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Catalyst

by Prototype

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1.
Inceptum 01:27
2.
Catalyst 04:51
Witness the birth Behold the catalyst Feedback, make ready Inciting history Speed through the stars Reach out the never Find a new way Exist Life unpredicted Reactions chemical Evolve the primer Construct the radical Our time will come Control the future Reject the past Sail the seas of space Hoping we will find our resting place With fate's embrace We feel the hunger Fueling the path we lead This pain insatiable Infusing every seed Senses awake Spare no emotion Devour life Corrode This journey of a thousand years Has torn us on the way Remember brilliant hemispheres Horizons silver gray Tear out my eyes Wipe clean this vision Deprive the will to break Sail the seas of space Hoping we will find our resting place With fate's embrace (Solo: Kragen) (Solo: Vince) We sail the seas of space We'll rest in fate's embrace
3.
Cynic Dreams 07:06
If you feel your emotions entwined So alone and betrayed Rise tall and demand stars aligned Past leaden skies This war is frayed Our futile resolve All these prophets predicted this meager take Bend your soul Believe not what leads you astray Then behold The power that strengthens Our last widespread decay Never soon to be simply let by Let's assume this mockery My will is as still as your lies Of infamy I won't regret The choices I made It will serve as another reminder Bend your soul Believe not what leads you astray Then behold The power that crushes Your final, silent, cynic dreams (Solo: Kragen) (Solo: Vince) Tearing the fabric of time Insomnic thread Reaching the edge of the line Now another day (Solo: Vince) (Solo: Kragen) Now awaken, our conscience is one We begin this strategy In the end it will render you numb Not what it seems Drenched in new life The quiet remains Population control, we assimilate Bend your soul Believe not what leads you astray Then behold The power that crushes Your final, silent, cynic dreams (Solo: Vince)
4.
Take my remedy Let me ease the pain Relieve your suffering Believe the things you say Words from your trap, the truth will not portray Waiting now for skies to clear Distant and cold Searching for the grand design Far and wide Close and here What is this I see? Punish the meek With their own thoughts enslaved Wrapped around a simple plan I'll have you eating from this empty grave Analyze the universe Distant and cold Scrutinize this dismal world Far and wide Close and here Here we are the chosen ones All we take is your disgrace Your disgrace (Solo: Kragen) (Solo: Kragen) (Solo: Vince) Waiting now for skies to clear Distant and cold Searching for the grand design Far and wide Close and here Here we are the chosen ones All we take is your disgrace Here the unfamiliar stray To feed on all soulless prey Prey
5.
Illuminatum 02:26
6.
It came to me just like a nightmare First I felt the hate Then touched the sky Feelings of distress just whisked away Shroud of perfect, easing darkness Did it ever leave? I can’t recall The last I tried My eyes bled tears of joy My own deception The pain is no longer my own Is this me? It all seems so surreal Mind infiltration Resisting a dark god of rapture Now I kneel to my master I will persist, let go your mind Do not resist, we are entwined Leave me You’ve crossed the empirical line Return to your kind This foreign star, not like our sun We’ve come too far, it must be done Nothing I do can keep you at bay My senses astray I walk the Earth, forever unaware Now rejoice unto my spirit veil The deathless youth Eternal wisdom sail A never-ending source of power You will walk the path or turn a slave The more you stand The more I dig your grave My own deception The pain is no longer my own Is this me? It all seems so surreal Self-reconstruction Look into the eyes of despair Then fall in their wake I will persist, let go your mind Do not resist, we are entwined Leave me You’ve crossed the empirical line Return to your kind This foreign star, not like our sun We’ve come too far, it must be done Nothing I do can keep you at bay My senses astray (Solo: Kragen) (Solo: Vince) (Solo: Kragen) A plan to imprison us all Until we find a way In time their perversion will stall For now, surveil (Solo: Kirk) It came to me just like a nightmare I walk the Earth, forever unaware The pain no longer there I've lost the will, my sense of reason The core in disrepair Can I believe my own deception?
7.
Born, we are raised in fear Now kneel to our reign Never will we capitulate We'll die by fire The battle, saturated fields Success is imminent Your weakness, how it makes you bleed We'll drive you under Crossing into retribution Never give in, recalling sin Into oblivion New paths unfold Blood skies, make their bodies flow No kindness with pain All senses are active Impose our glory Engage the large array Circulate the misery Force feed our constant will To change the story Sending a message of reason Never give in, recalling sin Into oblivion New paths unfold (Solo: Kragen) The ghosts of past reliance Defiance of old designs Throw them away A new course of action The ancient, corroded sphere Elastic waves of tears Demonic visions Enough of this persistency Eternal death shall placate Spend eternity to think and feel Our own emotions Breaking the walls of confusion Never give in, recalling sin Into oblivion New paths unfold New paths unfold
8.
Impetus 01:35
9.
Gravity Well 07:10
There's nothing more to say When death surrounds us all Our bodies feel the scourge It rips the flesh forever more I see the growing well A stare casts out its spell Relive the sounds of war Reform the bloodline We won't be taken These eyes are not meant for you You were not chosen Our skies were not spent for you Don't think you can take us down These cries for mercy drown your insolence Humanity's regrets Could justify this death of innocence I've seen the growing well Its stare casts out a spell Relay the word ahead Release the undead We won't be taken These eyes are not meant for you You were not chosen Our skies were not spent for you (Solo: Kragen) (Solo: Kragen) This road which leads to peace Will carry us to a final tale Lock down the door, retreat Rebuild our world with a new unveil I see the closing well A glare no longer there The hope may now return Persistent candles burn We won't be broken Our eyes are not meant for you With minds in motion The sky will again be true (Solo: Kragen) (Solo: Vince)
10.
Time can only pass you by Burying you alive Passions found wither away in kind Suffocate this bare alliance Radical points of view Changing with the winds of arrogance Don't mesmerize me Never deceive me Bearing the weight of the past What is it for? A revolving contradiction Impose the truth on me Carry this frame of mind Better to find The ageless heart of memory Into infinity (Solo: Kragen) Twisting, turning torment Preaching a perfect world Emissaries of perplexion Patronize the impulsive soul Zealous, vagrant scorn Painting bliss with pure intolerance Don't mesmerize me Never deceive me Free to be but not to believe And it's you I blame The destroyer of redemption Impose the truth on me Carry this frame of mind Better to find The ageless heart of memory Into infinity (Solo: Kragen) Scorch Force Drain It's cauterizing Mourn Hate Feed Emotions flying high (Solo: Kirk) (Solo: Vince) The restful sleep Encroaching on the skyline
11.
Exiled 04:57
To be banished from the womb Cast from that which we assumed Shimmering lights glow overhead Abandoned by those who... Misled us Betrayed us Controlled us They'll never again... Dare our consensus Anoint us with jealousy Exiled, we are here Set to commune with man Exiled and devoid of fear Never to see our lands A skeptic's mind we face Alliances new must take place To our home a warm disgrace Reflecting on those who... Misled you Betrayed you Controlled you They'll never again... Feel so unknown to you Enslave this humanity Exiled, we are here Set to commune with man Exiled and devoid of fear Sever corroded strands Exiled, we are here Set to commune with man Exiled and devoid of fear Never to see our lands (Solo: Kragen) Only the righteous will prevail Violent transcendence to light Our deprived immortal souls In turn finding those who... Misled them Betrayed them Controlled them We'll never again... Nomadic correction Sail into eternity Exiled, we are here Set to commune with man Exiled and devoid of fear Sever corroded strands Exiled, we are here Set to commune with man Exiled and devoid of fear Never to see our lands
12.
Communion 05:18
Welcome to what lies just beyond this great divide We cross the chasm Walk the path to where all our thoughts and dreams collide Just as humanoids in form Reaching the unobtainable So susceptible to our own evolution reborn Will you save us from the cold inside? And take communion Can we turn the page and hold this pride? Feel the filtered light from the sun of gods forlorn We are the future No more sutures left to retain the darker days And now the symbiotic spread A synchronized existence No more distant than a needle pulling thread Will you save us from the cold inside? And take communion Can we turn the page and hold this pride? We are the dreamers and you are the dream Of broken minds We take communion, tear the world at the seams At the seams Dreams Of broken dreams (Solo: Kragen) Just as humanoids in form Reaching the unobtainable So susceptible to our own evolution reborn Evolution reborn Evolution reborn

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released September 11, 2012

Vince Levalois - Guitar/Vocals
Kragen Lum - Guitar
Kirk Scherer - Bass
Pat Magrath - Drums

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Prototype Los Angeles, California

Based in Los Angeles, PROTOTYPE continues to push the boundaries of metal’s status quo by breaking the rules of meshing styles without compromising musical integrity. With the release of the new album Catalyst in 2012, PROTOTYPE continue to expand their sound by adding new elements to their unique blend of thrash metal and progressive music, creating their heaviest, and clearest album to date. ... more

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