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Persistent Aggressor

by Persistent Aggressor

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1.
Roman Noir 02:19
I’ve recomposed some semblance of life from fragments - you’ll still find the cracks full confession – I’m coming undone in the shadows you only dream of the sun flaw in all things can’t be seen in the absence of light flaw in all things falls apart at the slightest touch flaw in all things can’t be seen in the absence of light flaw in all things after decades of living in the darkness your eyes adjust and hope begins to fade
2.
desperate attempt to escape again the end result is failure rats have come to feast again flesh and blood are consecrated scorching sun bleaches the bone I rot desperate attempt to be well again it always ends in failure rats have come to breed again accept the role and starve scorching sun bleaches the bone I rot a feast of rats
3.
cold night like the others can’t sleep in this hole I’m locked in - I’m watching the rain beat down on the asphalt I can smell the streets the shadows, they lengthen then wane as the day breaks the bleeding begins Hell Awaits - as does the shame the shame in knowing that this is beneath me I’m crawling again and again shut down, shut down black out pump and swallow that Mossberg it runs like clockwork so punch that card again nothing good will ever come of this won’t you let me lay in a yard of stone? public hanging - a witness for the firing squad audience for humiliation, complete with laughter and applause shut down, shut down black out public hanging – a witness for the firing squad audience for humiliation, complete with laughter and applause
4.
Less Than 01:34
feel as though I’m collapsing under the weight of this curse surrounded by debris the air is filled with smoke yet, I see the apparitions I fear that they’re delusions still, I hear the whispers “You’re less than nothing” the world around me is collapsing under the weight of my curse sorting through debris my hands are red with blood I see the apparitions they’re not delusions still I hear the whispers you’re less than I feel as though I’m collapsing under the weight of this curse surrounded by debris the air is filled with smoke still, I see the apparitions – I know they’re not delusions still, I hear the whispers – “you’re less than nothing”
5.
Necron 99 01:40
watch me swing and watch me cease your pleas are so rife with contradiction asked for no mercy and no quarter is given become the very thing that I hate you know I’ve been stricken - the devils still plague me not with flame, but with frost words are like knives sharpened by forked tongues cannot dismiss them as lies soul has no memory, ghosts call it home watch the foundations crack under the weight of guilt and delusions that I’m any better than this devils still plague me not with flame burned by frost words like knives are sharpened by forked tongues
6.
walking in a twilight world of pale grey skies as I feast upon myself to sate this appetite unholy initiate - God Murmur commit this act of treason only to learn I’ll expire, in cold blood, without a sound – open hostility the desired questions will go unanswered – open hostility still I murmur these trembling hands crush this temple I watch it burn I commit this act of treason, watch it burn
7.
haven’t the will to fight sleep overpowers me draw the shades - dim the lights embrace this little death hear the footfall in the halls tapping at the door I don’t dare make a sound don’t breathe sterile halls still smell of piss I awake I’m forced to crawl through that trench and the detritus again I hold my breath tick, tick - the pendulum swings the doctor has heard it all tick, tick - the pendulum swings spare a moment for me sterile halls still smell of piss I awake I’m forced to crawl Through that trench and the detritus again I hold my breath tick, tick - the pendulum swings tick, tick - embrace this little death
8.
near consistent sublimation fear and self-loathing a grotesque presence glimpsed through the cracks in the walls seen these hells in my sleep tell myself they’re only dreams dreams are binding - I know I’ll soon be dead dreams are binding - I’ll soon be dead I’ll burn in the void unseen, unheard, unfeeling then I’ll burn in the void unseen, unheard, unfeeling words of the flattened landscape fall from the lips of those who would see me dead unending, eternal, sublimate
9.
Muta Scale 02:26
racing through the narrative of my life I find that everything and anything at all will be driven into dust dates of days I’d rather forget keep coming back they only serve to further incriminate me there is no scapegoat in sight you know I’d fall to pieces if it’s what you’d want to see in my wake, a little blood in place of a cleansing breeze so you’ll find me hanging hanging on every word so verbose, I’ve got enough rope I feel the life start to leave me I feel the lie start to bleed me
10.
I feel like I’ve been crossed out unspoken – I’m undone I feel like I should drop out recede from everyone medicate me please erase me bring it to an end
11.
take one look at what this bad man has done you don’t have to fear me to know that I’ll hurt you take one look at what this bad man has done you don’t have to fear me, you know that I’ll kill you cold tile crawl a second chance is nothing short of a curse this is just a footnote for a feeling long time gone this is just a footnote for a feeling long since dead spite myself just to prove you right
12.
I’ve the sense of being alone in this cold world filled with people nothing like me I know no one perhaps it is the lie that exists and I do not on and on, this will never end I won’t absolve I refuse to heal drop where I stand dead – the sentiment will not be exhumed I’ve the sense of being alone in this dead world comprised of phantoms just like me I trust no one frozen stiff in terror I dare not move to look to see what I’ve become and what will be when it’s all said and done prescriptive right of passage, measured in milligrams frozen stiff in terror I dare not move to look to see what I’ve become and what will be when it’s all said and done perhaps it is the lie that exists and I don’t.
13.
I’ve been anathematized as a despoiler seized and stripped, bound then burned to the ground my cursed ashes are gathered and spread about my place of birth never to be found dear sir, would you kindly undo these straps? I feel the need to leave this place if my hands and feet are bound I’ll be forced to use my teeth would you kindly undo these straps?
14.
given in to what I cannot fight hide beneath the fictions create something I can tolerate object of my derision my insides are a Gordian knot no relief from indecision on sick days my mind races I’m gone - I’ve never known me no prayers, nowhere no prayers for the dead jigsawed pieces blood and bone I’ve never known me I’ve never shown punish me for who I am and the person I’ll never be beneath the fictions I cannot breathe save for my last but you’ll never see the jigsawed pieces blood and bone I’ve never known me I’ve never shown beneath the fictions

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released August 2, 2019

Josh Cosner: rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Larry Gargus: vocals
David Johnson: lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Mikey Juba: bass, backing vocals
Jon Vinson: drums

All music by Persistent Aggressor
Lyrics by Gargus

Recorded, mixed and mastered by David Johnson at Bad Back Studios, Cleveland Ohio

Art by Josh Cosner

Layout by Jason Luchka

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Taking cues from Slayer, Black Flag, Motorhead, Discharge, Negative Approach, Napalm Death, Celtic Frost, Cro-Mags and Nausea (NYC), PA understands that Hardcore-Punk and Metal have existed long before and will continue for some time to come. Rather, the band's goal is to create music that properly distills their influences, into something new, yet instantly recognizable and satisfying to them. ... more

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