Space Eater was founded in Belgrade, Serbia in October 2004 by Boško “RNA” … Read Full Bio ↴Space Eater was founded in Belgrade, Serbia in October 2004 by Boško “RNA” Radišić (vocals) and Stanislav Šaršanski (guitars). Soon after joined Karlo Testen (bass), Nemanja Pavlović (guitars) and Nikola Roglić (drums). This line up recorded the first demo “Live in Studio 6” and reached the finals in the 202 Radio's Demo Masters Tournament where their performance was stopped by the police due to violent moshing. “Bombs Away” demo was recorded in 2006 with the new drummer Vladimir Bogdanović Điga and was proclaimed “demo of the month” in the April issue of Serbian Metal Hammer magazine. This demo landed a deal with Swedish I Hate Records, and thus the first full-lenght entitled “Merciful Angel” was recorded and released in 2007. In early 2009 the band recorded an 8 track demo for the new album and started searching for a label to release it. Then, on June 3rd 2009 great tragedy struck. Boško “RNA” Radišić and his sister died in a fire in the building they lived in and the band was put on hold. However the band decided to continue and keep the idea which Boško started alive. In came Luka “Tower” Matković (vocals, gutiars) and Marko “Tihi” Danilović (drums) and the band continued as a four piece. This line up recorded the “Aftershock” album using Boško's demo vocal tracks for the existing eight songs and added two new songs to complete the album. It was released by Stormspell Records in 2010 on CD and later by Metalizer records on vinyl. The band then promoted the album by playing numerous gigs across the country and started writing songs for a new release. In 2012 “Ninja Assassin” demo was released and the band started looking for a label to release their new album. In early 2013 Space Eater toured Europe with a new guitar player Đorđe Luković, alongside the band Infest and landed a record deal with PureSteel records from Germany. 2014 saw the release of the “Passing Through the Fire to Molech” album and the band's first video for the song “A Thousand Plagues”.

Afterlife
Space Eater Lyrics

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[music by Radisic and Sarsanski, lyrics by Radisic]

My life is over
Time is up for my existence
Where do I go now?
Destination from the visions
Closing chapter
Just another in the millions

Final laughter
Journey starts, the fall begins

I see sparks in the devil's eyes
The court supreme has found me guilty
Verdict unfair as it seems to me
Previous life stays behind - I must go now

No purgatory
The sum of my entire lifetime
No earthly glory
Savior hand I wouldn't decline
Desperation
Internal pain is overwhelming
Violation
That's why I died, that's why I'm leaving

My new home is burning me
Acid baths, cauldrons of death
Resistance is futile, just enjoy the pain
Previous life stays behind - I must go now

Fires in the pits of hell
Scorched every single time
Can't breathe, impossible to yell
Silence devours me

Previous life stays behind, previous life stays behind
Previous life stays behind, previous life stays behind - I must go now

Overall Meaning

The lyrics in the song Afterlife by Space Eater describe the inevitable journey that every being must undertake, after experiencing their end of life. The first stanza of the song presents despair and confusion on the afterlife journey. The singer states that their life is over, and it is time for their existence to end, while questioning the destination to which they must now travel. The singer describes it as a closing chapter, just like any other in the millions of previous journeys. The journey begins in a state of despair, and the fall begins.

The second stanza describes the singer's journey through the court of the devil. The devil declares the singer guilty, and despite objection from the singer, the verdict is unjust. The singer must now leave their previous life behind, and face the consequences of what they left behind. They cannot go through purgatory, nor can they gain any earthly glory. The journey causes pain and desperation, leading to the singer's demise. The singer now finds themselves in a new home that burns them, acid baths and cauldrons of death. The resistance to the pain is futile, and there is no other option but to enjoy the pain that the new home causes. The previous life is left behind; it's now impossible to turn back.

The third and final stanza describes in detail this new journey's horrors, as the singer finds themselves in the pits of hell. The fires there are so intense that they scorch every time, and the air is so dense that the singer can't breathe or yell; silence devours them. The previous life stays behind, and there is nothing left for the singer to do but continue with the journey.

Overall, the song's lyrics take on a rather depressing tone, which is not surprising given its subject matter. It talks about the end of life and the beginning of a new, painful journey leading to the afterlife.

Line by Line Meaning

My life is over
The singer feels that their time on Earth has come to an end

Time is up for my existence
The singer believes that they have reached the end of their life

Where do I go now?
The singer wonders what lies in store for them now that they have died

Destination from the visions
The artist believes that they will be taken to their next destination based on what they have seen in their dreams and visions

Closing chapter
The end of the artist's life represents the end of a book, with no more chapters to be written

Just another in the millions
The singer's death is just one of many that occur every day, making their individual existence feel insignificant

Final laughter
This could be interpreted as the singer's final moments of happiness before leaving this life for good

Journey starts, the fall begins
The artist is starting their journey into the afterlife, but feels like they are falling into a bottomless pit

I see sparks in the devil's eyes
The artist is imagining the devil as they approach judgment

The court supreme has found me guilty
The artist feels as though they have been given an unjust verdict by a higher power

Verdict unfair as it seems to me
The singer believes that they did not deserve the punishment they received

Previous life stays behind - I must go now
The artist's time in their former life is over, and they must move on to their next existence

No purgatory
The singer believes that they will not be granted a middle ground before entering heaven or hell

The sum of my entire lifetime
The singer's life as a whole has been taken into consideration in death

No earthly glory
The singer did not live their life for fame or fortune, but for other reasons

Savior hand I wouldn't decline
The artist would eagerly accept salvation from any source, as they are feeling desperate

Desperation
The artist is feeling great despair

Internal pain is overwhelming
The singer is experiencing tremendous emotional and spiritual pain at the moment

Violation
It's unclear what this specifically refers to, but it could be the sense that the singer's life was not respected or honored in death

That's why I died, that's why I'm leaving
The artist feels that something fundamental to their existence led to their untimely demise

My new home is burning me
The artist's new residence in the afterlife is causing them pain

Acid baths, cauldrons of death
This could be interpreted as the artist's description of the fiery, hellish environment that they find themselves in

Resistance is futile, just enjoy the pain
The singer understands that there is no escape from their new surroundings, so they might as well do their best to come to terms with it

Fires in the pits of hell
Hell is a place of fire and brimstone according to some religious views

Scorched every single time
Hell's punishing fires are unrelenting, scorching the singer every time they burn

Can't breathe, impossible to yell
The singer may feel that the fire in hell is suffocating and too intense to even scream in agony

Silence devours me
The singer is oppressed by the utter and complete quiet, which is probably quite jarring compared to the sounds of life on earth

Previous life stays behind, previous life stays behind
The artist acknowledges that it is time for them to leave their mortal life behind and embrace their new reality

I must go now
The artist knows they cannot delay, it is time for them to move forward and embrace their afterlife

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