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Remnants

by Semmelweis Reflex

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Petruvai A great mix of metal, fantastic nuanced instrumental touches (vibes in the background at one point), and musical theatre over-the-topness. A great and successful experiment in progressive metal. Favorite track: Subject 028.
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1.
Subject 028 04:36
Shadows in darkness I scream without sound Bound up and tortured They steal from my mind I must remain strong Never let them win The secrets I possess They'd exploit and abuse This legion of hatred Would reduce all to dust I must remain strong Resist at all turns They made my mind wrong God, how it burns This insidious drug They’ve injected me with I’m slipping away I stand in the fields of my childhood A sea of grass surrounds me and The entire world Out in the distance The mighty city rises Towers of light and grace But I can’t feel me A voice asks me questions I feel the urge to answer Yet I do not tell but Start to run ...this isn't real Haven't been here for fifty years All around me is darkness I am clutched in chains I must remain strong And resist at all turns They made my mind wrong God how it burns This insidious drug They´ve injected me with Cannot hold much longer I fight myself as I do them Why am I not much stronger? Family and country I'd condemn "GIVE US THE SEQUENCE!" "GIVE US THE SEQUENCE!" "GIVE US THE SEQUENCE!" "GIVE US THE SEQUENCE!" "GIVE US THE SEQUENCE!" 6472 Subject 028 We offer our thanks You´ve contributed greatly To our splendorous cause I must remain strong And resist at all turns They made my mind wrong God how it burns This insidious drug They´ve injected me with They are carrying me away I betrayed my innermost belief This noose on neck shall always stay And bring the sweetest relief 6472
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Don't Fear 03:28
Cross the seas and the mountains In search of salvation Come seeking out shelter In wondrous lands Gleaming silver towers Power unequaled Jewel garden growing Let me in Things are not what they seem Treachery Step on bodies A cog in the wheel Father do you see What we can be Mother don’t fear We’ll make it here Why can't we live our lives in peace? Instead of endless misery Time to escape our fate, start again Tread our own path Begin a new life Toil in the blazing sunlight Under the towers Refugees from the dunes Slumdog favela Units rise in riot Crackdown starvation Father died in turmoil This place must change Things are not what they seem Treachery Step on bodies A cog in the wheel Father do you see What we failed to be Mother do you fear We won’t make it here Why can’t we live our lives in peace? Instead of endless misery Time to escape our fate, start again Tread our own path Begin a new life
3.
Trool 05:25
I wake up before sunrise Just as tired as when I closed my eyes Caffeine pill 33 And a piece of Happy co. pastry I am not myself Just a shell of a man I drag my arse to work Bombarded by advert- actors smirks They’re paralyzing me While so many buy things just to be I am not myself Just a shell of a man I am not even here Just a pawn in a plan There must be a way out; I can decide! And a release from this circular plight I will not stand for this slow suicide I will search for the eternal light Monotony devours me The relentless stream of labour that be It slowly drowns me in this self- dug hole Dulls my mind and corrodes my soul I am not myself Just a shell of a man I am not even here Just a pawn in a plan There must be a way out; I can decide! And a release from this circular plight I will not stand for this slow suicide I will search for the eternal light I see how, shining bright I must end this now and seek out the light My body gone but soul set free I must take many with me I see By the end of this barrel we’ll finally be
4.
Remnants 01:18
“Niko?”
5.
Rust 10:07
Dust scattered in the wind Countless lives swept away Rust is all that remains, horror prevailed A child watches the storm grow Burning all he’d ever known He tried to wake his parents up But failed, forever they’ll sleep Sleep now child All is right No more light Sleep now child It’s all behind They saved him and took him in They raised him and taught him well A purpose and place. You’ll see- A soldier he’ll always be Endless expansion, the creed As God transformed into greed Nations crumbled, nature was raped The War none escaped When The dust settled down, but one survived Symmetrica towering high He left the wastelands behind “Oh soldier of mine…” Sleep now child All is right No more light Sleep now child It’s all behind They saved him and took him in They raised him and taught him well A purpose and place. You’ll see- A soldier he’ll always be Sleep now child All is right No more light Sleep now child It’s all behind They saved him and took him in They raised him and taught him well A purpose and place for me- A soldier I’ll always be They saved him and took him in They raised him and taught him well A purpose and place for me- A soldier I’ll always be
6.
I saw it on the news today Another factory, blown away Just don't understand why This senseless violence, for a lie They call themselves:"The people's' hand" Call themselves: "The underground" Nothing but thugs Our city rots from inside out Living the life just join in There's wealth enough to pass around No more conflict in this land Symmetrica is the place for all Why do they all complain? All the cynics are so wrong Just put your guns away and join our city's song Crying will get you nowhere Your life is not our fault Don't blame us for your mistakes All you do is wrong Our city in harmony Each level complements The workers work, we oversee It's for the best for us to be we History's freest society With more wares than anyone Hallowed board of directors Living the life just join in There's wealth enough to pass around No more conflict in this land Symmetrica is the place for all Why do they all complain? All the cynics are so wrong Just put your guns away and join our city's song Crying will get you nowhere Your life is not our fault Don't blame us for your mistakes All you do is wrong Our marvellous parties Living life on the high side It is fantastic! But I just can't help... Something just feels wrong... Like there's always someone watching Waiting for a single slipup So many have already just disappeared
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Our city of splendour and might The Apex of our collective mind In awe you'll tremble at its sight buts if you Cast the dice then fortune you'll find Leave the ivory gates behind Now take my hand, I'll show you around Only what I, what I point out. Now don't you mind any nuisances that might be found Utopia is here True blissfulness appear All are free, to do as they please To create their own fate In Symmetrica dreams are fulfilled, we will laugh we will sing and we'll live ...Now that was the dream. That never would be Marvel at our cybernetics Revel in what our machines make Some way we’ll find your fix n´ supply it, til you’re - Subdued and content with what’s fake Reality really does not matter So long as the cogs move with ease Production must ever grow and never stop All my units lives are leased to them Utopia is here True blissfulness appear All are free, to do as they please To create their own fate In Symmetrica dreams are fulfilled, we will laugh we will sing and we'll live ...Now that was the dream. That never would be Sleep, work, produce, consume Sleep, work, produce, consume Sleep, work, produce, consume Sleep, work, produce, consume Sleep, work, produce, consume

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released April 29, 2016

Written and performed by Semmelweis Reflex
Engineered by Staffan Birkedal & Jerker Österlind
Mixed by Staffan Birkedal
Vocal Production by Jerker Österlind & Tobias Bellaagh Johansson
Recorded in Soul Noise Studios
Mastered by Juan Cristobal Ribes at Cris Ribes Mastering
Album Artwork by Živko Kondić

Semmelweis Reflex is:
Drums: Marc Estman
Bass: Raúl Vicente
Guitar: Angel Krotnev
Piano & Keyboards: Leon Olas Rosén
Vocals: Tobias Bellaagh Johansson

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Five piece progressive metal band from Stockholm. Mixing old school prog with modern metal. Debut album "Remnants" out April 29th

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