The Agonist es una banda de metal melódico originaria de Montreal, Canadá. La historia de su creación se remonta al año 2004, cuando el guitarrista Danny Marino y la vocalista Alissa White-Gluz decidieron unir sus talentos para dar vida a un proyecto musical que trascendería fronteras. Junto con el bajista Chris Kells y el baterista Simon McKay, el grupo completó su formación inicial.
El debut de The Agonist no pasó desapercibido. Su primer álbum, Once Only Imagined, lanzado en 2007, mostró una fusión de géneros innovadora y la habilidad vocal impresionante de Alissa, quien alternaba entre voces limpias y gruñidos guturales con una destreza envidiable. La recepción crítica fue positiva, y empezaron a ganar adeptos en la escena del metal.
En 2009, lanzaron su segundo álbum, Lullabies for the Dormant Mind. Este trabajo consolidó su estatus como una banda en ascenso, con críticas destacando la complejidad de sus composiciones y la versatilidad de Alissa como vocalista. Canciones como "Thank You, Pain", se convirtieron en himnos para sus seguidores y con este álbum lograron realizar giras más extensas, tanto en Norteamérica como en Europa.
El 2014 fue un año de cambios significativos para The Agonist. Alissa White-Gluz dejó la banda para unirse a Arch Enemy, una decisión que causó sorpresa y preocupación entre los fans. No obstante, esta salida permitió la entrada de Vicky Psarakis como nueva vocalista.
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International dreaming reveals a deceit less obious. It's the lairs who are punished but the liars speak the truth. I will never know your intention but I'll make clear my own - you are guilty by association and I'm taking your sentence on.
To forget is the greatest ardor, forgetting is the favorite cure. There aren't many days left to sleep. Suspicius bullets - silent guns.
Here's where the men wear pride outside and women smile through dragonflies. you were supposed to wait for me, that's how I built this up to be. I'm the kill the retriever coudn't find, the round that got away. Just leave my corpse to feed the worms, I'll soon just dissipate.
I'm going straight to hell and you're coming with me! Yesterdays air suffercates me.
See, I have this gift to give to you. Take it carefully, it's yours. But if ever you should break it, please return it to the source. It's a shame you've not still hungary - sugared hands surrounds the still. Exhibitionist intentions through the window carved in skin. I'll shut up so you'll explain to me human sacrifice. Subtle tears, I loved you too, your desperate hillsides, your forest of depression and your houses built on lies.
I'm going straight to hell and you're coming with me! Yesterdays air suffercates me - I'll take your oxygen. Equine corpses bored to death. Purge the fetus like arguments. Tim's up, get on board, you're coming with me.
It's hard to watch you crumble, watch the flames lick your complexion bare, removing the pretense that you cared. I see the woman facing away, I feel the distace in her gaze. One day she will turn around and push me back so my past is erased. Flying birds like kites, my eyes are so full of sun I don't know how I#ll ever learn your language. Only an insect forgets the earth when drawn into the sun.
"My Panophobia is based on my education. Reality is what you non-belivers call religion. You only cower faced with what you know to be the truth. My faith is strong, can't break the bonds, despite the lack of proof" You're just one more reason to burn this place down. Plant your face in the ground. Put you back where you came from. Enjoy the worms reclaiming your organs. Majority always wins, I've chosen my weapons. I'm devolving this place - you can't have slaughter without laughter.
I'm going straight to hell and you're coming with me! Yesterdays air suffercates me - I'll take your oxygen. Equine corpses bored to death. Purge the fetus like arguments, how did we go from that to this? Sure, I'm guilty. Still, you're coming with me!
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