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Altered Ego

by SXOKONDO

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Darknight Oh man this one sensational album, instant purchase for myself. Altered Ego is the hardcore metal rager I expected and more, this album just RIPS it up in every department, you've got throat shredding vocals, insane drumming and chainsawing riffs just firing from all angles, Sxokondo you rule!! Favorite track: Child of Rage.
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1.
Faded Brides 03:53
Packed in lines, in sad apartments The thousand metre stare, cathartic state Eyes wide shut, lifeless statues Waiting Always waiting Packed in lines, dreary eyes A few hours passed, a few years gone Waiting For the next kiss For the next rant A silent hatred That consumes everything For a few seconds of relief Bleak days on repeat Silence Silence precedes the lecture The faded brides Will only blame themselves For sins they haven’t done The guilt comes with the screams Slowly they disappear Bleak years to come Slowly they fade away Bleak years to come Abandoned in their solitude, they weep
2.
You paralyse the flow / of disturbing truces Capitalise on flaws / to conquer the masses Infantilize your peers / with fabricated truths And let ‘em eat their fears / of cloudy falling roofs Outward signs of wealth / to show ‘em all your faith In a sad tale of despise / that’s only built on lies Buy goodness, feed markets Sell evil, gain riches The aim is rigged Preach assets, produce creeds Pray for wealth, trade good deeds And rot in health The same tactics, recycled and abused Patented lies, to sell crosses or Rolexes The same tactics, recycled and abused Patented lies, to sell crosses or Rolexes
3.
In this land of pain Where we grew The old gods are dead The wooden cross Hanging upside down The altar, burning We were taught to hate ourselves Verses of guilt Verbis diablo But the old gods are dead To give place to surrogates Who did not wait To initiate a new reign of deception After ages of blind faith Disbelief became the new religion But everything is still the same Hate the facts Blame the wise The prophets of stupidity arose A cult of ignorance Mirages of knowledge Spreading like diseases We contemplate the abyss Of a world that ceased to believe in itself
4.
Le ciel se couvre Une secousse, la rumeur gronde L’homme ploie sous l’effort Il vacille face au souffle Des pas qui s’ajustent et chargent La foudre, le gouffre infini L’étal d’une frénésie triomphante Encaisse les coups Toujours Et rit La masse gluante hurle Ses certitudes Dégueule l’obscène servitude D’un fanatisme cruel Les troupes s’assemblent Pour la grande parade hypocrite Aiguisent leur détestation De nos doutes Et nous mourrons sous les balles Des dogmes à venir
5.
The night ate the world Witness his birth In blood in pain Look at the womb / Look at the tomb It’s torn apart / The child of rage I fear the day has come I fear the tales were right When the wrath of the ignorant Will cut us deeper than any blade When the pride of the fool Will deprive us of serenity When the stench that remains Will wipe our fragile thoughts When the flags of hatred Will fly high in the sky And this is the sign that the wave is real And now we all know that we’re all the slaves Of the child of rage
6.
Altered Ego 04:27
A metal bar through the skull Grey matter crushed by the cold iron Living dead, cleansed feelings He was a regular Joe That became a senseless foe Failing strength Derelict tissues He was promised to the grave Standing in the ruins of his mind I too am standing in the ruins of my mind Algid ghost deprived Benevolence no more I don’t know what happened Kill thy neighbour is the new anthem Wrath and suffering, the last shelter In the shadows of an impending doom I forgot how to cry Sterilised and consumed by hatred The abject crowbar of the great nothing Has pierced through my skull Unconcerned by the sorrow around us I have thrown away the crown of thorns Unconcerned by the sorrow around us I have thrown away... the crown of thorns
7.
Lies upon lies upon lies upon lies Never ending flow of sounds and images Facts turned to fables Lies Facts turned to fables Fables turned to reality Dead souls on hold The endless circle of eternity Lies The lingering sound of a past That never was Has brought us to the tipping point And they sing... Lies We walk in darkness We are free We bath in blood We are free We love nothing We are free We need no words We are free Echoes of eternity The distorted tales of a few The endless circle The end of the world Embrace all myths And sing with them these rhymes of deception We are free This is the end of the world We are free Now is the end of the world We are free We are the end of the word
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All We Are 03:25
Roam the world The bane of Cain Has worn us down The purple veil blinding our sight Flames clouding our mind For blood has left its permanent Stain on our souls Believe in nothing Believe in everything In the end we’re all the same Lying, cheating deceivers In the end we’re all the same Lying, cheating deceivers The weakness of believers Servants of gods Who revel in conflict We’ve learned nothing We’ve learned everything Golden coins on closed eyelids Banal and depraved Is all we are A dagger in the hand To show ´em all Our religion is nothing but spit, dust and cum Believe in nothing Believe in everything And sink
9.
Void 05:36
I wake up to nothing The end is fuckin nigh What have we done?
10.
Ruins 04:11

about

After 2 EPs (in 2014 and 2020), Sxokondo releases its first album, called "Altered Ego", on the 28th of October 2022, on Division Records.

This album is a new beginning for the band and the result of various reflections, including the will to work in a DIY and especially local spirit. By working with Kevin Galland from Studio Mécanique for the recording and mixing, then with Christoph Noth for the mastering, both being established in La Chaux-de-Fonds. The recording itself took place during a week at the Glaucal in Courfaivre, in the Swiss Jura.

The lyrics were written by Sébastien (vocals) and by Max (guitars) and were in part inspired by the time of the pandemic and the deep social disruption it caused.

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released October 28, 2022

All music and lyrics written by Sxokondo

Sxokondo is:

Max Ferréol: Guitar
Julien Floch: Bass
Sébastien Gerber: Vocals
Julien Merçay: Guitar
Iannis Valvini: Drums

Recorded and mixed by Kevin Galland
Mastered by Christoph Noth

All instruments recorded at Le Glaucal in Courfaivre, Switzerland, in April 2021
Vocals recorded at Studio Mécanique in
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, in June 2021

Synthesiser on Child of Rage and Ruins, additional vocals on Ruins by Kevin Galland
Guest vocals on Child of Rage and Void by Charles-Adamir Bernhard

Painting and drawing by Loïc Baechler
Layout by Sébastien Gerber

Thanks to: Kevin Galland, Christophe Noth, Yonni Chapatte, Fred Nivard, Christophe Macquat, Gilles Willemin, Le Glaucal, Roberto Romano, Studio Mécanique, SAS, Bikini Test, Jérôme Grandet, Thibaud Gerber

Supported by: Swisslos – Culture Canton de Berne, Ville de Bienne, Forum Culture

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