Collapse, by Bleak Revelation

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1.	Drown 03:26	lyrics	buy track
Deep beneath the waves of sorrow You wish to scream your lungs out In deep depression you are drowning But no sound comes from your mouth And I see your smile Silently fading away Submersing in the murky Waters of your woe Forsaken piece of human shade You don't wish to be saved The only thought that's left alive Are creeping visions of the grave And I see your smile Silently fading away No mortal man can defy the raging waves of the sea And when you feel the end is nigh, to set yourself forever free Bereft of hope and with no fear, let go all that you hold dear Descend to darkness, deeper down, embrace your fate and drown And I see your smile Silently fading away Submersing in the murky Waters of your woe And I see your face Has turned bleak and gray Drowning in the murky Waters of your woe
2.	The Road To Perdition 08:39	lyrics	buy track
Obey the simplest instinct Smother their dreams to sustain your life Then scorch the earth beneath their feet Remain deaf to their plea Feed on their cries, weed out the weak The nameless mass left will venerate High on power and greed Entomb the ones who dare to oppose Then tear apart another worthless life The sorrow you bring cuts deep like a knife By demons driven your rage can't be tamed From feelings bereaved your spirit suppressed Embraced this perdition road until the end of days You have become the cruel one doomed to annihilate Your righteousness confined by a veil of lies But finally time will come to taste your own demise Confront and suffocate The last shard of your broken self A soul depraved, an aberration Abandoned forever, the past days you yearn Your heart is a hollow somber nocturne And even God has left you Embraced this perdition road until the end of days You have become the cruel one doomed to annihilate Your righteousness confined by a veil of lies But finally time will come to taste your own demise
3.	The Misanthrope 11:53	lyrics	buy track
Failure Such a shame Contaminating the air I breathe Dispersing like a virus Miserable pile of excrements Enslaved by their passion Deprived of purpose Hate inflaming my lungs The world burns In my contempt And as I watch your spirits crumble I shall feast on your despair From your downfall I will rise Gratification in hatred and disgust Intoxicated By the concept of your own eminence Vomit is all that comes From your foul mouth Putting an end to this agony Would always be too late Your atrocious being Was never meant to last And as I watch your spirits crumble I shall feast on your despair From your downfall I will rise Gratification in hatred and disgust "Der Lebenslauf des Menschen besteht darin, dass er, von der Hoffnung genarrt, dem Tod in die Arme tanzt..." (Arthur Schoppenhauer) In this ferocious storm Only a few will survive The ephemera will not endure Abandoned and forever gone A self-conscious nothing An educated ape Existence is your exile Emptiness your dear home And when the smoke clears The only thing left will be A wrenched mass of human remains Prepared to meet their creator And as I watch your spirits crumble I shall feast on your despair From your downfall I will rise Gratification in hatred and disgust
4.	The Web Of Your Betrayal 04:57	lyrics	buy track
Soulless creature Once you told me Never trust the pale moon Embraced you as my brother Years it took to unfold the truth Never again Shall you speak Your treacherous mind Darkened sting The Web Of Your Betrayal Now cold and stiff you lie in a casket Strangled by the threads of dishonesty A quiet walk through the abyss A recognition by smashing the lid Now you rest my child Sleep with the maggots Yours sincerely, The Spider Of Mistrust
5.	Death Of A Wanderer 08:01	lyrics	buy track
Standing here in silence Watching this world spin Oh, a warm golden day rising Will this stream of light clear the gloom Every place the winds of fate have lead me I see misery and strain My steps echoing with cries Of desperate souls whose souls have gone astray Staring at the abyss Waiting Alas, no release Naked Scared and numb Cold limbs A heart of stone Every place the winds of fate have lead me I see misery and strain My steps echoing with cries Of desperate souls whose souls have gone astray As autumn leaves slowly fade And cover the soil in October rust One's life and memories whither away Gone and forgotten it all turns to dust
6.	Void 09:23	lyrics	buy track
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7.	Scorned 04:15	lyrics	buy track
Is it simply fear of the rejection now That's slowly poisoning your mind This damned feeling is going stronger And like a cancer spreading And so I finally destroyed my love The only thing that I've ever had Frozen feelings buried deep Still blinded by illusions Letting down from my first step Every night I dream of death Worthless is my every breath Letting down from my first step Every night I dream of death Scorned by everyone that cared I taste sweet lips of despair And sink into a peaceful drowse A brief ray of light shines on me And the pain is no more Letting down from my first step Every night I dream of death Worthless is my every breath Letting down from my first step Every night I dream of death Scorned by everyone that cared

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Five and a half years after the release of Bleak Revelation's studio debut 'Afflictive Seclusion' (2015) the Bulgarian Doom Metal band is delivering some brand new material with its successor, simply called 'Collapse'. The name is reflecting not only the current state of both the world and society, but also bears a deeply personal meaning.

Compared musically with the first album and other band releases, 'Collapse' (2020) is slightly heavier and darker, ranging from classic gothic rock ('Scorned') to crushing old school death doom ('The Road To Perdition') and raw black metal bursts ('The Misanthrope').

Fans of deeply emotional and brooding metal music, check this one out!

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➤ "Collapse is a broad-spectre album, fascinating and pleasing to the ear. In each one of the tracks you could find many different layers, pursuing you to listen to the song multiple times in order to enjoy them - spin after spin."

- THE VOID JOURNAL, Bulgaria (9/10)

➤ "BLEAK REVELATION carry on from the root of PARADISE LOST, MY DYING BRIDE or early PYOGENESIS or other gloomy doom bands that flow with it. And the album is definitely best listened to as a unified experience, where its stark oddness and thrilling menace can pull you in and bury you in obscurity."

- METAL DISTRACTION ZINE, Malaysia

➤ "BLEAK REVELATION continue to deliver in an adequate manner, and the album, despite its name, does not show the ground below the band is shaking. Quite the contrary - Collapse is stable, gathering plenty of influences in one place, while maintaining to stay unique."

- METAL HANGAR 18, Bulgaria (8/10)

➤ “Overall it's an album you shouldn't miss if you listen, among others, to PARADISE LOST, MY DYING BRIDE, IN MOURNING or OCEANS OF SLUMBER.“

- LET'S ROCK, Romania (7.5/10)

➤ "Collapse” demonstrates creative progress. The sound is far from being polished and that is where its charm lies. Raw and lengthy riffs, sometimes unstable and sinister, others - melodic and melancholic, remind us of the same genuine sincerity, which made PARADISE LOST, MY DYING BRIDE and ANATHEMA famous a couple of decades ago."

- METAL WORLD, Bulgaria

➤ "In short, there's a lot here. It's almost all dark, those perkier melodies behind the crunch of 'Scorned' notwithstanding. It's wildly varied in tempo and it moves between genres with ease. And, whatever it happens to be doing at any particular moment, it remains heavy, sometimes crushingly so, because of the guitar tones and the emotional depth."

- APOCALYPSE LATER, United States (7/10)

credits

released September 22, 2020

Recorded in Max Sound Studio (Pleven, Bulgaria) and Mrdr Sound Studio (Sofia, Bulgaria).
Mixed and mastered by Ivo Ivanov (Mrdr Sound Studio).

Cover artwork by Val Volegna (12KO).

Recording line-up:

Aleksandar Dimitrov - Guitars
Martin Bachvarov - Guitars
Anton Andonov - Bass, Vocals
Georgi Bogdanov - Drums

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A melodic death/doom metal band from Sofia, Bulgaria.

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