Exiled from the material world,
Thrown unto the twilight,
A world of mirrors,
Reflecting your very being,
Bouncing darkness from surface to surface,
Insentient,
Inanimate,
Incomprehensible isolation,
In a world of nothing,
Fear grips your empty shell,
As you drown in your own apprehension,
You feel everything;
Yet you feel nothing at all,
Intangible;
An apparition immune to all but silence;
Quietude,
Staring into the void of your withering subconscious,
Face to face with your broken soul,
Panes of forgotten memories crashing around you,
Casting shards of despair into this windowless nightmare,
Dig your own grave,
You’re nothing but a fucking slave,
Shackled in your own mind,
Locked inside a mental cage,
Wake up,
Fear grips your empty shell,
As you drown in your own apprehension,
Despondency pulls you deeper into darkness,
Reality becomes nothing but a myth,
“Will I ever see the light again?
Will I ever feel the warmth of life again?
Will this ever end?
Will I ever truly awaken?”
Lost inside, lost forever; a vacant husk,
Distorted perceptions wrenching you from answers,
Wake up,
Wake up,
"Will I ever truly awaken?”
Crossed by disparity,
The voices screaming infamy,
You’ll never be released;
Forever bound to live in misery.
credits
from Atonement EP,
track released November 16, 2016
supported by 30 fans who also own “False Awakening”
Symphonic stuff in metal doesn’t make its way into my collection aside from a couple of early Cradle albums. The orch here though just ads to how huge this band sounds. It makes elements in the songs more immersive. There are plenty of breaks from orchestration where its in deathcore/slamming brutality mode. While not ignorant, the songs never play with time or get mathy making it accessible and memorable. Came out 2015? Impressed. Mitch Mitcherson