LOATHE – Loathe (2017)

Originated in the hometown of the Beatles, Liverpool, Loathe are an English heavy metal band formed in 2014. The group consists of lead vocalist Kadeem France, guitarist and second vocalist Erik Bickerstaffe, drummer Sean Radcliffe and bassist Feisal El-Khazragi. 

They are signed to SharpTone Records and have released two EPs and three studio albums. Prepare Consume Proceed was released in 2015 and was re-issued in 2016 through SharpTone Records as the label’s first release. They released their debut studio album, the Cold Sun, in 2017, then a split EP recorded with label-mate Holding Absence titled This Is as One in 2018. Loathe released their second studio album I Let It In and It Took Everything on 7 February 2020. Their third studio album the Things They Believe was released on 7 February 2021 as an extension of their previous album, and was made up entirely of ambient tracks.

No air Our lungs filled with soil and dirt We have exhausted all our options, there’s nothing left Hanging on by a thread, they said we’re better off dead Dark days ahead, dark days ahead

I can feel how rotten we’ve become Body after body, I can smell the decay Rage against the human race We built, they destroyed and left no trace

My vision in true form See my world The new world

Our lungs filled with soil and dirt We have exhausted all our options Hanging on by a thread, they said we’re better off dead Dark days ahead, dark days ahead

Our lungs filled with soil and dirt We have exhausted all our options, there’s nothing left Hanging on by a thread, they said we’re better off dead Dark days ahead, dark days ahead

I can see her rotting in my head Body after body, can you smell the decay? Rage against the human race We built, they destroyed Oh, how did it come to this?

Forgive me I can’t see Please breathe life into me Forgive me I can’t see Please breathe life into me

Born with no voice We’ll rip it from their throats The symbol of man Lies where the peace-less struck Their strongest men will only dream to survive We’ll face this reckoning Side by side

Our lungs filled with soil and dirt We have exhausted all our options There’s nothing left Hanging on by a thread, they said we’re better off dead Dark days ahead, dark days ahead