We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Dissenter

by Lurid State

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

1.
Dissenter 02:06
2.
my eyes have seen beginnings, of total agony the next part of the story fully vested tragedy  you can't deny we let it get to this, you can't comply, the walls are closing in if you escape this, then i will follow down you can't replace this, so i won't give up ground i am light, i am the light i am alone until the empire falls, as we dig our own graves the ending of an era, you should not be surprised we take our places as slaughtered enemies of mankind you can't escape this agony, you go to your place deliberately if you escape this, then i will follow down you can't replace this, so i won't give up ground i am light, i am the light i am alone until the empire falls, as we dig our own graves hide your face i am the light, i am remove your guilt one soul at a time
3.
resting beasts are tearing back your eyes enemies won't know when you're alive the sleep is real and not forgiving, there is a psalm and an exit here the sleep is real and not forgiving, there is a soul and an exit here tear it out for i am not the wounds of sin the sleep is real and not forgiving, there is psalm and an exit here the sleep is real and not forgiving, there is a soul and an exit door tear it up, i can't run anymore buried at the bottom of rage waning dreams awake out over your eyes selling blames, there is nowhere left to hide know that it sheds away, it's frightening to be awake the coward won't find me, the last words can't haunt me  rise see all the walls in front of your face
4.
Morale 04:09
diseased is me been cursed from all of the wounds your word, my sin there's nothing left because i'm a thief and a liar i was put here to tear your world apart i am sucking on all that you have, until i can find a new host to feed on foresee the end of my error, you’ll see me rotting in the gutter alone rot no flesh, no bone, just words away from a skin your eyes turn red, then turning black if i met you at the alter, you would surely be sacrificed if i were to kill my only daughter, you would be left holding the knife foresee the end of my error, you'll see me rotting in the gutter you'll see me buried in the slaughter, you'll see me drowning in the laughter i wish i died, but now, i falter look at this world burn and let it take you there is nowhere to go now
5.
Guilty 04:13
converse with a dead man, because he tells no lies stand tall for your hangman, don't swallow your pride now i can't see enemies from my own bed i can't see enemies from their own beds i scrape the bottom don't look at me like a crime, you know that unlocked doors are a bad place to hide so let me go or leave me here; either way your future's unbroken, your past is clear sorrow isn't a best friend, its just a haunted place your eyes tell of an omen, this will not end up well i can't see enemies from their own beds i can't see enemies from my own bed don't look to me like a crime, you know that unlocked doors are a bad place to hide haunted, guilty i don't walk through your pity, when i just want to stay your whore
6.
my god, you left in the lurch yet you killed me you're killing the things that you sold though your pictures of friends are pathetic, you're wading out under the weeds it's fucking ending, i'm losing patience, i've lost an exit i've done my time breeding, until the end is the world and you're feral your god is mother of anger, you're killing the snakes just to save me you've angered the wolves yet again losing patience, lost a friend here, it's sentimental  i've done my time and revenge is here coward i’ve done my time
7.
Battle 04:50
save yourself, i have nothing left for dreams it's awful nightmares in here a gear in progress, tell me what's to gain you can't see what's in front of you, don't know the names and I say you're not a god your will to crucify me is murderous stop yourself from becoming a cliche these things are twisted, unclear dredging the wasteland, you"ll find the dreams buried inside of your past with all your kin and I'll say you're not a god your will to crucify me is murderous kill yourself, before life does it first you will fade out and away i want you to pray for forgiveness save yourself, i have nothing left of dreams it's awful nightmares in here kill yourself before life does it first you will fade out and away save yourself
8.
when all faith dies kill this imperialism you're own resistance is just a weakness i'll take your eyes look at me now i'll show you the sound, bury you down fulfills us in, fucks us around leaves us blind and broken bold and complacent tragic moments that turn your profits no, you never spoke a word bleed you in darkest moments, feed you to my intentions no, you never spoke a word when all faith dies pin the flag to your own skin so you can bleed like all the rest do we turn them in, throw them out starve the soul, make a hole we fill it with shit, fill it with dirt infest the wound, burn the books and leave them blind and broken bold and complacent tragic moments that that turn your profits no, you never spoke a word bleed you in darkest moments, feed you to my intentions no, you never spoke a word...like me when all faith dies kill this imperialism you're own resistance is just a weakness bold and complacent tragic moments that turn your profits no, you never spoke a word bleed you in darkest moments, feed you to my intentions no, you never spoke a word...like me all faith dies
9.
Her Torch 04:13
survive burning bridges open up the floodgates to perversion dissent, until it bleeds farewell, collective reason tend to the flocks that call out treason as if they knew their names and all these things will fall apart there is an end if there's a start we are the ones who walked away now I have nothing left to be hold the torch, guide her hearse forward! through the crosses nailed to the doors of all held hostage so they might be set free pretend there's an answer worry about "vision" while you're on fire meanwhile, you'll set them free and all these things will fall apart there is an end if there's a start we are the ones who walked away now i have nothing left to be lies hold her torch, guide her hearse revenge! to the cowards i'll step forwards as you move backwards and then you can wash my feet and all these thing will fall apart there is an end if there's a start
10.
T.E.C. 04:03
you see me, don't know me as these words wash away this body, my folly, these things i cannot say your ghost is still in me, it won't suck my life away i will take these scars and rebuild life i will fall so far to make this right you see me, don't know me these things i cannot say your body, my folly, these words too weak to say i promised and i meant it i mean it everyday your ghost is still in me, it won't suck my life away i will take these scars and rebuild life i will fall so far to make this no breathing, just pain you're a touch away just a bad dream come true your body rots you pull me down, buried beneath, you're fully under
11.
something that is left for dead cannot be trusted blades that are buried are not enough, albeit brave i've walked the fire, i've burnt the blade, i've watched those instincts die no wind, no time it's all in rust as it lives, so shall it die as it breeds, and multiplies so it lives, and yet it sighs, medicated patience upon the weak let it control your veins but does it still hold you in the grip of a great machine you've seen the fall, you've dropped the blade, you let perceptions die  you're in the gears it's all in rust as it lives, so shall it die as it breeds, and multiplies pull your masters to the walls and hold your enemies with hands of god burn in hell pull your masters to the wolves and hold your enemies with hands of god
12.
Equilibrium 05:30
pull the strings and watch the world spin backwards clinging to things that are long since dead i'll press it through, with every waking sense of power let it die; let it all kill you you are being lied to but i see through you  rise think act denial is a bitter taste who told you the worst is over has smiled and spit in your face you'll see the wool pulled over a failing race before the maggots must become flies before your rapist removes your eyes a disease that brings nothing to no one except relief from this cursed race i'll watch it fall, with renewed sense of feeling virtue this is the end, i am amazed you're being lied to but i see through you rise think  act denial is a bitter taste who told you the worst is over  has smiled and spit in you face you'll see the wool pulled over a failing race before the maggots must become flies before your rapist removes your eyes it's an exercise in futility  we all burn away

about

"Phoenix based metal band Lurid State has recently released their follow up album to their Setting Sun EP and the progressive step forward they took is astoundingly satisfying. The new album entitled Dissenter shows a band that has more drive and focus under their belt and has definitely used their time between albums wisely to learn and grow their sound. As I was listening to Dissenter numerous times, I was trying to compare their music to another band I have heard and I could not immediately place another band that sounded like them. This is actually a good sign because Lurid State has their own distinct sound and is not trying to replicate one of their influences. While listening to their album in my car at volume levels no doctor would approve, I finally realized how to describe Dissenter. The metal crunch experienced by my senses could only be labeled as the carefully controlled and well thought out aggression of a schizophrenic.

I will admit I am not a big fan of slow buildups in most music unless you are progressive like Opeth, but the way that Dissenter was written and arranged I completely understand the concept. There are peaks and valleys throughout the entire album that get your emotions going from an intense calm before ramping up to split your sinuses with meticulous heaviness. The way Lurid State makes their music seamlessly flow from fast to soft and back to extreme is done so artistically that the tempo changes are barely noticeable. I was too busy letting the music involuntarily control my limbs from mimicking drumming to playing guitar. The drumming is technically concentrated but simultaneously infused with a forceful elegance. The raw emotion and brutish vocals resonate in your cranium with such a commanding presence that resisting empathy for his aggressive anguish is impossible. Another impressive and equally important piece of the band is their excellent guitar work. The rhythm is straight forward enough to be catchy but not overbearing. The guitar solos are intricate and surprisingly nonchalantly placed in their songs almost as if it was an afterthought. There is not one main instrumental focus of Lurid State and the entire band as a whole comes together to concoct a truly catchy and brutally abrasive noise that infects your soul. Every musician has that one album that made them want to learn an instrument and start a band. Lurid State’s new album Dissenter is the catalyst some unknowing kid is just waiting to hear ready to strike him in the skull like lightening from Zeus himself."

-Marcus Meng
98 KUPD Into The Pit
Metal Director

credits

released June 30, 2012

All material written & performed by Lurid State*
Engineered, mixed & mastered by Byron Filson at Villain Recording in Phoenix, AZ

*Bass on 'Equilibrium' by Novy (formerly of Behemoth, Vader, and Dies Irae)

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Lurid State Phoenix, Arizona

Lurid State was a band from Jan 2007 to May 2013

contact / help

Contact Lurid State

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like Lurid State, you may also like: