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Eternal Machines

by Nemesis Alpha

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1.
Buried Under 06:16
Through the darkness of our minds, we awoke the eternal sphere The celestial and the bestial made their way through our suffering hearts Stay, race, fail Caught in a world of forgiveness, but no words will ever heal You dwell and you drown in your sorrows, to be the one with the seventh seal Still I treasure beyond measure, on my way to a better realm Buried under, gates of wonder, feel the spirit as I roll the dice Tell me where’s the sign, that I’ve been dying to find And as you break the news, it is my time to choose As we live our lives in order, we won’t find ourselves again It ain’t me, I was never down, to break the sounds of pain Sky lies bleeding in our desperate minds, to the end of time, we’re lost Reaching the crossroads of insight, paving my way through the darkest of nights Settling inside but the outside still haunts me, the burden is heavy but I won’t rely The hatred is constant, this hidden disease, a trench full of demons, are kept here with me I swear won’t be there to waste your time… It ain’t me, I was never down, to break the sounds of pain Sky lies bleeding in our desperate minds, to the end of time, we’re lost
2.
Havoc 06:47
Pulling my strings to reach the ultimate havoc, moving round in circles sticking it through I will face the sudden rage, and move things aside The feeble and hated will change and turn sublime The last creation I have seen, has made it through hell and back Never turned my back to reach tranquility, I still see that the river runs deep You’re nothing but a wasted demon, crawling back to see the remains, Of the work that you have realized, no one will ever see your face It awaits in the darkest of eyes, turn off the light again Pulling back my plans to feel the ultimate letdown, kneeling to a god with no wish to forgive For the ones that made it alive, to the ones that were cast aside Treading water while consumed with pain, it’s the mark of the disdained Now all the feelings are just gone with the wind, giving in for all the pleasure and sin Never cease a single minute again, it’s the mark of torture within
3.
A glimpse of past lives becomes what we all believe, sever foundations beneath With dreams all withered, the future becoming bleak Question the answers that we all seek A beacon lost, the highest cost, with actions seal our fate, denial fueling hate Follow the signs, force fed through lies, the thought we’re all in tune, deceiving all we’ve known Descend in motions profound, the absence of time, controlling all we realize, Through time, the presence subsides, a whisper behind, our actions are slowly justified Delay, rewrite, repeat, deny; create, replace, the end, inside Reliving echoes of pain lost in prior lives, forgotten souls left adrift In vain continue the cycle as waves collide, each day more dark than the next Deny the presence left inside, the path we’ve chosen, The variations seal our fate with the words unspoken, Sinister state of mind, with no solution, to fly on wings of deceit The ending that we seek, will never come to be, A shell of what remains, lost with the remnants burned beneath As the world burns at your feet, we watch the heavens as they’re burned from all belief The purpose, the morals, the sheep, the systems of control which we’ve come to believe We’re lost, echoes in time, soul deceivers, beyond, our state of mind, a soulless dreamer Despite your wishes, darkness will find you, the gray, remains, and multiplies A bitter end, remains instead, good luck with words and phrases In spite of failure, response in anger, the sky, defy, embrace defiance A token for the road, the story left untold, the dream, has died, replace compliance
4.
New grounds for the hollow minded, new stakes for the greedier kind Often lost but we’re all just blinded, by the images that turn our signs We’re off to the grand illusion now… there’s no escape, we made our vows We must retrieve all our feelings under the snow, for future generations Malice, hatred, are all part of our constant dream, learn to justify, then you can start to deny We’re all a part of the plan, to turn love into a grain of sand Saved once again, reality will send Till the day I reach the sky, I will crawl and grow inside There is no hope, you stole my future, my glance at destiny, my glance at fate There is a life out there I know I could lead, From the gutter to the skies, I would lie down and bleed Perseverance, test of time, reappearance, of my greed When you look at yourself you see the sign, the sign of your redemption You will wake up one day and feel alive, to save your own last breath For the last time, it shall be mine, you never cared to hear the truth In reprisal, your disciple, you killed, your everything my friend We must retrieve all our feelings under the snow, for future generations Malice, hatred are all part of our constant dream Learn to justify, then you can start deny We’re all part of the plan, to turn love into a grain of sand, I see the future now, kneel down and take a bow
5.
Our hands are tied but we can see if you believe, our fate is surely broken, sworn to your deceit, All you said was… just a lie cause… Every day our existence met, with a shadow shroud, consuming all around, Through the trail made by those who suffer, the last override, disrupt what lies behind Inside we feel the treasury within, a leap of fate is all we’ve got from all our sins Deceit… on repeat… We’re off to an unknown future, a place of forbidden fruits We’ve let ourselves be beaten, but now the end is near Longing for shelter, burn with me, our helter skelter You will return the favor as our foe, greedier than all we’ve known but still we twist and turn The sun lies bleeding and we’re doomed to save our souls, From the earth we were spawned, now the demons take control
6.
Blood Pact 04:46
Another wish lost in between, a well of confusion, Mirage of futures left unseen, a glimpse of what could be No way to write all the reasons, why the beginning never seems what we think, Below the surface, there lies the answer, a darkness so deep it ceases to be Reach in to grasp a moment, pay with your soul it feeds Exchange your life for glory, for all eternity Your dreams will come to life, a simple pact to sign, with blood it comes to be, delay the agony With everything that you receive in time, create the story of the fool damned for life Rewrite the pages for all to see, fame exchanged for misery Caught beneath your desires, caught and baptized in fire, eternally The darkness awaits, numbered the days, time will slow for no man, Numbered the days, accept your fate A lesson learned in time, simple minded, the fates are intertwined, no way to fight it In the shadows it waits for the moment, react to progress through designs it can see No need to wait, numbered the days, accept your fate Reward for your greed, eternal reward you hold, control that you seemed, lost to, forever
7.
Burning Blue 03:44
So… So you found somebody new Will he make your dreams come true Or will he break your heart in two? I… Won’t let you see me cry This love will never die Always burning blue And the wind… It rages in my heart It fans a flame That burns as cold as ice Burning blue Now… Now it’s all been said and done And you’ve only just begun When it’s time to turn and run I… Don’t need to see you cry This love will never die Always burning blue But the wind… That rages in my heart It fans a flame That burns as cold as ice Burning blue Burning blue Always burning blue…
8.
I Defy 04:54
Speeding through the essence of life, destroying my chances by biding my time The sooner I will defy, the oppressor I know in disguise We are known to cross the line, faces covered from warning signs, if the need closure inside Remind the lost of the constant fight, it will revive itself and burn Come take your chances while you can, take you through hell and then repent The call came much sooner, but the feeling is dead, Now bow to the ruler, of celestial spheres Tell your gods I will never die, always here to defend my throne, Every step lets me know you’re here, rising up and creates a storm I won’t change who I am today, saved my soul, I don’t need your words, Feeding off all the promises that you made, left me broken and torn The flood is rising, the sky turns red, my blood is boiling from tears I shed You turn to water, I turn to dust, the way you slaughtered in pure disgust
9.
We reach the brink of existence, we live to waste, create, destroy all around us Can’t hide the greed inside, just seems to multiply, we’re past securing our future Been cursed from the start, in every way, never a hope through time The ages not far apart, from all today, reversing progress lost To plant the thought of a seed, would be blasphemy, With little time which remains, denial is simpler to take Suffocating in all we know, reaching the peak of, collapse unfolds A bittersweet relief, to cleanse the chosen, the haunting melody, this world is broken With a glimpse of what we out to be, embrace this reality, With the years shrouded in doubt, the truth can be found It’s all too late, becoming a part of disaster In waves, return to the sea, a shade of what’s to be, Too blind the visions that come after me
10.
Tearing up the voices of your former life Now your just cold inside Voices in your head, but they’re bound to die To wake is too late, leaves you petrified Hear the end, I’m bound to explode, now its’s time for you to break the mold Is it me or the night turns somber? With the greed there’s bound to be As it lies in the nix of wonder, you can truly crucify me Carving up your lives will destroy you in the end The traces will be found through the way that you depend On the way to your grave All the symptoms of a sickening wonder, has made its way through thick and thin Paralyzed by the growing somber, skies that reflects what I carry inside Reaching for a cause though I’m dead inside, but I won’t be denied Listen to the sounds of my inner fight, licking all my wounds to maintain my pride The winds of around all, a blind in my eyes
11.
This Resolve 05:27
Put forth the answer, I’ll ask the question Put forth the answer, I always knew you were wrong So much anger dwelling, lies just keep on building Respect isn’t a factor, when you simply love to falter To destroy, everything, you built for me Take it down faster than anything that I have ever seen, so prove to me That this isn’t your bullshit, blind to all this now, I’ll never ask again Prove it to me Ask and you shall, never receive, conditioning for, a bitter ending, ask and you shall I’m searching for the answers for all that I’ve not received, Between the broken ashes of all I’ve never seen I’ll never fall... I’ll never fall again Never falling, will wither away, everything you took away from me, I can’t keep denying the stupidity in this belief, I’ll never ask again I’ll never fall again…
12.
Another breeze from the wings of deceit, the absence of time, haunting me Replay dark visions in my head, stuck on repeat, caught in between Collapse of composure, sent all that’s seen, a mask of corrosion, guides my reality Dominion of shadows, my thoughts, how it feeds, replace what’s broken, psychotic masterpiece The wretched, the stranded, the weak, displace the schism that’s buried beneath No way to replace what’s lost, forever in chaos the pieces are sought Descend with the ashes beneath, in the wake of despair Replaced with eternal machines, obsolete and aware The quarrels of man all complete, a perfect solution Now we reap the rewards as we realize we’re obsolete Stuck in a world that’s defined by defiance, no better way for the ending to play The final peak of the human, the virus The sickness wiped by our own hand it seems Reaching out to find the answers, what remains is coded hate A charade of progress that ignites the torment, no regard for what may come to be In the static lost to find what lays before us, realization of demise, we finally see
13.
With a world gone mad, the only answers are questions read back Subliminal messages, shrouded by truth Forced fed from the same words of our youth, a constant denial of dark absolute With a world gone mad, forced rules and static feedback, Unclear solutions of how deep it all roots A picture smeared in blood, bone and tooth Grotesque reprisal with a swifter pursuit Realization if a myth that is clouded by progress, changes are the only constant With progression reversed to de-evolution, the world corrects the sickness, Exploiting weakness, disseminate the obvious, obsolete knowledge deteriorates before us A wishful glimpse of existence, forgotten in a beat, The remains, a part of history, lost in the sands beneath Simple tasks become impossible feats, with nothing above to assist the needs We reach the pinnacle of human existence, as population rises No way to sustain the masses, chaotic inception We continue as if nothing’s seen Create the breeding ground for all the obscene Never a waking moment which will be as it was, lay waste until all is undone
14.
Bloodline 06:57
As the days pass by like the blink of the eye, as we wither adrift and our legacies rise Though life continues there’s a void left inside, no time for reverse no matter how hard we try Begin to fade each passing day, beneath the surface our essence will fade A glimpse in time, look to the sky, reflecting everything our past leaves behind It’s always the same, with everything that we’ve made, Another soul intertwined, to leave my heart, my soul divine Hope for defense to shine through, everything in life I’ve taught you, You’re of my blood which always guides you, to the sky ascend to see through It’s all part of design, the sorrow will pass in time Remember life will pass in seconds it seems, no holding back from turning nightmares to dreams The shades of gray left beneath, the somber waves beneath a relapse of misery A cut that burns as it seals inside, a rite of passage as the embers fill the sky Witness the ascension of souls, weeping skies as the ending unfolds With all that’s left, an absence of light, caught in the abyss, forever suspended in time Without a hint of despair, the speed of which can’t be compared Our essence lost in the winds, forever spiraling in the depths within Undying, the simple truth of consequence, Still reaping, the seeds of souls not laid to rest, Still dreaming, of light without slow decay Not seeing, the ghosts to roam forever gray

about

With their second album Eternal Machines, a lot changed for the Nemesis Alpha project. Before, it was mainly the solo project of Rudy Leal, but with Bjorn Strid (Soilwork) returning on vocals, the addition of Joseph Church in the songwriting process and Marcos Leal (Shattered Sun, Ill Nino) contributing with vocals, the end results have been nothing but amazing.
Here how they described the ideas behind the album; “Eternal Machines can be considered a semi-concept album with each song leading into the next, telling the story of how humans are constantly evolving. Although somewhat positive, there are much more negative aspects of our existence and the taxing of the resources available to us on this planet. We, as a people, are inclined to create which has led us, for better or worse, to the technological stage we are currently in now. Each song concurrently explains the journey from the inception and creation of machines and technology to the eventual surpassing by our own technological creations and advances.
The first few songs take us through the past and current negative effects humans have had on the planet and life, while the middle songs continue the journey of how the machines have also evolved. Eventually the last songs and the finale describe the surpassing of our species, our insignificance, and how its eventual effects on future generations.”
With 74 minutes of pure technical, yet melodic chaos, Nemesis Alpha paint a picture through the music and maximize the amount of time used on the album. A few more seconds on the physical album and it would have to have been a double compact disc, but the boys guarantee the length will be worth the listen. There is something for everyone on this album, from shredding solos and djent-y breakdowns, to complicated song structures and riffing, to even the occasional ambient clean tracks. This sophomore album is their best and most ambitious creation yet!

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released September 13, 2019

Nemesis Alpha are:
Rudy Leal – Guitar/Bass/Drums/Keys/Vocals
Joseph Church – Guitars/Keys
Marcos Leal - Vocals
Bjorn "Speed" Strid - Vocals

Mixed and mastered by David Caplinger at Soothsayer Audio | Recorded and produced by Rudy Leal at Nemesis Alpha Studios

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Nemesis Alpha Fayetteville, North Carolina

Nemesis Alpha is a melodic death metal band featuring song writers/multi-instrumentalists' Rudy Leal (ex-Shattered Sun) and Joseph Church; and vocalists' Bjorn "Speed" Strid (Soilwork, The Night Flight Orchestra) and Marcos Leal (Shattered Sun, Ill Nino).

The second album "Eternal Machines" is scheduled to release September 13th, 2019 via Sliptrick Records.
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