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Hope Is A Mental Illness

by Xathrites

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Kyle
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Kyle The album as a whole completely encompasses the desperation and disparity of mental illness. Sorrow is felt in every cord. Anguish, permeates every string and the vocals accurately portray the tortured lyrical content. As a life long suffer of depression this album was difficult to listen to at times but holy fuck am I glad it was made. Someone finally completely nailed the mental condition through the musical arts. Nothing short of a masterpiece
billyspears
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billyspears Home recorded by 2 guys that live in different countries, but still the best album of 2020. Please do a vinyl release, I need this in my record collection. Favorite track: Human Contact Is a Plague.
csusterich666
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csusterich666 Phenomenal stuff, this!! Hails from Seattle!!
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No answers at all Did everyone become deaf? Are you alive at least? My screams are shaking the ground Where the hell are you? Living in a city of ghosts No-one breathes or makes a sound there Total isolation No touches, no humane voices Where the hell are you? I can see some spectrums there And some shadows move around These ghosts cant see me These ghosts aren't real In a city where there are no humans I fall into the ground and shout Human contact is a plague But human contact is all I need
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Failed Attempt Certificate Who said I didn’t try to live? Who said I didn’t want to be better? Who said I intend to live this way? Failed attempts..Failed attempts.. I failed the world... The way you judge us... The way you can't understand. The pain we're living, the choices aren't in our hands You only give us...Another reason to end the day You only give us...Another scar in our hearts Another reason to end the day.. Another scar in our hearts.. Another failed attempt.. Another drop on the floor Who said I intentionally lose control? Who said I love this self-harm? The ratio is increasing everywhere But you're just blind to see (The truth) Each one of these scars there Is a failed attempt certificate Signed by the damage of my organs And by the blood on the floor "Someday...You will feel exactly the same"
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No Longer Me 06:40
I am no longer the child, who runs around excited whenever he discovers something new I am no longer the kid who thinks he's special I am no longer the young boy, who wants to change the world I am no longer the guy, who's full of potential to create something new I am no longer the guy, who's full of faith and hope ...Who's full of faith and hope and dreams I am no longer the guy, who's surrounded by friends I am now surrounded by ghosts... I am no longer the man, who's breathing for a reason I am no longer the man, who's waking up for a purpose I am no longer the man, who cares about anything anymore I dont care about anything anymore.
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Hope Is A Mental Illness Looking at your history These symptoms are not new You've been there before Its hope, the fatal disease The patterns look the same And its effecting your mentality Diagnosing your state of mind is painful Hope is a mental illness Don’t search for medical help at this point A rope can warm you more A razor blade can decrease your pain Or lose your hope once and for all Don’t search for medical help at this point It's all in vain... It's all in vain Hope is a mental illness
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I cast no shadow on the ground I leave no marks where I walk No trace of my living can be found Not a single sign of breathing I make no sounds when I speak I shed no tears when I weep Years of nonexistence My throat retired My brain resigned Shadowless entity Invisible organism Worthless space Rainless dimension The light passes through me The waves of my voice can dance no more In this corner of my lifeform I'm only allowed to observe I am a shadowless entity
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The first 10 years... The branches were broken by the winds And the heart of the kid was shivering No shelter from the cold Each breeze was stealing something from his mind The branches were broken by the winds No shelter from the cold Each breeze was stealing something from his mind After 10 years, The clouds covered the skies No dreams were seen from the horizon... The heart of the skies wept along And the hope was flooded away 20 Years old winter was still raging With thunders that blinded his eyes There was no place to run to Finally he surrendered His face touched the wet ground He barely took his final breath Waiting for the spring "I am still waiting the spring that will never come The season that will never come The story ended without a spring" His face touched the wet ground He barely took his final breath Waiting for the spring Waiting for the spring
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Can't you see my face Its peeling away The time has come for me To merge with the soil again The time has come to an end No more writings left for me This is the end...Of all...My dreams

about

The moment we've all been waiting for after 7 years of our last album release. Ladies and gentlemen it's been a bumpy ride recording this album we've been trying to release it for a long long time but a lot of obstacles got in the way.

We had many delays while recording because we are not settled at one place, I wish if we had a home country and a stable life and as a band it's not easy for us to get together each one of us lives in a different country. Also the album was home recorded by very basic gear as we don't have access to a professional studio and don't have enough financial support to buy proper gear.

Yet we made it through with your support and believe, throughout our journey you guys made us feel like family and that we got each other's backs, you guys are what kept us going on even though all the odds are not in our favor we don't have any support from any label or a sponsor. We tried getting our music through to many labels and sponsors but they either rejected us because we live in middle eastern countries or they asked us to pay a lot of money just to get promoted by them. But we promise to find a good label to release physical forms of the album.

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released February 20, 2020

Xathrites Line-up:
Alex Basher - All Instruments
Azmo Lozmodial - Vocals

All music and lyrics by Xathrites.

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Xathrites Baghdad, Iraq

Xathrites Is a Black Metal band from Iraq founded by Alex Basher and Saqer Vashkigalix in 2005 ,
And the project was about playing ''Pure Black Metal Music '' Then it changed to be Depressive Black Metal
Current Members :
-Alex Basher
-Whirlwind
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