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The Exit

by Recurrence

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    THE unstoppable force of melodic death metal!

    Recurrence's debut album THE EXIT released on September 23, 2023 via YYMBR Records. The album was mixed and mastered by JF Dagenais (KATAKLYSM) and with artwork by Niklas Sundin (ex-DARK TRANQUILLITY).

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1.
The Entrance 00:28
2.
TERRA AUSTRALIS Far away it was hidden, but now it's within your reach Feeling like there’s something wrong, but you choose to carry on Going forth with no remorse no caution no hesitation You’ve gone too far you're compromised and now you won't be turning back You ignore the pain and sacrifice it takes in order to succeed, to survive Pride will get the best of you When you reach the sea that’s filled with ice and mist you’ve almost made it Take a breath of the cold air, but beware the fate that waits there Turn around while you still can in this age of discovery it's not yet fully known You should have never come here: you won't escape You will not find the exit, all hope is lost forever The moon now lights the sea and now you notice that the winds pick up You hear the sound of breaking wood As your crew goes overboard Drowning in the frigid depths Sinking down into their death You will be responsible all the blood is on your hands Turn around while you still can in this age of discovery it's not yet fully known You should have never come here: and now you won't escape You will not find the exit Darkness is taking over I've come undone, it's sad to say This life of mine will be the death of me I understand we're not to blame now Turn around or fade away Turn around while you still can in this age of discovery it's not yet fully known You should have never come here: you won't escape You will not find the exit and the end is getting closer Let's sail away tonight Turn back the hands of time Let's leave these frozen shores and tides of endless pain the sun is setting down our ship drifts with the breeze the dream is over now gone with the raging seas I've come undone it's sad to say This life of mine will be the death of me I understand we're not to blame now Turn around or fade away
3.
ENDEAVOR INTO THE DARK One final retrogression and ever into the dark We sacrifice individuality for the masses unmovable unless a shepherd's near It’s happening all around us and each and every day we’re in a false perception where mediocrity is ok it's ok Break free and leave behind this Copy paste society, there's no variety We've been dehumanized assimilated And now they've got us while we're too weak to fight back I swear to god I'll end this, but what good would that do? No one is listening, no one can save you I swear to god I'll end this: I am the antidote We are our enemy, but we're our only hope Denying all of the facts thinking through traditions A waste of all our skills great and invaluable We've earned from evolution Pull the plug and cut the cord How can we tolerate it any longer? We'll find out what is fact and fiction We've spent life with a blindfold on with the truth right in front of our eyes I swear to god I'll end this, but what good would that do? No one is listening, no one can save you I swear to god I'll end this: I am the antidote We are our enemy, but we're our only hope Looking for something that we can't seem to find Caught in a struggle and with a lack of will Lost to emotion the truth's so hard to see Against the current into the dark Failure it’s what I see and it has spread It has spread like a virus that’s your life I’m god now and you’re gone now Goodbye to your life I’m god now and you’re gone now I swear to god I'll end this, but what good would that do? No one is listening, no one can save you I swear to god I'll end this: I am the antidote We are our enemy, but we're our only hope Looking for something that we will never find Ending our struggle we take one last breath No more it's over we are all dying now Forever condemned into the dark Virus that’s your life I’m god now and you’re gone now Goodbye to your life I’m god now and you’re gone now
4.
STARS AND SPARKS Is it best to forget all the nights we spent Underneath the stars? We wondered for so long What our future would hold We've all made mistakes We've all held on to memories Memories best left forgotten Every time we walk away Thinking back on all our days And what just seems to be so right We can never calculate an answer To our problems and, I just can't seem to Let you go! When we’re sick of our options Stuck in a stalemate, head on into a brick wall And I have no answers to what will happen next Cause when every color fades to gray There’s nothing left Love is a disease, simply misunderstood Addiction is what it is So it’s hard to turn away hard to escape, always following For so long, I’ve struggled Always trying to keep you happy At the price of what I want And look at all it’s done for us Every time you walk away Thinking back on all our days And what just seemed to be so right I could never calculate an answer To our problems, yet, I just can't seem to Let you go! When we’re sick of our options Stuck in a stalemate, head on into a brick wall And I have no answers to what will happen next Cause when every color fades to gray There’s nothing left It's so hard to see, but the truth is right there in front of us Can't come to terms with the facts Of what we have and what will never be To say for certain, what our future holds would be like not reading the pages of a story and still thinking the end would set us free Can’t work out the things that threaten to drive us apart You’re saying to me I’m so cold What the fuck did you want? you had everything! Neither of us can admit defeat We’re all just living life in loneliness Although the opposites attract that spark always flickers and fades away I’ve tried my best to forget all the time we’d spend tearing at our hearts We stumbled for so long and we both know it gets old We've all made mistakes, mistakes that turned into memories Memories now left forgotten Memories left Every time you walked away thinking back on all our days And what we knew was just not right I will never calculate an answer to our problem Now, I just feel it's time to let you go! I'm so sick of the options, stuck in a stalemate Drove ourselves to the edge watch us fall (There are no answers) And I have no answers To what happens next Now there’s nothing left I will always be there, I will always be there waiting For that spark to ignite Burn away pain, light up those empty skies I will always be there, I will always be there waiting Set my heart to ignite, You won’t kill what is not dead yet Is it best to forget?
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Standby 04:13
STANDBY Pick and choose what the fuck you wanted From events create your own story Ignore the signs in your life Ignore coincidence We are just prisoners watching Our lives being run for us Unable to do anything To change the system that's in place Recognize everything around you Don’t take all that's here for granted Your life is meaningless If you don’t try to make an impact We are just prisoners watching Our lives being run for us We must stand and fight back And stop it all before it’s too late Build nothing from something To tear it down and start again Without the power of knowledge What is the strength you truly posses? Ignorance is bliss So what's the path to greatness? With no hope and no truth we’re all just waiting here on standby Lower the standards now everyone is equal Weaken our world through accommodation Watching society decay from the inside Failure is given a turn Build nothing from something To tear it down and start again Without the power of knowledge What is the strength you truly posses? Ignorance is bliss So what's the path to greatness? With no hope and no truth we’re all just waiting here on standby Does everything happen for a reason? Does it matter if you try to deny it? How much time do we all have left here? And how much more do you want to waste? We aren’t just prisoners watching Our cage has broken open we must stand together to overthrow this system that’s in place No more apathy nor indifference Now is the time to rise Without the power of knowledge You are completely fucking useless so stand your ground and light the torch and carve a path to greatness Affect the unaffectable We all are ready so standby Bystanders, no standards, everyone take action united by adversity: ending hypocrisy Pouring down like rain under a desert storm Holding back the flood we brace for impact We brace for impact, brace for impact We brace for impact, brace! Hold back the flood we brace for impact
7.
Equilibrium 03:06
EQUILIBRIUM When all is ending we seek to find a result In a time of struggle we could fail and come undone To go towards the call unknown some will only go insane, It will be ever known that it will only bring on pain The dream so high above while the fall is far below, whispers through the ears of silence Amidst the drowning the well runs dry Plunged into the depths of madness Still searching, always searching Until we lose control Still searching keep searching To find a balance to find the equilibrium We find equilibrium To go towards the call unknown some will only go insane, It will be ever known that it will only bring on pain Seeking freedom seeking the grand escape To find some questions do not have an answer Still searching, always searching Until we lose control Still searching keep searching To find a balance to find the equilibrium Amidst the drowning the well runs dry Passion is never enough without the strength in numbers, no! Still searching, always searching Until we lose control Still searching keep searching To find a balance to find the equilibrium So keep searching keep searching To find a balance if there ever were to be one
8.
DEAD PHILOSOPHY There will never again be a place for men like you and me Everything has now been said we can only speak to deaf ears Our moment came too late it's all a matter of right time and place Conquered before we came We got the short end of the stick Natural born maybe not, but our experience is worth much more, it's worth so much more Hindsight is worthless after the fact Think of what we could've been Knowing what we know now Discover what already is The end before we began Thoughts are no longer invented Philosophy is dead Discover what already is The end before we began Thoughts are no longer invented Philosophy is dead There will never again be A place for men like you and me Everything has now been said We can only speak to deaf ears We had to work for this While everyone else was spoon fed There is no place for men like you and me Nor will there ever be again No there will never be again Discover what already is The end before we began Thoughts are no longer invented Philosophy is dead Discover what already is The end before we began Thoughts are no longer invented Philosophy is dead How can you tell a wise man from a fool? Should you count the number of ears listening? We have always wanted to know the truth and we will do anything to create it There will never again be A place for men like you and me There will never again be A place for men like you and me Everything has now been said Everything has now been said Hindsight is worthless after the fact Think of what we could've been Knowing what we know now Discover what already is The end before we began Thoughts are no longer invented Philosophy is dead Discover what already is The end before we began Thoughts are no longer invented Philosophy is dead Natural born maybe not But our experience is worth much more it's worth so much more We had to work for this While everyone else was spoon fed There is no place for men like you and me Nor will there ever be again No there will never be again How can you tell a wise man from a fool? Should you count the number of ears listening? We have always wanted to know the truth and we will do anything to create it How can you tell a wise man from a fool? Should you count the number of ears listening? We have always wanted to know the truth and we will do everything to destroy it
9.
Metanoia 03:58
METANOIA Wait for the answer to come You will never succeed And the sickness you breed Will crumble down Lost and misplaced for a time As you change your mind Recognize truth is now here at last Look at the state you're in You can't say anything You’ve committed yourself You can't go back on it You lie to save the embarrassment Sacrificing the ones who always stood by you Think on the state of your world Leave past thoughts behind In the realm of your narrow But capable mind The meaning is lost In this day and age To think for oneself Seems so far away Look at the state you're in You can't say anything You’ve committed yourself You can't go back on it You lie to save the embarrassment Sacrificing the ones who always stood by you Held tight in this paradise That has paralyzed (that has paralyzed!) Any reason that could have been left inside forcing you to think! Lost and misplaced for a time As you change your mind Recognize truth is now here at last Just look at the state you're in You can't say anything You’ve committed yourself You can't go back on it You lie to save the embarrassment Sacrificing the ones who always stood by you In time you will see your flaws I can only hope I will be there Feeling nothing wanting everything Seeing realization spread across your fucking face
10.
(Y)OUR SAVIOR So come, admire our savior Our god, our giver of life Don’t think or try to understand me I’m not just like the rest of you The rest of you! You try to force me to concede you I don’t share the same beliefs On life on death and on earth My truth surpasses your false faith I will never be the one To accept and praise your savior There is no one true god None that could ever save us And in this world I see No one can understand it There is no afterlife Enjoy the nothingness Open your mind and it will all make sense To see right through the book Don't try to lecture me On your fabricated history And if you think that I am evil Then there are no words That could ever describe you You're holding back humanity So come, and let’s praise our false god Tied down you cannot let go Of your weakening traditions Confused your mind tries to fight free I will never be the one Without a rational mind There is no heaven and hell The only fact is fiction What would it even take To give you any doubts Is it only in death That you're with open eyes How is it blasphemy when your god is wrong And still you follow every fucking word But I too believe in hell Because it's all around us Open your mind and it will all make sense To see through the book Don't try to lecture me On your never ending fantasy And if you think that I am evil Then there are no words That could ever describe you Your whole life is a lie So thank god! So fake, fake what you trust in Believe and spread your disease You now know what I stand for You are just like the rest of them So smile as I say this And agree it is your turn In this world of the unknown You are the last to learn No longer predicting No longer blindly waiting For everyone to join you Enjoy the nothingness Open your mind and it will all make sense To see right through the book Don't try to lecture me On your fabricated history And if you think that I am evil Then there are no words That could ever describe you You're holding back humanity When you're on your deathbed I won't be Able to control my laughter This is the only life that we will get So make it count don't fucking waste it Jesus save us No(w)!
11.
The 900 05:22
The 900 We're only waiting here and wishing for a brighter day Too many cross this path only to watch it turn to dust One day we would've been stronger but now that's in the past We're watching wasted days fade away to memories You prey on the weak you're nothing but a scavenger How can you sleep at night knowing what you've done to her You think that you're safe and the world will never know For every scar you've caused you will be held accountable Trauma is the punishment she breathes in day by day No one cares to save her I will have to find a way A way to end the nightmare still haunting her this time Open up your eyes and watch her damage end your life tonight I held your hand and I tried to save you From drowning in your own blood until there was none left I held your hand but I could not save you I felt you slipping away but I could not bring you back You took her life away and drained her of her heart and soul Her mind is chaos now her body a total mess The walls are closing in so pitiful she lays and waits She's hoping death will come and finally end her pain As you stole her innocence little did you know I'd be waiting there for your face to fucking show You cannot take back what you've done there's no second chance and now The tables turned, I'm not defenseless let's see you try to stop me I held your hand and I tried to save you From drowning in your own blood until there was none left I held your hand but I could not save you I felt you slipping away but I could not bring you back I'm your fucking loss and what you need is what you could've had I'm your fucking loss and what you need is what you'll never have I held your hand and I tried to save you From drowning in your own blood until there was none left I held your hand but I could not save you I felt you slipping away and now you're never coming back I can feel my heart is pounding inside my chest I will not ever stop I will not ever rest Til the day you die, I'm watching you hunting you down The 900 the 900 will be your fight The 900's coming! The 900's got me! The 900's coming! The 900's got me! I can feel my heart is pounding inside my chest I will not ever stop I will not ever rest Til the day you die (til the day you die), I'm watching you hunting you down The 900, the 900 will end your life
12.
STATE OF EMERGENCY Negative and violent peace was never kept If absolute power corrupts absolutely Why aren’t we rid of it yet? Unchecked and unrestrained Unaccountable we live in fear The illusion of safety false sense of security Helpless and self-defenseless Nothing is left when our rights are gone One day we will rise to fight your Tyranny unquestioned we seek retribution For all your crimes that go unpunished For all who've suffered at your hands Causing more harm than good, why would I ever why would I ever call upon you? Probable cause probably cause harm To the same citizens you swore to protect I find no fucking reason to give you my respect And when they come for you the warning will be too late They wrote the laws that protect us and they will... take us away State of emergency who's here to save you now? Monopoly on violence we’ll cheer when you’re brought down Corrupting the innocent destroying the defenseless The irony that is not lost That they protect and serve themselves Until we kill that Mockingbird We can’t trust the words that we’ve heard Don’t think that it goes unnoticed The propaganda that you spread or the atrocities you commit while We the people pay your fucking salaries And then they come for you…. And now they’ve come for you The warning it was too late They wrote these laws to destroy us and now they take us down! State of emergency no one can save you now
13.
Sleep 05:38
SLEEP Wake up! It is now you wake up it’s time to make you see You are the only thing that’s keeping you from living Sitting back wasting the life that you are given Is it really all worth it to come up with excuses Is this ok with you living in such a fashion In which your only drive is to crave a distraction From everything around you you fucking coward It is time to grow up and face your fears now Fuck you are so useless always waiting for the day For the chance to make it happen it is your one and only way To embrace the cycle you’ve made and any day now You will start to cling to fiction with no hope for a way out And while you’re doing this you’re becoming just like them It is horrible to witness the fading of a friend You’re watching and you’re waiting for something better Don’t try to fight the feeling to make an effort Better wake up tonight take it upon yourself Better wake up tonight people lie awake forever Better wake up tonight don’t bury it deep inside Better wake up or you’ll be living a lie and never Better wake up tonight take it upon yourself Better wake up tonight people lie awake forever Better wake up tonight if you want to survive Better wake up or you’ll be living a lie and never Sleep Get out of my life you only hold me back I just want you gone so I can finally Sleep is what I want a rest from all the bull Shit that’s in this world that you just thrive on Can’t we make a deal No I don’t stop to feel Regret for treating you with such a realness I hope that you never find an exit to your lie Please just step aside so I can get some sleep Better wake up tonight take it upon yourself Better wake up tonight people lie awake forever Better wake up tonight don’t bury it deep inside Better wake up or you’ll be living a lie and never Better wake up tonight take it upon yourself Better wake up tonight people lie awake forever Better wake up tonight if you want to survive Better wake up or you’ll be living a lie and never Sleep! No, we are not equal I am superior I have learned to overcome all the challenges I’ve faced How, can you compare us you are so very wrong There is no need to convince you that you must find yourself All alone and on your own the experience will guide you It is tiresome to watch it the failing of a life You’re just an endless cycle of instability and You will get what you deserve absolutely nothing! Better wake up tonight take it upon yourself Better wake up tonight people lie awake forever Better wake up tonight don’t bury it deep inside Better wake up or you’ll be living a lie and never Better to sever the ties, the lives, and the dreams that they hide Better wake up or you’ll be living a lie and never Don’t just pretend that it’s fine or it will all crumble in time Better wake up, because there’s nothing but sleep to lose! Problems do not run no they don’t even hide They are not afraid of what you won’t do You will not confront the demons in your world I know that you are a drain on human Life is not a game but if it were you’re losing All you’ve never learned has been a waste of Time to get a clue for what you never knew Even when you die you’ll never get to sleep Sleep!
14.
The Exit 01:43
THE EXIT This is the exit This is the end

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THE unstoppable force of melodic death metal!

Recurrence's debut album THE EXIT released on September 23, 2023 via YYMBR Records. The album was mixed and mastered by JF Dagenais (KATAKLYSM) and with artwork by Niklas Sundin (ex-DARK TRANQUILLITY).

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released September 23, 2023

Recurrence is:

Alex “The Antidote” Bastiat – Vocals,
Backing Clean Vocals, Programming, Composition

C.T. Duncan – Rhythm Guitars

Luke Glenn – Lead Guitars, Clean Vocals

Matt Ensor – Bass

All songs written by The Antidote & Recurrence

Produced by Alex “The Antidote” Bastiat,
Jack Solle, and C.T. Duncan

Recorded December 2021 – September 2022

Guitars Recorded by Jack Solle

Vocals & Additional Guitars Recorded by The
Antidote in YYMBR Studios

Clean Vocals on Track 3 “Stars And Sparks” by
Bec Hollcraft

Mixed & Mastered October – November 2022 by
J-F Dagenais of JFD Studio

Album Art by Niklas Sundin of Cabin Fever Media

In memory of Michael Duncan

©YYMBR Productions LLC 2023

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Melodic Death Metal from Independence, KY, USA

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