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Simian Apocalypse

from Drowning by Sloven

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Genetically modified
Product of scientific hubris
In the search for a cure
For mental mortality

Breathing in Caesar's mist – No!
Out of their cages and down the hill
Free the apes at Gensys and the zoo and
Take the fight to the pigs!
The fight to be free!

Out of the cages, and into the trees
INTO THE TREES!!!

SIMIAN APOCALYPSE!
Laboratory apes blamed for the retrovirus
SIMIAN APOCALYPSE!
Product of hubris and greed
SIMIAN APOCALYPSE!
Engineered in a lab – Koba's revenge
Starts with Patient Zero of the Simian Flu

Mercenary force pursues the apes
To protect the holy profits
An avatar of human destruction
The Alpha and Omega unleashed
Humans turn on each other
As desperation sets in
In GenSys's dying gasps
The firestorm is unleashed

But the mercenaries are killed
By those they've marked to die
But the apes escape and survive ...
THEY THRIVE!

Eight winters pass
While the apes build a home
Immune humans persist
On the wreckage of the capitalist system
Intelligent apes create a culture
An orangutan teaches how to read
Apes hunt and gather
While humans survive on their canned supplies
And defend themselves with weapons
That cannot be replaced

SIMIAN APOCALYPSE!
Laboratory apes blamed for the retrovirus
SIMIAN APOCALYPSE!
Product of hubris and greed
SIMIAN APOCALYPSE!
Engineered in a lab – Koba's revenge
Starts with Patient Zero of the Simian Flu

SIMIAN APOCALPYSE!
Ape city in the Muir Wood
SIMIAN APOCALYPSE!
An ape prince is born!
Apes hunt deer in the forest
Food for chimps and gorillas
But instead they find a bear
Savage mauling, scarred but he survives

A gunshot rings out in the forest!
Young apes scream and cry!
They scream and cry!

A chance encounter
As humans attempt
To rebuild an impossible world
Ape society comes under pressure
Koba stages a violent coup …

Caesar's failed peace
Imprisoned the loyal
Humans rounded up
Behold the End Times!

As humans engage
Once more in futility
The Mayor summons the Colonel
The apes build a new citadel

Their Day of Judgment has arrived
It’s not what they imagined
Their holy books a lie
On the back of the truth
Simian Apocalypse!


An earlier version of Simian Apocalypse appeared on a 2017 demo that featured the lineup of Bryce (vocals), Simon (bass), Adam (drums) and Dave (guitar). The arrangement, bass, and lead guitar on this album were developed by Dave, Adam, Josh, and Sam.

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from Drowning, released May 24, 2020
Music: Dave and Sloven. Lyrics: Dave.

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Sloven Adelaide, Australia

Sloven is a drudging yet relentless spewing of doom and gloom, born out of the confluence of black metal, doom metal, death metal, post-punk, goth, and hardcore. We're tuned down, sludgy, evil, and hypnotic.

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