1) A Christian dea… Read Full Bio ↴There are two bands with the name Impending Doom:
1) A Christian deathcore band from California
2) A Satanic black/death metal band from Germany (now split-up)
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1) Impending Doom is a Christian deathcore band from Riverside, California.
Brook Reeves and Manny Contreras started the band in 2005 with ex members Chris Forno, Isaac Bueno, and Jon. After releasing the The Sin and Doom of Godless Men EP, Greg Pewthers joined on third guitar. Later, Jon left the band and David Sittig was added to the line-up. Andy Hegg later took the place of Bueno and the band recorded the album Nailed. Dead. Risen.. Forno quit the band in 2007, and the band has since used two guitarists. Due to Andy Hegg's dedication to his soccer scholarship, Impending Doom has had to use fill-in drummers on their tours. Since then touring drummer Chad Blackwell became the official drummer for the band, and with that the band also split ways with Greg Pewthers on good terms and have added Cory Johnson to the line-up.
The group signed to Facedown Records in January 2007, and their debut release for the label, Nailed. Dead. Risen., reached number 46 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart. The record has received generally positive reviews. The band has since started a street team to promote their music, which can be found on their myspace top 8. The group then embarked on a tour of the United States to support the album in autumn 2007, including dates with Dead to Fall, Winds of Plague and With Dead Hands Rising. In 2009 the band released their second album, The Serpent Servant.
The band refers to its style of Christian metal as "Gorship" - a portmanteau of gore and worship. The band also clarify on their MySpace blog that "Gorship" is their way of worshiping God through their gore sounding music; not worshiping "gore" as some are led to believe. Impending Doom released their second album, The Serpent Servant, on March 31, 2009 which has hit number 3 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart, this showed a style change in the band, dropping their previous brutal death metal sound and more into the deathcore genre. The band's third album, "There Will Be Violence," was released on July 20th, 2010.
The Deceiver Songfacts reports that Baptized In Filth, their fourth studio album, was the band's first to enter the top 100 of the Billboard album chart, peaking at #98.
Current members
* Brook Reeves– vocals (2005-Present)
* Cory Johnson – guitar (ex-Sleeping Giant) (2008-Present)
* Jake Foust - guitar (ex-Mirror of Dead Faces, ex-Underneath the Gun) (2010-Present)
* David Sittig – bass (2006-Present)
* Brandon Trahan - drums (ex-Mirror Of Dead Faces, ex-xDEATHSTARx) (2010-Present)
Former members
* Greg Pewthers – guitar (Oblige) (2005-2008)
* Andy Hegg – drums (2007-2008)
* Chad Blackwell – drums (2008)
* Isaac Bueno – drums (ex-Underneath The Gun, ex-xDEATHSTARx} (2005-2007, 2009-2010)
* Manny Contreras – guitar (briefly played bass for xDEATHSTARx) (2005-2010)
* Sean Graw - bass (2005)
2) Impending Doom was a black metal band from Germany. The band formed in 1993 and split up in 2001.
Doomsday
Impending Doom Lyrics
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No one escapes, begging for our last breath
No tomorrow, the blood will spill tonight
So say your last words and kiss it all goodbye
Tension so thick that a spark will ignite the air
One press of a button away from nuclear warfare
I hear the cries, billions of people fear for their lives
Oh, God, what have we become?
Welcome, welcome to doomsday
There is still violence
We're still baptized in filth
We're still servants to the serpent
So when the skies rain the final sin
Will it all be worth it? When you meet Him?
I've seen the world bleed, shaking the earth beneath the kingdoms of old
The love of man will grow cold
I've seen the face of greed, smiling selfishly, human cruelty
Oh, God, what have we done?
Oh, God, what have we become?
Welcome, welcome to doomsday
The hands of Heaven are hanging on by a thread
The hands of Hell are preying on by a thread
The hands of Heaven are hanging on by a thread
The hands of Hell are preying on by a thread
The lyrics to Impending Doom's song "Doomsday" speak about the end of the world, the day of death, and the ultimate destruction of humanity caused by our own actions. The first verse sets the tone with the words "Welcome to doomsday, the day of death, no one escapes, begging for our last breath. No tomorrow, the blood will spill tonight, so say your last words and kiss it all goodbye." This paints a picture of a world on the brink of destruction, where people know they have no chance of survival.
The second verse speaks about the possibility of nuclear warfare, with the line "One press of a button away from nuclear warfare..." This is a clear reference to the Cold War period, where the threat of nuclear war constantly loomed over the world. The lyrics go on to describe the fear and desperation of the people, with the line "I hear the cries, billions of people fear for their lives," painting a bleak picture of a world on the brink of destruction.
The chorus of the song is a haunting lamentation about humanity's fate, with the repeated lines "Oh, God, what have we done? Oh, God, what have we become? Welcome, welcome to doomsday." These lines reflect a sense of regret and mourning for the state of the world.
Overall, "Doomsday" is a powerful song that speaks to the fear and uncertainty that many people feel about the future of our planet, and the ultimate consequences of our actions.
Line by Line Meaning
Welcome to doomsday, the day of death
This is the end of the world as we know it, and everyone will perish.
No one escapes, begging for our last breath
No one can avoid this fate, and we will all suffer until our dying breaths.
No tomorrow, the blood will spill tonight
There is no future left, and tonight will mark the end of life as we know it.
So say your last words and kiss it all goodbye
We must come to terms with our inevitable end and let go of everything we once held dear.
Tension so thick that a spark will ignite the air
The atmosphere is electric with anticipation and any small trigger could set off a chain reaction of destruction.
One press of a button away from nuclear warfare
The power of destruction is within our grasp, and it only takes one act of aggression to spark a devastating nuclear attack.
I hear the cries, billions of people fear for their lives
The world is in chaos, and the suffering of billions of people can be heard as they desperately try to cling to life.
Oh, God, what have we done?
In the face of this impending doom, we question the choices that led us here and rue the consequences of our actions.
Oh, God, what have we become?
We are forced to confront the fact that our existence has led to a self-inflicted apocalypse, and we must reckon with the choices we have made as a species.
There is still violence
Even in these last moments, humanity is still wrought with conflict and aggression.
We're still baptized in filth
We are still caught up in a world of sin and moral decay, unable to change our ways before it is too late.
We're still servants to the serpent
We are still enslaved by our base desires and continue to follow a path of destruction and devastation.
So when the skies rain the final sin
In the end times, all of humanity will be judged for their deeds and the ultimate sin will be revealed.
Will it all be worth it? When you meet Him?
As we face our final judgement, we must question whether our actions were worth the ultimate sacrifice of our own humanity.
I've seen the world bleed, shaking the earth beneath the kingdoms of old
The world has suffered immense pain and destruction, rendering the great nations of the past irrelevant in the face of such immense devastation.
The love of man will grow cold
In these last moments, humanity has lost its capacity for love and compassion, leaving only cold calculation and avarice.
I've seen the face of greed, smiling selfishly, human cruelty
The moral bankruptcy of humanity is powerfully embodied by those who cling to their own greed and perpetrate acts of cruelty upon others.
The hands of Heaven are hanging on by a thread
In these final moments, the fate of humanity hangs in the balance and the hands of fate seem to hold only by the slimmest of threads.
The hands of Hell are preying on by a thread
The forces of darkness and destruction seem to be urging on the end of the world, ready to claim the souls of the dying in the final moments of existence.
Contributed by Lily T. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
notchinthebedpost
Welcome to doomsday, the day of death
No one escapes, begging for our last breath
No tomorrow, the blood will spill tonight
So say your last words and kiss it all goodbye
Tension so thick that a spark will ignite the air
One press of a button away from nuclear warfare
I hear the cries, billions of people fear for their lives
Oh, God, what have we done?
Oh, God, what have we become?
Welcome, welcome to doomsday!
There is still violence
We're still baptized in filth
We're still servants to the serpent
So when the skies rain the final sin
Will it all be worth it? When you meet Him?
I've seen the world bleed, shaking the earth beneath the kingdoms of old
The love of man will grow cold
I've seen the face of greed, smiling selfishly, human cruelty
Oh, God, what have we done?
Oh, God, what have we become?
Welcome, welcome to doomsday!
(The hands of Heaven, are hanging on, by a thread...)
(The hands of Hell are preying, on the dead...)
The hands of Heaven are hanging on by a thread
The hands of Hell are preying on the dead
The hands of Heaven are hanging on by a thread
The hands of Hell are preying on the dead
mike bliss
"There is still violence. We're still baptized in filth, we're still servants to the serpent." That part is sweet, love the album references.
Trevo Studen
its cool but the whole deathcore musical formula is really boring to listen to... chugga chugga breakdown bs
Josiah Jones
Then why are you here?
Gabe GR
@Trevo Studen Not boring at all. In fact I believe it's all thats fucking necessary sometimes
WRVTH
@Trevo Studen bro these riffs groove so hard what do you even mean
Giraphery
This album slays demons.
Joshua Brown
DoomGuy approves
Josiah Jones
dudeserpent77 I would expect this more on a Demon Hunter song than this one, but true
FreeRadicals4Christ
dudeserpent77 - facts
Earthworm-Filled Stomach by Choice
Nope. Christ does