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Blood Is Bound (Self​-​Titled)

by Blood Is Bound

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    This is the official digital release of Blood Is Bound’s self titled debut album, recorded between 2012-2013, between various producers including but not limited to Daniel Davis of VAMP Studios and Jhon Ackerman of The Recording Zone, with one track, recorded during practice. All songs are included, as well as some bonus tracks not previously released and only ever played live.
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1.
Retribution 06:42
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(Verse 1) Foot in mouth you scream and shout all the things that you loathe about lead the masses to the path of salvation send them all to their eternal damnation (pre-chorus) hand in hand, divinity and man we fade away like grains of sand (chorus) seeing red, as good as dead all the days, that you've bled (Verse 2) become the master devour the slave controlling all that's weak and depraved lead the masses to the path of salvation send them all to their eternal damnation (pre-chorus) hand in hand, divinity and man we fade away like grains of sand (chorus) seeing red, as good as dead all the days, that you've bled (bridge) rise, fall, in the end, something will kill us all
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House of Garbage (Part 1) 02:43
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(verse 1) 1,2,3,pathetic! coming to the realization nothing is as it seems struggle fighting tooth and nail no freedom isn't free wasn't from a mold so common to be so strange as we all grow old the only thing common is change (chorus) I cut into you, as you cut into me the only thing that's true, is that we all bleed we are but wounded prey! (verse 2) 1,2,3 rejected! left alone in the streets scraping by, living lie life isn't for the weak cus in the end it's do or die you don't have what it takes to execute the kill all the things you say you'll do but never fucking will! (chorus) I cut into you, as you cut into me the only thing that's true, is that we all bleed! we are but wounded prey! (outro) 1,2,3, apathetic!
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House of Garbage (Part 2) 05:06
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(verse 1) Your - decayed to the core money is your god no humanity anymore your whole life is just a facade (chorus) this is an all out fucking war! just close your eyes and ignore the gore this is an all out fucking war! just close your eyes and ignore the - the fucking war! (post-chorus) FUCK - all that you see FUCK - everyone you meet FUCK - all you believe most of all fuck everything! (verse 2) Is it - a gift or a curse? It can't get much worse one of us is walking away the other's leaving in a fucking hearse! (chorus) this is an all out fucking war! just close your eyes and ignore the gore this is an all out fucking war! just close your eyes and ignore the - the fucking war! (post-chorus) FUCK - all that you see FUCK - everyone you meet FUCK - all you believe most of all fuck everything! (bridge/breakdown) You're so fucking predictable! FUCK everything you love and everyone you know! You're so fucking predictable! FUCK everything you love and everyone you know! FALL! (breakdown/outro) FALL DOWN AND YOU FAIL! YOU FALL DOWN AND YOU.....FAIL! x2 (outro) PICK UP THE FUCKING PACE!
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Expendables 07:46
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(verse 1) Expendable! you're so predictable thought you could stab me in the fucking back didn't you? Fuck it all! I'll watch you fall! underestimating me is something you never do! (chorus) YOU WON'T - BE THE END OF ME! x2 YOU'RE THE ENEMY! (post-chorus) I wasn't born yesterday! You don't mean shit to me! (verse 2) Expendable! you're so despicable! You kept on running but you could never hide the truth! One by one! What have we done? Fucked up everything step into oblivion! (chorus) YOU WON'T - BE THE END OF ME! x2 YOU'RE THE ENEMY! x2 (post-chorus) I wasn't born yesterday! You don't mean shit to me! (bridge/breakdown) Break the mold, lose control there's a fracture in your soul died alone, lest we forget you never gave a fucking shit! Withered away, just a shell, a shattered image of yourself count the days, defiled by sin rotting away from within!!! WITHIN!!!!!! (outro) YOU FUCKING DISGRACE! (chorus) YOU WON'T - BE THE END OF ME! x2 YOU'RE THE ENEMY! x2
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GAUZE 05:50
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(verse 1) What have I done? Grabbed the gun and killed someone, reflection staring back at me, haunted by what I've seen! x2 (chorus) BLOOD! THIS BLOOD! THIS BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS! x2 (post-chorus) Left them all to die! there's no truth when your life is a lie I can't resist the urge, the hate inside of me must be purged! (verse 2) Do as I say, or seal your fate! Either way you play the game, it's already too late! x2 (chorus) BLOOD! THIS BLOOD! THIS BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS! x2 (Bridge) BODY, SOUL AND MIND, THEY ARE MINE! GUILTY BY DESIGN, FUCK MANKIND! FUCK MANKIND! x2
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Scourge 07:30
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(verse 1) For you there is no healing, a tattered mind devoid of any feelings! NO FUTURE, totally stripped of humanity reduced to complete depravity! When I see your face I wanna fuck shit up When I see your face I wanna fuckin snap! (chorus) SCOURGE OF THE EARTH! (verse 2) A shell of what you once were, your whole reality is obscured! NO RESPECT! no restraint, all you see is red cus inside you're already dead! When I see your face I wanna fuck shit up When I see your face I wanna fuckin snap! (Bridge) NO, WE WON'T EVER DIE, WE WILL STAY ALIVE NO, WE WON'T EVER DIE, WE WILL SURVIVE! x2 (Bridge 2) We march endlessly forward to the firing line running for cover lead strikes between the eyes violence is human nature it flows through every vain innocence long ago shattered our purity has been slain! (Breakdown) MARCH, MARCH, MARCH MOTHERFUCKER YOU- x2 March forward,all you bastards and heathens brothers in arms, internal demons we are humanity, destruction and catastrophe nothing is sacred, everyone is our enemy! (Breakdown 2) This disaster that is our lives no time left for the contrive we've been like this for so long it's how we choose to survive! SURVIVE!
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Maniacal 05:09
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(verse 1) I gave all I had to give everything but a reason to live now I realize that you're just scum so wake the fuck up and be someone (chorus) megalomaniacal, fucking homicidal! there's blood all the way to the horses bridal arch enemy, king of tyranny you had everything but you feel so empty! (verse 2) your soul is a big black hole always wanting more; craving control withholding so many confessions you weren't ready for this insurrection! (chorus) burn the temple, the weak and feeble! there's blood all the way to the churches steeple degradation, condemnation they're all guilty of usurpation! (breakdown) The kingdom fell, with us as well facefuck your soul I'll see you all, I'll see you all in hell! (chorus) megalomaniacal, fucking homicidal! there's blood all the way to the horses bridal arch enemy, king of tyranny you had everything but you feel so empty! (outro) FEEL SO EMPTY!
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I Will Not Comply 04:34
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(verse 1) I will not comply, I'd rather die, a diseased ridden fantasy I will not comply, I'd rather die, I face you with no mercy! x2 (chorus) It's all in your head the constant blur of dreaming remembering what they said nothing stops the bleeding! It's all in your head they can't stop us all we may die trying but together we fall! (verse 2) I will not comply, have to decide, what's worth fighting for? I will not comply, light up the sky, til their statues are no more! (chorus) It's all in your head the constant blur of dreaming remembering what they said nothing stops the bleeding! It's all in your head they can't stop us all we may die trying but together we fall! (bridge) I WILL NOT COMPLY! Carry on! We're all just carrion! (chorus) It's all in your head the constant blur of dreaming remembering what they said nothing stops the bleeding! It's all in your head they can't stop us all we may die trying but together we fall! (outro) You cannot break the cycle! humanity is guilty!
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Halfway to Hell 05:26
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(verse 1) so much fucking bullshit I have to deal with get the hell away you parasite! (chorus) 30-odd, hollow head copper jacket over lead 30-odd, brain dead fuckers love being force fed! (verse 2) so little hope that our world can grow eat your words and leave this endeavor alone! (chorus) 30-odd, hollow head copper jacket over lead 30-odd, brain dead fuckers love being force fed! (bridge/breakdown) Consume power, assume control the darkest hour nowhere left to go deal out the pain, release the plague the people pray as they're led to their graves! x2 (verse 3) shock to the chest endure the pain all of your work and still nothing to gain! (chorus) 30-odd, hollow head copper jacket over lead 30-odd, brain dead fuckers love being force fed! (breakdown/outro) FORCE FED, YOU FUCK, YOU FUCK, YOU FUCK!
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Reclamation (Bonus Track) 04:37
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(verse 1) In time I've searched and found to no cliche am I bound I will not subject myself to their mindless drones Death is all I see, the smell of flesh all I breathe, when their bombs fall, where will you be? (chorus) Reality! something I don't know much of! Twisted in a cycle, of abuse called love! Trust - I no longer know myself Better - to be a poor man than in debt to wealth! (verse 2) Living in a world that spits on what you stand for you give them a mile and they only want more Death is all I see, the smell of flesh all I breathe, when their bombs fall, where will you be? WHERE WILL YOU BE? WHERE WILL YOU BE? (chorus) Reality! something I don't know much of! Twisted in a cycle, of abuse called love! Trust - I no longer know myself Better - to be a poor man than in debt to wealth! (bridge) You - can't - take - my - soul You - can't - take... YOU CAN'T TAKE MY SOUL AWAY! x2 You can't take my soul AWAY! (Outro) YOU CAN'T TAKE MY (SOUL AWAY!)
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My Decay (Bonus Track) 04:24
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This is the debut self titled album, which was slated for release in late 2013 - early 2014 but further production and editing halted when they went on indefinite hiatus. Finally, we are releasing it in it’s entirety, for free via digital download, and are also including all unreleased tracks, whether recorded professionally or not.

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released November 25, 2018

Lyrics and vocals composed and performed by Kyle Maddox, Guitar work and songwriting attributed entirely to the instrumental core of the band, Adam Shackleford, T.J. Lloyd, Justin Dotson, and Keith Noell.

Partially recorded by Daniel Davis of VAMP Studios, partially recorded by Jhon Ackermann of The Recording Zone, and one track recorded in practice.

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Blood Is Bound Lynchburg, Virginia

Blood Is Bound is a metal band from Lynchburg, VA. They inject their own signature sound into the local, and global music scene. B.I.B. Is:
Kyle Maddox - Vocals
Justin Dotson - Bass Guitar
T.J. Lloyd - Guitar
Adam Shackleford - Guitar
Keith Noell - Drums ... more

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