All songs written by Burden to Atlas

Felix Jaquemot - drums, shouts
Martina Greuel - vocals
Christian Hellenthal - guitar
Niklas Dammers - guitar
Thomas Schug - bass

Recorded, produced, and mixed by Burden to Atlas
Mastered by Jan-Felix Klein at Armleuchter Studios
Photography and artworks by Martina Greuel

Lyrics:

Thoughts circling through your head
ruining intentionally made decisions
guided by fear they spread
they take you, covering reality

Dizziness - spinning fast
you can no longer see clearly
Running fast - motionless
an inner conflict between affect and intellect

Words streaming out your mouth - mechanically
missing the destination they were meant to reach
guided by fear they spread
they take you, covering reality

Running fast - motionless
an inner conflict between affect and intellect

A TRAP BEHIND EVERY CORNER
PATHS BLOCKED BY BARRICADES

A trap behind every corner
paths blocked by barricades
vigorously seeking a direction - to take you away
A direction thas is only bound to push you further inside
despair drives you to trust your feelings

BLINDING RATIONALITY
THERE IS NO ESCAPE

You are caught in a maze without an exit
the solution is found too late
what's been said cannot be reversed
ill effects will remain
even when the origin is lost

You are caught in a maze without an exit
the solution is found too late
what's been said cannot be reversed
ill effects will remain
even when the origin is lost

You are caught in a maze without an exit
the solution is found too late
what's been said cannot be reversed
ill effects will remain
even when the origin is lost

Anxiety-influenced Rationality-influenced Reality

Anxiety-Influenced Rationality-Influenced Reality

All songs written by Burden to Atlas

Felix Jaquemot - drums, shouts
Martina Greuel - vocals
Christian Hellenthal - guitar
Niklas Dammers - guitar
Thomas Schug - bass

Recorded and produced by Burden to Atlas
Mixed by Niklas Dammers
Mastered by Christof Kempe at EMBARK Audio
www.embarkaudio.com
Photography and artwork by Martina Greuel and Felix Jaquemot

Lyrics:

Looking for clarity
Believing in falsity

FOR TOO LONG – For too long

Tear my heart from me
wrest away my brain
disburden me of everything
so I can live again

PLUNGED, DIVED, TORN INTO THE ABYSS
SEEMINGLY BETRAYED

Who deserves attention when egoism takes over
give away your gaze, everyone deserves it

DIVIDED IN YOUR OWN BODY, LOST CONTROL
LOST CONTROL

Tear my heart from me
wrest away my brain
disburden me of everything
so I can live again

SELF-DIRECTED, IMPOSSIBLE TO INHIBIT

Automatisms steering, blurring, blinding
all resolution reconsidered until revocation
overcome by feeling, whom to trust
when you're lying to yourself
when you're lying to yourself

What disunion when everything extorts your attention

LOST CONTROL

Tear my heart from me
wrest away my brain
disburden me of everything
so I can live again

Lacuna

All songs written by Burden to Atlas

Felix Jaquemot - drums, shouts
Martina Greuel - vocals
Christian Hellenthal - guitar
Niklas Dammers - guitar
Thomas Schug - bass

Recorded and produced by Burden to Atlas
Mixed by Niklas Dammers
Mastered by Acle Kahney at 4D Sounds 
www.4dsounds.com
Photography by Astrid Greuel, artwork by Martina Greuel

Lyrics:

For years I've been spinning this web
Unwavering and impenetrable
A masquerade, free to observe without being seen
So comfortable to be alone

Trying to evade desaster, to avoid injury
Trying to blend in without exposing myself
Emprisoned in my own shelter, everything is safe and clear
A feeling of security, no threats are posed upon me here

Have I won, or have I lost?

Keep wearing your disguise, hide your face
Close those misty eyes and feel safe
Pins and needles destroy my silken fortress
Rays of light burn me alive

Ashes and dust, like a fish without water
An attempt to hide before they tear me to pieces
A suffocating scream, full of panic and anxiety
No sense of direction, I'm trying to escape
No place left where they won't find me
The game is over, have I won or have I lost
The only place, where they won't find me
The game is over, have I won or have I lost?

Keep wearing your disguise, hide your face
Close those misty eyes and feel safe
Pins and needles destroy my silken fortress
Rays of light burn me alive

As I lie on the floor with my corpse ripped open
Scars strewn across my heart
Penetrating gazes deprive me of my last prospects of protection
As I lie on the floor with my corpse ripped open

I cannot save you
You remain alone inside your cave
Inside your cave
I cannot save you
Inside your cave
Inside your

Masquerade

All songs written by Burden to Atlas

Felix Jaquemot - drums, shouts
Martina Greuel - vocals
Christian Hellenthal - guitar
Niklas Dammers - guitar
Thomas Schug - bass

Recorded and produced by Burden to Atlas
Mixed by Niklas Dammers
Mastered by Acle Kahney at 4D Sounds 
www.4dsounds.com
Photography and artwork by Martina Greuel

Lyrics:

Come one, come all
To my brand new play
Took so long to elaborate
Perfection under way
 
A fairytale of love, betrayal and treason
Of hope and affliction, nothing unconsidered
For no reason, all the themes so masterly entwined
Every scene played out in my head a thousand times
 
Tugging once to the left, twice to the right
Remain in charge with all my might
Stay thoroughly focused
Careful to not lose track
 
From up here I can see every change of direction
 
The moment has finally arrived
Everyone get in position
Let the world wait no longer
for my splendid creation
 
I am the puppeteer, controlling every limb
In charge of all your movements
Aberrations don't exist
Overseeing it all
From my pedestal I enthral
Pull the strings even tighter
Volition be lost beyond recall
 
Defy all resistance
Every distraction ruins my concept
You're all part of my play
No room for individuality
 
I am the puppeteer
In charge of all your movements
Aberrations don't exist
Overseeing it all
From my pedestal I enthral
Pull the strings even tighter
Volition be lost
 
I may be the author of this act
I may be able to direct
Your bodies, but I cannot get
Inside your heads
 
How foolish to think there would be no divergency
I may have written the script
But I don’t know the ending of the play

Neurospasmata

All songs written by Burden to Atlas

Felix Jaquemot - drums, shouts
Martina Greuel - vocals
Christian Hellenthal - guitar
Niklas Dammers - guitar
Bedu Ewald - bass

Recorded and produced by Burden to Atlas
Mixed by Niklas Dammers
Mastered by Acle Kahney at 4D Sounds 
www.4dsounds.com
Photography and artwork by Martina Greuel

Lyrics:

I watched a giant die
He was last of his kind
Unbreakable is what they said
But now he’s lying at my feet – rigid, pale and dead

All I could do was watch – Petrified
While he drew his final breath
I swore right then and there
That I would keep his words in mind

When its nostrils flared
For one last time
I put a curse
On my own kind
You will repent

All I could do was watch – Petrified
While she drew her dying breath
I swore right then and there
That I would put a curse on my own kind

You will repent – You will repent

I bade this giant deity farewell and promised on her loss I wouldn’t dwell
I bade this giant deity farewell and promised not to pity those who perished from my spell

But who am I to wave my finger, I must’ve been out of my head
The consequence that I have rendered, it’s all of us who should be dead

Kami no mononoke

Burden to Atlas is a five-member progressive metal band, pairing charismatic female vocals with brutal growls, catchy melodies with complex song structures and heavy music with profound lyrics.

Recorded, produced, and mixed by Burden to Atlas 
Mastered by Jan-Felix Klein at Armleuchter Studios
www.instagram.com/armleuchter.studio

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