Antagonist is back with a new album and new name: Antagonist A.D. ElevenfiftySeven is proud to be releasing the new full length album We Are The Dead on the 6th of October in both New Zealand and Australia via Melbourne label Trial & Error.
2005 was a dark year for New Zealand metal/hardcore with prominent bands breaking up, crucial venues being lost & key promoters bowing out. Antagonist A.D pushed on and quickly made a name for themselves as an extremely hardworking band and breathing new life into the local metal/hardcore scene.
Taking a different approach Antagonist A.D’s music and message could be described as 'Metalcore with old school ethics'. It's raw metalcore at its purest and sincerest. Not watered down or compromised in anyway. Antagonist A.D delivers the frantic intensity of hardcore, while utilising a heavier edge and metal instrumentation.
Lyrically the band speaks of the cancerous nature of western culture, the infectiousness of apathy, its symptoms & consequence, the exploitation of animals across the world, for pleasure, science, fashion or food. With topics ranging from social & political commentary to the brutally honest self-retrospect and analysis. Simply Antagonist A.D words are full of venom, conviction & passion.
Antagonist A.D has not only toured New Zealand consistently but also Australia, touring with locals and internationals including. Most Precious Blood (USA), Have Heart (USA), Parkway Drive and Carpathian (AUS).
The Debut album ‘ These Cities, Our Graves ‘ (September 06) sold well throughout New Zealand and Australia (May 2008). Now Antagonist A.D deliver the sophomore release “We Are The Dead” available both in New Zealand and Australia this October through ElevenfiftySeven Records (NZ) and Trial and Error (AUS).
Key Quotes:
‘Young energetic and killer' – Scott Kara, Time Out, NZ Herald
'Not for the faint hearted' – Reon Subbaby, Waikato Times.
'Like the words, the music is to the point' – Dan Trevarthen, Real Groove Magazine.
“No Bullshit, no thrills, just heavy and uncompromising music that’ll kick your arse from here to Auckland if you give it a chance.” – Killyourstereo (AUS)
“ Everything about this album is fucking kick-arse. Each song ebbs and flows with power that moves you. Overall, an amazing album for a standout band. These guys are seriously worth it.” – Inpress Magazine (AUS)
“There is no pussy-footing around with these guys. 30 minutes of brutal no-holds-barred hardcore.” – Fasterlouder (AUS)
Antagonist A.D have played NZ' s biggest music festival - BIG DAY OUT '08 - (playing the MAIN STAGE with RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, BJORK, DIZZEE RASCAL, as well as being the MAIN SUPPORT of 2007's TASTE OF CHAOS (GALLOWS, USED, RISE AGAINST).
Antagonist A.D has also headlined local hardcore festivals KILLERFEST '07 (co headline with PARKWAY DRIVE) & '08 (co headline with BLEEDING THROUGH) as well as HAMTOWN SMAKDOWN '06/'07 & '08.
The list of supports the band has done is huge.
HATEBREED (USA), PARKWAY DRIVE (AUS), UNEARTH (USA), MADBALL (USA), TERROR (USA), HAVE HEART (USA), BLACKLISTED (USA), AGNOSTIC FRONT (USA), RINGWORM (USA), BLEEDING THROUGH (USA), DARKEST HOUR (USA), COMEBACK KID (CAN), THROWDOWN (USA), BLACK DAHLIA MURDER (USA), MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD (USA), CEPHALIC CARNAGE (USA), GOD FORBID (USA), SHAI HULUD (USA), BLACKLISTED (USA), DEATH BY STEREO (USA), CARPATHIAN (AUS), HER NIGHTMARE (AUS), 50 LIONS (AUS), SHOTPOINTBLANK (AUS), BLEEDERS (NZ), BLINDSPOTT (NZ), 8 FOOT SATIVA (NZ)
Suicide Girls
Antagonist A.D. Lyrics
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The lyrics of Antagonist's song Suicide Girls seem to describe a young woman who is a victim of a manipulative and abusive relationship. The opening lines reveal that she is physically cold and trembling, almost like a shell or a hollow vessel, acting as a receptacle for the desires of the person with whom she is involved. The lyrics suggest that the woman associates beauty with being submissive and passive, and that she is somehow being "raped" by the concept of love. The lines "screaming and clawing for more" and "just a lifeless longing for touch" indicate that she is not experiencing any fulfillment from this relationship, despite the appearance of her being in love.
The second stanza makes it clearer that the woman is being controlled and manipulated by her partner. The lyrics suggest that he may be a "fucking magician", with the ability to exert control over her mind and body. The woman is unable to resist the man's advances, and he takes advantage of her vulnerability to satisfy his own desires. The lyrics also refer to the woman's eyes and lips, which are associated with amethyst and the number 12 respectively, as if to suggest that she has been robbed of her own identity and turned into a mere object of desire. The final line, "you clawed out her eyes", is particularly vivid and brutal, suggesting that the woman has been stripped of her agency and autonomy.
Line by Line Meaning
Cold skin to shaking lips.
Her body, once vibrant and full of life, now feels cold and empty, her lips shaking in fear and desperation.
She is a shell for you.
She has become nothing more than an object, a shell of a person, existing only to fulfill your desires.
To be beautiful is to be raped...by love?
The idea that beauty inevitably leads to being taken advantage of and violated, especially in matters of love and affection.
Just a lifeless longing for touch.
Despite the facade of beauty and glamour, she is hollow inside, longing for any semblance of human connection and affection.
Screaming and clawing for more.
She is desperate for any form of validation or affection, even if it means subjecting herself to abuse, pain, and degradation.
With those 523940 eyes.
Only able to see beauty and glamour through the distorted lens of society's standards and expectations.
She thinks it's love.
Believing that the painful and traumatic experiences inflicted on her are somehow expressions of love and affection.
And in those m12 amethyst lips.
The physical beauty and allure that have been imposed on her, masking the emotional turmoil and damage beneath the surface.
As you caress her cold body.
The hollow physical satisfaction you derive from violating her, ignoring the emotional toll and trauma it inflicts on her.
She's shaking, she's empty.
The physical and emotional toll of the abuse and trauma she has endured, leaving her a shell of her former self.
Just another shell for you.
Reduced to nothing more than a disposable object, another shell to be used and discarded at your whim.
Fucking magician, fucking mind control.
The way in which societal standards and expectations have been manipulated to make her believe that her worth is tied to her physical beauty, leading her to subject herself to abuse and degradation.
Cold skin, in all its beautiful lust.
The allure and fascination with physical beauty, regardless of the trauma and pain experienced by the person behind that beauty.
You stole her innocence, you stole her beauty.
The way in which her beauty and innocence were taken from her through abuse and trauma, leaving her damaged and empty inside.
She is empty, you clawed out her eyes.
The emotional and psychological damage inflicted on her, leaving her hollow and vulnerable, with her ability to see truth and goodness brutally taken away.
Contributed by Grayson I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.