Rise of the Merciless, by Dystopia A.D.

Rise of the Merciless

by Dystopia A.D.

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catwizard The song Rise Of The Merciless has this interesting mix of Death Angel and Opeth. This is such a good album. Favorite track: Rise of the Merciless.

Maciej Starzyk The only complaint I have is that it's too short. Other than that it's perfect progressive (death) metal.

IAmRevEvil this an amazing album. Can't stop listening to "Plaguebringers". just love everything on this. Favorite track: Plaguebringers.

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1.	Red Sand 02:20	info	buy track
2.	Nomad 05:04	lyrics	buy track
I I am the blind that sees Gazing through the eyes of the damned I roam eternally Gazing through your eyes Come close and hear my whispers, child The howling winds of the grave Fade away into deserted shores Entombed beneath my waves I I am the bones that creak The broken chimes of the dead I roam eternally Staring through your eyes forever Come close and hear my whispers, child The howling winds of the grave Fade away into deserted shores Entombed beneath my waves Embrace this deception Cold hands cradle your weary soul Give in to blasphemy The hive takes control Our bodies burnt by a sun That never will rise He is the sand in our blood The fear in your cries We haunt the shadows and mud Forever enslaved And when the earth rots my soul The flesh will remain Fallen father
3.	Plaguebringers 04:20	lyrics	buy track
Mankind slowly dies Descending into unsustainability Unfed, overgrown, and weak Sucking a wasteland Bare and bleak Oh how we suffered And so we prayed in broken halls Till we discovered We were our own saviors Eclipse the depths of depravity Calculate the means of control Cull! Cull away! Forge the balance As the masses bleed Forge the balance Mold reality We are the masters of your age That synthesize the plagues We write tomorrow’s history And guide you to your graves So sound the siren that brings Death from above The old, undergrown, and weak Bow in condemnation Disease spreading carefully Infect those marked for death Unseen, unrelenting Agonize as you die Eclipse the depths of depravity Calculate the means of control Cull! Cull away! Forge the balance As the masses bleed Sever strings of humanity Impose unnatural selection Cull! Cull away! Forge the balance As the masses bleed Forge the balance Mold reality
4.	Rise of the Merciless 05:26	lyrics	buy track
Lost shores Black tides Condemned to desolation, power denied Disgraced Our name erased from your past In shadows we’ve waited Watching the world die Alone, isolated Hardened by misery Take back what was stolen from you Take back, take it back! The crack of their bones under boots Will be the drums of war March forward! Our armies will bury their dead No more will we wait here Watching the world die Bow down As the merciless rise Take back what was stolen from you Take back, take it back! The crack of their bones under boots Will be the drums of war March forward! Our armies will bury their dead Punish the weak and slaughter their masters Supremacy The last of our enemies dying in agony Ingrates Lay them to waste in shallow graves Peasants will drown in the blood of their kings Whispers of madness They cannot be silenced They dwell here Show me the flames the of the end Ashes await I have just begun to embrace the violence That dwells here Feeding the flames of the end Ashes await
5.	Sisyphean Existence 04:52	lyrics	buy track
Convulsing earth spinning faster A sip away from disaster Relive another day Repeat this wheel of tragedy Now your life smolders in wreckage Buried in ashes All you had wiped out in seconds Burned to the ground Relive another day To break this wheel of tragedy Crushed by the weight of this act of contrition Vanishing into oblivion Live again Another chance to save perfection Dream to forget Escape from your subjection Dead eyes Haunt and consume A pale melody Seeps from its tomb Your hubris and haste Were the hands at our throats Our screams will ring eternally From a chasm of smoke Crushed by the weight of this act of contrition Vanishing into oblivion Live again Another chance to save perfection Dream to forget Escape from your subjection Live again Before they fade away Die to forget Escape from your subjection
6.	Grave Pact 04:29	lyrics	buy track
A sentence self-inflicted To end this mediocrity Shed this mortal flesh and rebuild your form Be born again Choke as your throat contracts from the death in your blood Suffering is fast My body falls, detached Ascension beckons me Worship this transformation Watch your passing form Return to dust From fathomless depths I awaken Confounded, alone Consumed by hatred for all mankind Your futile cries will crown my victory Coward! I'll drag you down Condemned to live with the hounds behind you Exist to run With damnation at your back No longer confined to a vessel A shameful creation driven by spite Malevolence unchained, I reign Conceived in the shadows, abandoned by light Fearful, paralyzed Weeping as you die Suffer, agonize Pathetic creature euthanized Coward! I'll drag you down Condemned to live with the hounds behind you Fearful, paralyzed Weeping as you die Suffer, agonize Witness your own demise To fathomless depths I return No longer alone Stay here with me eternally Home in the darkness beyond

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"Rise of the Merciless is an album of tonal and textural shifts. Blastbeasts fight shoulder to shoulder with sun-scorched melodies. Layered croons ascend skyward while Whitby’s growl anchors the album in the mud and blood. By polishing the edges of their ambitious songwriting without sacrificing well-timed savagery, Dystopia A.D. have further advanced their artistry on Rise of the Merciless." - Decibel

"Feast your ears on this brilliant, melodic, death, thrash, heavy, and progressive metal amalgamation of sound from DYSTOPIA A.D. I get so excited to discover a band that can hit so many levels of satisfaction. The album literally touches on everything that makes metal awesome and somehow comprises that range in each distinct track. This is a MUST listen, you’ll be wondering why you didn’t before. I give this album a 10/10." - Blessed Altar Zine

"...the breadth of music on display is staggering. There’s blackened assaults, MENA scales, morose gothic doom interludes, at least 4 distinct vocal styles all done by Whitby, and a host of fantastic guitar work from Whitby and Shishido." - Angry Metal Guy

"A grade-A display of techdeath showmanship, yet never toes the line of shameless wankery." - Sleeping Village

"Appeals to diverse branches of metal through its multifaceted instrumentation executed almost flawlessly. Here are the weights to aid the sink to abysmal depths." - Metal Bite

“There's so much to love here. And with the band claiming "each track will be an adventure" on the forthcoming album, it seems as if metal fans will soon get even more of an aural treat when 'Rise of the Merciless' is released on 31st July." - Real Gone

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released July 31, 2020

All music written, performed, and engineered by Dystopia A.D.
Recorded in Jersey City, NJ and Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan
Mastered by Charlie Munro of Munro Audio
Album art by Hans Trasid
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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