# Descantation | LyroVerse

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

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/descantation
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/descantation/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-19 09:00 UTC

## Discovery links

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

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Descantation
- Visible lyric pages: 2

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `descantation`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-19 09:00 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-0516ed53c37662ec
- Visible lyric pages: 2
- Pages with stored lyric text: 2
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 558
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 0
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Firmament, and While the Frozen Air Awaits Morning
- 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

Descantation formed in 2003 with Travis Ryan on vocals and guitar, Brent Purgason on guitar, Matt McGee on bass, and Kyle Severn on drums. They released their debut album "The Veiled Epitaph" in 2005, followed by records like "Deconsecrate" in 2007 and "The Watching Dead" in 2016. Ryan and Purgason have been the consistent creative center of the band. Their 2018 album included the track "Firmament," a fourteen-minute piece that...

## 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. Firmament — https://lyroverse.com/descantation/firmament
2. While the Frozen Air Awaits Morning — https://lyroverse.com/descantation/while-the-frozen-air-awaits-morning