The band's untraditional aesthetic and approach to their music has led to Altar of Plagues appealing to a wide variety of listeners and this may be seen by the diverse range of acts Altar of Plagues have toured with, including Isis and Mayhem, as well as having appeared at festivals that focus on extreme metal and festivals that encourage experimentation and diversity.
In June 2013, the band announced via Facebook that they were splitting up and their final live performance would be at the Unsound Festival in Poland in October.
Members:
James Kelly - guitars, synthesizers, vocals;
Dave Condon - bass guitar, vocals;
Johnny King - drums.
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All Life Converges to Some Center
Altar of Plagues Lyrics
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Now the road is too clear, and seeing makes me choke.
The brother, the sister and the son. All of them are gone.
Who will conduct the ending scene, now that my love is extinct?
Once we have reached the silence, the making of my soul will be extinct.
Slowly lead to a home far from home, with no space between.
The ashes of our lives fill the distance with no great light.
Nothing was promised, it always remains.
The verses of Altar of Plagues's song "All Life Converges to Some Center" are filled with a sense of despair and hopelessness. The singer starts by reminiscing about the promises of eternal life that were made to them when they were young. However, now that they are older, they look back and realize that they have lost everything. The people they loved are gone, and the future seems bleak. The line "Now the road is too clear, and seeing makes me choke" suggests an overwhelming feeling of emptiness and disillusionment.
As the song progresses, the singer contemplates death and the end of their own existence. They wonder who will be left to witness their final moments, now that their loved ones have passed away. The line "Who will conduct the ending scene, now that my love is extinct?" highlights the idea of being alone and forgotten when death finally arrives. The singer imagines themselves being "slowly lead to a home far from home, with no space between," suggesting a peaceful resignation to the inevitability of death.
The final line of the song, "Horses are rapid and ready," seems to be a metaphor for the fast-paced nature of life and the inevitability of its end. Altogether, the lyrics of "All Life Converges to Some Center" paint a picture of despair and acceptance of the fact that everything must come to an end eventually.
Line by Line Meaning
I was young and you promised that we would live forever.
In my youth, you made a guarantee that we will always be together.
Now the road is too clear, and seeing makes me choke.
I can see everything clearly now, and it's overwhelming me.
The brother, the sister and the son. All of them are gone.
My relatives have passed away, leaving me with no family.
Who will conduct the ending scene, now that my love is extinct?
Without my love, who will see me off at the end of my own life?
Once we have reached the silence, the making of my soul will be extinct.
When we die, our souls will cease to exist.
Slowly lead to a home far from home, with no space between.
Death is a gradual journey to a place that is unknown, with no physical distance.
The ashes of our lives fill the distance with no great light.
The memories of our lives reverberate in the emptiness of death, without any significant meaning.
Nothing was promised, it always remains.
We were never guaranteed anything in life and death remains the only certainty.
Horses are rapid and ready.
Death comes quickly and is always waiting for us.
Contributed by Jordan B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Марки Марк
Эта музыка являет собой ответ на вопрос "Почему ты любишь тяжелую музыку?"
FangsOfTheNidhogg
This is simply too good.
ornsursal
I was young and you promised that we would live forever. Now the road is too clear, and seeing makes me choke. The brother, the sister and the son. All of them are gone. Who will conduct the ending scene, now that my love is extinct? Once we have reached the silence, the making of my soul will be extinct. Slowly lead to a home far from home, with no space between. The ashes of our lives fill the distance with no great light. Nothing was promised, it always remains. Horses are rapid and ready.
Vigor Mortsen
Pearls for swines...and entering Antwerp in March 2015. All life converges to be able to watch them live at last.
Vigor Mortsen
...and then at 8:25 its that epic move that only AoP can turn a tune into a soundscore.
Agustín
Who will conduct the ending scene, now that my love is extinct?
windswept23
incredible ...
Repetition Repetition Repetition Repetition
Great album, but i still prefer White Tomb
FrippTricky
Because Earth: as as Womb is the best damn song
RadamentsLair
If you didn't listen to this the whole way through before making that statement, you've made a very unfortunate mistake.