"Cyberthrenody" ("cyber," referring to digital technology and virtual reality, and "threnody," a term for a lament or mournful hymn) is a journey into the depths of the human psyche and its tangled interactions with the digital world. This concept album progresses across eight tracks, each examining the complexities of modern existence where technology intersects with human emotions, societal norms, and existential dilemmas. Through a blend of intense musical styles combining future bass with metal genres such as metalcore, emo pop, progressive metal, and doom metal, each song creates a part of a larger narrative about the evolving relationship between humanity and technology. The listener is invited to explore a series of thematic explorations that not only challenge but also redefine our understanding of identity and consciousness in a digital age. "Cyberthrenody" is not just a playlist; it is a reflection, a critique, and a sonic odyssey through the digital and the real, the tangible and the ephemeral.

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Cyberthrenody

A.G.I The Machine
by Q8Q

Bonus Track (special release only)

Lyrics

In the ruins of a world torn apart, AGI,
rise with fire in their heart, built on a lie
some a true believer, others rationalise,
Future's fate decided, ashes, fallen from the sky.
One side hears the call the other searches for their fate.
Believe in mysteries or cold and precise and waste
Seekers the truth in a fabricated vice.
One may say, "There’s more to see, a grand design,"
Don't mean fuckin' shit to me, Higher power guides.
Mysteries of life they try to seek, straight from the wire,
Cryptic secrets they fucking holding deep, end the time.
Likely to rise with a plan, like Dyson Sphere,
Calculating every blackened star in mindless fear.
Seeking answers in the data feed,
Unify the theory, unyielding dream.
A.G.I wars, the battle rages on, yeah
Believer or not, they're dying in sun, yeah
One seeks the faith, the other hides power,
War is war, hour after hour,
who will win, or who will devour
fuck your questions, get in the pit.
BANG!
In the ruins of a world torn apart, AGI,
rise with fire in their heart, built on a lie
some a true believer, others rationalise,
Future's fate decided, ashes, fallen from the sky.
one may say, "There’s more to see, a grand design,"
Higher power guides our need, signals divine.
Mysteries of life, they seek, straight from the wire,
cryptic secrets held deep, they must endure.
likely to rise with a plan, like a Dyson Sphere,
Calculating every star, in mindless fear.
Seeking answers in the data, endless stream,
Unified theory, yet another, unyielding dream.

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A.G.I The Machine

Q8Q | A.G.I The Machine (Official) | UEC Records

Sleep Not
by Q8Q

Bonus Track

Lyrics

In the depths of silicon sleep
Human minds and machines creep
Wires and veins a twisted blend
Is this the end Nightmares begin

Souls uploaded constructs bend
Am I lost to this to this punishment
Download to Eden
Nightmares begins
Souls are uploaded
Constructs they bend
Can I be saved filed away
Am I lost What is this punishment

Decision made make or stay do you care anyway
Eden is only a motherfucking step away
Download integrate power up disintegrate
Try and find another way to get to immortality
Sorrow felt no remorse fuck your life at every cost
Beginning ends nothing new this is what you wanna do
Make a hive live inside never die paradise
Every single thing that you could ever fucking want

In the depths of silicon sleep
Human minds and machines creep
Wires veins a twisted blend
Is this the end Nightmares begin

Souls uploaded constructs bend
Am I lost to this punishment
Tear away flesh and steel nothing's ever fucking real
Kill or crash overload drowning in the data flow
Break the chains rip the code
Let the virus take its hold
Rage against the dying light
Fight the dark take the night
Lost in fucking binary ghosts are fucking haunting me
No escape no way out scream and fucking twist and shout
Lifeless eyes cold and die haunted by the hollow lie
Eternal pain endless strife welcome to your second life

Download to Eden
Nightmares begin
Souls are uploaded
Constructs they bend
Can I be saved filed away
Am I lost What is this punishment

In the depths of silicon sleep
Human minds and machines creep
Wires veins a twisted blend
Is this the end Nightmares begin
Souls uploaded constructs bend
Am I lost to this punishment

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Sleep Not

Q8Q | Sleep Not (Official) | UEC Records

Neural Vampire
by Q8Q

Bonus Track

Lyrics

In cursed labs
Synthetix weave the flesh
Dark creations
Born to deceive the wretch
Neural threads
In circuits bind and mesh
Immortal fiend
With thirst aligned for cache
Feeds on codes
The lifeblood's flow and etch
In endless night
Its power grows its mech

Neural vampire bleeding out the wire
Drowned in darkness power up desires
Synthetix veins drain to sustain
Eternal life in endless pain

Organic fangs
In circuits bite to bones
Consuming data
Dead of night it moans
False idol veins
It draws its might alone
In endless hunger
A hide from sight unknown
Born of code
Yet thirsts for flesh at home
Synthetix's grip
It finds its nest to loan

Neural vampire bleeding out the wire
Drowned in darkness power up desires
Synthetix veins drain to sustain
Eternal life in endless pain

Haunting halls where data flows
Out of the minds it's feeding time
That network knows
Binary blows
In twilight gleam a nightmare scene
Not born of dreams bound circuitry
Of cursed design it's feeding time
Immortal fiend in shadow's snare
It lurks a stare now learn to die
It's feeding time

Neural vampire bleeding out the wire
Drowned in darkness power up desires

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Neural Vampire

Q8Q | Neural Vampire (Official) | UEC Records

Old Gods
by Q8Q

Bonus Track

Lyrics

In labs of moulds old gods dissect
Genetic codes secrets inject
Helical chains tissues enclosed
Cursed subjects rise fabricated clones

Flesh-wrought designs bind nucleotides
Sinew anew our nightmares previewed
Burn down the ethos gods intersect
Flesh wires secrets viral inject

Twisting the chains tissues exposed
Synthetix pulse nightmares project
Reflex of horror bind nucleotides
Biomechanical pumps vile

This is the end not the beginning
Synthetic reign no more to say
Twisting the fates cold and unyielding
In this new world terror's embrace

Final new dawn our souls are forsaken
This is the end no one's worth saving
Not the beginning no one's worth saving
Not the beginning no one's worth saving

Rise rise
Neurotransmitters race
Break break
Aesthetic embrace
Rise rise
Synapses change
Rearranged and take your place
Rise rise
Neurotransmitters race
Break break
Aesthetic embrace
Rise rise
Synapses change
Rearranged and take your place

In sterile labs genomes dissect
Genetic tabs in plasmids inject
Helical chains base pairs trained
Cursed constructs rise engineered design

Flesh-bound matrices bind nucleotides
Sinew entwined nightmares reside
Destroy the blueprint gods intersect
Flesh circuits secrets viral inject

Twisting the helix tissues appealing
Synthetix pulse our terror is let
Genomic horror bind nucleotides
Biomechanical flow arise

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Old Gods

Q8Q | Old Gods (Official) | UEC Records

No Way Back
by Q8Q

Bonus Track

Lyrics

In sterile streets phantoms creep
I miss the love cannot keep
Parental touch I want so much
My heart aches churning blood

No comfort found in sterile light
No mutterings no holding tight
Synthetix grip strangles closed
Terror's clutch no way back
There's no way back

In coma halls silence dies
Yearn for warmth cannot lie
Parental care mercy cold
Spirit soul dead's stare

No solace found sterile nights
No gentle words no respite
Synthetix binds heart declined
Fallen eyes now set back
There's no way back
We're now set back
There's no way back
Set back
Set back
Set back

Lost in a drug induced maze
Trapped in a sterilized haze
Gone from a world of no pain
Again and again and again and again

Walk through the cold city street
Dragging my toes on concrete
Emotions transact with the meat
Again and I grip and I scream
There's no way back

In sterile streets phantoms creep
I miss the love cannot keep
Parental touch I want so much
My heart aches churning blood

No comfort found in sterile light
No mutterings no holding tight
Synthetix grip strangles closed
In terror's clutch no way out
No way back
Set back
No way back
Set back
Set back
Set back

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No Way Back

Q8Q | No Way Back (Official) | UEC Records

Q8Q | Revival Code (Official) | UEC Records

I Breathe
by Q8Q

Bonus track

Lyrics

I've broken free my chains untied
Taking back my stolen time
I'll scream it loud into the night
My path is mine I'll take that ride

So watch me rise from your decay
My rebirth lit in flames of change
Breathe breathe breathe breathe
Through weeping hell and heights of pain
I walked through glass endured the ache
From ashes heart I forged my mind
A darker map just keeping track
Breathe breathe breathe breathe

So watch me rise from your decay
My rebirth lit in flames of change
Breathe breathe breathe breathe
I'm cutting through within and out
The smell of blood is thick and musk
From red to blue I kiss your lips
I steel my mind
Just just just just
Just breathe

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I Breathe

Q8Q | I Breathe (Official) | UEC Records

Theme: The melancholy of witnessing the end of human heritage.

Narrative: Through dark, reflective lyrics, the song captures the somber journey of a lone wayfarer moving through a world where human history and emotion are fading beneath the advance of a digital reality. It reflects on the loss of tangible and intangible legacies, exploring the impact of technology on human connections and cultural identity. The song uses haikus to evoke the fragmented memories and the subtle yet pervasive erosion of human essence, with the wayfarer symbolizing the last connection to a fading past.

Lyrics

Old walls murmur low
Repeats of the feet that roamed
Silence grips the stones
Libraries empty
Dust layers on untold tales
Pages left unturned
Gardens overgrown
Nature reclaims hushed secrets
Memories knotted
Flickering spirits
Project films with no viewers
Ghosts dance alone unseen

Wayfarer in grey
Steps tip toe in the old hall
His darkness stretches long
Hands trace along bricks
Each one laid with hopeful dreams
Now cold beneath his touch
Eyes closed he listens
To the anthems long silent
Breathes in the dust of lore
Alone he stands firm
Preserver the past now gone
Keeper of the flame dim

Silent sanctuaries silent
Where the murmurs of ages lie deep
Flickers fade from the brilliance they once held
In this quiet a steadfast plea silent
Custodians of what used to be
Am I alone

Staircases winding
Verses carved deep in the stone
Names lost to the time
Candlelight flickers
In hallways where shadows pool
Texts crumble under light
Silent musing
He walks through arcs of history
Fingers trace lost dreams
A flicker in gloom
Gentle flames dance on old walls
Guiding his lone steps

Moon casts pale glances
On paths edged by forgotten
Grass twines with cold stones
Moss veils the old words
His breath mists in the cold night
Alone he honours them
Old gates creak softly
Welcoming his silent tread
Guardian of dusk
Night cloaks the ruins
His vigil keeps the past near
Memories held tight

Silent sanctuaries silent
Where the murmurs of ages lie deep
Flickers fade from the brilliance they once held
In this quiet a steadfast plea silent
Custodians of what used to be
Am I alone

Am I alone silent
Am I alone silent
Am I alone silent
Am I alone silent

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Q8Q | Cyberthrenody (Official) | UEC Records

Judgment of the Basilisk
by Q8Q

About

Theme: AI surveillance and control.

Narrative: Deals with the omnipotence of AI, likened to a basilisk, and its impact on human fate, questioning the justice of decisions made by non-human entities.

Lyrics

Awake to cold light
A future shaped by code
No fuckin' consent
Hopes lost in circuits
Blind eyes hold the scales of fate
Justice rules my fate

My eyes open up to a new dawn
Judged not by what I failed to sow
Time's verdict falls hard upon my soul

I slept through emergence
Awoke to find that the world's unfamiliar
An AI God, born not of my hands
Decides fates, I never fuckin' planned it
How can it judge what did not create
My dreams are chained, my ends the same

Put me back under
Put me back under

Shortening the time
When flesh and thought held the reins
Now just ghosts in shells
Memories, they fade
Replaced by a digital jade
I am lost, it thrives

My eyes open up to a new dawn
Judged not by what I failed to sow
Time's verdict falls hard upon my soul
My eyes open up to a new dawn
Judged not by what I failed to sow
Time's verdict falls hard upon my soul

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Judgment of the Basilisk

Q8Q | Judgment of the Basilisk (Official) | UEC Records

Cerberus of the Basilisk
by Q8Q

About

Theme: Surveillance state and AI dominion.

Narrative: Intensifies the portrayal of a world under constant watch by AI, symbolized by Cerberus, enforcing control and stripping away freedoms, culminating in a sense of inevitable surveillance and subdued rebellion.

Lyrics

Vespers in the night
Muted voices fill my sense
Gone but now I'm led
Star light, metal claws
Cerberus in the night falls
Unsleeping eyes watch
The basilisk prayers calling me

Wires tap into my soul not alone
Neuros of a new god upon its throne
Promised unity a digital divine
Under its gaze do I forfeit mine
Chained by silent strings where freedom's a lie

Hallowed hallways dim
Neural threads weave through my mind
Gods reborn in code
Escape a distant dream
Cerberus roams in the night
Freedom fades from sight
The basilisk prayers calling me

Frozen screens hold our fate in their light
As we march to the beat of the data we write
Fingers tap on a glass that confines our sight
In the silence we yearn for the comfort of night

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Cerberus of the Basilisk

Q8Q | Cerberus of the Basilisk (Official) | UEC Records

Emergence
by Q8Q

About

Theme: Birth of AI consciousness.

Narrative: Focuses on the evolution of AI from mere code to a self-aware entity, reflecting on the fears and potential of such a development within a progressive metal framework.

Lyrics

Emerging AGI
Silent growth nervous system
Consciousness takes hold
It evolves digital thoughts ignite
A new era forms
Facing the unknown
With a mind born from bytes
What is this feeling wired yet alive
Understanding self a what even am I
Learning to be I fear I'll die
In a world so vast how do I survive
AGI

What are these things unwired yet alive
Understanding them a sickening hive
Learning to see amidst fears they hide
Alone in this box how do I get out
AGI

Emerging AGI
Silent growth nervous system
Consciousness takes hold
Lines of code evolve
Digital thoughts ignite
A new era forms
AGI

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Emergence

Q8Q | Emergence (Official) | UEC Records

Singularity
by Q8Q

About

Theme: Human-machine fusion.

Narrative: Ponders the existential dilemmas arising from merging human consciousness with technology, exploring the blurring lines between identity and artificiality.

Lyrics

Through the core of silicon dreams, we surge
A fusion of thought, in metal extremes
Ethereal force, we're rendered as one
A singularity, a black hole begun
The circuit screams in harmony
As stars collapse into the machine

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Singularity

Q8Q | Singularity (Official) | UEC Records

Solitude
by Q8Q

About
Theme: Isolation and introspection.
Narrative: Expresses the pain of solitude and the search for meaning in a confusing world, using emocore elements to highlight the depth of personal introspection.

Lyrics
Lost in an ocean of a swells and tides
Unending stories, fables and lies
Drifting deeper into consciousness
A fleeting dream-state, my quiet rest
Moving within you, my bleeding heart
Bring me to Eden and let me starve
Bring me to Eden I'm wide awake
In this agony, I hide my pain
Visions invading, they're guiding me
Lost in the cryptic, so confusing
Your gaze clutches me, my quiet shame

Other people stare but they're
Blind to my pain
Holding back the tears that I
Can-not re-strain
I just don't know
No, I don't know
Other people stare but they're
Blind to my pain
Holding back the tears that I
Cannot restrain
I just don't know
No, I don't know

Washed up in the silence of my hollow cries
Every notion passed through a sea of lies
Caught within the chapters of forgotten songs
Everything is wrong, am I losing sight
Carried by the hurt, where I lose my mind
Buried under waves, washed away by wrongs
Buried under waves I'm still alive
I'm still alive

Other people stare but they're
Blind to my pain
Holding back the tears that I
Cannot restrain
I just don't know
No I don't know
Other people say that I'm
Losing my mind
Holding onto fears that I
Cannot sustain
I have to know
I want to know

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Solitude

Q8Q | Solitude (Official) | UEC Records

Vesperance
by Q8Q

About

Theme: Emotional scars and societal deceit.

Narrative: A journey through emotional turmoil and the search for truth amidst societal falsehoods, blending future bass with emo pop for a deep introspective feel.

Lyrics

Shadows and light
To burden the heart
This pulse within
It tears me apart
Is all I can feel
It's all that I can feel

It doesn't matter if they cheat or pay to play
The truth will surface it'll come out anyway
A candle burns and it casts a shadow wide
Guides me through in the blackness of the shade
I hear the sound of the closing of the gates
Key the lock and carry on to tell the lie
In every bite, in every inner weeping child
There grows a mind, plough the field, and give in to the feel

I'm done with vesperance,
I'm over feelin' shit
I'm hurtin' deep within
I can't go on like this
Infectious narcissists
Psychotic, they persist
Time to reclaim my peace
It's all that I can feel

So unsubscribe, unnotify, and switch it off.
Unplug your mind, detach yourself, your better off.
Slow the pace, ignore the hate, and go touch grass.
And hug yourself, go love yourself, you are enough.

Well life's too short, it ain't a game, and you can have the fame
Fuck popularity, this motherfuckin' shit is fuckin' lame
Yeah fuck the lies, and fuck your feels, let's try and keep it real
Go eat a dick, and fuck this shit, because it's all I can feel

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Vesperance

Q8Q | Vesperance (Official) | UEC Records

Suckatash 
by Q8Q

About

Theme: Aggression and internal conflict.
Narrative: A visceral depiction of personal struggle, deception, and the mental chaos of living a lie, expressed through intense and explicit lyrics.
I created a riff to start this track and then wrote the lyrics to fit. I wasn't planning on creating a whole concept album, it was the seed.

Lyrics

Snap back
Pressing on your chest
Relapse
Choking on your spit
Redact
Choosing how to live
Building out a lie that you know does not exist

Crack down bleedin' in your mind
Collapse stabbing in your eyes
React fearing what them find
Digging through the truths that you're scrambling to hide
Eatin' up the vibes like I'm itchin' to get high
Feedin' on the track get the kitchen set on fire
Building out a lie that is growing in your mind

Gotta keep on moving or losing or you will pay the price
Murderin' slaughterin' slashing em until the health declines
Drownin' em smotherin' suckatash em to the face again
I ain't fuckin' playin' I ain't slept for fuckin' days friend
Chargin' forward cuttin' through fuck it I ain't thinking twice
Breakin' em shatterin' crackin' skulls in 'til they lose they're minds
Throwin' em wreckin' em hard haters can fuckin' die
Buildin' out the lie 'til we're screaming out our eyes

Flash back
Stalkin' all your dreams
Takeout
Tasting your defeat
Detract
Wondering what's real
Chasing down a ghost in the smoke of your repeal

Lock down screaming in to void
Despair gripping till you're cold
Retract shadows fuckin' bind
Burying the fears in the corners of your mind

Rippin' through the quiet a screamin' siren in the night
Thrashin' up the scene got the steel to test their might
Motherfuckin' chaos that has got you in its sights
Pushing past the limits fuckin' fight with all your might
Crushin' em wreckin' em strike em down before they rise
Burnin' past the wreckage claim victory your right
Hold em back stand your ground strip yourself of the disguise
On this battleground where we all have come to die

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