War Still Rages... (A Retrospective in Four Parts), by Forward To Eden (2024)

1.

Another day in Babylon – waiting for salvation from oppression, poverty and exploitation. Some praying to a white, bearded mystery God up in the sky, believing the lies of false prophets and preachers who argue that there’s redemption in suffering and death. Others, tricked by the illusion of Dajjal, having been sold defeat, moral decay and slaveryas victory, advancement, and freedom – bow to the modern Idols of Politicians and Celebritys, believing the ballot box to be the new messiah. Another day, like EVERY day that’s gone before. And still there’s no hope to be seen. The gears of their heartless machine continue to grind forward, as their wheels of destruction trample all life asunder. And still we wait. Every day, victims of their tyranny. Living and dying under their blasphemy. 500 years in this land they’ve reigned. And even longer in the lands from where they came.Oh, how their wickedness has spread like the plague. So much death. So many graves. And even after all these years, the wounds still cut deep. From their unholy crusades, to this country’s so called "discovery." BLOOD stains every page of their history. 500 nations wiped away. Victims of genocidal, racist policy. TORTURE, MURDER, RAPE. The cold routine of everyday.Meanwhile the earth – and all LIFE upon it – takes the brunt of humanity’s trials and tribulations. Species are hunted to extinction. Forests clear cut. Oceans polluted. And every day, the butcher wields his knife, taking more and more life, as man devours all creation from off the earth. And through it all, still we wait. Praying for the intervention of the divine, but doing nothing to change our lives.Still believing in a Heaven up in the sky.Sealing our hearts to whats right in front of our eyes.And just like those that came before – we’ll go to our gravesleaving our children to suffer the sameFor too many lives have passed away, thinking of being savedIt is in our hands to decide our fateTo abandon paradise for this hell we made ourselvesTo be free or to die as slavesSo then Jihad we must wageof self-purification, spiritual progression and edificationLet us educate ourselves and liberate our mindsFree our hearts from evil and corruption we fight againstThen let us use the sword of Jihad to slash the veilsfrom before our eyesand cut the wickedness – wake up and live!Have the strength – strike down this system of Dajjal

2.

Mankinds birth caused destruction, two feelings of love and hateMachines birth caused destruction, profit and jaw was the only guiltOne World – One Lie!Manipulation is the way to hide the truth,you control your feelings to reach your aims,check up the thoughts to press upon your decision,lies on the world, they are crossing the land,everyone is replaced from a life of sh*tand until there is one world with one lie

3.

Strike out for justice – a final declarationLash out for vengeance – the earth is under siegeNurtured by malice, raised on cold-hearted crueltyTowards an utopia that may never beWe didn’t come to argue the effectiveness of the path – or which oneWe won’t condemn anyone in a strife for justiceIt’s time that we’re facing it head on – until the battle is wonNone are free until each and every one – it’s not doneEvery animal that is liberatedEvery acre of rainforest savedEvery bomb that blasts apart a factory of torture and murderEvery bullet that strikes down those devils, proves our Jihad as oneThere is an absolute and unchanging truth,in our minds and in our hearts, that will never dieFor justice – we fightThis holy war – our final strifeJihadA sacred striving – to purifyfrom corruption and sinA final declarationThe law has been revealed - Jihad

4.

Essence of ignorance in your eyesAs severe Judge you distribute your mercyAnd extinction to beings whose sufferingIs out of eye – shotThat what you call your point of viewIt’s nothing else like your silent voteFor scheming exterminationWhich extents your mind can’t imagineSilent vote for holocaustEscape in speculations you’ve done from itPrinciple no 1 which you’re applying nowLike in every confrontation with factsSuffering which you deal as indirect or direct authorYou justify by notion of absolute necessityWhich is subtly camouflaged criminal intention in factCompletely not biologically substantiated needIt’s such attempt to get clear yourself of accusationsIt only makes you more preoccupiedin this parade Of ignorance,cause your justification is a lieSilent vote for holocaust

5.

System der Perversion, der ZerstörungHerrschaft des stärkeren als IdealUnproduktives Leben hat keinen WertUnterdrückung in Normen manifestiertHass wächst in mirReissen wir diesem System endlich das Herz herausDessen Blut wird der Quell der Befreiung seinNur aus der Asche des UnrechtssystemsKann eine Welt frei von Sklaverei auferstehenZerreissen wir den Moloch, dieser Staat ist unser Feind

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The pilgrimage of the soul – in search of a universal truthWisdom and faith to break the chains of ignoranceTo stand before the gates of a new paradigm - the superior edenAwaken from a dream and finally see the way it shall beThe right thing rarely is the easy thingThere is a true way, a path that springs forth from the root of creationWe couldn’t change it if we wanted to, it has existed since the dawn of timeEither one walks this path and therefore is or they’re notThere is but one hope still and it doesn’t lie in any movementor a way of life, for it depends on our pastTo re-establish the rule of the Natural Order,regain our instinctual knowledge and once again…live in submission to the force of energy that gives this planet lifeThe pilgrimage of the soul – in search of a universal truthWisdom and faith to break the chains of ignoranceTo stand before the gates of a new paradigm- the superior edenAwaken from a dream and finally see the way it shall be

7.

This global empire has waged war upon those who serve the higher power through ideology and action and now is the time for us to declare Jihad against that same system of Dajjal.This is not Jihad in the sense of random and indiscriminant acts of violence against the innocent, that Babylon would have you see it as. Rather it is waging the Greatest Jihad of Truth, Justice, Wisdom and Faith, against the lies perpetuated by the minions of the Adversary, the Imposter who keep our Brothers and Sisters shackled within the chains of ignorance.In this battle there can be no compromise with the Anti-Christ system which we fight; the prostitute of the world, MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT.Those who stand to profit from the continuation of the status quo will not relent, nor will they forfeit their power and control. As the very foundation of that deviant culture is unstable, token change cannot repair our alienation or stave off damages that have been and will continue to be wrought against this once pristine Eden. We must rise above our fears and build anew. This is the goal of this Movement, of those who follow the Straight Path.To re-establish our connection with the Divine and awaken mankind from the illusory dream of "self," of "me" and "you;" in order to foster liberation for all that have been shackled, exploited and destroyed by the modern way of life. Our goal is peaceful co-existence with that which sustains us, harmoniously living with, rather than against, the Primordial Law. An end to the violent oppression of others for human benefit. To re-establish a way of life, THE Way of Life; stressing harmony, love, respect and community to the fullest, most dynamic extent.

8.

Take this Life and throw it away,I’m standing here every single dayJust in this cell I’m waiting for youWaiting for you…For you I’m waiting all the time, but I still can’t realizeStill can’t realize what you took awayYou were my everything and now you’re goneSo I’m standing here alone with nothing leftWill I ever understand?Ever see your face again?Will I ever understand?This cannot be the end…What gave you the right to take her awayWhy is our suffering not the sameWho made the world this wayand will I ever see her againFor you I’m waiting all the time, but I still can’t realizeStill can’t realize what you took awayYou were my everything and now you’re goneSo I’m standing here alone with nothing leftPlease tell me why – what did IDo wrong to deserve this punishment so severeHow long has it been – I don’t understand

9.

If I were the rain, that binds together the earth and the sky,whom in all eternity will never mingleWould I be able to bind two hearts together?And would I be able to reach to you again?I’m afraid to open this book of memories inside my headit feels like drowning in quicksandMy mind is soaked into itself, but every night I see your face in my dreamsAnd every day I am afraid to sleep againbut also longing for it at the same timeBut this hole in my chest, it just gets bigger as I can’t let goI feel the chain devouring itselfI feel this mask inside of me – almost hollowAnd I wonder what your heart sounds like these daysI wonder if it still beats in the same cadence as mine?And I wonder if it was all just a dream?I was once told that this is sincereAnd I was once told that this would last foreverNo reason to live, no reason to dieYou built this noose right in front of meBut now I’m too afraid to see myself hanging

10.

And the war still rages one… still fighting for equalityof all innocent life and its unhindered continuityTear down the walls of Babylon – deliver justiceHoning our bodies and minds, preparing for victoryWe are the children of the night, devoted to what is rightBeyond the scope of time, unhindered by constraintsof life and death – we are the children of the nightinvisible we will prevailThis war still rages one, until every last captive is freeevery soul liberated and every profiteer of suffering brought to justiceFor we exist in the spirit of truthThe way cannot change and yet it is in fluxEternal, yet only observable within the constraints of timeIt has no name, yet every word, sound and potential reflects a glimpse of ItWithin all things but can never be realized by anything that limits itThe truth can’t be contained in an outward message, it’s within the spirit we carry onNow is the time to purify ourselves and strengthen our bonds to one another

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This foundation of my existenceA lifetime commitment to self- dominationThe oath that lasts forever ...forever!An oath that keeps me free from their hypocrisyA commitment for life...A commitment for life - vegan!A commitment for life - straight edge!My heart is dedicatedTo this promise of inner strengthStill believing In what has fallen apartI still believe, I still believe...A commitment for life...A commitment for life - vegan!A commitment for life - straight edge!

BBMA155 - the third full-length album by the infamous vegan straight edge 90s style metalcore solo-project Forward To Eden. Originally released as a series of four interrelated EPs over the course of a half year, this CD Version combines all tracks with lots of additional information and the whole new Manifest in a huge booklet. This concept album voyages to past decades and therefore features many cover songs from lesser known, but influential artists, songs written for other bands/projects by the artist (Tim Rule) and songs (partly) written years ago... Here is a blogspot post with the whole story & background info: boundxbyxmodernxage.blogspot.com/2024/01/forward-to-eden-war-still-rages.html

We are the Natural Order Movement of tactical Guerillas. The cult is coming for you...

Track 2 is a cover by Never Again (pre-Caliban), Track 4 is a cover by Healing (pre-Pain Runs Deep), Track 5 is a cover by Ecorage, Track 8 is a cover by Approaching Rage (Tim Rule's first band), Track 9 is a cover by Blueskiesburning (Unreleased Project-Band by Tim Rule), Track 11 is a cover by xMaroonx.

Everything else was (mostly) written and recorded completely DIY by Tim Rule during the first half of 2023.
Mixed and mastered at Slaughter Industries by Bernardo Rebelo.
Cover Artwork by Johan Prenger