The End of Chaos (Studio Album) - Flotsam and Jetsam

The End Of Chaos

The End of Chaos is the thirteenth studio album by Flotsam and Jetsam, released on January 18th, 2019 via AFM Records. It is the band’s first album to feature drummer Ken Mary, replacing Jason Bittner.

Reinventing themselves is as high as a risk for bands that have been in the game as long as Flotsam and Jetsam has, as it is trying to keep themselves relevant in their musical endeavors. In a metal sub-genre like thrash or speed, penning a record that sounds modern and fresh while still remaining true to their roots is easier said than done for any new band, let alone for three decades veterans. Nonetheless, Flotsam and Jetsam did not slacken the reins, and The End of Chaos is nothing else but a ruthless declaration of calculated guitar riffs, eruptions of velocity combined with doomy bass lines, irritated vocal lines and unforgiving high-class drumming, all of the above hardened with a crystal-clear mix and production to boot.

“The End Of Chaos” Album Artwork

TRACK LIST:

Prisoner of Time (04:17)
Control (3:45)
Recover (4:08)
Prepare for Chaos (3:45)
Slowly Insane (3:53)
Architects of Hate (5:04)
Demolition Man (3:37)
Unwelcome Surprise (5:07)
Snake Eye (3:54)
Survive (4:08)
Good or Bad (3:55)
The End (3:47)

KEN MARY – DRUMS | MICHAEL GILBERT – GUITARS | MICHAEL SPENCER – BASS | ERIC A.K. – VOCALS | STEVE CONLEY – GUITARS

Lyrics

PRISONER OF TIME

I can see the world at breakneck speed, passing me by
Everybody takes a piece of life and cutting line

I seem to think I can wait my turn
All the entitled can crash and burn
Give to the need my place in line
A few seconds of my time

Don’t forget the golden rule is live and let
Live your life without regret
Or be a prisoner of time

Broke down, need the help, can’t you see I’m struggle on by
You would think out of all of these that one would stop and try

I seem to think it’s no big deal
All the entitled can burn at the wheel
Give to the need my sweat and time
A soul to save and I think it’s mine

Don’t forget the golden rule is live and let
Live your life without regret
Or be a prisoner of time

Look up to the sky
In a tear you wonder why
We turn ourselves into a prisoner of time

Prisoner of time

CONTROL

I hear your endless talking
While you feed me all you have to say
I believed every lie so easily
But now my eyes are open
I see you just for what you really are
Hiding every truth you’ve ever heard

You will not restrain me
You will never break me

Take my world
But you’ll never take my soul
Burn it down
To ashes on the ground
Take my world
And swallow it whole
Burn it down
But you’ll never take control
You’ll never take control of me

You know you almost had me
I believed in every word you said
Every deed was buried in the darkness
Knowing all the secrets
Living in such beautiful detachment
All the time spreading your disease

You will not restrain me
You will never break me

Take my world
But you’ll never take my soul
Burn it down
To ashes on the ground
Take my world
And swallow it whole
Burn it down
But you’ll never take control
Never take control of me

You will not restrain me
You will never break me

Take my world
But you’ll never take my soul
Burn it down
To ashes on the ground
Take my world
And swallow it whole
Burn it down
But you’ll never take control

Take my world
But you’ll never take my soul
Burn it down
To ashes on the ground
Take my world
And swallow it whole
Take my world
But you’ll never take control
You’ll never take control of me, yeah

RECOVER

A long so deep it bruises the inner depths of your soul
A fate you just can’t wrap your head around
A feeling you can’t describe as it blackens all that you see
And all you can see is death and despair

Nothing is beautiful and the colors all turn to grey
The sun doesn’t shine behind the clouds of your dismay

I may never recover from this
I may never recover from this, no
I may never recover from this
I may never recover from this, no

And I don’t see how this makes me a better man
Was this hole inside part of a bigger plan?
They say life goes on but it doesn’t go on the same
Not even the taste of blood will satisfy the pain

Nothing is beautiful and the colors all turn to grey
The sun doesn’t shine behind the clouds of your dismay

I may never recover from this
I may never recover from this, no
I may never recover from this
I may never recover from this, no

Nothing is beautiful and the colors all turn to grey
The sun doesn’t shine behind the clouds of your dismay

I may never recover from this
I may never recover from this, no
I may never recover from this
I may never recover from this, no

PREPARE FOR CHAOS

Not a spirit who hides in the day
Not an eruption that will not or may
It’s a wrecking ball of death and completely without fear
No conscience, fear, or heart
Doesn’t think about an end or start
Tear the world apart not to see what’s deep inside

Not a friend to call, not a savior at all
Not a place to run and hide
No way to stop, no way on top
Stay out of sight and prepare to die

Prepare for the chaos
Prepare to die

Once every 1000 years or so the beast gets hungry
And the pain inside that wakes him, makes him angry
There’s not enough food in sight
So, he’ll start to roam the earth tonight
And the path of death he leaves will feed the hunger

Won’t pick you out of a crowd
Doesn’t care if you’re calm or loud
It’s a living, eating, breathing storm of death
No agenda, no favorite meal
He’s the real mutherfukin’ deal
He’s only awake to eat and he eats it all

Not a friend to call, not a savior at all
Not a place to run and hide
No way to stop, no way on top
Stay out of sight and prepare to die

Prepare for the chaos
Prepare to die

SLOWLY INSANE

Into pain and into terror, in denial
Under pressure, under cover, under fire
Understand, under duress that I can kill
A daily battle to contain the way I feel
A daily battle to contain the way I feel

Pressure is building up inside my brain
Slowly, so I don’t notice
Driving me insane

Over exaggerated, over all the pain
Over the mountain, I’ve been climbing up in vain
Over, under, over compensating dream
A daily battle to convey just what I mean
A daily battle to convey just what I mean

Pressure is building up inside my brain
Slowly, so I don’t notice
Driving me insane

And then one day I just start walking
No direction, no one talking
Scattered images in mind
Don’t bother what I leave behind

ARCHITECTS OF HATE

I see red and feeling low
Nervous, jumpy, ready to go
Paranoid and on the edge
Out of comfort zone, walking the ledge

Every turn becomes the wrong path
Every decision goes array
Wound up tighter than a beating drum
I need a metal show today

I drink the blood of every man
I slink the catacombs of hell
I want to end the life of everything
Don’t ask me why ’cause I can’t tell

Teeth are grinding, blood will boil
Vision blurred from all the hate
Dream of killing, dream of fear
Dream of ways to get the hell out of here

Every turn becomes the wrong path
Every decision goes array
Wound up tighter than a beating drum
I need a metal show today

I drink the blood of every man
I slink the catacombs of hell
I want to end the life of everything
Don’t ask me why ’cause I can’t tell

Every turn becomes the wrong path
Every decision goes array
Wound up tighter than a beating drum
I need a metal show today

I drink the blood of every man
I slink the catacombs of hell
I want to end the life of everything
Don’t ask me why ’cause I can’t tell

DEMOLITION MAN

I’ll tear it down, I don’t care what it is
It’s all the same to me ’cause I’m fukin’ destructive
I consume rubble like it’s water and air
I’ll tear it down to the ground, like it was never there
And I love the smell of dust from a tumbling place
The rumble, from the grumble, underneath my feet
And the power over something, power to destroy
I’ve got a smile on my face, ’cause I am overjoyed

Demolition Man
Tearing down walls and excavating
Demolition Man
I’m a wrecking ball, stay out of my way
Demolition Man
Near the caution line I spend my time
Demolition Man
Push the button down and bring it to the ground

When I look up, I see the falling walls
The sky coming down and crushing it all
And not even the devil can survive the pain
When my soul crushing demolition ends the game
I will take history right down to the earth
And leave a scar for the future to begin rebirth
Concrete, steel, brick, beams and stone
It all comes down like a card house blown

UNWELCOME SURPRISE

Win the big prize and die the next day
No one will say where it all goes
Spend life savings on a brand new car
Watch it crumpled being towed
Terrified of the man in charge
As he changes everything
You finally drop down to one knee
And realize you’ve lost the ring

I bet you didn’t see that one coming
Right between the eyes
I bet you didn’t see that one coming
Unwelcome surprise
I bet you didn’t see that one coming

The courage comes and you can take the ride
First time in the air
And as you meet the earth face to face
You realize life isn’t fair
Carry life til it’s ready to bloom
Born without a heart
Ready to race and ready to go
No one to say it’s time to start

SNAKE EYE

Faster than a bullet from a gun
Looking out and thinking only of number one
Respect written on the tip of death
Take you out, bring you down with every breath

Designed to stop you when you fight
Push a button, pack it up, it ends tonight
Nowhere to run, nothing you can do
A 1000 pounds of Flotsam just for you

Hide deep beneath the ground a hundred thousand pounds of instant death
Curl up and cover head you’re all but dead the walls are closing fast
Hide from the sound of thunder churning underground and coming fast
Once you have seen its eye it’s time to die there is no more escape

It can reach and pull you from the sky
Steadfast like a lizard to the fly
Has no connection to a rule
If you come up against it you’re a fool

No barriers no respect or fear
When it’s there, you’ll wish you were here
Nothing avenged, everything is gray
Death, annihilation, just another day

Once dead it has no use for you
It only likes to kill, no prejudice or view
Path of destruction in its way
Life, limb, or heart, whatever it can take
Run and hide the desert’s shaking
It doesn’t think about what it’s taking
Hide, die, play dead, whatever you can do
Odds are your life is over, too

I bet you didn’t see that one coming
Right between the eyes
I bet you didn’t see that one coming
Unwelcome surprise
I bet you didn’t see that one coming

No warning, no breath, no beat
No future, no help, no end I see
No point, no thing to gain
You can’t win by cheating the game

Pulled over when you’re already late
Ending shackled, face on the ground
My favorite band plays my favorite bar
But only when I’m out of town
Hit the lottery and hit 10 mil
Split it 12 million ways
I get a break and finally die
But someone else is in my grave

I bet you didn’t see that one coming
Right between the eyes
I bet you didn’t see that one coming
Unwelcome surprise
I bet you didn’t see that one coming

No warning, no breath, no beat
No future, no help, no end I see
No point, no thing to gain
You can’t win by cheating the game

SURVIVE

I can tell you all just what I think
I’m the media, I make the truth become
Mass hysteria is how I know I’m good
See the world from my own point of view

Defenseless little lives
Becoming raped and scarred
The button pushed as number three is in the cards
The weather coming down and wiping out another town
The plague that takes us over will survive another day

Can we survive another this
The terror and the pain
The tragic loss, again
Can we survive another this
As history repeats itself again

You believe in everything I tell you
You react to everything I say
There’s a time you think things for yourself
Let it go for one more fuckin’ day

Defenseless, little lives
Becoming raped and scarred
The button pushed as number three is in the cards
The weather coming down and wiping out another town
The plague that takes us over will survive another day
Can we survive another this
The terror and the pain
The tragic loss, again
Can we survive another this
As history repeats itself again

Plan your lives on stories that I tell you
‘Show no fear’, I tell you with a smile

Defenseless little lives battling so hard
Pushing buttons to bring war into your yard
The weather coming down
And tearing through another town
The famine takes us over
Won’t survive another day

Can we survive another this
The terror and the pain
The tragic loss, again
Can we survive another this
As history repeats itself again

GOOD OR BAD

In between the points of the beginning and the end
Is the memory of your soul
Carry on your legacy any way you want
It’s your eternity and your toll

Every step you take leaves an everlasting print
And every word you utter fills a hole
Someone is watching, someone emulates the way
Evil or not it plays a lasting role

Leave a tracer of your path behind
Your generous or thoughtless mind
Breadcrumbs from the life that you have had
Leave it epic, leave it good or bad

Under the canvas of the ones we love and know
Is a demon waiting to explode
Leaving a trail of total devastation
And a life so lonely, death will take ahold

When they look back and picture all the you have done
Will anyone remember your high
In through the nostril of the devastator
Is the scent of hope and the taste of fear

Leave a tracer of your path behind
Your generous or thoughtless mind
Breadcrumbs from the life that you have had
Leave it epic, leave it good or bad

THE END

I have seen the future as clear as the shit in the sky
I have seen the four eyed creatures hissing poison til it dies
I have seen the shadows laughing as they run on by
I have seen the bad moon rising blackening the lit up sky
I have touch the scales of a dragon and the soul of a warrior
I will start the world on fire like I’ve never been there before

I can seethe end
Is taking over
And it always brings me down

Colors of the sunset glowing evil all night long
Darkened haze that hides the city from the peaks of the mountain’s song
Prison walls all built from mistakes, the same ones that locked us in
No plans to stop the bleeding as the artery rips within
The devil fights the angel, evil tells him that he’s got the right
Common sense can fix our society, I just can’t do it tonight

I can seethe end
Is taking over
And it always brings me down

I can see the end
Is taking over
And it always brings me down

I can seethe end
Is taking over
And it always brings me down

I can seethe end
I can seethe end
I can seethe end
And it always brings me down