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Artist......: Catalyst
Album.......: The Great Purpose of the Lords
Year........: 2019
Genre.......: Death Metal
Type........: Album
Label.......: Great Dane Records
Language....: English
Source......: WEB/FLAC (16bit)
Quality.....: 1015kbps / 44.1 kHz / Stereo
Tracks......: 12 tracks
Playtime....: 01:05:37
Size........: 486.5 MiB
R.Date......: 2026-07-03
S.Date......: 2019-06-14
Url.........: https://open.qobuz.com/album/t8aobbokau7qb
01. Omnisicient Bodies 2:46
02. An Unworthy Covenant 10:35
03. The Great Purpose of the Lords 5:18
04. First Light 3:38
05. In Mist We Are Born 5:14
06. Demophobia 4:51
07. Celestial Resurrection 6:41
08. From the Last Sunset 5:46
09. To Chaos 4:36
10. The Empire That Failed 7:19
11. The Council 1:26
12. For Whom Summons the Dead 7:28
This is an album concept created by Catalyst which tells
a fictional story written by the band :
In the great vast universe, where each fate is
influenced by several omniscient bodies, the human being
is a living species which cannot question what was and
what will be given. The universe and its boundless
forces were created by a single entity, ruling over the
world and protecting it atop its unseen throne. But the
One Above All was aware the immensity of its creation
would prevent it from bearing the burden of leading it
alone... along with the deprivation of maintaining the
balance between good and evil.
Upon realizing its lack of control over this world, the
Entity engendered The Great Dawn, a day where it would
summon eight guardians in order to achieve unimpaired
cosmos order and harmony for aeons to come. Their
majestic grip controls all that is and all that will be,
cloaked in their abstract embodiment, as a gigantic and
powerful presence.
The One Above All and its All-Seeing Creations then put
themselves to work. A covenant was written, where the
nine entities would pronounce themselves Masters of the
Universe. The One Above All was appropriately named "The
Chosen One", while its eight servants where to be named
the Lords of the Universe, with their only purpose being
to assist the Creator in its quest.
The Lords then dedicated their existence to work with
the Creator, protecting and ensuring stability to the
worlds and the living. Earth was provided with countless
resources in order to make it a living place, a safe
haven for human beings and for all that lives.
Evolution prosperously worked its way through ages, and
so did the unwavering bound between the Lords and the
Creator. The covenant written ages ago sealed that
peaceful state.
Although equality was reigning among the Lords, each of
them was tasked with a predominant role, laying down
some sort of hierarchy. The leader of the eight
All-Seeing Creations was the Guardian of Nature. He is
the incarnation and the protector of nature, pure and
unharmed by virtue of its endless power. The second Lord
was the Guardian of Livings, which mission was to create
and preserve a subtle bond between all that lives, and
to insure equality among the Superiors. In order to bind
them, the Guardian of Ecosystem took an important place
in the hierarchy, balancing the parity between the
importance of species and nature among the universe.
Also, to help them in that quest of the perfect balance
of everything that is and everything that will be, the
fourth Lord was appointed Guardian of Justice, inducing
ideal and universal ethics. The fifth and sixth Lords
were the Guardians of Time and Space, meant to work
together, just as the seventh and eight Guardians,
ruling the Darkness and the Light.
Despite this perfect harmony between them all, the Lords
undergone historic change. About six thousand years ago,
the One Above All decided to take back the powers it
granted to the eight Sages. Unyielding, the Creator
started his solitary reign over the universe...
But its might wasn't even close enough to rule the
cosmos by itself, unable to entirely master the world
and to contain its creations. Step by step, a celestial
tyranny was imposed by the Chosen One, breeding chaos
and disorder in this once-peaceful core, spawning the
darkest behaviour among humans, whom scoured to reign
upon every other creatures.
Helplessly watching the world collapsing on itself
because of the Creator, the eight Lords tried to bring
it back to reason... unsuccessfully.
In a fit of rage, the One Above All reduced to ashes the
powers of the Guardians. Devoid of their forces and of
their abilities to protect the universe, the eight Sages
settled to open the eyes of those drown into this
shameful slumber, and to part ways with the Chosen One.
Powerless, the Guardians endlessly sought someone who
would be able to help them recover their former might,
and to restore the balance they conceived since the
creation of time. That living soul shall be the
Catalyst, who will bring the Guardians' powers together
and gift wisdom and knowledge to the universe.
Decision was taken that the eight Lords would conceal
themselves among the mortals on Earth, in search of the
one and only who would replace the deceiving Creator,
the one who will bring balance back in a shattered
world... the Catalyst.
Not to be confused with other bands with same name.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Catalyst/3540424752