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FUTURE NEGATIVE FANTASY

by Shadowdance

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Daniel Enrique Luces Rincon
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Daniel Enrique Luces Rincon An excellent album that reminds me in many ways of the great Savatage, it's power metal but in a dark, heavy and sometimes progressive kind of way. A unique voice, brilliant musicianship, great basslines and a great balance between guitar and bass presence, all packed together with memorable choruses and menacing verses. Not to be missed. Favorite track: Neon Abyss.
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1.
Neon Abyss 05:35
So tell me now how does it feel? Look in the mirror, does it still seem real? The eyes quite familiar, I can taste my fear I can taste my fear. So tell me now is that my voice you hear? Words are forming but it don’t seem real So tell me now how does it feel to live In a moment where moments keep passing you by. To never know, to never care I’m stuck in a riddle unaware I have to insist, we barely exist Neon Abyss Don’t tell me now, you want to help me I’m disappearing, soon I’ll cease to be So tell me know how does it feel to live In this moment your life is whats passing you by To never know, to never care I’m stuck in a riddle unaware I have to insist, we barely exist Neon Abyss To see my life through burning eyes This riddle keeps asking me why I have to insist, we barely exist Neon Abyss Thoughts are transcending, a race towards the ending So dark and quiet, free fall in silence Embraced by the violence, the hunger that drives us Now it’s time, fall or fly One more try or last goodbye
2.
Branded 05:41
There was a time I’d look at you Try to climb the wall I’d built Never was as easy as it seemed With everything I suffered through I always did believe in you Why couldn’t you believe in me? I now see the face you tried to hide The ugliness inside Day by day we slowly died I never saw what you denied The misery inside Every moment shared is done and forgotten Cast out from your mind (cast aside) Promise of eternity No, I wasn’t perfect But I thought you understood me Run away, start life anew A rude awakening of truth Burned the bridge between us to the ground You left your mark upon me all those years ago Seven years of my love wasted, nothing left to show Stranger I’ve know so long, heartless as a stone Branded with the pain inside, this frozen heart is now mine to own Maybe now you see what you thought of me was wrong I guess it’s too late to change the course you chose The point of no return for you meant the death of who I was Realized things are never as they seem Life lesson, bitter painful pill Still I question if you ever were who you claimed to be Or did you lie to me? You left your mark on me, I’ll never be the same I’ve gone back home, this wall is twice as high Looking back, what have I achieved? It’s too late, too late for me
3.
Furthest from my mind Felt it deep inside A momentary lapse of reason Grief stricken more than pride My pride I tried but you gave it all away An illusion not real So helpless to feel So hard to regain The moments we steal Now I’m left to set aside The feelings I’ve applied Found a flaw in your devotion Revealed by the test of time Of time I tried but you gave it all away An illusion not real So helpless to feel So hard to regain The moments we steal I’m not done with you yet, the games that you played I’m not done by a long shot, the heartache and trauma revealed I’m not done with you yet, the games that you played I’m not done by a long shot, the heartache and trauma revealed You grin while you bear this charade, this deception So zealous to piss on my good intentions So bold and affronting, this naked aggression And since it’s inception I’ve lost all direction
4.
Beauty Divine, my fate set when we met Couldn’t see who you were Sightless eyes love had burned Trust in your words, in my heart light from dark What a fool I believed You were the one for me Blinded by love, blinded by pain I stared at the sun for too long Learned I was wrong, learned to move on I’ve stared at the sun for too long I can’t see what you see So tell me again just how perfect I am Never thought you could be the cause of so much pain Now here I lie, dead inside So tell me again what a bastard I am ‘Cause nothing hurt me more Than when I looked in your eyes and saw you were gone How could you turn your back on me? Smash the dream And reveal all I feel was just fantasy Light to dark Reality
5.
Balance 04:46
No friend to me, sweet enemy But sure to be the reason why I Know this place, been here before I know there’s no one else to blame Turn it over and over again It’s still the same, it doesn’t change The waves, that pull me under Oh, all seems lost Where is the strength to go on…. On…It’s killing me The seemingly endless years that go by Oh, will I ever be Given serenity, given the strength to go on A vacant stare, an empty smile Color bleeds away in the fading light Distorted view, no sense of time Tell me there’s someone else to blame Is there a reason? A point to all the hurt, the shame The guilt, the pain This day just like the others Oh, all seems lost Where is the strength to go on…. Where is the strength to go on? I want the strength to go on Where is the strength to go on? Give me the strength to go on
6.
Still alive she cried To face another day With all the years gone by The luster tends to fade Her pain will not subside I feel so cold inside Still alive she cried To face another day Its cold out tonight As she reached for her shelter Like the hunger inside So savage it felt to her Every word spoken yes Mist it would follow Her eyes like the windowsill Sunken and hollow I know there was a time When laughter was divine And kindness seemed to fill the morning days Like the ebb and flow of a moonlight tide So like a grain of sand The grain is washed away So alone she cried Spreading deep inside The silence made its way Gets stronger every day The sadness grown in size Her pain will not subside So alone she cried Spreading deep inside From mother’s womb to earthly tomb Cradle or the grave Embraced by life, embraced by death Cradle or the grave (embraced by life, embracing death) Home So far from home Please take me home Through the eyes of a child Where this pain is denied To a happier time Full of dreams and belief that the world could be mine…
7.
All throughout I'm filled with doubt, how can this all be? I work real hard to see beyond my uncertainty I don’t know how I’ll make it now, is this my destiny? If pushed too hard, a calm resolve, I lose my sanity I’m in a daze, my life has stayed, I’ve felt disharmony How can it be I cannot see the forest through the trees? I’ve fought so hard to understand and realize their dream To learn their rules, to play their games but I lose my dignity I hit the wall and lost it all, my grim reality Ten years gone by, the mists of time reveal what I've achieved How can it be I could not see the forest through the trees? Walking with fate, can’t hesitate, it will be as it should be Walk with fate My pulse is racing, there is no sound Search for answers seldom found Never feeling, so unyielding, mind is reeling But I know I have no choice as I go in blind Walking with fate Walk with fate (Destiny)
8.
Suspension 05:21
Waiting for an answer Is there a light? Holding to the memories that Claim the days and haunt the nights Hope is not a virtue Just wasted time Drowning in the memories that Numb us to the truth of life Too late to change what is Never wanted you gone I want more time (Goddamn my pride) Never wanted you gone This can’t be real Won’t let go without a fight Just one more chance To set the wrong back to right It’s all I ask, and you know that I have to try Cause I never lied, I never lied when I said you are The best part of my life Nothing lasts forever No point in asking “Why” Expectations serve no purpose Only reinforce the lie
9.
Deep inside we had something It was ours to keep and so much more There are things in life that aren’t so simple There are things in life we can’t ignore Not unlike a thousand times before There is time for pain But there is none to forget There is time to regret But none to repent We shared our lives, what is left is no more Where we failed I tried on good intentions There are things in life pure and simple I’m sure There are things in life we can’t ignore Not unlike a thousand times before There is time for pain But there's none to forget There is time to regret But none to repent One more taste One last kiss, one more taste, one last feel Of my touch on your face One last kiss, warm embrace, one last gaze At the smile upon your face
10.
I’m moving forward now Faded burned photograph Time is fleeting now Shades of once remembered What’s the cost of experience? From my youth, for my innocence? Day after day it still echoes on and on and on Words in my head repeating These thoughts alone defeating For reasons I don’t dare ask I’m neither here nor there If I had the will to grasp Or choice to make at (it) last Would good fortune look my way? For peace or strength to seize the day What’s the cost of experience? From my youth, for my innocence? Day after day it still echoes on and on and on Lower my voice, raise my head Save my breath on words that are never said Grace or hope for salvation These thoughts, these words My damnation One grand desire, singularity So hear now my swansong This world is done with me I’m moving forward now Day after day it still echoes on From my youth for my innocence Day after day it still echoes on

credits

released May 1, 2012

Carlos Alvarez - Guitars, Keyboards, Additional Vocals
George Eliassen - Vocals
Jay Horvath - Drums on 1, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9
Jason Fraticelli - Drums on 2, 3, 4 & 10
Jason Fox - Bass

Guest Performers:

Marco Cudan (Harpia Deiis) - Death Vocals on 2 & 7
Santeri Kallio (Amorphis) - Keyboard Solo on 7
Felix Neumann (Machines & Madness) - 2nd Guitar Solo on 5
Tony Rossini - Guitar Solo on 3

Produced & Mixed by C. Alvarez (Dirty Viking Audio)
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Mastered by Brett Caldas-Lima (Tower Studio)
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Vocals Recorded by Jason Dunkerley & Kevin Prendergast at Drowning Fish Studio
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Drums Recorded by C. Alvarez & Greg Frey at Graphic Sounds Studio

Guitars, Bass, Keyboards & Additional Vocals Recorded by C. Alvarez at Dirty Viking Audio

All Songs Written & Arranged by C. Alvarez Except:
Track 4 - Alvarez / Fraticelli
Track 6 - Alvarez / Johnson

Lyrics: Alvarez / Eliassen

Cover Art Design by Brett Worley

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