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1. Leviathan is the black metal project of American artist Jef Whitehead, aka 'Wrest'. He began the project in 1998. Though he was originally based in San Francisco, California, he later moved and is now located in Portland, Oregon. Leviathan was put on hold in October 2007 due to a legal dispute with the record label. Wrest brought the project back in January 2008 to release Massive Conspiracy Against All Life. Since then he has released two further albums, the most recent of which 'Scar Sighted' was released in March 2015.

Wrest revived the project in 2011, releasing True Traitor, True Whore through Profound Lore Records in November that same year. Its subject matter was inspired by his experiences over the past year with his arrest and his accuser. Leviathan's eighth full-length album Scar Sighted was released again through Profound Lore on March 3, 2015 to widespread critical acclaim, and was considered by many music critics to be one of the best metal albums of the year.

Aside from Leviathan, Wrest has a 'side project' under the name of Lurker of Chalice which blends the lines of black metal and neo-folk with a dark ambience. Wrest has also performed with Sunn O))) and Twilight as well as playing drums for Nachtmystium for some live appearances. Also noteworthy is his prior band called Gift Horse, a Cali based instrumental rock band in which he played drums.

Wrest's real name is Jef Whitehead, and outside music he is a famous tattoo artist and visual artist, and works with Hildolf (aka Tim Lehi, who is Draugar) at Black Heart Tattoo. In January 2011 Wrest was arrested on charges of domestic violence and sexual assault against his ex-girlfriend. Wrest maintained his innocence and took the case to trial, in which all charges except one case of aggravated domestic battery were dropped, and he received 2 years probation.

Leviathan is frequently regarded as one of the most influential black metal projects in the US black metal scene, particularly for the 2003 album The Tenth Sub Level of Suicide which is often regarded as one of the best albums in the Depressive Black Metal genre. Since then, Leviathan's sound has undergone significant evolution, broadening its influences to incorporate elements of Death Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, and other genres.

2. Leviathan was a Thrash Metal band from Buffalo, New York. They proved to be the thrash and death metal pioneers who would help pave the way for Buffalo New York’s next wave of up and coming extreme metal artists. Formed in 1985, the band bonded immediately and it was their devotion to both extreme metal and hardcore punk in those glorious pre-“crossover” days that inspired 1987’s “Legions of the Undead” demo. Thanks to a vast international network of passionate underground tape traders the demo found it’s way into the collections of enthusiastic metal fans worldwide eventually winding up in the hands of Metal Forces magazine’s Bernard Doe whose interest led to the bands contribution of two tracks to Metal Forces first compilation LP “Scream Your Brains Out”. As word spread throughout the underground, record label interest began to generate. Leviathan began to prepare new material for a second demo and an inevitable LP release but unfortunate personal problems forced the departure of drum wunderkind Angelo Lococo. After several disheartening auditions the band decided to disband. Leviathan was known primarily for the contributions of the young Chris Barnes who was the original Cannibal Corpse vocalist and is now the vocalist in the band Six Feet Under.

3. Leviathan from Sweden is a black metal band who released the album 'Far Beyond the Light' in 2002. Is a project of Sir A. from Armagedda.

4. Leviathan is a dark ambient project from UK under Monkeyhouse Records. Albums: The Throne of Bones (2002), Machinery of Hell (2003), Shrouded By Fog (2003). Now known as LVTHN.

5. Since their formation in 1989, Colorado's LEVIATHAN have battled against trend after trend while following their hearts by playing progressive heavy rock - a musical genre that has been treated as a virtual non-entity by the music press in the band's homecountry. Refusing to succomb to the unfavorable odds, the group issued a self-titled five song EP, LEVIATHAN (1992), and a full length studio album, Deepest Secrets Beneath, with a line up from which only the two guitarists, Ronnie Skeen and John Lutzow, remain today. While offering only a glimpse into the impressive songwriting chemistry and musicianship that makes LEVIATHAN so unique, the two Jim Morris-produced releases provided the group with a strong foundation in the hard rock scene and garnered positive reviews in virtually every major metal publication in the world.

In addition, Deepest Secrets Beneath reached #8 on the Japanese import charts in 1995, selling nearly 10,000 copies without the benefit of proper distribution. After parting ways with the rest of the group last year, Skeen and Lutzow joined up with drummer Trevor Helfer, vocalist Jeff Ward and bassist Derek Blake to create their most dazzling and musically advanced effort to date. Produced by the band themselves and mixed by Morris, Riddles, Questions, Poetry & Outrage sets a totally different mood with each and every song, producing an album that is very textural and diverse without losing sight of its musical focus. Songs like "Census of Stars" and "Pages of Time" showcase the quintet's ability to create technical yet accessible music, while ballads such as "Are First Loves Forgotten?" and the album's epic conclusion "Passion Above All Else" exhibit the group's talent for writing with depth and feeling. Despite the lack of recognition afforded the band back home, LEVIATHAN are determined to press on with their musical endeavors and recently contributed a track to the second volume of the JUDAS PRIEST Tribute Album ("Night Comes Down") and have a possible European tour in the works for early 1997. In 1997 Corrosive Records released their third foul length album, "Scoring The Chapters" and later the band broke up.
They reunited in 2010 planning to film a gig to be released on DVD.

6. Leviathan from Turkey, released the album 'Cold Caress'

7. Leviathan is an underground rapper from Minneapolis signed to Insides Music. In 2006 he released his first album Thief Acrobat and Armed Response. His style is spoken word poetry over mellow, lo-fi backing, similar in sound to The Last Poets or Gil Scott-Heron, crossed with the wordplay of modern artists such as The Gift Of Gab but with a more laidback flow than all of these.

8. Leviathan from Germany, released two demos and had a member from Necrophagist

9. Leviathan from Spain who had members in Innerself

10. Leviathan from Argentina who released three full length albums

11. Michel Klaasen, known as Tellurian and Leviathan, is the man behind the Cenobite label. The music on this label is a mix between underground Trance and hardcore: Trancecore! Lately he also has a live act together with the Predator.

Aliasses: Brainiac, Fearless, Micado, Michel Klaassen, Tellurian

12. Leviathan from Italy, a progressive rock band who, in 1988 and 1990, released two neo-prog albums in the English language before a lengthy hiatus. In 1998, the band returned with an Italian language album of a similar musical style. Another album in Italian followed in 2004.

13. Leviathan from England. A true heavy thrash metal band from the south of england residing in a small town named gosport ready to take on and conquer the world! Despite the bands young average age it does not hinder them from getting kicked out of pubs across the south of england and gaining a reputation for their rowdy fans. They have recently released their first EP entitled No Man's Land. More details on their old lastfm page under the name: Sirloin.

14. Ｌｅｖｉａｔｈａｎ is a visual kei band from Japan.

15. Leviathan was also the handle of Amiga/demoscene musician Andy Carlson, from the USA. His song Dust To Dust was one of very few to be awarded the maximum 5 star rating in the Hornet Archive, the main hub for demoscene musicians in the mid 90s.

16. Leviathan were an industrial band from Melbourne Australia in the mid nineties and released a cd album and several tracks on compilation albums.

17. Leviathan (Odessa, Ukrain hardcore band.) classic New York hardcore style.

18. US Hard Rock/Progressive outfit LEVIATHAN was formed in 1972, originally from Little Rock, Arkansas but later having their base of operations out of Memphis, Tennesse according to the few sources available. The band consisted of Wain Bradley (bass, guitars, vocals), Peter Richardson (vocals, organ) Don Swearingen (piano), Grady Trimble (guitars), John Sadler (mellotron) and Shof Beavers (percussion).

They were an active band in the southwest US live scene, and besides opening for acts such as Electric Light Orchestra they also headlined shows themselves, at the height of their career in front of an audience 8000 strong in Memphis, Tennessee.

The band issued one album before disbanding, a self-titled affair that eventually saw the light in 1974. The album had been a long time in the making though, as many of the band members were meticulous in their approach to the art of making music. Trained percussionist Beavers (who abhorred the description drummer) amongst the most detailed-oriented members of a band with perfectionism as a priority.

Leviathan did record a second album, "The Life Cycle", but by the time it was finished the interest of their particular brand of music had declined considerably, and no label showed interest in releasing it.

19. A project of dance music producers Stefan Wuys and Andres Romero. As Leviathan, they released only one single: Go Back. They also released music under a large number of other aliases, both together and separately.

Confusion
Leviathan Lyrics

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Where are the answers we're looking for
And what are the questions we ask
Hstory may hold these answers and more
But I never lived in the past

Seeking in vain for the keys
To knowledge that I think I need
My days are a turning of pages searching

For what cannot be

The anger intense behind my eyes
In my fruitless search for the thruth
Frustration teaches me to despise
The ignorance born of my youth

Within my heart there rages and prowls
A wolf of the northern steps
The moonlinght beckons my soul to howl
While in man's twilight world I slept

The beast of my soul yearns to be free
From the shackless that keep it inside
Am I the wolf, has the wolf become me
When no more, I'm able to hide

My eyes are two way mirrors
Concealing the spirit within
That stirs my mind in a terror
An innocent heart black with sin

Within my heart there rages and prowls
A wolf of the northern steps
The moonlinght beckons my soul to howl
While in man's twilight world I slept

The beast of my soul yearns to be free
From the shackless that keep it inside
Am I the wolf, has the wolf become me
When no more, I'm able to hide

The beast of my sopul years to be free
Am I the wolf, yes, the wolfs become me

Overall Meaning

Leviathan's song "Confusion" is a powerful exploration of the search for knowledge and truth. The first verse poses the question of where to find answers and what questions to ask, acknowledging that history may hold the answers but refusing to dwell in the past. The singer then describes their fruitless search for knowledge, and the frustration and anger born out of this search. This anger is juxtaposed against a more primal side of the self, represented by the wolf of the northern steps that prowls within the singer's heart. The chorus repeats the question of whether the singer is the wolf or whether the wolf has become them.

The theme of duality is present throughout the lyrics, with the singer describing their eyes as "two way mirrors concealing the spirit within". They are simultaneously seeking knowledge and truth while also giving in to their more primal instincts. The lyrics suggest that this duality creates confusion within the singer's mind, and their struggle to reconcile these conflicting parts of themselves is ongoing.

The song's lyrics are powerful on their own, but the intense instrumentation and driving rhythms make "Confusion" a standout track. The double bass drumming and soaring guitar riffs are well-suited to the emotional intensity of the lyrics. Overall, "Confusion" is a complex and thought-provoking song that invites the listener to consider their own inner conflicts and the search for truth.

Line by Line Meaning

Where are the answers we're looking for
Questioning the uncertainty of our search for answers

And what are the questions we ask
Questioning the validity of our questions

History may hold these answers and more
Suggesting that the past holds answers to the present questions

But I never lived in the past
Acknowledging the separation of present and past

Seeking in vain for the keys
Acknowledging the futility of our search

To knowledge that I think I need
Suggesting that the knowledge sought may not be essential

My days are a turning of pages searching
Describing the constant quest for knowledge

For what cannot be
Acknowledging the endless nature of our search

The anger intense behind my eyes
Revealing the frustration and intensity of the search

In my fruitless search for the truth
Acknowledging the difficulty of finding the truth

Frustration teaches me to despise
Describing the negative emotions entailed in the search

The ignorance born of my youth
Suggesting that youth and inexperience hinder the search for truth

Within my heart there rages and prowls
Describing the internal struggle of the self

A wolf of the northern steps
Symbolizing the wild nature of human desires

The moonlight beckons my soul to howl
Describing the influence of external factors on the self

While in man's twilight world I slept
Describing the unawareness of the self

The beast of my soul yearns to be free
Describing the internal longing for liberation

From the shackles that keep it inside
Symbolizing the restrictions on human desires

Am I the wolf, has the wolf become me
Questioning the relationship between the self and desires

When no more, I'm able to hide
Suggesting that our true nature is revealed when we drop our pretense

My eyes are two way mirrors
Symbolizing the dual nature of perception

Concealing the spirit within
Describing the hidden nature of the self

That stirs my mind in a terror
Describing the inner turmoil and apprehension

An innocent heart black with sin
Contrasting the internal conflict and external appearance

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, SC PUBLISHING DBA SECRETLY CANADIAN PUB.
Written by: John George Pearce Molloy

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