Panopticon, by Hellbore

Panopticon

by Hellbore

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1.	Libertus 01:34		buy track
2.	All Men Are Created Evil 04:38	lyrics	buy track
Wilfully blind, an existence of agony Triggered by your drive to find an enemy Reassuring his resolve to seem All that’s pure and everything you aspire to be Shrouding his life as a sinner Divided you shall fall We shall cleanse you all Divided you shall fall Kneel unto our rule Wilfully blind, an existence of agony Triggered by your drive to fight You proclaim to know evil when you see it Whilst wishing death on those you say deserve it Nothing will make you admit All you are is a fucking hypocrite Constructing the monument of oppression Fuelled by sociological extremes Creation flawed by cruelty Punish the children for the sins of the father Divided you shall fall We shall cleanse you all Demonise all who will stand in your way Silence the wicked, with blood they shall pay Victim of life A prophet of nothing We march to our doom Victim of life A martyr for nothing We march to our doom Spread your dementia, spread your disease (Spread your disease) All of the world will live and die Down on their knees Punish dissent, expand your reign of terror The demon you sought now stands in the mirror Spread your dementia Spread your disease Punish dissent, expand your reign of terror The demon you sought now stands in the mirror
3.	Angel Slayer 05:28	lyrics	buy track
(Brick by brick Brick by brick Brick by brick Brick by brick) The gates of heaven They shall know dread As they are ripped to pieces by the undead In shapeless forms we emerge from the shadows Suffer unto the bane of the hallowed (Brick by brick Brick by brick) Cast aside and torn asunder Now they fear the breaking thunder Bodies rain down from the sky Seven angels doomed to die Flayed of all that you were Steel is welded to your form Collapse the castle Realised machinations As we feast on man and beast Battered and shackled Dragged to the gallows As we feast on the deceased In shapeless forms we emerge from the shadows Suffer unto the bane of the hallowed Ripped apart brick by brick Screaming into the abyss Flayed of all that you were Steel is welded to your form Flesh is seared and bodies strewn Don’t you see what we’ve become? Flesh is seared and bodies strewn Don’t you see what we’ve become? Flesh is seared and bodies strewn Don’t you see what we’ve become? Flesh is seared and bodies strewn Don’t you see what we’ve become? Flesh is seared and bodies strewn Don’t you see what we’ve become?
4.	Terror Eyes 05:12	lyrics	buy track
Behold the face of a planet undone Defiled by the stain of humanity Behold the face The face of terror Driven only to destroy your will Wielding fear as a blade Tyrant Fundamentalist Our planet unmade Expose their lies, burn them for blasphemy For you are the victim Condemn their crimes, sentenced to agony For you are the victim Behold the face of a planet un-done Defiled by the stain of humanity Behold the face The face of terror Driven only to destroy your will Wielding fear as a blade Tyrant Fundamentalist Our planet unmade Driven only to destroy mankind Your children enslaved Tyrant Fundamentalist Our planet unmade I will give and I will take Trusting me was your fatal mistake The more you fight the more you will see The minds of your children belong to me This world will infect us all This world is infected This world will infect us all This world is infected I will give and I will take Trusting me was your fatal mistake The more you fight the more you will see The minds of your children belong to me This world will infect us all This world is infected This world will infect us all This world is infected
5.	Necrocracy 03:52	lyrics	buy track
Your lives are not your own You live to serve The impending judgement comes The balance of all you are Buried by your own ignorance A repugnant waste of life Your cities of heathens will bleed until dry Damn the accused, condemn them to die Necrocracy is all that will be Now your children will suffer unto me Necrocracy is all that will be Necrocracy, we shall worship thee Reveal a truth that is too much to bear They worship a god who does not care You’d devour your own if the book so demanded Disembowel your kin if I only commanded And while you fools await my return The fires of hell now burn here on earth Beholden to his word Necrocracy is all that will be Now your children will suffer unto me Necrocracy is all that will be Necrocracy, we shall worship thee No king is eternal And no god is beyond reproach An ethereal parasite Condemns you to die
6.	Panopticon I: The Pretence of Balance 08:01	lyrics	buy track
Domesticate Perpetual disarray Enslave The world chaotic Relinquish control It’s the price you must pay for protection Live your lives in social stasis All hail the machine Existence needs containment Stand proud on your knees Sever your ties to this world Embrace the illusion Sever your ties Embrace the illusion Surrender your lives Give me your souls The accession begins Relinquish control We are the keepers Always unseen Unrestrained masters Of docility All hail me Cull the subversive, exterminate You are the broken Burden the cost of a life without fear We are the chosen few Tear down the tenets of chaos and ruin You are the broken Burden the cost of a world engineered We are the chosen few Chains in holy guise Burning the lies of the prior regime Drain the will to survive Release your mind Surrender your lives Give me your souls Break your will to survive Release your mind  Devour your soma Your troubles mundane The onslaught of nothings Will leave you enslaved Welcome the ways of a contained culture Surrender your lives Give me your souls The pretence of balance The truth of control Welcome the ways of your doom
7.	Panopticon II: Born to Bleed 05:09	lyrics	buy track
Life under constant observation Existence under eyes concealed Life after liberty’s cessation Existence fraught with mind disease Welcome to subjugation Your flesh empowers the machine Life after liberty’s cessation Pray to the architects unseen We are the wretched Born in anguish We are the wretched Born to suffer We are the masters Born to lead We are the ones that will pull you under Curs and bastards Rot and breed We are the ones that will take you under Subdued by public executions Betrayed by faithless prophecies You are the wretched Born to bleed Torn apart and ripped asunder Curs and bastards Rot and breed We are the ones that will take you under Subdued by public executions Betrayed by faithless prophecies Twisted into feeble nonexistence Betrayed by vows of harmony Live your lives in social stasis All hail the machine Existence needs containment Stand proud on your knees Sever your ties to this world Embrace the illusion Sever your ties Embrace the illusion Pulling your strings since the day you were born Your fate just a painting by blueprint Resistance In vain Existence In a cage Resistance Is purposeless Existence As a slave
8.	Panopticon III: The Tyrant's Throne 06:02	lyrics	buy track
Life under observation Fraught with mind disease The drivel inundation Seeded by the gods unseen They have us all controlled These lives are not our own Unsafe exposed Under the tyrant’s throne Everything dear to you All that you think is true Now and forevermore You are accounted for This is the price of peace Your every move policed Socially engineered You were betrayed by fear

about

Panopticon is the sophomore album from HELLBORE, the death metal outfit striding both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. The new record marks an evolution in their sound expanding their scope from thrash infused death, now embracing a variety of modern death metal subgenres including technical death metal, progressive death metal, and deathcore.

Following their debut album Holy Sadist released in 2019, Panopticon features creative sonic storytelling, technical guitar madness, a barrage of extreme vocal styles, and immaculate production. From the dramatic, orchestral fuelled opening track "Libertus" to the epic "Panopticon" in three chapters, the new album is a dark, immersive experience. Guttural screams and demonic vocals enshroud the atmosphere with a haunting twist, while hard hitting instrumentation and marching rhythms manifest a powerful heaviness. Introducing technical guitars in "All Men Are Created Evil" and an unexpected jazz section in "Terror Eyes", HELLBORE have have grappled with charismatic musical styles and developed them seamlessly into their sound.

Metal-Temple.com "As per the norm, Chris' vocals are mind-bending and Charlie writes music that is sonically brutal, yet eternally entertaining in its execution. It's like these guys know exactly what we want to hear as metalheads and deliver it with a maniacal attention to perfection in sound."

Manofmuchmetal: "Given the year that we have has so far in the realm of death metal, it was always going to be a tall order for a relatively unknown entity to make an impression. But credit to Hellbore and to Charlie Munro and Chris Whitby for achieving just that with this excellent and entertaining slab of extreme metal that is both aggressive and enjoyable in equal measure."

Screamblastrepeat.com "You’ll look out of your window and wonder if you can upend the bus shelter across the road with your bare hands... this is a masterpiece of modern death metal. Clearly, Hellbore have no time for contemporary trends and tastes – they write music on their terms and with zero tolerance for the opinions and expectations of others."

CultMetalFlix: "In short, this is a fantastic discovery sure to incite smiles, smirks and widening eyes upon a great many fans visage who might be of the mind that most everything released nowadays is plagiarized crap. It isn’t and this band proves there’s plentiful life left in the genre."

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released March 18, 2022

Charlie Munro - all guitars, bass, mixing and production (www.munro-audio.com)
Chris Whitby - vocals

Timon Kokott - artwork (www.timonkokott.com)

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Hellbore is an online death metal band featuring Charlie Munro and Chris Whitby.

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