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Ashbreather

by Ashbreather

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1.
(Verse 1) Rendered lame Through decades of slumber Decaying to filth In darkness I lumber Wretched light In hopeless abandon Thrown to the depths The soul of a phantom (Chorus 1) Piercing the skin with a blade Just to see if this heart still beats Pressed to the wrist once again And sing a bittersweet melody No one leaves this world unscarred For we are tethered to the stars Torn and scattered in the wake Of crises that have left us marred (Verse 2) Buried in apathy A ghost in a cage Stripped of all feeling But sadness and rage Grave is the answer The end of all trials Turning the pages Of a life in exile (Chorus 2) Tighten the rope on the neck A swift kick to the chair Could wash away my regrets And it's not like I care when No one leaves this world alive For we are bound by earthly ties To brew and toil on this soil Scraped and cut by spades and knives -------- (Fast Verse 1) Prisoner in this oaken chamber, lacquered in varnish and ebony teintures Ivory linings adorn my tomb from which the roses lie and bloom Turned to dust a hollowing shell, under the court of iron bells Lying beneath a lonely grave, to suffer the fate of one depraved (Chorus) When the weight of a million dreams comes crashing down on you And you start to feel as though you've been misled Then you'll know the time has come for you to go The light shines at the end of the tunnel, but you would rather be dead (Fast Verse 2) Nothing remains but memories to family friends and enemies But they as well are perishable, so why delay the inevitable Ashes to ashes so they say, and all my ills are blown away Far too late for apology With all the sorrow that follows me (Chorus) (Outro Verse) Banished have I been from this world Sent beyond the grave to find my peace Three steps taken forth, beyond the gates Begging for this empty life to cease Behold a sordid grief that swallows all Bereft of light I scream out to the skies Take me now across the shining veil Beneath the moon I walk this path to die
2.
(Verse 1) On a glowing field of ashes and embers Through the mist and snows of a frozen December Through missiles and rifles, That pierce through my ears a haunting sound in the night I will always remember (Chorus) Nothing has changed in a thousand years But the guns and the missiles replacing the spears Dying to live and it's all too clear, The evil within us hides in our fears You come to me in your hour of penance Claiming that you've set your sails for repentance But the time is growing late, And you've still got blood to clean from your blade (Verse 2) Run to the battle like moths to a flame As pawns on the board of a rich stranger's game For honor or glory or what would you call it From the silvered words of a prophet to promise of profits (Chorus) (Bridge) Raise your guns Fire (Verse 3) Caught in a crossfire of bullets and fear All of my hopes to survive have long disappeared The children and men all alike, They beg for their lives But no hesitation is rendered with the slip of a knife (Chorus) (Bridge)
3.
(Verse 1) I've turned my face from your dishonest charade And now I pull my hands away from the fire I grow weary of these childish games And yet you still believe that I am the liar (Chorus 1) Drowning in flames Vast and profaned Ensnared by ashes Where you shall remain Save me the sorrows And spared shall be mine But there's no escape From the ones in your mind (Verse 2) A heart of gold among the clamor of souls This masquerade is the game that you've played And you've paid the toll to fill the blood in your bowl And I won't linger on the path that you've strayed (Chorus 2) Your vague soliloquies And desperate lies Hands tangled in the wake Of a shameful reprise Your visions elude me Take now your misery No longer mine to see What beyond the door belies (Outro) Rest in flames 8x
4.
Repossession 03:59
(Verse 1) These dying fields cannot be saved The harvest is so hard this year We sent ourselves unto this grave And from this earth we disappear The firmament that holds us down The vault that no one can escape The martyr that cannot be found The halls of man will be reshaped (Chorus) We have passed the point of redemption Not a single soul will be exempted From this precipice, we see there's no return And at the fall of our kingdom, when will we ever learn? (Verse 2) The oceans rise and forests burn Hope for salvation is gone Through countless lies the world still turns But we will die before our dawn Mountains crumble as they sink and drown This is the way it has to be We are not fit to wear this crown This world will bring us to our knees (Chorus) (Bridge) Tall shadows loom Over the edges of our tomb Left to watch, as we witness our own doom (Final Chorus) We have passed the point of redemption Not a single soul will be exempted From this precipice, we see there's no return And at the end of our kingdom, we're falling apart
5.
(5/4 Verse) I'd rather go and shake hands with a knife Than have a blade be plunged in my chest And feel the hot blood run down my arms Than pour my life out a hole in my breast I'd rather go and shake hands with a knife Than have a sword be thrust in my heart Firm grip, remain do I in martyred silence This is not the end, but that would be a good start (Clean Verse) I've found myself standing in a pool of Blood, watching as the floor around me grows dark Red, pull your hands away the damage has been Done hang me up, just to see me dried and bled (Fast 5/4 Verse) Cleaving the skin and sliding the blade beneath the surface Tugging at tendons, ripping the sinews bleeding worsens Tightening grip, a twist and a slip of flesh and dagger Pain like a fire, agony dire, as blood spatters Seizing the edge, and pushing against the hilt in desper- -ation to live, by grabbing your shiv return to sender Look in the eye, a flicker of light, reflects from your steel Swiveling down, to come up around, this wound will not heal (Fast 4/4 Verse) They always said I had a death grip on life Now I'm clinging for survival on the edge of a blade And you should never shake hands with a knife But it's not my fault the way the cards were played Consider this a professional courtesy A gamble's not a gamble with an ace up your sleeve I won't be falling on a sword tonight And I won't rest until it's you that bleeds (Bridge) Do you feel it cut? Do you feel it slash? Do you feel it cleave the skin to form a gash? Do you feel it rip? Do you feel it tear? Do you feel it pierce your heart to disrepair (Acoustic Verse 1) Don't be so eager if you're First to play You're that much closer to the First mistake A reckless man lives a life with no regrets If safety's what you're willing to forsake (Acoustic Bridge 1) Be still now, there's nothing left to see (Acoustic Verse 2) A stranger's life reflected from his fingertips With but the time for a shriek of panicked breath A swift assault that paints the night in crimson red You were the one who came to me in search of death (Acoustic Bridge 2) Be still now, for soon you shall be free (Outro Verse) This is not my time To shed this coil When this injustice Makes my blood boil I have been tempered By this bloodletting Blessed by this moment Not worth forgetting Lying in anguish This crimson river Drowning in lifeblood Watching you wither Consequence fatal You reap what you sow You hold the dagger But it's your funeral Into remission Pupils releasing Heart losing spirit This life is ceasing This will to resist May have saved my life But you still should not Shake hands with a knife
6.
(Verse 1) I can't say I'm not impressed By everything we have created. But these wonders fade over time They have left me jaded Standing on shoulders of giants But we are the ones who bear their weight Of knowledge and innovation The pressure we're under is far too great (Chorus 1) Maybe in time we'll see, that there was no other way we could proceed And pardon me, but I honestly don't know what else could be (Verse 2) Holding a torch to the darkness And taking a step into the void Knowingly we are building a future that we will not live to enjoy And all for a cause that is nought For everything slips out from our hands One day when no man expects it Of course this was never what we had planned (Chorus 2) But there is not one man to blame Ambition is all just a part of the game We might drive ourselves to the grave But I still believe there's a chance to be saved (Screamed Verse) As countless lies are told and silky webs are spun The hills have eyes and every hand a gun Idle are the weak, bridled do they speak Tidal is the wave as it crashes on the beach (Outro) Standing on shoulders of giants (7x) Standing on shoulders of giants we are
7.
(Verse 1) A disease for so long left unchecked Grows a burden like a thorn in your side And its grasp reaches over the oceans Taking your faith In its stride A broken shrine in the name of his glory Their temples desecrated and burned Vile aggression in the name of peace A paradise they have long yet to earn (Chorus) Men of god, marching forth on the altar Infidel, burn the cross of a martyr Loyalty, on your knees for redemption Die for me, now you pray for ascension Heretics, trudging forth to the gallows For the crown, his soul exalted and hallowed Up above, the final journey of pilgrims But for my name, you have no choice but to kill them all (Verse 2) A burning effigy, the salient observer Heeding to the prophets of wrath For there is but one life for the graceful They will know not stray from the path This tirade is a tired and old one Built upon the chasms of fear Desperation is a drug like no other When you know that the end may be near (Chorus) -------- (Verse 1) Palaces of gold Opulent majesty Chalice of the souls Immortal travesty Castles in the sky Diamond plated crowns Those who would die for a Heaven that has never been found (Chorus 1) Whisked away with the fading sun Turning towards the night Ivory towers line the road to redemption Underneath my eyes (Verse 2) Sanctified, the mind Loyal is thy blade Discipline the blind Lead them to crusade Undeceived, the eyes Faithful is thy hand Together we arise To the promised land (Chorus 2) Whisked away with the fading sun Turning towards the night Ivory towers line the road to redemption Underneath my eyes Basking in the blood of the unrighteous It penetrates my skin I close my eyes and listen to the silence As I cleanse myself of sin (Outro Verse) Idle hands linger in the shadows Morning seeps through the bloodied veil of fate Ties of reason have long abandoned this plane of desecration The neck twisted by the slender hands of hate
8.
Silence 08:22
(Acoustic Intro) It's never enough to bring them the gold and the pearls You could bring them the moon, and still they would ask for the world Cause we're born to die, and yet we're dying to live You tell me that you need more time but there is none that I have left to give (Verse 1) Caught in the web Entangled in fears Under the stars The spider is near A shimmer of fangs The shadows deceive The lurking of eyes Illusions are weaved (Chorus 1) Kissed by the lips of this crimson night Guided by the vigil of the candlelight (Verse 2) In darkness they gamble On a fire of coals From the worth of a lifetime To the weight of a soul To wake from the dream In a nightmare of thorns The deafening sounds Of a thunderous storm (Chorus 2) Steps taken forth, into the frail light Lives torn apart, oh what a grave sight (Clean Verse) The serpent slithers beneath the leaves The wind howls between the trees The men cry out in tormented pain But nothing can stop this torrent of rain Fates tied, an unlucky draw To be the one who picks the shortest straw When silence is the only thing thats left unsaid The last thing they hear is a shot to the head (Chorus 3) Dragged to the grave through the smoke and fire Steel bonds for slaves to bleed beneath the mire Behold the desperate souls bereft of grief and ire Their hopes and dreams laid to rest upon a mangled pyre (Bridge) Silence whispered through my ears Vanished all my horrors and my fears I placed my trust in you tonight We revel in the adversary's spite (Lifted of our burdens and our plights) (Chorus 4) They see the blazing lights dash across the night (Silence whispered through my ears) The flames dancing there before their sullen eyes (Vanished all my horrors and my fears) And as they kneel, one by one their spirits rise (I placed my trust in you tonight) The gunshots silenced by their screams and wimpered cries (We revel in the adversary's spite)

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The self-titled debut by Ashbreather is finally here! 8 songs of variety that will keep the listener hooked until the end. Fans of Mastodon, Opeth, Anciients, Gojira, and Edge of Sanity will surely find something intriguing in this collection of tracks.

Recorded back in the summer and fall of 2018.

"Ashbreather is suitably loud, raw, a little rough around the edges, and completely worth an hour of your miserable life. Give it a spin!"
- April Hutchins (Anna Pest/Mellevon)

"The songs are great and full of good ideas."
- Thorsten Schieren (Under the Pledge of Secrecy)

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released April 10, 2020

Ben Lavoie: Lead vocals
Mackay Agellon: Guitars, vocals
Charles Richards: Bass, vocals
Colin MacAndrew: Drums, vocals

Music recorded and engineered by: Rod Shearer at Planet Studios
Vocals recorded and engineered by: Dave Evangelista
Mixed and mastered by: Jonathan Minkovitch at VR Studios
Artwork by: Navina Ternus
Music written by: Ashbreather
Lyrics written by: Ben Lavoie

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Ashbreather Montreal, Québec

After forming Montreal's Opeth Tribute (Harvest), it was time to start writing originals. December 2016 was the birth of progressive sludge/death metal group, Ashbreather, featuring former members of The Wild Hunt.

As of January 2021, the band has become a trio with each member sharing vocal duties, and throwing in non-traditional metal instruments into their music.
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