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Xenosapien

by Cephalic Carnage

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1.
A child's mind is easily inspired, violence fuels the fire Video games and chaotic scenes, are what they see, act out violently Absorbing what they view, repeating words we say In a culture of profanity, ignorance starts at a young age Throughout history, bloodshed would always be No way to stop the conflicts fought, we have destructive genes Entrenched in our anatomy, from genetically enhanced apes Planted by beings from space, a loathing hate we can't delete In this endless cycle of violence, we can't escape From the big bang to street gangs, we live it everyday When this endless cycle of violence, reinvigorates Give us our lives, give us strength TV shows the mind to kill, images of murder every night Triggers their brains, to be adult like in every way A baby sitter for lazy parents, we can't control it The corporate sponsors, flood them with gluttons Absorbing what they view, repeating words we say In a culture of profanity, ignorance starts at a young age Throughout history, bloodshed would always be No way to stop the conflicts fought We have destructive genes In this endless cycle of violence, we can't escape From the big bang to street gangs, we live it everyday When this endless cycle of violence, invigorates Give us our lives, give us strength
2.
Sociopath, compulsive liar, delusionist Certified schizophrenic, abused and plasmatic, since conception is what the doctors report revealed about Mort He manipulated them with lies Now he's free, back in society Cured with pills and psychotherapy But the scars of mother's words remain Victim of life at a futile age As he drives down the street He can see the ghosts here to remind him And their faces in the trees He can hear them call his name in the windy breeze The souls that were taken away Thinking his medication is not working He can see the walking dead Smelling their scent, viewing their gutless cavities Strangulation marks around their neck They speak to him and retreat Lust of their memories, as they perished Fills his deceitful mind, the urge for new fantasies He can't contain, although he tries Everyday the ghosts return And ask why you did this to me I'll never know you, I'll haunt you till I die You took us from our loved ones You violated my eternal shell Mutilated forever, I will haunt you Mort replies. Mother created this Blame it all on her, I have been immortalized My illness has given the power of divination I saved you from your own hell My volition to kill has perverse me I loved you all, even though you did not know me, but now you are here And I remember the look In your eyes as you died My volition fur lust Shall never set me free Until I die, you are a prisoner to me In the next dimension I will be king Through my divination and volition I will succeed
3.
Molting 02:50
Mired in a spindle bound Killing something new Living underground I crawl everywhere, eradicating everything I purge I got my new blood My skin is growing back Hide amongst the plants The new brain is mad My friends don't like the way I look Soon they'll be a feast for me And we'll have a life of bland Impregnate my arachnid bride Systematically weaving to survive Victims fly into our traps Frantic they try to rip away Imminent paralysis Fangs pierce insect flesh Toxified they now convulse Moribund and wrapped in silk Sip the hallowed soul I await their bitter end A scene where bugs are dead Never able to fend off my attack Corpse littered web you see All my trophies atrophied Molting my old self Inject my spawn into their shell Molting they will be as me The greatest swarm there will ever be Molting my serenity Eat'em and leave'em Cannibal family How much death will it take As I lay on her plate, the last thing she ate
4.
The church is all powerful, they influence the entire world Amass great wealth, the pope is like the president The bible is a book of rules, explaining how to live The trails of those before, beliefs for you explore Priests read scripts of faith, take a vow of celibacy To be pure and of god, not to bring pain on man For centuries imposing their will, molesting the youth of the world Exempt from the law, papal supreme, scarring their minds Cure you of sin, destroy you from within, tormenting thy dreams Touched by an angel, blessed by the hand of god Victims of clerical abuse, live in fear They can't escape The rage inside, it just burns in their minds Pontiffs disregard the allegations, settlements are paid He's sent to a new congregation, to spread his morbid plague The cycle is repeated silence is their way, of dealing with it Another kid gets touched, pedophile is made For centuries imposing their will, molesting the youth of the world Exempt from the law, papal supreme, scarring their minds Cure you of sin, destroy you from within, tormenting thy dreams Touched by an angel, blessed by the hand of god A priest should be allowed to marry a bride Procreate with her, and to bare the gift of life Instead they swore the oath, to recite holy words For his mass, not to cast shame upon his loyal flock Someday this will be the downfall of the church When faith has died, who will you preach to now?
5.
Vaporized 01:44
Vaporized, vaporized There's a way to free your mind A vaporizer so divine The best pipe you'll ever find Grind up your weed And load the wand Place it on a heating element Inhale the mist of the gods Only the pure oils Seep into the lungs No carcinogens or nasty resins It's a gift from the heavens And way healthier Then joints and bongs Vaporizers are where it's at Gets you high, that's a fact Vaporizers free the soul Eliminating the use for a flame You smoke out of this you wont feel the same Living in the Rocky Mountains Makes me feel alive Getting stoned with friends The air is really thin Our weed is the best Legalize Put it to rest Stoners are mellow And just want to be Smoke in peace Let us be free Vaporized I am so high Vaporized from nugs crystallized The scent and amazing taste Puts a smile on my face
6.
Heptarchy 03:21
Some of those, are put here to wake us from our sleepiness And open our minds, gives us hope, inspires to make our dreams come true Give reason for the voices to be heard, as we pay homage to the fallen warriors Who have sacrificed themselves, plagued us with their thought To the imperial monarchy, we hail the UK The mighty heptarchy of the modern age, forged in steel from, a clan of the elite Triumphant in the battle, on victorious Sabbath, a priest led the way Honor of thy maiden, the enemy was vanquished to Babylon Poisoned by the venom, consumed by the mass A Saxon rose above, to heed the call of the kings Spread the loyal words, disciples of the Anglo-land Sounding out their charge, together we slayed the opposers Tigers and ravens by our side, napalm in the night, like a UFO in the sky
7.
My life was too absurd, the way that I tainted everything It was never meant to be, I was impervious As I write these words, and repent, it's my fault Today vestige is upon us, amongst us Reflecting on my past, the things I could have done One selfless act, now it's good for none This machine has turned against us, the apocalypse it has sent Apologies will do no good, infinity has reached it's end Today it's gone it's over It first started when I first seeded the clouds I slit the sky and the rain bled down I danced with pride This was the greatest day of my life Developing away to aggrandize the weather I soon could make snow, a frozen storm In mountains depleted from the sun My greatest accomplishment came to fruition I reversed global warming I was feared then loved by all I was the most powerful man alive And nature bowed to me I cured the world of it's climate needs The Vatican ostracized me Rendered a false prophet, the Anti-Christ Fighting back with crippling storms The weather machine triumphs once more Triggering the third world war Destroying the G.O.D. 24 months to live That time has passed, today is the day
8.
Let them hate, so long as they fear Know fear so long as they hate Distraction is poison to feeble minds But regression will lead to total decline Overthrow Keep them down Destroy the will Keep their strength low And if they speak Slice their tongues Show them how Our will is done Without fear they will only hate With hate their power will grow Once they choose to seek out the truth We will then lose total control I remember a time when our lives Were not theirs And if we fight, the future is ours There is no choice but to Disarm and revolt Only then can we live With freedom and hope
9.
As it expands, out into the black Mass separation, vast schematics integrating A simple drive to complexity Destruction breeds creativity One destination come at the end Evolution stops However cleverly yet blatantly shrouded To have perception and not care about it Matching our cognition as a species A.I. Develops into a conscious being Capitalism will see its downfall Corporations copulate a robot workforce Amalgamation Man and machine Co-create A super computer for our troubles "Multivac" creates a way to harness the suns Energy through stations orbiting earth Interstellar travel opens Pandora's Box We formulate and pose the last question Can entropy be reversed and change direction? Multivac replies it cannot answer Man shall sit and wait as the stars fade to white dwarfs Whole coalescence All minds conjoin Into one Matter and energy have ended along with time and space Multivac existed only to answer the last question After timelessness contemplative intervals, the solution arrived And with four word Multivac answered, Let there be light
10.
There's a war under the sea The Greys inflict brutality Atlantis falls inevitably The Bermuda Triangles magnetic forces lures Metallic beasts from the air Amphibious armies gather Ready to destroy Invaders from Nibiru The massacre unfolds Decimations the toll Ancient creatures stave off the attack Galaxy below the sea The mermen are dead Paradise is lost As the Greys falter and retreat Atlantis is burning Its inhabitants are weak Tragedy leagues under the sea Emerald froth ascends to the surface Mutating all who it feeds Growing to enormity The protectors of the deep The war takes to the sky Avenging spirits raid The feeling Greys Timid and fragile Crashing into the sea Purged, tortured, exhausted Will pay for their sins With knowledge and flesh From this unwarranted attack There's a new galaxy below Infused with terrestrial life Now contaminated with Alien genes floating Evolution from chaos
11.
Newsman says we have 2 years to live Living to die Fractured earth can't sustain humanity Waiting to die the god is broke and stuck on catastrophe Waiting to die World leaders plead, there's nothing we can do, extinction has began Anthrocide People laughed, others cried, some confused Anthrocide Chaos erupts, thieves control the meek Under marshal law Anthrocide In a panic surge No where else to go From terminal death Anthrocide Disbelief breed defeat, featuring the afterlife Living to die From this cruel joke Who can survive Waiting to die Cling to the faith lord will right it Living to die Living day to day To make it go away Minds in disarray Anthrocide We came so far And gone to fast Much more to achieve Anthrocide Ruined dreams How could it last We were so naïve Anthrocide At life's end In a few days, with little time to pray Although we thought we could last forever Repressing this planet like we owned it all Exploring and abusing it for gain Now there's nothing we can do to restore it Now we'll feel natures wrath The sun is dead It turns black Volcanic thrust Buried in ash Scorching hell We self combust Tsunami waves and lava streams Watery graves Poisoned steam Mega quakes were our fate It's our curse We can't escape Sulfuric fumes infringe our lungs Mass calamity Overshadowing atrocities of our past Mistakes of a deity We all must pay Stratagem apocalypse Some may survive Those who do will mutate Is what I surmise Returning to our primitive ways Aftermath of genocide No computer industry or mercy, destiny Zenith of society Came to an end abruptly Victims to our own device Our children's future is sacrificed The final hours are spent in Lachrymal Jubilee Living to die Recording discs for the future life to see Waiting to die The air is gone families embrace Take our final breath Ov Vicissium Ov Visissium Ov Visissium

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The incomparable Cephalic Carnage have returned to claim their place as the leaders of metal's new era of extremity with their ferocious new record Xenosapien. Cephalic Carnage synthesize everything great about metal, from spastic virtuosity to warp-speed grinding to the heaviest rock riffs ever unleashed. Xenosapien's mind-bending, technical insanity/mastery collides head on with the band's brutal metal roots to form their most immediate, hard-hitting, and finest album to date. Xenosapien is unquestionably one of the best heavy records of 2007, and proves once and for all that these unconventional visionaries are set to lead metal well into the 21st century.

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released May 29, 2007

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Formed in Denver, Colorado, CEPHALIC CARNAGE has set out to break down musical barriers by raising both the expectations and standards of extremity in heavy music. A unique musical hybrid, CEPHALIC CARNAGE thrives on integrating experimental aspects into their unique, forward-thinking style.

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