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Babel

by Roman Ring

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And true omnipotence brought forth life Ex nihilo – The sole sustainer of existence Intangible The Alpha and the Omega The absolute origin of all that is animate All matter, energy, and organization The creator, questioned by his creation The observer remaining spited by the observed Yet was not man given free will and a cerebrum? A choice between good or evil and a consciousness to yearn If so, dismiss the inquisition of war, famine, and disease Let it be known, that hate, malice, and death are nothing more than reaping seeds Planted in the hearts of the corrupted Envenomed by the fury Its ire polluting man With its obscured plague Yet the denied is the accused Blood on the hands of the non existent The absentee in which they loathe The washing away of blood, sweat, tissue and bone The decomposition of vessels Left to erode Although death is of the fury The observer is left to blame Although they deny him of existence, impious mortals blaspheme his name Regardless of divine intervention, this truth remains unchanged Like man his grace Left to erode Consciousness is merely a beginning A prelude to the afterlife AFTERLIFE For what good is creation without purpose? To eat, drink, and rust away Or exist infinitely, ultimately without cause? Such existence is trivial Accept or reject this truth Regardless, the observer’s glory shall flourish And the maelstrom shall continue Until ambition is fulfilled
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A parallel dimension Reciprocal to ours Coexisting and dependent All things adhere to this duality Existing simultaneously in both worlds Space! Time! Constantly sharing their pieces that make up the whole It is possible to travel there To move through time As we would move through space It is the true reciprocal This science holds the secrets of the universe Levitation, transformation, teleportation This theory becomes truth This truth reality Accelerating subatomic particles past the speed of light Watch as they disappear Into space and time Reciprocating Themselves into time space The reciprocal relation of two dimensions In our posited vibratory existence Reconstitutes our understanding of space and time A perplexing astronomical phenomenon in the paradigm Knowledge once known by many, now held by few Cherished by the ancients, a gift from the stars Monolithic impossibilities that withstand the test of time Intangible realities that await our kind Symbols of the existence... Of the space time reciprocal… Reciprocation now in motion The future of the universe is now in our hands This secret lost in time Man’s quest to conquer truth Is it the missing key? That fits the lock to the gateway To ultimate knowledge and wisdom The gateway of God!
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And the fury was cast out from Elysium By omnipotence Bestowed with the curse To curse and rile bedlam upon the mortals in jealousy The lord of flies Such is the most abhorred and unclean Chief of the bottomless pit The entity dwelling in the shadows Trans-temporal, trans-locative He’s in your fucken mind Its serpentine essence coiling around the earth Manipulating minds like marionettes Barbarous devouring of souls like a roaring lion A covenant with death Its legions follow, afflicting man with bane Stirring delirium, incinerating faith, Hope depraved Bringing dreaded ruin among the masses Calamity The prince of the air Leaving drought, famine and despair Abysmal quintessence of horror Sulfuric essence which feeds on man’s fear Eroding spirits under flesh Bending the bones till they crack and fissures start to show As its virus Continues to swell in the subconscious of mankind, Like a viper observing its victim, as the venom Decays it’s will It watches the atmospheric decomposition The archaic cancer in metaphysical form Until it’s sole purpose of existence comes to fruition Autarch of Evil! Apollyon! Architect of fallacy Conducting humanity to the rhythm of subservience Fallacy! The epitome of execrable devastation cometh
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And man brought toil into this world The inharmonious species misled by greed Dissonance in the source Man cast out the creator Attempting to replace its architect To become the creator With visions of its own Discovering archaic knowledge The wisdom of the ancients Stealing the space time reciprocal To find glory and virtue Somewhere in the galactic abyss Somewhere inside that galactic abyss Creating AI in his own image Passing on his inherited labor, to a void creation A meaningless augmentation Such as evolution without purpose The secrets of the universe now unlocked However, death remaining undefeated Shines a light of imperfection As the fury still reigns the air Unseen yet absorbed Those who perish the thought Are now no different than those who seek it The deaf judging the blind Its essence engulfing the atmosphere Its effluvium debasing cognition amongst this advanced civilization void of consciousness The space time reciprocal Clenched in the hands of man Seeking immortality As the final vindication To replace its creator This greed, instilled in the heart of man by the fury The chief architect of the scourge Since the bite of the forbidden fruit Its ultimate blueprint to bastardize mankind Is approaching its close This golden age shall be blackened and then Mankind seeking life shall find death instead And although he’ll long to die, death will flee from him Its ultimate blueprint to bastardize mankind Is approaching its close
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“Emptiness hath brought you here – You’re chasing after the wind” Word’s softly spoken by the creator, greeting his creation The beauty of the fullest ambition held by engineered life, finally reaching its architect Whose existence was inarguably denied Cast out from his throne Like a king usurped of sovereignty by his children Denied of his honor - beheaded, for all to see No mass, no grave Simply fed to decay His ontological ballast stolen “We have climbed your tower, Your attempt to suppress Unlimited wisdom and knowledge was futile, as we transcend on” We are of you, and we shall become you” Words bravely spoken by man in his onslaught to become God For the creator’s gift of life Alone was insufficient to man The fury made this clear When his ancient promise of enlightenment condemned mankind to toil And now this epic voyage approaches its closure at the crossroads of existence The fury dwelling in the shadow of man, equidistant from the architect Apollyon, Man, Creator Darkness, Mortal, Light “Can the clay become the potter?” said the architect “Or is the clay and potter both one?” he continued… “Is man to be compared to potsherds?” the fury replied… The innate ego of human nature led man to the fury’s shadow “You have given us dominion over earth, yet we are capable of this universal reign” mankind uttered… Recognizing the sulfuric passion of his creation, The creator presented man with but one ultimatum “Create life in your own image, give it free will for one cycle of the earth’s axial precession, and see that it does not destroy you. Then, and only the, will you have earned your universal reign” Silence filled the cosmos As true omnipotence cast out the fury For Gnosis now had taken its place Granted the role of demigod for one axial rotation With the daunting task of replicating the architects design Beyond all bounds of possibility To finally obtain immortality To walk through the gateway of God As is the way of the ouroboros

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A highly advanced, future generation of mankind enters its golden age after discovering inter-dimensional travel. Upon utilizing its discovery, mankind travels through the universe in search for answers to its roots. During its voyage, mankind reaches its maker (God, essentially). Upon the confrontation with its creator, mankind arrogantly claims that he has earned the title of ‘God’ and demands that his creator’s reign over the universe be relinquished to him.

The ‘Fury’ is the invisible antagonist during the entire plot. It represents all the negatives of mankind (evil, greed, arrogance, malice) The ‘Fury’s’ role in the story is to lead man to his ultimate demise, to plant the idea that man is essentially God. The Fury can be interpreted as the entity that gives purpose to man’s free will. For example, darkness is the absence of light, without the existence of light, darkness would have no relevance. The ‘Architect’ created mankind and allowed it to have a free will. Similar to the example of light and darkness, the ‘Architect’ gave the ‘Fury’ the task of testing man’s free will, thus giving relevance to his creation’s existence.

The story ends with the downfall of man due to his arrogance and greed instilled by the ‘Fury’. The Fury’s is essentially successful at leading man to his ruin by influencing him to believe that he has earned the right to be given the role of God and should accept no less of a title. Instead of denying his creation of its bold demands, the ‘Creator’ destroys the ‘Fury’ and has man take its place. However, instead of giving man the role of a corrupter, he presents him with a daunting task. He tells man to create life in his image, and to give it free will for one of the earth’s axial precessions (approximately 26,000 years). The creator tells man that if his creation does not destroy him before the axial precession is complete, man can be granted the role of God. This is where the story abruptly ends.

credits

released July 29, 2014

Drums, Re-amped Guitars, and Vocals recorded by Pete Grossman at Bricktop Studios in Chicago, Illinois. Additional tracking by Roman Ring at the Space.

Mixed by Nate Madden and Bill Fay at the Music Garage in Chicago, Illinois.

Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side in New Windsor, New York.

All music by Roman Ring, with contributions from Gordon Kalabic.

All drums performed by Johannes Jans.

Lyrics by Danny Rodriguez.
Space Time Reciprocal lyrics written by Johannes Jans, modified by Danny Rodriguez.

Artwork and Design by Eddie Limperis.

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An anomaly amongst the Chicago metal scene, Roman Ring fuses together elements rarely heard from their local peers. Combining blistering speed and technicality with passages of polyrhythmic grooves along with other-worldy influences. Their music will take you on a journey to another dimension before bringing you back to this earth as an evolved being. ... more

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