# If Hope Dies | LyroVerse

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

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/if-hope-dies
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/if-hope-dies/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-18 18:22 UTC

## Discovery links

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

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: If Hope Dies
- Visible lyric pages: 19

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `if-hope-dies`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-18 18:22 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-ee817adef027d967
- Visible lyric pages: 19
- Pages with stored lyric text: 19
- Video-backed song pages: 19
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 24868
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 42
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Death Of a Salesman, Who Died And Made Us King?, A Prayer To Afflict The Comfortable, By The Time You Read This, Curses Honororum, Dellamorte, Dellamore, Father Figure, and Let Freedom Ring (From The Taco Liberty Bell)
- 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

If Hope Dies came together in Pennsylvania, working through the kind of lineup changes and financial struggles that define a lot of small-town metal bands. Vocalist Dan O'Connor and guitarist Matt Megrue have been the consistent figures through it all. Their debut was 'The Wrath of Angels,' and they followed it with albums like 'Dissolution' and 'Desolation.' Their music, with songs like 'A Prayer To Afflict The Comfortable' and 'Death...

## 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. Death Of a Salesman — https://lyroverse.com/if-hope-dies/death-of-a-salesman
2. Who Died And Made Us King? — https://lyroverse.com/if-hope-dies/who-died-and-made-us-king
3. A Prayer To Afflict The Comfortable — https://lyroverse.com/if-hope-dies/a-prayer-to-afflict-the-comfortable
4. By The Time You Read This — https://lyroverse.com/if-hope-dies/by-the-time-you-read-this
5. Curses Honororum — https://lyroverse.com/if-hope-dies/curses-honororum
6. Dellamorte, Dellamore — https://lyroverse.com/if-hope-dies/dellamorte-dellamore
7. Father Figure — https://lyroverse.com/if-hope-dies/father-figure
8. Let Freedom Ring (From The Taco Liberty Bell) — https://lyroverse.com/if-hope-dies/let-freedom-ring-from-the-taco-liberty-bell
9. Power Of The Dragon's Wing — https://lyroverse.com/if-hope-dies/power-of-the-dragon-s-wing
10. R.I.P. Cuba Gooding Jr. — https://lyroverse.com/if-hope-dies/rip-cuba-gooding-jr
11. Roddy Piper's Magic Sunglasses — https://lyroverse.com/if-hope-dies/roddy-piper-s-magic-sunglasses
12. Shop Till You Drop — https://lyroverse.com/if-hope-dies/shop-till-you-drop
13. Siege Equipment For Spiritual Decline — https://lyroverse.com/if-hope-dies/siege-equipment-for-spiritual-decline
14. So It Goes — https://lyroverse.com/if-hope-dies/so-it-goes
15. Sugar, Free Donuts — https://lyroverse.com/if-hope-dies/sugar-free-donuts
16. The Hungry Ghost — https://lyroverse.com/if-hope-dies/the-hungry-ghost
17. The Null Set — https://lyroverse.com/if-hope-dies/the-null-set
18. The Taker Thunderbolt — https://lyroverse.com/if-hope-dies/the-taker-thunderbolt
19. The Ultimate Nullifier — https://lyroverse.com/if-hope-dies/the-ultimate-nullifier