The Path to Bedlam

by Sublation

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mourner This is a very convincing way to write some grade A tech death. Always a good eye on the song and obviously cherishing catchyness and groove without coming short in regard of aggression. Favorite track: Trepanning of the Evangelics.

warchrist30 Your Death Metal collection is incomplete without this album! Favorite track: Black Monday (Feat. Dominik Winter).

caggac scratches that itch Favorite track: Black Monday (Feat. Dominik Winter).

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1.	The Sectioning 01:02		buy track
2.	Trepanning of the Evangelics 03:15	lyrics	buy track
Vaticide Infected speech contaminantes, I excide Bastardized idolatry clings to life A theistic perversion to lobotomize Prepare the knife Dissected The cranial malformation’s infected Hirudo medicinalis is ineffective Execute the cure for the christian panic Let no Nazarene’s live This madness they believe They plead with arms spread wide To a leader none can see For salvation from this life Leucotome; it is the key To unlock what’s in one’s mind From Bedlam, ye shall be saved Faith rots them from the inside Malignant Spoiled blood, perversion of the miscreant Maturation of the dormant Heretical propensity for sacrament Abortivus Fideicide Intravenous antidotal cyanide Extirpate infection of your kind When reason subjugates pride the faith benign This madness they believe They plead with arms spread wide To a leader none can see For salvation from this life Leucotome; it is the key To unlock what’s in one’s mind From Bedlam, ye shall be saved Faith rots them from the inside Their past can be erased No future tomes devined We burn the word, extinguish speech No god returns, no god designed We lead them two by two Their passion is their drive “He died for us, we’ll die for him” The gas inhaled, the flame ignites
3.	Let The Fire Burn (Feat. John Norcross) 04:13	lyrics	buy track
This blood you spilt These fractured bones you stole Archived. Erased. Descendancy obscured These streets, they crack This is how your kind learns You steal, You break, You let this fire burn You justify malfeasance under this veil of reason This body’s property, examined, taken, dated, shown The ideal specimen, a perfect tool for inculcation Doxastic formulation; a vindication of what you own The ground was broken and beaten and graves were robbed before they were sealed These charred remains contain the key to unknown mysteries What cost? What price? Is striping away humanity? This blood you spilt These fractured bones you stole Archived. Erased. Descendancy obscured These streets, they crack This is how your kind learns You steal, You break You let this fire burn You took away their names Just bones upon a shelf A box of stamped remains This body’s property, examined, taken, dated, shown Doxastic formulation; a vindication of what you own You took away their names These fractured bones you stole Archived and Erased Descendancy obscured
4.	Hypnotic Regression (Feat. Rocco Minichiello) 03:23	lyrics	buy track
You feel every breath sink in Your memories trapped inside The walls around you deepen A doorway made of light My voice will guide the way in this regression sojourn If your mind goes astray I know not what will return A father, cloaked shadow His daughter bleeding light The ritual sacrifice The worship of the piots In my blood holds a secret I’d risk my life to keep it A lineage bred divine Our stillborn king arrives His embryonic tomb Placed on this tainted shrine We consumed of his flesh Bathed in his spoiled wine Let my voice guide the way in this regression sojourn If your mind goes astray I know not what will return A father, cloaked shadow His daughter bleeding light The ritual sacrifice The worship of the piots I am fracturing the world around me My screams echo from below The god my father served has finally found me The stillborn king takes control I remember how his flock surrounds me He cracked the shell of this forsaken womb I remember how his hands would grasp me My screams silenced, he resumed Let my voice guide the way in this regression sojourn If your mind goes astray I know not what will return I’ve trained for my whole life In the secrets of the mind I say your name you laugh Ego sum deus malum Follow my voice towards the light I can save you from what’s inside Listen, as I count down from five Then you can open your eyes I wanted your weight lifted A doorway shut inside Black tears embrace your neck I don’t know what survived I remember how his flock surrounds me He cracked the shell of this forsaken womb I remember how his hands would grasp me My screams silenced, he resumed In my womb lay my father's secret Placed in an embryonic tomb My mother made me risk my life to keep it There’s no repressing once exhumed
5.	Black Monday (Feat. Dominik Winter) 04:13	lyrics	buy track
I must consume To foster scarcity Falsify hope Feed those who worship me Exigent appetite As it will always be Eternal consumers Believe that god fulfills their needs The markets tremble in my wake Pay ‘til my hunger subsides Capital will be your grave On debted land I provide We’re born, we pay in blood, we become All Hail, God Mammon We’re born, we pay in blood, we become All Hail, God Mammon Redde quod debes et non morieris Cuius est solum, eius est usque ad inferos It is as it was As it will always be You kneel before the god of coin who knows that nothing’s free The markets tremble in my wake Pay ‘til my hunger subsides Capital will be your grave On debted land I provide We’re born, we pay in blood, we become All Hail, God Mammon We’re born, we pay in blood, we become All Hail, God Mammon This is real power Built on the backs of beasts Our lord who held the reins, he forged the debt that owns the meek We rip it from the earth Infernal currency The scribe who inked the pen, he wrote in blood, our history This human sacrifice That built this industry We finance culture, we buy states, we are diplomacy Perpetual institution The time has come to feed You kneel before the god of coin who knows that nothing’s free Consume them whole Consume them whole Consume them whole Consume them whole Blood for Blood We pay the debt of which we owe Blood for Blood Seize the means, regain control Exsanguinate the lamb with your blade held high Penetrate the skull and the body will rise Der Arbeiter gehört dem Kapital, schon bevor er sich an das Kapital verkauft Seine ökonomische Knechtschaft wird durch den periodischen Verkauf seiner selbst, durch den Wechsel seiner Herren und durch die Schwankungen des Marktwertes der Arbeitskraft sowohl herbeigeführt als auch verborgen We’re born, we pay in blood, we become All Hail, God Mammon We’re born, we pay in blood, we become All Hail, God Mammon
6.	The Alchemist 03:16	lyrics	buy track
Stones piled high Prison’s built from the mortar of law Spires of excess Religion’s built from the brothel’s bricks Tradition of lies Shadow forms, dissimulate truth Fraudulent nemesis Allegiance pledged to correlative deities I reject the symbols given to me You enslave through systems that you created No God No Adversary I create A path to apostasy No verse The silence is deafening No testament Hollow words fade from your memory No remorse No sacrament The word of god is the folly of man I reject the symbols given to me You enslave through systems that you created No God No Adversary I create A path to apostasy Burn the west Spoiled soil, tainted ash Cleanse the earth Chymify what’s left Burn the west One language, One speech We became the flood That will divide us all So let it be written, so let it be done I am leviathan bellum omnium contra omnes My Kingdom is Darkness The “just man” kept his course along the villain left on his path with ease Now the sneaking serpent walks Where lions roam In mild humility Roses planted where thorns used to grow On every cliff and every tomb He who suffers has no time for sorrow A crown of ignorance is placed upon you
7.	Haunted Shores (Feat. Tom Geldschläger) 03:48	lyrics	buy track
I’ve seen this land before These haunted shores exclaim “You never left this war, you only fanned the flames” The smoke became a fog So dense no light breaks through Screams heard by foreign gods Their words live on in you The beach is calling me The waves will bring me home That night is all I see I walk these shores alone I used to watch the stars Fall into hands outstretched All memories; faded scars There are no good ones left Siren, she beckons Her voice calls out to me Silence, my blessing I have no words to speak Decay, the terror I face this atrophy Afraid, this darkness Is all that waits for me Yellow hammers pound the sky The endless night resumes Red banners raised up high This beach; a foreign tomb We wrought down pestilence Eternal flames consumed From smoke was born the fog So dense no light breaks through The beach is calling me The waves will bring me home That night is all I see I walk these shores alone I used to watch the stars Fall into hands outstretched All memories; faded scars There are no good ones left Siren, she beckons Her voice calls out to me Silence, my blessing I have no words to speak Decay, the terror I face this atrophy Afraid, this darkness Is all that waits for me Death. She calls me, I take her hand Fear. I can’t speak, I see the end. Death. She calls me, I take her hand Fear. I can’t speak, I see the end. Shadows (take me) Deep Inside Judgement (he screams) thou art denied Shadows (take me) Deep Inside Judgement (he screams) thou art denied I used to watch the stars Fall into hands outstretched My memories are faded scars There are no good ones left
8.	Evoked Through Obsidian 02:52	lyrics	buy track
What hides inside this fractured glass of mine? Celestial winged beings force their words inside my mind Deceit, Seething Beneath script I transcribe Deceit, Seething Beneath script I encode what’s been confide I speak false words of divine For kingdom I persist For kingdom I provide I am the serpent of lies Remember I exist Remember I survive My reach extends beyond this ethereal sky Temptations of the flesh I partake what’s once denied Deceit, Seething Beneath script I transcribe Deceit, Seething Beneath script I encode what’s been confide I speak false words of divine For kingdom I persist For kingdom I provide I am the serpent of lies Remember I exist Remember I survive I’ve been ordained the voice of ADONAI It’s been revealed to me My seed must grow inside your wife Enochian ritual Beyond the realm of man’s conception We are but vessels Birth the era of illumination Can you hear it? These winged beings all around us They speak of prophecy To be fulfilled in copulation For kingdom I persist For kingdom I provide For kingdom I partake in acts I’ve been denied In you my seed must grow Ingest what stains the throne I speak false words of divine For kingdom I persist For kingdom I provide I am the serpent of lies Remember I exist Remember I survive Telocvovim
9.	Eulogy 03:49	lyrics	buy track
With every word, I dig a little deeper With each cut you feel closer to human I stood holding the razor, that I watched you bury, inside of your chest, there’s a grave Rotted teeth shatter as veins ignite Battered, withered, A husk remains of what you were Cryptic abode aids in your lethargy Spiral, down, you wade into oblivion The glare on the surface is blinding The air becomes hard to breathe You lie in the dirt, Coprophagia Comforted by each lamentation Fallen child injecting light Hunger, thirst, the only friends you’ve ever known Breaking nails, hammer into ash Bleeding, screaming, the shadows come to claim their own With every word, I dig a little deeper With each cut you feel closer to human I stood holding the razor, that I watched you bury, inside of your chest, there’s a grave Nothing hurts as much as an unfulfilled hope The water you tried to drown in still clings to my throat This nihility, this wilful misanthropic disdain A bloated corpse discharging what humanity remained I can’t watch anymore I won’t survive You died so long ago Nothing’s left inside You want an audience To bury you alive You settle for the pills and rivers To shut your eyes Relentlessly yearning for death Gears in the machine drive dead flesh Automaton run wild Madness, corrosion Bleeding bile The pallbearers hear your screams Ignored As the maggots fill your lungs The flesh endures Dirt blocks the bleeding sky Infect The withered rose is deflorate Long may you rest A pound of flesh to tip the scale Your final pleas will not be heard Farewell, a final judgment I’ll bury you with these words
10.	I Will Show You Fear In a Handful of Dust 04:14	lyrics	buy track
Recurrence Waves crash between seconds Inhale the end Communion In death we depart Cleanse this dead land Broken dolls along the shore The flower blossoms, her petals hit the ocean floor Her frozen face calls out for me Only lies bring me relief I loathe what I become Everything passes, I kneel before the setting sun My life’s complete, only when I die Incomplete while I’m alive This misery, loneliness, crampedness, sickliness Subjugated by beasts of hunger I ceased to be what you call human burdened with endless misfortunes What can be taken can never be taken again and again and again and again I wonder how it would be if I yielded myself to this depravity, this obsession, this Recurrence (Waves crash between seconds) Inhale the end Communion In death we depart Cleanse this dead land I shall be nothing, I write nothing more I flee from birth, sprinting on these endless shores Unholy chasm, grant me this final rest Dreams of death I can’t forget The sun is setting, to never rise again The most beautiful thing is a victim Don’t hold your breath, with every word I choke I have no more room for hope This misery, loneliness, crampedness, sickliness Subjugated by beasts of hunger I ceased to be what you call human burdened with endless misfortunes What can be taken can never be taken again and again and again and again I wonder how it would be if I yielded myself to this depravity, this obsession, this Recurrence I’m incomplete while I’m alive The waves crash high above me Breathe in this golden glow At last my grip releasing These waters take me home This mortal shell, I bury Beneath this frigid sea Waves, inundate, asphyxiate, subjugate and suffocate me I depend on death to be complete

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We would like to thank the incredible guest artists who made this record what it is:

John Norcross of Coffin Dust: coffindust.bandcamp.com

Rocco Minichiello of Release the Blackness: releasetheblackness.bandcamp.com

Dominik Winter of Frigoris: frigoris.bandcamp.com

Tom Geldschläger of Fountainhead: thefountainhead.bandcamp.com

Press:

"Sublation is your new favorite death metal duo. Hailing from Philadelphia, I'm guessing The Path To Bedlam is Sublation's first and last album as a relatively unknown band. This is perfectly executed death metal that spans everything from the melodic and technical, to the downright destructive." - Metal Injection metalinjection.net/lists/16-death-metal-debut-albums-from-this-year-that-you-need-to-hear

“9/10. Totalmente destructivo” - Riff of Metal riffofmetal.com/sublation-the-path-to-bedlam-review/

"The Path to Bedlam is fully engaged badassery that’s written intelligently and won’t waste even a single second of your time." - Noob Heavy noobheavy.com/album-review-sublation-the-path-to-bedlam-techdeath/

"8.3/10. The Path to Bedlam es un álbum corto pero lleno de brutalidad en todo momento, te deja con la sensación de querer escuchar más, buen debut por parte de Sublation." - www.metallerium.com/sublation-the-path-to-bedlam-2022

"The Path to Bedlam is a death metal album for death metal fans that like something good to crunch bones with. Sublation’s first album does their legacy proud and paves the way for a brutal future." - Wonderboxmetal wonderboxmetal.com/2022/09/10/sublation-the-path-to-bedlam-review/

"8.5/10. This kind of tech-infused death metal is the Kool Aid for all fans of unrestrained and unyielding extreme metal. It’s so focused and so well crafted that it never gets boring." - gbhbl.com www.gbhbl.com/album-review-sublation-the-path-to-bedlam-self-released/

"At times feels fast and loose like it's been played live, which simply can not be due to the technical nature of the performance and the fact that this isn’t a full band. That’s a trick of the mind played by the way in which the cut has been recorded and makes it feel more vibrant and as such this is a true force of nature" - metalnoise.net/2022/09/review-the-path-to-bedlam-sublation

"84/100" - www.lackoflies.com/reviews/sublation-the-path-to-bedlam/

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released September 13, 2022

Max Svalgard - Guitars, Bass, Vocals
Danny Piselli - Drums, Vocals

All music written by Sublation

Produced, engineered, and mixed by Danny Piselli
Mastered by Sound Splitter Studio

Logo by VISUAL DEFECT
Album cover by Misha Mono

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