After releasing their 4th full-length record NUKLEARTH in 2020, CYTOTOXIN strikes back with their first standalone single HOPE TERMINATOR. The nuclear quintet from Germany continues its unique musical and lyrical concept, processing the fatal incident at the Chernobyl power plant in 1986. With blazing precise and ionizing fast instrumental work paired with a pounding groove, HOPE TERMINATOR tells the dramatic story of Pripyat’s evacuation: After the reactor exploded, the city’s residents were exposed to abnormal levels of radioactive radiation for 36 hours until authorities decided to evacuate the town within 4 hours. Since then, Pripyat has remained abandoned.

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HOPE TERMINATOR

a stoic breathing in a concrete coffer
seething reactor - fire like no other
atom-driven lights purge shadows from the alley
hope vanished - last grade catastrophe

seconds decide - creation or destruction
the major authorities let time pass by

human stasis - numerous dead ends
outstanding pressure - relentless conditions
the voice of the director cuts the silence

don‘t panic - no one leaves the city
regiment on the move - bolt exit roads
to ensure control
mute the town radio - disintegrate rumors

doors, roads and gates
got locked, closed and sealed
days and human lifes
imaginary yield

no evacuation til hour 37
regulate citizens - act in confidence
no resolution
run out of time to understand

200 rubles fine for panic induction
failed communication - results and measurements corrupted

mind eraser - thought destructor
body dismantler - hope terminator

hour 37 - roads start to shake
under a moving serpent of 4000 buses
lead inhabitants to unknown new homes

scared eyes capture last hometown frames
a nearing past makes presence distant
hours took hours to come - to late for reasons

when ideology lost the operating system
generals sank down to workers chairs
fault is a naughty child - sired by many fathers
lies lie upon lies

a town that never woke up after that april nights
a place where mankind won't remember the value of truth
a nation shredded into fragments of freedom
the lament of evacuees echoes with the wind

bloodred eyes display the evacuation mantra
"i wish i could stay for another day"

Drums recorded at Kohlekeller Studios.
Mixed and mastered by Mendel bij de Leij at Mendel Audio.
Video by siomotion.
Actors: Thomas Weidauer (scientist), Andreas Zweigler (general), Gerd Ulbricht (politician).
Locations: Kraftwerk e.V. and Chemnitzer Gewölbegänge.

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