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Catalyst (Reissue)

by A Dark Halo

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GasmaskAvenger
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GasmaskAvenger I've been looking for YEARS for a physical copy of the very excellent "Catalyst" album and this recent opportunity was something I was eager to jump into. Thank you SO MUCH for this rare opportunity!
UN.E.X.Y.D
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UN.E.X.Y.D A cyber metal classic through and through, offering a cold & futuristic atmosphere paired with catchy choruses. And after all these years A Dark Halo hasn't lost any momentum, stoked for more. Favorite track: Nucleus.
Jack Cider
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Jack Cider Probably the best metal album by far in my opinion! Really heavy and moving album!

GO buy this really!!!!! its worth it!

looking forward to the new album at some point!! Favorite track: Unbreakable.
LAURENT BUR
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LAURENT BUR reminds me of FF with a pop touch.
very good songs a good singer
à mi chemin entre l'usine à peur et la pop. Très bon album.
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    This is the first pressing of the A Dark Halo classic, "Catalyst." These eight copies come from Christopher M. Jones' personal collection and are his LAST copies on hand!

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1.
Burn It All 04:51
Open the door and the light washes in Say what you will, I won't believe it anymore Everything's gone, I'm not where I belong It's the end of the song, because I'm free now I broke the chain from my neck Torn away from that which binds Never will I be the one to believe in nothing Because I'm free Unexcused, unabsolved I am alone but unafraid Undermined, undercut You can't undo what I have made Unexplained, unresolved Is it worth the price I have paid? Understand I'll burn it all Risen from ashes my life can begin Try what you will, you can't resist it anymore Everything's wrong, misconception is gone I am where I belong and I am free now I bear the wounds on my back Scars untold within my mind Ever will I be the one who will stop at nothing To remain free Unexcused, unabsolved I am alone but unafraid Undermined, undercut You can't undo what I have made Unexplained, unresolved Is it worth the price I have paid? Understand I'll burn it all (Burn it all) Unexcused, unabsolved I am alone but unafraid Undermined, undercut You can't undo what I have made Unexplained, unresolved Is it worth the price I have paid? Understand I'll burn it all I'll burn it all
2.
Confused, condemned, detained Interred, entombed, restrained Contract, collapse, divide Expand, explode, collide I brought this All on myself It brings me Back down to this Place again for the Last time I can't Survive This again Contract, collapse, divide Expand, explode, collide I brought this All on myself It brings me Back down to this Place again for the Last time I can't Survive This again Back down to this Place again for the Last time I can't I can't, I can't (Back down to this Place again for the Last time I can't Survive, survive) Back down to this Place again for the Last time I can't Survive This again
3.
Collective sorrow Imprinted on us all Manifests to break the will As a hammer to the skull Resist reprisal Of no consequence Finite existence Dust and ashes (Remain) Corrosive pathos Now drowning in the wake Unafraid to face the truth No fate but what we make Resist reprisal Of no consequence Finite existence Dust and ashes Dust and ashes (Remain) Resist reprisal Of no consequence Finite existence Dust and ashes Dust and ashes
4.
Silence 05:03
I welcome shades of grey - openly Anachronistic life - unending Unnecessary strain - compounding The failing cognition - resounding I hate what I become When all I am is this And the weight collapses me As the numbness hits I fail (I fail) Again To break the fall I'm here all alone, wondering how it all will end Fighting in vain as into the darkness I descend Waiting for light that I know I'll never see (Know I'll never see) Desperate for silence once again Asphyxiating will - incarnate The hope of amnesty - discarded I hate what I have done To build the emptiness Into walls I can't unmake And the prison fits I fail (I fail) Again To break the fall I'm here all alone, wondering how it all will end Fighting in vain as into the darkness I descend Waiting for light that I know I'll never see (Know I'll never see) Desperate for silence once again I'm here all alone, wondering how it all will end Fighting in vain as into the darkness I descend Waiting for light that I know I'll never see (Know I'll never see) Desperate for silence (I am) Desperate for silence (I am) Desperate for silence once again
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Nucleus 03:26
To negate And neutralize We must lose all Integrate into one Metamorphic reaction All will fade, all but one Evolution has begun The delta Over time Will yield truth Integrate into one Metamorphic reaction All will fade, all but one Evolution has begun At the core I am whole
7.
At the edge, strike the heart To the core (I feel it) Merciless I let slip Dogs of war (And I feel it) Slowly drown in this cell I have wrought (I feel it) Someone else forgive me I cannot (I cannot) Stone by stone (I build) Day by day Until such time as I must pay One by one (The thoughts) Fade away (To nothing) I am left with this The apex realized Slowly drown in this cell I have wrought (I feel it) Someone else forgive me I cannot (I cannot) Stone by stone (I build) Day by day Until such time as I must pay One by one (The thoughts) Fade away (To nothing) I am left with this The apex realized Stone by stone (I build) Day by day Until such time as I must pay One by one (The thoughts) Fade away (To nothing) I am left with this The apex
8.
Unbreakable 04:27
Complete what I may On this last of all days Unmake errors committed to stone Headfirst into the nightmare unknown Reckoning here at last From the feast to the fast Wretched soul come and passed I am (I am) I am again Unbreakable Rebuild what was lost Blood left meaningless as a cost Construct of control wrought by my hand Battered and broken, alone I stand Reckoning here at last From the feast to the fast Wretched soul come and passed I am (I am) I am again Unbreakable I am (I am) I am again Unbreakable Once again I am (I am) I am again Unbreakable I am, once again
9.
Open the door and the light washes in Say what you will, I won't believe it anymore Everything's gone, I'm not where I belong It's the end of the song, because I'm free now I broke the chain from my neck Torn away from that which binds Never will I be the one to believe in nothing Because I'm free Unexcused, unabsolved I am alone but unafraid Undermined, undercut You can't undo what I have made Unexplained, unresolved Is it worth the price I have paid? Understand I'll burn it all Risen from ashes my life can begin Try what you will, you can't resist it anymore Everything's wrong, misconception is gone I am where I belong and I am free now I bear the wounds on my back Scars untold within my mind Ever will I be the one who will stop at nothing To remain free Unexcused, unabsolved I am alone but unafraid Undermined, undercut You can't undo what I have made Unexplained, unresolved Is it worth the price I have paid? Understand I'll burn it all (Burn it all) Unexcused, unabsolved I am alone but unafraid Undermined, undercut You can't undo what I have made Unexplained, unresolved Is it worth the price I have paid? Understand I'll burn it all I'll burn it all
10.
(I feel it) (I feel it) At the edge, strike the heart To the core (I feel it) Merciless I let slip Dogs of war (And I feel it) Slowly drown in this cell I have wrought (I feel it) Someone else forgive me I cannot (I cannot) Stone by stone (I build) Day by day Until such time as I must pay (I feel it) One by one (The thoughts) Fade away (To nothing) I am left with this The apex realized Slowly drown in this cell I have wrought (I feel it) Someone else forgive me I cannot (I cannot) Stone by stone (I build) Day by day Until such time as I must pay (I feel it) One by one (The thoughts) Fade away (To nothing) I am left with this The apex realized (Stone by stone Day by day Until such time as I must pay One by one Fade away I am left with this I feel it) Stone by stone (I build) Day by day Until such time as I must pay One by one (The thoughts) Fade away (To nothing) I am left with this The apex Stone by stone (I build) Day by day Until such time as I must pay One by one (The thoughts) Fade away (To nothing) I am left with this The apex The apex The apex realized

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released February 10, 2018

Catalyst - Original Version:
Produced and recorded by Dave Lowmiller at Heavy Armor Records, Phoenix AZ
Mixed and mastered by John Herrera at Clamsville Studios, Chandler AZ
All music on this recording performed and programmed by Dave Lowmiller and Christopher Matthew Jones
Drum programming by Dave Lowmiller
All music and lyrics by Dave Lowmiller and Christopher Matthew Jones, Copyright 2005 and 2006
Logo, design and photography by Brent Ashe at weapon6
Band photography by Jim Panzer
Published by Heavy Armor Records LLC, 2006 - heavyarmorrecords.com
Manufactured and distributed by Hapi Skratch Entertainment - hapiskratch.com
2006 Heavy Armor Records. All Rights Reserved. HAR75411

Catalyst - Digital Reissue:
Burn It All (Digital Reissue)
Production, Remix, and Remaster by Dave Lowmiller at Heavy Armor Records, Austin TX
Apex Realized (Reassembled)
Arrangement, Production, Mix, and Master by Dave Lowmiller at Heavy Armor Records, Austin TX
Logo, design and photography by Brent Ashe at weapon6
Album art updated layout by Rebecca Wallace
2018 Heavy Armor Records. All Rights Reserved. HAR48569

Sincere Thanks:
Susan Lowmiller, Heather Jones, Nicole Corey, John Herrera, Brent Ashe, Jim Panzer, Nick Wlodyka, Allen Steelgrave, PJ Rubal,
Shelley Waller, Buck Waller, Raymond Herrera, Christian Olde Wolbers, Morris Beegle, Rebecca Wallace, Fear Factory, Threat Signal, Solution 7.62,
ESP Guitars, Spector Basses, ISP Technologies, and all of our friends, families and our amazingly supportive fans!

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A Dark Halo is wallet friendly, middle entry-tier, slightly prog cyber-metal built with pride in Austin, TX.

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