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Harrowing Catharsis

by Earth Burnt Black

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1.
intro 01:13
Intro You have set free This darkness, and I’m coming But you can’t em ni Retsnom eht redrum Ahhhhh, Fuck!
2.
The March 09:44
The March In the distance I see towering this mighty pinnacle of society You’ll walk on your feet will bleed, there will be no stopping me The stones they come like rain, power again until the end Yes I’ll find it again, this strength ‘til the end, there will be no stopping me March! Die! We stomp the earth You scream and plea for us to set you free, but your body is at our mercy We stomp the earth to the tree, there will be no stopping me We stomp the earth The shadow engulfs everything Your resistance I find empowering and it pushes me to march to my destiny We will both be bound to this mighty tree as in accordance with the prophecy We stomp the earth The sticks and stones will break your bones, but my conviction is never changing We stomp the earth March! Die! Life Stomp the earth We stomp the earth Blood hits the ground and you hear the sound of all the chanting and children screaming We stomp the earth to the tree, there will be no stopping me The shadow engulfs everything Exalted one, holy son, the bringer of this destiny, carried on high power again until the end, exalted one, holy son, carried on high, carried to die The road is scarred with ruts and stained with blood The salt on the earth to keep it, keep it. Barren is the holy ground The salt on the earth to keep it, keep it The sound of the feet as they stomp on the earth creates a pulsating beat that triggers the birth The destiny is carried out The blood on the tree to mark it, mark it Sacred is the dying ground The blood on the tree to mark it, mark it The sound of defeat with your end in sight, I scream praise to the god as I watch you try to fight Walk on, march towards everlasting life Walk on, march towards eternal life
3.
Adornment 10:00
Adornment I sing the songs of old taught to me by the lonely priests of my childhood, my childhood They lift and carry me with the softest touch, the softest touch We begin to ascend into the sky The climbing monks they carry me on their backs They ascend up the tree so effortlessly All the bodies of the faithful and the fiends Still hanging on the tree fill me with a feeling of light The delinquent is on her knees spitting blood, spitting blood She must burn in jealousy knowing that I will ascend to heaven She’ll rot for our god, for her sins The desiccated carcasses and rotting flesh Of the hundreds who have been slain for this putrid rite So many that have given themselves to their lord So many that have been adorned against their will for your god As I’m drug up the tree dangling, dangling From ropes tied to the priests, these hanging priests, the filthy beasts I swing and slam into the tree I stare into the faces of the dead They’re soulless yet they seem to call to me They suffered their last moments here on the tree The hundreds who have died for this loathsome deity The poundings like some relentless cold dead heart Extracted from my worst nightmares and brought to life The hammer meets the nail then it rips through flesh To bind you to your god just as you wish, for eternity We’ve marched to the tree As we ascend you’ll see this is our destiny As the blood flows our god descends and we become one The stench of rot makes me retch Bile rises in my throat and spews from my lips I scream and curse at these hanging priests As they haul us up the tree You all believe that this tree will grant you life Lift me up; nail me down, so I may feel god’s love All your promises are lies there is nothing Hoist me up; tie me down, there is no god above The perfume of the sacrifices To me is sweeter than honey And it is more intoxicating Than the finest of wines The smell of decay overwhelms me My mind lost in agony My body shivers with disgust as the horror sets in
4.
Freedom of the Wretched The one the wretched tearing clear a space for your spine On his mantle, the only place you will lay God has wants and god provides, but not for free The prophets knew this when they began their holy journey Into the valley, into the shadow, into their deaths A martyr, a monster, to be led to the slaughter Dues are paid to the master String them up, do it faster The horrid surrender, the flesh has cleared you a way Wipe your mind from the grindstone, left at bay to decay Extricate myself I must, be relieved from my doom I must Clinging to death, fighting for breath I fall and I catch myself looking you in the eyes And I scream, fuck you and your lies Then you sing back, why do you care, everybody dies I fall and I catch myself, I fight for breath, I cling to death The one the wretched living in trenches and hiding the stenches of Rotting and laughing away all the day The one the wretched one Swinging from corpse to corpse, I must get away from this tree Slipping on the flesh so tender, ripping from the bone Clinging to ropes and bones, ropes and bones, ropes and bones Screaming she must not get away, Bring her back here, back to me, to the tree I need her; I need her here with me, My sacrifice is nothing without her blood Without her adornment upon the lord with me Upon the lord with me Drag her back here kicking and screaming Rip her; rip her from moment’s peace And hang her; and hang her here with me You break her open I will drink her blood God will be appeased, I must ascend; I will ascend to heaven I will take my place by his hand My prayers will not go unanswered I will take my place by his hand How I long to get away from this god that consumes offspring We both shed our blood today, but it marks your god now in vain Extricate myself I must, be relieved from my doom I must ‘Cause I’m determined to get away, but this blood it won’t soon fade away Swinging from corpse to corpse, I must get away from this tree Slipping on the flesh so tender, ripping from the bone Clinging to ropes and bones, ropes and bones, ropes and bones Run!
5.
The Hunt 04:14
The Hunt The taste of blood, the fear of desolation Becoming one with dying Loose the wolves; run her down She must not escape She must not run free I need her here to die with me She must die Terror comes; terror reigns Hunt the heathen Bring her back again We will not stop; she will die We testify She must die Terror comes; terror reigns Hunt the heathen Bring her back again The final reward is ripped from your grasp This right you have earned from living so righteous The monster has fled and left you to fall So your final reward will be nothing at all Hung, drawn and bound Tortured and condemned to hell Raise your voices men, the fiend has fled Grab your torches; tonight we hunt the damned Run-hide-fear-die Shake the ground men; she must fear the sound For there will be no rest, until our quarry is found Run-hide-fear-die The final reward is ripped from my grasp This right I have earned from living so righteous The demon has fled and left me to fall So my final reward will be nothing The taste of blood, the fear of desolation Becoming one with dying Terror comes; terror reigns Hunt the heathen Bring her back again The final reward is ripped from your grasp This right you have earned from living so righteous The monster has fled and left you to fall So your final reward will be nothing at all
6.
Lead or Cyanide My life and death My life; my death Your god is a lie All gods are lies Lies!
7.
Vengeance and Fire The trap is set, and I wait patiently As you approach I begin to laugh violently It wells up from inside of me When I come All will know There is no god As flames burn the sky Die Bloody footprints lead the way Follow them; follow me I can hear you scream You come for me, you hunt for me Be assured I have what you need You come for me, so come to me And then you look into my face, there’s evil in my smile, and fire in my eyes, as you charge headlong into your demise I rise Hunters charge Fall to your deaths Be dashed on the rocks Ascend to the sky Die I march systematically from one survivor to the next And just before I end their misery I reassure each of this Be assured; be assured of your death But fear not for you will rise again, as you rot In putrid plumes of gas Fear not, for you will rise again, as you rot, in putrid plumes of gas Your world torn down brick by brick As you choke on the smoke so hot and thick The screams reach a thunderous sound As I march to your god and burn it down I march through the town, burning it down one by one I work my way down, destroying your town With my eyes on your god I stand with my face to the wind, breathing it in You breathe in the smoke, I laugh as you choke You all try to hide the truth behind these lies Hide no more ‘cause, I will find you, I will find you I come with a flame fueled by hate, fueled by my hate And I have enough to kill all of you, and so you shall die Vengeance is coming; vengeance is coming, coming for you
8.
epilogue 03:37
Epilogue A martyr, a monster Sheep always follow Sheep always follow Waiting for a kingdom to come A minds eye blinded Truth never spoken Ignorance chosen Waiting for a kingdom to come Truth never spoken Ignorance chosen A minds eye blinded Happy not to know Sheep always follow Praying for their kingdom to come Knowledge only hurts them, men and woman As sheep bred only to follow, bow, serve Not wanting to know there is no kingdom come

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Conceptual debut from Colorado's Earth Burnt Black. contact earthburntblackmusic@gmail.com

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released October 29, 2011

Patrick Wickman-vocals
Tyler Russell-drums
Ian Gamble-guitar/vocals
Wil Spaedt-bass/vocals/acoustics
Engineered and Mixed by Kris Smith at Haus of Kraus
Mastered by Kris Smith at Altitude Recording

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Earth Burnt Black Greeley, Colorado

HARROWING
-adjective
1. Extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous.

CATHARSIS
-noun
1. The purging of emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, especially through art as tragedy or music.
2. A psychological technique used to relieve tension, anxiety, or fear.
3. Cleansing one’s emotional state.

EARTH BURNT BLACK
-band
1. Colorado based quartet.
2. Contains thrash, doom and prog.
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