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artist: Catalyst
title: The Great Purpose of the Lords
year: 2019
genre: Death Metal
type: Album
label: Great Dane Records
language: English
rel. date: 2019-06-14
source: WEB/MP3
quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Joint Stereo
runtime: 01:05:37
size: 150.4 MiB / 12 tracks
rip date: 2026-07-03
source url: https://open.qobuz.com/album/t8aobbokau7qb
tracklist:
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
release notes:
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