Surrender is the temptress that we must meet
Waiting in the mire for a swift retreat
Brace my wings before the rift
Don't fail me now before I give in to the rift
Spirits please
The rain will you return to us
From the holy mountain
Stay with me
Together through the light
Together we survive
By light you run
And stumble through the dark
Prey, falsify
Together we survive
Overwhelm my senses
Hunger roars in my stead
Dress my palms black with filth
Still my claws are stained red
Play savior
Starving the brute, an outcast
As I suffer
This hero's facade won't last
Your kind could never understand
Selfish need
The world has written rules for us
That cannot be broken
Rivals bleed
Together in the fight
But I alone survive
Blessed bones may pass the rift
Salvation stands in cursed bones across the rift
Spirits please
The rain will you return to us
From the holy mountain
Stay with me
Rivals bleed
Together in the fight
Together we survive
But I alone survive
We survive
A captivating combination of genres – essentially proggy death metal. A seamless 60 minutes full of musical ideas. A little noodly at times, but I enjoy the clean guitar work. Lyrically, it sits somewhere between nihilism and humanism – anti-religion, but more broadly institutional than the typical metal fare. There's a relish to the violence against women imagery in "Slave" which I don't enjoy, but on the whole this album stands up to scrutiny from most directions. Certainly not run of the mill Luke