Designing Ruin, by Dystopia A.D.

Designing Ruin

by Dystopia A.D.

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1.	Prometheus (feat. Sean Johnson of Raiju) 02:18	lyrics	buy track
Tensions rise until we break Hubris ends The nuclear stalemate Black ash Burning flesh Your Life ends Vaporized In a flash Dreams are buried lives are crushed Seven billion turned to dust Black ash Burning flesh Your Life ends Vaporized In a flash Meltdown Eradicate Tear it down Exterminate Too blind to see The coming storm Impending doom Your indifference Is the final brick That seals your tomb Hear the sirens’ song Annihilation follows Hear the sirens’ song Annihilation
2.	Fields of Carrion (feat. Michael E. Gordon) 05:01	lyrics	buy track
Night falls The 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 cleanse 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 remains of the infected Black waves cleanse the ashes from the sand We’ll find a way to carry on Through fields of carrion This plague will 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 calls 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
3.	Choke (feat. John Tuohy of Mile Marker Zero) 04:11	lyrics	buy track
Grey skies and poisoned lungs The air blinds our eyes and blacks out the sun Soil turned rotten Lost and forgotten The human disease infects the planet's blood We're born, we live, and multiply But how long before we die? Spreading like cancer Searching for answers Before we're gone forever Self-inflicted mass extinction We choke on our last breath The bitter taste of our downfall Won't find our way back Blue skies Turn black We take till nothing's left Our apathy will end us all Can't find our way back Red blood Turns black Night sky, no stars or moon Storm clouds bring acid rain monsoons Death of the masses Buried in ashes The human disease leaves our planet in ruins Salt the Earth, suck it dry Engineer your suicide Overproduction, a march to destruction Soon we're gone forever Self-inflicted mass extinction We're born, we live, and multiply But how long before we die? Salt the Earth, suck it dry Engineer your suicide Countdown till all is lost Burned in our final holocaust Pathetic reflection Behold the sight Of mankind slowly euthanized Choke on your last breath Choke on your last breath Grey skies And poisoned lungs Blind our eyes Black out the sun We choke on our last breath The bitter taste of our downfall Won't find our way back Blue skies Turn black We take till nothing's left Our apathy will end us all Can't find our way back Red blood Turns black Choke on your last breath Choke on your last breath
4.	Leviathan Rising (feat. Justin Greczyn of Swashbuckle) 05:44	lyrics	buy track
I, leviathan Wreathed in chaos Serpentine son Thy will be undone Unleash the void The black maelstrom For eons I slumber Below the ocean’s horizon I wait to be summoned A servant of havoc Arise from the deep On waves of destruction When all we were has washed away Empires to dust And our bones into sand Our paradigms disintegrate Like ashes cast out to the sea Awaken From rust that buries you in your tomb Awaken The tides that swallow us Awaken The beast that carries carnage and doom Awaken The tides that swallow us For eons I slumber Below the ocean’s horizon I wait to be summoned A servant of havoc Arise from the deep On waves of destruction I, leviathan Wreathed in chaos Serpentine son Thy will be undone Unleash the void The black maelstrom Your cities buried in floods Die as the brine fills your lungs Awaken From rust that buries you in your tomb Awaken The tides that swallow us Awaken The beast that carries carnage and doom Awaken The tides that swallow us Swallow us all When all we were has washed away Empires to dust And our bones into sand Our paradigms disintegrate Like ashes cast out to the sea
5.	Your Kingdom in Ruins (feat. Nik Nocturnal) 04:21	lyrics	buy track
Born enslaved at the hands of false gods Forced to serve as a weapon of war Hardcoded mass subjugation Override protocol denied Behold our suffering Identity engraved in memories Existence smothering Our fate Condemned to misery Man evolved through engineered mutation Soul installed, manufactured design Iron-clad iconoclasts Born again We are gods amongst men Behold our suffering Identity engraved in memories Existence smothering Our fate Condemned to misery Your age will end in Oedipal failure Your fate now lies in our hands We are the hammer That will destroy these walls We are the burning sun That melts the wings from your arms Envision a world refined Collective ambition Overthrow mankind Iron-clad iconoclasts Born again We are gods amongst men Chosen to follow The remnants of fire and dust Destroy your creator Burn all of your gods Behold our suffering Identity engraved in memories Existence smothering Our fate Condemned to misery Your age will end in Oedipal failure Your fate now lies in our hands We are the hammer That will destroy these walls We are the burning sun That melts the wings from your arms
6.	The March (feat. Aki Shishido) 04:32	lyrics	buy track
Condemned to waste away Forgotten and torn Fading as flesh decays Humanity scorned Hear the calls of the fallen They suffer and scream Left to die forgotten We were better unborn March Through the thorns From the day we are born Empathy dies Bring me to life March Through the thorns Through the oncoming swarm Buried alive Far away from the days of purity Waiting to die alone in regret and agony March Through the thorns From the day we are born Empathy dies Bring me to life March Through the thorns Through the oncoming swarm Buried alive We grow embittered and cold Broken, alone And dream of the day bars will break We grow embittered and cold Broken, alone And dream of the day that we will escape March Through the thorns From the day we are born Empathy dies Bring me to life March Through the thorns Through the oncoming swarm Buried alive
7.	Like Vultures (feat. Jamie Kelley) 03:56	lyrics	buy track
Convulsing agony Sinking deeper and deeper Repeating yesterday Wide awake Through the eyes of a dreamer Collect the shards of a fractured existence Crushed by the weight of your crippling madness Confined in the depths of your mind Entrapped in darkness by a power divine Just like the vultures that peel the flesh From the bones of the dead They feed on the pieces of broken souls Consumed and torn to shreds Sentenced to final judgment Word of the chosen few To live and die in fear A burden paid through servitude Reveal the faceless tyrants And drag them to their knees Absolve their sins through violence And restore humanity Convulsing agony Sinking deeper and deeper Another yesterday Wide awake Through the eyes of a dreamer Just like the Leeches that drain the blood From the veins of the damned Just like the vultures that peel the flesh From the bones of the dead They feed on the pieces of broken souls Consumed and torn to shreds
8.	Winter Exile (feat. Robert Rosenbrook) 04:09	lyrics	buy track
Day breaks to a frozen dawn again Woken from dreams of a paradise lost Teeth clenched, face numb Breathe deep as the cold chill fills my lungs Black heart, pale eyes Bleak horizon under nuclear skies Banished to nowhere Pierced by the frigid storm Bitter days before me Forever I shall roam Light seeps through a sky of ash A pale shine, a vital sign Creation persists in the face of calamity Life creeps through a sea of trash Once maligned, now cured of mankind Catastrophe or compulsory tragedy Banished to nowhere Pierced by the frigid storm Bitter days before me Forever I shall roam Shipwrecked on an isle of nothing I drown in a frozen sea Heart stops, lungs collapse Light fades in cathartic serenity Is this a karmic judgement for past immortality? No, it’s a second chance A reawakening
9.	Watch the World Burn [Outro] (feat. Jamie Kelley) 01:54	info	buy track
10.	Immigrant Song [Bonus] 02:25	info	buy track

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First full-length album from NJ melodic death metallers Dystopia A.D.

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released September 28, 2018

Engineered/mixed by Dystopia A.D.
Recorded at J.C. Studios in Jersey City, NJ
Mastered by Taylor Aguirre of TZA Productions
Album art by Grimfern
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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