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Contra Omnes

by Afraid of Destiny

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Iceblvt Requiem in do diesis minore is such a beautiful and soul crushing song. I love it! Favorite track: Requiem in Do Diesis Minore.
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Star Sulphur Requiem in Do Diesis Minore caused a 40-minute hysteria. It was a total emotional eviscerating, I was writhing on the floor, suffocating, loosing sensation and crying loud. I can't tell anything about the song - I couldn't hear it through my tears... I tried to listen to it after a week - and started crying again. I'm not destined to hear it. However, if something can make you feel this way then it's a masterpiece I guess?..
Other songs were just great, Anti and Ramblin' play on a repeat. Favorite track: Anti.
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1.
Abyss 03:57
Towards the sky of abomination Upon the throne of oppression My tearing burden of coexistence Psychotic loop of persistence Feel the incarnation of reflexion While slowly take consciousness of the absence Drag along in a world of prohibition Murmuring poor unspeakable expectation Drowning your fate in the swamp Inhaling the sludge of your own world Putrid purulent rusty hope Now the tick of the clock is a storm Long I revered hideousness Cursing you cancerous all ...Cancerous all
2.
Anti 07:54
Fist after fist, broken glasses and bleeding hearts Nothing to lose, nothing to brave Only time to sacrifice at the gates Of the nothing that we are, Of the nothing that we’ll ever be Raised to fear, spend and consume While you putrid bitches are sucking life My only hope is to be part of your fall While refusing the lies that you proposed While the system created collapse and fall Smiling at the end ‘cause I don’t give a fuck Raping your self-convincing hypocrisy With a violent scream of nihilistic reality We are the no young, anti-force with rusted souls Preaching horrific death, And it’s better than your goals Better dead than with your faults Anti you, anti you No fucking slogan, just bitter truth Anti you, anti you Our "Choose." is not to choose Anti you, anti you Don’t count on us, we are fucked too Anti you, anti you Satan is real, we are hell proof My only hope is to be part of your fall While refusing the lies you proposed While the system created collapse and fall Smiling at the end ‘cause I don’t give a fuck Someone simply don’t work An auto destructive engine I tear myself out And collapsing under the weight of my nonsense run Anti you, anti you
3.
Ramblin' 09:27
The old traveler drags himself Through the field of life While the sun burns down An horizon too far, yet so near For who as him, has spent a life in tears What are you searching for? Are you ready, to lose it all? What do you want from you? Don’t you fear to find it all? As a traveler knows, You’re gonna find a lot of masks And less than half of good ones But the road calls, so he goes Forever searching, direction unknown Watching the fools laugh at who As the ramblin’ man Try to hold his hell in head Pass him by, like he passes life Doomed to ask himself why What are you searching for? Are you ready, to lose it all? What do you want from you? Don’t you fear to find it all? Ha sbagliato parte e commedia Nato nell’epoca sbagliata Sulla sponda sbagliata del fiume Con la capacità di poter fare tutto quello che vuole E non trovando niente che vuol fare Proprio... niente Flow the years, flow away Leave me alone! Leave me here, with the experience of misery Because I see no colors around No choice, no option Nothing better to see The travel was so long, so long I need to sleep Need to dream, to dream again My memories, my miseries The place I once lived And as me, forever gone Rejected, enemy of self Is that, the divine form like? Is that, the greatest of all?
4.
Breath 06:04
Through horrors and blasphemy Through ancient ruins of death Creatures crawling and sibylline Of strange, poor conquerors Of creatures, monkey-like I wonder why people around me Are so blind that they will fall this climbing Struggling with passions they’re screaming for freedom While they cage theirself in an abject illusion Blaming the mirror they self wash their souls That they have sold, for a vanishing pot of gold There’s no promise land, no land of freedom Where you foolish run to find respite from evil Ruiners of the world I suppose I will be ignored But you are destined to find What you fear, what you deserve Ruiners of the world I suppose I will be ignored There’s no way to awake The minds of the dying ...So you die The world you live simply was never be Don’t fear to fear your faults will never leave Fighting inside battles they close up their prisons While they fear to hang theirself for some reason Blaming the mirror into fire they go Following who have ruined our home There’s no promise land, no land of freedom No plan B for start again an Eden Ruiners of the world I suppose I will be ignored Their name was humans They last, the time of a breath Conscious of being trapped When no hope can grow Where no light can shine There’s no way to awake the minds of the dying ...Dying
5.
Hear Me 06:07
Hear me cry, my suicidal angel Why are you so deaf to me? I now invoke you Since you were born You're condemned to live A life you've never asked for Everyday you wake up And ask yourself “Why am I still here?" You just want to be alone With the ones with white wings So spread your madness Open your veins You're not weak As the ones who still breathe Maybe the razorblade Could seem cold But I swear to you It’s still hotter Than the people around us Hear me mourn, my suicidal angel I know you understand The way I feel right now Don't suffer for life Nobody forces you to do that You should not think you're weak Thinking about your own suicide ‘Cause all of us have thoughts About her, Death She, the wonderful Pale queen of oblivion Cold eyed and white winged Will bring you To the eternal void No more pain And no more bitter taste Hear me die, my suicidal angel I'm finally free from life I now can cry blood From my open veins Be brave, Be a rebel, Be your own god You are the one Who can decide To live or to die, now
6.
Lullaby 04:03
7.
- ACT 1: RESOLUTION Hard escapism in seeking of comfort A fantasy longing in extorted freedom Finally found at the end of the railway Made out of cold painless steel Now that I've made this step I cannot make it to let it go One split second changed my existence The filthy plague I have been is gone I've never meant to stay any longer Yet again no mourn to be held But miserable crocodile tears Your cries won't be heard from here The time to hear me is now gone I moved on and there's no need to hide I am no longer in this hell called earth Freedom now shines through me - ACT 2: CROWNING I've fought so hard in my lifetime And I had the need to martyr me As the answers to the quests I had inside Have been found too late As these were hidden in my suicide ...Suicide In this unholy early departure I have found deserved relief In this wooden coffin for mine I have found my crowning rest Imprisoned in this pale flesh From which i tried to free myself And got home merely scarred Even more deluded and confined - ACT 3: MEMORIAL This is going to be the epitaph For my self-righteous farewell Goodbye my friends ...Goodbye

about

Contra Omnes is the disillusioned, hysterical and warlike mantra that pervades the vision of the uncouth and hypocritical theatre that surrounds us. It is meant to be a vein of nihilism that spurts disdain towards the illusory and asphyxiating constructs of a decadent society. We are used to the worst, but there is never enough. We are against, we are not there, do not count on us. NO, simply and categorically, the motto, the summa, the concept.

«Come ratti, fuggite.»

Written and produced by Afraid of Destiny between 2019 and 2021.
Recorded between January and April 2022.
Drums recorded at Virtual Studio (Treviso, Italy). Vocals recorded at Pyramid Studios (Treviso, Italy). Mixed and mastered at Mordor Sounds Studio (Nuremberg, Germany).

“Requiem in Do Diesis Minore" has been written in memory of Angel Cobos Martínez. May his memory stay alive.

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«When I saw the cover art of "Contra Omnes", I thought that no music would compare to its power, but fortunately I was wrong. This work sounds in several ways. Sometimes quietly, sometimes loudly, sometimes easily, sometimes unwieldily, yet it is able to create different emotions at every moment. It definitely has the spark for greatness!»
Kronos Mortus - 9.5/10

«Afraid of Destiny are unrecognizable on the latest album "Contra Omnes". The listener is treated to a captivating feast for the ears that is not only ideal for the ears of Atmospheric Black Metal fans.»
Ammo Supports the Underground - 9/10

«Whether Afraid of Destiny’s sound identity remains anchored in a striking and contrasted Atmospheric Black Metal, the band continues to evolve to offer with "Contra Omnes" softer, even unexpected tonalities at times.»
Acta Infernalis - 90/100

«Beyond Black Metal, which is no longer predominant... much beyond DSBM, which remains present in the atmosphere, ultimately revealing itself as marginal and certainly not predominant, adding a mix of Rock, Metal and Ambient belonging to different directions. But this is the beauty of music, this is the true strength of art and of a record like "Contra Omnes".»
Metalhead.it - 8.5/10

«The majority is a splendid journey that we’ll be taking quite a few times, as additional nuances do pop up on repeated listens. A monumental release is in Afraid of Destiny’s future, and we’ll be there for it. Until then, let Contra Omnes soak in and envelope us in darkness.»
Dead Rhetoric.com - 8/10

«A praise also goes to the production (the best obtained by the band from Treviso so far) which makes "Contra Omnes" a product definitely worth trying for lovers of atmospheric black metal and above all for those who appreciate bands like the Piedmontese Enisum or the whole scene carried out by labels like Amor Fati, Art Of Propaganda and Northern Silence.»
Metalitalia - 7.5/10

«Well done Afraid of Destiny in trying to go beyond the stylistic features of the classic Depressive, "Contra Omnes" may not make you cry out for a miracle but it shouldn't go unnoticed especially by those who love to dive into the murky waters of the most desperate and engaging Atmospheric Black Metal.»
Grind on the Road - 7.5/10

«No matter how decadent we may make our lives or how far the rot of materialism that consumes us seeps ever deeper, “Contra Omnes” stands as a bleak reminder for those who refuse the truths of reality. Many try their best to bring such grandeur to this particular corner of black metal, but it is here that Afraid of Destiny far exceeds many of its contemporaries aren’t able to deliver.»
Head-Banger Reviews - No score

«Worth a spin or ten if morose black metal with an artistic hand is one’s cup of tea. We’ve taken this album more than a few times, and it ages like fine wine.»
No Clean Singing - No score

credits

released March 24, 2023

Adimere - Rhythm guitar, keyboards, orchestrations
D.D.T. - Lead guitar, keyboards
F.B. - Drums
J.S. - Bass
R.M. - Vocals, lyrics

Andrea De Marchi - Drums (Engineering, Recording)
Fabio "Black" Gatto - Vocals (Production, Engineering, Recording)
Hannes Grossmann - Mixing, Mastering

Sample in “Hear Me" taken from the 2015 movie “Anesthesia" directed by Tim Blake Nelson.
Sample in “Requiem in Do Diesis Minore" taken from the 1999 movie “Bicentennial Man" directed by Chris Columbus.
Excerpt from the lyrics in “Ramblin’" taken from the 1983 movie “Rumble Fish" directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

Artwork: Cole, Thomas. The Course of Empire: Destruction. 1836, oil on canvas, The Met Museum, New York (NY)

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