Uploaded June 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Band: First Fragment [facebook.com/FirstFragmentOfficiel]
Genre(s): Technical Death Metal
Origin: Longueuil, Quebec
Lyrical theme(s): Metaphorical Themes, Abstract/Expressionistic Poetry, Ongoing Conceptual Saga
Album: Dasein [2016]
Song: 01 - Le Serment de Tsion


Music : Phil Tougas
Lyrics : David AB
Composed in late 2009 & Spring/Summer 2010


Lyrics

Étant une fois tempête
État de transe en recherche de quêtes
Venant de l'être fractal, l'incandescence
Agent de la dégénérescence
D'un pacte d'inhérence menant à la transcendance
Déracinant le coeur de la quintessence

Je suis le conquérant
L'oméga, la complétion de mon dernier serment
Le paroxysme

De mon pouvoir, je devrai sévir
De ma démence, ils devront périr
Contemplant la fin, exacerbé
Je suis le catalyseur de cette dualité

Inconscient, soudaine vague de lucidité
Conspirant, pourrissant dans l'avidité
La peur de mon ego se dispersant
Je renaîtrai tel le titan
Combattant mon être infligé par le déni
Plongeant dans cet abîme aux misères infinies

Encerclé, contre le pied du mur
De mes racines, mes couleurs
De ma volonté, mon honneur
Extirpé, oublié, enterré
Expédié au fin fond de mes pensées
J'en vins à l'indignité, provoquant, ultimement, mon jugement dernier

Solo : Phil Tougas

Devant la horde du dernier bastion
Agenouillé, en soumission
Me prosternant, j'entrai en complétion
L'immersion de ce qui n'en fut que le début de mon ascension


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Canadian neoclassical-influenced tech death unit, FIRST FRAGMENT, released their long-anticipated debut full-length, Dasein, on May 20th via Unique Leader Records.

Captured at Humanoise Studios with Mathieu Marcotte (Augury, Humanoid) and mixed by Hugues Deslauriers (Augury, Defilementory, Vengeful etc.), the eleven track long player features guest appearances from current and former members of Spawn Of Possession, Obscura, Inferi, Augury, and Elderoth, artwork by Sam Nelson (Incandescence, Wayfarer, Stoic Dissention) and boasts a fierce mix of over-the-top drum tirades, complex neoclassical-influenced guitar work, endless solos, Flamenco and clean guitar passages, proggy death metal bass work and a highly varied dual vocal approach.

FIRST FRAGMENT Recording Lineup:
Vincent Savary – bass
David AB – lead vocals
Troy Fullerton (Severed Savior) – drums
Phil Tougas – guitar, vocals, all solos
Gabriel Brault-Pilon – guitar

FIRST FRAGMENT Current Lineup:
Vincent Savary – bass
David AB – lead vocals
Samuel Santiago – drums
Phil Tougas – guitar, vocals, all solos
Gabriel Brault-Pilon – guitar

Guest Musicians:
Christian Muenzner (Spawn Of Possession, Alkaloid, ex-Necrophagist/Obscura)
Mathieu Marcotte (Augury, Humanoid)
Malcolm Pugh (Inferi, A Loathing Requiem, Diskreet)
Collin Mcgee (Elderoth)

Album concept & all lyrics by David AB

Artwork by Sam Nelson (facebook.com/SigmaArt)
Logo by Christophe Szpajdel (facebook.com/christophe.szpajdel)
Logo Touch-ups by Nino R. Mejia and Phil Tougas
Drums recorded and engineered by Zack Ohren (Castle Ultimate Productions) at Sharkbite Studios (Oakland, USA)
Vocal Recording by Pierre Tougas (Longueuil, Québec)
Album Mixing, Re-amping & Electric Guitar solos recording by Hugues Deslauriers @ The Lab (Montréal, Québec)
Bass, Rhythm / Classical / Clean guitars recording and album mastering by Mathieu Marcotte @ Humanoise Studios (Montréal, Québec)
Produced by Phil Tougas & First Fragment

All music originally composed between 2004-2010 except track 6-7