I pulled up the roots just to see
I’ve felt differently since about disappearing
I placed myself back in the weeds
In echoes in alleys I’m reminded
(As close to closure as we’ll come
As close to composure as I’ve come)
I’d immersed myself in beauty
And find it all vanishing
Empty.
Longing and vulnerable
Sharpen your knives
Neither a pawn nor a king
I am nowhere
I am nothing
For this betrayal that’s how I should be seen
Wearing scars I deserve
On a throne of nothing
Ethereal and haunting
The wandering and yearning
Characters I’ve kept
Plot less and neglecting
The architect and monument
Neither here nor there
Forever elsewhere
And so it goes
There’s consequence
To these vowels and consonants
And I came as close to heaven as I’ll come
I generally appreciate the album by album move away from hardcore towards extreme metal. Yet for me personally, this is where the balance is perfect. Kind of like Metallica's Ride the Lightning: subsequent albums were more sophisticated and complex, yet less intense, too. Great to come back to, again and again. jornfin
This one really goes deep. Tremendously heavy and bleak, yet crushingly groovy as well. You can easily see these guys destroying any venue they'd hit live with this. The heavy hitting slow to mid-tempo tunes are sort of tranceinducing. It's very easy to listen to it multiple times in a row or even get lost in it totally. mourner
I've had a poster of this album for years, only fitting I finally buy the album. This album completely destroyed me emotionally when it came out, I love the juxtaposition of soft and clean vocals with banshee shrieks interspersed within the songs. A must have for any fan of blackened hardcore. porcelainheart-
Pioneering Rhode Island mathcore legends follow up their first album in 21 years with a head-spinning four-track EP. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 17, 2024
The indescribable Fawn Limbs return with another LP that slams together grindcore, math rock & experimental music to jaw-dropping effect. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 22, 2021