Sylosis is a British heavy metal band from Reading, Berkshire. After getting signed to Nuclear Blast Records in 2007, the band have released four studio albums, a live album and two EPs. Their fourth album Dormant Heart was released on 12 January 2015.
Sylosis was formed in 2000 by guitarist Josh Middleton and bassist Carl Parnell who began playing extreme metal with other friends from school. Sylosis released a couple of EPs in the UK on a small indie label, In at the Deep End Records. In December 2007 Sylosis signed with Nuclear Blast Records, and they released their debut album in October 2008.
On the style of their debut album, Conclusion of an Age, Middleton remarked, "The foundation of our sound is old school Bay Area thrash. We don't downtune and we don't play breakdowns. We do like to incorporate lots of different metal styles and textures into our music. We like make all of our songs really epic. We like progressive stuff, brutal stuff and melodic stuff." After recording their debut studio album, guitarist Gurneet Ahluwalia was replaced by ex-Viatrophy guitarist Alex Bailey, ready for the early 2009 European tour with The Black Dahlia Murder, Cephalic Carnage and Psycroptic.
Tunnels of light capture symbols in the stone
Out of touch and weak
Return this scourge to it's seed
Held in life's quicksand
Emptiness defined
By the blaze ignite
Embody the light
Infinite fires burn through mortal skin and bone
As shapes shift and coil
Darkness departs, divides
Held in life's quicksand
Emptiness defined
By the blaze ignite
Embody the light
Broken to the core
Destroyed by every thought
Pierce through every flaw
Like waves unbounded
Impurity binds the flesh
Wrapped in cold misery
Darkness breathing light, eternally
Impurity binds the flesh
Wrapped in cold misery
Darkness breathing life, empowering
Empowering
Regenerate,
Engage,
Awakening
Regenerate,
Engage,