Sonic Syndicate - Diabolical Work Of Art Lyrics






Throughout this industry I see a lot of cunts
Practicing hypocrisy without a thought for anything
But the game it must be played
Compromises must be made
Sacrifice integrity just to hit the magazines

Collapsing heaven with your fingertips
Summon infection with just a smile

Take off the mask, let them see your scars, you diabolical work of art
Take off your clothes, let them touch your heart, you diabolical work of art

Gotta hand it to you players, it takes a lot to sell your soul
Lie through your teeth in the dentist chair while they rip those fuckers out
But at least you've got a name, something to carve your way
But use it wisely, you've made some powerful enemies
Who cannot wait to see you fail, pick your carcass to the bone
The vultures are all diabolical, they've played the game
They want your throne, they want your throne

Take off the mask, let them see your scars, you diabolical work of art
Take off your clothes, let them touch your heart, you diabolical work of art

So is your stomach feeling fuller? Now you've stolen all the love
And tell me, are your pupils still dilated, since you stole my sun?

You help them – the demons scratching at the walls in my head
You restrain them – the angels trying to bring me back from the dead
I've had enough, I've had enough





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  1. M.... M....

    Throughout this industry I see a lot of cunts
    Practicing hypocrisy without a thought for anything
    But the game it must be played
    Compromises must be made
    Sacrifice integrity just to hit the magazines
    Collapsing heaven with your fingertips
    Summon infection with just a smile
    Take off the mask, let them see your scars, you diabolical work of art
    Take off your clothes, let them touch your heart, you diabolical work of art
    Gotta hand it to you players, it takes a lot to sell your soul
    Lie through your teeth in the dentist chair while they rip those fuckers out
    But at least you've got a name, something to carve your way
    But use it wisely, you've made some powerful enemies
    Who cannot wait to see you fail, pick your carcass to the bone
    The vultures are all diabolical, they've played the game
    They want your throne, they want your throne
    Take off the mask, let them see your scars, you diabolical work of art
    Take off your clothes, let them touch your heart, you diabolical work of art
    So is your stomach feeling fuller? Now you've stolen all the love
    And tell me, are your pupils still dilated, since you stole my sun?
    You help them – the demons scratching at the walls in my head
    You restrain them – the angels trying to bring me back from the dead
    I've had enough, I've had enough

  2. N.... H....

    Nuclear blast. Launching, then ruining the best bands.

  3. N.... H....

    Sad so many ss "fans" werent aware of the unguided.

  4. L.... ....

    Old School!!😁☕

  5. M.... O....

    Still my fav SS song 😊 SS and LAOD the best albums of them 😍

  6. j.... i....

    No band stays the same, while we all want it to be but what this band went through, this is brutal, SS died and what ever this band now is, is just a sad theatre.

  7. M.... H....

    Why does it sound like they have swapped the snare drum with a tupperware box?

  8. G.... ....

    I had an epiphany. This stuff sucks so much. I’m sticking to hip hop

  9. F.... G....

    DIabolical is what you've done with SoSy u.u

  10. c.... ....

    Nathan is definitely improving, but it has taken a lot of time, and he still doesn't quite seem to have found his sound. Not a bad song by any means, but Sonic Syndicate used to belt out great songs all the time, whereas now they are few and far between.

  11. B.... ....

    This is probably the closest this band comes to picking up where the original Sonic Syndicated left off, sadly. it's more electronic and almost no growling if at all.

  12. S.... Q....

    the bottom line is if you write music for yourself the fans will come i like their new direction metal doesnt have to be satan worshiping shit to be metal

  13. b.... b....

    POP MUSIC....pathetic posers!

    b.... b....

    ben benis shut the fuck up

    b.... b....

    Listen to Justin Bieber or Ed Sheeran
    Compare those to this
    Congrats you're proved wrong

  14. F.... K....

    The Sonic that i liked :/ not the new pop stuff they just released. I dunno what they were thinking with Confessions but i pan it hard. I loved the self titled album as it was metal unlike this pop stuff from what i feel that the new album is.

    F.... K....

    Actually I don't see where you found metal in their music since "We rule the Night". Well at least Richard was still there to bring the stuff to the top but the sound became so "Pop". And I don't know how you didn't realize but Nathan Bigg's voice... is a pop voice from the very beginning. The self titled album became even worse (except for Before you finally break, thanks Björk!) and this last one is even worse than I imagined. If you want to listen to the real metal Sonic Syndicate, just go hear The Unguided. At least there are still 3 Sonic Syndicate members in this band (only Robin is left in Sonic Syndicate, even Karin and John left last year)... and The Unguided sounds like how Sonic Syndicate should have evolved if they stayed on the metal line. I have nothing against pop music, but they should have changed their name instead of destroying the name of this incredible band. At the very least with this last album...

    F.... K....

    did you just mixed Björn from Soilwork with Björk? :D :D :D

  15. V.... M....

    Karin

  16. G.... R....

    great song!!
    i need more lml

  17. E.... H....

    What? only the boldy left?, and not even an original......and they go to the dark side.......not much to hear

    E.... H....

    Actually Robin is still a member of the band ^^

  18. N.... K....

    So, is there any member of original Sonic Syndicate in this band now?

    N.... K....

    Just Robin.

    N.... K....

    and john bengtsson

    N.... K....

    John isn't an original member.

    N.... K....

    John isn't with the band anymore. Current members are Robin,Nathan Michel Bärzén and someone named Peter whom replaced John. and Tommy, he could be counted as one. The "original" three that would be replaced by Karin and John was only in the band for two years between 2004 and 2006. So the original for 90% of the fans are Roland,Roger,Richard,John and Karin.

  19. H.... S....

    This song is amazing, one of the best from SoSy. It wasn't love at first sight for me, but after few listenings it grew on me. Hope they will continue doing what they do, it's worth it

  20. I.... ....

    I think it almost hurt them more when Karin left. Not to sound superficial, because these guys clearly are great musicians.... but part of their appeal and marketability was that Karin was bloody hot

  21. R.... A....

    i miss karin

  22. A.... ....

    I like Nathan J. Biggs in his old band The Hollow Earth Theory song Transmission

  23. R.... C....

    For anyone who needs it cleared up, back during the original lineup rolnd decided to leave, thus they recruuted nathan to fill things out. after awhile richard and his brother roger decided to leave and do their owm thing (the unguided) because of creative differences. ao the lineup became a foursome with robin on backing vocals. then last year karin left in order to raise her child. thus making the only original members left robin, and jon.

  24. E.... ....

    without bjorn they worth nothin, the unguided are better.

  25. s.... i....

    ну так себе ...

  26. G.... F....

    I thought everyone from SS went to Unguided....who the fuck are these people then? They replaced the whole band and kept the name? wtf

    G.... F....

    +GuerrillaZen Fitness Well, John and Robin are still there.

    G.... F....

    +Skumbag Entertainment And Nathan. He may not be a founding member but he was still there on their previous album before Richard, Roger and Karin left.

    G.... F....

    +Skumbag Entertainment Still, too many orginal members left the band that it just feels wrong that they should still be called Sonic Syndicate.

    G.... F....

    like how eddie ruined suicide silence but hey they still have the name. this band is still good. but suicide silence...not so much anymore. it does suck when old members go but if the new ones can keep the band alive that's all that matters

  27. L.... ....

    did you mean to search for "The Unguided"?

  28. d.... p....

    hahaha listen to an Australian band called infiltraitor , album is called severance.. track 4(my fate) it was released in 2013....  this sounds exactly the same............

  29. J.... ....

    Wow, this is so incredibly bland. I just can't get into it.

  30. M.... V....

    This is not Sonic Syndicate at all. Reason is simple: origin members, who founded SS are no longer in band....just one remained.

  31. r.... ....

    awesome!! 좋아! カッコイイ! 好好!anyway, im ur big fan!!!!

  32. I.... D....

    damn, this sucks!

    \m/THE UNGUIDED 616\m/ !!!

  33. B.... P....

    I heard there's a funeral for sonic syndicate.... cuz the band has died..... im sry but this is not the sonic we knew and love

  34. C.... R....

    the unguided > old ss >>>>>>>>>>>>>> ladygaga >>>>>>>>>>new ss

  35. D.... ....

    I'm sick of the metalcore, deathcore, whatever core post hardcore bands what ever using a symphonic sound and doing a crap job at it.

    Leave the sound to the Power, Prog Black and symphonic metal bands who know what they are doing.

  36. T.... ....

    This is honestly one of the best songs I have heard from this band. It is dark, powerful, emotional,, and devoid of the metallic pop of older SS. I dig the hell out of it.

  37. A.... Z....

    0-00-00-00-000-000-000

  38. i.... ....

    schrotthaufen...

    i.... ....

    +insxsichtoO DU bist nen schrotthaufen

  39. M.... S....

    check out devil you know. its Howard Jones from kill switch engage with a new band

  40. m.... ....

    Love & Other Disasters may be my preferred SOSY album, but this is my new favorite song. Great video as well.

  41. �.... ....

    the song is good, but i can't find characters of sonic syndicate. .

  42. B.... N....

    DRACHENLORD !!!

  43. F.... ....

    sucks harrrrd

  44. R.... ....

    Am I the only one that watched this video on mute :D?

  45. A.... P....

    Извиняюсь, но это уже не Соники, не в музыке, не в текстах, не в атмосфере, да вообще ни в чем! Осталось одно только название...

  46. S.... C....

    I'd agree that this is far from the original Sonic Syndicate. With that said, I don't think it's bad at all. It's unfortunate, because I think that if they would play under a different name people would praise this, but instead they compare it to the original setup of the band and gets salty as fuck because it doesn't sound the same.

  47. M.... O....

    Been a long time since i last heard anything from SS, so i decided to check how they're doing now... really down the hole, sounds incredibly boring

  48. A.... G....

    I find this quite good.

  49. t.... ....

    Hen som har mixat detta borde inte få sitta bakom en DAW. Helt sinnesjukt värdelöst mixat. Kan göra en bättre mix på 10 minuter.
    Ge mig Rawsen.

    t.... ....

    Hallå Ian! Ska jag vara ärlig så tror jag inte du slänger ihop en bättre mix på 10 minuter! Hen som mixat det är Roberto Laghi, kolla upp hans diskografi, så ska du se att du nog har ett å annat att lära!
    Mvh! John

    t.... ....

    +Ian Dahl U Just got BURNED

  50. P.... L....

    Like it!

  51. M.... ....

    Не называйтесь этим именем!

  52. �.... �....

    Красивое видео, шикарная музыка. Вы офигенны!

  53. i.... ....

    Best song on the album.

  54. W.... P....

    I'm listening to this through laptop speakers,  If only I was as small as a fly, I'd be jamming!  Sounds good!

  55. I.... F....

    This album is so much better than the garbage that came after only inhuman.

  56. R.... S....

    Love the new album, but not this particular song, why do they release a video for a bonus song anyway?

  57. N.... ....

    Not surprised there are so many haters. Look, if you don't like the new SS then go check out the band their leavers went to. it's that simple.

    This song sounds great, and I think they're going in a great direction.

  58. M.... G....

    I miss Karin and the Sjunesson bros ://

    M.... G....

    @Michal Granec check out the unguided then! (they still have Sjunesson bros ;)

    M.... G....

    @pho3nix I might, thanks a lot, mate :)

    M.... G....

    The Unguided

    M.... G....

    How were you not already aware of the unguided at this point?

  59. �.... �....

    I think old SS was better.
    But it is only my thought

    �.... �....

    @Niklas Grundin O, Thanks I did not know about this band. OMG, this is old structure 

    �.... �....

    +Егор Стеценко
    The same happens with In Flames.. Industry wants this sound..

    �.... �....

    Bullshit. The Bands play what THEY want to play, and if that's not what you want to hear then that's your problem.

    �.... �....

    @Silas Braun Maybe. But now this band consists of only new members, and there is new sound, which i don't like. I already said, thats only my opinion and everyone can think what he want

    �.... �....

    Eden Fire was really something, man.

  60. D.... M....

    Amazing song,.......

  61. G.... B....

    Fantastic, is amazing how SS don't change the essence of his song, while so many bands do it, i'm a brazilian true fan, sonic syndicate is one of my favorites.

    G.... B....

    I see what you mean, and I agree with you to some extent..:
    This is not what Sonic Syndicate I started listening to when they started out sounded like, they were more "electrical" if you get what I'm trying to say... This is darker (this song in particular)
    But in no way am I saying that this is not a very good song... Been listening to it quite a lot this past two weeks and really dig it.

    I just wished they had kept the power of three and that Karin came back, although she is spending time of the stage to raise her kid :)

    G.... B....

    +Renan Cavalieri Cara, respeito sua opinião, especialmente pq no universo do metal as pessoas tem gostos muito diferentes, em relação a SS, a fase que fez curtir muito a banda foi com only inhuman 2007, os outros cds eu não curti tanto, e nesse de 2014 eu lembrei pq gostava tanto dessa banda, oque vc diz tem procedência eu escutei as musicas e eles mudaram muito o estilo de tocar, mas ainda continuo achando que a essencia esta ali, pq há uma diferença, é o mesmo que acontece com korn, mudaram o estilo e muitos ficaram reclamando, mas oque eu vi foi um amadurecimento da banda, mudar o estilo sem perder a essencia as vezes é pra melhor e as vezes pra pior, depende ai de novo do gosto de cada um, abraço.

    G.... B....

    me entrometendo no assunto...
    Sei lá, tá bacana, dizer que o som dos caras está ruim, é exagero.
    mas eu prefiro com a antiga formação
    era mais original...

    G.... B....

    Antiga formação virou The Unguided que por sinal está uma banda muito boa

    G.... B....

    +Diogo Brunatto
    Eu escutei!
    achei fóda também!
    escutei Eye Of The Thylacine
    achei fóda!.
    é mais hardcore que metal.
    por isso que eu gostei...
    o sonic syndicate tá death-melódico
    e eu acredito que esse estilo de metal tá ''modinha''...

  62. d.... k....

    Love it!!!!!♡♡

  63. S.... ....

    When in doubt add more panty shots? The video is a huge miss, the song is fine but the last 2 minutes where just unneeded in my opinion. But to each his own of course.

  64. w.... ....

    *Diabolical Work Of Art* - true!!! Devilish good \\m//

  65. 1.... ....

    I'd prefer the original band members this is just not the same.

    1.... ....

    @Fabian R
    Not former, no, as he's still in the band.
    Both Robin and John has been there since their Fallen Angels days.

    1.... ....

    @SYNDICAIDRAMON But John entered in 2006 or am I wrong?

    1.... ....

    @Fabian R
    Actually yeah, that's correct...
    My bad. :P

    1.... ....

    @*****
    I used to hate that album. I despised it with every fiber in my body.

    But after having distanced myself from it for a while and not thought about it and listening to it again -- for what it is, it's not at all a bad album.
    It's just not Sonic Syndicate.

    But honestly, had it been an album from a different band -- like the debut album of a completely new band, for instance, I would've loved it from the very beginning.

    But I was blinded by my fandom and bias and insane love for the old sound. I wanted that sound to continue so bad that any deviation, honestly, would've had me in rage.
    It's just that a more "sellout"-y type sound left an extra sour taste, as it appeared as if they were abandoning their great sound -- the sound that I loved so much -- for profits.

    But now I've gotten over it.
    And honestly, WRTN really isn't that bad, when taken on its own, removed from the context of the rest of the SoSy library.

    1.... ....

    +1991shane1991 What´s the difference?

  66. A.... N....

    Love it..!!! A huge change from how they were in the past!!! But it's still very good