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Cross. Deny. Glorify.

by ATHANATHEOS

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1.
The Cross
2.
You Were Not
3.
Credo Quia Absurdum
4.
They Are Spreading the Pestilence
5.
To Deny
6.
The Silent Oblivion 07:15
lyrics
In the year 370, in Alexandria, Egypt, Flavius is writing a letter to his son Marcus: My son, years have passed and this is my last breath, I give you the last spark of the light of reason and common sense, and I know it will shine in your mind In this old country, the ancestral Egypt, I can feel the weight of ages So many gods, so many beliefs disappeared in the sands of time When I look to those majestic pyramids, I can see the eternal fight against vanity and death by the forgotten ones How many men have died for this? How many men die for this? How many will die for the silent oblivion? When I look to those forgotten divinities, I can hear the silent oblivion Alexandria has known many fights for religious beliefs Pagans against Christians against Jews Nothing but hatred for only illusion What we call god today will be called idol tomorrow What we call religion today will be called superstition tomorrow What we call dead today will remain dead tomorrow What we call dead today will remain dead tomorrow How many men have died for this? How many men die for this? How many will die for the silent oblivion? When will our divinities be forgotten? Will you hear their silent oblivion? My son, I leave this world, light of heart As I reach my final destination, The silent oblivion of the universe Like many did before me and many will do after… Because I know you will live your life enlightened by awareness and reason I hope you will live free of illusion, free of all kind of superstition Free of the fear of death and the unknown And one day, maybe, one day humanity will be free Free to be rid of the gods Free to live for itself… Solo: Marvin Monternault
7.
Witness
8.
Rise of Terror, Rise of Intolerance
9.
To Glorify

about

The resurgence in death metal's popularity over the past decade has been a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the sheer number of new and emerging bands means that there have never been more quality releases to relish. On the other hand, there has also never been greater pressure for bands to conform to established genre conventions in order to find an audience. Bands that do not neatly fit into the niche of "old-school", "brutal", "technical", "melodic", or "dissonant" will frequently fall through the cracks and be ignored by extreme metal's taste-makers. Through a decade-long career this has so far been the fate of France's ATHANATHEOS.

Risen from the ashes of SOUL REJECTED in 2012, ATHANATHEOS has to date unleashed two of the most thoughtful, meticulously-crafted and difficult-to-characterize death metal records of recent memory, with 2012's Alpha Theistic and 2020's Prophetic Era (Or How Yahveh Became the One). Both albums, as well as the sophomore's companion EP Eskhatos, manifested a multi-faceted and thoughtful take on death metal that defied trends by synthesizing influences from across the extreme metal spectrum. Traces of influence from the likes of IMMOLATION, NILE, NIGHTBRINGER and FUNERAL MIST appear as color and texture while the lines, shape and spaces on the canvas are those of a thoroughly unique design.

This approach remains consistent on ATHANATHEOS' third album, Cross. Deny. Glorify. - a work of the sort of scope and ambition that speaks to a band confident in its ability to emerge from the gutters of obscurity and reveal itself to a broader audience. Befitting a concept album that follows the paths of three generations of Roman soldiers as they watch their empire decay from within in the wake of Emperor Constantine's adoption of Christanity as its official religion, every song on Cross. Deny. Glorify. is unique in its character while holding true to a core musical vision that binds the entire record. From the militaristic chug that opens "The Cross," to the nimble melodic counterpoint of "You Were Not," to the pensive and melancholic doom-paced climax of "The Silent Oblivion," to the crumbling sprawl of closer "To Glorify," this record manages to conjure grandeur and ruin with fervor and earnestness that's rare and refreshing in the modern extreme metal scene.

Conceptualized and meticulously assembled and refined over a period of two decades (the ideas from which the record germinated date back to 2001), it's unsurprising that Cross. Deny. Glorify. defies the zeitgeist the way it does. The mentality that undergirds this record is the same one that allowed death metal to evolve and thrive in the exile of absolute ostracism by the mainstream: No trends, no compromise, only pure vision.

credits

releases April 14, 2023

ATHANATHEOS :

Samuel Girard: Extreme vocals and clean choirs, guitars
Nils Delhaye-Boloh: Bass

Antoine Poisson: Session Drums
Kiato Luu: Solos on "Credo Quia Absurdum", "They Are spreading the Pestilence" and "To Glorify".
Marvin Monternault: Guitars on "To Deny", solos on "The Silent Oblivion".
Aurélien Guerriau: Guitars on "Rise of terror, rise of intolerance".

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