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Guardian of the Universe

by Oxygen Destroyer

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Brian Parker
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Brian Parker “It’s Gamera! He will save us!”

Not tonight, motherfucker...
tomasufuripin
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tomasufuripin Oxygen Destroyer is back and meaner than ever. Seriously, these are some of the nastiest riffs 2024 has to offer. I especially love how the "Banishing The Iris..." lyrics are written like a dialogue.

Your failure to buy this album is an affront to the Kaiju. Buy this album now, or the Guardian will incinerate you for your perfidy. Favorite track: Banishing The Iris Of Sempiternal Tenebrosity.
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Bart The third and fourth songs have that unhinged thrash sound akin to old Slayer. While the band is definitely death metal based, there is a lot of thrash in their blood. Think Demolition Hammer or early Death. Consistently stellar from start to finish, and one of the best albums this year. Favorite track: Eradicating The Symbiotic Hive Mind Entity From Beyond The Void.
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Spawned by an ancient civilization lost in time A bio-engineered creature sworn To purify the world of wickedness Tearing through the stratosphere Like a flying saucer Butchering the putrid ones who Feast upon our sons and daughters When the Earth lies shrouded in eternal darkness And the extinction of humanity draws near The Guardian of the Universe will rise above To vanquish the bringers of destruction and fear Desecrators of the Third Planet will be destroyed The forces of evil fear his name For to him they are nothing more than prey Fanged reptilian conjurer of fire The unholy will burn upon this day When the Earth lies shrouded in eternal darkness And the extinction of humanity draws near The Guardian of the Universe will rise above To vanquish the bringers of destruction and fear Desecrators of the Third Planet will be destroyed
2.
Gaze upon the Magatama, fabled stone of destiny Embrace it’s sacred call and heed my fleeting words of urgency Preternatural evils have risen from the shadows I call upon you now Aid me in my war against these abominations For we must ensure their destruction This sacred bond was predestined Our minds merge together Tethering me to your soul The scars I bear shall stay with you forever Bleed with me my precious friend The Earth and it’s inhabitants are who we suffer for Unity and peace we shall restore
3.
For centuries we’ve dwelled within the darkness Awaiting the prophesied day of our return The human populace will cry In horror as we feast upon your children And your precious cities burn Morbid lust for flesh and bone drives us to insanity Consumption of millions fails to quell our appetency Sound barriers break with each flap of our leathery wings Civilizations shatter as we bellow our deafening growls The inhabitants of Earth have but only one destiny To liquify within the putrescent depths of our bowels Imbeciles spawned us into existence To serve their blind ambition Aspirations for power bring only death For we are the omens of extinction Your Gaurdian cannot withstand our might Sunless overseers ingesting all in sight With malice I cast my shadow upon humanity I will devour my own kind in order to achieve immortality Our supersonic rays slice through your architectures Reducing them to a concrete tomb for your worthless kind We lay our eggs upon these ruined lands Forever desecrating them and the victims left behind When I die, hundreds will take my place. Ensuring the inevitable dominance of our race
4.
Terraformers from beyond the void We swarm across the universe Shifting and evolving it to our liking Shaping it into our own image Death to all who oppose our crusade One mind shared across millions, eusocial society Unsurpassed and born for galactic domination No planet will go untouched by our divine presence Stripped of their inferior forms, they’ll thrive under our reign Thy name is Legion Thy name is Legion For I am the one of the many This Earth, so pure and blue, it too shall fall before us We march unopposed Exterminating its rudimentary inhabitants with ease These earthlings, so fragile and inept We’ll gouge out their eyes with our silicon tendrils And gut them with our horns and mandibles We gorge ourselves upon their technology Harnessing it’s power to cultivate our seeds Countless hordes will spawn across space and time Fly now my children, bend the cosmos to your will Thy Name is Legion, thy Name is Legion For I am the one of the many, I am the one of the many
5.
From the ashes I arise to challenge the insectoid oppressor And it’s conquest for domination It’s species, so ruthless and invasive Must be destroyed and shown no compassion I refuse to fall before this wretched creature For its symbiotic kind has threatened mother nature If consuming the Earth’s mana is what it takes To ensure it’s eradication Then It shall be done without hesitation Never have I endured such horrendous pain These wounds brought upon me may never heal with time My shell has been fractured My body singed and torn Yet still I persevere for the living and unborn I will rise from the dead to destroy this foe For my will is unparalleled So heed these words I vow Stab and disembowel me all you want for it’s no use I’ve seen your imminent death And Im bringing it to you now Oh precious Earth, lend me your energy So I can vaporize this soulless hive mind entity I refuse to fall before this wretched creature For its symbiotic kind has threatened mother nature If consuming the Earth’s mana is what it takes To ensure it’s eradication Then It shall be done without hesitation I won’t let the Legion win I won’t let the Legion win No, I won’t let the Legion win
6.
Haunting recollections from the past Invade my mind each and every night A memory I wish to suppress refuses to leave me in peace I can still see his hellish eyes staring into my soul The dying screams of my family still echo to this very day Death shall to come to him For this I swear The feeble and foolish beckon To this vile creature for protection I reject this false Guardian For he has damned me to a life Of endless pain and suffering Never again shall I know happiness Until this wretched beast has been slain
7.
Heed my words oh vengeful one For I too share your anguish Scorn and detestation burns within our shattered hearts I offer you protection and power unimagined A promise to exact revenge upon the one Who’s torn your life apart I’ve rested here for centuries Awaiting you, my beloved counterpart Submit yourself to me, oh lady of sorrow Your rage is so alluring, it intensifies my soul Only through you can I achieve my perfect form Our love is strong enough to tear this feeble world apart My tentacles slither across the skies As I soar like a Phoenix born of sin Darkness shall consume the Earth at last Imbecilic girl, you’re nothing but a tool for my desires A slave for me to feed upon for eternity See the world through my eyes And witness the death I have bestowed Mountains of lifeless corpses now desecrate this sacred land Their blood is on your hands
8.
Guardian of The Universe: Blasphemous creature of hatred and unholiness Feasting upon the endless suffering of a traumatized woman Your sickening mind, so low and manipulative Such repulsive acts of abuse will not go unpunished The Iris Of Sempiternal Tenebrosity Spare me your self righteousness Defender of the weak You serve principles long obsolete and forgotten I care not for your obsessions with morality I’ll eviscerate everything you’ve struggled to defend Guardian of The Universe: So many lives have fallen to your kind Unfortunate victims that I was unable to protect I swear this to you now, their spirits will be avenged So come forth and endure the seething rage I hold for you The Iris Of Sempiternal Tenebrosity Your soft body profusely bleeds so easily My spear arms disemboweling you Ensuring my victory At last, my nemesis has fallen The Guardian of the Universe is no more His mangled body lays upon the ground Bleeding out as I bellow to the thundering skies Foolish girl, no one can save you now Your final hope was the one you cursed It was I, who desecrated your life Now fall into the abysmal void for eternity Guardian of The Universe: I won’t succumb to these vicious wounds You’ve lashed upon me Death comes to you now as I rise once more To challenge all who stand for corruption and cruelty Cry in unspeakable pain as I plunge into your heart Disarranging your intestines as I retrieve your human host My arm may be severed, but my will still prevails I refuse to let you torture this young lady furthermore By the power held within my burning fist I banish you to the morbid hell From which you were conceived
9.
Desperate to end my ways of justice for good Shadows of Evil descend from the skies above Cowardly striking while I’m bruised and bloodied This feeble assault will ensure their mass extinction Centuries of war shall end upon this night My fangs pierce deep into their crimson flesh Ripping out their entrails as they squeal in agony My breath scorches their leathery skin with ease Blasting them into oblivion, no trace remains Executing these foulish winged creatures Once and for all is so bittersweet Maiming them has brought me so much pleasure But I cannot allow them to consume anymore innocent lives Adrenaline takes control Pain I feel no more Their intestines paint me red As I butcher and enflame them one by one Let the world rejoice For I have won at last Evil’s executioner The Guardian of the Universe

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Oxygen Destroyer’s long awaited 3rd LP, Guardian of the Universe, is their longest, hardest hitting, and most epic album yet!!!

“Guardian of the Universe is a pulverizing tribute to the Heisei Gamera Trilogy, three of the most highly acclaimed films in the Kaiju genre. The intention behind this record was to create a devastating sound that symbolizes the mighty power of the giant monsters it’s paying homage to.”
- Lord Kaiju

credits

released August 9, 2024

Recorded by Charlie Koryn at Toadhouse Recording
Mixed and Mastered by Noah Buchanan at Mercinary Studios
Cover art by Shoggoth Kinetics / Layout by Nestor Carrera
Photos by John Malley

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