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Manifest Destiny

by Mindless Faith

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1.
Vultures 05:33
(J. Sevanick) There's no right, there is no wrong Just different ways to come undone Along the way to deviation Anticipating oblivion Hold me back, just let me go You know I can't take much more All this time spent grinding teeth And all this time spent keeping score Someone's going to cast the first stone It helps them sleep better at night Heads are buried deep in sand While overhead the vultures fly So many die, so many live Just going through the motions Don't pretend everything's fine While overhead the vultures fly Vultures are out tonight They've got their hidden agendas But we can't relax (into oblivion) No we can't surrender Entrenched in commerce And Hollywood flare Brought down by vultures Cause no one cares
2.
(J. Sevanick) Reaching for the sky Punch through the atmosphere With our satellites Still some things remain unclear Stars & stripes & satellites We're rolling over rolling hills Is this the right way we are heading Or is it all uncertain still We will pierce the sky Punch through the atmosphere For some answers why Still some things remain unclear And how we work so hard Trying to save our hearts Our souls and our love And our lives as they come apart Finding loopholes, supersize There's too much overanalyzed Building fronts and hiding scabs Our hearts will bleed cause words will stab Stars and stripes and satellites We're making waves and thinking twice Collapse into infinity And manifesting destiny
3.
Descent 05:45
(J. Sevanick) Puppets on a string Tangled in the lines Dancing for some plastic gods Happy but so blind On our way down You ruin everything You say that we'll do whatever Cause we'll live forever You're killing me You're killing everything You say tomorrow means nothing That I'm missing something Well you're just like me You ruin everything We buzz around like flies Laying eggs on shit We have come so far so fast Something's got to give
4.
(J. Sevanick) Was it hard to decide Or was there something else On your mind So you forgot one day I just thought you might come back our way Why did you have to go We're left to fend for ourselves Now alone Always in disarray I guess it's always that way Down here Don't get me wrong and I understand that You had some better things to do But your good intentions Come across more as A bad idea on the loose I guess we shouldn't wait for you We'll just stumble on alone Cause we don't need your help We can ruin things on our own
5.
Incubation 04:54
(J. Sevanick) Another promise sinking A fleeting thought Twist the knife slowly It's almost done I don't want to get down On my knees today After all this time Do I still have to beg Must be another way... Bleed Suck Plead I'll never crawl Is this what you love Is this what you want Put your blindfold on and sing along
6.
(John Boese) One day a man with his life in his hands dishonors himself for a dime I managed a look but that's all I could Cause I don't have the time Seeing myself and feeling my wealth controls my mind One man's dead, one day is gone What's next for all mankind I blindly stare around alot I can't feel anything, anything at All these years, to see where I began I didn't know, guess I'll never understand Twenty years gone it didn't take long And still I don't even care Razed and bred, put thoughts in my head To take away the fear Woke up one night, screaming with fright Afraid of what I'd hear Ghosts in the streets, old, broken, and beat Telling me I'm near
7.
Plaything 05:05
(J. Sevanick, Ernie Zappacosta) Birth Grinding Slight displeasure Coiled up on the inside Pain Consuming me All I can think about Can't accomplish anything I should have learned Not a thing is changed I should have learned Not a thing is ever changed Hey Fuck off Leave me alone, just let me go Don't you bother me again You'll never get away You'll never be the same I get what I want I always get my way No one will care Love was forgot Just one more time And then we can stop Hey there plaything Maybe we could die today I know it doesn't sound like fun But at least it would be an escape Hey there plaything You know it's alright with me So you don't want to be alone tonight But in giving I hope to receive
8.
Mere Pawn 02:33
(Mike Leskowitz, J. Sevanick) Chewed through a hole And borred deep inside Colored your life In chaotic designs Fever pitch planning And just getting by Praying for crumbs To fall from the sky You were the seed, you had it all Thought you were invincible You're under an iron hand Part of a master plan You'll just rise and fall Just another mere pawn
9.
(Paul Green) Did I ever have candythoughts? Play with ribbons and believe in things? Did I ever believe there was a Santa Claus? I sure as fuck never believed in the Easter Bunny I think I respected the Tooth Fairy Like a cat burglar swiping my teeth from under my pillow and leaving a quarter as a calling card I'd do it if I could... make jewelry out of teeth It's fucking cold
10.
Contaminated 04:53
(J. Sevanick) When I grow up I wanna be just like you Afflicted with traditions And social truths When I grow up I wanna be just like you Locked into a lifestyle That I didn't choose I never I never dreamed of this I never Thought it'd come to this And the chances The chances that I missed They're leading Me to my slow eclipse Contaminated Contaminated Contaminate
11.
Rat Race 04:26
(J. Sevanick) I have that sick feeling I have an empty heart again And the world just stumbles along I can't resist, but I can't give in So far, so way off course Hope for the best expect the worst The big picture's invalid now Because it's the little things that hurt Now, wanting to believe you tried Does it matter if we close our eyes Sugar-coat, disguise the taste More like rust than a golden age Pointing fingers, twisting knives Hellbent on that dollarsign Still behind, can't keep the pace Just lose your mind in the rat race Eyes fixed on merchandise They're getting in line for the sale Those sheep that meat market It makes no sense and I feel like hell Just keep them pacified Dangling carrots in my face But I don't want a consolation prize For a game I didn't even want to play
12.
Strained 05:01
(J. Sevanick) The blood has dried the time has past We're not devices built to last But somehow, someway, we just keep going So frayed, so strained, crushed By the weight of the world But somehow, someway, I just keep going Like tore-up ragged toys That stitches couldn't mend I don't think we'll break But we'll surely bend Each day, burn out, feeling strained Each night spent looking for escape All the madness just won't go away Your voice, a hollow echo From a distant yesterday Pull me into obsolescence Push me to depravity And my mind's on fire Overwhelmed and distending Sedated by your essence Lulled into complacency
13.
Eclipse 04:48

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With the release of their long-awaited 2nd CD, MINDLESS FAITH emerges to deliver one of the strongest and most noteworthy releases of the new millenium! They engage the perfect balance of inticate electronic arrangements, grinding textures, and explosive beats for a dynamic post-industrial sound that will draw you in with its emotion at one minute and beat you down with its intensity the next. With vocals that stick in your head and lyrics that make you think, MINDLESS FAITH's powerful new release is the shot in the arm the industrial scene has been waiting for.

Even prior to the official release, tracks from MANIFEST DESTINY were being prasied on mp3.com stations! "...an all out war on your body, mind, and soul...drives jackhammer pulses into your legs and crushes the dancefloor below your feet..." And "worth 10 orgasms"!!! MANIFEST DESTINY also received a 5 out of 5 in Outburn Magazine!
Where a lot of bands stick to formulas, MINDLESS FAITH pushes the envelope with their diversity giving each song its own pace and mood. As Side-Line Magazine commented, "the music has been worked out with intelligence, creativity, and knowledge." Songs like So Much For Salvation and Eclipse capture the listener with slow, synthetic textures. The epic dancefloor anthem, Stars & Stripes & Satellites, builds up and explodes with its trance-like feel and the mechanical, dark ambient intro of Vultures gives way to a relentless hard techno assault. Shifting gears, Incubation bumps and grinds with a bass-heavy, sleazy rock sound straight out of your favorite fetish video, while Mere Pawn exudes traces of drum 'n bass and Descent fuses elements of EBM and cyberpunk.

The evolution of MINDLESS FAITH's sound since their critically acclaimed debut CD, "The Silence" (1996), can best be attributed to their impressive, high-energy live performances (check out the bonus CD-Rom video on MANIFEST DESTINY)! MINDLESS FAITH has made their presence felt - touring throughout the Norhteast to now devoted fans and sharing the stage with the likes of Sister Machine Gun, Spahn Ranch, Pigface, Switchblade Symphony, and many, many others.
The widely promoted "Distention - AlterCulture Records Label Sampler", along with 8 other comp. appearances including "Nod's Tacklebox o' Fun" (Reconstriction), "Darkness and the Machine V. 2" (Carpe Mortem), and "Elektrauma V. 5" (Triton Records, Belgium), offered glimpses of the potential of this up-and-coming band. But with MANIFEST DESTINY, MINDLESS FAITH establishes themselves as one of the rising forces in the underground.

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released October 10, 2000

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AlterCulture Records Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

12 LPs, an EP, several singles, a few covers, and on over 40 compilations. Also remixed 17 other artists such as Jane's Addiction released by Capitol Records.
An unofficial remix of Daft Punk has over half a million views on YouTube, and most popular original track on Spotify has over 1 million streams. New music out May 5th!
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