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Plasmocide V: Mutating the Illusion

by Altered Paradox

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1.
Mutate 02:40
2.
Vanish 03:28
Once again it disappears Just like it did before Never to be seen or heard from Anymore If it comes staggering back With some new demands I’ll take its life with my own hands Vanish I fought it off once before And I’ll watch it die again Repeat the process And repeat the end As it’s clawing out of its grave I’ll be standing on its head I want to watch its light go out But it seems to not stay dead This co-dependent zombie Needs someone new to use I can’t keep killing you, can’t you Vanish
3.
The only exorcism that I’ll ever need Is to get you gone and away from me But it’s starting to turn into a bad dream And it feels like I’m never gonna find release But with each passing day it grows more This monstrous fiend is fiending for war It gets easier to find what to say To put your mind into eternal dismay The general disgust is growing Will I ever see the day Where it comes to an end Will I put the same shit Back on the shelf The overall inanity Is hurting my head History repeats itself All the dumb questions and the dumb retorts Are an unnecessary means of discourse But you continue on with no remorse So I have to cut the head off at the source You always find yourself caught in a lie And it’s a fucking miracle that you get by If you used your brain at all you’d likely die And you’re too stupid to know the reason why The general disgust is growing Will I ever see the day Where it comes to an end Will I put the same shit Back on the shelf The overall inanity Is hurting my head History repeats itself If you allowed any rational thought Maybe you’d find the life you sought But it’s easier to live in mindlessness Except you favor it in high excess Will I ever see the day Where it comes to an end Will I put the same shit Back on the shelf The overall inanity Is hurting my head History repeats itself
4.
Empty out your mind Over the span of time So much that you won’t even Recognize yourself Somewhere down the line Your brain’s been reassigned And all that’s left around Is an empty shell So prosthetic Nothing left of your mind So pathetic This is what you call life So prosthetic There’s no room for forgiving So pathetic This is what you call living Imagine what it’s like To do this all your life To bear the burden of Not knowing who you are So prosthetic Nothing left of your mind So pathetic This is what you call life So prosthetic There’s no room for forgiving So pathetic This is what you call living A persona has been built To erase you of your guilt But you can’t change your past So fucking easily Loss of self can kill The longer it’s instilled A fuse has been blown In the secrecy
5.
Livormortis 04:28
Insomnia hits you like a freight train And the imagery is driving you insane Can’t tell what’s real, can’t tell what’s real And nothing seems to ever heal Moonlight at the morgue Because you’re bored to death And the symptoms haven’t Kicked in quite yet The hallucinations Are starting to show And the world you loved Is darker than you know Blood on the table Blood in the drain Your reality Is tripping out again The visuals Are far too strong And nothing could be More dead wrong The mind is a terrible thing to waste But it seems like it’s gone to another place Where the vivid lie and the evil breathe And there’s no connection to be seen Moonlight at the morgue Because you’re bored to death And the symptoms haven’t Kicked in quite yet The hallucinations Are starting to show And the world you loved Is darker than you know Blood on the table Blood in the drain Your reality Is tripping out again The visuals Are far too strong And nothing could be More dead wrong
6.
Tsixe ton seod Worromot Demons dreaming Lifeless screaming Endless fear Never disappear Decorate the grave with The flowers of demise Leave behind the energy Of all that it despised Wash away the blood That is seeping through the walls Clean up the scene So no one was here at all Vivid nightmare Never repaired Decorate the grave with The flowers of demise Leave behind the energy Of all that it despised Wash away the blood That is seeping through the walls Clean up the scene So no one was here at all Scared of sleeping Evil creeping Demons dreaming Lifeless screaming
7.
8.
You live under the guise of a bleeding sun And Dorian’s portrait pales in comparison You’re the one born to deceive Never meant to be believed So take everything that is said Different than it is perceived Function with the mind of the insane Glory is a state of disarray Here lies the contradicted man The evidence gathers where I stand So take everything that is said And fuck off when you can None of this means anything All it leads to is confusion The insanity remains Clarity is an illusion Malignant bile that can’t be erased Seen through cold dead eyes on a pale face The perfectionist will crown their head And bear the existential dread As the nails that line the inside Leave you for dead None of this means anything All it leads to is confusion The insanity remains Clarity is an illusion
9.
Lizard Spit 04:20
One becomes two Two become six Six becomes twenty With no limit to the fix Line em up And knock em down Just like you’ve done before Your mind begins to wander And you can’t find the door Send out your SOS And wait on the reply Once again too many And your brain is fucking fried Expectations are low again In a war you’ll never win Living in the same old shit Victimized by lizard spit Consciousness retained In the wake of a reply A documentation of The hours of the night Everyone must know And you’re gonna tell them all One after the other And you’re never gonna fall One becomes two And two become six Six becomes twenty There’s no limit to the fix Expectations are low again In a war you’ll never win Living in the same old shit Victimized by lizard spit
10.
The dream is dead So capture the moment To remind you That it’s permanent Nothing to savor In a world gone wrong Time doesn’t matter When you’re already gone There’s nothing to save It all went away This is insane They wither away Building the tower A monument To life devoured Nothing to savor In a world gone wrong Time doesn’t matter When you’re already gone Let the demons free To do their worst Nothing matters It always hurts They sit there and ponder The mystery of life But all that’s left to do Is watch this city die And at the end All the progress Just faded out You’re left with excess Nothing to savor In a world gone wrong Time doesn’t matter When you’re already gone Let the demons free To do their worst Nothing matters It always hurts They sit there and ponder The mystery of life But all that’s left to do Is watch this city die
11.
Circles 03:58
Another lost soul Sentenced to the eighth The newest of the skeletons Realize their fate Minutes by ticket Four years alone Yet not all make it Not all find home The sky is empty The morgue is full On your way to the ninth Evil hides away There’s some that live to see the failure Every passing day It all comes to an end With the sprout that stabs the bone Desecrated dead defaced And never finding home The sky is empty The morgue is full Another one that missed the mark Sentenced to an early dark The garden grows where you lie Say goodbye to your afterlife
12.
My Blank Sky 11:46
In the midst of all unrest I’ll be far beyond reach Some live to antagonize But don’t practice what they preach Watch me hover You’ll find me Somewhere in my blank sky You’ll find me Somewhere in my blank sky Watch as it disintegrates It’s an art form to me I’m waiting on the aftermath It’s way more fun to see Watch me hover You’ll find me Somewhere in my blank sky You’ll find me Somewhere in my blank sky The results never disappoint They always aim to please I’ve grown fond of the imagery It’s a beautiful disease Watch me hover You’ll find me Somewhere in my blank sky You’ll find me Somewhere in my blank sky A̷̪͊́T̷̫́ ̴̠̙̉7̸̗̱̒̅ ̵̼͊͜Ṁ̵͕̹Į̴̒ͅṄ̶̥͑U̴̝͛̕ͅT̶̼̝̅̄E̴̡̫̓͠S̸̲̮͆,̴̔͐ͅ ̸̙̏ T̴̤̊̽H̶͉̲́͝E̴̳͑͂ ̶̦̹͐̃H̶̟̋͆Ȩ̵̝͝L̵͕͆̋ͅL̴͈̚ ̴̯̼̃͠M̴̗̄̈́Ḁ̸̛̱̔C̸̥͆͌H̶̳̓̇Ị̶̲͆N̵͚͒͂Ȩ̸̹̈́͑ ̶͎̾ W̴͉̥̃͂I̶̐̅ͅL̸̹̍͊L̸̠̔ ̸̛͔̞B̴͍̼̂̒E̴͔͂͗Ġ̵̯̝İ̷̜̒N̴͙̆ ̵̘̒T̸̫͆̊R̵̭̘̆Ȧ̸̮̂N̷͉͆̉S̸̝̏͑M̶̭̲͊I̷̡̭̚S̶͕͇̎̈Ṣ̵͂Į̵͖̈́́O̵̪̩̎Ṅ̸̤̎.̵͚͐̓

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The return of Plasmocide is here. It has always been an upstanding corrosive force supporting the devolution of the psyche, amalgamating horrific tones with discontent visuals. This instance is no exception.

Mutating the illusion of reality into a heavily exaggerated yet nightmarish landscape is the theme to be found here. Prepare yourself for a twelve track hellride through the illusions created by the mind that was purposely designed to make the listener uncomfortable.

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released June 17, 2022

Altered Paradox:
J. Paradox - vocals (2-12), guitars, bass (1, 3-6, 8-12), drums (1-6, 8-12), keyboards (1, 4, 10, 12), talkbox (10), effects (1, 6, 10)

Accessories to Paradox Alteration:
Wizard - spoken word on “Mutate”
pH>7 - bass on "Vanish"
am:ANDA - vocals on "My Blank Sky”

Other People to Blame:
Lew - at fault for naming "Lizard Spit"
Lizard - at fault for "Lizard Spit"
Manny Calavera - inspiration for "Circles"

All songs written by J. Paradox
Except "Vanish", written by J. Paradox and Steve Hughes

Recorded at Erode Rain Studios
Mixed by Insaniam III, Produced by J. Paradox

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Altered Paradox Cleveland, Ohio

An abandoned waste barrel of screechy whispered commentary and yowled “what the fuck-isms.”

Heavy and trippy. It all gets weird.

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