air The blight ends tonight, our end is near Chorus I: Enveloped in darkness, voices creeping further Inhale the black mist, tortured by the butchers cleaver Verse I Pt B: Take from the gods, boundless fear Force the false god, to disappear Truth will not hide, the words appear The oracles decide, who’s interfered Breakdown: Verse II Pt A: Create and be seen, the new deity Man builds machine, genetic heresy Perfect the last gene, my lasting legacy Bring forth my new being, the singularity Chorus II: Enveloped in darkness, voices creeping further Inhale the black mist, tortured by the butchers cleaver Verse II Pt B: Power of the gods, left unseen, Micro biotics, unleash the seed Replicate within, my legacy Eternity begins, the holoscene Bridge: Outro:
9.
Verse I: In the vastness, of what can be seen Trespassers, of the obscene Over came the darkness, and built a machine Synchronized our madness, and unleashed the being Breakdown: What they’ve given us, their disease What they’ve given us, hypocrisy Chorus I: Crack the sky, throw down you god For what he has done, the sleeper awakes Verse II: Limitless tapestry, of the divine Heavenly bodies, on the collide The gods will bow, at your feet The trumpets sound, of defeat Turnaround: Third eye revealed, flesh cast aside The black holes retreat, God Vs Machine Breakdown: What they’ve given us, their disease What they’ve given us, hypocrisy Chorus II: Crack the sky, throw down you god For what he has done, the sleeper awakes Bridge/solo Verse III: Ultimate power, of the mind Flesh ridden bodies, on the decline Synthetic enhancements, from the machines Eternal madness, god vs machine Turnaround: Third eye revealed, flesh cast aside The black holes retreat, God Vs Machine Outro:
10.
Intro: Verse I pt. a: Through The Cosmos Life’s expanding Keep consuming Mind exploiting Like a plague Man’s Accomplished Life extension Bio hacking Cyro genic Mind expanding Hording the Lifeform Digital Synthesizing Engineering Mitochondria Ascending to God Hood We’ve created Exo Planets The DNA Of life itself Verse I pt. b: Every day that man’s expanding, We inch ever closer Realizing the full potential, We’ve created Conquering the solar system, Leaving nothing unturned Seeding every complex nation, Bend them to our will Becoming the Ancients, Of our own reality Collapsing the fabric, Of cosmic infinity Unleashing the madness, The infinity of self Unfathomable abomination, Lambs to the cosmic slaughter Pre Chorus: Fall to your knees, beg to the sky For there’s nothing but lies Underneath the barren, silent veil You’re the first life Solo Cole/Dan: Chorus I: As your final day arrives, Death will find you As your final day arrives, Death will find you Fire burning in your eyes, Illuminate the way Determination fills your mind, Just survive the day Assembled by the ancient ones, Catastrophic hate As your final day arrives, Death will find you Verse II pt. a: Postponing Oblivion Conquering Dominating Exterminating Roll the Dice Exposing the Bitter Truth The vastness The loneliness The emptiness Existential Dread Blurring the Boundary Liberating Eternity Beneath our feet We are god Engineering the End In organic Sentient Replicating Carbon Nano goo Verse II pt. b: Every day that man’s expanding, We inch ever closer Realizing the full potential, We’ve created Conquering the solar system, Leaving nothing unturned Seeding every complex nation, Bend them to our will Becoming the Ancients, Of our own reality Collapsing the fabric, Of cosmic infinity Unleashing the madness, The infinity of self Unfathomable abomination, Lambs to the cosmic slaughter Chorus II: As your final day arrives, Death will find you As your final day arrives, Death will find you Fire burning in your eyes, Illuminate the way Determination fills your mind, Just survive the day Assembled by the ancient ones, Catastrophic hate As your final day arrives, Death will find you Bridge/Re-Intro: Chorus III: As your final day arrives, Death will find you As your final day arrives, Death will find you Fire burning in your eyes, Illuminate the way Determination fills your mind, Just survive the day Assembled by the ancient ones, Catastrophic hate As your final day arrives, Death will find you Outro:

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Becoming The Ancients

Becoming The Ancients is Dead Nexus's 5th album and longest clocking in at over an hour. Becoming The Ancients is a concept album exploring humanity's potential future. Can we overcome the termoils of our current time and ascend to our full potential or create future dystopian hellscape?

The album was originally written as a 5 song EP. Due to the global pandemic and the ever evolving line up of musicians involved 5 songs soon became 10. Becoming The Ancients was primarily written by founding member Dan Hughes performing all stringed instruments,
vocals and programing all midi drums/synths. The newest entry in the Dead Nexus discography builds upon the foundation set by Unfathomable taking the brutality up a notch with more advanced technical guitar playing, aggressive vocals and melodic bass
lines. Focusing on more headbanging riffs, blast beats and shredding solos!

The concept of Becoming The Ancients revolves around the trials and tribulations man has endured and will continue to endure as technology and society advance. Exploring the concepts of transhumanism, religion and simulation theory blended together with fast paced heavy hitting Death Metal. Do we have free will or has all of our actions
been pre-determined? Can we determine our own fate or is there a sinister mastermind controlling our actions. Our DNA may contain clues to our origins whether or not they are natural or created by higher design. Mankind may truly be the only light of life and intelligence in all of the universe or we may not be alone. One must be true and either possibility is equally terrifying. Can we put aside our differences and expand our
civilization to the stars and beyond or will we become prey to our petty differences destroying ourselves with our own creations. If there is no other intelligent life in the universe can we or should we become the elders of life nurturing or creating other life than our selves. Blurring the lines of capitalism, religion and science, are these ideologies compatible?

Becoming the Ancients will take you on a brutal trip from our past to the far future exploring the inner reaches of our mind and beyond. Only you hold the key, will you choose enlightenment through expansion of the soul or comfort in the known constructs of society.

Being a huge enthusiast of science fiction and horror Dan has drawn heavily from the greatest writers, scientists and philosophers such as Isaac Asimov, H.P. Lovecraft and Clive Barker.

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released January 25, 2022

Dan Hughes - Vocals, guitar, bass, drum & synth programming.

Artwork - Hand Rot Art FX. www.facebook.com/hand.rotart

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Dead Nexus Portland, Oregon

Death/Thrash Metal
Extreme Metal from Portland, OR.
Hard hitting Death Metal with Technical, Thrash and Black Metal influences.

Dead Nexus features blistering solos, monstrous vocals and exotic time signatures.

Dan Hughes - Guitar/Vocals

Maximilian Siegfried - Guitar

Seeking - Drums

Erik Sosa - Bass
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