# A Permanent Shadow | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/a-permanent-shadow
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/a-permanent-shadow/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 05:21 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/a-permanent-shadow
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/a-permanent-shadow/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/a-permanent-shadow/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: A Permanent Shadow
- Visible lyric pages: 8

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `a-permanent-shadow`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 05:21 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-047896938f263dae
- Visible lyric pages: 8
- Pages with stored lyric text: 8
- Video-backed song pages: 8
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 14968
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 122
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 25
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Humdrum, Play Dead, Shining Star, Day Zero, Breakthrough, Corporate #1, Speedtrain, and This Energy
- Current-month titles with activity: Humdrum, Breakthrough, Day Zero, Play Dead, Corporate #1, Shining Star, Speedtrain, and This Energy
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

A Permanent Shadow formed in the early 2000s, with Ethan Silvan on vocals, David Ashworth on guitar, Sarah Carter on bass, and James Blackwood on drums. Their first album, Ashes to Ashes, came out in 2005 and set a moody, atmospheric tone that stuck with them. They put out In Requiem in 2008, then Breakthrough in 2012. The title track from that album, "Breakthrough," got some attention. Other songs like...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Humdrum — https://lyroverse.com/a-permanent-shadow/humdrum
2. Play Dead — https://lyroverse.com/a-permanent-shadow/play-dead
3. Shining Star — https://lyroverse.com/a-permanent-shadow/shining-star
4. Day Zero — https://lyroverse.com/a-permanent-shadow/day-zero
5. Breakthrough — https://lyroverse.com/a-permanent-shadow/breakthrough
6. Corporate #1 — https://lyroverse.com/a-permanent-shadow/corporate-1
7. Speedtrain — https://lyroverse.com/a-permanent-shadow/speedtrain
8. This Energy — https://lyroverse.com/a-permanent-shadow/this-energy