Knights of the Abyss was formed in 2005 after drummer A… Read Full Bio ↴Glendale, AZ
Knights of the Abyss was formed in 2005 after drummer Andy Rysdam had left his former band Job for a Cowboy. They have recorded two full-length albums, which were released by Siege of Amida Records and Ferret Records. Early songs featured the original vocalist Phil Noriega. Dustin Hadlock, a friend of the band who had provided some guest vocals on some older tracks, stepped in to record the rest of the album and toured with the band throughout January 2008. The band announced its signing to Ferret Records.[2] A new song, titled "A New Darkened Faith", from their first Ferret albumt, Shades, was posted on the band's MySpace page in early April. All vocals on Shades were by Dustin Curtis of the band A Breath Before Surfacing from Tucson, Arizona. The band has toured in the United States and the United Kingdom, playing alongside bands such as Elysia and Arsonists Get All the Girls. Elysia's vocalist, Zak Vargas, was featured on the song "Decaying Waste" from the album Juggernaut.
With the start of 2009, many of the original members of Knights of the Abyss had left, many to return to school. Dustin Hadlock was once again appointed vocalist, and drummer James Gillespie, guitarist Brian McNulty, and bass guitarist Griffin Kolinski were added as well. Kolinski and McNulty also play in the Arizona metal band The Blood Countess. Hadlock and Gillespie were recruited from Nick Florence's side project, entitled Decessus. Florence is currently the only original member of the band. Knights of the Abyss recently announced that they had returned to the studio to demo and record a follow-up to Shades. [1] On May 3, 2009, at 10:25 p.m., the band posted a new song in pre-production dubbed as Pandemic, as a sign they are now recording their newest album. As of May 1, 2010, the band has completed recording their 3rd full length album entitled The Culling Of Wolves.
Knights Of The Abyss launched the first single for The Culling Of Wolves entitled, "Deceiver's Creed" on both their myspace and facebook page in July of 2010. As stated by their social networking sites, the album will be released August 17th, 2010 via Ferret Records. [3] They have also announced two seperate U.S. tours for the fall. "The Culling Of Wolves Tour" will feature Conducting From The Grave, The World We Knew, and Enfold Darkness. [4] "The California Blood Tour" includes Cattle Decapitation, Devourment, Burning The Masses, and Son Of Aurelius.
‘The Culling of Wolves’ contains 11 blistering, crushing tracks and, while a concept record, not your typical concept LP. There’s no story that runs through the disc, but there was definitely a major inspiration behind songs like “The House Of Crimson Coin,” “The Swine Of The Holy Order,” and the first single, “Deceiver’s Creed”: The U.S. Treasury Department.
“I am afraid it probably is a very opinionated record, but we’re not slamming anyone; we’re just making our opinions known,” the bassist says, before explaining that some songs focus on the creation of the Federal Reserve while others revolve around The Bilderberg Group (an unofficial, invitation-only conference of men of influence in the fields of politics, banking, business, the military and media) and Bohemian Grove, a 2,700-acre campground in California that hosts an annual three-week encampment of some of the most powerful men in the world.
Gridlock
Knights Of The Abyss Lyrics
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Above the greatest fire your life hangs in the balance. Your audience waits anxiously as the noose tears away at your neck.
Your spilled blood is measured in gallons as the masses pierce you with hatred.
I will not give you mercy.
Your exhausted muscles give way to my knife which stands as great marker of justice.
Your dismembered limbs and mangled remains hang before you. You will have no proper burial.
Your life will be erased.
Your pain excites the crowd as your motionless flesh falls to your bloodied feet.
I am your executioner.
I am your executioner and you will kneel before me.
The lyrics for Knights Of The Abyss's song Gridlock depict a violent execution of a person, who is hanging above the gallows. The audience waits anxiously for the noose to tear away at the person's neck. Their blood is spilled in gallons, as the crowd pierces them with hatred. The singer of the song is the executioner who will not give the person any mercy, and their exhausted muscles give way to the executioner's knife, which stands as a great marker of justice. The person's dismembered limbs and mangled remains hang before them, and they will have no proper burial.
The song's lyrics continue with the depiction of the person's pain and the crowds' excitement as their motionless body falls to their bloodied feet. As death comes over them, the person begins to protest, but the executioner halts their speech. The singer declares themselves as the executioner, and the person must kneel before them. The lyrics in this song are graphic and violent, and they depict a gruesome execution. The message of the song is unclear, but it could allude to the idea of justice being served for one's actions, or the power dynamics between the executioner and their victim.
Line by Line Meaning
Your lifeless body hangs above the gallows.
Your body is hanging above the gallows without any life left in it.
Above the greatest fire your life hangs in the balance. Your audience waits anxiously as the noose tears away at your neck.
You are hanging above a huge fire while the noose is choking the life out of you, and the crowd eagerly watches as you struggle for breath.
Your spilled blood is measured in gallons as the masses pierce you with hatred.
As the masses look at you with hatred, your blood spills in gallons from your wounds.
I will not give you mercy.
There will be no mercy shown towards you.
Your exhausted muscles give way to my knife which stands as great marker of justice.
Your tired muscles can no longer resist my knife, which stands as a symbol of justice.
Your dismembered limbs and mangled remains hang before you. You will have no proper burial.
Your dismembered and mangled remains will be hanging before you, and you will not receive a proper burial.
Your life will be erased.
Your life will be completely obliterated, with nothing left behind.
Your pain excites the crowd as your motionless flesh falls to your bloodied feet.
The crowd is excited by your pain as your lifeless body collapses to the floor, covered in your own blood.
As death comes over your helpless body you begin to protest and I halt your speech.
As death starts to overtake your body, you start to protest, but I stop you from speaking.
I am your executioner.
I am the one who is responsible for carrying out your execution.
I am your executioner and you will kneel before me.
As your executioner, you will kneel before me and accept your fate.
Contributed by Madelyn W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Worldeater4l
Hadlock is the demo Gridlock is the new version.
AlexSetsLlamasOnFire AllDafuqinTime
Hadlock's way better..
Recreant23
It's clearly not Bree time... Hadlock is better its more brutal and guitars are heavier and sound like they give a fuck... This is a cleaner version but it's a bit weak for my taste
icemann156
i like hadlock better but that's just mine opinion...
Mr Crabbyface
ugh what a lame ass version. if I have ever heard of an anti climactic break down/song end, this would take the cake