I see the autumn,
I see the falling leaves,
leaves falling dead,
dead from their host.
Is man so brave?
We too will fall.
We are leaves to this earth,
grown and shorn;
thinned each year,
grown again every moment.
We hope for a seed,
we watch of the cycle.
Every cycle, a cycle.
Toil until death;
Die so others may toil too.
Make room for the future,
For we were dead when we were born.
As are all others,
as are all things.
From the first worm
to the final roach.
And even beyond the living,
the fire beneath stone,
thought infinite and great,
will eventually extinguish.
It too will come to ash.
A cold rock,
drawing another circle.
And as matter does,
born into this dance,
collides and creates.
Another spring will flourish,
to turn again to decay.
Gravenchalice takes a triumphant and complex sound and mixes it with classic Black Metal melodies and thundering drums that just works so well. This sound has been big since DSO became popular, however it doesn't take the dissonance and instead layers everything to make everything nice and beefy while having a great sense of melody. A great EP. 4/5 ClassyMusicSnob
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