Dead God
Aggressive and high-energy metalcore track featuring a blend of frantic spoken-word delivery and intense screamed vocals. The instrumentation is driven by down-tuned, distorted electric guitars performing rapid palm-muted rhythmic patterns and dissonant, jagged riffs. The drums are characterized by heavy double-bass pedal work, snappy snare hits, and crashing cymbals, maintaining a fast tempo. The song structure transitions from a chaotic, narrative-driven verse into a powerful, anthemic chorus with layered, shouted vocals. Production is modern and polished, with a thick low-end, sharp guitar clarity, and subtle atmospheric synth textures in the background to enhance the dark, cinematic mood. The vocal performance shifts between a desperate, breathless recount and a guttural, explosive roar during the refrain.
Lyrics
Branches wove a tent above us
The edge of dawn glowed red in the east
The ridge rose up in a rocky ridge
Only a mutant deer could overcome such
To the nearest village, three days' journey
Canned food was running out, the network was gone
But we continued to go forward
Me and about seven kids with me
Stormy rivers through the labyrinth of Nemerichi
Strange signs on the boulders, as if a stone carver had worked on them with a chisel
And we should go faster to make it before dark
Set up a bivouac (Break down a bivouac)
Something is hallucinating in the intertwining of branches
And the fist was covered with goosebumps (What?)
Shout or not shout, if something happens, no one will find you
The sun barely shines and the wind freezes the face, like a turbocharger
The backpack dug into my shoulders with its straps
Either a wheeze or a snore escapes my chest
On the shore of a nameless lake
We discovered a half-ruined temple
[Chorus]
Where God is dead (God is dead), God is dead (God is dead)
I instantly understood: in this place God is dead (God is dead)
God is dead (God is dead), God is dead (God is dead)
I immediately understood in this ancient place God is dead
[Verse 2]
Those monuments and arches of black stone, as if erected colossus
These columns put a braid, a thick visse of a counterforce.
In tongues frozen saliva fragments on a half-word of broken phrases
From the darkness of these gates, someone looked at us without flashing.
Alex hugged Margot, stretched his lips to his mouth
Arthur fell to his knees, praying and sobbing
I watched, as if from under water, I don't know how to describe it more precisely.
Without speaking, we turned back - me and about five kids with me.
I didn't tell anyone about what happened then.
Alex and Margo got married and moved to Mexico.
Arthur drowned a year later, and I continued to live here as I always had.
Forgetting the bad, not remembering what I saw.
As if this hike was a dream.
[Chorus]
Where God is dead (God is dead), God is dead (God is dead)
I instantly realized: in this place God is dead (God is dead)
God is dead (God is dead), God is dead (God is dead)
I immediately understood: in this ancient place God is dead (What?)
God is dead (God is dead), God is dead (God is dead)
I instantly realized: in this place God is dead (God is dead)
God is dead (God is dead), God is dead (God is dead)
I immediately understood: in this ancient place God is dead
[End]