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Cassette + Digital Album
Limited edition of DIY cassette tapes. May include occasional glitches and dropout. These are not Hi-Fi.
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lyrics
A colorless landscape
Spawned in my mind
Unknowingly roaming
A desert to find what is yet undefined
Dry earth under foot
Above me no sky
Seasons in perpetual twilight
Obscuring my path and the passage of time
After endless searching
The mist began clearing
The veil of blindness lifting
I came upon a sight most confounding
A great black pupil
Shone in the sky
But instead of blinding
Its glow was inviting if not absorbing
I felt it thirst for my gaze
And it seemed to stare back
Deep within me, through me
It would've swallowed me whole
Had I not been able to avert my gaze
Then suddenly I saw its surface rupture
The sun burst open
Down poured a great fall
Of fire and brimstone
Thus wept the black star
The ground did open
Receiving the fall
With tremors it gave way
And swallowed it all
Drained of substance
Collapsing the star
Became like nothing
Had been there at all
Abject spirit
Hollow husk
I wanted for nothing
But something to want
The album description mentions an “emotional apex.” That’s really the difference between Stare and the band’s previous albums. Ulcerate was always supremely technically proficient. I just didn’t care all that much. Their growth has come from making music you will feel. Metallurgical Fire
Channeling philosophical quandaries into cavernous death metal, the Australian trio turn modern power struggles into an aural advantage. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 13, 2022