Terror Management Theory

by TEMIC

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whenghostsdreamalone Incredible prog-metal! Wow, these guys are the real deal! Part Dream Theater, part Haken, hell even part Genesis (okay, maybe that's just me.)

I'm so excited to see the future for this band...a must own for modern prog lovers!

Roland Probably my favorite Prog release of 2023.
IMO TMT even beats the latest Haken and Tesseract albums, and that's saying something. Favorite track: Through the Sands of Time.

Brian Gibson An absolutely killer prog metal debut! Favorite track: Acts of Violence.

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1.	TMT 02:02		buy track
2.	Through the Sands of Time 07:01	lyrics	buy track
Through The Sands Of Time Fortune shining through Fortress of our youth Only you know now What is true now Portraits long entombed Portend all that’s doomed All that you know now You must prove now Chorus: Fly high Burn it all, embrace the sun Breathe life through the skies, no turning back Fly high Lose it all, and turn to stone Breathe life through the sands of time Far away enough to learn My life was never really mine My fears would cloud the sunset hours Where the feathers touched the skies What is true now What I choose now (Chorus )
3.	Falling Away 04:57	lyrics	buy track
Falling Away The feeling’s deep inside As waters break the tide And fade into view A promise that I have to forget I’m falling away Falling away A sun that burns the scars Leaves no one left unharmed Its light shrines the truth Is time the only way to be healed? I’m falling away Falling away Chorus: Into a black hole made of stars And all I see while fading is galaxies collapse into demise I will give into the eternal night ‘Cause nothing lasts forever, son, Not even the sun that blinds your eyes There’s nothingness in sight As time reclaims all life And death will exude Is that the truth the light would reveal? I’m falling away Falling away The sun that burned the scars Implodes into its heart And waves to the moon Is death the only way to be freed? I’m falling away Falling away Everything falls Time will always make the call and pull us under Everything falls Gravity will take its toll and pull us to our grave Into a black hole (Chorus) Into a black hole made of stars And all I see while fading is galaxies collapse into demise I will give into the eternal night ‘Cause nothing lasts forever, son, Have you ever really wondered why?
4.	Count Your Losses 06:13	lyrics	buy track
Count Your Losses No more words, my sire No more of your lies The king of deceit All the tones of silence Are your best allies They’ll keep you at ease No more lies If we could only hear no lies Chorus: Count your losses Take their ashes to the grave You never left your pride aside No action will be forgiven Fake devotion Drove the motions ‘til the end We didn't leave a word confined Our story can’t be unwritten All that’s dutiful Breaks inside of you All that’s doable Is excusable All that’s beautiful Rots inside of you All that’s scrutable is excusable [Chorus] You’ve lost yourself again Now you’re running on the streets of loss and shame You were getting closer to the great escape But you’ll never heal if the pain you wreak has brought you down You’ll see yourself again when you’re all alone The streets of emptiness will always be your home And all the hearts betrayed won’t let you be at peace with reality right here and now Don’t forget all that matters lies within Count your losses Take their ashes to the grave You never left your pride aside No action will be unwritten Fake devotion Drove the motions ‘til the end We didn't leave a word confined Your story won’t be forgiven
5.	Skeletons 07:00	lyrics	buy track
Skeletons Adoration We crawl on our knees for wrongful answers Kept on our leash Controlled Condemnation We followed your lead But the end times The end times await The end times, the end times They wait, they wait, they wait for you and me Chorus: We could have had it all, it all But we sold our good fate and imposed their ill grace When they burn us all Say, “They chose the best way Come behold our best days” I was misguided by your pain I don’t need redemption I don’t need your grace No one could save me from their reign I don’t need ascension Nor your condescension I won’t be guided by your pain I don’t seek redemption I don’t seek your grace No one will save me from their reign   I don’t need ascension I will meet my fate Domination With blood on our knees To keep them happy We pull our own leash But the end times The end times await The end times, the end times They wait, they wait, they wait for you and me (Chorus)
6.	Acts of Violence 05:52	info	buy track
7.	Friendly Fire 05:57		buy track
8.	Paradigm 06:33	lyrics	buy track
Paradigm Frozen and stowed away Here we’ll stay Heading to get somewhere we’ve never been Reaching again out into nothingness  Chorus: It feels like I’ve lost my mind There’s nothing left It’s all a mess Lost in this paradigm With no way out My screams won’t make a sound Lost in the haze of my mind Left it behind Searching for something new that we feel we can find It’s all been designed If we could just get there  Frozen, darkness my only friend Nothingness surrounds me without an end And I feel like I can make this home It slowly becomes my paradise Paradise  It feels like I’ve lost my mind There’s nothing left It’s all a mess Lost in this paradigm With no way out Until I kill this doubt
9.	Once More 05:45	lyrics	buy track
Once More Nothing’s really written for tomorrow All those years we spent immersed in sorrow We threw ‘em away We threw ‘em away You know it’s true When you free the piece that left you hollow Passages will open to brand-new worlds They’re showing the way They’re showing the way They’re gleaming through ‘Cause we never really had a chance to escape from ourselves All the terrors in our lives would advance to all sights, day and night I wander on my feet but all alone now Nothing can remind me (of) how it went so wrong I’m throwing away I’m throwing away our story, too ‘Cause I never really had a glance of who I was beneath the scars Covered in the corners of the darkest den The night awaits beyond the gates Chorus: I wonder if I can I wonder if I have a reason to reach for the stars I wonder if I can I wonder if I need a reason But I’ll try once more Nothing’s really written for tomorrow Prophecies unveil what is to follow We’re holding the pen We’re holding the pen It’s time we drew ‘Cause we never really had a chance to escape from ourselves All the terrors in our lives would advance to all sights, day and night ‘Cause I never really had a glance of who I was beneath the scars Covered in the corners of the darkest den The night awaits True life awaits Beyond the gates (Chorus)
10.	Mothallah 07:26	lyrics	buy track
Mothallah Follow me far away from here from fear I’ll never leave I’ll never disappear Believe in me Come with me far away from here from fear I’ll never leave never disappear Believe In the times where our courage hides and cries We will fight until the rays of light stand high Chorus: We’ll fight through the darkest night Mothallah will be our only guide We’ll sing this lullaby to the skies as our final cry We’ll find our morning star deep inside buried in our spine These words are all we need to be free Follow me In the times where our courage hides and cries We will fight until the rays of light stand high We'll fight the darkest night We'll sing this lullaby We'll be the morning star We'll bless our battle scars Set us free (Chorus) Follow me down
11.	Acts of Violence (Live Acoustic) 06:03	info	buy track
12.	Falling Away (Live Acoustic) 04:34	info	buy track

about

TEMIC are just one album in, but to reach this point, this supergroup had to navigate quite the career maze. These guys have played with Devin Townsend, Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress, Neal Morse, SHINING and Maraton. But it wasn’t until the world shut down in 2020, that keyboardist Diego Tejedia and guitarist Eric Gillette got around to starting a band together.

Their idea wasn’t exactly simple: orchestrate their love for high-energy electronica and killer melodies into a modern prog-metal band. But by recruiting vocalist Fredrik Klemp and Simen Sandnes on drums, Temic manage to pull that concept off

Terror Management Theory is layered with twists and turns. “Count Your Losses” crushes out tech riffs by the ton, while “Falling Away” drifts down a blackhole of starry-eyed synths. At the end of this labyrinthine album lies “Mothalah”, a seven-minute epic that never stops reaching for the sky, led by heroic falsetto.

credits

released November 17, 2023

Line-up:
Fredrik Bergersen (Maraton, 22) – Vocals
Eric Gillette (The Neal Morse Band, Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress) – Guitars and Backing Vocals
Simen Sandnes (Shining, Arkentype) – Drums and Percussion
Diego Tejeida (Devin Townsend, Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress, ex-Haken) - Keyboards and Sound Design

Recording Studio: Drums and vocals recorded at Top Floor Studios (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Producer: Produced by TEMIC. Drums and vocals engineered by Jakob Herrmann Gothenburg, Sweden)
Mix/Mastering: Mixed and mastered by Rich Mouser at The Mouse House (Los Angeles, USA)

Guest musicians:
Jacob Umansky (USA) – Bass guitar on the whole album
Mosaic Gospel Choir (Norway) – Mothallah
Garden State Threshold Choir (USA) – Mothallah

Cover artwork: Hicham Hamzi

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