THE END OF ALL THINGS TO COME

'''The End of All Things to Come''' is Mudvayne's second full length album, released in 2002 through Epic Records. The CD was produced by David Bottrill who has produced albums for Tool in the past.

Contents

Track listing

Zodiac Relations & 12:97:24:99

Eastern Influences

Credits

Chart positions

External links

Track listing

★ All songs written by M. McDonough, G. Tribbett, R. Martinie and C. Gray
# "Silenced" – 3:01
# "Trapped in the Wake of a Dream" – 4:41
# "Not Falling" – 4:04
# "(Per)Version Of A Truth" – 4:41
# "Mercy, Severity" – 4:55
# "World So Cold" – 5:40
# "The Patient Mental" – 4:38
# "Skrying" – 5:39
# "Solve Et Coagula" – 2:49
# "Shadow of a Man" – 3:55
# "12:97:24:99" – 0:11
# "The End of All Things to Come" – 3:01
# "A Key to Nothing" – 5:15

★ Bonus DVD tracks
# "On The Move" – 3:54
# "Goodbye" – 6:12

Zodiac Relations & 12:97:24:99

Unknown to most casual listeners, "The End of All Things to Come" is a concept album. Inside the CD booklet, a symbol of the Zodiac is placed next to each song of the album, with the lyrics for each song matching up to the expected personality of the corresponding Zodiac symbol. The Zodiac signs and their corresponding songs are shown below.

★ Aries - The End of All Things to Come

★ Taurus - Trapped in the Wake of a Dream

★ Gemini - Shadow of a Man

★ Cancer - World So Cold

★ Leo - Not Falling

★ Virgo - The Patient Mental

★ Libra - Silenced

★ Scorpio - Skrying

★ Sagittarius - Solve et Coagula

★ Capricorn - (Per)version of a Truth

★ Aquarius - Mercy, Severity

★ Pisces - A Key to Nothing
The only track that doesn't match up to a sign of the Zodiac is "12:97:24:99," which can be simplified to . Inside the CD booklet it has the album cover symbol next to it instead of a zodiac symbol. The track consists of only 11 seconds of silence, but lyrics written in Hebrew in the booklet translate to:
''The sublime destroys the boundaries of finiteness, yet this phenomenon is seen by the self not as an act of destruction, but rather, as a kind of elevation and liberation. For it is on the feeling of infinitude which it now discovers within itself that it may enjoy an experience of its own boundlessness.''

Eastern Influences

The album has many strong influences from Buddhist and Hindu philosophy. Most strongly is the recurring theme of the nature of nothingness, which is similar to the Hindu and Buddhist belief that the material world is an illusion, or Maya. There is a theme on the cyclical nature of time, rebirth, and destruction present throughout as well.
The song ''Mercy, Severity'' in particular has a number of Eastern references: the Yin from the Daoist Yin and Yang, and the line "Mother of desruction wait/With a belt of skulls strap me down" may be referring to the Hindu goddess Kali.

Credits

★ Chüüd - vocals

★ Güüg - guitars, vocals

★ Spüg - drums

★ Rü-d - bass guitar

★ David Bottrill - Production, Mixing

★ Aimee Macauley - Art Direction

★ Nitin Vadukul - Photography

Chart positions

'Album'

Year	Chart	Position
2002	The Billboard 200	17
2002	Top Internet Albums	17

'Singles'

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2002	"Not Falling"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	11
2002	"Not Falling"	Modern Rock Tracks	28
2003	"World So Cold"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	16

External links

★ "The End of All Things to Come" lyrics