End of an Empire (Deluxe Edition)

by Celldweller

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Mori It fuckin slaps Favorite track: New Elysium.

MyNameIsRedundant My least favorite cell release. While its sonically his biggest album yet, it doesn't suffer from being bad, but being poorly structured.
Each track on its own is among klays best writing, but on the album it seems like so many clashing tones and concepts are present that it leaves the album feeling spread thin.
It's at its best on the longer tracks where you can really get absorbed in the story and emotion being portrayed throughout. Favorite track: Just Like You.

Manectro I love the melody and that nostalgic feeling this song provides for me. Favorite track: Just Like You.

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1.	End of an Empire 07:32	lyrics	buy track
At the edge of the hellfire It's the end of an empire In the line of the gunfire It's the end of an empire Again A start, an end, a rise and fall No system eternal and no one immortal Creation all must end in destruction We cannot change the fate of civilization start end rise fall lifespan mortal We build our symbols of power Constructs of a mortal mind Conquer in our brightest hour But then we all must fall in time Through space and time We can't escape this paradigm At the edge of the hellfire It's the end of an empire In the line of the gunfire It's the end of an empire Again time love dreams death space mind scene tech Kingdoms, each of us reigning Over the realms of our hearts and minds Conscious that death is awaiting But even death will end in time In the death of a desire It's the end of an empire At the close of a lifetime It's the end of an empire We're falling into the unknown another ending thats beginning to unfold
2.	Heart On 06:37	lyrics	buy track
I fought a monster a mile high Arm wrestled 20 octopi (for you) I had a sword fight with a samurai And sang the Sirens a lullaby (for you) I've pinned my heart to my sleeve so that the whole world can see I have a heart on for you Well i'm not sure now what's left to do or if my actions are loud and clear to you so I guess that i'm just trying to say I f*ing love you I guess that i'm just trying to say I fing love you I'm just trying to say I fing love you I cross my heart and hope to die stick a needle in my eye If you stick a needle in my eye i've already crossed my heart and hoped to die and it's true i am a fighter with a point to prove i've fought monsters, sirens and samurai (for you) I will take you wherever I fly and it doesn't even matter when, where or why And it's true i am a lover with a point to prove i've killed monsters, sirens and samurai (for you) Well i'm not sure now what's left to do or if my actions are loud and clear to you so I guess that i'm just trying to say I f*ing love you in the lowest depths the highest heights through the shortest days and the longest nights the warmest fires the coldest ice through the brightest place and the darkest times
3.	Down to Earth 06:56	lyrics	buy track
It seems like right from the moment of your birth Someone’s been needing to bring you down to earth Lost up in your atmosphere of self entitlement That broken halo on your head is hardly heaven-sent You go on pretending that you own the universe and we’ll all be here watching as you're falling down to earth Won't matter how high you climb When rules of gravity apply Won't matter how hard you've tried When your ego and earth collide You're falling Down to Earth Look down on those with their fingers in the dirt We look up and see that your own life is inert Sidetracked by your self-important Babel-building schemes But broken wings won’t let you fly above all your broken dreams Deactivating Accelerating Disintegrating Detonating
4.	New Elysium 06:52	lyrics	buy track
Born of the earth Are we all condemned to hell? We've tried so hard but we can't save us from ourselves Destined to die From the moment of our birth So why have we forgotten everything that we are worth? We are the young The chosen ones Voices in unison, the ending has begun A new kingdom come A new will be done Enter into this New Elysium Looking for hope But it’s often hard to see It’s obvious the future isn't what it used to be We’re born of the dust And to dust we will return So why have we forgotten everything that we have learned? THE ENDING HAS BEGUN For Me, For You, Enter Into This New Elysium Sometimes we need reminders of everything that we are worth Rise up from the ground Join our voices to the sound The time has come, New Elysium - tear this oppressive Empire down No more dreams are lost in time No more lives are lost inside New Kingdom Come New Will Be Done Our voices unified
5.	Just Like You 05:03	lyrics	buy track
The dark of night and I’m at the end of the line alone in my head waiting for something divine to answer me Drowning to silence the internal violence, I pray to make it through The storm winds are growing as my dreams are blowing away, just like you Out at the edge, the moonlight reflecting for me The collapse of the waves echoing internally as I cry out If I'm living my life then why does it feel like my heart will break in two? Failure is calling as my dreams are falling apart, just like you I feel just like you
6.	Good L_ck (Yo_'re F_cked) 03:35	lyrics	buy track
Traces of cyanide in your cigarette Gun full of bullets for your russian roulette We all feel sorry for you now Your luck is flying like a bat out of hell You're empty handed at your life's show-and-tell You have no idea what's coming down   A million voices call from the other side If you could hear them you would be terrified Good L_ck, Yo_'re F_cked And we hate to see you go man, but everyone knows you're screwed Good L_ck, Yo_'re F_cked It's like a losing game of hangman and the letter we need is "U"   Piss in your coffee and there's nails in your bread snakes in your toilet and a shark in your bed We all feel sorry for you now   The grim reaper's grading your show-and-tell That bat is taking your life back into hell You have no idea what's coming down   Good L_ck, Yo_'re F_cked And we hate to see you go man, but everyone knows you're screwed Good L_ck, Yo_'re F_cked And your life's about to blow man and everyone knows but you
7.	Lost In Time 07:23	lyrics	buy track
The criminal and crime He is stealing and concealing I'm not crying But I'm dying And i can't help but feel I'm running out of time A problem I'm not solving Eternally revolving I've wandered from the pathway praying you will come to save me (Please come to save me) I feel lost in time but if I wait for direction my lifetime will pass me by I feel lost in time I think if I lived for forever this feeling would never die The criminal and crime He's not healing nor revealing I can't deny I question why And i can't help but feel That I'll be lost in time I am a criminal without a crime I am a genius without a mind Always a reason but there's never a rhyme How could patience be my virtue when I'm out of time? How could I know where I'm going when i'm lost in time?
8.	Breakout (feat. Scandroid) 04:10	lyrics	buy track
It’s been seven long years in a slam on Helion we’ve been here for so long we can’t remember who we are and we eye the sky through prison bars, hope fading with the light to hell with this cell, we’re breaking out tonight Been gone seven long years from the place that I call home My only crime is that i'm made of flesh, circuit and bone as we eye the sky we see the light of our faction's satellite to hell with this cell, we’re breaking out tonight It’s been seven more years that have passed since we’ve been gone New frontier with no fear - we remember who we are And we eye new skies with distant suns, wait for New Elysium no more hell in that cell, no breaking out tonight
9.	Jericho 05:18	lyrics	buy track
You build ‘em up You layer stone on stone You build 'em high to keep out your enemies the sky grows dark the earth is trembling An unhappy ending to your final fantasy You feel so safe inside the walls you’ve fortified supremacy implied who dares to overthrow? arrogance justified self importance amplified ha, it’s down you go When your walls fall like Jericho Can’t wait to see you go we’ll all enjoy the show When your walls fall like Jericho You’re looking down and feeling so profound You’re so impressed by your own false humility The sky descends the ground is rising up An unhappy ending to your sense of deity You sit alone up on your lonely throne You’re so oblivious to your own frailty The sky erupts the ground has opened wide An unhappy ending to the life you've glorified
10.	Precious One 06:48	lyrics	buy track
I await the Divine, lost in time but I’m holding on See her face filled with grace, her embrace brings me home Light all around me Darkness fades away I’m at her mercy As she takes me from this life As I wait to pass through darkened glass I cannot help but wonder When I stand before you at Death’s Door will I be afraid to enter? Now I walk through to the other side Former life a memory Everything inside is amplified As she’s whispering to me “Close your eyes precious one and you will see your life has only just begun. Nevermore be afraid. I embrace you and I’ll take you all the way through endless time to your new life" I face the Divine, end of time and I’m letting go Take her key made for me I willingly open the door I begin to pass through darkened glass and I cannot help but wonder As I stand before open Death’s Door should I be afraid to enter? Now I walk through to the other side Former life a memory Everything inside is amplified As she’s whispering to me “Close your eyes precious one and you will see your life has only just begun. Nevermore be afraid. I embrace you and I’ll take you all the way through endless time to your new home"
11.	Faction 01 01:30		buy track
12.	Faction 02 02:07		buy track
13.	Faction 03 02:32		buy track
14.	Faction 04 00:40		buy track
15.	Faction 05 02:02		buy track
16.	Faction 06 02:33		buy track
17.	Faction 07 00:30		buy track
18.	Faction 08 02:09		buy track
19.	Faction 09 03:20		buy track
20.	Faction 10 00:43		buy track
21.	Faction 11 03:33		buy track
22.	Faction 12 03:04		buy track
23.	Faction 13 01:27		buy track
24.	Faction 14 02:34		buy track
25.	Faction 15 05:08		buy track
26.	G4M3 0V3R 02:39		buy track
27.	Down to Earth (Celldweller Remix) 06:15		buy track
28.	N3W 3LY51UM 01:18		buy track
29.	Jericho (Circle of Dust Remix) 05:38		buy track
30.	G00D LUCK (Y0U'R3 833P3D) 01:07		buy track
31.	J3R1CH0 01:17		buy track
32.	Breakout (feat. Scandroid) (Scandroid Remix) 04:19		buy track
33.	D0WN 2 34RTH 01:03		buy track

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Time, Love, Dreams and Death - all four chapters have been unveiled. Now begins the true End of an Empire.

After a year long production cycle, Celldweller has been slowly revealing bits and pieces of his third full length, studio artist album, which showcases a return to the more formative complex electronic and heavy metal elements that defined the unique hybrid that is Celldweller. Never one to rest on his laurels, Klayton raises the bar with a brand new level of production unheard of by most producers, fusing analog and digital to create something completely out of this world.

From tracks like “Good L_ck (Yo_’re F_cked)” which sound like something straight out of a neo-futuristic punk rock dive bar, to the soft and somber “Just Like You” that swells with acoustic guitars, modular synths and melodic vocals into an epic cinematic ballad. Every track brings something completely unique yet distinctly Celldweller to the table. Equal parts score and soundtrack to a science fiction movie that hasn’t been created yet, this album delivers an unparalleled experience that transports each listener to their own little world inhabited by all of the iconic characters presented throughout the chapter cycle leading up to the release of the final album.

This deluxe edition includes all the End of an Empire factions, Klayton remixes and hidden chip-tune tracks. The ending has begun.

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Watch the Digital Documentary on the making of End of an Empire:
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released November 6, 2015

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Celldweller Los Angeles, California

Klayton is...
-Celldweller
-Circle of Dust
-Scandroid
- FreqGen

Celldweller creates a fusion of digital and organic textures: intricately designed soundscapes constructed from Drum & Bass, Electro and Modular Synths, woven together with aggressive Rock, Metal and Orchestral elements. ... more

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