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Retrospect (Demo Collection)

by Prototype

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1.
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
2.
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
3.
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.
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
5.
Encoded lines of energy No limitation of technology Create a shell to house the soul Emotion engine reigns a being whole Once again Breathing to Transcend Pre-evolved Heart Machine Re-absolved Heart Machine Mechanic feeling synergy Digitizing new biology Inspiration fusion mold Manufactured intellect behold Once again Breathing to Transcend Pre-evolved Heart Machine Re-absolved Heart Machine (Solo: Kragen) Pre-evolved Heart Machine Re-absolved Heart Machine (Solo: Kragen) Heart Machine
6.
REVEALED THESE THOUGHTS UNCLEAR AND DEEP SCARS AGAIN I WAIT, BUT NO HOPE CONCEALED THESE FEELINGS UNDER FACADE, PRETEND MY FATE, TRY TO COPE LOST MY YOUTH NOW DISGUISE THIS FALSE TRUTH CONSUMED BY DARKNESS SPAWNED FROM A CHOICE NOT MADE WITH WRATH I’M CONFINED PRESUMED CONTENTMENT, DIFFERENT IDEALS BETRAYED MY PATH NOW DEFINED LOST MY YOUTH NOW DESPISE THIS DARK TRUTH HALF LIFE FORCED INTO SPLIT TIME, RESORT TO HALF LIFE ASCEND TO SUBLIME, REBUILD THIS… BEREFT THESE YEARS YET THE PAST CANNOT BE RELIVED I MEND, HEAL THIS PAIN ACCEPT THIS DESTINY BUT CANNOT FORGIVE TRANSCEND MY DISDAIN LOST MY YOUTH NOW DEVISE THIS NEW TRUTH HALF LIFE FORCED INTO SPLIT TIME, RESORT TO HALF LIFE ASCEND TO SUBLIME, REBUILD THIS LIFE
7.
ETHEREAL GAZE, A WATCHER OVER YOU ETERNAL SOUL, THE PROPHET CRIES ‘YOU’LL SEVER IN TWO’ RETRIBUTION FOR THE SEVENTH SEAL A SLITHERED GAIT ENTRANCES ALL THE TIME OF FINALITY THE SERPENT AWAITS, FOURTH OF MACCABEES PIOUS FRAUD, BLOOD OF INFAMY THE SERPENT HE TAKES, YOUR THOUGHTS BY BREEZE REPENT, NUCLEATE, YOU ARE HE TRANSGRESS CONFORMITY, SINS PREORDAINED THE SKEPTIC COLD, THE PROCTOR LIES THE MAD OF THIS WORLD COMPOUND DUALITY IMPOSE YOUR WIZARDRY… THE NIMBLE UNFURLS THE SERPENT HE WAITS, FOURTH OF MACCABEES PIOUS FRAUD, FLESH OF INFAMY THE SERPENT HE RAPES, YOUR THOUGHTS AT EASE REPENT, NUCLEATE, YOU ARE HE REGRETS, FOOTFALLS ECHO IN THE MEMORY SIGNS, THE PATH TO ALL THAT IS IDEOLOGY WHY LEVEL DOWNWARD AND PRAISE THAT AS COMMON SENSE RETURN TO GREATNESS AND LIVE LIFE WITHOUT PRETENSE THE SERPENT HE WAITS, FOURTH OF MACCABEES PIOUS FRAUD, THE FLESH OF INFAMY THE SERPENT HE RAPES, YOUR THOUGHTS AT EASE REPENT, NUCLEATE, YOU ARE…
8.
Say my name Now try in vain Welcome the swarm Spirit forlorn Violent capture Haunting you Far from heaven Faith untrue Taste my soul, faint Change this child’s shape Reminds me Devotion (Solo: Kragen) Keep that cross Sign of loss Led by torture Crazed sky Blame my mother Failed cry Take thy strength, rape Change this blind faith Reminds me Devotion (Solo: Kragen) (Solo: Vince) Craving death My last breath He has power He I crave Take me father Now I’m saved
9.
These worlds All for you to seize Countless plains A place for you to breed Europa The moon you shall not touch Growing lifeforce A diamond in the rough Transcendent velocity (In) which we spread idolatry (Solo: Kragen) Monolith Symbolize the truth God is this? Another sun to prove Transcendent velocity (In) which we spread idolatry
10.
WE TRAVEL WITHOUT TIME FOR SAKE OF HUMAN KIND BRING FORTH THE SPICE AT WILL BREATH IN, BREATH FOR THE KILL OF HOUSE ATREIDES THE WAR HAS MADE THIS A BROKEN NATION DEFY, AMPLIFY FEEL MY MIND IN MOTION SEE SEE MY VOICE LIFE DESTROY TAKE WATER LIKE A DRUG STOP WHEN IT'S NOT ENOUGH OF HOUSE HARKONNEN THE WAR HAS MADE THEM SUCH A DAMNATION DEFY, AMPLIFY FEEL MY MIND IN MOTION DEFY, AMPLIFY FEEL MY MIND IN MOTION
11.
I am too real I assume all of your dreams come true The anger you feel Is so common to you You are all the same I’m a new miracle Never stop me (Solo: Kragen) I am the new generation Synthespian my name Bound to perfection Control I sustain Control I sustain Calling out my name In your eyes, powerful Always beneath me
12.
Shine (Demo) 05:06
LIVES MADE OF STONE THEY DO WHAT THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND NO MIND OF THEIR OWN ONLY THE INSTINCTS REMAIN FEEL THE SUN SHINE ON ONE FEEL THE SUN SHINE PEOPLE AWAKE FILL YOUR HEARTS, REGAIN YOUR DREAMS MAKE NO MISTAKE WHAT YOU BELIEVE MIGHT NOT BE FEEL THE SUN SHINE ON ONE FEEL THE SUN SHINE
13.
Seed (Demo) 04:40
Learning to fly in skies That fail to persuade my soul Has shattered my mind So helpless I bleed Emptied nest of creativity The silence no longer my friend Or my seed Found myself holding on To something that was so untrue Trying to make up for all That was gone Reversing time and fighting the tide Impregnating fate with my pride I will not compromise (Solo: Kragen)
14.
SEASONS WILL FOLLOW THE DEATH OF THE LAND GOVERNED BY SPIRITS THE SONS OF ABRAHAM LET THE WIND BLOW LET IT BEGIN THE END OF THE NEW WORLD THE SOURCE OF ALL SIN REJOICE FOR THE ONES TO COME WE MUST LET THEM GO REJOICE FOR THE ONE TO LEAD THE DEAD OF JERICHO ALL WHO CONDEMN US LET YOU BE GONE FOR WHAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN MUST ALWAYS BE DONE THE PATH TO SALVATION THE REASON FOR LIFE IN DEATH WE HAVE FOUND IT FOR DEATH WE MUST FIGHT REJOICE FOR THE ONES TO COME WE MUST LET THEM GO REJOICE FOR THE ONE TO LEAD THE DEAD OF JERICHO AND THE WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN AND THE DEAD PEACE HAVE FOUND

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Retrospect is a collection of the 4 "official" Prototype demos, including all 6 tracks from the now out of print Cloned CD plus 8 previously unreleased demo tracks recorded before the release of the Continuum and Catalyst albums. 14 tracks in all, Retrospect takes the listener on a journey back in time to hear the original recordings of these classic Prototype songs from the most recent 2008 Demo to the very first demo Seed.

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released November 20, 2012

2008 Demo Lineup [Tracks 1-4]:
Vince Levalois - Guitar/Vocals
Kragen Lum - Guitar
Kirk Scherer - Bass
Nic Ritter - Drums

2001 Demo Lineup [Tracks 5-8]:
Vince Levalois - Guitar/Vocals
Kragen Lum - Guitar
Kirk Scherer - Bass
Pat Magrath - Drums

Cloned (1998) Lineup [Tracks 9-11]:
Vince Levalois - Guitar/Vocals
Kragen Lum - Guitar
Mike Bear - Bass
Pat Magrath - Drums

Seed (1994) Lineup [Tracks 12-14]:
Vince Levalois - Guitar/Vocals
Kragen Lum - Guitar
Steve Gambina - Bass
Damion Ramirez - Drums

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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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