I use disgust to lever theatrics
on a fulcrum of expression.
A perplexing frustration aimed
at the desire to communicate
without interest in the nuance
of frivolous socialization.
self identities
centered
around blatant egotism
conditioned so
by a people
possessed with
delusion
a communal outlook lacking
the realization of the uselessness
that is their reoccurring narcissism
Weaponizing encouraged cowardice
under the guise of politics
Flattened teeth draw blood on soft flesh,
words grow sharper the longer they are chewed.
Flattened teeth draw blood on soft flesh,
words grow sharper the longer they are chewed.
Everyday expressions
become more useless everyday
Even now, an endless vomit
of traditional turns and phrases
rests bitter as gnawed pine pitch
on the tongue
I crave articulation but am bored with the banal and accepted
tools of abstraction!
I crave articulation!
Nihility begets creeping exhaustion
A balance barely maintained,
I teeter on the edge
of waxing metaphorical.
Do I turn the knife towards myself?
Do I turn the knife outwards
towards this tribe of tribalists
in denial of tribalism?
To shed cloth fur
To adorn the flesh with ash
To shed cloth fur
To adorn the face with blood
Cave in her skull while she weeps!
Slit his throat while he sleeps!
Apes lurking in caverns
while the ice squeezes from the outside.
I have had the vinyl on repeat ever since I got it. The ending of Tartarus in particular is always breathtakingly beautiful. This entire album feels like an epic poem. poeta_regius
This wild 35-track all-metal benefit album features Mare Cognitum, Panopticon, and more reinventing songs by Tori Amos & others. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 3, 2020
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