Nine crushing hymns for battle and ritual in a full color digipak featuring cover art by Frank Frazetta
and an illuminated text lyric book featuring artwork from Caleb May (Stonehaven) and Dylan Kuhn (Novelty Cross)
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Face melting fire
doth reveal my desire
to crack the face of Nirn
and draw about its earthly yolk
Blackest alchemies
I contort like the seasons
with scrolls unfurled
I'll unravel the world
and as I take another soul
I excrete ectoplasm
Necromancy is merely the tip
of an iceberg of power that sits
beyond the realm of space and time
at the very small cost of your mind
To contain the darkest power
held deep in this Tower
Unlock your mind
allow yourself the truth to find
conveluded is the path
of steel, shadow, and spirit
Machinations guard endlessly
memories within bloods facsimile
fractal nature of Insanity
the infliction which contaminates my soul
From the beyond
I'll know your lost unknown and rise to your depths
collapsing around
the stone, it crumbles 'neath my feet
Into a Ghostly sea
Plunging below
through the tunnels of ice
The Glacial ruin leads me
to a place so dark
you need not eyes to see
yet I make it through, unscathed
the Blackest of Reaches
(the wretched abyss)
And who is this now?
Could it be, a worthy emissary?
and is that my book that you possess?
How delightful indeed
you've fought through all hell and stood fast in the face of evil
and left all who stood in your path, left them in ruins
All power and knowledge is yours
My new Champion's arose
for I am the prince of the unknown
Hermaeus Mora
supported by 18 fans who also own “Discerning The Transmundane”
So I can't leave a long enough review to say everything I want. But I will say this, I love this EP. It's a great little follow up to times, and has just enough of a dynamic shift in sound to prove that Smoulder isn't a one trick pony with their first album's formula. This one really plays up the 70s prog aspects (DUST and Manilla Road influences definitely shine through even harder here). It's still Smoulder, don't get me wrong. Just a different side in some ways, all of which are good. playfulpooka
supported by 18 fans who also own “Discerning The Transmundane”
never been a big death metal fan but this is actually super accessible for the genre, has fun concepts, and personally i'm always a fan of albums with short tracklists and huge runtimes (for individual songs) Great time, good jumping on point for newbies too. alienasu