© 2014 Effigy-Media | Alex Steele | Devin Whitley

LYRICS:

Just like a syringe, it dug deep into the skin of our world.
Like the point of a dagger, it was thrust into flesh with ill-intent.
Marked with script unknown to man, it made the Earth it’s home.
Still the brightest minds of mankind say origin unknown.

Oh, but we all know
it’s a symbol of our oppression.

It came to us from afar to wound the Earth.
To leave a scar. What does it mean?

Like a tree it’s roots run deep so far into the ground.
Like a sword it cuts through the sky far beyond our towers and clouds.
Striking fear into all who behold. It’s presence here is evil and cold.
Some may say that the end is near, but that’s not the thing that we want to hear.

Oh, it’s a matter of time
before our world’s annihilation.

It came to us from afar to wound the Earth.
To leave a scar. What does it mean?

Oh, but we all know
it’s a symbol of our oppression.

It came to us from afar to wound the Earth.
To leave a scar. What does it mean?

Oh. What does it mean?
Oh. What does it mean?
Oh. What does it mean?

The Arrival

© 2014 Effigy-Media | Alex Steele | Devin Whitley

LYRICS:

No!
No!

Shattered stone. Broken bones.
Bloodied bodies laying everywhere.
Loss of life. Pain and strife.
I remember the screaming.
From the wreckage I rise.
I thought it was a dream.
Wipe the blood from my eyes
to bear witness to chaos.

Looking around, all I know is gone.
Family, friends, and so many lost.
I don’t know how I’m still a live.
It’s a miracle that I didn’t die.

Lives are taken.
People here than gone.
The world’s been wounded
by a force unknown.

No!
No!

Broken hope. All alone.
I walk through the wasteland.
So much death. So much loss.
I still can’t believe this.
I feel so empty inside
as I inhale the ashes.
I hear a voice from within
and it cries out for vengeance.

Looking around, all I know is gone.
Family, friends, and so many lost.
I don’t know how I’m still a live.
It’s a miracle that I didn’t die.

Lives are taken.
People here than gone.
The world’s been wounded
by a force unknown.

No!

Milliaria Obruto

© 2014 Effigy-Media | Alex Steele | Devin Whitley

LYRICS:

Death and destruction is all that we know.
Your world is ours now so you have to go.
Unleash the drones.
Targets and victims are all that we see.
You’re less than nothing you human disease.
Get on your knees.

Run. Hide. Pray.
Hunt. Find. Eviscerate.
Run. Hide. Pray.
Crush. Kill. Incinerate.

We’ve only come here for one thing.
You never stood a chance at all.
You can’t escape the fate we bring;
That humanity will fall.

We march through the wreckage extinguishing life.
The smoke from the fires turn day into night.
We show our might.
Lifeless the bodies that lay at our feet.
Killing addiction, a need which to feed.
We’ll watch you bleed.

Run. Hide. Pray.
Hunt. Find. Eviscerate.
Run. Hide. Pray.
Crush. Kill. Incinerate.

We’ve only come here for one thing.
You never stood a chance at all.
We’ve only come here for one thing.
You never stood a chance at all.
You can’t escape the fate we bring;
That humanity will fall.

Run. Hide. Pray.
Hunt. Find. Eviscerate.
Run. Hide. Pray.
Crush. Kill. Incinerate.
Run. Hide. Pray.
Hunt. Find. Eviscerate.
Run. Hide. Pray.
Crush. Kill. Incinerate.

You never stood a chance at all.
You can’t escape the fate we bring;
That humanity will fall.

Automatons

© 2014 Effigy-Media | Alex Steele | Devin Whitley

LYRICS:

Now we unleash the beast
that lurks in oceans deep.
We'll crush you on the land.
We'll drown you in your seas.
With claws and tentacles
attacking from beneath,
your men will surely die;
your ships will surely sink.

The maelstrom takes you down.
Waves crashing all around.
Your men fought strong and brave,
but me their watery grave.

The end comes from below.
Down is where you will go.
Deep into the abyss.
Souls which will not be missed.

The water starts to churn.
Vortex begins to form.
Warships begin to spin
towards oblivion.
You will not win this war.
The beast is much too strong.
All ships ships at sea are lost.
All signs of hope are gone.

The maelstrom takes you down.
Waves crashing all around.
Your men fought strong and brave,
but me their watery grave.

The end comes from below.
Down is where you will go.
Deep into the abyss.
Souls which will not be missed.

You find it hard to breath
beneath the turbulent seas.
Your muscles start to seize.
You feel your spirit leave
The maelstrom takes you down.
Waves crashing all around.
Your men fought strong and brave,
but me their watery grave.

The end comes from below.
Down is where you will go.
Deep into the abyss.
Souls which will not be missed.

Maelstrom

© 2014 Effigy-Media | Alex Steele | Devin Whitley

LYRICS

Countless worlds have met their end at my hand.
Cities burned and seas dried up into sand.

What’s your life to me
(Whats your life?)
Nothing

Death is what I bring
(Death is)
With Me 

We do as our lord commands us.
You have to die.
You do as your lord commands you.
Now you know why.

Moved not by your suffering.
Death walks beside me hand in hand.

Traveled long to bring my acolytes here.
Cries for mercy will only fall on deaf ears.
 
What’s your life to me
(Whats your life?)
Nothing

Death is what I bring
(Death is)
With Me 

We do as our lord commands us.
You have to die.
You do as your lord commands you.
Now you know why.

Moved not by your suffering.
Death walks beside me hand in hand.

We do as our lord commands us.
You have to die.
You do as your lord commands you.
Now you know why.

Moved not by your suffering.
Death walks beside me hand in hand.

Nephael (One Whom Death Follows)

© 2014 Effigy-Media | Alex Steele | Devin Whitley

LYRICS:

The will of the one be our own.
Forever he sits on his throne.
Life eternal he holds in his hands.
For this you all must understand

We reap across the galaxy sustaining his immortality.
In return, he grants us our own

For millennia we’ve kept our word.
Let the cries of death be heard.
As agreed the promise endures.
As many lives as it will take.
As many worlds we must forsake.
For our lord, we shall kill in his name.

We walk with the one.
All shall be undone.
Forever we will live.
Your lives are ours to give.
Sacrificial lamb.
The universe be damned.
Agreeing to his terms,
The galaxy will burn.
Burn!
The galaxy will burn!

Forever now we’ve fought and served.
Our endless life is well deserved.
In victory we speak his name.
Not sorry, your loss is our gain.

We reap across the galaxy sustaining his immortality.
In return, he grants us our own

For millennia we’ve kept our word.
Let the cries of death be heard.
As agreed the promise endures.
As many lives as it will take.
As many worlds we must forsake.
For our lord, we shall kill in his name.

Forever we shall stand.
Meeting his demands.
Heeding to his call.
Empires will fall.
Mastered space and time.
All that lives shall die.
Agreeing to his terms,
The galaxy will burn.
Burn!
The galaxy will burn!

For millennia we’ve kept our word.
Let the cries of death be heard.
As agreed the promise endures.
As many lives as it will take.
As many worlds we must forsake.
For our lord, we shall kill in his name.

Burn!
The galaxy will burn!

The Promise Enduring

© 2015 Effigy-Media | Alex Steele | Devin Whitley

LYRICS:

The will of the one be our own.
Forever he sits on his throne.
Life eternal he holds in his hands.
For this you all must understand

We reap across the galaxy sustaining his immortality.
In return, he grants us our own

For millennia we’ve kept our word.
Let the cries of death be heard.
As agreed the promise endures.
As many lives as it will take.
As many worlds we must forsake.
For our lord, we shall kill in his name.

We walk with the one.
All shall be undone.
Forever we will live.
Your lives are ours to give.
Sacrificial lamb.
The universe be damned.
Agreeing to his terms,
The galaxy will burn.
Burn!
The galaxy will burn!

Forever now we’ve fought and served.
Our endless life is well deserved.
In victory we speak his name.
Not sorry, your loss is our gain.

We reap across the galaxy sustaining his immortality.
In return, he grants us our own

For millennia we’ve kept our word.
Let the cries of death be heard.
As agreed the promise endures.
As many lives as it will take.
As many worlds we must forsake.
For our lord, we shall kill in his name.

Forever we shall stand.
Meeting his demands.
Heeding to his call.
Empires will fall.
Mastered space and time.
All that lives shall die.
Agreeing to his terms,
The galaxy will burn.
Burn!
The galaxy will burn!

For millennia we’ve kept our word.
Let the cries of death be heard.
As agreed the promise endures.
As many lives as it will take.
As many worlds we must forsake.
For our lord, we shall kill in his name.

Burn!
The galaxy will burn!

The Promise Enduring (Acoustic Bonus Track)

© 2015 Effigy-Media | Alex Steele | Devin Whitley

LYRICS:

Through fire and pain we rise again.
With hope renewed, we fight to win.
With all we have lost we still carry on.
It’s always the darkest before the dawn.

This is our world.
We’re taking it back.
Our backs off the wall.
We’re on the attack.

We honor our brothers who fought and bled.
We’ve taken the oath to avenge our dead.

You came, You saw, You’ve conquered nothing at all.
You thought you’d take our world.
Without a fight at all.
But now you’ve met your match mankind will never ever fall.
You thought you’d claim our souls,
You thought you’d have your way.
But we are much too strong you’ll never ever see the day. 

Honor. Strength. We break through the line.
Our enemies fall. Now is our time.
The outcome is one which they couldn’t foresee.
our weapons raised high in victory

With valor we march.
Ice in our veins.
The will to resist.
Victory is gained.

We honor our brothers who fought and bled.
We’ve taken the oath to avenge our dead.

You came, You saw, You’ve conquered nothing at all.
You thought you’d take our world.
Without a fight at all.
But now you’ve met your match mankind will never ever fall.
You thought you’d claim our souls,
You thought you’d have your way.
But we are much too strong you’ll never ever see the day. 

Vengeance be ours.
Blood shall be spilled.
We honor the oath.
For those you have killed.

We honor our brothers who fought and bled.
We’ve taken the oath to avenge our dead.

You came, You saw, You’ve conquered nothing at all.
You thought you’d take our world.
Without a fight at all.
But now you’ve met your match mankind will never ever fall.
You thought you’d claim our souls,
You thought you’d have your way.
But we are much too strong you’ll never ever see the day.  

Vengeance For The Fallen

© 2015 Effigy-Media | Alex Steele | Devin Whitley

LYRICS:

Hail to the chosen ones;
receiving newfound power.
Experiments have begun.
Ones which will change their bodies. 
Now that the deed is done:
Eyes open, Don’t miss it, Witness the transformation

We have created gods in the flesh;
Walking, living, breathing, merchants of death.

Leave none alive - Enemies meant to die.
Leave none alive - Enemies meant to die.
Leave none alive - Enemies meant to die.
Leave none alive - Enemies meant to die.
Meant to die. Meant to die.

I feel the power beneath my skin.
Next step in mankind’s evolution.

Answering the call.
With the strength to end it all.
We’ll give all we have to give.
To ensure that we will live on.

Head strong were moving in;
to bring annihilation.
Instincts on overdrive.
The need to watch them suffer.
Cleanse the world of this filth.
no mercy, we cast them, back to the hell from which they came.

We wield our weapons with ill-intent.
to rid our world of unwanted residents.

Leave none alive - Enemies meant to die.
Leave none alive - Enemies meant to die.
Leave none alive - Enemies meant to die.
Leave none alive - Enemies meant to die.
Meant to die. Meant to die.

I feel the power beneath my skin.
Next step in mankind’s evolution.

Answering the call.
With the strength to end it all.
We’ll give all we have to give.
To ensure that we will live on.

Leave none alive - Enemies meant to die.
Leave none alive - Enemies meant to die.
Leave none alive - Enemies meant to die.
Leave none alive - Enemies meant to die.


The Willing

Devin Whitley:
Vocals, Writing, Artwork

Alexander Steele:
Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Synth/Drum Programming, Writing, Production

STORY SYNOPSIS:

An army of a hellish, humanoid aliens, The Travelers Eternal, arrive on Earth by means of The Black Spire. They are here to wage a war in tribute to their god, Xin. Xin* is a world-sized being sitting upon a dreadnaught throne in the fringes of the Milky Way galaxy. He has an extraordinary capacity for logic and wisdom, although he uses his intellect for his own gain. The Travelers Eternal were created by Xin through genetic synthesis using flesh that he manifested into our dimension. They serve Xin to fulfill his will, The Promise Enduring, which is the covenant made between Xin and the The Travelers Eternal to travel the void and reap the souls** of discovered sentient life in order to maintain his immortality. In return, he grants The Travelers Eternal with an everlasting natural life, although they can still be killed by unnatural means as they are completely of this realm. 

Xin has sent out thousands of prophets in large black spires to scour the galaxy, each bringing along with them four disciples; each with their own army of acolytes that fight in the name of their god.

After the initial impact of The Black Spire, Humanity is in complete confusion as to what this object is. All is revealed soon enough when The Travelers Eternal Disciples appear with their acolytes and start committing a massacre on the human race. 

After many months of laying low, the governments of the world start losing hope, until they are able to finally win a battle. This victory proves they are fallible, and a plan is enacted to ensure the survival of man-kind, no matter the cost.

* Xin is believed by his followers to be from a much higher dimension, but has mastered the ability to physically exist in any dimension he chooses. He attains this by the sacrificial murder of any sentient life that he finds.

** Reaping Souls in this context refers to storing the potential life force from murdered enemies. They are able to perform “dark rituals” on-board The Black Spire to coax inter-dimensional energy, what humans consider their souls, from their physical forms. These “dark rituals” are technically nothing more than chanting to advanced machinery aboard The Black Spire; machinery that connects the struck world’s space-time to Xin’s root-dimensional consciousness.


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