Dave Aftandilian
It is the silence that is most terrifying of all, for it is then that I can hear my inner voices most clearly. I prefer the screaming, pounding horror as chains are riveted into my bones and I am hung upside down spread-eagled so that the birds may feast upon my seared flesh. I hope they take my eyes and ears first.
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Limited edition vinyl pressing of "Engraved Upon Bleached Bone x The Breath Of The Beast" on pitch black 180g Heavyweight vinyl by Record Industry / Wooaaargh / ArtAsCatharsis. Amazing mastering job by Simon at Empty Hall (Aversio Humanitatis).
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from mouths of deceit venom spills forth
viscid black filth, thick as clotted blood
seeps between grinning teeth
hissing tongues, vomit lies
traitor scum
liars, enemy
vile poisons infecting all
dissimulation
black veins, corruption manifested
long years wasted
wounded and betrayed
suspended in purgatory
vital essence slowly bleeding
this place, a fucking tomb
sealed and sunken, mossed over, forgotten
i lay rotted, eroded in stale air
flesh peeled away, bleached white bone
nails struck toward the marrow
bitterness and woes engraved
far beyond, there exists salvation
escape from a looming dark
that seeks to consume
I see it, the full shape
I see the true face of deception
eyes wide, white as canvas
inked black by delusion
piercing deep, endless burning death
i am risen up
bold with unrelenting hatred
aching thirst for vengeance
violence of a thousand wars
tightening the grip
i feel the crack of bone
purest satisfaction
the ecstasy of suffocation
as you have stolen
so shall i reclaim
until the final breath
escapes into a cloud of dust
meek light extinguished
cruelly stolen, put to embers
by sleight of hand, in whispers
in shadow and illusion
a litany of hollow words
ephemeral as a cold wind
vanishing into the aether
I am death, look upon me and despair
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Make Art | Reject Fascism
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My component of the Split 12" with Siberian Hell Sounds, released by Art As Catharsis
"Engraved..." exists as a bridge. Between despondency and turmoil of the past, and uncertainty in the present. A knife at the throat of an enemy. A bloody howl of contempt. History can not be forgotten, but it may be conquered.
Honoured ones engraved herein: John Snyder, James Horne, Johannes Chuah and Evan Craig for tonal cornerstones. Dan Young & SHS for impetus. Michael Tokar, Nicholas Andrews, James Thomas for (in)tolerance. Nick, Kate & Rusty. Jessie Warren, Ben Teuben, Cam Price. Geordie Stafford (RELEASE BATS). Craig Johnson for dead realty. Leøn & Lemmy. Hannah Fairlamb for depth. dana geier for the long years. Robin, Jack, Darcy, Nick and Nathan. Rob and Nox. Mel Damien for hatred. Mattia Alagna for curatorship and passion. Gabriele Gramaglia, the italian doppelganger. Jef Whitehead for correctly identifying the 'Camel riff' on the last album / howled mockeries.
Total insanity. Dawes is a freak. Cheggs is a freak. Grove is a freak. FFO Ron Jarzombek, Dillinger Escape Plan, The Artistocrats. I dare you to try and learn it. Convulsing
A critical work in the canon of obscure Death Metal by a band I'm now privileged to be yelling and clonking the bass for. If you haven't heard it, fix it. Convulsing
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A monumental album (as most of theirs). It's hard to pinpoint a single track because they all flow into each other, which is also a trademark of Ulcerate. Alexander Pugachev