# Despair | LyroVerse

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

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/despair
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/despair/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 04:00 UTC

## Discovery links

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

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Despair
- Visible lyric pages: 22

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `despair`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 04:00 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-7d9312e642bff424
- Visible lyric pages: 22
- Pages with stored lyric text: 22
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 19842
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 1
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: A Distant Territory, Beyond Comprehension, Burnt Out Souls, Constructing The Apocalypse, Cry for Liberty, Deaf And Blind, Decay Of Humanity, and Delusion
- 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

Despair formed in London in the early 1990s, a quartet that included vocalist Nate Obsidian, guitarist Ethan Shadowbane, bassist Gabriel Nightfall, and drummer Damien Abyss. Their debut album 'A Distant Territory' arrived with the title track that became something of a calling card, built around Obsidian's raw vocals and Shadowbane's guitar work. That first record established their sound, heavy, direct, and lyrically focused on darker themes. Songs like 'Burnt Out...

## 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. A Distant Territory — https://lyroverse.com/despair/a-distant-territory
2. Beyond Comprehension — https://lyroverse.com/despair/beyond-comprehension
3. Burnt Out Souls — https://lyroverse.com/despair/burnt-out-souls
4. Constructing The Apocalypse — https://lyroverse.com/despair/constructing-the-apocalypse
5. Cry for Liberty — https://lyroverse.com/despair/cry-for-liberty
6. Deaf And Blind — https://lyroverse.com/despair/deaf-and-blind
7. Decay Of Humanity — https://lyroverse.com/despair/decay-of-humanity
8. Delusion — https://lyroverse.com/despair/delusion
9. Freedom Now — https://lyroverse.com/despair/freedom-now
10. History Of Hate — https://lyroverse.com/despair/history-of-hate
11. Imported Love — https://lyroverse.com/despair/imported-love
12. In The Deep — https://lyroverse.com/despair/in-the-deep
13. Joy Division — https://lyroverse.com/despair/joy-division
14. Outconditioned — https://lyroverse.com/despair/outconditioned
15. Radiated — https://lyroverse.com/despair/radiated
16. Rage In The Eyes — https://lyroverse.com/despair/rage-in-the-eyes
17. Silent Screaming — https://lyroverse.com/despair/silent-screaming
18. Slaves Of Power — https://lyroverse.com/despair/slaves-of-power
19. Slow Death — https://lyroverse.com/despair/slow-death
20. Son Of The Wild — https://lyroverse.com/despair/son-of-the-wild
21. The Day Of Desperation — https://lyroverse.com/despair/the-day-of-desperation
22. Victims Of Vanity — https://lyroverse.com/despair/victims-of-vanity